Twitter Spoiler - Warrior Poet (Unicorn)

By SHARKOSAURUS, in Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game

The hallowed breeze

Across summer's dying lips

The beating of hooves

Swiftly speeding steeds

Thundering across the plain

Flee from cleansing fire.

5 hours ago, Eu8L1ch said:

Pretty good I'd say, very flexible and hoses swarms hard. It's 3 cost, so can't even be Assassinated.

Movement tech will also make it able to partecipate exactly when your opponent is committing many characters.

I haven't seen an Assassinate played once in quite a number of games, so I'm not sure if the cost is good or bad. More likely to be protection against Blackmail, if that is even played. Yes, it greatly depends on the other Scorpion cards.

She feels very anti-Lion. Well, at least the anti-swarmy Lion. Fitting that at least one Unicorn leader really hates their guts too.

FFG, make her the first Unicorn non-unique to get an experienced version. Heck, let the fiction be her experiences that led her to that scene. Also, errata her to be a Battle Maiden.

2 minutes ago, Kubernes said:

I haven't seen an Assassinate played once in quite a number of games, so I'm not sure if the cost is good or bad. More likely to be protection against Blackmail, if that is even played. Yes, it greatly depends on the other Scorpion cards.

She feels very anti-Lion. Well, at least the anti-swarmy Lion. Fitting that at least one Unicorn leader really hates their guts too.

FFG, make her the first Unicorn non-unique to get an experienced version. Heck, let the fiction be her experiences that led her to that scene. Also, errata her to be a Battle Maiden.

idk why not lol. Assassination is a 0 cost event that can remove a 2 cost character from the field. This card doesn't care if they have fate attached or equipment on, just the cost of the character. You only get 7 fate a turn so 2 cost characters can be very appealing to get some bodies out. Removing these bodies is very relevant and can mean the difference between winning a conflict vs breaking the province, or keeping your province from breaking.

2 minutes ago, shosuko said:

idk why not lol. Assassination is a 0 cost event that can remove a 2 cost character from the field. This card doesn't care if they have fate attached or equipment on, just the cost of the character. You only get 7 fate a turn so 2 cost characters can be very appealing to get some bodies out. Removing these bodies is very relevant and can mean the difference between winning a conflict vs breaking the province, or keeping your province from breaking.

A lot of things can mean the difference between winning or losing a conflict, but I haven't seen Assassination pop up once in any game. Maybe it's the secret tech that will dominate the first metagame, maybe no one plays it because it's honor cost prohibits it from decks, or other removal is better without the steep cost? Maybe the secret is just to play 3 or higher cost characters to prevent Assassination or Blackmail from being played, if at all?

I'm sure there's an answer or possible scenario to everything out there. I'm more concerned with that probability and Assassination's might be extremely low or non-existent.

4 hours ago, Ide Yoshiya said:

Sweeping down the hill

Bushi with no battlecry

But our beating hooves

You missed reference to season

1 hour ago, Zesu Shadaban said:

Swiftly speeding steeds

Thundering across the plain

Flee from cleansing fire.

You missed reference to season

4 minutes ago, Taki said:

You missed reference to season

Nature. We both nailed it

15 minutes ago, Ide Yoshiya said:

Nature. We both nailed it

That s a more modern way of doing the style but sure

Maidens of battle

Bear truth where ever they go

Friendship is magic

No skill with haiku,
These debuffs are gonna spank...
Oh look what I did.

All of you haiku writers are making me feel very Crab

thanks?

???????

Edited by Kuni Katsuyoshi
2 minutes ago, Daigotsu Steve said:

No skill with haiku,
These debuffs are gonna spank...
Oh look what I did.

Extra points for using the word 'spank' in a poem?

For the Khan!

Too soon?

i will wait ok :)

At last we will see the people of the wind!

10 minutes ago, Kuni Katsuyoshi said:

Extra points for using the word 'spank' in a poem?

Poetry can reveal our deepest truths :ph34r:

:D

20 minutes ago, Kuni Katsuyoshi said:

All of you haiku writers are making me feel very Crab

thanks?

???????

In the 1st Edition Crab book, there was some stuff about the Crab being more than just dumb thugs. One of my favourite passages was a reference to poetry being a common Crab pastime whilst off-duty. They even had an order of storytelling monks.

In retrospect, a lot of nuance got lost during the long journey from 1st edition to 3rd.

If this is a direct mirror to anything it's the Crab Stronghold.

11 minutes ago, Kitsu Seinosuke said:

In the 1st Edition Crab book, there was some stuff about the Crab being more than just dumb thugs. One of my favourite passages was a reference to poetry being a common Crab pastime whilst off-duty. They even had an order of storytelling monks.

In retrospect, a lot of nuance got lost during the long journey from 1st edition to 3rd.

I think 4th had plenty of nuance, but I agree 3rd was a little...light

Welp, guess I have to post this again:

11 hours ago, Kitsu Seinosuke said:

She's a poet. I assume she can read; if not how does she know whether her poems are any good?

Oral tradition.

4 hours ago, Devin-the-Poet said:

Maidens of battle

Bear truth where ever they go

Friendship is magic

Pegasi take flight

Unicorn magics amaze

Alicorn watch all

:ph34r:

Hype hype hype hype hype.

I am fully prepared to embrace my brony destiny (but reserve the right to quietly mutter 'Yoritomo!' under my breath).

This card really works for me on just about every level. Great art, great ability, and showing the Unicorn off in a far more nuanced way that pseudo-mongols.

2 hours ago, Fumo said:

Hype hype hype hype hype.

I am fully prepared to embrace my brony destiny (but reserve the right to quietly mutter 'Yoritomo!' under my breath).

This card really works for me on just about every level. Great art, great ability, and showing the Unicorn off in a far more nuanced way that pseudo-mongols.

Unicorn welcomes

All those who desire to join

The cavalry's charge

Edited by RandomJC
6 minutes ago, RandomJC said:

Unicorn welcomes

All those who desire to join

The calvary's charge

I'm going to be getting a reputation as a pedant here, but are you really going to be leading an assault with 3 crosses?

1 hour ago, Tonbo Karasu said:

I'm going to be getting a reputation as a pedant here, but are you really going to be leading an assault with 3 crosses?

I apologize

As one can see, I can not

use my native tongue