I was inspired by sejestephan in the "epic character" thread, to create an E.T. Merc, who is an excaped alien criminal resopnsiable for the Roswell crash, and that "Joshua" was his guard transporting him back home for trial.

A basic sketch of the character is: he (I'm using he but in no way am I presuming it's a male) is powerful telepath, and equiped with what he would consider the bare esentials of his peoples tech, but we humans would be extreamly impressed. He is a criminal, one of his peoples worst, he is charismatic by our standards, and a complete sociopath, using others as simple means to an end.

Here are some ideas for the tokens, the token titles are not final.

Special Item -

Combat Pack - Energy Weapon, "Sociopath", Alien Strength

Stamina Pack - Force Field, "Imunity to pain"

Command Pack - Telepathic Sheild, Telepathic Scream

Comments welcome.

It seems to be an interesting idea.

What is his appereance in your imagination, Miah? Does he look like an X-files alien, or is he more human-looking, or something completely else?

I love the idea and those kind of characters, like Asteros. I love mixing mythology/surnatural with reality.

I'm curious though as to ohw this Alien Hero would look. Can he shape change? Imagine this Hero, once per round, being able to morph into a friendly/ennemy troop in sight and use his/her abilities for his turn. He could come with it's normal shape and in the box they could add 1 mini for each different troops (2 Union and 2 Reich) but with different colors.

Or maybe it's special item could be a kind of glove that would reverse time so every character on the board (excluding himself) would return to where they were in last round position and health.

I like the changling idea. Might make it the "Special Item".

As for his appearence, I'll have to base it on what figs are available to me, right now I'm leaning troard an AT-43 Cog, maybe painted and moded a little, I'll have to see what I can come uup with.

Here's some revisions. the exact rule wording will take some time but these will give you an idea.

Special Item - Ability - "Shapeshifter" he will ba able to assume the form of an adjacent enemy trooper, while in this form he may not be targeted by any weapon. An enemy may engage him in a menatl duel, if they win he reverts to his normal form. Also if he recieves a wound he reverts to his normal form.

Combat Pack.

Duel Plasma Pistols - stolen from the guards... Weapon, automatic, - with some natural 10 bonus?

Scoiopath - Ability - ?

Ailen Stength - Ability - Aways uses bes Combat Value.

Stamina Pack.

Force Field - Hardware - Blocks all attacks on a natural 10.

Imunity to Pain - Ability - Always uses highest Stamina Value.

Duel Plasma Pistols - same as above.

Command Pack.

Telepathic Sheild - Ability - Cannot be the target of a Mental attack/duel.

Telepathic Scream - Ability - Engage target in a Mental Duel, if you win the target looses their activation.

Duel Plasma Pistols - same as above.

Here is a pic of the Cog figue I like, but all suggestions are welcome.

Expect a detailed blog post later this week.

Very nice!

An idea for Duel Plasma Pistol, but I don't know if you like it.

When you roll a natural 10 at least, Duel Plasma Pistols could shoot another character (allied or enemy) on the same path of and just behind the first target.

I don't like too much "shapeshifter" ability, I'd prefer a hi-tech item more than an ability: this item could show the illusion of an enemy's ally that shares the same path of the alien, it's necessary a mental duel to discover the real nature of alien... but maybe it's too scheming.

Mia, what is the size of you Alien miniature compared to the Tannhäuser miniatures? Looks great, by the way. Pre-painted or did you do this yourself?

As I recall the Cog figures are slender, but at least as tall as Asteros, once he's rebased he should look fairly "epic", but I won't know for sure for a day or two he's still in the mail from my distributor. I'll post a pic as soon as he arrives.

I'm getting rid of the Telepathic abilities, they're just not fitting into my vision. I goinig full high tech, so the Shapeshifter ability is becomin the Holographic Cloak hardware.

Carlos Castaneda said:

I don't like it either ... I will write another day, cut one of my finger yesterday, so writing is excruciating

"Holographic Cloak hardware": I love it!

My first draft with some art and some figure pics is up on my blog: miah000.blogspot.com/2011/06/at-43-cog-converted-for-tannhauser.html .

Updated Rule Sheet, Character Sheet, and Tokens: miah000.blogspot.com/2011/06/at-43-converted-epic-character-beta.html .

it is a good idea having an alien mercenary. i would use my horrorclix grey alien figure instead of a cog though.