Scott Miller

I started working on the character cards for the game. Because I will have limited artwork, I am limiting the number of character cards to 15. There will be 7 common cards, 6 rare cards, and 2 ultra rare cards. The rare and ultra rare cards will be named cards - heroes if you will. The common cards will actually be multipled in the deck based on a multiplier that I am creating in the app.config of the game. That way I won't run out of cannon fodder during battles.

Here are my characters so far. Some are cheesy, and the hit points will need to be adjusted for gameplay. Note the nods to pop culture (or maybe 80's pop culture) in some of them. Angela Death is from the old C64 game Wasteland. These characters are all stored in an XML file.

Rare cards:

• Name: "Saint" Niccolai
  ATTACK=3, DEFENSE=4 HP=15
  Weapon: Dagger with a cross-shaped handle
  HISTORY: "Saint" is a pseudo-telepath. He can't control others with his mind, but he has a heightened anticipation. He can "feel" what an opponent is going to do, leading to a high dexterity and defense.

• Name: Simon "Rock" Riccola
  ATTACK=4, DEFENSE=3, HP=15
  Weapon:Rock hammer
  HISTORY: Rock is one of the inmates released from prison when a land baron took over the prison to turn it into a fortress. Rock still carries the rock hammer he used on the chain gang.
• Name: Spry Nimble
  ATTACK=3, DEFENSE=6, HP=15
  Weapon: Razor wire
  HISTORY: Spry is a highly flexible acrobat. Her reflexes and speed make her have a very high dexterity, resulting in a high defense.
• Name: Bongo
  ATTACK=12, DEFENSE=12, HP=40
  Weapon: Steel Club HISTORY: Bongo was genetically bred to be the perfect mindless infantryman for the war. His skin is almost bulletproof. His intelligence is reflected in his name.
• Name: Alex Brubaker
  ATTACK=10, DEFENSE=6, HP=30
  Weapon: Double handed falx
  HISTORY: Alex carries a falx, a long polearm with a curved blade at the end. The long blade affords no shield or significant armor protection. He can block attacks with the staff part of the weapon, however.
• Melody Morningstar
  ATTACK=6, DEFENSE=4, HP=20
  Weapon: Poison dipped "Gudendag"
  HISTORY: Melody's spiked morningstar is called "Gudendag", Flemish for "Good Day". The poisoned spikes could break off in the enemy.

  Ultra Rare cards:
  

  • Name: Hannibal McKay
    ATTACK=12, DEFENSE=12, HP=40
    Weapon: 9mm Luger Parabellum with hollowpoints
    HISTORY: Hannibal is a cigar chomping master of small arms. His patrons keep him well funded, affording him the luxury of the finest weapons.
  • Name: Angela Death
    ATTACK=12, DEFENSE=12, HP=40
    Weapon: Long Scythe
    HISTORY: Angela Death literally has completely black eyes. Her look can chill your soul, right before she rips out your heart.

  Common cards:
  

  • Name: Black Fist Ninja
    Weapon: Throwing Stars
    History: Black Fist Ninjas belong to the Black Fist Gang. They worship the black Oil as giver of life.
  • Name: Nuke zombie
    Weapon: Flesh eating bacteria
    History: Nuke zombies are the result of a large nuclear accident in the Southwestern U.S. Their touch can literally rot the flesh from your bones.
  • Name: Elite Ranger
    Weapon: Glock 18
    History: Elite Rangers are former Special Forces soldiers, now rented out to the highest bidder. They can attack with virtually any weapon and evade easily.
  • Name: Caledonii
    Weapon: Poison darts
    History: Caledonii are a race of people who have returned to worshipping Nature and Celtic gods and goddesses. Cunning, but not particularly hardy in battle.
  • Name: Road thug
    Weapon: Machete
    History: A fierce member of one of the many leather-clad gangs wandering free out in the lawless Wasteland between cities. Slow but tough.
  • Name: Vampiric clanmember
    Weapon: Flail with paralytic barbs
    History: A group of people who avoid sunlight until their skin is translucent. They file their teeth to give a vampiric appearance. They don't really drink blood, do they?
  • Name: Lugoman
    Weapon: Electric whip
    History: The Lugomen are former Secret Service agents, now henchmen of the various land barons and crime bosses. Or maybe they were the torture squad from the prisons. No one is sure.

  Cheesy? Yes. Possibilities? Of course.