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Po Po
09/11/2010, 10:19
The Mr. Sinister thread got me thinking that if we got a new Sinister, we need to at least finish up the Marauders, since by my count we only have Arclight (usable, accurate version), Sabretooth (accurate for when he was a Marauder before he had to be an uber-villain), and Harpoon (accurate enough for me).
So for a Mutant Massacre Marauders squad, we need Scalphunter, Blockbuster, Scrambler and Riptide. Did I forget anyone?

I'll start off with my vision of a Scalphunter dial, as he's the most vital missing member:

#MM301 V Scalphunter
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 10 :bolt::bolt:
Points: 95
Keywords: Marauders
m-normala-sharpshooterd-normalg-normal71116381016279163791536915258144KOKOKOKOKOKOKOKOKOKOKOKOKOKOKOKOKOKOKOKOKOKOKOKOAttack - Paralyzing Shot: Scalphunter can use Incapacitate. When Scalphunter makes a successful attack with Incapacitate, deal the target one damage.

Trait: Damage dealt by Scalphunter may not be reduced below 1.

Basically, Scalphunter needs to be a super-sniper. He was always set up in the perfect spot to hit whoever he was hunting. The armor-piercing trait and SP are based on his ability to create whatever weapon he needed. I gave him L/C after his first sniper click to show his ability to evade detection after making his kill shot.

I didn't make any attempts to calculate a point cost, just did a rough guess about what the sum of those abilities might cost.

So there you go. Hopefully the dial represents a ruthless ranged killer that's fairly average when pinned down and facing a close combat threat.

neutralmarkhot
09/11/2010, 10:28
We also have Vertigo. She is playable. I think someone on here did some great Marauders dials a while ago...

Your Scalphunter is cool, the trait shows his ability to build any weapon to "exploit the weakness" of any target. I'd probably give him one target arrow though. He wasn't a bullet sprayer and he usually technomorphed his weapon and took one shot at his specific prey.

Po Po
09/11/2010, 12:31
I forgot about Vertigo. She has a great dial, too. I also forgot the Crystal guy, probably because he never appeared in the X-Men issues.
Good call on the one target. I did double-target to make the Incap more useful, but you're correct the single target is more comic accurate.