Breaking the game

I know I touched on Relics in the past, but now is a good time to bring it up again.

In the playtest relics were used, but somewhat sparingly. Knowing this, I decided to beef up some of the relics and make them more attractive to play. Some, like Magicite are just fundamentally broken, so they don't need much help at all.

Masamune is a no-brainer, think about this to yourself. If you had this card sitting in your sideboard, would you use it? Remember, there are no restrictions on the card, relics are usable by anyone, ANYONE. If you decide to have Yuna come out and give the Masamune a few test swings, you can! Why? Because breaking the game makes it FUN!

Also keep in mind that the card doesn't mention your attacker being a legal target, that means you can hit ranged dudes with this. (And really, that's pretty thematic anyway, the sword is huge).

Of course that doesn't mean they aren't still dangerous to play. So far there are 2 cards that can directly deal with Relics, not even taking into account all of the kill cards present in the game. So you're still taking a definite risk using the card, you could potentially waste 1/4 of your victory condition getting jumped on by Kain.

Magicite is nice, because Summoners are generally physically weak by nature, however, Auron is not. Tifa with Magicite will make your opponents run screaming for the hills, seriously.

So playtesters, in short, use your Relics. You know these two will:



I know Locke is from a previous post, but he's been revamped. If you like the art, don't forget to check Nekki's deviantart if you haven't. Locke is my favorite character, and I think Nekki does him justice!

I thought the War of the Lions Balthier would be a fun touch. I'm going to take a few liberties and say in the time between FFT and FFXII, Balthier got a bit wiser. He seems a little more brash then usual in the FFT FMVs. This is why his ATT is high and his DEF has suffered, he seems a bit scrappier in FFXII.