Welcome to the first installment of It's Wicked Fun's House of Horror! It's Wicked Fun is a dedicated HorrorClix gaming group in Morgan Hill, CA and each month we'll present and analyze some new House Rules for HorrorClix that have been discussed on the various online HorrorClix forums. We're big fans of minions and were disappointed that no new minions were offered in Freakshow, so we've remedied that situation by creating Carny minions. Additionally, one of the hot topics after Freakshow's release has been Cabal Leaders and whether or not there should be more of them. We've come up with a House Rule system to transform existing Unique monsters into Cabal Leaders using homebrewed Plot Twist cards.

Carny Minions-

Carny minions are created in the same manner as any other minions, via the use of a Subplot card.

Subplot: One Of Us

The freaks accept a victim as one of their own.

All Carnies you control gain the following power: One Of Us

Whenever a friendly Carny slays a victim, instead of placing the victim on the monster's card, you may choose instead to remove the victim from from the map and place a Carny Minion token from outside the game in an empty space adjacent to the slayer. The Minion is friendly to you.

If you have any friendly minions in play at the start of your turn, you get an extra action that turn which can be assigned only to a friendly minion.

Carny Minions have the following combat values:

Movement: 6
Attack: 8
Defense: 15
Damage: 1
Range: 0

General Cabal Leader Card Rules-

A Cabal Leader is a new type of Plot Twist card. Unlike the majority of Plot Twist cards, a player can play a single Cabal Leader card only during his or her Preview phase. Also, unlike other Plot Twist cards, a Cabal Leader card is not removed from the game after it is played; it stays in place until the monster named on it is removed from the game. You may have more than one Cabal Leader card in play at a time, but may only receive the benefits of a single Cabal Leader power (from either a card or a figure) each turn. Unlike existing Cabals, whose members are defined by having the cabal symbol on the their base, those created by the playing of a Cabal Leader Plot Twist consist of all friendly monsters of a Class specified on the card itself.

Freakshow Cabal Leader Plot Twists-

Cabal Leader: Ringmaster

Ringmaster gains the cabal power: Gobble Gobble-

When 2 or more friendly monsters with the Carny class are adjacent to an opposing monster all damage dealt to that monster by a Carny is penetrating damage.

Cabal Leader: Wacko Jacko Lantern

Wacko Jacko Lantern gains the cabal power: Swarm-

Once per turn, when a friendly Zombie is given a Move Action, a friendly Zombie adjacent to it may move along with it as a free action.

Cabal Leader: Elephant Man

Elephant Man gains the cabal power: Scare Tactics-

All friendly Nightmares get +1 to their attack value against Guardians.

Cabal Leader: Snake Charmer

Snake Charmer gains the cabal power: Entangle-

During your Preview Phase, you may give an action token to a friendly Beast that has fewer than two in order to give an action token to an opposing monster.

Cabal Leader: Hearteater

Hearteater gains the cabal power: Life Drain-

During your preview phase, as a free action, you may deal 2 unpreventable damage to a friendly Hellspawn and heal an adjacent friendly Hellspawn of 1 damage.

Cabal Leader: Bogeyman

Bogeyman gains the cabal power: Out of Nowhere-

Once per turn, an unblooded Killer friendly to Bogeyman may Frenzy as if it were blooded.

Optional Additional Rule-

There was some debate amongst our group about the balance of these cards considering it is assumed that a monster having a Cabal Power costs more points as a result of that power. Since the point formula is considered a trade secret, there was no solid way to prove or disprove this theory. However, if it is a concern amongst your play group, then we have created a system to replicate this cost. Require any player wishing to use one (or more) Cabal Leader Plot Twists in their crypt to reduce the size of their army by 5% of total build (5 points per 100) for each Cabal Leader card included in their crypt.

 

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