Card Idea Zulo Warform

Zulo Warform

Type: Action

Cost: 1 Blood

+2 stealth action

vicissitude:Put this card on this vampire. This vampire may burn 1 blood to get +1 strength for the remainder of this combat. A vampire can have only one Zulo Warform. Burn this card if this vampire goes to torpor

VICISSITUDE: As above, but this vampire gets +2 strength.


World of Darkness reference: “Zulo form or zulo shape is the war form Tzimisce can transform into before battle, a chitinous monstrosity studded with bone spurs and horns, often incorporating other minor variations of the Tzimiche own person design into its form. In the world of darkness, Zulo Warform gave Tzimiche the ability to battle and defeat there many enemies including the Ventrue, Gangrel, Tremere/Gargoyle slaves and the Shadow Lord Lupines (battle harden veteran vampire slayers) in the many wars the Tzimche had against them.

Art notes: Female Zulo Crouching over a terrified male vampire on his back with a shirt covered in blood, palms facing towards the creature in fear, Zulo has one clawed hand raised about to Strike.

Zulo Warform description:-Large muscled eight-foot-tall creature with horrifying inhuman features, thick large claws, horns protruding through the skull, rows of bony spikes protruding from her spine and shoulders, long arms,and is covered in thick scaly skin.

How does this card address a compelling game need? Mainly thematic, in the world of darkness Zulo Warform is the tzimisce transforming into a powerful combat form. Vtes doesn’t have a card that accurately represents or expresses the power and strength this warform. This card reflects the strength of Zulo Warform, and Synergies well with other vicissitude combat cards and other in-clan disciplines.
The burning a blood to use this in combat represents the transformation into this warform and assists with balanced.

Edited:Changed from combat card to action card.

Ankha wrote:

This looks very much like Horrid Form.

As we all know there are many cards that are either very similar (or exact) in wording and purpose. However often the card has a very different secondary effect( at inferior or superior) Example:- Form of the Ghost- Gleam of Red Eyes-Quick Meld-Spirit Claws-Wolf Claws-Claws of the dead-Bone Spur, Fists of Death- Torn Signpost, and .Flash-Pursuit. Just some that come to mind. It’s good to have choice if you are playing disciplines at inferior and want a certain effect at that is offered at superior in another card.

Zulo Warform could work well with other combat cards. This card proposal complements and synergises with Horrid Form, chiropteran marauder, carrion crows, telepathic tracking and other viable combat cards.

Very overpowered. Think about it, it does everything a combat deck wants to do for 2 blood. Why bother thinking how many body arsenal, chiropteran marauder and horrid form I need if I can use a card that does the whole deal at once, and as it is for the reminder of combat i can just Telepathic Tracking if combat-ended and keep the whole effect.

Nac wrote:

Very overpowered. Think about it, it does everything a combat deck wants to do for 2 blood. Why bother thinking how many body arsenal, chiropteran marauder and horrid form I need if I can use a card that does the whole deal at once, and as it is for the reminder of combat i can just Telepathic Tracking if combat-ended and keep the whole effect.

Yeah, I'm really not sure why the Tzimisce need a super-efficient card like this that can potentially replace two or three cards. While the 2 blood cost seems high at first glance, the extra damage from the strike means that you can probably Taste blood back from the strike.

It's not really 'complementary' to existing Tzimisce combat card, so much as just quite a bit more effcient. No need to play Horrid Form and Chiropteran Marauder - you get both effects for 2 blood (which you'd have needed anyway), plus they last for the whole combat, plus you get a press.