SHARPTON Phase 8
Lowers Players' Values
You have the power of demagoguery. As a main player or ally, if your
side loses the challenge, your tokens do not go to the warp. Instead,
place them on the opposing main player's star. Whenever a player is
involved in the challenge, the number of your tokens on his star is
subtracted from his side's challenge total. If the player is on the
losing side, your tokens on his star are returned to your bases.
History: The Sharptons were once subjugated by an alien race and lived
in hardship. Having finally won their freedom, they find all other
life forms oppressive and seek to destroy them. They scream and yell
in protest against imagined injustices committed by others. Denying
their own oppression, their enemies have no choice but to cave in to
their demands.
FLARE
Phase 8
Wild: As main player or ally, the number of tokens you have in the
challenge is subtracted from the opposing side's total.
Phase 8
Super: You may keep your tokens on the losing players' stars.
PULSAR
Phase 8
Con: Sharpton's tokens that leave a player's star go to the warp.
Phase 8
Pro: Your tokens on players' stars also subtract the number of
consolation cards and rewards received. This value cannot go below 0.
Eon/Avalon:
No Changes
Experience Rating: Novice
Cosmic Monopoly
When you purchase buildings, you may demand one player pay for one
building. This is not a debt and cannot force a player into
bankruptcy or mortgage. Otherwise, you pay for the building
yourself. In long version, you can do this if forced to pay for a
building because another player has a Monopoly on which you share a
property. Also in long version, your losing tokens are placed in
front of a player as you would his star in regular Cosmic Encounter.
Commentary: This is a combat power created by me. After creating
Centaur, I was trying to think of another Magic the Gathering-related
power. Ideas came to my head but soon tossed out as unworkable.
Somehow I got to thinking about how a player's tokens could subtract
from his opponent's total, and voila! There is also influence from
the Convict power. The Reverend Al Sharpton is a political activist
known for his protests against injustices real (Abner Louima),
imagined (white-owned store in Harlem), and faked (Tawana Brawley)
committed against the African American community. The power is
serious intent. The name is just a joke. Sharpton/Liberal makes for
a nice concept combo.
Gerald Katz
Don't forget to tip the Butler!
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