CP67 Clea

Family arguments can be complicated, especially when your uncle is an ancient elder evil trying to control an entire dimension. On this installment of From Panel to Play, we’re taking a look at the woman who gets to call him “Uncle Dormammu,” the sorceress and true ruler of the Dark Dimension, Clea!

Clea is a powerful sorceress and the disciple of Sorcerer Supreme Doctor Strange. Once, she inhabited the Dark Dimension, the home to the ancient evil Dormammu. Doctor Strange pulled Clea into Earth, where she learned the mystical arts from him, becoming nearly the equal of the Sorcerer Supreme in her control over magic.

Clea is the child of an unusual pairing, a mortal from the dark dimension and one of the Faltine, entities born of raw magical energy. Her mother, Umar, was condemned to the Dark Dimension, and because of Umar’s vast magical potential, Clea can wield mystical forces with a capability possessed by few. She has joined Doctor Strange on his many adventures, lending her strength in the mystical arts to his own. When she is not found assisting the sorcerer, she reigns as the rightful ruler of the Dark Dimension.

Clea hits the tabletop with a respectable package of abilities for her 3 Threat. For offensive abilities, she calls upon the powers of the demons Denak and Ikthalon to punish her foes. With the Demon Claws of Denak, she conjures a set of spectral talons to tear at a target, with the potential to inflict the Bleed condition as the claws tear into her foe.

The demon Ikthalon, on the other hand, represents a frigid stagnation and resistance to change, which he expresses by freezing his foes–preserving them, after a fashion. Clea can call on the power of the Chains of Ikthalon to bind her opponent and slowly freeze them. This Strength 6 mystic attack has an increasing degree of conditions it can inflict to represent this, with the potential to cause the Slow, Stun, and Stagger conditions.

As a descendant of the Faltinian Umar, Clea has inherited a portion of her mother’s power. She can draw on her heritage with the power Descendant of the Faltine. When she does, Clea immediately gains 3 Power but must roll 5 dice, taking 1 damage for each failure rolled.  While it’s a risky move, it provides Clea with just enough Power to pull off a Chains of Ikthalon attack or one of her other powerful spells.

Calling upon the power of Omnipotent Oshtur, one of the Vishanti, Clea draws on Oshtur’s Mighty Hand to sweep up a bit of nearby terrain and smash it into her foe—or pick up her opponent and smash it into someone else!

She can also cast the Vapors of Dormammu, a spell that summons an obscuring mist that can teleport her or an allied character to within Range 2 of its current position.

That’s all for our first look at this rebel, sorceress, and true heir to the Flames of Regency of the Dark Dimension.

Be sure to check back for yet another installment of From Panel to Play, the series where we give you your first look at how your favorite characters transition to the tabletop in Marvel: Crisis Protocol. Pre-order your own copy of the Doctor Strange & Clea Character Pack at your local game store or through our webstore today!

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CP67 Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme

Some things prove that what’s already strange can get so much stranger. This time on From Panel to Play, we’re taking another look at one of the best spellslingers in the business as he moves from Panel to Play with an all-new version. It’s Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme!

Stephen Strange has had many unusual encounters, but none have tested him so much as losing his connection to the arcane power of Earth. Without his magical mastery, Stephen Strange was forced to seek out new allies and a new source of energy beyond the boundaries of Earth before he could reclaim the title of Sorcerer Supreme.

On this journey to rediscover his magical abilities, Strange enhanced his arsenal of arcane skills with magic of alien origins and battled for the control of one of the Infinity Gems. This new vision of Doctor Strange as the Sorcerer Supreme sees him with a suite of new, powerful abilities. He’s traded in his Bolts of Bedevilment for the Baleful Bolts of Balthakk, which calls on Balthakk to conjure powerful electrical charge. This attack hits at Strength 5 and has the Pierce special rule, representing the electricity coursing through the defenses of Strange’s target.

He also has learned the Deadly Daggers of Daveroth, a spell the Shadowqueen once used against him. This hail of daggerlike energy allows Doctor Strange to choose why kind of attack it will be: physical, energy, or mystic and inflicts the Poisoned special condition on a target it damages.

His last and most potent attack is the Shining Circle of the Seraphim, a spell that surrounds Strange with a blazing radiance to damage his foes and cleanse his allies. Costing 6 Power, this Strength 7 mystic attack has an Area 2 range but only hurts hostile characters. As the radiance scorches those who oppose the sorcerer, it purifies and heals his allies thanks to the Cleanse and Salve special rules. Cleanse allows Strange to remove 1 condition from himself and each allied character within Range 2, while Salve removes 1 damage instead.

Representing his time and experience as a sorcerer, Doctor Strange has a new suite of abilities. They reflect his greater control over magic as well as the practical experience of facing down elder evils and rival spellcasters.

His Scalpel of Strange ability demonstrates the (pardon the expression) surgical precision with which the doctor works with a team. With it, he can teleport himself or a friendly character nearby away, pulling them from the line of danger or setting them in position for a sudden strike.

When he becomes the Sorcerer Supreme, the Vishanti bestow their blessings on Doctor Strange. This comes in the form of Chosen of Vishanti, an innate power that gives him 2 additional power during the Power Phase.

Also denoting his rank as Sorcerer Supreme, Strange bears the Eye of Agamotto once worn by his master, the Ancient One. In Strange’s hands, the Eye allows him to modify and reroll failures in his dice rolls.

Last but not least, the Mystic Armor of Strange grants him additional protection against attacks that rely on energy or mystical forces. When targeted by one of these attacks, the armor allows Strange to convert one of the attacker’s hit, wild, or critical results to a blank for each wild Strange rolls in defense.

That’s all for our first look at the good doctor in his status as the Sorcerer Supreme!

Be sure to check back for yet another installment of From Panel to Play, the series where we give you your first look at how your favorite characters transition to the tabletop in Marvel: Crisis Protocol. Pre-order your own copy of the Doctor Strange & Clea Character Pack at your local game store or through our webstore today!

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CP64 Ancient One

They say you’re as young as you feel. Our subject today has been feeling young for a very, very long time. Today on From Panel to Play, we’re examining someone so old that when she walked into an antique shop, they tried to sell her, the mystic monk from the 1200s: the Ancient One!

The Ancient One is a native of Kamar-Taj who has defended Earth from mystical threats for centuries. As the Sorcerer Supreme, she has trained countless acolytes who found their way to Kamar-Taj in the mystic arts, including her own successor: the famed neurosurgeon Stephen Strange.

As you might expect from someone who’s been around since the 1200s, the Ancient One has a few tricks up her sleeve. Displaying her magical mastery with almost casual ease, the Ancient One has potent Mystic attacks and a bevy of defensive options.

Her two core attacks that cost no power to use, Shards of the Seraphim and Fangs of Farallah, allow the Ancient One to tailor her strike to her opponent’s weaknesses. Whether calling down the keen Shards to pierce through an enemy’s defenses or summoning the maw of Farallah of the Hunt to rob them of their power, these attacks both have respectable Strength.

But the Ancient One doesn’t need to rely on the physical strength of her spells to damage her opponents. When facing resilient foes, she can strike the spirits of their astral selves rather than their mere bodies. Astral Strike costs her 4 Power and strikes at Strength 8, but because she’s bypassing the target’s physical self, it cannot add criticals to the defense roll or roll extra dice produced by criticals. If she damages the target, it becomes Staggered from the experience of having its spirit knocked around!

The Ancient One also has a potent mixture of spells and innate talents she can rely on in battle. She can summon the Mists of Hoggoth to act as a portal allowing her to appear within a close range of her current location or call on the Winds of Watoomb to cause a blast of air to fling an attacker to within range of where her martial arts experience can help her to defend herself.

Most importantly, though, the Ancient One is one of the wearers of the Eye of Agamotto. Created by one of the Vishanti, a trio of god-like supernatural beings, this relic grants the Ancient One the power to repel mystical perils like Dormammu. Whenever she makes a defense or dodge roll, the Ancient One can call upon the power of the Eye to reroll 2 dice in her roll, and she can also draw upon it to gain an additional Power during the Power Phase.

That’s all for our first look at this ancient sorcerer.

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