From Panel To Play: Scarlet Witch

CP63 Scarlet Witch

What do you get when you take the daughter of a powerful sorceress, subject her to unethical genetic experiments, and mark her as the vessel of an elder god with one eye on stepping into the mortal world? You get Scarlet Witch, that’s what!

Along with her twin brother Pietro, Wanda Maximoff was abducted at a young age by the High Evolutionary and subjected to unrestricted experimentation. Wanda is the Scarlet Witch, possessing the power to alter reality and receptive to magical energy as a powerful sorceress. The mutant Magneto rescued the pair from a group of humans intent to do them harm and brought them into the fold of his Brotherhood of Mutants. After ending her time in the Brotherhood, Scarlet Witch has served with numerous teams of powered individuals.

Scarlet Witch’s miniature rises from the earth within a crackling storm of chaotic, magical energy. Wearing her iconic red costume and distinctive headpiece, she is a striking figure on the tabletop, and the intricate pattern of magic surrounding her gives her a dramatic punch that’s hard to beat.

Scarlet Witch brings a little bit of chaos to her opponents in a game of Marvel: Crisis Protocol. With multiple opportunities to impose special conditions on the opposing force, and powers that make it hard for an enemy to shake those conditions, Scarlet Witch can be a potent controller in your roster.

As you might expect, both of Scarlet Witch’s attacks are mystic. They have decent ranges and above-average Strength, but what makes them stand out is the special rules representing the forces of reality manipulation and chaos magic Scarlet Witch can command. Her basic Hex Bolt attack is a great example. Hitting at Strength 6, Wanda weaves a bit of debilitating chaos to hex her enemies with the Chaos Magic special rule. For each failure in her attack roll, her target suffers from a list of different special conditions. This ability to impose multiple special conditions is just one of the various tools in Scarlet Witch’s arcane arsenal.

Her attacks aren’t the only place where Scarlet Witch does new and exciting things with her dice. The Elder God Chthon selected the young Wanda Maximoff to be a vessel of his power on Earth, which bestows her with unique and potent capabilities. The Chosen of Chthon innate superpower allows Wanda to add failures to her rolls when attacking, defending, or dodging. She literally alters the probability of success in her favor (to the tune of about 12 percent per die)!

There’s a whole lot more in Wanda’s suite of superpowers, including an ability that prevents enemies from removing certain special conditions while they’re in proximity to her, the ability to soar above the battlefield, and more, but that’s all we have time for today.

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 Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver Character Pack at your local game store or through our webstore here.

Until then, Atomic Mass Transmissions, signing off!