Dante profile contest

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Hey guys!

Just sneaking in a quick entry to the contest...

Dante the Emancipator - Human (Change) - 25 Points
PSI 5/3 oo/oo
CBT 5/4 ooo/oo
VIG 5/6 oo/oooo
SPE 4/3 ooo/oo

Equipment: Cuirass(Pr): Torso +1

Mercenary

Emancipator (perm)
If your force includes Dante, you may hire any Slave ignoring all hiring restrictions. Dante may not be hired in Matriarchy forces and may not be hired in a Stigma group if it contains any Matriarchy models that are not of the Slave type.

Rallying Cry (perm) (2SP, 1/match)
Remove a Fear marker from each allied fighter than has at least one.

Reinforcement (perm) (1AP+2SP, 2/match, 1/round)
Place in your deployment zone an allied Matriarchy Slave fighter whose value is not over 10 points and that is not or has not yet been on the field this match. He becomes an allied fighter you control. This ability cannot be used neither during the first round nor during the last round of the match.

Alright, some comments.

First, the cost/stigma/type. Human only makes sense. Change - well, he's seeking to Change the hierarchy of the Matriarchy and their social order. Again, seems pretty clear. His cost - he's packing a particularly powerful ability, but unlike Piotr he's unable to leverage it as effectively; otherwise, he's a pretty straight forward melee beater. He boosts his VIG very high if opponents are unlucky enough to chip his torso (extra punishment for attacks on the torso), but in this regard, his armour is negative synergy there. It is to symbolise how tough Dante is, even if it won't come into play often.

His equipment - he's wearing the remnants of gladiatorial armour, he's obviously inspired by Spartacus.

His abilities - first, as a philosophy, I didn't want to create a new ability for him. Eden already has a lot of abilities and there's tremendous depth available by simply pairing existing ideas together with slight twists. Already, his Emancipator ability makes him fairly unique so extra items might make him hard to balance.

Emancipator allows him to bring along Slaves to the group in which he is hired, which, given he frees slaves, feels pretty flavourful. Given he doesn't have access to the Sister cards and abilities, he can't get full use out of the slaves, which is important to recognise.

On Dante, Rallying Cry is to symbolise his leadership abilities and it helps to cover one of the weaknesses of low PSI characters like Slaves.

Finally, Reinforcement. This is hands-down perfect for Dante: just like Piotr, he can bring in Slave reinforcements to the fight. The big thing to recognise here is that he can't leverage his ability as well as Piotr - for starters, Mercenary means he is contributing far less SP to the group. Second, he can't extend the game out a round, so can't get the full benefit when you consider the limits to this abliity (not first/last round). It is also worth noting that this ability limits his ability to get into melee combats and wreck face. Nonetheless, it can put pressure on and translate into victory points and it will look freaking awesome when you have the slaves coming onto the field!

Thanks for looking!