Core Set VI Legendary Preview
Monday, March 2nd, 2009Greetings!
As we near the release of the next Duels Core Set, I thought I would take a moment to share the current designs for the set’s Legendary items. We are shooting for a mixture of things this time around. Some very low-powered Legendaries to help you fill out those last few points in a loadout, some basic, meat and potatoes items and a few new weapons that are unlike anything that has been seen before.
The lore on these items focuses on Phyrra’s favorite serialized adventure star Avika Krauss and some of her most thrilling escapades.
NOTE: This is a preview of items still in development - All elements are subject to change prior to release
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Avika Krauss and the Living Shroud Power Rating: 242 Back: Cloth 4 Armor +40 Intelligence +5% Hit Duels Core Set VI |
“After more than one hundred years, the serialized adventures of Treasure Hunter Avika Krauss remain popular favorites of the Phyrran theater scene, with reenactments regularly playing to sold out audiences. In Avika Krauss and the Living Shroud, we find our Heroine in search of the burial shroud of Kesterfax, a vile Gostian Warlord said to have risen from death seven times only to return and terrorize his countrymen. The brute was finally stopped by poisoned wine, followed by an arrow to the head, followed by strangulation, followed by decapitation, followed by dismemberment, followed by cremation, all courtesy of his serving boy, Palo. His meager remains were then placed in an enchanted shroud and buried deep beneath the Gostian mountains. Legend said that any who donned this shroud would be granted similar immortality, at the cost of their very soul. Such a rare and valuable item was too enticing for the enterprising miss Krauss to pass up and, after a series of daring escapes, close calls and comical misadventures, she found herself high in the Gostian Mountains, captive of the Kesterphiles, crazed cultists devoted to resurrecting the fallen Warlord. When her plucky teen sidekick Buttons distracted the Cultists by accidentally setting her hair on fire, Avika was able to snatch the shroud and escape via a thrilling chase on the backs of a stampeding Mammoth herd.” - The Complete Adventures of Avika Krauss
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Avika Krauss and the Spirit Drape Power Rating: 257 4 Armor +35 Speed +15 Perception +5%Critical Duels Core Set VI |
“After more than one hundred years, the serialized adventures of Treasure Hunter Avika Krauss remain popular favorites of the Phyrran theater scene, with reenactments regularly playing to sold out audiences. In Avika Krauss and the Spirit Drape, a recently deceased aunt leaves our Heroine the deed to her spooky hilltop castle. All that Avika had to do to claim her inheritance was spend one full night in the supposed haunted fortress. That night she entered a castle, filled with priceless artifacts and very angry ghosts, with only her plucky teen sidekick Buttons for company. After a series of daring escapes, close calls and comical misadventures, Avika was captured by a family of spirits with a taste for human flesh. Unfortunately, being ghosts, they lacked physical form are unable to actually consume our Heroine and decided just have a possessed suit of armor throw her off the roof. When Buttons distracted the ghosts by putting on a sheet and making ‘Wooga Wooga’ sounds, Avika was able to pull back the heavy black drapes, dousing the spirits with sunlight and killing them.” - The Complete Adventures of Avika Krauss
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Avika Krauss and the Heavenly Sheet Power Rating: 269 4 Armor +40 Strength +5% Dodge Duels Core Set VI |
“After more than one hundred years, the serialized adventures of Treasure Hunter Avika Krauss remain popular favorites of the Phyrran theater scene, with reenactments regularly playing to sold out audiences. In Avika Krauss and the Heavenly Sheet, we find our Heroine in the sky-city of Oxiaan, a legendary, undiscovered Metropolis that hovers high over the Weslun Sea, in search of the Heavenly Sheet, a bed linen with the ability to defy gravity. After a series of daring escapes, close calls and comical misadventures, she was captured by the dashing sky-pirate, Captain Jet Cloudskipper, who intended to make her his sky-bride (the Captain was a bit of a traditionalist who had a habit of marrying his conquests just prior to having his way them and then filing for divorce via tossing them off the ship). During the ceremony, the Captain was distracted by Avika’s plucky teen sidekick Buttons, who had been hiding inside the wedding cake and emerged, covered in frosting and holding a cutlass by the wrong end. Avika was able to snatch the Heavenly Drape (which, unbeknownst to the Captain, was being used as her wedding veil) and escape via a thrilling chase through an airborne Dragon nesting site.” - The Complete Adventures of Avika Krauss
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Avika Krauss and the Haunted Axe Power Rating: 209 12-35 Damage +10 Speed +1% Critical Duels Core Set VI |
“After more than one hundred years, the serialized adventures of Treasure Hunter Avika Krauss remain popular favorites of the Phyrran theater scene, with reenactments regularly playing to sold out audiences. In Avika Krauss and the Haunted Axe, our Heroine comes into possession of the fabled Sternbloke Battleaxe, final resting place of the spirit of Igor Sternbloke, infamous Alchemist and madman. The deadly, foul-mouthed weapon led Avika to into a trap and she was captured by her chief rival, the Countess Nivia Dreddock. Dreddock believed that she could use the spirit of the doomed Alchemist to help her create an army of super-human golems. Avika, on the other hand, believed that such a powerful relic belonged in a museum or, at the very least, in the hands of a wealthy private collector. After a series of daring escapes, close calls and comical misadventures, Krauss and Dreddock found themselves battling over the rim of an active volcano. It was only when Dreddock was distracted by Avika’s plucky teen sidekick Buttons, who had gotten lost and accidentally awoken a horde of angry magma rhinos, that Krauss was able to gain the upper hand and send the evil Countess over the edge and into a deep, black pit, surely never to be heard from again.”
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Avika Krauss and the Gavel of Lost Souls Power Rating: 798 36-108 Damage +75 Strength +5% Hit Duels Core Set VI |
“After more than one hundred years, the serialized adventures of Treasure Hunter Avika Krauss remain popular favorites of the Phyrran theater scene, with reenactments regularly playing to sold out audiences. In Avika Krauss and the Gavel of Lost Souls, our Heroine discovers a plot by her nemesis, the Countess Nivia Dreddock, to steal the famed Gavel of Lost Souls from its place in the Royal Museum at Estlam. According to ancient Aangeloran legend, the Gavel of Lost Souls was used by Poros the Gatekeeper in passing judgment over the souls of the dead. Dreddock believed that she could use the gavel to raise an army of soulless super-human warriors. After a series of daring escapes, close calls and comical misadventures, Avika found herself captured by Dreddock’s undead army and was only able to escape when her plucky teen sidekick Buttons distracted the army by accidentally drinking the bottle that contained their eternal souls. Avika snatched up the gavel and escaped via a thrilling chase through the subterranean land of lost spirits, culminating in Dreddock’s fall into a seemingly bottomless Soul Well, surely never to be heard from again.” - The Complete Adventures of Avika Krauss
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Avika Krauss and the Kehran Blade Power Rating: 752 1-3 Damage +200 Strength Duels Core Set VI |
“After more than one hundred years, the serialized adventures of Treasure Hunter Avika Krauss remain popular favorites of the Phyrran theater scene, with reenactments regularly playing to sold out audiences. In Avika Krauss and the Kehran Blade, our Heroine finds herself in the capital city of the savage and mysterious Abtu-Kahn, in search of the legendary Blade of Kehra. After a series of daring escapes, close calls and comical misadventures, Avika was captured by the evil Zealots of Corveyne, who intended to sacrifice her to their dark god. Avika recognized that their sacrificial sword was the Blade of Kehra itself and, when the Zealots are distracted by her plucky teen sidekick Buttons, who had accidentally sacrificed the wrong person while undercover, she was able to snatch up the blade and escape via a daring chase through the inter-dimensional portals that surround the city.” - The Complete Adventures of Avika Krauss
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Avika Krauss and the Grooved Halberd Power Rating: 198 12-35 Damage 20 Armor +10 Intelligence +1% Dodge Duels Core Set VI |
“After more than one hundred years, the serialized adventures of Treasure Hunter Avika Krauss remain popular favorites of the Phyrran theater scene, with reenactments regularly playing to sold out audiences. In Avika Krauss and the Grooved Halberd, our Heroine is in search of the Halberd of Horrid Hallucinations, a cursed staff said to cause strange visions in anyone who touches it. The staff had fallen into the hands of the Jolly Jokesters, a group of long-haired cultists devoted to expanding consciousness through altered states of mind. The Jokesters would touch the staff as a group and then ’see god’, a process that seemed to involve mostly a lot of listening to sitar music and staring at their own reflection in the mirror. Avika tracked the Jokesters to their lair, an upscale penthouse in Phyrra’s Arts District, and after a series of daring escapes, close calls and comical misadventures, Avika found herself captured by the Jokesters, who intended to ‘expand her mind’ by forcing her to touch the staff. Just in the nick of time, the Jokesters were distracted by Avika’s plucky teen sidekick Buttons, who had taken hold of the staff while no one was looking and was now certain that there were snakes in her hair. This allowed Avika the opportunity to don gloves, snatch the staff up and escape via a thrilling and decidedly light-hearted chase through a series of hallway doors. It should be noted that, when performed, this sequence is generally scored by the sitar hit ‘Chooga Chooga Chooga, I Got Love For Yooga, Yooga’, as originally performed by Phyrran bards The Raspberry Time Experience.” - The Complete Adventures of Avika Krauss
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Avika Krauss and the Orc Queen’s Staff Power Rating: 803 36-108 Damage +75 Speed Duels Core Set VI |
“After more than one hundred years, the serialized adventures of Treasure Hunter Avika Krauss remain popular favorites of the Phyrran theater scene, with reenactments regularly playing to sold out audiences. In Avika Krauss and the Destroyer’s Staff our Heroine’s nemesis , the Countess Nivia Dreddock, plans to steal the priceless Staff of Ung’Gubok, form the Clavinon Museum of Oricsh Relics. The Countess believed she could use the staff to become Queen of Vistav Orcs, thus granting her a savage army of super-human warriors. Avika pursued Dreddock to the Vistav Mountains and after a series of daring escapes, close calls and comical misadventures, Avika was captured by the Vistav and prepped to be eaten at a banquet in tribute to their new Queen. However, the Countess was distracted when Avika’s plucky teen sidekick Buttons held a mirror to her face. Dreddock had not predicted the side effects of the staff’s power and, when she saw her tusky, snout-nosed new appearance, flew into a rage and murdered three of the nearest Orcs which, in turn drove the tribe into a murderous frenzy. This gave Avika the opportunity she needed to snatch the staff and escape via a thrilling chase mounted on charging stankhogs. The Countess was taken away by the remaining Orcs, surely never to be heard from again.” - The Complete Adventures of Avika Krauss
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Avika Krauss and the Face of Gurp Power Rating: 843 1008 Armor +75 Stamina +5% Dodge +11% Block Duels Core Set VI |
“After more than one hundred years, the serialized adventures of Treasure Hunter Avika Krauss remain popular favorites of the Phyrran theater scene, with reenactments regularly playing to sold out audiences. In Avika Krauss and the Face of Gurp, our Heroine travels to the Aangeloran Desert, in search of the titular Face, an ancient oracle said to hold the secrets of time travel. Unfortunately, Avika’s rival, the Countess Nivia Dreddock, also heard of the Face’s unique powers and planned to use its abilities to alter history and allow herself to succeed in previous thwarted attempts at raising an army of super human warriors. It was a race to find the relic, with nothing less than the fate of all time hanging in the balance. The Countess reached the Face first and after a series of daring escapes, close calls and comical misadventures in time, the rivals found themselves in combat, on the rim of an active volcano, with their former selves. Avika was able to gain the upper hand when her plucky teen sidekick Buttons distracted the Countess with a heated argument with the other Buttons, regarding the nature of self, which woke a herd of angry Magma Rhinos, which in turn knocked the Countess into the volcano, surely never to be heard from again.” - The Complete Adventures of Avika Krauss
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Avika Krauss and the Heirloom Dagger Power Rating: 260 70-82 Damage Duels Core Set VI |
“After more than one hundred years, the serialized adventures of Treasure Hunter Avika Krauss remain popular favorites of the Phyrran theater scene, with reenactments regularly playing to sold out audiences. In Avika Krauss and the Heirloom Dagger, our Heroine is reunited with her estranged Mother, Doctor Henrietta Krauss, in a hunt for the stolen Krauss Dagger, an ancient dagger of unknown origin, that had been in their family for generations. It seems that Avika’s rival, the Countess Nivia Dreddock had also reunited with her Mother, the Duchess Dorthia Dreddock and the two had conspired to steal the dagger and use funds raised from its sale to finance research into the creation of an army of super human warriors. After a series of daring escapes, close calls and comical misadventures, the Krauss girls were kidnapped by the Dreddock ladies and suspended above a pit of ravenous Goblins. They were, however, able to escape when Patches, the mother of Avika’s plucky teen sidekick Buttons, distracted the Dreddocks by pretending to be inspectors from the Phyrran Organization for Goblin Rights and presented them with extensive paperwork to file. Once free, Avika knocked both Dreddocks into the Goblin pit, surely never to be heard from again.” - The Complete Adventures of Avika Krauss
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Avika Krauss and the Endless Gauntlet Power Rating: 781 36-108 Damage +75 Stamina +5% Dodge Duels Core Set VI |
“After more than one hundred years, the serialized adventures of Treasure Hunter Avika Krauss remain popular favorites of the Phyrran theater scene, with reenactments regularly playing to sold out audiences. In Avika Krauss and the Endless Gauntlet, our Heroine’s rival, the Countess Nivia Dreddock, discovers the whereabouts of the Famed Endless Gauntlet, a jeweled glove, adorned with the six Endless Jewels, and rumored to grant the bearer control over all time and space, which she hopes to use to control The Revengers(Captain Aseti, Eagleye, The Red Mage and The Visionary), a group of super human warriors known for their flamboyant costumes and propensity for causing massive amounts of collateral damage. Realizing the gravity of the situation, Avika saught The Revengers to warn them. Captain Aseti, took Avika to be a villain and attacked After a series of daring escapes, close calls and comical misadventures, Avika and The Revengers joined forces, set out to thwart Dreddock’s evil scheme, and were promptly captured. The heroes were able to make their escape when Avika’s plucky teen sidekick Buttons, with help from The Revengers’ mascot Rip Jennings, stole the Endless Gauntlet but then got stuck trying to decide whether to use her newfound cosmic power to turn everyone in the universe into unicorns or turn all the mountains in the world into candy then was distracted by a butterfly, allowing the heroes an opportunity to take back the Gauntlet and attempt to arrest Dreddock, who detonated a hidden explosive device, surely never to be heard from again.” - The Complete Adventures of Avika Krauss
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Avika Krauss and the Jeweled Eye Power Rating: 776 36-108 Damage +60 Speed Duels Core Set VI |
“After more than one hundred years, the serialized adventures of Treasure Hunter Avika Krauss remain popular favorites of the Phyrran theater scene, with reenactments regularly playing to sold out audiences. In Avika Krauss and the Jeweled Eye, our heroine sets out in search of the Jeweled Eye of Ooloos, an Orzayan artifact said to allow the bearer to see any place in the universe at any time. Krauss tracked the Eye to a temple in the lush jungles of Orzax, where, after a series of daring escapes, close calls and comical misadventures, she found herself in the Chamber of the Eye. Unfortunately, when she took the artifact, Krauss set of a series of treacherous traps that alerted the native Orzayans, who chased her from the temple and into the waiting arms of her rival, the Countess Nivia Dreddock, who took the Eye and left our Heroine to be killed by the angry natives and then fell into a spiked pit, surely never to be heard from again. Avika was able to escape, albeit narrowly, when her plucky teen sidekick Buttons was frightened by a large spider and ran into one of the temple’s support pillars, bringing the entire structure down in a spectacular crash.” - The Complete Adventures of Avika Krauss
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Avika Krauss and the Mouth of Madness Power Rating: 412 70-82 Damage Duels Core Set VI |
“After more than one hundred years, the serialized adventures of Treasure Hunter Avika Krauss remain popular favorites of the Phyrran theater scene, with reenactments regularly playing to sold out audiences. In Avika Krauss and the Mouth of Madness, our Heroine finds herself in the grip of The Mouth of Croluthloo, a cursed wand, created by a race of interstellar monsters, known only as The Really Old Ancient Ones. Anyone who come in contact with the wand is cursed with horrible visions of cyclopean cities and unspeakable evil lurking just outside the edge of perception. These visions invariably lead to madness and violence. After a series of daring escapes, close calls and comical misadventures, Avika finds herself found herself held captive by a group of savage Croluthloo worshippers, held in the grip of the cursed wand. She was able to make a daring escape when her plucky teen sidekick buttons accidentally took hold of the Mouth, went immediately crazy and attempted to remove her own eyes with a ceremonial wooden spoon. Though Buttons was unsuccessful, due to the fact that she had her eyes closed, the distraction was sufficient to allow Avika time to snatch up the Mouth, which tried to taint Krauss’ mind as well, but was ultimately defeated by the greatest power in the universe. That power, was love.” - The Complete Adventures of Avika Krauss