From Panel To Play: Clea

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!

Until then, Atomic Mass Transmissions, signing off!