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I personally believe that they need to come out with a dominant that gets rid of a fortress or a site. we have dominants to get rid of everything but that now, so I think that it's over due. what does everyone else thing?

I think the fact that TxP introduced so many fort killers means we aren't going to see one. 

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I like it, I like it a lot.

some of us dont have facebook. cant see the link.

i like the proposed dom fort killer alot. don should have been the fort killer (as forts are far more spammable than arts), while art killers should be delegated towards enhancements.

I say: No more dominants, period, unless they are very theme specific. I was surprised they even made the last two dominants that they did, because they have pretty much become deck staples.

I have been a proponent of a fortress discarding dominant for years, and I think that now is an even better time than before to have one.  There are more powerful fortresses now (TGT, High Places, Z-temple, etc.) than there used to be (KotW, Goshen, Storehouse, etc.)  Having a dom like this would prevent decks from being one dimensional depending on a fortress like this.  At the same time, there are so many good fortresses now that it could be hard to decide which one to discard.  Do you kill their protection of their ECs or their priests?  Do you stop them from playing "place" enhs out of battle, or their ability to ignore you with TGT?  It is these strategic choices that I think would make this dominant a great addition to the game at this point.

On the other hand, I also agree with Gabe that it should be more interesting than just "discard a fortress".  Perhaps something like, "Discard a character in your territory to discard a fortress in opponent's territory."  This would add 2 kinds of strategy to the card.  The first is that it adds a cost to the player using it (in that they have to lose a character).  The second is that it opens up the possibility of a new aspect to the game.  We already have the ability to place enhancements in opponent's territories to do bad stuff to them.  What if we started having characters who did something similar.

Imagine something like the following (based on the story in the Bible of Achan who caused the Israelite army to be unable to gain victory again after participating in the successful conquering of Jericho):

Achan - 5/6 Blue Hero - "If Achan is involved in a successful rescue attempt, then place him in opponent's territory.  That player cannot successfully rescue a LS with a human until Achan is discarded."

i like it. thats pretty balanced.