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32. Helepolis. This piece is named for a very large ancient Greek siege tower. It moves like a Rook, but when moving laterally (left or right) it mows down anything in its path -- and why not? Those things were 130 feet tall, about the size of a modern 12-story building. (I would've done the same thing for forward and backward moves, but that would've been too overwhelmingly powerful.)
On its initial move, the Helepolis can jump over the first piece in its path, but cannot capture if it does. (Rsb(caf)RifpafmR)
This is actually meant for a larger board than the 8x8 used in this illustration; it's featured in, and was originally created for, Vanguard Chess, where it's undergone more changes than Jimmy Olson (as of this writing, I haven't even edited in the change to the above move yet, but this is what it'll be going forward whenever I use it).