{Location: Everglades Florida}
The New Crusaders were following a lead on the
theft of chemicals from the U.S. Military. It led them to a small island within
the Swamp. There they were attacked by Swamp Rat and Sludge. The New Crusaders
and the Swamp Fiends battled back and forth.
[43] Adamas
seeing Swamp Rat went down; Adamas picked him up so he doesn't drown. Adamas then turned his vision attack on the
Mountain of Mud. All 5 beams blasted into Sludge. The Mystical Mud Menace
groaned in pain but he withstood the onslaught and would be able to continue to
fight.
{GM
Note: Adamas did 12 damage points from Blast 1, Blast 2 had 5 damage points,
Blast 3 has 5 damage points, Blast 4 had 7 damage points, and Blast 5 had 2
damage points.}
[32] Skink
said "He's made out of mud or somethin'! I'm gonna be here all night
beatin on him! Can we blow him up or stuff him in the swamp boat fan and
disperse him? We'd need two forklifts to get him into the ocean!” Skink climbed
down from Sludge’s shoulder to be behind the Massive Mud Monster. He grabbed
Sludge and began to lift him up. Instead of two forklifts, one Skink was all
that was needed to move this Mountain of Mud to the swamp boat fan. He hoped it
was still able to work. As Skink started to turn he stumbled and Sludge slipped
from his hands. Sludge thudded on the ground when he dropped. “Ha, I am not as
easy to move as you thought?” Sludge said.
{GM
Note: Skink has enough Carrying Capacity to carry Sludge by himself. When I
rolled the action for him to grab and lift Sludge, I rolled a 20 on 1d20, so it
was a fumble. On the Fumble table I rolled awkward position. So that is how I
came up with Skink stumbling and dropping Sludge. Skink will have a +2 to be
hit until his next action on next turn.}
[24] The
Black Orchid saw Manta Man's miscalculation and thought to herself, "No!
One more hit and he's done for." Manta Man freed himself from the tree. He
flew away from Sludge and positioned himself to fire two electro-blasts. He
fired one from each hand. One missed but the other struck the Mystical Mud
Menace. Sludge grunted as the electricity coursed through his body. Sludge
rolled with the pain as best as he could. He was still able to continue
fighting.
[23] Then
she noticed StrikeForce being stuck in quicksand and spitted
"Dammit!" under her breath. StrikeForce used the grapnel from his
staff on a nearby tree to extract himself from the quicksand. Standing firmly
on solid ground, the bionic brawler ran towards Sludge, the escrima sticks in
hand looking to inflict damage on the inhabitant of the swamp. "Funny
reparte time is over, time to take "it" out" he thought to
himself.
WHAM! One of StrikeForce’s two escrima sticks
slammed forcefully into Sludge; the other missed. The swamp creature cried out
in pain as it was only able to roll with a little of the strike. The battering
Sludge had been receiving was starting to wear down its defense and it was
struggling to withstand the onslaught. It still managed to stand and continue
fighting.
{GM
Note: StrikeForce did 16 damage points}.
[16] Black
Orchid ran around to about 10 feet in front of Sludge. Off to one side she formed
darkness into a ball from which emerge five rough silhouettes of a person in
fighting stance. "You think you're clever, try picking up five at a
time!"
[14] Sludge
trudged forward. “I show you what I can do against five at a time!” He raised
both hands above his head and brought his massive fists down to smash two of
the shadow warriors. He missed with both attacks.
<Turns
and Actions due December 4th>
Battle
Conditions:
Adamas Hit
Points: 47 Power Points: 68 Invulnerability: 24
Black Orchid Hit
Points: 30 Power Points: 74 Willpower
Defense active; Invisible
StrikeForce
Hit Points: 76 Power
Points: 87 Invulnerability: 28
The Skink
Hit Points: 24 Power
Points: 81
Manta Man Hit
Points: 2 Power Points: 64
Phase
of Action for next turn:
[36] Adamas.
[29] StrikeForce
[27] Skink
[17] Manta
Man
[17] Black
Orchid
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Ooc: Love it! At least that's one down, time
to focus...
Jon
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Awesome round!
That could have gone a little better for
either side!
The Black Orchid sees Manta man's
miscalculation and thinks to herself, "No! One more hit and he's done
for." Then she notices Strike Force being stuck and spits
"Dammit!" under her breath. She runs around to about 10 feet in front
of Sludge (the . Off to one side she forms darkness into a ball from which
emerge five rough silhouettes of a person in fighting stance (all still
connected to the ball of darkness, as it needs to be one continuous darkness).
"You think you're clever, try picking up five at a time!"
OOC: Let me know if I can't do this. I think
the other darkness is dismissed now. If not, she'll do whatever is most
advantageous (e.g. leave it if it takes an action to dismiss or dismiss if it
causes more strain to keep it).
Also she moved around to make sure her voice
came from the five "shadow warriors"
Marc
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Let
me know if I can't do this. I think the other darkness is dismissed now. If
not, she'll do whatever is most advantageous (e.g. leave it if it takes an
action to dismiss or dismiss if it causes more strain to keep it).
Yes, Black Orchid can do this. The other
darkness will be dispelled by this action, but will not cost her an action or
movement.
Tom
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StrikeForce goes from bad to worse.
Jamey
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Tom,
Is there anything that StrikeForce can use
his staff's grapple on to pull himself out of the quicksand?
Jamey
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Yes there are trees in range that he can use
the grapple on
Tom
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Does this count as movement, and can I still
attack, or do I have to wait until the next issue?
Jamey
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It would count as half your movement so you
can still attack.
Tom
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StrikeForce uses the grapnel power from his
staff on a nearby tree to extract himself from the quicksand. Standing firmly
on solid ground, the bionic brawler runs towards sludge, escrima sticks in hand
looking to inflict damage on the inhabitant of the swamp. "Funny reparte
time is over, time to take "it" out" he thinks to himself.
Jamey
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OOC: The swamp boat is completely demolished,
yes?
"He's made out of mud or somethin'! I'm
gonna be here all night beatin on him! Can we blow him up or stuff him in the
swamp boat fan and disperse him? We'd need two forklifts to get him into the
ocean!
Chuck
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The bottom on the swamp boat is and it is
partially submerged but the fan is in working order if its engine can be
restarted.
Tom
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Well, it feels like we're getting nowhere
fast.
IC:
Seeing Swamp Rat go down, Adamas will pick him up so he doesn't
drown. He'll then turn his vision attack
on the mountain of mud.
Powerblast 5X
Jon
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