{Location: Ancient Burial Mound in the Everglades Florida}
The drum beat.
“Bum-a-Brum Bum-a-Brum Bum-a-Brum Bum-a-Brum
Bum-a-Brum Bum-a-Brum”
[11] Skink grabbed John Croaker and ran out
of the Burial Mound. “I will get him to safety!”
[10] Adamas said to Strike Force, "What
do you say we switch dance partners"?
Watching as his escrima sticks passed
harmlessly through the spirit, the Bionic Brawler thought, "I guess that
the straight forward approach is not going to work on this one."
Adamas commented about switching partners, to
which he replied. "Sure Adamas, hopefully you'll have a better result than
I have had."
Adamas blasted Asi-vaholo 5 times. 4 of the 5
blasts hit the Vengeful Spirit. They passed harmlessly through it.
[7] Turning to face his new opponent,
StrikeForce, adopted a defensive posture, and began a scan of the apparitions,
using the full spectrum of his senses, "Here's hoping that I can gather
some Intel that can assist us." He internal monologue to himself.
[7] "Damn!" The Black Orchid saw
the effect on Manta Man. Instinctively; she moved to position herself between
Manta-Man to prevent further damage. "Well here goes...He thinks his body
is nothing. Let's see if we can suck that nothing into the void." The
Black Orchid reached out and attempted to blast at Asi-vaholo. Her blast
missed.
[4] Asi-vaholo waved his hands, the amulet
around his neck glowed, and he spoke in a language none of the New Crusaders
could understand. A fine yellow glow appeared around Asi-vaholo hands then
released a ring of energy flew toward Adamas. The energy ring missed. It hit a
piece of rock in jutting from the mound wall. The yellow energy ring constrict
tightly around the rock.
[4]
Manta-Man slowly changed from the wooden statue back into his normal self.
“Whew, I really hate transmuters. So what was I? Sometime when this is over I
will have to tell you about the time we fought Od and his Avant Guard.”
{GM
Note: Manta-Man had an End save of 11, the transmute effect had a modifier of
-8. So the save was 3 or less. Manta-Man spent 2 power points to push it to 5.
The 1d20 roll was a 5}
[3] The Indian with the drum turned around
and headed back toward the others. He came up behind Adamas. The Spirit Warrior
chanted louder and sped up the tempo of his drum playing. The mystical drum
began to vibrate. A force wave for vibration launched from the drum at Adamas.
The vibe blast struck Adamas. The Alien Powerhouse rolled with the damage that
got past his invulnerability.
{GM
Note: Drum did 9 points of damage. Adamas Invulnerability stopped 7 points
(3/4) of it, rolled with the remainder -2 Power Points.}
[3] The Bow Wielding Indian aimed at both
Black Orchid and Manta-Man. The Spirit Warrior fired two arrows. Both hit.
Black Orchid and Manta-Man rolled with the majority of the damage. Both can
continue to fight.
{GM
Note: Black Orchid was hit with 9 points of damage. She rolled with 8 damage
points, -8 PP; the rest went to hit points, -1 HP}
{GM
Note: Manta-Man was hit with 7 points of damage. His suit provided protection
stopping 2 damage points. He rolled with 5 damage points, -5PP}
[1] The Spirit with the Spear attempted to
strike StrikeForce. He defended himself for the apparition successfully fending
off the attack.
StrikeForce’s scans were now complete. He
determined that the Spirits were completely non-corporeal but their weapons
weren’t. The weapons were corporeal. The weapons could be broken or taken from
the Spirits. StrikeForce scanned Asi-vaholo a second time. While he didn’t have
a weapon he was wearing an Amulet. It was corporeal as well. All the Indian
Spirits has a corporeal item that could be broken or taken from them. When it
was done, the Indian Spirits would be rendered harmless.
[0]
Black Orchid regenerated the 1 Hit Point lost.
<Turns
and Actions due March 26th>
Battle
Conditions (Mighty Protectors character data):
Adamas Hit
Points: 24 Power Points: 53
Black Orchid Hit
Points: 24 Power Points: 81 Visible
StrikeForce
Hit Points: 31 Power
Points: 91 Attack Style:
The Skink
Hit Points: 24 Power
Points: 82 Attack Style: Defensive
Manta-Man Hit
Points: 1 Power Points: 59
Phase
of Action for next turn:
[15] Adamas
[ 6] Manta-Man
[ 5] Black
Orchid
[ 2] StrikeForce
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"Damn!" The Black Orchid sees the
effect on Manta Man. Instinctively; she moves to position herself between Manta
Man to prevent further damage. "Well here goes...He thinks his body is
nothing. Let's see if we can suck that nothing into the void." The Black
Orchid reaches out and blasts at Asi-Voholo.
Marc
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OOC: I'm not sure what StrikeForce can do if
he cannot touch them. Any ideas?
Jamey
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Adamas says to Strike Force, "What do
you say we switch dance partners"?
Adamas will blast Asi-Vaholo with autofire.
Jon
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StrikeForce has a Heightened Senses package
(Hearing and Sight) which give bonuses to Perception test and other Skill
tests. StrikeForce could use his turn on analyzing the Spirits to see what the
New Crusaders Options would be.
Currently his Perception test starts at 12 or
less. When Heightened Senses Sight can assist +4 is added, so Perception test
is 16 or less. If StrikeForce spent 2 power points focusing on the test then it
would be an 18 or less.
If StrikeForce did this while assuming a full
defensive attack style he would spend 2 power points, not attack, perform a
Perception test at 18 or less on d20, and have a +6 bonus to his defense for a
total Physical Defense of 8 and Mental Defense of 8.
Thanks
Tom
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Tom, StrikeForce will use the strategy that
you have laid out.
Jamey
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Are you going to spend 2 power points to get
the +2 bonus to the Save score (18 or less)?
Tom
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Oops, I see. You meant the last paragraph. I
got it.
Thanks
Tom
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Tom, will Adamas "switching partners"
cause problems with the strategy?
Jamey
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No not at all.
I would have StrikeForce facing the Spirit
with the Spear in full defensive mode.
Tom
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Thanks.
Jamey
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"Sure Adamas, it looks like you'll
probably have more success than I have."
Jamey
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Watching as his escrima sticks pass
harmlessly through the spirit, the Bionic Brawler thinks, "I guess that
the straight forward approach is not going to work on this one."
Adamas comments about switching partners, to
which he replies. "Sure Adamas, hopefully you'll have a better result than
I have had."
Turning to face his new opponent,
StrikeForce, adopting a defensive posture, and begins a scan of the aperations,
using the full spectrum of his senses, "Here's hoping that I can gather
some Intel that can assist us." He internal monologues to himself.
Jamey
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