Location:
Jacco’s Village Hideout on Easter Island
The battle between the Guardians, the Tarot
Masters, and the Natural Forces raged over ownership of the Soul Scythe. Jacco
and Thunderhead are beneath the hut in the hidden underground of Easter Island.
The rest of them battle in and around Jacco’s hut.
[39] Adamas
slowly rose into the sky... "Super Nova," He said in a booming voice,
powered by his enhanced lungs, "I believe we have unfinished
business."
Adamas attempted
to take some of the "Heat" off of Red Hawk, Using a technique he
learned fighting the Star Devourer, he grabbed a large boulder, and attempted
to plow into Super Nova with as much speed as he can. Super Nova swooped down
and to the right causing Adamas to miss with his attack.
[33] Jack's
sharp, blue eyes spied the scroll pouch on Lord Noman's side. The evil wizard used a scroll to enslave
Jack's elemental kin! But no longer!
Jack flew up
into the thick fog, to disappear from view. He floated down silently behind
Lord Noman, trying to sneak up on him unseen!
Noman didn’t
notice Jack's presence, then sly, nimble Jack secretly pickpocket the contents
of the scroll pouch, leaving the empty pouch on Noman's hip!
{GM Note: Successful skills roll}
[32] Red Hawk
concentrated his will focusing on keeping his meta-systems online as he was
buffeted again and again by the Guardian's foes. The fiery blast of power and
energies dissipate just in time for him to see Jacco follow Thunderhead down
into the underground ruins. Focusing his thoughts to Clark through the amulet, "Powers get back here. Xiang Liang says
we need you" . . . "Watch out, Jacco's on your tail."
Red Hawk's
android sensors picked up the frosty force of nature on his right, starting to
move through the fog behind Lord Noman. Hoping the elemental spirit has a plan,
he set about protecting the staff and finishing off the villains of the tarot.
"Noman your leader has ran and your fellow sorcerer is down. Time for you
to follow suit." Focusing on activating his vibrational defenses Hawk
swooped past Quarry trying to turn Noman away from Jack Frost. Still using the
advantage of the high ground over his remaining ground bound opponent, Red Hawk
fired a single blast of vibrational energy into the flank of Lord Noman. "Adamas ... We have the Scythe. You're
our fastest flyer. Maybe you should take
it to Dr. Arcane and return as soon as possible."
Noman rolled
with the damage and yell at Red Hawk, “I am the leader of the Tarot Masters!
That fool is not my leader! I serve one master, the master of the Domain and
the true master of the Earth.”
{GM Note: Red Hawk could not dual attack because he is
holding the Soul-Scythe. The rules for our PBeM is one action per turn but if
the character’s agility is 15 or higher he can make 2 simultaneous attacks
during 1 action if the character has the way to perform the attacks
simultaneously (at a cost of 2 PP in addition to power PR requirements). For
Red Hawk his attacks have been focused using his hands/arms. At this moment one
of those hands is holding an object which isn’t a part of his normal fighting
style. He has never practiced firing a vibe blast while holding object. He is
also vibrating his body as a defense. Red Hawk has to focus on vibrating the
Soul-Scythe too otherwise it would drop from his grasp. This ruling is
acknowledgement that the rules allow a character to vibrate through solid
objects, which Red Hawk did in an earlier issue.}
[26] Seeing that
his leader had escaped with the Scythe, CX turned on his attackers.
"My
weakness? Lady, you must be
oblivious..."
CX reached out
with his magnetics to use the armor and weapon to squeeze her.
He was
successful in seizing Mommy Duperior’s armor. The metal creaked as it collapse,
breaking ribs of the Tarot Master’s Judgment avatar. She shrieked in pain as
her protection was used against her
After his attack
he realized his leader was in trouble.
Over the amulet: "Anyone who
can, get Red Hawk out of there! They've
got him in a crossfire!!!"
{GM Note: Grabbing Mother Superior and smashing her against
Lord Norman are two separate actions which cannot be performed simultaneously
so it was not allowed as a dual attack. There are two different types of
grabbing attacks. One is to grab and hold thus preventing the opponent any
freedom of movement. The other is to grab and inflict pain with the grab. This
attack inflicts damage but does not prevent the movement of limbs, no freedom
of movement restriction. It was the latter attack type that I interrupted CX
action to be}
[25] Starbolt directed
his statements to The Natural Forces, "Please, can you not see that what
Jacco and his cronies have in mind will only bring destruction to this planet,
and leave it uninhabitable for all of us including you. Tell me you can see
past his snake-oil salesman
presentation. Join us and we can put a stop to this before it is too
late."
The Natural
Forces were stunned by the charisma of the Stellar Sentinel. They marveled at
his regal bearing as they pondered his words. With the scroll no longer in Lord
Noman’s possession they were able to make their own choices and they decided to
join the Guardians.
{GM Notes: Successful Presence skill use}
[22] The Black
Orchid, hearing the call to protect Red Hawk erected a cylinder of darkness
around him, so he couldn’t be seen from the outside, but Red Hawk could the top
of the cylinder. He had flown down to 120 feet to be able to blast Lord Noman.
The cylinder was 210 feet long from the ground upwards. Red Hawk was exactly in
the middle.
[22] Coriolis
said, “For Earth and the Guardians!” as she circled around and flew toward Lord
Noman. Unleashing a hurricane of wind at the Tarot Master Leader, she struck
him hard, he grunted in pain. He lost hold of his tarot card deck and the cards
blew away. Lord Noman watched in horror as his beloved deck was scattered to
the wind.
{GM Note: Coriolis rolled a natural 1 for a critical hit.
When I rolled on a crit table it was damaging a device. It was a 50/50 chance
of either his magic wand or deck of cards}
[21] Lord Noman
roared in rage, “You dare attack your master! I will scatter you across the
winds that make you up!” He used his wand to change the surrounding weather. He
attempted to summon a hurricane. The weather changed but he could not use it to
damage Coriolis.
{GM Note: The current environment is how Hurricane but Lord
Noman missed with his attack on Coriolis}
[20]
Conflagration said, “For Earth and the Guardians!” He fired a flame blast at
Sister Indigo. The flames splashed against her force field screen. The flames
severely weakened screen but it held.
[20] Super Nova
said, “Indeed, alien we do have unfinished business. It is time I finished you
off for good!” The fired dual flame blasts at Adamas. Both struck him hard as
the flame overwhelming his invulnerability. Adamas was able to roll with some
of the damage but was hurt as well. He was still conscious and able to fight.
{GM Note: First blast did 20 damage points, -20
Invulnerability; Second blast did 15 damage points, -4 Invulnerability, -5PP,
and -6 HP}
[18] Quarry
moved toward Super Nova as he said, “For Earth and the Guardians!” He launched
a huge extended fist at Super Nova. His punched missed the flaming Tarot
Master.
[17] Torrent
splashed out of the stream and moved behind Super Nova, “For Earth and the
Guardians” she cried. She launched two long watery arms at Super Nova. Her
first punched missed and her second splashed harmlessly against his fiery
invulnerability.
[17] Sister
Indigo flew around toward the darkness column. “You can’t hide from me. Give
the Soul-Scythe over to me. It is obvious you want someone else to carry the
burden for you. I can handle it.” She fired two spirit bolts into the where she
guess Red Hawk would be hiding. She guessed wrong.
{GM Note: Red Hawk’s vibration defense and being hidden in
the darkness significantly lower Sister Indigo’s chance to hit that she
couldn’t risk multi-attacking and to settle for a dual attack. The first bolt
passed harmlessly through Red Hawk. The second bolt would have hit if not for
the darkness bonus.}
[17] Mother
Superior attacked CX despite the pain. She fired a lightning bolt from her
magical flail. The bolt struck Centurion X hard but he rolled with the damage
and would be able to continue the fight. His armor’s systems continue to
function normally.
{GM Note: Mother Superior’s attack did 12 damage points, -7
PP and -5 HP. CX made System failure save}
[14] Thunderhead
exited the doorway in the floor of the hut, the same doorway that Jacco had
disappeared into. Thunderhead flew up to the rest of the Guardians. He thought-sent to
the Guardians, "I've found
something."
Jacco
did not follow him.
[1] Red Hawk’s
android body repaired itself.
{GM Note: Red Hawk regenerated 4 HP, spending 2 PP to do it. Black
Orchid is fully healed, she doesn’t need to regenerate this turn}
Please remember when you are calculating
range that the Flying PCs are 16” above ground. So for Quarry, Torrent, and
Lord Norma who are on ground level a value of 16” has to be added as well as
the actual squares counted to determine whether they are in range and for
determining range penalties.
<Replies
and Actions due September 20th >
Battle Conditions:
Adamas Hit Points: 41 Power
Points: 52 Invulnerability: 0
Black
Orchid Hit Points: 30 Power Points:
58 Willpower Defense active and Invisible
Centurion
X Hit
Points: 138 Power Points: 69 Magnetic
Defense active
Jack
Frost Hit Points: 24 Power Points:
62 Ice
Defense active
Red
Hawk Hit Points: 43 Power
Points: 33 Invulnerability: 0; Vib Defense active; has Soul-Scythe
Starbolt Hit
Points: 34 Power Points: 74 Creation
Points: 45, Used: 0
Thunderhead Hit Points: 36 Power
Points: 59 Height: 6ft, Invulnerability 0
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OOC: :D
IC: Seeing that his leader had escaped with the
Scythe, CX turned on his attackers.
"My
weakness? Lady, you must be
oblivious..."
CX reaches out
with his magnetics to use the armor and weapon to squeeze her (crush damage)
If not
successful he will try again.
If he is
successful in seizing Mommy Duperior, he will then use her as a flail against
Not-So-Normal-Noman.
After his
attacks he will realize his leader is in trouble. Over the link: "Anyone who can, get Star
Hawk out of there! They've got him in a
crossfire!!!"
Dwayne
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OOC: It appears that the dyslexia my fingers
suffer from is getting worse. Please
forgive all the typos? BTW. I had to backspace more than a few times to
get this out!!! aackk!!!!!!! LOL
Dwayne
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OOC: It's okay.
We all meant what you knew. ;)
Jon
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Awwww Jon. Take
the fun right out of that dig I had ready to go *wink* Leave it to Adamas'
alter ego to take he high ride :-)
So yes we will
assume he meant Red Hawk and not Starbolt. And boy has he bit the nail on the
head. I would never had expect Sister Indigo to put the smack down with SIX
attacks. Whew. This Scythe ain't worth
being a target I'll tell ya *lol*
Great combat
issue Tom and Jeff is right. The Thunderbolt flash back and Scythe stuff was
good reads.
Regards
John R
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OOC: Great issue!
The obituaries of Obituary's victims were masterfully done!
August 17th is
no problem.
Best,
Jeff
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Jack Frost:
Jack's sharp,
blue eyes spied the scroll pouch on Lord Noman's side. The evil wizard used a scroll to enslave
Jack's elemental kin! But no longer!
Jack flew up
into the thick fog, to disappear from view. He would float down silently behind
Lord Noman, trying to sneak up on him unseen!
OOC:
Orders:
Movement: Fly
out of sight and return behind Noman.
"Attack:"
If Noman is
unsuspecting of Jack's presence, then sly, nimble Jack will try to secretly
pickpocket the contents of the scroll pouch, leaving the empty pouch on Noman's
hip! (Stealth skill and Escape Artist
skill?)
If Noman sees
Jack coming, then pick pocketing won't work.
In this case, Jack will separate Noman from the scroll by other
means. ZING! At point blank range, he'll
ice blast a special attack on the pouch to destroy it and its contents. If it
isn't destroyed, the attack will at least bury the pouch deep beneath lots of
clinging ice, separating it from Noman's grasp/control, and perhaps even
tipping Noman over from the ice's weight.
Goal: Get the
scroll away from Noman, or destroy the scroll, so the enslaved Natural Forces
are freed!
Thanks.
Best,
Jeff
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OOC: Seeing
Marutukku down, and Red Hawk taking a beating,
Adamas took to the sky.
IC: Adamas
slowly rose into the sky... "Super Nova," He said in a booming voice,
powered by his enhanced lungs, "I believe we have unfinished
business."
OOC: Adamas will
attempt to take some of the "Heat" off of Red Hawk, Using a technique
he learned fighting the Star Devourer, he grabs one of the Statues or a large
boulder, and Plows into Super Nova with as much speed as he can. Hoping to add his velocity and the stone
brawling weapon to his strength damage, as well as hopefully getting a slight
bonus to his accuracy.
OOC: This should
be fun, wishing Jack much luck, as turning the Natural Forces to our side could
certainly turn the tide of this battle.
Jon
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Hey Guys.
Tom I've reread
the issue and I think Xiang Liang is still in the staff. Is that correct? If
not the Jeff please ignore this post and I'll start over :-)
Red Hawk
concentrates his will focusing on keeping his meta-systems online as he is
buffeted again and again by the Guardian's foes. The fiery blast of power and
energies dissipate just in time for his to see Jacco follow Thunderhead down
into the underground ruins. Focusing his thoughts to Clark through the amulet.
<"Powers get back here. Xiang Liang says we need you" . . .
"Watch out, Jacco's on your tail.">
OOC: Yes the
android can lie :-) I figure if Clark
says this Liang person is trustworthy he might respond to someone he knows as
opposed to the newly appointed rookie team leader. :-)
Later Guardians
John.
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Xing is gone but
Thunderhead doesn't know it. Only holder to the Scythe was linked into the
Souls. So the Souls are player knowledge except for Red Hawk.
Jack Frost is
acting on what Donnah said not on the Soul's.
What Red Hawk
says works as far as Thunderhead knows.
Regards
Tom
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Thanks Tom. I
thought the Scythe might be sentient but had the feeling I wasn't reading the
Liang thing right. All good though. I will rewrite that with same goal and add
to it tomorrow.
Hey Jon. The
idea was TH going down the rabbit hole alone falls into the category of
"Bad Things" and Hawk is trying to respond to that as team leader.
I'll tweak a different response. After I figure who might be best to go down
there with him. I'm thinking Black Orchid or Red Hawk work best. Her for the
invisibility and darkness. Hawk because his ability to move through solid
objects.
Ideas are
welcome :)
John.
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Red Hawk
concentrates his will focusing on keeping his meta-systems online as he is
buffeted again and again by the Guardian's foes. The fiery blast of power and
energies dissipate just in time for his to see Jacco follow Thunderhead down
into the underground ruins. Focusing his thoughts to Clark through the amulet.
<"Powers get back here. Xiang Liang says we need you" . . .
"Watch out, Jacco's on your tail.">
Red Hawk's
android sensors pick up the frosty force of nature on his right, starting to
move through the fog behind Lord Noman. Hoping the elemental spirit has a plan,
he sets about protecting the staff and finishing off the villains of the tarot.
"Noman your leader has ran and fellow sorcerer is down. Time for you to
follow suite." Focusing on a to activating his vibrational defenses Hawk
swoops past Quarry trying to turn Noman away from Jack Frost. Still using the
advantage of the high ground over his remaining ground bound does Red Hawk
takes and uses a duel blast of vibrational energy into the flank of Lord Noman.
"Adamas ... We have the Scythe. You're our fastest flyer. Maybe you should take it to Dr. Arcane and
return as soon as possible."
OOC: Making the
suggestion Adamas to leave with the Scythe isn't easy considering were already
missing Thunderbolt but the sooner Doc has it the safer it might be. That's a
question not a statement really. Tom please consider Red Hawk at his maximum
range without incurring a range modifier directly southeast (diagonal) of Lord
Noman
Thanks John
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Awesome
stuff! Thanks.
Quick question:
Can Jack Frost see Noman's scroll that has
enslaved Donnah?
Thanks
Jeff
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Can Jack Frost
see Noman's scroll that has enslaved Donnah? Jack Frost uses his search skill
and is successful in determining where the scroll is. While he doesn't see the
scroll he sees that Lord Noman is wearing a pouch that is used to hold scrolls.
He knows from his prior experience with Wizards that the scroll would be in
this pouch (think a long rectangle pouch with a shoulder strap so it is worn
from the neck on the side from the ribs down to the neck. It can hang on the
side or behind the back of the wear.) Lord Noman is wearing it on this side.
Best
Tom
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Tom,
How are things going with you and your family?
Well I hope. I am trying to get a handle on my character, specifically his hght.
chr. I was wondering, what would be the best way to utilize this power? Any
help you could offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Best Wishes,
Jamey/Starbolt
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Heightened
Charisma is great for inspiring their team members in the face of terrifying
opponents. They can use it to sway neutral characters to their side. They can
use it to intimidate common criminals to surrender or run.
It is the basis
for the Presence Skill so you can use it as a skill test to bolster teammates
(+2 to hit for turn) to frighten opponents (-2 to hit for the turn). Think
Captain America and Batman.
If against an
opponent then the skill test is modified by their Presence (Charisma) as well,
so it can be harder. Common Criminals don't have presence but Jacco and the
Tarot Masters do.
The Natural
Forces are considered neutral.
Regards
Tom
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Starbolt will use his persuasiveness to convince The
Natural Forces That Jacco and his cronies are going to destroy this world, and
leave it in no shape for anyone to inhabit.
IC: Directing
his statements to The Natural Forces, "Please, can you not see that what
Jacco and his cronies have in mind will only bring destruction to this planet,
and leave it uninhabitable for all of us including you. Tell me you can see
past his snake-oil salesman
presentation. Join us and we can put a stop to this before it is too
late."
Jamey
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Hi all, I think
I never sent in a turn!
The Black
Orchid, hearing the call to protect Starbolt erects a cylinder of darkness
around the two of them, so they can't be seen from the outside, but can see themselves
and the top of the cylinder. She'll make the cylinder as high as she can.
Marc
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