Location:
Jacco’s Village Hideout on Easter Island
The Guardians had left Megalopolis in search
of a Dimensional Gate and Glenn Jacco who was hiding on Easter Island. Jacco
had been a major adversary to Clark Powers in 1931. It was a result of his
combating Jacco’s actions in Peru that lead to Clark’s discovery of the lost
mountain top temple of Ilyapa, Incan Goddess of the Storm. Imbue with the
powers of an Incan Avatar, Clark became known as Thunderhead. He stopped Jacco,
which the newspapers had dubbed Obituary because of his obsession with death
and ancient tomes. While Obituary was in prison, Clark Powers disappeared from
the Earth in 1931. He had been approached by the Superhero known as Nomad, who
was a Geonesian from the dimension known as the Domain. Thunderhead’s help was
needed for the resistance. Thunderhead with his knowledge of both archeology
and mysticism would lead a strike force of Earth’s heroes through a secret
passage that connected Earth and the Domain. Travel through the passage was
undetectable by magic or technology. Nomad
used his dimension travel powers to bring Clark from Earth 1931 to the Domain
then to Earth 2014.
In 2014 Thunderhead found the Guardians who
he was suppose to lead to the Domain. The Guardians had been on the final leg
of their Quest to find the Artifacts of Powers. All but one had been located
and retrieved. It was the Soul Scythe. Dr Arcane was able to scry that the Soul
Scythe was on Easter Island and in Jacco’s possession but there were wards in
place which prevented him from see where they were. During their Quest Dr
Arcane’s granddaughter and 3 other archaeologist were captured by sorceress of
secret cult, Magi of the Black Rose. Occult with her revenants took their four
captives to the Domain. There they planned to use magic scrolls to create
Hybrid monsters, Half Human – half Domain Demons based on the Earth Elements of
Wind, Fire, Earth, and Water. They were
to lead the four armies of the Domain during the invasion of Earth. The
Guardians rescued Donnah and the other three from Occult but not before they
had been changed. The four scrolls that had changed them were destroyed in the
magical transmutation process but the fifth scroll. The scroll with controlled
the hybrids had been rescued as well. The guardians had brought it back with
them giving it to Dr. Arcane. Using their new found powers the Natural Forces
what Donnah and the other three were now calling themselves, protected Dr
Arcane and the Guardians with the rest of Earth’s heroes successfully fought
off the Domain vanguard.
During the brief respite to heal and prepare
to finish their Quest, Donnah was turned from the side of Earth. She left to
join the Domain forces who are gathering their main invasion forces. The
Guardians were unable to pursue Donnah because they had to complete the Quest
and stop the Domain from invading once and for all. They left for Easter Island
to get the final artifact.
There they were able to successfully find
Jacco but he wasn’t alone. The remaining Domain sympathizers, known as the
Tarot Masters, have fled to there and the Natural Forces were there as well.
The battle was joined with the Guardians
focusing of taking the Soul Scythe as their opponents battered them in an
effort to prevent it. They were able to bring the force field down that was
protecting Jacco from their reaching him. Red Hawk grabbed the Soul Scythe but was
unable to pull it from Jacco’s hand even though Starbolt had shackled Jacco’s
arm and foot to the ground.
The battle continues …
Jacco
reached over with his free hand grabbing Red Hawk by the arm that was holding
onto the Soul Scythe. He smiled as he started to feel Red Hawk’s life drain
into him but then it stopped. “You resisted my death touch for now but do not
feel you are immune. You are made of metal but you are not that different from
a Golem made from clay. I can kill them I can kill you too. Someone was able to
give you life; I can take that life away”
Thunderhead had made a fatal
miscalculation. He mistakenly told Red Hawk he was immune to Jacco's power, and
now Hawk was in grave danger because of him. The giant of justice had no
choice. He had to fix his mistake.
Connecting through the Amulet, Starbolt
sent his thoughts to Red Hawk. "Hey, I've currently got this geezer
clamped down, what would you prefer my next actions to be?"
While coordinating
with the team, CX said, "We
get this done quick and the beer and pizza's on me!!!"
After a strange
sidewise look at CX...
[37] Adamas quickly decided that the best
offense was to remove the enemies defense, and turned his powerful vision
attacks on Marutukku. Adamas fired
a single power eye blast at Marutukku. The awesome power blast took him out of the
fight rendering Marutukku incapacitated as he smashed into the furniture and the
wall of the hut.
Remembering
that Obituary had said: "I can kill them I can kill you too. Someone
was able to give you life; I can take that life away."
The spirit of winter looked at
the raving wizard in disgust. Jack spat, "Miserable magician. Your kind
ever seeks to poison the world... Also, I don't like your face."
The young immortal gestured a
nimble hand at Jacco as he attempted to grow ice on the shaft of the Soul
Scythe!
[33] Jack created slippery ice on
the Soul Scythe where Jacco is gripping it in his wresting contest with Red
Hawk. He succeeded in making the handle near Jacco's hands slippery
{GM Note:
When Jacco rolls his HtH dice the result will be halved because of Jack’s
attack}
Seeing that he had attracted the
attention of two of the enemies, CX smiled inside his helmet.
"Got
your attention", he thought to himself. He knew the attacks would come, but
as long as they were firing at him, the others don't have to take their
attacks.
His smiles widened when he saw Red
Hawk had grabbed the Scythe. He concentrated through the amulet to Red
Hawk.
“Use the
amulet with me. I am going to try and enhance your strength with my
magnetic’s”
[27] CX concentrated his magnetic
Control to move with Red Hawk and effectively increase the new leader's
physical prowess.
{GM
Note: CX’s magnetic capacity HtH will be rolled with Red Hawk’s HtH in their
coordinated effort to pull the magical cleaver of souls from Jacco’s grasp}
Chris thought to himself as both he and Jacco
held onto the ancient artifact, “Talk
about irony ... Little old man has a death grip on the Scythe”
Red Hawk silently nodded in acknowledgment to the
golden defender's suggestion. Focusing his own thoughts back to the team. "I will time my attempt to disarm Jacco
of the Scythe when I feel your power surround me CX . . .
[27] Chris timed his attack to coordinate with
CX enhancement, pulling the final artifact of power in the Quest from Jacco. He
blasted Jacco with a Vibration Blast as he flew up into the sky. Jacco was
unable to roll with the blast but he was tough enough to survive it. He waived
his free fist in fury as he watched Red Hawk leave with the Soul Scythe.
{GM Note: Jacco’s arm and foot is held in Starbolt’s
construct. He does not get his damage modifier for HtH in his Str vs Str roll
against Red Hawk. Str vs Str is normally HtH plus damage modifier. Because Jack
Frost has cover the part of the Scythe with ice that Jacco is holding making it
slippery Jacco Str roll is not HtH/2. CX is using his magnetic power to augment
Red Hawks Str. Red Hawk and CX HtH plus damage modifiers are added together.
For the Str vs Str test: Red Hawk with
all the modifiers Str resulted in 26 points and Jacco with all his negative
modifiers Str resulted in 1 point. Red Hawk pulled the Soul Scythe away from
Jacco}
[24] Coriolis flew up to Red Hawk. “I am sorry
Red Hawk, even if I wanted to return to my grandfather. I can’t. Lord Noman has
the Scroll of Controlling now. He controls all four of us with it.” She called
a hurricane force gale to force him back towards the hut. Red Hawk withstood
the first blast but couldn’t the second. He was knocked 30 feet down and
couldn’t fly any higher.
{GM Note: Coriolis performed a non damaging attack instead
getting a higher knock back result}
[22] Torrent moved through the fog quickly. She
arrived at the hut and looked for Red Hawk. Finding him she launched a wave of
water at him. Torrent’s giant water spout missed.
[19] "Aargh,
I'm down, one more hit and I'm done. Can't... move...!" Black Orchid said
out loud, but then through the amulet said "I'm
fine, just baiting squid-face". Then she moved directly behind
Jacco to hit him with her Vacuum blast.
"I hope that nun got lucky with that shot and she doesn't really know
where I am." She thought to herself.
Her Vacuum Blast
struck Jacco draining him of energy. He was tired but wasn’t yet fatigue.
“Starbolt, somebody needs to keep the bad guys
off our backs now that I wrenched the Soul Scythe free from the old
man. Can you either put the clamps or take out
Noman? He was one of the villains’ officers at Stonehenge. I'm betting we need
to put him down fast while we have the initiative.”
[19] Acknowledging
Red Hawk's request, The Stellar-Powered Sentinel attacked Jacco with a light
blast and missed.
Black Orchid used
the amulet to say to Starbolt "Let
me jump on your back before you go"
Starbolt swooped
down and when he felt her weight on his back he flew up to Red Hawk.
Red Hawk thought, “Thunderhead, any suggestions what to do
with the Scythe now that we have it in our possession? There is some spirit in
it claiming to be Xing Liang, Guardian of the Soul Scythe. Can I trust him
... or should I just start swinging for the fences?”
“Her” Thunderhead thought, “Xing is a her. Yes she is trust worthy.”
Thunderhead made
sure that his thoughts were no longer sending through the amulet. “I trusted her with my life and … more. I
have no regrets about doing it”
Thunderhead
remembered back to a time before he became the Inca Incarnation. When Clark
Powers wasn’t Thunderhead Superhero and Xing Liang wasn’t the Guardian of the
Soul Scythe. He was an Archeologist and
she was a princess in a remote Chinese province. He had discovered her village
while he was researching an ancient culture which was the guardians of a great
weapon which was to provide protection from a race of Demons which was ruled by
Supay. Clark was curious why his text pointed to a location in China was the
resting place for the protection from the Incan god of Death, Supay. He would
have expected it to be in Peru or another South American Country.
He had to
investigate this abnormality. When he arrived he did not expect the guardians
to still be a thriving society. Isolated and unknown to the rest of the world
but thriving regardless, he mistake nearly cost him his life as he was
ambushed. Struck by a poison dart his chances were bleak as his attackers left
him to die in the jungle. But Xing had found him. She provided the antidote and
brought him into her hut. This act brought shame upon her and protection upon
him. None of the guardians dared to attack him until she cast him from her
presence.
When he had
recovered Clark was taken by Xing to meet her father, The Guardian of the Soul
Scythe. He begrudgingly welcomed Clark
to his village and did not banish Xing for her actions. Clark spent the first
weeks there proving she had not made a mistake. He proved to be a value sharing
his knowledge of the race of Demons with the Guardian. Soon he proclaimed Clark
Powers a Defender and Brother of the guardians. Not only did it make him part
of the society but it removed the shame Xing had been shown.
Clark spent
months in the secret society studying their ancient texts and learning their
history. While he learned much the secrets of the Soul Scythe were kept from
him, but he could accept it because of all he gained from the other texts.
While he spent a
great amount of time studying their culture and their texts, he still made time
to be with Xing. He even asked her to leave with him when it was time to go. With
tears in eyes she refused. While she loved Clark, Xing was next in line as
Guardian of the Soul Scythe. She could not abandon that responsibility for one
day the Demon race would return and the Soul Scythe will be needed. There had
to be a Guardian there to wield it fearsome power. She asked Clark if he
wouldn’t stay instead. While his heart wanted to he knew he couldn’t. He too
had a destiny that had to be fulfilled.
Thunderhead
focused his mind back onto the battlefield. He was shocked that Xing’s destiny
and his had become intertwined again but he couldn’t think about that now.
[18]
Conflagration flew across the village to get closer to Red Hawk in the fog. He
blasted Red Hawk with a large flame blast engulfing Red Hawk in it. Red Hawk
felt the flames rippling across his body then it was gone. The feeling was
gone, not the flames.
{GM Note: The Soul Scythe protects it wielder from harm. Red
Hawk isn’t being harmed with he loses his invulnerability. Once the
Invulnerability is gone the Soul Scythe will protect him from damage so he
won’t have to roll with the damage either. The protection is not unlimited.
Conflagration did 17 points of damage, -10 Invulnerability and -7 Soul Scythe}
Red Hawk stared
in shock at what he witnessed next. The flames disappeared and out of the Soul
Scythe came a woman. It wasn’t a solid person but the image of a woman, like
the astral projection of Dr Arcane and the telepathic image of Psimon was. Not
only did he see her but he knew she was, what lead to her soul be trapped in
the Soul Scythe and he could hear her last thoughts as her soul disappeared.
She was FBI
Agent Emma Mulder, female age 57. She was a trained negotiator and her last
case was to hunt down Glenn Jacco. He was a suspect in recent kidnappings. She
and her teammate Sofia Silva were killed by the Soul Scythe when the FBI team
tried to capture Jacco. He had laughed as their gunfire hadn’t harmed him. He
slew them before anyone could get over their surprise. Emma begged Chris to
keep the Soul Scythe from falling into Jacco’s hands ever again.
[18] Super Nova
flew toward Red Hawk with both hands outstretched. Dual blast of fire struck
Red Hawk. He was engulfed in flames but was again unhurt.
{GM Note: Super Nova did 31 points of damage,-31 to Soul
Scythe}
Red Hawk heard
Oliver Robert’s final death cry. Red Hawk looked into his eyes as Oliver’s soul
left the Soul Scythe. Oliver was a 45 year old reporter for the Truth Seeker
Weekly News. He was writing a story of the secret society the Magi of the Black
Rose and their quest release a Demon Master from his prison. When released from
the Domain the Demon Master would rule the Earth and the Magi would be rewarded
with wealth and power for their service.
The next soul to
leave the Soul Scythe was beautiful Asian woman. Makara Wu was a 33 year old
graphic artist. She had been hired to make ancient looking documents for an
advertising campaign. Her client had provided drawings of what the lettering
and designs were on the scroll. She made the scroll and all the markings and
lettering perfectly. She was especially proud of the aging process she had
used. Her client was extremely pleased. She was hoping that he might pay her a
bonus for the fine work instead he had killed her. She had thought the ancient
weapon he had brought with him was another prop for the ad campaign. She had
not expected it to be lethal or to have the ability to steal her soul.
The final soul
freed from the Soul Scythe to move onto a place of eternal rest was a young
Ukrainian man. He was 24 years old and his name was Vadim Gurka. He was a
craftsman specializing in magical enchantments. He had learned from his
grandmother this special form of art. Glenn Jacco had brought a scroll to him
to enchant. Vadim knew it was a replica. Vadim could not recreate the great
magic the original scroll had but since all Jacco was asking for was a simple
Charm spell he was able to do it. He hadn’t trusted Jacco. Vadim had taken
proper precautions but his wards and spells were too weak a defense against the
Soul Scythe.
Chris focused on
his amulet trying to communicate to Dr. Arcane and the team. "Guardians ... There is an ancient
chamber beneath the floor of Jacco’s hut. I saw ancient runes and markings on
the floor and hieroglyphics on the walls. I know the mission is to secure the
Scythe but unless we get ourselves hurt badly, I don't think we can leave until
Thunderhead gets a look at Jacco's secret passageways."
Thunderhead
replied telepathically: "It's a
likely place for the Domain Gate. Once we secure the Scythe, we should search
it."
CX thought over the
amulet, "Meta-battles and
multitasking. Not a good combo. Let's get that scythe first, then
we can worry about Captain Jeritol's club house."
Thunderhead
replied “That is what I said let’s get
the scythe first and then find the gate.”
[17] With Red Hawk protected by
the Scythe, and Orchid protected by her invisibility, Thunderhead made a
strategic pivot. He tore up the floor to reveal the secret chamber.
Then he flew into through the chamber.
“I am searching for the Gate!”
[17] Sister Indigo circled around
in flight. She flew toward Red Hawk with great vigor and enthusiasm. She hated
the Soul Scythe. She knew it was an instrument designed to slay the Demon
Master. It should be destroyed before it could be used for that purpose. She
had begged Lord Noman to destroy it. It was too powerful for them to control.
He had refused her request. She had offered anything Jacco wanted in exchange
for the reaper of souls. Sister Indigo felt shame from having debased herself
to making such an offer and then fury when Jacco had rejected her.
Now was her chance to seize the
ancient artifact and destroy it. She went all out firing multiple dual blasts
of her Spirit Bolts. Her aim proved true with all six Spirit Bolts striking Red
Hawk in the Chest. The bolts went into his body. Red Hawk screamed in pain as
he rolled with the last two bolts. The protection of the Soul Scythe had been
exhausted.
{GM Note:
Sister Indigo rolled successes on all six rolls on her two multiple attacks.
She did 69 points of damage,-49 to Soul Scythe,
-7 to Red Hawk’s PP and – 13 HP.}
The remaining
souls in the Soul Scythe left. Red Hawk knew them all as their images rose to
the heavens.
Deepak Dhaliwai
was a 16 year old electronic genius in India. He had devised a device which
blocked satellite surveillance by sending images of other locations as
overarching layers on top of the original image. The layers could be as deep as
300 image layers. Each layer had its own encryption key. Each key would need to
be deciphered first before the layer could be removed. He was able to bring his
family out of poverty in his first sell to an American. His second sale was to
Glenn Jacco. From him, Deepak received a totally different kind of payment.
Camila Garcia
was a 48 year old Peruvian Pilot. She had flown Lord Noman and the other Tarot
Masters to Easter Island. She had promised she would never tell anyone about
the flight. It was unregistered so no one would know. She begged for her life.
None of that mattered to Jacco.
Arjun Rajagopla
was a 27 year old News reporter for the Truth Seeker Weekly News. He believed
the statues on Easter Island had a connection to the Demons that had invaded
Earth. Arjun left India to travel to Easter Island to test their magical
properties himself. To prove that they were a protection from the Demons, that
they were a magical ward, but Jacco had laughed in his face. “They aren’t a
protection but a path. Too bad you won’t see them arrive but I can’t risk your
escaping to warn the world where they are coming from next.” Those were the
last words Arjun heard as the Scythe struck him.
Helen Thompson was an American
woman age 54. She was a scholar of ancient civilizations especially in the
South American region including Easter Island. She was the leading specialist
on Easter Island ancient civilizations, having written several books on their
greatest King. His name was Cor. King Cor the Demon Slayer was a mighty
protector of his people. His death came when he had called for the banishment
of all wizards who summoned Demons and dealt with them. Helen believed the
story of how King Cor died was written with the Tomb of Cor. She had hired a
specialist in tomb and gravesite searching to lead her to it. Glenn Jacco had
thanked her for the ancient texts and manuscripts. Without them he would never
had found it. Helen died without ever seeing the Tomb. She had begged from the
Soul Scythe for Jacco to describe what he had found in the Tomb but he refused
her requests. Once in a while he would describe a very small section in
exchange for a lot of her knowledge on King Cor and the Demons but it was never
an equal exchange.
Sasha Maslak was a 16 year old
girl with a gift for forgery. She had created the fake passports that the Tarot
Masters and Jacco used to travel the world in search of ancient magical
artifacts.
Yuan Tatou was a 54 year old lock
pick. He had help Glenn Jacco escape from prison. This had been his reward.
Eva Galkin was a Russian woman of
48 years old. She was a horseman and guide. She had lead Glenn Jacco from
Russia into China. She had interpreted the map and guided him to the hidden
society in the jungles of China. She had help him escape when he stole the Soul
Scythe from the village. She didn’t live long enough to regret her decision.
Xing Liang was the Guardian of
the Soul Scythe. She had just recently lost her father and taken up the mantle
herself. She was easily fooled by Glenn Jacco when he arrived in their village.
When he revealed his true nature and intentions she knew what she had to do but
she hesitated. No Guardian had used the Soul Scythe in generations; their
training had evolved away from the truth into mythic proportions. They had
forgotten about the Demon had allies on Earth, that these allies were human, if
they had ever known. She was ill prepared for battle with a Magi of the Black
Rose.
[15] Mother
Superior flew at Centurion X again. She attacked with her magical flail. “I
know your weaknesses Armored One. I will destroy you!” she yelled at CX. Her
attack bounced off harmlessly against his Magnetic defenses.
[14] Lord Noman
stared into the sky. “No one defies the will of Noman. Return thief!” He waved
his wand in 2 concentric circles and then once counter-clockwise. A bolt of
lightning streak from a cloud strike Red Hawk in the back.
{GM Note: Lightning did 11 points of damage, -4 PP and -7 HP,
rolled 70 for 1d100 for system failure}
[14] In a frenzy
Jacco slashed his free hand and claws against his restraints. He screamed in
rage at Thunderhead as his claws slashed through the solid light constructs
freeing himself. Jacco ran around the hole in the floor to a chest. He quickly
opened it to reveal a secret entrance. He ran down the stairs to the
underground chamber under his hut.
{GM Note: I set the Constructs with a structural rating of at
steel rating of 10. All four attacks of Jacco were successful so all multiple
attacks hit. All damage rolls equaled 10 or higher. The total HP of the
construct was the 30 points used to create the constructs. Jacco did 44 points
of damage to the 30 HP of the construct. The construct was completely
destroyed}
[13] Quarry
moved across the village. His huge lumbering body pounding the ground as he
moved, he stopped when he passed Jacco’s hut. He launched his fist at Red Hawk.
He pulled earth into his body and his arm stretch into the sky. The arm grew
long enough to reach Red Hawk. Red Hawk flinched in surprise when a fist and
arm as large as his body passed by him without hit him. Quarry retracted his
arm, angry that he had missed in his attack.
[1] Red Hawk’s
android body repaired itself.
{GM Note: Red Hawk regenerated 3 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 August 23rd >
Battle Conditions:
Adamas Hit Points: 47 Power
Points: 57 Invulnerability: 24
Black
Orchid Hit Points: 30 Power Points:
58 Willpower Defense active and Invisible
Centurion
X Hit
Points: 138 Power Points: 81 Magnetic
Defense active
Jack
Frost Hit Points: 24 Power Points:
62 Ice
Defense active
Red
Hawk Hit Points: 39 Power
Points: 41 Invulnerability: 0 and Vibration Defense inactive
Starbolt Hit
Points: 34 Power Points: 74 Creation
Points: 45, Used: 0
Thunderhead Hit Points: 43 Power
Points: 65 Height: 6ft, Invulnerability 20
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OOC: Great
stuff. Exciting read. Nice job!
Jeff
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<Red Hawk:
IC> Chris thinks to himself, 'Talk about irony ... Little old man has a
death grip on the Scythe'
LOL. Excellent Tom.
Sometimes the dice tell a better story than we
could ever make ourselves don't they? :-)
Definitely enjoying the Easter Island battle
story. Thanks for the fun.
Sincerely
John
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OOC: Hehehehe I love it!
IC: Seeing that he has
attracted the attention of two of the enemies, CX smiles inside his helmet.
"Got your attention",
he thinks to himself. He knows the attacks will come, but as long as they
are firing at him, the others don't have to take their attacks.
His smiles widens as Red Hawk
grabs the Scythe. He concentrates through the amulet to Red Hawk.
'Use the amulet with me. I
am going to try and enhance your strength with my magnetic’s”
CX concentrates his magnetic
Control to move with Red Hawk and effectively increase the new leader's
physical prowess.
OOC: I'm not really sure
how this is going to work with the rules. My thinking is that his
synthetic form will allow CX to use his magnetic powers "against" it.
Instead of trying to control Red Hawk's body, my hope is that they can
coordinate through the amulet and CX can aid Red Hawk in his struggle for the
scythe.
Dave
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You're welcome. I agree the dice do create some fun dynamics to
the story.
Best
Tom
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I will consider this a coordinated attack. Since you are focusing
on Red Hawk the "to hit" roll will succeed on any other than a
natural "20" (since this game has an automatic fail mechanic). I will
then add Centurion X's Magnetic HtH roll to Red Hawk's HtH roll for the
Strength vs Strength attack.
Please remember this game has an initiative feature, To perform a
coordinated attack both players have to hold the action on their phase and then
attack on a later phase together. It can be the phase immediately after the
initiative of the slowest player to react.
So I need both you and John to include that you are both holding
your actions and then attacking together.
Thanks
Tom
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OOC: Okay. That sounds perfectly fine
with me. It seems very fair and fun.
IC: CX will hold his action
until he can coordinate with Red Hawk. :)
Dave
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OOC: Cool beans.
CX suggestion sounds like a good beginning to next stage. Red Hawk replies ...
<Red Hawk: IC Reply> Red Hawk silently
nods in acknowledgment to the golden defender's suggestion. Focusing his own
thoughts back to the team. <"I will time my attempt to disarm Jacco of
the Scythe when I feel your power surround me CX . . . Somebody needs to keep
the bad guys off our backs until I can wrench it free from the old man . . .
Thunderhead, any suggestions what to do with the Scythe once we have it in our
possession? There is some spirit in it claiming to be Xing Liang,
Guardian of the Soul Scythe. Can I trust him ... or should I just start
swinging for the fences.?">
<Red Hawk: Actions> Chris will time is
'attack' to coordinate with CX enhancement. He will use the second or his dual
actions to do the same if they are at first not successful. If they are
successful he wills his second of his dual actions to blast Jacco with a
Vibration Blast. Unless Thunderhead has a suggestion that will make better use
if or protect the Scythe. Jacco shouldn't (?) be able to roll with the
Blast this hopefully knocking him out freeing Starbolt to help with Marutukku
or one of the other villains.
Regards Guardians
John
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CX will use his
dual/second action to try a second time in getting the scythe if the first is
unsuccessful. If successful on the first attempt, then his second action
will go to being fully defensive.
Dave
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"Aargh, I'm
down, one more hit and I'm done. Can't... move...!" she says out loud, but
then through the amulet says "I'm fine, just baiting
squid-face". Then she moves directly behind Jacco to hit him with her
Vacuum blast (hopefully with as many bonuses as she can muster). "I hope
that nun got lucky with that shot and she doesn't really know where I am."
She thinks to herself.
Marc
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IC: Connecting through the Amulet, Starbolt sends his
thoughts to Red Hawk. "Hey, I've currently got this geezer clamped down,
What would you prefer my next actions to be?"
OOC: Starbolt will maintain his defensive flight pattern.
Jamey
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OOC: Hey guys. I
just wanted to check and make sure we were basically on same page of what we
were up to before making more In Character responses.
Our priority has
been the Scythe and it looks like we are very close to getting that out of
Jacco's hands next turn with Red Hawk and Centurion X actions . . . which won't
mean much if the bad guys can grab it right back of course. :-)
I think Jacco, Marutukku and maybe Noman should be
double teamed until they go down. They seem to be the bad guy HQ staff.
Obviously though we can't ignore the others or we run the risk of being taken
down in a similar manner.
I'm just
spitballing but I was thinking we should make some use of Starbolt, Black
Orchid and anyone else's abilities to effect multiple opponents at once. The
others continue taking out bad guys as available using two vs one attacks to
overwhelm the bad guys as quickly as possible. We need something to give us a
tipping point or risk not being able to continue to take the fight to the
Dominion without some serious healing time.
Thoughts?
Suggestions? :-)
Regards
John
SB IC:
Connecting through the Amulet, Starbolt sends his thoughts to Red Hawk. "Hey,
I've currently got this geezer clamped down, What would you prefer my next
actions to be?"
OOC: Starbolt
will maintain his defensive flight pattern.
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While
coordinating with the team, CX says, "We get this done quick and the beer and pizza's on me!!!"
Dave
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OOC: Way
OOC... just thinking how Adamas would interpret that statement... picturing
this big armored guy covered in beer and pizza... I'd almost think he would
pause and look at CX a little confused. :)
Jon
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OOC:
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dave
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Hi everyone!
IC:
Thunderhead:
Jacco reached over with his free
hand grabbing Red Hawk by the arm that was holding onto the Soul Scythe. He
smiled as he started to feel Red Hawk’s life drain into him but then it
stopped. “You resisted my death touch for now but do not feel you are immune.
You are made of metal but you are not that different from a Golem made from
clay. I can kill them I can kill you too. Someone was able to give you life; I
can take that life away”
Thunderhead had made a fatal
miscalculation. He mistakenly told Red Hawk he was immune to Jacco's power, and
now Hawk was in grave danger because of him. The giant of justice had no
choice. He had to fix his mistake.
OOC:
If-then orders:
1) Clark will save his action.
If Jacco still has the Scythe and attempts to touch any hero (or Donnah)
with his Death Touch, Thunderhead will use his saved action to interpose a
titanic hand to block the attack. "Obituary! Stop this insanity now!"
Goal: Defend teammates.
2) If Jacco attacks before
Thunderhead then when Thundy goes, he'll make an attempt to grab the Scythe,
and join with Red Hawk and CX to wrest it away, saying: "You demented
madman. Give us that, before you hurt someone."
If Thundy successfully grabs the
Scythe, he'll use his movement to fly straight up 2,000' with the Scythe, Red
Hawk, CX and maybe Jacco if he's still hanging on.
Goal: Get the Scythe.
PS: Thunderhead will also use
this option if Squid Face is about to reform the force field, and Thundy has a
saved action to pre-empt Squid Face.
3) If Jacco loses the Scythe at
any moment, but the Scythe is still present on the battle field, Thunderhead
will pick it up (or grab the hero that holds it) along with any other heroes in
the area that he can grab, and fly straight up 2,000 feet.
Goal: Evac, retreat, regroup, and
find the Gate to the Domain.
4) If Jacco is somehow back
behind a forcefield when Thundy acts, (and still has the Scythe) then
Thunderhead will use the stone monolith attack again on the forcefield,
targeting the squid-faced sorcerer again, in case he smashes through the
barrier.
Goal: Destroy the forcefield
again.
Hope that's clear, and legal.
:-)
IC:
Jack Frost:
Obituary said: "I can kill
them I can kill you too. Someone was able to give you life; I can take that
life away."
The spirit of winter looked at
the raving wizard in disgust. Jack spat, "Miserable magician. Your kind
ever seeks to poison the world... Also, I don't like your face."
The young immortal gestured a
nimble hand at Jacco as he attempted to grow ice on the shaft of the Soul
Scythe!
OOC:
Jack wants to create slippery ice
on the Soul Scythe where Jacco is gripping it in his wresting contest with Red
Hawk. The goal isn't to cause damage, but to make the handle near Jacco's hands
slippery
Goal: Make Jacco (but not Red
Hawk) lose his grip on the Soul Scythe.
If, by Jack's turn, Jacco has
already lost the Scythe, or is behind a force field, or some other event that
renders the above action impossible or pointless, then Jack will double blast
Squid Face (or his force field) again, like last turn. In this option,
Jack will use the above insult on Squid Face instead.
If the Guardians start to evac,
Jack will use his movement to fly after them, spinning, laughing and diving on
the wind.
Thanks,
Jeff
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OOC: After a
strange sidewise look at CX...
IC: Adamas quickly decides that the best offense
is to remove the enemies defense, and turned his powerful vision attacks on
Martuku.
If-then seems to work.
1) If the force field is down, Adamas will do a
multiple attack on Martuku. Not an auto-fire, but two separate power
blasts in an effort to take him out of the fight.
2) If the force field is up, Adamas will take to
the air, and Join the battle going on there, teaming up on Nova... "I
believe we have some unfinished business", He will say with a smile, and
proceed to do the multiple attacks on him.
Adamas will not attack Donnah, and will attempt
to dissuade anyone that tries to do so.
Jon
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Current state of game, middle
turn on Phase 17. All the other Guardians have acted except Thunderhead. Red
Hawk has the Soul Scythe and has successfully fended off 3
attacks. It is obvious the Soul Scythe is protecting
him. Currently it appears all the villains (not engaged in HtH combat)
will attack Red Hawk in an attempt to get the Soul Scythe back. Marutukku
is unconscious. Thunderhead can easily grab Red Hawk but wasn't able to find
Black Orchid because she is invisible but he knows from the amulet that she is in
the hut with Jacco (still caught in Starbolt's constructs) and Lord Noman are
there too.
Game Mechanic wise Thunderhead
has to roll a 3 or less to grab Black Orchid.
If he fails his roll would
Thunderhead still fly up to 2,000 feet leaving Black Orchid behind?
I don't think he would but I
don't know what he would do in the current situation. Since it is obvious to
Thunderhead that Red Hawk doesn't need protection (at the moment) and he has a
very little chance of picking up Black Orchid, I am thinking that carrying out
your orders which closest fits the situation is wrong.
After 11 PCs and NPC have acted the landscape has changed too
much. Could you please give me Thunderhead's action based on this current
situation?
Thanks
Tom
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Hi,
Thanks for asking.
If then:
1)
If Red Hawk mentioned (or
telepathically revealed) the secret chamber he found, Thunderhead will assume
the Gate is there.
IC:
With Red Hawk protected by the
Scythe, and Orchid protected by her invisibility, Thunderhead made a
strategic pivot. He would use his action to tear up the floor to reveal
the secret chamber. Then he'd use his movement to fly through the
chamber, searching for the Gate!
2)
If Red Hawk doesn't mention the
secret chamber, then:
IC:
Seeing that Red Hawk was safely
protected by the power of the Soul Scythe, Thunderhead made a strategic pivot.
He'd defend his injured team mates until they could all successfully
evacuate.
OOC:
Thunderhead will save his action
for one phase and then thought-send: "Black Orchid, please reveal yourself
so we can go."
If she can turn off her powers
without an action (like the rules for "hitting the deck") Thundy will
grab her, Red Hawk, and anyone else he can and hurtle skyward.
If she can't turn off her powers
between actions, Thunderhead will save his action.
If anyone tries to attack the
injured Orchid, he'll use his action to block or otherwise foul their attempt
by pre-empting their action with his.
Hopefully this can be done
without seeing Orchid, but by seeing a villain attempting to attack "mid
air".
Goal: defend Orchid.
If no one's attacked her (and
Thundy still has his action) by the final phase, then he'll use that action to
try to grab Black Orchid. If he fails, he'll stay with her til next turn,
protecting her. He'll thought-send: "Guardians, go! We're right
behind you!"
Next turn, hopefully she'll grab
him, or turn visible on his action phase, and then he'll fly off with her.
Best,
Jeff
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OOC: okay it
looks like CX Hawk and Orchid are focused on Jacco with Adamas Jack and TH
alternate plans for squid face and sunburn. tweaking Hawk reply ...
Replies desired but not required for SB and TH :-)
<Red Hawk: IC Reply> Red Hawk silently
nods in acknowledgment to the golden defender's suggestion. Focusing his own
thoughts back to the team. <"I will time my attempt to disarm Jacco of
the Scythe when I feel your power surround me CX . . .
Starbolt, somebody needs to keep the bad guys
off our backs until I can wrench it free from the old
man. Can you either put the clamps or take out
Noman? He was one of the villains officers at Stonehenge. I'm betting we need
to put him down fast while we have the initiative . . . Thunderhead, any
suggestions what to do with the Scythe once we have it in our possession? There
is some spirit in it claiming to be Xing Liang, Guardian of the Soul
Scythe. Can I trust him ... or should I just start swinging for the
fences.?">
<Red Hawk: Actions> Chris will time is
'attack' to coordinate with CX enhancement. He will use the second or his dual
actions to do the same if they are at first not successful. If they are
successful he will his second of his dual actions to blast Jacco with a
Vibration Blast. Either way he will finish his Turn by flying 24 (6 horizontal
18 vertical) inches away to the northwest (map top left) of his current
location
Unless Thunderhead has a suggestion that will
make better use if or protect the Scythe. Jacco shouldn't (?) be able to
roll with the Blast this hopefully knocking him out freeing Starbolt to help
with or one of the other villains.
Regards Guardians
John
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OOC: Tom, has Thundy heard of Xing Liang?
If yes, he'll offer what sage
advice he can via the telepathy amulets.
Best,
Jeff
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OOC: Not
going to change my actions. Just didn't wanna get legft outta the repost
frenzy! LOL!!!! :D
Dave
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Acknowledging Red Hawk's request, The Stellar-Powered Sentinel
will attack Norman with a light blast.
OOC: If unable to free the scythe he will keep Jacco clamped
down while he attacks Norman. If we are able to wrest the scythe away from him,
Starbolt will turn his attention towards covering our escape. He will also
remember to retrieve Black Orchid.
Jamey
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How will Starbolt retrieve Black Orchid? She is invisible and
doesn't know where she is on the ground?
Thanks
Tom
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Sorry Tom,
I was going on
the assumption that she would reveal herself if/when we were ready to depart.
If that does not happen. Starbolt will simply follow the team and defend our
escape.
Jamey
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Jamey, No problem. I wanted to make sure you understood the
current situation.
Marc, Does Black Orchid reveal herself to leave with the others?
It won't take an action on her part. I count her turn invisibility
on and off like talking but with PR requirement per her character sheet.
Thanks
Tom
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Hi Tom,
fyi, If Black Orchid told Thundy
to leave (via their amulets) he would, and they could rendezvous later.
Otherwise he's happy to wait.
But he won't wait against her
wishes.
Best,
Jeff
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She'll use the
amulet to say to Starbolt "Let me jump on your back before you go"
Marc
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<Red Hawk: IC
Response> Chris focuses on his amulet trying to communicate to Dr. Arcane
and the team. <"Guardians ... There is an ancient chamber beneath the
floor of Jacco’s hut. I saw ancient runes and markings on the floor and
hieroglyphics on the walls. I know the mission is to secure the Scythe but
unless we get ourselves hurt badly, I don't think we can leave until
Thunderhead gets a look at Jacco's secret passageways.">
Good Luck
Guardians
John R
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Wha???
Serendipity!
Best,
Jeff
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Thunderhead
replied telepathically: "It's a likely place for the Domain Gate. Once we
secure the Scythe, we should search it."
Jeff
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IC (over
amulet): "Meta-battles and multitasking. Not a good combo.
Let's get that scythe first, then we can worry about Captain Jeritol's
club house."
Dave
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OOC: Ha.
Thunderhead said
let’s get the scythe first and then find the gate. :-)
Jeff
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