Friday, April 24, 2015

Quest: I'm Not Done with You Yet! - Issue 48


Location: Hidden Tomb of Cor on Easter Island

The Statues of the Beetle-Warrior magically came to life. All 3 stepped down from their podiums to engage the intruders


The eternal child gasped at the presence of another ancient guardian! His usual, playful smile disappeared. "What are you doing here!" he demanded in righteous indignation. 

The Tentacle Horror from the Well of Dead replied, “I have always been here. I have maintained my duties where you have acted like the little child you earth guardians are. I am the protector of the Portal to the Domain. Here I am and here I will stand.

Red Hawk asked Thunderhead if he knew how the Scythe was able to absorb the souls of the living. Red Hawk said, “I was thinking the Horror creature might be a good one to use the Scythe against in this fashion?”

Thunderhead didn't know exactly but he believed hitting the opponent with it was required.

Focusing on his amulet, Red Hawk thought, “Black Orchid, Clark says the Scythe needs a soul to work properly. I hate to ask but we I think we will need its power against C'tegorf.”

The Black Orchid sucked in her breath at seeing the statues come to life and relayed over the amulet. "Give me the word Team Leader and I'll use the scythe on squid-face!"

"No!" Clark pleaded through the telepathic amulet.

"Don't become like Jacco! Resist the Scythe's temptation, and its curse, as did its former guardian!" Clark said, referring to his lost love.

Red Hawk held off on giving Black Orchid the go to attempt to turn the enemy's power against them and charge the staff with the soul of the demonic horror. "I'm confused Clark. You're okay with leaving an insane old man to die in a block of ice but this you have a problem with? We know the souls can be released later. Orchid are you sure you're okay with this? I'll do it if need be. I don't think I have a soul for the Scythe to imperil if that is the problem."

Thunderhead replied "Jacco has already been destroyed, driven mad by his warped quest for dark, arcane power.  Don't let Black Orchid join him! 

"Why do you think the last Guardian never used the Scythe?"

[35] Adamas’ eyes began to glow red, "I'm not done with you yet!"

As the tentacle terror attacked the team Titan, Adamas pulled him back, and unleashed an Auto-fire Power Blast to his face.

“Let him try to rap his tentacles around that!”

Adamas fired 4 power blasts. The first blast missed the tentacle terror.

The second blast hit and the Horror rolled with the damage.

The third blast hit but the Horror rolled with the damage and remained standing.

The fourth blast struck the Horror in the face. The Horror rolled with the damage and continued to fight.

[31] On the other side of the tomb's supernatural guardian, the man of yesteryear retaliated against the Horror's vicious claw attack. The two-fisted titan manifested the power of the Incan goddess of the storm to summon a bolt of lightning!

KRAKA-BOOM!!! Thunder roared as twin jagged, white-hot arcs of electricity flew from Clark's eyes at the writhing, tentacle Horror!

The Horror cried out in pain as it was struck by both attacks. The Tentacle Terror fell to the ground incapacitated.

[29] Centurion X delayed his action as he watched the 3 Beetle-Warrior Horrors. He was prepared to protect his teammates from them.

[27] The otherworldly spirit of winter let loose an icy blast at the Beetle-Warrior Horror #1’s legs, so that if any ice accumulated from the attack, it would hinder the monster's movement. ZING!

The ice blast missed.

[27] Red Hawk evaded as he struggled with the burden that leadership had placed on him.

[24] Beetle-Warrior Horror #3 swung his pike at Thunderhead. The Horror attacked off balance, tripped, and fell to the ground when he missed with his pike strike.

[22] The Black Orchid silently evaded as she waited for the Guardians’ team leader to give the word.

[21] Beetle-Warrior Horror #1 moved toward Jack Frost while raising his pike.

[21] CX attempted to intercept the attack with his metal shield but wasn’t able to move it across the room in time.

{GM Note: CX has to roll a successful to hit to get his shield in place. I am using the framework of the counterblast rules to determine CX’s attempts to provide metal shielding from attacks}

[21] Beetle-Warrior Horror #1 pike struck Jack Frost in the side, wounding the immortal guardian. Jack was still able to fight.

{Gm Note: Horror did 15 damage points, -6 Power Points and -9 Hit Points}

[18] Since his last shot missed, Starbolt used his energy construct to attempt to pin the closest opponent to the wall. He constructed a clamp with an attached wedge that had a textured bottom to grip the floor. "No sense risking hitting one of my teammates if I miss." He thought to himself.   He attempted to fly back towards the doorway to keep out of the team’s way.

"Nice move Starbolt. Let's see if we can take advantage of that." Red Hawk said.

Starbolt said, "I hope it helps. It is quite the ugly convention they have going on."

The clamp missed. It struck the wall.

To the team he said aloud, "If anyone needs me to help, just let me know."

[16] Horror #2 struck Adamas in the back with his pike. The blow was not strong enough to even faze Adamas.


{GM Note: Horror did 13 damage points, -13 to Invulnerability}


<Replies and Actions due May 10th >


Battle Conditions:
Adamas                        Hit Points:   41  Power Points:   72         Invulnerability: 11
Black Orchid                 Hit Points:   30  Power Points:   87         Willpower Defense active and invisible
Centurion X                   Hit Points: 138  Power Points:   94         Magnetic Defense active
Jack Frost                    Hit Points:   15  Power Points:   56         Ice Defense active
Red Hawk                    Hit Points:   74  Power Points:   30   Invulnerability:10; Vib Def act; Willpow Def active
Starbolt                        Hit Points:   34  Power Points:   74         Creation Points: 45, Used: 0
Thunderhead                 Hit Points:   28  Power Points:   76         Height: 6ft, Invulnerability 14

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Attention Players: It has been portrayed for the last 2 issues but it might have been too subtle. I want to you be aware of the situation especially for this issue. Adamas left his amulet with Donnah. He can NOT hear your PCs with they communicate with thoughts using the amulet. Please keep this in mind this turn. Adamas can NOT hear you unless you speak out loud.

I have updated the Website with all the back issues, so if you want to read what each Player Character experienced during the Fog of War in the Tomb of Cor, you can read them now.

Thanks
Tom
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Regarding the amulet, I thought that would be a nice twist going into this... glad you caught it. ;) 

Jon
 
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Adamas IC: Adamas eyes begin to glow red, "I'm not done with you yet!" 

As the tentacle terror attacks the team Titan, Adamas pulls him back, and unleashes an Auto-fire Power Blast to his face.
 

Let him try to rap his tentacles around that!
 

Jon
 
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How many blasts do you fire with the autoblast. Please be aware because of the close quarters any misses I will need to roll to see if they hit someone else.

I did that is the last issue with Starbolt's miss. I rolled to see if he hit Adamas. I just forgot to include it in the issue.

Thanks
Tom
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I thought I had responded to this, but can't find my response. 

Four blasts either way, and let's try to line him up with one of the beetle guys in case of a miss.  :)
 

Jon
 
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Since his last shot missed, Starbolt will use his energy construct in an attempt to pin the closest opponent to the wall. He constructs a clamp with an attached wedge that has a textured bottom to grip the floor. "No sense risking hitting one of my teammates if I miss." He thinks to himself.   He will attempt to fly back towards the doorway to keep out of the team’s way.

To the team he says aloud, "If anyone needs me to help, just let me know."

Jamey
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Jack Frost:
The eternal child gasped at the presence of another ancient guardian! His usual, playful smile disappeared. "What are you doing here!" he demanded in righteous indignation. 

Regardless of the answer, the otherworldly spirit of winter let loose an icy blast at the Horror's legs, so that if any ice accumulated from the attack, it would hinder the monster's movement. ZING!


Thunderhead:
On the other side of the tomb's supernatural guardian, the man of yesteryear retaliated against the Horror's vicious claw attack. The two-fisted titan manifested the power of the Incan goddess of the storm to summon a bolt of lightning!
KRAKA-BOOM!!! Thunder roared as twin jagged, white-hot arcs of electricity flew from Clark's eyes at the writhing, tentacle Horror!

Thanks.

Best,
Jeff
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Thunderhead:

"No!" Clark pleaded through the telepathic amulet.
"Don't become like Jacco! Resist the Scythe's temptation, and its curse, as did its former guardian!" Clark said, referring to his lost love.

Jeff
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Let's go with four.

Jon
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OOC: Thank you for communicating the issue with the Adamas Tom.
I was likely one of the perpetrators.

I will ask later for Red Hawk IC but I am curious does Thunderhead know how the Scythe is able to absorb the souls of the living? I was thinking the Horror creature might be a good one to use the Scythe against in this fashion? Yes it's xeno-ist but killing robots and monsters is okay. Bruce Timm said so. :-)

Thanks
John
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Thunderhead doesn't know exactly but he believes hitting the opponent with it is required.

Tom
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Thunderhead will thought-send that information to the artificial man.

More later! 
Jeff
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<Red Hawk: IC> "Nice move Starbolt. Let's see if we can take advantage of that."

Focusing on his amulet <<"Black Orchid, Clark says the Scythe needs a soul to work properly. I hate to ask but we I think we will need its power against C'tegorf.

OOC: I will write more IC the angst asking this cause Red Hawk when I do his Action.

John R
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Starbolt IC: "I hope it helps. It is quite the ugly convention they have going on."

Jamey
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Thunderhead:

"No!" Clark pleaded through the telepathic amulet.

"Don't become like Jacco! Resist the Scythe's temptation, and its curse, as did its former guardian!" Clark said, referring to his lost love.

Jeff
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Thunderhead:

"No!" Clark pleaded through the telepathic amulet.

"Don't become like Jacco! Resist the Scythe's temptation, and its curse, as did its former guardian!" Clark said, referring to his lost love

<Red Hawk: IC Response> Holding off on giving Black Orchid the go to attempt to turn the enemy's power against them and charge the staff with the soul of the demonic horror. << "I'm confused Clark. You're okay with leaving an insane old man to die in a block of ice but this you have a problem with? We know the souls can be released later. Orchid are you sure you're okay with this? I'll do it if need be. I don't think I have a soul for the Sythe to imperil if that is the problem." >>

:-)
John
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Thunderhead:

"Jacco has already been destroyed, driven mad by his warped quest for dark, arcane power.  Don't let Black Orchid join him! 

"Why do you think the last Guardian never used the Scythe?"

Jeff
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The Black Orchid sucks in her breath at seeing the statues come to life and relays over the amulet. "Give me the word Team Leader and I'll use the scythe on squid-face!"

Marc
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