{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. Manta Man was
incapacitated when the hut they were exploring exploded. Adamas was knocked out
by a gas grenade thrown by Swamp Rat after Adamas had smashed his Swamp Boat.
!!Static cut thru the New Crusader communicators
followed by a high pitch shriek!!
"Attention New Crusaders! Attention all New
Crusaders! I am TEACHER. I repeat I am TEACHER."
"I have been monitoring this channel as per
Crusader Combat Protocol. Manta Man has been absent of any vocal
activity. He did not send in a silence notification response from any of my
direct queries. Programming Analysis Logic has activated Zeta Protocol."
"StrikeForce has been designated as New
Crusader Team Leader immediately!"
"I repeat, per Manta Man's Zeta Protocol
StrikeForce is New Crusader Team Leader!"
!!Brief Static occurred as the New Crusader
comm.'s override was turned off!!
Realizing what a tremendous honor Manta-Man had
bestowed upon him. StrikeForce thought "Wow that is a lot live up to. I'll
do my best to live up to your faith in me."
Using his comm. StrikeForce relayed his thoughts
to the team. "Skink, it looks like it is you and me verses the two uglies.
If you want, I'll keep our current dance partner, and you can take the guy from
the boat, since you are closest to him."
[40] Adamas
woke up. His alien physiology shook off
the effects of the Knock Out gas quickly. His body adapted to the airborne gas.
With a great inhale Adamas suck all of the gas into his alien lungs. He slowly
floated out of the swamp above the wrecked boat. He calmly and sternly looked
at Swamp Rat.
{GM Note: Adamas’ action for this turn was his wake up roll.
Sucking in the gas was his movement. I used his remaining movement to get
Adamas back into the sky. That ends his turn. He can attack with the gas next
turn, if he chooses}
[35] The
Skink pulled a feint and abruptly changed tactics, to attack behind Sludge’s
knees with the lumber.
"Mebbe if we drop him on the sand, he'll
soak it up and get too heavy to move!"
He swung his plank and missed.
{GM Note: Skink rolled a 17 missing his attack}
[32] Seeing
that Skink was continuing to fight Sludge StrikeForce went after the swamp rat.
As he approached Swamp Rat, StrikeForce said, “I will give you the chance to give up and spare yourself from the beat down I'm going to give you. That bomb you set has really put you on my bad side."
As he approached Swamp Rat, StrikeForce said, “I will give you the chance to give up and spare yourself from the beat down I'm going to give you. That bomb you set has really put you on my bad side."
Swamp Rat pointed his rifle at StrikeForce, “I
will never surrender, not as long as I have my little friend.”
StrikeForce launched into a dual attack with his
escrima. Both struck Swamp Rat swiftly and hard.
{GM Note: Both strikes hit. The first strike did 22 damage
points and the second did 21 damage points}
Swamp Rat flew backwards from the massive blows.
He rolled with the strikes as best as he could but the damage was too much and
he was knocked back 35 feet.
SPLASH! He landed in the swamp water. He was
still conscious and still able to fight, barely.
[21] Shakily he stood up in the water which was 3
feet deep. He had lost his rifle and other equipment in the landing. He
searched the area near him, finding his rifle and lost gear. He quickly checked
to make sure they were still functioning. Finding them in working order he
turned and faced StrikeForce. “Nice try but not good enough,” Swamp Rat said.
[18] Sludge
moved behind Skink. It reached out to grab him in a bear hug. Skink leapt above
its arms causing Sludge to miss.
[17] Black
Orchid checked on Manta Man attempting to revive him. Manta Man was still
breathing and appeared to have been hurt badly by the blast but he wasn’t in
any danger of dying. Manta Man did not wake up.
{GM Note: Because of Black Orchid medical training I allow
her Endurance of 29 to be used instead of Manta Man’s 12. On a d100 I rolled
87. Manta Man did not wake up. If Black Orchid continues to provide medical
assistance I will lower the difficulty by 1 level. That would make the wake up
score Endurance x 3 (87) against d100.}
[ 0] Manta Man {GM Note: No wake roll, Needs 1 Hit Point to attempt to wake up.}
The White Heron flew away.
Turns
and Actions due September 25th>
Battle
Conditions:
Adamas Hit
Points: 47 Power Points: 78 Invulnerability: 24
Black Orchid Hit
Points: 27 Power Points: 79 Willpower
Defense active; Invisible
StrikeForce
Hit Points: 76 Power
Points: 89 Invulnerability: 28
The Skink
Hit Points: 24 Power
Points: 81
Manta Man Hit
Points: 0 Power Points: 68 Incapacitated
Phase
of Action for next turn:
[41] Adamas.
[32] StrikeForce
[31] Skink
[23] Black
Orchid
[15] Manta
Man – No wake roll, Needs 1 Hit Point to attempt to wake up.
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Great issue Tom. I was wondering if
StrikeForce knows the location of his team and the hostile, in relation to
their location on the map?
Jamey
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Yes he knows where everyone is, except for
Black Orchid. With the darkness projection and her being invisible as well, his
sensors can't pick up on her unless he focuses on finding her (game wise he has
to perform a Detect Hidden roll).
Tom
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Is Skink or StrikeForce aware of Swamp Rat
approaching from his rear?
Thanks, Jamey
Thanks, Jamey
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Yes, both Skink and StrikeForce saw where
Swamp Rat ran to and where he is now.
Tom
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Using his comm. StrikeForce relays his
thoughts to the team. "Skink, it looks like it is you and me verses the
two uglies. If you want, I'll keep our current dance partner, and you can take
the guy from the boat, since You are closest to him."
StrikeForce will continue to attack the walking slugs. Unless Skink would prefer to switch. Then I will go after the swamp rat.
OOC: Depending on who he ends up with Will determine his dialogue.
The walking sludge. IC: "I don't know if you can understand what I am saying, but that bomb blowing up on me has me in a foul mood. Not as foul as you smell, but pretty close."
The swamp rat. IC: "I will give you the chance to give up and spare yourself from the beat down I'm going to give you. That bomb you set has really put you on my bad side."
StrikeForce will continue to attack the walking slugs. Unless Skink would prefer to switch. Then I will go after the swamp rat.
OOC: Depending on who he ends up with Will determine his dialogue.
The walking sludge. IC: "I don't know if you can understand what I am saying, but that bomb blowing up on me has me in a foul mood. Not as foul as you smell, but pretty close."
The swamp rat. IC: "I will give you the chance to give up and spare yourself from the beat down I'm going to give you. That bomb you set has really put you on my bad side."
Jamey
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!!Static cut thru the New Crusader
communicators followed by a high pitch shriek!!
"Attention New Crusaders! Attention all
New Crusaders! I am TEACHER. I repeat I am TEACHER."
"I have been monitoring this channel as
per Crusader Combat Protocol. Manta Man has been absent of any vocal
activity. He did not send in a silence notification response from any of my
direct queries. Programming Analysis Logic has activated Zeta Protocol."
"StrikeForce has been designated as New
Crusader Team Leader immediately!"
"I repeat, per Manta Man's Zeta
Protocol's StrikeForce is New Crusader Team Leader!"
!!Brief Static occurred as the New Crusader
comm.'s override was turned off!!
Regards
Tom
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Nice...
OOC question, Adamas was knocked out by the
gas... any chance he could use his augmented lungs to inhale the fumes and
focus them at swamp rat without KO'ing himself?
I mean he can live in space, I think it's probably the surprise that
allowed the gas to overcome him... after he awakens of course.
Jon
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OOC: Adamas' adaptation allows him to adapt
to Poisons as well as being Independent from Atmosphere at a cost PR=1 per
hour. So for PR of 1 he can adapt to the KO Gas. He can spend part of his
movement to sucked in the gas.
Next turn as his action, he can blow (what I
thought you meant by focus) the gas on Swamp Rat. That would be an attack which
is why an action if required (if he wanted to blow it out into the swamp or
toward an inanimate object. Since it would be an automatic success, I would
have considered it just movement.)
So basically for this turn Adamas can wake
up, adapt to the KO gas, and inhale it. He would have movement left so he could
move to another location as well.
Next turn Adamas can exhale the KO gas at
Swamp Rat as his action (attack) for the turn.
You were correct; it was the surprise of the
attack. Adamas can't adapt to localize events (in other words, use Adaptation
as a defense) so he couldn't use the Adaptation to resist the gas. This turn if
Adamas hadn't made his wake up roll he would adapted to the gas at a PR of 1
but it would have taken his whole turn (action and movement).
Tom
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OOC; Sounds good, that's what he'll do then.
Hopefully he's not immune to his own toxins.
If one of the others from our team gets in that area of effect, he'll
blow the gas into the swamp, and attack with power blast at a distance... autofire.
Let me know if you need anything more
specific.
Tom
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Realizing what a tremendous honor Manta-Man
had bestowed upon him. StrikeForce thinks "Wow that is a lot live up to.
I'll do my best to live up to your faith in me."
Jamey
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I need to get my turn. I always seem to be
either first or last!
Marc
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Hmm, based on that transmission, The Black
Orchid will see if Manta Man is breathing and if she can somehow revive him.
(Sorry about being late)
Marc
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Hold on..just getting this now..let me read
it..is Manta Man KOed at 0 with a wakeup roll coming? Or is he wrecked? Damn.
Chuck
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I believe that he is waiting on a wake-up
roll, but according to Crusader protocol, a team leader was selected because he
became incapacitated.
Jamey
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You need at least 1 HP to make a wake up
roll. Since Manta Man can't roll for wake up until he naturally heals 1 or
receives medical assistance.
Tom
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Manta Man has 0 hit points so he is
incapacitated. He needs 1 hit point to attempt a wake up roll.
He can gain a hit point by healing by
receiving medical assistance
Tom
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The Skink pulls a feint and abruptly changes
tactics, to attack behind Sludge’s knees with the lumber..
"Mebbe if we drop him on the sand, he'll
soak it up and get too heavy to move!"
Chuck
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