1 HOUR EARLIER:
Location: Megelaopolis – HWY 17
A newly purchased JEEP carelessly sped in and
around the highway 17 traffic. A lone
young man sang loudly with his left leg dangling out of the vehicle, almost
dancing as he drives.
“Taake ooooon meeeeee - take on me…”
<DISSAPOINTMENT>
“Taaaake meeeeee oooooooon - take on me…”
<AGGITATION>
“IIIIIII'll beeeee goooone”
<ANGER>
“ IN A DAY OR TWOOO - *COUGH! COUGH!*
<RAGE!>
“Ok, Ok M.I.S.H.A. I know: These beautiful American songs, they
are so classic! But very difficult with the high notes. We shall practice
more. You maybe not understand, it is like,
what do they say? Getting kicked in the
b-“.
KRAKAO!!
“O NET!” * Screamed the driver.
(* Translated from Russian)
Lightning struck seemingly out of nowhere
nearby causing the JEEP to careen barely missing the minivan in front. The JEEP
came to a screeching stop amid the other cluster of cars on the highway.
All of a sudden what were moments ago clear
sky became roiling with clouds, seemingly out of nowhere
“What is this? This does not seem
natural.” The driver looked towards the
City. “There, it appears the center of
the storm is emanating from above the Center of the City.”
The 80’s radio station broke into a news
report along with the demands of Dr. Apocalypse.
“MISHA, after we get the cover on, how do you
feel about a trip to the City before going back to base?”
<ANTICIPATION>
10 MINUTES EARLIER:
The JEEP drove through the City proper amid
the high rises, moving slowly through the storm. Cars were everywhere. Debris flew all around. The wind was
merciless. BAM! Something metal bounced off the front of the car. “Damnit! My new car! That sounded expensive!”
yelled the driver as he came to a stop. <SYMPATHY>
The driver attempted to look at a building on
fire through heavy rain, the wipers on high.
Blocking the street to the building was a local transit bus pulled
sidewise. Apparently vacated by all its
passengers, it blocked the street from oncoming fire and rescue first
responders.
“Time to go to work, that bus isn’t going to
move itself for the Fire Department”. Under his breath, the lone drive said,
“M.I.S.H.A. - Zanimat'sya”. Small black motes with subtle silver flashes started
to emanate from the young man and slowly start to combine outside the car. The mass solidified over the next few
minutes, finally taking shape into what appeared to be a 10’ technological
construct of a bear. The driver looked
almost tired from the experience.
5 MINUTES EARLIER:
“PUSH MISHA! – GOOD!” The large nano tech bear pushed its shoulder
into the front of the bus. Slowly it
started to pivot on the weighted back end where the engine was. Soon the way was made clear for the first
responders to get through to the building.
“Thanks, pal! By the way, what’s your name
for the report?” said one of the Firemen.
The young man answered, “This is MISHA” as he pointed to the bear. “Call
me Rubicon. Like the JEEP, yes? I love Americ-“ ZAP! CRASH! BANG! Over the
din of the storm the bust of a giant robot can be seen above the buildings a
few blocks away. A seeming battle was
being waged between it and some familiar hero’s. “Hey look!” said the Fireman pointing to the
sky. “I think that’s Adamas! Looks like
your needed elsewhere, buddy. We got
this. Good luck, and thanks!”
“Hey, watch
my JEEP, yes? She’s new!” The young man nodded and started to run in the direction
of the battle. MISHA gave a “Hrummpf” as
it started to bound after the young man.
Outside
of the Doomsday Robot
[10] WHAM! Adamas flew out of the 3 foot
hole in the Doomsday Robot’s chest he had just made.
{GM
Note: Since Adamas was inside the robot he doesn’t need to roll to hit. For a
ramming attack Adamas get to roll his HtH, Velocity times 10 for HtH dice per
Carrying Capacity chart, and Mass; keeping the 2 highest rolls. Adamas rolled 14
points of damage, the chest’s structure rating was 8. He did 6 points of damage
to the floor. This opens a 3 foot hole he can fly through
For
Ramming damage Adamas is hit with the same 14 points of damage. His
invulnerability stopped 10 points. He rolls with 3 for -3 PP. This leaves 1
point of damage to his Hit Points; -1 HP}
[10] Demolisher stood and spun his
hammer. "I have had quite enough of
giant robots trying to squeeze the life out of me!" He used his find weakness ability on the
damaged leg of the robot and hit it as hard as he possibly could, trying to
bring down the robot. "That's the
great thing about giant robots though, you can hit them as hard as you want and
not feel guilty about it!"
WHAM! The Doomsday Robot
slid down the street for 45 feet. It still stood.
{GM
Note: Demolisher needed to roll 18 or less to hit. He rolled a 12. Demolisher
rolled 25 points of damage. The Robot’s armor and structure withstood the blow.
It was knocked back 9 squares but remained standing.}
Shanley and Baker yelled in pain as they were
slammed into the robot as it skidded down the street.
{GM
Note: Because of the Robot’s size when it suffered knockback it throws the crew
members and anyone else inside around or those riding on top of it. They
suffered 2d10 points of damage.
Baker
received 13 points of damage. She was able to roll with some of it. She is able
to continue with the fight
Shanely
received 10 points of damage. She rolled with half of the damage. She is able
to continue with the fight}
Patty attended to Manta-Man, attempting to
draw him back to consciousness. With a gentle shake and some encouraging words
Manta-Man awoke and thanked Patty. He then looked at Dr Wildman. “Hey, Doc. Do
you anything that will help me get back on my feet?”
William fished in his pockets and pulled out
three aluminum vials. He selected one, gave it a shake and handed it to the
aquatic avenger: 'Just the thing MM...my secret blend of herbs and spices and a
healthy kick of brandy!'
Manta-Man replied to Dr Wildman after
digesting it, "Thanks, I needed that. I like the new look but what about
the Cowl? Wasn't someone going to bring that to you?"
Manta-Man spoke into the New Crusaders comms,
"Black Orchid and StrikeForce, the crew is abandoning the robot. They are
screaming something about a Self-Destruct Device. You need to get out of
there!"
Laserfire replied, "Two of them are on
the Robot's shoulder firing at me. It doesn't appear they are in a hurry to get
down. Maybe the device implodes instead of explodes. I will handle these 2 but
be careful Crusaders; the others might be armed too"
[8] “You won’t be handling them alone.”
Manta-Man activated his electrical aura then took to the air. He flew toward
the Doomsday Robot. He fired an electrical bolt at Baker.
KKZZKTT! He hit her. Baker rolled with the damage. She was
knocked out
{GM
Note: Manta-Man needed to roll 14 or less, he rolled 7. His electro bolt did 7
points of damage. Baker rolled with most of the damage. She took more than her
remaining Hit Points in damage. She was knocked out. Her mass roll was greater
than Hit Point damage so no knockback.}
[6] Laserfire said, “Okay I’ve got the other
one” as he flew after the skidding robot.
ZZAM! The laser beam
struck Shanley. She grunted in back and nearly fell of the robot’s shoulder.
She scrambled to hang onto the slippery metal, dropping her pistol in the
process.
KLANG! KLANG! THUD! The
pistol bounced of the robot twice before it fell 60 feet below and smashed into
the pavement.
{GM
Note: Laserfire needed to roll 13 or less to hit, he rolled 9. He did 11 points
of damage. Shanley rolled with some of the damage. Her mass roll was 1 less
than the Hit Point damage taken. Shanley was knockback 5 feet (1 inch) on the
robot. This brought her to the edge of the shoulder. She had to roll an Agility
save of 11 or less to not fall off. Shanley rolled an 11. She stayed on but is
now prone for the turn}
Erdbeben waved in reply to Patti's greeting.
"Wow, it would really help my cause if I could actually become a member of
the team!" he thought to himself as he kept an eye on the giant robot.
He saw the crew abandoning the robot, but
didn't himself know enough about the construct to determine if it could operate
on its own.
"We've got to stop this thing now before
it does any more damage!" he muttered to himself. Bracing himself for
another blast, Erdbeben attempted to fire two blasts knowing that such quick
action will likely keep him from being as accurate. However, with such a large
target, he felt he could still get away with it.
[6] Erdbeben fired two blasts at the robot in
an attempt to finally put it down.
VARR! The first vibe blast struck the robot in the
chest. The Doomsday Robot shook and vibrated. Pieces and bolts flew of this
armor but it was still functioning and stood up.
{GM
Note: Erdbeben needed to roll 14 or less to hit. He rolled 7. Erdbeben’s vibe
blast did 22 points of damage. The Doomsday Robot’s armor stopped some of it
but the rest damaged it. It still stood.}
VARR! The second vibe
blast struck the robot in the chest. The Doomsday Robot shook and vibrated. Its
electronic systems suffered catastrophic failure and shut down. The Giant Robot
started falling to the ground. The Doomsday Robot was broken and defeated. It
was out of the fight.
{GM
Note: Erdbeben need to roll 14 or less. He rolled 6. The second vibe blast did
16 points of damage. The robot’s armor stopped half of it. The remaining damage
defeated the robot. It was falling to the ground, incapacitated.
In
the Leaping rules it states that leaps of 355 inches by a character, the
character only moved half the distance on its phase of the turn and the
remaining at the end of the turn. The Doomsday Robot is 300 inches (60 feet x
5). This is close enough that I am doing the same thing of the Doomsday Robot’s
fall. It is starting to fall on Erdbeben’s phase traveling 150 inches and then
on phase 0 it will hit the street}
Dr Wildman looked towards Patty extending out
a hand to hers and started to shake it with a big grin on his face: "So its
Patty isn't it, did I hear that right - Patty Plus? Good work out there by the
way. I am fascinated by your 'nom de plume'. Were you, by any chance, bitten by
a radioactive duck billed mammal in Australia? That is a story I'd love to
hear." William gave her his most winning charming smile and winked.
[4] StrikeForce came running out of the
Doomsday Robot’s leg. He ran toward the two crew members that were facing the
robot. He grabbed Gaugran putting him in a grappling hold he had learned in
college.
{GM
Note: StrikeForce needed an 18 or less to put Gaugran in a grapple hold. He
rolled 13}
[3] Dr Wildman looked around and reflected on
what was happening. As if inspired by a thought he stood up and spoke into the
communicator: "Strike I'm going to make the most of this moment and rattle
Apocalypse's cage a bit. See if we can't throw him off balance..."
Replying to his friend and teammate the
Bionic Brawler said. "Go ahead Doc, if anyone can, my monies on you. Let
me know if you need my help."
William made his way to the television crews
on the outskirts of the battle zone. He remembered his previous career in
television, these news hounds would be keen to broadcast a good story - and
this was potentially the story of the decade.
Osgood the Newt grinned from ear to ear,
which was a really large smile on a newt, the hero was walking toward him and
not Shutterbug. "Eat that bug!" he thought. He was still upset that
the Arachnid Photojournalist had been in a better position to video the
newcomer, with vibration powers, slam the Giant Robot down the street.
Quickly Osgood motioned for his cameraman to
focus on the approaching Dr. Wildman. The newt news journalist signaled to
William, which both understood based on their having similar TV backgrounds,
that everything was all set and ready to capture whatever the Druid said with
the battle in the background. Osgood the Newt was so excited he had to fight
hard to suppress the urge to lick his eyes. He would never understand why
humans found that disgusting.
Osgood snapped back to attention with Dr
Wildman signaled he was ready. Osgood signaled back that they were recording.
'Time to use the moment' he mused internally.
With his hands raised to get their attention he bellowed:
"Ladies and gentlemen of the press I
have a statement for you and a message to this self styled Dr Apocalypse.
Pietor - I'm not going to appeal to your
humanity - I suspect you have forgotten what that feels like now.
We've heard your challenge...that you will
defeat us strategically, crush us psychologically and destroy us
supernaturally.
Good luck with that! As you can see behind me
we seem to be trashing your technological superiority quite well."
William looked at his watch
"Yep, it took us about 5 minutes
and..." He points to the trail of the departing CyberDoom "...be they
giant-sized or man sized your robot army seems somewhat less
than...superior!"
"But you may be asking yourself, what
has the self styled Dr Apocalypse got to fear?
Us, not just us but all of us.
You see you threatened us and sent your world-wide
storm, but you stirred up a hornets’ nest in doing so. You demand land that's
not yours to take. You demand power, influence and authority that's not yours
to wield.
Do it here and we'll stop you. Do it in my
country of origin and the Crown Guard will stop you. Do it in Russia and the
Red Guard will stop you. Turn your intentions to Canada and the Crimson Guard
will stop you.
You may have an army of robots, we've got an
Adamas!
There is no sovereignty for you here.
There is no version of this where you come
out on top. Maybe your army comes and maybe it's too much for us, but it's all
on you. Back in the day kings and armies from different nations gathered
together to defeat what they saw as a greater threat. They took their knights,
soldiers and guards and they became crusaders.
Yes, back then the idea had some serious
flaws but today...well...today; congratulations today you p!$$£d off the whole
world...don't be surprised when you find us kicking back!
We're the New Crusaders...good job
Apocalypse...you just gave us cause and now we come after you!"
William finished his monologue by pointing
dramatically into the camera. He turned and walked back towards the battle zone
to see what pieces need to be picked up.
[3] Seeing that Manta-Man was back in action
(and privately admiring his tenacity) Patty fixed her gaze on the newcomers
trying to escape the robot.
"Y'know," she mused to herself.
"That robot is a big bad guy. *They* came from the robot. I can safely
assume they're little bad guys. Let's see if we can keep them from getting away."
Patty ran towards the two escapees on
the ground and used her paralytic venom on Krajovic.
Krajovic muscles stricken into a frozen
position. She fell to the ground paralyzed.
{GM
Note: Patty needed a 14 or less to hit. She rolled 4. The paralytic hit,
Shanely needed to make an Endurance save of 1. She rolled 10. She failed and is
paralyzed.}
[2] Shanley hung on the Doomsday Robot as it
fell. She tried not to scream but failed. Unsure whether jumping off would make
the situation better or worse she held on for her life.
Martin look to his right, standing there was
a construction work with a large silver hammer. He had smashed the Doomsday
Robot with it sending it backwards for 45 feet. To his left, was the new hero
with weird lines on his costume, he was the one whose blasts had finished the
Giant Robot, destroying it. Neither of them was mentioned in the briefing, he
wondered why Iron Maiden hadn’t mentioned them. Unsure what else they could do,
he decided that running would most likely be a waste of time and energy, and
could end with him experiencing a lot of pain. Instead he sat down and put his
hands behind his head with his fingers interlaced. His programming for self
preservation was strong.
Gaugran didn’t think he could slip the hold
he was in. His best chance was to break it. The Robot Crewman strained with all
his might but he wasn’t strong enough to free himself from StrikeForce’s hold.
{GM
Note: Gaugran rolled his HtH in an attempt to break the grapple hold of
StrikeForce. StrikeForce would roll his too. If Gaugran’s was higher he would
be free. Gaugran rolled 9 on the dice and StrikeForce rolled 9 too. It is a tie
so Gaugran failed to break the hold}
Caufield ran as hard as he could to get out
from under the shadow of the Giant Falling Robot. He wasn’t looking ahead as
much as down to make sure he was clear. Finally he was out from under it, he
turned to continue down the street when he saw a man standing in front of him
and something big was hiding in the shadows of the building.
10 SECONDS EARLIER:
Rubicon and MISHA make their way through the
alleys toward the cacophony of battle with the robot.
They watch from behind the giant robot as two
of its apparent operators, Caufield and Krajovic, exit out of the back of the
giant. Demolisher, recently in the gargantuan’s
grasp, dropped to the ground then appeared to ready an attack on the robots
leg. “LIGHT BULB!” Rubicon laughed at himself. “Come MISHA, I have an idea”.
Rubicon felt MISHA’s nano-synced emotion <HUMOR>
In the shadows another watched the fight. He
was silently tracking the crew of the Doomsday Robot. Soon he would take
action. Not now but soon.
PRESENT:
[1] Rubicon positioned himself and MISHA to
block Caufield in the bottleneck of their proposed escape route.
As the robot operator quickly approached
Rubicon had his pistol casually drawn as he said, “Leaving the party so soon?
But we just got here. Now the fun
begins, yes?” MISHA remained hidden
behind a large structure close by.
Rubicon used his presence along with MISHA’s
imposing presence to intimidate into getting Caufield to surrender, which he
did.
{GM
Note: Characters may attempt to intimidate NPCs into performing desired
actions. This takes an action and requires a Cool based task check, opposed by
the opponent’s Cool. Further difficulty modifiers may apply, depending on the
circumstances and what the character is attempting to get NPC to do:
Rubicon’s
Cool Save is 11
MISHA
Cool Save is 11 so +1 can be added for his support.
Rubicon
has a major advantage of the New Crusaders defeating the Robot and capturing
other crew members +9
Rubicon
is demanding that the NPC must surrender 12.
Caufield’s
Cool Save is 11 so -1 for the opponent’s Cool.
The
CL Save target number is 8 (11+1+9-12-1)
Rubicon
needs to roll an 8 or less, he rolled 5. Success, Caufield must surrender.}
[0] Baker and Shanley hit the street pavement
when the Doomsday Robot crashed to the street. Both were incapacitated from the
impact of the fall. Both were out of the fight.
{GM
Note: The Doomsday Robot is 60 feet tall. That is 300 (60x5) inches in game
terms. To calculate the damage dice from falling, take the distance traveled
time the weight of the object. For all of the Crew members I assigned 180 lbs
for their weight. For Baker and Shanley that is 300 times 180 for 54,000.
Looking up 54,000 on the Carry Capacity chart produced 2d10 damage dice.
Baker
suffered 8 points of damage from falling. Since she was already KO, damage is
first to HP then PP. She was incapacitated from the impact of the fall.
Shanley
suffered 11 points of damage from falling. She rolled with half of it. The
remaining damage reduced her Hit Points to zero. She was incapacitated.}
Deck
E of the Doomsday Robot.
[10] StrikeForce hit by the wall in front of
him, throwing him across the deck. He slammed into the far wall, leaving a huge
dent in it. He wondered which of the New Crusaders had hit it hard enough to
have done that.
{GM
Note: The knockback created by Demolisher caused everyone inside the robot to
take 2d10 damage from being slammed by the walls of the robot as they are not
connected to it. Only those sitting in the command chairs would be unaffected.
The Robot did 15 points of damage. StrikeForce’s armor stopped 6 points. He
rolled with 5 points, -5 PP. The remaining 4 went against Hit Points, -4 HP.
StrikeForce rolled 1 on his Mass roll. He was knocked back 3 inches (squares).
He hit the wall with 1 point of Knock Back left. this was less than his armor
of 6. He took no further damage.}
Manta-Man spoke into the New Crusaders comms,
"Black Orchid and StrikeForce, the crew is abandoning the robot. They are
screaming something about a Self-Destruct Device. You need to get out of
there!"
[4] StrikeForce received Manta-Man's
communication, and replied, “This is StrikeForce, my dance partner is out, and
I am headed outside to your position.”
Deck
C of the Doomsday Robot.
[10] Adamas flew through the robot's body creating
his own exit.
[10] Black Orchid and Cavagnaro are struck by
the command console and Hawkins is struck by the wall. All were able to roll
with damage. All were able to continue with the fight. Hawkins had fallen prone
when he hit the console near him. Black Orchid held onto the console and her
hand on the dead man switch. The self destruct sequence hasn’t been activated.
{GM
Note: The knockback created by Demolisher caused everyone inside the robot to
take 2d10 damage from being slammed by the walls or consoles of the robot as
they are not connected to it. Only those sitting in the command chairs would be
unaffected.
The
Robot did 12 points of damage to Hawkins. He rolled with half of it. His Mass
roll was less than damage taken. He was knocked back 3 inches (squares). He hit
the console with 0 points of Knock Back left. He took no further damage.
The
Robot did 9 points of damage to Cavagnaro. She rolled with more than half of
it. Her Mass roll was greater than the damage taken, no knock back.}
The
Robot did 9 points of damage to Black Orchid. She rolled with 7 points, -7 PP.
She took 2 points of damage to Hit Points, -2 HP. Her Mass roll was 4 which is
greater than 2, no knock back.}
Manta-Man spoke into the New Crusaders comms,
"Black Orchid and StrikeForce, the crew is abandoning the robot. They are
screaming something about a Self-Destruct Device. You need to get out of
there!"
Black Orchid wanted to reply it was a false
alarm but she didn’t want the remaining crew to hear her. She had tricked them
that it had been activated.
[5] The Black Orchid kept protecting the
switch and hurled a vacuum blast at Cavagnaro.
ZUMPT! The vacuum blast
hit Cavagnaro. She groaned as the energy left her body. Cavagnaro was still
able to fight.
When it hit, Black Orchid said, "You
really don't want me to hit you with that again. You should leave."
{GM
Note: Black Orchid need a 19 or less to hit, she rolled 10. Her vacuum blast
did 26 points of devitalization damage, reducing Cavagnaro’s power points}
[2] Hawkins stood up. Hawkins couldn’t see a
chair and he couldn’t tell where he was in the room from the darkness.
{GM
Note: Standing up from a prone position takes 1 action. Hawkins failed his
perception test to find a chair. He needed a 1 because of Black Orchid’s
darkness, He rolled a 6. Hawkins had movement left but without an action he
couldn’t attempt a second perception test to try to find a chair}
Cavagnaro need to activate the self
destruction sequence. She had to get Black Orchid’s hand off the switch. She
reached through the darkness attempting to grab and put the Black Orchid in a
standing arm bar. Cavagnaro missed.
{GM
Note: Cavagnaro was performing a special attack on Black Orchid’s hand so that
is a -3 to normal grapple hold attack. Cavagnaro need a 10 to hit, she rolled
15, missed.}
[0] Hawkins and Cavagnaro hit the walls of
robot when the Doomsday Robot crashed to the street. Both were knocked out from
the impact of the fall. Both were out of the fight.
{GM
Note: The command Center is in the center of the chest of the Doomsday Robot.
It is 50 feet from the ground. That is 250 (50x5) inches in game terms. To
calculate the damage dice from falling, take the distance traveled time the
weight of the object. For all of the Crew members I assigned 180 lbs for their
weight. For Hawkins and Cavagnaro that is 250 times 180 for 45,000. Looking up 45,000
on the Carry Capacity chart produced 2d10 damage dice.
Hawkins
suffered 14 points of damage from falling. He rolled less than a 1/3 of it. The
remaining damage reduced his Hit Points by more than half remaining. He was
knocked out. Falling damage doesn’t create knock back as it is the equivalent
to knock back already.
Cavagnaro
suffered 10 points of damage from falling. She rolled less with 1/3 of it. The
remaining damage reduced her Hit Points to more than half remaining. She was knocked
out.}
Black Orchid grunted in pain as she was
slammed against the console when the Doomsday Robot hit the ground. She held
on, never letting go of the switch.
{GM
Note: The fall did 11 points of damage to Black Orchid. She rolled with 7
points, -7 PP. The remaining 4 were against her Hit Points, -4 HP. To determine
whether or not the fall caused her to let go of the switch I decided to use the
knock back check rules. If her Mass roll is less than the damage taken then she
would move that many inches thereby letting go of the switch. No additional
damage would be taken.
Black
Orchid took 4 points of damage to Hit Points. Her Mass roll is a 1d4. She
rolled a 4. She was not knocked back. Her hand is still on the switch.}
<Turns
and Actions due August 17th >
Battle
Conditions (Mighty Protectors character data):
Adamas Hit Points: 18 Power
Points: 33
Black
Orchid Hit Points: 18 Power
Points: 64 Invisible
StrikeForce Hit
Points: 12 Power Points: 48 Combat Stance: Offensive
The
Skink Hit Points: 4 Power
Points: 74 KO!
Manta-Man Hit Points: 3 Power Points:
54
Dr.
Wildman Hit Points: 12 Power
Points: 60 Form of: Man
Demolisher Hit Points: 28 Power
Points: 58 Absorption: Fortitude (2x rolling dmg)
Patty
Plus Hit Points: 15 Power
Points: 50
Laserfire Hit Points: 12 Power
Points: 33 Flame Aura Defense: On
Erdbeben Hit Points: 46 Power
Points: 46 Flame Aura Defense: On
Rubicon Hit Points: 20 Power
Points: 66
MISHA Hit Points: 41 Power
Points: 101
Combat
is now over. Please let me know what you want to do with the Crew Members,
Doomsday Robot, and other ideas you have in working with CHESS in aftermath of
the battle. Here is the CPs awarded.
Adamas CP: 2
Black
Orchid CP: 2
StrikeForce CP:
2
The
Skink CP: 2
Manta-Man CP: 2
Dr.
Wildman CP: 2
Demolisher CP: 2
Patty
Plus CP: 2
Laserfire CP: 2
Erdbeben CP: 1
Rubicon CP: 0
MISHA CP: 0
If
you know what you want to spend your CP on let me know. Otherwise we will save
it to later. Remember CPs can be spent at any time, even during combat. If a character
sheet has Invention Points for a permanent power I will use the CPs to free the
IP up for later use, unless told otherwise by the player.
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Woo hoo!
My actions got the cover! I realize I might
have hindered my own efforts to get them to leave, but at least I instilled
panic!
The Black Orchid will keep protecting the
switch and hurl a vacuum blast at Cavagnaro. If it hits, she'll say, "You
really don't want me to hit you with that again. You should leave."
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Also welcome Greg!
Is anybody interested in a one-time zoom to
say high, since a number of us have been playing this game for years! It
doesn't have to be a whole session, maybe just a hello.
- Marc
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I know, now that Adamas finally got down
there, I'm not sure what the plan was, looks like everything is under
control.
I'm OK to join a zoom, may be difficult to
find a time that works for everyone... but I'm flexible.
Jon
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Greg, can't wait to be introduced to our new
teammate. Tom, it will be interesting with the team up to nine members. But I
know that it will be easy for you.
Jamey
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Here
we go then...
IC: Patty attended to Manta-Man, attempting
to draw him back to consciousness. With a gentle shake and some encouraging
words Manta-Man awoke and thanked Patty. He then looked at Dr Wildman. “Hey,
Doc. Do you anything that will help me get back on my feet?”
William fished in his pockets and pulled out
three aluminum vials. He selected one, gave it a shake and handed it to the
aquatic avenger: 'Just the thing MM...my secret blend of herbs and spices and a
healthy kick of brandy!'
OOC: Dr Wildman hands Manta-Man one of his
healing potions. I think its 3 HP healed per turn for 3 turns
IC: Dr Wildman looks towards Patty extending
out a hand to hers and starts to shake it with a big grin on his face: "So
it's Patty isn't it, did I hear that right - Patty Plus? Good work out there by
the way. I am fascinated by your 'nom de plume'. Were you, by any chance,
bitten by a radioactive duck billed mammal in Australia? That is a story I'd
love to hear." William gives her his most winning charming smile and
winks.
OOC: Happy to play out any dialogue here
Shane if you want.
IC: Dr Wildman looks around and reflects on
what is happening. As if inspired by a thought he stands up and speaks into the
communicator: "Strike I'm going to make the most of this moment and rattle
Apocalypse's cage a bit. See if we can't throw him off balance..."
William makes his way to the television crews
on the outskirts of the battle zone. He remembered his previous career in
television, these news hounds would be keen to broadcast a good story - and
this was potentially the story of the decade. 'Time to use the moment' he mused
internally. With his hands raised to get their attention he bellows:
"Ladies and gentlemen of the press I
have a statement for you and a message to this self styled Dr Apocalypse.
Pietor - I'm not going to appeal to your
humanity - I suspect you have forgotten what that feels like now.
We've heard your challenge...that you will
defeat us strategically, crush us psychologically and destroy us
supernaturally.
Good luck with that! As you can see behind me
we seem to be trashing your technological superiority quite well."
William looks at his watch
"Yep, it took us about 5 minutes
and..." He points to the trail of the departing Cyber Doom "...be
they giant-sized or man sized your robot army seems somewhat less
than...superior!"
"But you may be asking yourself, what
has the self styled Dr Apocalypse got to fear?
Us, not just us but all of us.
You see you threatened us and sent your world
wide storm, but you stirred up a hornets nest in doing so. You demand land
that's not yours to take. You demand power, influence and authority that's not
yours to wield.
Do it here and we'll stop you. Do it in my
country of origin and the Crown Guard will stop you. Do it in Russia and the
Red Guard will stop you. Turn your intentions to Canada and the Crimson Guard
will stop you.
You may have an army of robots, we've got an
Adamas!
There is no sovereignty for you here.
There is no version of this where you come
out on top. Maybe your army comes and maybe it's too much for us, but it's all
on you. Back in the day kings and armies from different nations gathered
together to defeat what they saw as a greater threat. They took their knights,
soldiers and guards and they became crusaders.
Yes, back then the idea had some serious
flaws but today...well...today; congratulations today you p!$$£d off the whole world...don't
be surprised when you find us kicking back!
We're the New Crusaders...good job
Apocalypse...you just gave us cause and now we come after you!"
William finishes his monologue by pointing
dramatically into the camera. He turns and walks back towards the battle zone
to see what pieces need to be picked up.
Steve
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Oh
this is going to be fun!
Awesome write up!
Tom
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/clap
/whistle
Well Steve, THAT is why I came here!
Good stuff!
Greg
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William
fished in his pockets and pulled out three aluminum vials. He selected one,
gave it a shake and handed it to the aquatic avenger: 'Just the thing MM...my
secret blend of herbs and spices and a healthy kick of brandy!'
Manta-Man replied to Dr Wildman after
digesting it, "Thanks, I needed that. I like the new look but what about
the Cowl? Wasn't someone going to bring that to you?"
Manta-Man spoke into the New Crusaders comms,
"Adamas, Black Orchid, StrikeForce, the crew is abandoning the robot. They
are screaming something about a Self-Destruct Device. You need to get out of
there!"
Laserfire replied, "Two of them are on
the Robot's shoulder firing at me. It doesn't appear they are in a hurry to get
down. Maybe the device implodes instead of explodes. I will handle these 2 but
be careful Crusaders, the others might be armed too"
William makes his way to the television crews
on the outskirts of the battle zone. He remembered his previous career in
television, these news hounds would be keen to broadcast a good story - and
this was potentially the story of the decade.
Osgood the Newt grinned from ear to ear,
which is a really large smile on a newt, the hero was walking toward him and
not Shutterbug. "Eat that bug!" he thought. He was still upset that
the Arachnid Photojournalist had been in a better position to video the
newcomer, with vibration powers slam, the Giant Robot down the street. Quickly
Osgood motioned for his cameraman to focus on the approaching Dr. Wildman. The
Newt News journalist signaled to William, which both understood based on their
having similar TV backgrounds, that everything was all set and ready to capture
whatever the Druid said with the battle in the background. Osgood the Newt was
so excited he had to fight hard to suppress the urge to lick his eyes. He would
never understand why humans found that disgusting. Osgood snapped back to
attention with Dr Wildman signaled he was ready. Osgood signal back that they
were recording.
'Time to use the moment' he mused internally.
With his hands raised to get their attention he bellows:
Thanks
Tom
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IC:
Erdbeben waves in reply to Patti's greeting. "Wow, it would really help my
cause if I could actually become a member of the team!" he thought to
himself as he kept an eye on the giant robot.
He saw the crew abandoning the robot, but
didn't himself know enough about the construct to determine if it could operate
on its own.
OOC: If the robot is still functioning:
IC: "We've got to stop this thing now
before it does any more damage!" he mutters to himself. Bracing himself
for another blast, Erdbeben attempts to fire two blasts knowing that such quick
action will likely keep him from being as accurate. However, with such a large
target, he feels he can still get away with it.
OOC: Erdbeben will fire two blasts at the
robot in an attempt to finally put it down. No modifications will be taken to
add to damage, just straight up attacks.
If the robot is no longer functioning:
IC: Erdbeben turns to the nearest crew member
to exit the robot, "You'd better give up now, before you get hurt!"
Erdbeben tries to yell with as much confidence and authority that he can
muster, but all of this was kind of overwhelming for his first outing as a
'super hero'. He almost chuckled at the thought, "Me, a super hero!"
As long as the crew member complies, Erdbeben
takes the man's/woman's weapon and directs him/her over to the authorities that
are most likely waiting on the sidelines. If they don't comply, he will attempt
to strike them with his fist not wanting to take the chance on killing somebody
with his vibrational blast that seemed so effective against the robot.
OOC: Normal single punch.
Paul
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Steve,
Great job! Loved.the reply.
Jamey
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StrikeForce
receives Manta-Man's communication, and replies, “This is StrikeForce, my dance
partner is out, and I am headed outside to your position.”
OOC: He will attempt to apprehend some of the
robots crew when he gets outside, if he is able to.
Jamey
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Demolisher
will stand up and spin his hammer.
"I have had quite enough of giant robots trying to squeeze the life
out of me!" He will use his find
weakness ability on the damaged leg of the robot and hit it as hard as he
possibly can, trying to bring down the robot.
"That's the great thing about giant robots though, you can hit them
as hard as you want and not feel guilty about it!"
Thanks!
Chris
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Dr.
Wildman.
"Strike, I'm going to make the most of
this moment and rattle Apocalypse’s cage a bit. See if we can't throw him off
balance..."
Replying to his friend and teammate the
Bionic Brawler says. "Go ahead Doc, if anyone can, my monies on you. Let
me know if you need my help."
Jamey
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1
MINUTE EARLIER:
In the shadows another watched the fight. He
was silently tracking the crew of the Doomsday Robot. Soon he would take
action. Not now but soon.
1 HOUR EARLIER:
Location: Megelaopolis – HWY 17
A newly purchased JEEP carelessly speeds in
and around highway 17 traffic. A lone
young man sings loudly with his left leg dangling out of the vehicle, almost
dancing as he drives.
“Taake ooooon meeeeee - take on me…”
<DISSAPOINTMENT>
“Taaaake meeeeee oooooooon - take on me..”
<AGGITATION>
“IIIIIII'll beeeee goooone”
<ANGER>
“ IN A DAY OR TWOOO - *COUGH! COUGH!*
<RAGE!>
“Ok, Ok M.I.S.H.A. I know: These beautiful American songs, they
are so classic! But very difficult with the high notes. We shall practice
more. You maybe not understand, it is
like, what do they say? Getting kicked
in the b-“.
KRAKAO!!
“O NET!” * Screams the driver. (*
Translated from Russian)
Lightening strikes seemingly out of nowhere
nearby causing the JEEP to careen barely missing the minivan in front. The JEEP
comes to a screeching stop amid the other cluster of cars on the highway.
All of a sudden what was moments ago clear
sky becomes roiling with clouds, seemingly out of nowhere
“What is this? This does not seem natural.” The driver looks towards the City. There, it appears the center of the storm is
emanating from above the Center of the City.
The 80’s radio station breaks into a news
report along with the demands of Dr. Apocolypse.
“MISHA, after we get the cover on, how do you
feel about a trip to the City before going back to base?”
<ANTICIPATION>
10 MINUTES EARLIER:
The JEEP drive through the City proper amid
the high rises, moving slowly through the storm. Cars are everywhere. Debris flies all around. The wind is
merciless. BAM! Something metal bounces off the front of the car. “Damnit! My new car! That sounded
expensive!”, yells the driver as he comes to a stop. <SYMPATHY>
The driver attempts to look at a building on
fire through heavy rain, the wipers on high.
Blocking the street to the building is a local transit bus pulled
sidewise. Apparently vacated by all it’s
passengers, it blocks the street from oncoming fire and rescue first
responders.
“Time to go to work, that bus isn’t going to
move itself for the Fire Department”. Under his breath, the lone drive says,
“M.I.S.H.A. - Zanimat'sya”.Small black motes with subtle silver flashes start
to emminate from the young man and slowly start to combine outside the
car. The mass solidifies over the next
few minutes, finally taking shape into what appears to be a 10’ technological
construct of a bear. The driver looks
almost tired from the experience.
5 MINUTES EARLIER:
“PUSH MISHA! – GOOD!” The large nano tech bear pushes it’s shoulder
into the front of the bus. Slowly it
starts to pivot on the weighted back end where the engine is. Soon the way is made clear for the first
responders to get through to the building.
“Thanks, pal! By the way, what’s your name
for the report?”, says one of the Firemen.
The young man answers, “This is MISHA” as he points to the bear. “Call
me Rubicon. Like the JEEP, yes? I love Americ-“ ZAP! CRASH! BANG! Over the
din of the storm the bust of a giant robot can be seen above the buildings a
few blocks away. A seeming battle is
being waged between it and some familiar hero’s. “Hey look!” says the Fireman pointing to the
sky. “I think that’s Adamas! Looks like
your needed elsewhere, buddy. We got
this. Good luck, and thanks!”
“Hey,
watch my JEEP, yes? She’s new!” The young man nods and starts to run in the
direction of the battle. MISHA gives a
“Hrummpf” as it start to bound after the young man.
1 MINUTES EARLIER:
Rubicon and MISHA make their way through the
alleys toward the cacophony of battle with the robot.
They watch from behind the giant robot as two
of it’s apparent operators, Caufield and Krajovic, exit out of the back of the
giant. Demolisher, recently in the
gargantuan's grasp, drops to the ground then appears to ready an attack on the
robots leg. “LIGHT BULB!” Rubicon laughs at himself. “Come MISHA, I have an
idea”. Rubicon feels MISHA’s nano-synced emotion <HUMOR>
In the shadows another watched the fight. He
was silently tracking the crew of the Doomsday Robot. Soon he would take
action. Not now but soon.
PRESENT:
OOC: Ok, wall of text over. Rubicon has positioned himself and MISHA to
block Caufield and Krajovic in the bottleneck of their proposed escape route.
As the two robot operators quickly approach
Rubicon has his pistol casually drawn as he says, “Leaving the party so soon?
But we just got here. Now the fun
begins, yes?” MISHA remains hidden
behind any large structure close by.
Rubicon is using his action along with
MISHA’s imposing presence to attempt an intimidation check to get them to
surrender assuming their morale is spent.
Rubicon will fight defensively if it fails on one or both of them.
MISHA holds his turn, if necessary, until the
outcome of this. If it is a success against both operators MISHA will fire his
bolts at the same “hamstring” leg that Demolisher is attempting to attack to
help topple the robot. MISHA then
charges to attack it physically next turn.
If one or both operators fail to be
intimidated, MISHA moves between he and Demy and claws at one or both who are
not.
Super glad to finally be here gang!
-Greg
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Wow,
great write up, love the detail.
Jon
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I
agree Jon.
Greg, I am looking forward to your character
officially joining us. I can't wait to see his character sheet.
Jamey
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Seeing
that Manta-Man was back in action (and privately admiring his tenacity) Patty fixed
her gaze on the newcomers trying to escape the robot.
"Y'know," she mused to herself.
"That robot is a big bad guy. *They* came from the robot. I can safely
assume they're little bad guys. Let's see if we can keep them from getting
away."
OOC: Patty will run towards the two escapees
on the ground and try to use her paralytic venom on one of them. I'm guessing
that would be Krajovic as the closest but maybe Caulfield the way things go
this next turn?
OOC: She doesn't have anything ranged to do
something about the other two on the robot's shoulders, but if needed after
another turn she can try to attract their attention and draw fire.
Shane
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Adamas: is confused on what the plan was
Black Orchid: Protecting the switch and hurl
a vacuum blast at Cavagnaro.
Demolisher: Attempt to bring down the
Doomsday Robot with his hammer
Dr. Wildman: Speech to Dr Apocalypse
Erdbeben: 2 Vibe Blasts into Doomsday Robot
or Influence Task to get crew to surrender
Patty Plus: Paralytic venom attack on one of
the crew members.
StrikeForce: Attempt to apprehend some of the
robot crew
Rubicon: Block 2 crew member and attempt to
Influence to surrender (Task Save)
Please confirm this is what your character is
doing for this turn. If this isn't what you want please send in a correction.
Thanks
Tom
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Looks
good to me.
Steve
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Sounds
good Tom.
Rubicon is using his action along with
MISHA’s imposing presence to attempt an intimidation check to get them to
surrender assuming their morale is spent.
Rubicon will fight defensively if it fails on one or both of them.
MISHA holds his turn, if necessary, until the
outcome of this. If it is a success against both operators MISHA will fire his
bolts at the same “hamstring” leg that Demolisher is attempting to attack to
help topple the robot. MISHA then
charges to attack it physically next turn.
If one or both operators fail to be
intimidated, MISHA moves between he and Demy and claws at one or both who are
not.
Greg
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Confirmed
for Erdbeben.
Paul
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Is
Adamas able to sense anything using his enhanced vision? Or possibly hearing?
If he can sense Cavagnaro, he'll attempt to
blast her, if not, I think he'll attempt to Exit, possibly going through the
front of the robot.
His biggest concern is not harming Black
Orchid with an accidental "pray and spray" blast. :)
Jon
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Adamas
enhanced vision can't see through Black Orchid's darkness. He doesn't have
enhanced hearing.
He could try a normal hearing perception test
to find either of the crew members in the darkness.
Do you want to try it?
Tom
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To make
sure it is clear. I will roll a perception test for Adamas to see if he finds
anyone. I will tell you how many he perceives but not who.
He will know he is targeting a sound he heard
but he won't know if it is a crew member or Black Orchid.
Does Adamas want to try and blast what he
hears?
Tom
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Confirmed for Patty Plus
Shane
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Nope, Black Orchid has this; Adamas will exit,
through the robot's body.
Jon
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Jon, Thank you for your confidence!
Tom, that is correct for The Black Orchid
Marc
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Tom,
Correct on StrikeForce's actions.
Jamey
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