Sunday, March 20, 2022

Crusade: Issue 77- Don't Let 'em get Away!

 

Location: Destroyers Headquarters.

HQ middle floor:


HQ top floor:

HQ roof:


[20]       Annihilator fired a power blast at the giant Roc, the current form of Dr. Wildman.

ZZWWT!! The blast hit. “Better leave the Destroyers alone if you know what’s good for you”, The Destroying Dynamo said, Dr. Wildman squawked in pain, but he was still able to fight

{GM Note: Dr. Wildman took 11 damage points. He rolled with 6 points of damage; -6 PP. Dr. Wildman took 5 points of damage to his Hit Points. In his giant size he rolled a 9 for mass. He was not knocked back.}

[16]       Annihilator fired a power blast at Dr. Wildman.

ZZWWT!! The blast missed. “Darn, it! How could I miss something so big!” Annihilator cursed.

[15]       Adamas rose from the pile of rubble left after smashing through the walls, pushing a sizable pylon to the side casually... "Well, that didn't go according to plan, but I'm not going to argue with the outcome."

Using his ethereal vision, Adamas scanned the building to see where everyone was located and saw Annihilator battling the team on the roof.  “Hello old friend” he thought and calculated the fastest way he could get to his opponent. 

Adams flew through the building, up the stairs, and out into the sky. Adamas fired his auto-fire power blast at the Alien enemy.

ZZWWT!! The blast hit. Annihilator’s force field stopped the blast. Adamas could see that the blast didn’t penetrate the force field.

{GM Note: Adamas needed a 15 to hit, he rolled an 8. Adamas rolled 5 damage points. Annihilator’s force field stopped all the damage.}

ZZWWT!! The blast hit. Annihilator’s force field stopped most of the blast. Adamas could see that the blast did penetrate the force field. Annihilator rolled with the damage that penetrated. He was still able to fight.

{GM Note: Adamas needed a 15 to hit, he rolled a 3. Adamas rolled 9 damage points. Annihilator’s force field stopped most of the damage. Annihilator rolled with the rest.}

ZZWWT!! The blast missed.

{GM Note: Adamas needed a 15 to hit, he rolled a 17.}

ZZWWT!! The blast hit. Annihilator’s force field stopped the blast. Adamas could see that the blast did penetrate the force field. Annihilator rolled with the damage that penetrated. He was still able to fight.

{GM Note: Adamas needed a 15 to hit, he rolled a 5. Adamas rolled 12 damage points. Annihilator’s force field stopped most of the damage. Annihilator rolled with the rest.}

[  8]       Dr. Wildman William squawked in pain as he reeled from the extraterrestrial energy of his alien adversary. Fighting his predatory instincts to smash Annihilator he watched as the airship was lifting off the ground. William had spent a few years flying from one remote island to another during his TV career, using helicopters mainly. What little knowledge he had of any aircraft was that they relied on aerodynamics and the balance of thrust and lift. He considered his options and took to the air gaining height then turning like a raptor he dived for the craft as it bumped its way up from the hanger floor.

He aimed to ram the damage wing but missed. He landed a glancing blow against the fuselage which couldn’t damage the aircraft.

{GM Note: Dr Wildman needed a 14 to hit, he rolled an 18. In game terms that is a miss, but the Roc is profile x4 and the Gyro-Jet is profile x8 so Dr Wildman missing the aircraft isn’t very likely so instead I used the flavor text of an insignificant blow that did no damage.}

[  7]       Annihilator fired a power blast at Adamas.

ZZWWT!! The blast hit. “Well, I see you came looking for a new dance partner. Our partnership ended years ago, and it is about time this fight ended too”, The Annihilator said. Adamas grunted in pain, but he was still able to fight

{GM Note: Adamas took 18 damage points. His invulnerability stopped 13 points. Adamas rolled with 1 point of damage, which is -1 PP. Adamas took 4 points of damage to his Hit Points. He rolled a 4 for mass. He was not knocked back.}

Annihilator flew off into the sky going his maximum flight speed. He was moving at 176 M.P.H.

[  7]       Black Orchid  "Why does everyone keep looking like they.. can... see.." The Black Orchid paused a moment and looked down at her hands. After a hurling a non-CCA approved epithet, she willed herself back invisible and continued running. "Where is that rat?" Upon hearing the engines however, The Black Orchid ran to the sound the best she could. She entered the hanger to see the Gyro-Jet at the ceiling attempting to maneuver through the hanger ceiling door.

[  6]       StrikeForce laid on the floor paralyzed unconscious.

[  4]       Dreamweaver fired a TK blast at the Gyro-Jet. She hit. The armor on the Gyro-Jet dented from the impact. The Gyro-Jet could still fly.

{GM Note: Dreamweaver needed a 17 to hit, she rolled a 12. Dreamweaver rolled 7 points of damage. Gyro-Jet armor stopped most of it. The remainder damage the aircraft}

[  4]       Iron Maiden attempted to straighten the Gyro-Jet around. When she cleared the hanger doorways, Iron Maiden throttled the engines. The giant Roc blocked her view from the aircraft’s windshield. She eased the engines back into hover mode since Iron Maiden’s flight plans were thwarted.

{GM Notes: For a Zone of Control check the target number starts with 10. Iron Maiden increased it for her defense and Dr. Wildman’s Roc lowers the target number for his defense. After both increases and decreased the new target number is 10. Iron Maiden rolled a 17. Failure on the test. Dr. Wildman prevents the Gyro-Jet from moving through his Zone of Control}

[  3]       Blizzard fired an Ice Blast at the Gyro-Jet. It hit. Ice froze around the side of the Gyro-Jet weighting it down, making it difficult to maneuver.

{GM Note: Blizzard needed a 17 to hit, he rolled a 16. Blizzard rolled 7 points of damage. The ice covering the Gyro-Jet has a Break Point of 7.}

[  2]       Patty Plus Patty looked down at Chrysalis, trying to decide whether to babysit the downed villainess in case she shook off the paralysis or go see if she can be of use elsewhere.

"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush," Patty said to herself. "But that sounds pretty crazy up there."

Hoping that Chrysalis will stay put, she headed towards the sound of the roaring engines as quickly as she could. She ran down the hallway toward the hanger. She was able to see the entrance to the hanger but couldn’t reach it.

{GM Note: Patty Plus did not have enough movement to reach the doorway to the hanger. This is as far as she could move when spending 2 Power Points to push her movement.}

[  2]       Eying Black Orchard running past towards Erdbeben and the limp form of StrkeForce, Rubicon yelled into his commlink, "Hey party people, MS. Stretchy-pants is down for the count at the S.E. corner top floor. Strikes down. How do you secure a prisoner that can change? Want me to watch her or move to the hanger? Erdi, you checking him?" Pointed at StrikeForce while grabbing at a med kit in his utility harness.

Erdbeben made his way through the hallway observing the number of downed characters, both friend and foe. "Dang, this is worse than a Friday night at the ER!" he thought to himself.

Rubicon was covering Shapeshifter and while scanning the northern an eastern hallway for enemy contact.

Moving over to Shapeshifter, Erdbeben pulled out his med-kit. "A little sedative should keep Shapeshifter restrained" he thought as he pulled out some of the drugs he stored in his pack. "And, a little DNA sample never hurt anybody, either" he added as he pulled out a DNA sample kit.

Seeing Erdbeben moving closer to respond and checking Shifter’s vitals, Rubicon said.

"What do you think, Doc?". She still breathing or just down for the count.?"

"Oh, and I wouldn't worry about Shapeshifter. She's not going anywhere anytime soon." Erdbeben said.

Seeing Erdbeben pull out his med kit like he knew what he's doing Rubicon slightly tossed his around in his hand while looking questioning at the vibratory surgeon, " you want use mine or...?"  Shrugged.

Erdbeben regarded Rubicon and his offer of the med kit. He smiled and said, "Thanks for the offer, but I have my own." At that, Rubicon can see Erdbeben pull out a kit that is easily twice the size of the one that Rubicon was holding. As Erdbeben opened the kit to begin tending to the fallen, Rubicon can see that it contains more advanced versions of the items that are in his own kit along with several DNA sample kits.

Erdbeben realized he didn’t need to restrain Shapeshifter, so he only took the DNA sample.

Rubicon continued to scan the corridors as he continued his dialogue.

"M.I.S.H.A., hunt our little pack rat friend". The bear moved towards the hanger and attacked the Gyro-Jet with cannon from the distance of the floor of the hanger to the ceiling.

[  2]       VAVOOM! The cannon blast struck the Gyro-Jet’s armor. The armor blocked all the blast.

{GM Note: M.I.S.H.A. needed a 17 to hit, he rolled a 14. M.I.S.H.A. rolled 3 points of damage. The Gyro-Jet’s Armor stopped all the damage.}

Seeing StrikeForce he called out, "Er, you want me yo get Strike or you good?"

Hearing Rubicon asking him to help Strikeforce he quickly moved to triaged StrikeForce and determined he may be unconscious but stable.

"I’m good”, Erdbeben replied

With a slap to the shoulder Rubicon grinned at Erdbeben, "Sounds good, Doc!"  And moved off to chase after M.I.S.H.A.

[  2]       Rubicon entered into the hanger. He fired his pistol at the Gyro-Jet

BLAM! The shot hit the Gyro-Jet. The bullet was stopped by its armor.

{GM Note: Rubicon needed a 16 to hit, he rolled a 6. Rubicon rolled 3 points of damage. The Gyro-Jet’s Armor stopped all the damage.}

[  2]       Erdbeben used his medical training to assist StrikeForce fight off the paralysis effects. It didn’t work … yet.

{GM Note: Erdbeben assisted StrikeForce with End Save. StrikeForce target number was 13. Since he failed the prior Save a -12 is applied. Erdbeben added +3 for his paramedic job and +6 for his Knowledge ability in medicine. The new target number is 10. Erdbeben rolled a 19. The End Save failed}

[  1]       Electrocutioner teleported into the hallway with Ratman.. Erdbeben heard the crackle of electricity as he turned to look toward the sound. Electrocutioner and Ratman were standing next to Shapeshifter. Ratman ran down the hall away from Erdbeben. The Rodent Renegade turned the corner running toward where Chrysalis laid paralyzed. Electrocutioner turn on his electric aura surrounding him as he bent down to pick Shapeshifter. “Let’s get you out of here. No prison cell for you”, The Rider of the Lightning said.

[  0]       StrikeForce’s attempted to regain consciousness.

{GM Note: StrikeForce target number was 13. Since he failed the prior Save a -12 is applied. The new target number is 1. StrikeForce rolled a 10. The End Save failed}

[  0]       Blizzard’s ice doesn’t penetrate the Gyro-Jet’s armor

{GM Note: Ice does 3 points of damage between turns. The Gyro-Jet’s armor blocks the damage}

HQ top floor:


HQ roof:


<Turns and Actions due March 14th>

 

After Battle Conditions (Mighty Protectors character data):

Adamas                        Hit Points:   19 Power Points:   18       Flight: 768”

Black Orchid                Hit Points:   24 Power Points:   68        Invisible

Dr. Wildman                 Hit Points:   26 Power Points:   59        Form: Roc   Transform: 8 left, King Size: 0, FLT: 265”

Erdbeben                     Hit Points:   46 Power Points:   32

Patty Plus                    Hit Points:   15 Power Points:   49        Corporeal

StrikeForce                 Hit Points:   10 Power Points:   15        Unconscious               

Rubicon                       Hit Points:   20 Power Points:   50        Absorption Protection

MISHA                          Hit Points:   41 Power Points:   87       

Dreamweaver               Hit Points:   13 Power Points:   32       Kinetic Shield

Blizzard                       Hit Points:   12 Power Points:   32       Non-Corporeal (Vibration)

 

Phase of Action for next turn:

[15]       Adamas

[  8]      Dr. Wildman

[  7]      Dreamweaver

[  6]      Erdbeben

[  5]      Patty Plus

[  4]      Blizzard

[  3]      StrikeForce

[  3]      Rubicon

[  3]      M.I.S.H.A.

[  2]      Black Orchid

 

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Woo-hoo! Heck yeah!  Thanks Tom. All good and totally understandable.

OOC: We got some licks in on this one. Looks like there's some quick-thinking coordination to do, Team.

IC: Eying Black Orchard running past towards Erdbeben and the limp form of StrkeForce, Rubicon yells into his commlink, "Hey party people, MS. Stretchy-pants is down for the count at the S.E. corner top floor. Strikes down. How do you secure a prisoner that can change? Want me to watch her or move to the hanger? Erdi, you checking him?" Points at StrikeForce while grabbing at a med kit in his utility harness.

Greg

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 IC: William squawked in pain as he reeled from the extraterrestrial energy of his alien adversary. Fighting his predatory instincts to smash Annihilator he watched as the airship was lifting off the ground. William had spent a few years flying from one remote island to another during his TV career, using helicopters mainly. What little knowledge he had of any aircraft is that they relied on aerodynamics and the balance of thrust and lift. He considered his options and took to the air gaining height then turning like a raptor he dived for the craft as it bumped its way up from the hanger floor.

OOC: The Roc will use half its move to fly up and then dive down onto the craft, using his talons to get purchase. The idea is that the mass and shape of the bird will disrupt the takeoff, he'll flap wings to disrupt airflow etc. If he can he will make a beak attack against the already bumped wing. If Annihilator flies towards him to disrupt his dive and is in range Dr Wildman will expend a charge of his 'Chains of Command' and attempt to mind control him.

Tom, thank you for persevering - I hope things calm down for you soon.

 

Steve

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Hi, hope that everyone is doing well. Well, this is going to be a short reply since it appears that StrikeForce will be napping this issue. I'm there with you in spirit! Keep up the fight.

Jamey

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Adamas rises from the pile of rubble left after smashing through the walls, pushing a sizable pylon to the side casually... "Well, that didn't go according to plan, but I'm not going to argue with the outcome."

Using his ethereal vision, Adamas scanned the building to see where everyone was located and saw Annihilator battling the team on the roof.  Hello old friend he thought and calculated the fastest way he could get to his opponent. 

Adams will use movement to get into range and release an autofire power blast (4) at the Alien enemy.

(I loved the way you handled that! not at all what I'd planned, but in the same vein, and glad it worked out.  Glad things have slowed down for you, 2022 has been rough for me as well.  When I think things can't get worse, they do.  I have to say, this game is a wonderful diversion from my real life right now, thanks for all you do.  I can't imagine the time investment you make with every issue.)

Jon

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Erdbeben makes his way through the hallway observing the number of downed characters, both friend and foe. "Dang, this is worse than a Friday night at the ER!" he thought to himself.

Hearing Rubicon asking him to help Strikeforce and, at the same time hearing the call to restrain Shapeshifter, he quickly triages Strikeforce and determines he may be unconscious but stable. It should be a higher priority to restrain Shapeshifter in case she regains consciousness.

Moving over to Shapeshifter, he pulls out his med-kit. "A little sedative should keep Shapeshifter restrained" he thinks as he pulls out some of the drugs he stored in his pack. "And, a little DNA sample never hurt anybody, either" he adds as he pulls out a DNA sample kit.

OOC: Erdbeben’s actions are (in order of priority):

1.     Restrain Shapeshifter using his med kit. I'm assuming a Medical Check here?

2.     If anybody on the Crusaders team needs immediate medical attention (in imminent danger of dying), he will attend to them first.

3.     Attack any Destroyers that try to interfere with actions 1 or 2 mentioned above.

Paul

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·         Restrain Shapeshifter using his med kit. I'm assuming a Medical Check here?

No, not a medical check to use the med kit to restrain would be using your 9 Inventing points to try to create something on the fly. If this is something for the future, then CPs to create an Arsenal for the Med Kit or spend CPs to make the Med Kit a mobile lab for on-the-fly inventions would be the best options to give Erdbeben this kind of ability. His medical knowledge does tell him when he examines Shapeshifter that she will not be gaining consciousness without medical aid. {GM - She has 0 hit points}

·         If anybody on the Crusaders team needs immediate medical attention (in imminent danger of dying), he will attend to them first.

No, Crusader is in imminent danger of dying.

·         Attack any Destroyers that try to interfere with actions 1 or 2 mentioned above.

Tom

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Tom,

With StrikeForce unconscious, do you need anything from me for this issue?

Jamey

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I don't think I will.

Tom

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 In that case, proceed with trying to aide downed Crusaders in their recovery checks.

Paul

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IC: Rubicon is covering Shapeshifter and while scanning he northern an eastern hallway for enemy contact. Seeing Erdbeben moving closer to respond and checking Shifter’s vitals.

"What do you think, Doc?". She still breathing or just down for the count.?". Seeing Erdbeben pull out his med kit like he knows what he's doing Rubicon slightly tosses his around in his hand while looking questioning at the sonic surgeon, " you want use mine or...?"  Shrugs.  Rubicon continues to scan the corridors as he continues his dialogue.

"M.I.S.H.A., hunt our little pack rat friend". The bear will move towards the hanger and attack with Canon at distance or claw twice if one of the Destroyers presents itself at closer range.

OOC: Paul, we can use my med kit I have if you want. I don't know if you want to expend you Inventing points on this as Tom presented but let me know if we want to revive/secure her together while the others continue the fight.

Greg

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Sorry Paul, I just recalled your powers are vibratory in nature, not sonic. My apologies.

Greg

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 O.k.

Jamey

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IC: Erdbeben regards Rubicon and his offer of the med kit. He smiles and says, "Thanks for the offer, but I have my own." At that, Rubicon can see Erdbeben pull out a kit that is easily twice the size of the one that Rubicon is holding. As Erdbeben opens the kit to begin tending to the fallen, Rubicon can see that it contains more advanced versions of the items that are in his own kit along with several DNA sample kits.

"Oh, and I wouldn't worry about Shapeshifter. She's not going anywhere anytime soon."

Paul

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Love it! Competitive med packs...of course Dr Wildman just has healing potions

Steve

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 With a slap to the shoulder Rubicon grins at Erdbeben, "Sounds good, Doc!"  And moves off to chase after M.I.S.H.A.

Seeing StrikeForce he calls out, "Er, you want me yo get Strike or you good?".

Greg

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 "Why does everyone keep looking like they.. can... see.." The Black Orchid pauses a moment and looks down at her hands. After a hurling a non-CCA approved epithet, she wills herself back invisible and continues running. "Where is that rat?" Upon hearing the engines however, The Black Orchid runs to the sound the best she can (I think she knows or at least can figure out where the entrance to the bay is).

Marc

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The Black Orchid could help Erdbeben with his plan, but she has no idea what he has in mind, so unless Erdbeben remembers hearing that The Black Orchid has improvised on missions before, she'll keep going.

(Tom, however, you want to handle this is OK by me)

Marc

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Patty looks down at Chrysalis, trying to decide whether to babysit the downed villainess in case she shakes off the paralysis or go see if she can be of use elsewhere.

"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush," Patty says to herself. "But that sounds pretty crazy up there."

Hoping that Chrysalis will stay put, she heads towards the sound of the roaring engines as quickly as she can.

OOC: Pushing herself if necessary.

OOC: If Patty runs across any active Destroyers on her way to the roof, she will engage them using her punch and innate shield for melee.

Shane

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