The Liberty League attacked Vanguard with a wild ferocity and recklessness that Vanguard had never imagined possible from all those warm, sepia-toned stories of the golden age heroes.
Vanguard
tried to yell at them to stop. But being underwater, with little light, in all
that chaos and battle fury, their pleas were unheard. Vanguard survived their
onslaught, so far.
[OOC: Everyone is now swimming,
which costs 6 Power Points for every hour or part thereof, as per the
underwater combat rules I shared with you in Issue 190. Again, characters with
Water Breathing B don’t lose Power Points.
Also, all of Vanguard have been
exposed to the ocean depths. Anyone without
Adaptation, Life Support, Water Breathing or Rubbery Physiology activated the
entire time will get the bends if they surface too quickly.]
The battle continued! Agent
America dove down and to his left, using the Megalodon containment
construct as cover. He swam under it,
came out the other side and hurled another grenade into Vanguard’s ranks!
WH-WHOOMM!!! The concussive blast hit Slate, the modern age Sentinel, and
Symbiote!
[11 points to each! Slate rolls
with 5 and takes 6 from hits. Sentinel rolls with 4 and takes 7 from hits.
Symbiote rolls with 8 and takes 3 from Hits. All remain conscious.]
Avatar used his Swimming
skill and superior agility to evade his opponent. He took a non-threatening stance,
holding up his hands and making gestures of peace.
American Eagle
squinted and said to his teammates in the orb construct of the golden age
Sentinel, “The Spartan warrior is surrendering.
All it took was one punch from Sarge.”
Doc Rocket scanned the
battlefield. With Symbiote and Slate falling into Agent America’s area of
influence, the super scientist needed a new opponent. He fired his rocket pack
and “flew” up and forward through the water, charging into enemy
territory. Ever chivalric, the young
hero would aid Lady Liberty. He arced downward toward Slingshot and fired his
Rocket Gun down at him at pointblank range. ZARK!! The beam evaporated a thin, five foot long tunnel of water between Doc
and Slingshot before striking the malleable man of might!
[17 points of
damage! Slingy took 8 off
Invulnerability, 4 from Power, and 5 from Hits.]
Lady Liberty followed
up with precision and fury. She swam forward at Slingshot and threw an uppercut
at his jaw! CHOOM! [19 points! Slingy rolls with 4, takes 15
from hits!] Slingshot ”flew” up 50 feet from the impact!
Clone realized there
wasn’t much he could do to aid in an underwater fight. So the duplicating
dynamo took the reverse approach – protecting the members of his group that
could fight. While swimming as fast as he could towards Sentinel, Clone made
sure that his rebreather was firmly in place as he purged any water that may
have entered his mouth after being thrown about by the attacks of the Liberty
League.
Reaching what he thought would be a good mid-way point between Sentinel
and the members of the Liberty League, Clone turned to face the group’s
attackers and waved his arms back and forth to tell them to please stop firing.
He thought, ”These were Earth’s greatest heroes? They can’t be this blood
thirsty… can they?”
Slate realized what
happened upon seeing the golden age heroes.
Being unaffected from being underwater, he put his hands up in a symbol
of surrender, and held his action to see what happens.
Slingshot converted to
humanoid form, swam back down to the fight, toward Sgt. Stone in a
non-threatening manner and tried non-verbal communication with the fighting
footsoldier to show that he’s not hostile. He produced his rebreather and
offered him another, as a gesture of peace.
American Eagle said,
“Three more surrenders. There’s no fight in them. Better reel these fish in,
boss.”
The modern Sentinel’s
mind raced. He knew that Lancaster, his
grandfather, the golden age Sentinel, had telepathy at this time period. Lancaster had never mentioned this meeting,
or any meeting with time travelers!
Kirk grabbed his rebreather, placed
it in his mouth and raised his hands in 'surrender'. Kirk summoned his energy
and words began to be written on a new layer on Lancaster's shields.
"Truce. We thought we were
attacking a Nazi occupied sub. We are heroes displaced in time and need your
help. Let's talk."
The Mystic said, “Displaced
in time?”
The golden age Sentinel
read the other Sentinel’s mind, looking for answers to this puzzle. “What?” he
said, in stunned astonishment. “He’s…
he’s my grandson!”
Suddenly, KABOOM-BOOM!!!
Two torpedoes came out of the darkness
behind the Liberty League and slammed into the golden age Sentinel’s sphere, catching
Sgt. Stone in the blast radius! Cracks
appeared across the energy sphere’s surface, and Stone’s back, but both held!
Vanguard couldn’t see
the sub that fired the torpedoes due to the darkness. Nor could they see that
something else was now coming out of the torpedo tubes.
Then Vanguard saw it, following right
behind the torpedoes, swimming down out of the cold, black depths were the Ubermensch
and the Japanese Imperial Guard, enemy supervillains of World War II, coming at
the Liberty League’s back!
Sentinel, Symbiote and Slate [Vanguard’s resident superhero
historians] recognized them all:
The Ubermensch (or Over Men) were the Nazi supervillains of
WWII, Hitler’s vision of the Aryan superman realized. Created by the mad
scientist, Dr. Swastika, they were:
Blitzkreig: The lightning warrior!
Panzer: The human tank!
The Aryan: The perfect man, except for his soul!
Baroness Von Zero: Ice
flows through her royal veins!
U-Man: The human torpedo!
Blitzkreig, Aryan and Von Zero all
wore ingenious, Nazi-engineered retro-tech pressurized suits and helmets.
Emblazoned on each was a swastika and a SKULL symbol, entwined in a loving
embrace.
The Japanese Imperial Guard were the personal soldiers of the divine monarch, Emperor
Hirohito, the 124th emperor of Japan. They were:
Shogun: Noble samurai
general, and leader of the Imperial Guard!
Rising Sun: Warrior of
fire and light!
Ninjitsu: Mysterious master
assassin!
Kamikaze: The living
bomb!
Rising Sun and Ninjutsu wore
highly advanced enviro-suits of Japanese design.
The Ubermensch and the Imperial Guard targeted their sworn enemies, the Liberty League, who had
been completely distracted by Vanguard.
[OOC: Vanguard and the Liberty
League have just been successfully being ambushed! Both hero teams are surprised because they
had all their attention focused on each other.
This means all remaining hero actions are lost until next issue (Sorry,
Menagerie. Your low Agility is the price to pay to be an awesome giant dinosaur
shark monster). Normally this also means the villains would get one full turn
to act unopposed (ie: two issues of combat) but I don’t the heart to do
it. So I’ll halve it. They get one issue
of attacks. ]
Kamikaze, the living
bomb flew through the water and stopped between the golden age Sentinel’s
sphere and Sgt. Stone. The undead, avenging spirit of the divine wind
whispered, “banzai,” and exploded his very body into atoms.
KRA-BOOM!!! Kamikaze disappeared as he detonated himself. The original
Sentinel’s energy construct breached, sending its occupants into the water
unexpectedly! Sgt. Stone was badly hurt.
Blitzkreig came next,
swimming in with impossible speed. Careful to move out of range of the
Ubermensch and the Imperial Guard, he discharged ball lightning in an attempt
to electrocute the Liberty League! BZZAT!
His electrical attack hit Lady
Liberty, Doc Rocket, Slingshot, Sgt. Stone, the Original Sentinel, American
Eagle, Blazing Glory and the Mystic! All
remained conscious.
[Slingshot takes 12 points of
damage. Rolls with 4, takes 8 from hits.]
The lightning warrior missed
Avatar and Clone because both were evading.
U-Man soared in on the
Liberty League’s left flank, firing his wrist torpedoes! Fwoosh!
BOOM!! He caught Sgt. Stone, the original
Sentinel, American Eagle, Blazing Glory and the Mystic in his blast! Blazing Glory was unconscious and in danger
of drowning as she floated downward!
Ninjutsu stealthily
swam down at Doc Rocket’s back! The master of the mysterious arts used a spiked
brass knuckle weapon to savagely strike at Doc’s fishbowl helmet! CHOK!! The blow cracked the bubble but
its integrity held!
The Aryan glided
downward toward the battle, also flanking the Liberty League, and fired a large
harpoon gun rifle at his archnemesis, the golden age Sentinel! Fwooosh! THUNK! The insidiously barbed harpoon struck
Sentinel right in the chest, piercing the eye of his all-seeing logo! A cloud of blood hovering around him, Sentinel
was injured but conscious!
Rising Sun’s flame
powers were useless in this undersea battlefield! He joined the charge at the League’s flank,
swimming downward from the darkness, and fired a ray of pure white light at
American Eagle from close range! ZIZZ!
The beam burned a path through the water before striking Eagle!
The Shogun descended
downward at the injured Sgt. Stone! His energy katana crackled and steamed the
water as it swung down hard into Stone’s back! zzzzzzzzVWOM!!!
The granite goliath was
badly injured from this crucible. He was just hanging on!
Baroness Von Zero
targeted Agent America for her tender mercies. From behind him, she held out
her hands and smiled sardonically. In
mere moments, the star spangled superspy was encased in ice! The crystalline
tomb weighed over a ton and started to float upward into the darkness, gaining
speed as it went!
Panzer fell downward through
the water at Lady Liberty! SLAM! The
human tank’s massive iron fists crashed into her hard, knocking her downward
into the darkness! The human tank allowed himself to plummet after her and soon
disappeared as well!
U-Man, with his
inhuman speed, acted again, firing another mini-torpedo from his wrist
launcher! Fwoosh! BOOM!! He caught the
original Sentinel, American Eagle and the Mystic in his blast! All of them were
on the ropes.
Blitzkreig also acted
again! The lightning warrior swam to reposition himself to catch as few of his
allies, and as many of his enemies, as possible in his next blast! BZZAT!!
His ball lightning discharge electrocuted Slingshot, Sgt. Stone, Shogun, the
original Sentinel, American Eagle, the Mystic, and the unconscious Blazing
Glory!
This last blast proved too much
for the badly injured heroes, and rendered Sgt.
Stone, the original Sentinel, American Eagle and the Mystic all unconscious
and drowning!
[Slingshot takes 11 points of
damage. Rolls with 4, takes 7 from hits.]
The original Sentinel’s
badly damaged shields evaporated upon his incapacitation!
The construct holding the Megalodon Menagerie suddenly
disappeared as well, sending the suffocating dinoshark mercifully back into the
water! Sploosh!
Ninjutsu moved with incredible
agility and struck Doc Rocket’s helmet a second time! CHOK!!! The cracks on the surface of his fishbowl bubble helmet started
to spread like a web, until the helmet collapsed under the pressure of the
ocean depths. Doc was surprised, injured
and gasping for air!
The villains all but ignored
Vanguard, preferring to target their hated enemies. The modern age Sentinel wasn’t recognized by the
villains in the dark chaos because his shields weren’t activated!
[Between turns…]
Kamikaze’s body
reformed. And the unconscious, drowning heroes sank downward into the darkness!
Manetti spoke through
his helmet’s radio, “This is impossible! The Liberty League didn’t die in the
1940’s!”
Ortiz gasped with
dawning realization, “It’s us. We caused the change. We distracted them. Our
presence here has altered history!”
To be continued!
OOC:
Actions, please! The ambush’s element of surprise is over.
Vanguard may act at will.
Kevin: See private email to follow
for Clone in Moscow!
Current
Conditions:
Avatar: Hit Points: 37, Power Points: 85, Manifestation: Poseidon,
Evading until Issue 194
Clone: Bodies: 2, Hit Points: 11, Power Points: 59, Hit
Point Pool: 22, Evading until Issue 193
Menagerie: Hit Points: 54, Power Points: 66, Form:
Megalodon!
Sentinel: Hit Points: 11, Power Points: 35, Creation Points:
70, Construct: 70, Shields: 0
Slate: Hit Points: 18, Power Points: 51
Slingshot: Hit Points: 34, Power Points: 32,
Invulnerability: 0 until Issue 194
Symbiote: Hit Points: 27, Power Points: 82, Charges: 12,
Activated: Inhuman, Endurance: 26, Agility: 14
Here’s the map at the
end of the issue:
Best,
Jeff
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Avatar:
OOC: Damn, Jeff!
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Menagerie:
OOC: I second that DAMN! Jeff.
Tom
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Clone:
OOC: Consider me as officially
jumping on the "Damn" wagon ;)
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Slingshot:
OOC: Quadruple DAMN!
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GM:
OOC: You're all damn welcome! ;-)
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Slate:
OOC: I'm afraid to open it...
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Sentinel:
OOC: Be very afraid Jon...
I have a plan to give us a
fighting chance but no idea if we can pull it off, particularly with no means
to communicate effectively.
Kirk's energy is currently
floating around closer to the fallen Liberty League... he keeps it as close to
blending with the water as it can be. He
can fold his arms across his chest to conceal his insignia if the foes come
looking. When he can using last location
and his energy sense he uses his energy to seize the fallen Liberty League and
draw them along to him within his shields (at the least saving them from
drowning from the moment) and getting himself protected again although becoming
the target of all the villains.
He forms the best construct he can
that would offer offer additional propulsion upward and heads to the
surface. At the surface he continues
forward up to the skies above our craft which is set to explode. Once he gets above out of range of the blast
he detonates the craft catching villains that are pursuing him hopefully taking
them out of the battle or at least softening them up enough that Vanguard has a
fighting chance against them. Our guys
are either far enough below the surface or high enough above to avoid blast
damage. And it we have to lose it, at
least it goes out in a worthy blaze of glory 'sacrificing' itself to save both
Vanguard and the League.
Problems - (1) one shot to Kirk before he gets his construct
back from him he is likely toast himself from prior damage and now the damage
from the Liberty League. (2) I don't
know about Kirk's speed here particularly carrying the League also upward. Likely he gets pulped before he gets
away (3) no way to communicate this idea
to coordinate it (4) I may be assuming
Kirk can do a lot more than he can do here overall power wise
One possible solution would be if
Lancaster comes back to consciousness or perhaps Mystic and they can
communicate the plan to the others.
Menagerie also could thought broadcast the plan to our team because he
can do this when in animal form, but I don't believe we'd have a direct means
to convey it otherwise. Seth doesn't
recall if he learned Vanguard hand signals although I'm sure Kirk does... that
might be a possibility but I don't know underwater and with events if he could
convey enough to make things happen.
I am more than open to anything
any one else can add to this modify or come up with to help here. But at this point the League is totally out
and about to drown and our side is pretty beat up both from prior confrontations
and damage from the League... unless the villains are also beat up from prior
battle it would seem they would take us out in direct conflict without
something to shift the power balance to our side.
Jeff - what are the problems with
my idea. Does it have even a remote
chance of succeeding? Any additional
information picked up by my energy senses that can help here?
Oh, and if we survive this we are
going to be running on fumes ourselves with no time to adequately recover
physically to retrieve the other artifacts.
We activated the Ring of Eon once before... perhaps we need to consider
using it to somehow avert the disaster in present time... but I guess we have
to survive the current encounter with it in our possession to worry about that.
Seth
PS: Perhaps their not expecting a
Sentinel type power to be at work would buy some extra time to allow the snatch
and grab (should just be movement) and they also would have no reason to expect
the mantacraft to be a bomb when surfacing even if they notice the craft
itself.
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Slate:
OOC: I did finally read it last
night, and I that sounds like a good plan to me.
I was thinking "what in the
world can Slate do that would be helpful in this situation," He'd assess
that he could have very little impact on the battle, and he'd go for the
Ring. He should be able to easily get
into the sub... so here goes:
Slate IC: Seeing the beating his
team and the Liberty league are taking, Slate began to calculate the odds his
presence would make a difference in the coming battle, and decided discretion
in this case was best where he could make a difference. The bigger goal here was to recover the ring,
not defeat the villains.
Hoping his gray uniform would
blend in with the surrounding blackness, he began to swim toward the sub, at
the same time thought sending to Menagerie.
"Menagerie, I'm going after the artifact, but I have no way of
locating it. If you could thought send
me the location, I'll melt through the side of the sub, and head for the
target."
OOC: Slate will "swim
casual", maybe trying to go limp, appearing unconscious and try to avoid
detection. Once he reaches the sub, he will disintegrate his way in and to the
Ring.
Viva Vanguard!
Jon
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GM:
OOC: Hi.
Seth/Sentinel: This is a pretty good plan! The only drawback
is it'll take two actions (two issues of combat) to execute.
Rules time!... Every player's
action may include Movement and (Attack or Evade). These may come in any order,
but you only get one of each. You can
move and attack. You can attack and then
move. You can't move, attack and move
again.
So, here's your plan:
First you need to locate all the
Liberty Leaguers who have fallen out of view into the darkness (movement, using
your energy construct as a light source), drag them together so you can see
them all at once (more movement), and then manipulate your construct to hold
them all and give them oxygen (action).
Next issue, you can start to fly to the surface (movement) and assuming
you make it, detonate the MantaCraft at the Ubermensch and Imperial Guard
(attack).
Maybe someone else can do the
manta bomb trick sooner?... if you figure out how to communicate the idea to
them.
Another question: If a hero is
being grappled by a villain, (Lady Liberty and Panzer, let's say), do you
capture them both in your energy sphere? Trying to physically separate them
with your energy would probably take yet another action.
If you want to capture any
Vanguardians as well, please let me know that too. Thanks!
Jon/Slate: Your goal of searching
for the Ring of Eon is clear and legit.
Please note: the first sub (that the Liberty League had
commandeered) was emitting the ring's energy aura. Vanguard blew it up, and the ring's aura was
detected on Sgt. Stone when he emerged from the wreckage of the sub.
Now, another sub (apparently) has
fired torpedoes and then supervillains at you from the darkness above and
behind the League's original positions.
That sub is not visible, but it's known that it doesn't have the Ring of
Eon onboard.
I hope that's clear.
Thanks everyone. Hope you all have
a great Labor Day weekend.
Best,
Jeff
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Slate:
OOC: Thanks Jeff, I'd missed that
Sgt. Stone had the ring, that being the case, I definitely think getting the
Liberty League, and getting out of Dodge is the direction to go... so scratch
my last post please!
IC: Seeing the beating his team
and the Liberty league are taking, Slate began to calculate the odds his
presence would make a difference in the coming battle, and decided discretion
in this case was best where he could make a difference. The bigger goal here was to recover the ring,
not defeat the villains.
Hoping his gray uniform would
blend in with the surrounding blackness, he began to swim toward the sub, at
the same time thought sending to Menagerie.
"Menagerie, I'm going after the artifact. If nothing else, maybe we can use it to get
us out of this mess."
OOC: Slate will "swim
casual", maybe trying to go limp, appearing unconscious and try to avoid
detection. Once he reaches the Sgt Stone, using his knowledge of the future
Sgt. Stone, he will attempt to get the ring ( I mean come on, there aren't a
lot of places he could be hiding it in those shorts. :) ).
If attacked, he will evade.
Jon
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Menagerie:
Menagerie will thought send to the
entire team. "The fastest of us need to save the Ring of Eon and the
Liberty League. Bring them to the Manta Craft! The rest join me in protecting
the rear."
Menagerie will stay in his C
Megalodon form and will either get between the team and the Nazi and Japs. He
will attack whoever he can reach with a ramming attack.
I would tell you the character but
there are so many and Menagerie is so slow I just don't know if I can attack
before one of the opponents hasn't attack or if I should attack one of the
heaviest hitters who has already attack so they can't attack next turn.
If you need more direction than
attack whoever he has the best chance of hitting then let me know and I will
try to work something out.
Best
Tom
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Slingshot:
OOC:
There are so many things I would like
to do, and I'm so damned slow.
Jeff: Let me know if this is feasible
- Stretch and reach out for Both Lady Liberty and Sgt Stone and bring them back
to my level. If I have to go down to get them, I will.
I'm assuming that Sentinel will
handle the other group and I'll get the stragglers.
Once I've gathered them both, I'll
pass rebreather to Lady Liberty and I'll try to bring Sgt Stone to
Sentinel for the air lock. If I can get the ring off of Sgt Stone, all
the better.
Obviously if things change enough
that none of the above can be done, I'll just thump Blitzkreig (or whomever is
close enough).I would "stab" at him shaping my arm in such a way to
minimize the slow down from the water.
Stephane
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GM:
OOC: Thanks. This is clear, legal and feasible. And in
under the deadline!
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Sentinel:
OOC: Hi Jeff.
So as not to delay things and to
move the plot along, how about Kirk tries to hold his action to do what he said
previously. Perhaps along the way the
means to communicate the plan could be given as for it to work he would need
I'd think at least a majority of the League safely in his possession for the foes to follow. If he cannot get them all due to it taking
more time he will take the majority he could get and count on his teammates to
save the others from drowning.
Other things:
(1) If it appears he needs to draw
his energies back and perhaps alert them to 'who' he is because he is about to
be hit again he will do so as another successful attack will likely render him
unconscious
(2) Kirk is also going to operate
under the assumption that at this point it was the Ubermensch and the Japanese
Imperial Guard being fired upon by the ship and not Vanguard. The ships we saw above were from their
respective governments and he is going to be assuming, knowing Lightning
Strike, that he actually has control at least to a degree of system of one of
the ships and was trying to fire upon them.
Perhaps his seeing that possibility may give him some advantage of
acting out his plan.
(3) If anything makes more sense
for Kirk to do as the battlefield changes so be it. Use him in the best calculated way
possible. If you'd prefer to give me a
scenario where that might be as you do the issue for my input to be sure, fine,
but if not, I trust you to decide.
Seth
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GM:
Hi Seth,
Hi Seth,
Thanks.
"Holding" an action
means to delay; not act.
To judge from the rest of your email,
it seems that you do want to act, correct?
Re: 2) You guys were fired upon by
torpedoes. There's another submarine out
here. It was clearly firing on the
Liberty League, or else they are a terrible shot.
3) You got it.
Thanks,
Jeff
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Sentinel:
OOC: Hey Jeff.
Guess what I meant to say was if
it was possible to hold my current action until I get my next action so I can
grab the League and also 'zoom' to the surface together with them (hopefully)
in chase.
Things don't look like that is
possible given the playing board right now, hence all of my other
'orders'. However with Kirk being among
the slowest things could change by his turn for action.
If he grabs the League this turn
waiting for next turn to move and is revealed then with all or most of the
villains having an action there is a good chance they could penetrate his
shields and/or knock him out or worse before his next action. But as mentioned if it appears it must be
done that way, so be it as I can't see any better move for him or Vanguard at
this point.
And it does seem to me a longshot
that he could hold off to combine the actions given events...
If still not clear let me know.
Seth
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GM:
OOC: Hi Seth,
Ok, I get it.
One thing to consider: some of
Liberty League is unconscious and drowning.
Waiting increases their chance of being harmed. Your delay protects you
and harms them.
I know you bought off the weakness
where you must always do what's right, so you're free to act in whatever way
you want, hero!
But I know what Superman would do
in this situation. And Lancaster. But that's okay. Just sayin is all. ;-)
Also, some of the Liberty Leaguers
are not visible, in the dark depths below you
(as mentioned last issue). It's
possible you won't be visible to some or all of the Ubermensch and the Imperial
Guard if you are saving the League at that same dark depth.
Best,
Jeff
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Sentinel:
OOC: Hi Jeff.
It wasn't meant as a means to
protect Kirk but rather giving him a better chance to succeed. One shot and he's out and drowning too and
just adding to the body count and not helping the battle. If he wasn't as injured as he was and could
take a couple direct hits there would be no concern. However if the few extra seconds are
endangering the League then he will act
immediately and hope for the best.
From my aspect Kirk's response is
to do just that and secure them but he was trying to do things in a calculated
way as opposed to perhaps the emotional...
again, a lot tougher to judge things by play be email. So do what is best including using the action
immediately to secure the League but doing his best to conceal it until he has
secured the League (ie moving to the lower area to be unseen and having his
energy dulled and blending in with the water as best he can - perhaps extending
the field to gather them this turn so they are protected and covered but
pulling them all together toward him until next turn when he can move with them
- whatever makes sense and the rules allow)
Best,
Seth
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GM:
OOC: Ok.
OOC: Ok.
I was just ribbing you. :-)
You really need that vacation,
pal!
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Clone:
The Atlantic:
( OOC: Since I’m so late with my
response; and I didn’t have a chance to read everyone else’s responses, I’ll keep my actions short and simple. Based
upon what everyone else does, Clone will do one of the following things: Evade
– swim next to an unconscious hero that may be drowning and “buddy-breathe”
with his re-breather device – or try to swim towards the nearest villain and
“bear-hug” them. I’ll leave that up to you Jeff – which ever works better with
the story )
The Vault:
Clone stared at the vault door for
a second and thought to himself, “Of course there’s a vault door . . . what did
you think? Did you think you were just going to pop-up inside their base, grab
a couple of mystical artifacts, and than just stroll out of here without them?”
He shook his head gently and than refocused his thoughts, “Ok, so what are the
chances that the door is just unlocked and the artifacts are just sitting there
waiting to be stolen? Zero! So let do this another way . . .” The Multiplying
Mutant than stepped slowly from the shadows and reached for the handle of the
vault door. The little voice in his head continued, “ . . . if the mountain
won’t come to me . . .”
(OOC: Clone is prepared for the
possibility of one or more members of the SSS to be inside the vault waiting
for him, and/or the possibility of an alarm going off – he’s ok with these
things. He’s actually hoping that a guard ( human w/ a gun type ) will come to
investigate and that he might be able to provide access to the vault some how .
. . lol Clone is so dead!
Once again, my apologies for the
late response. I tried to keep my responses simple so that they won’t make
getting out the next issue too complicated – hope they weren’t too simple.)
Talk to you,
-Kev
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