(2) - Dawn of the Metahumans

Game Master mdt

::I don't see anything that could have Thudded, either.:: she says after a brief pause.

Botting Aegis, seems like I'm saying that a lot lately

Per: 13 - 3d6 - 4 ⇒ 13 - (3, 4, 2) - 4 = 0

Attack: 3d6 ⇒ (4, 3, 3) = 10

Aegis, finally spotting a thin spot in the images, leaps up and through the wires turning solid mid-leap as she tries to punch Jester.

Jester's body twists, and Aegis misses, landing on the balcony.

"Woah! She almost hit me Your Majesty!"

"She didn't though, ignore her, she's slow."

Phase 4

Pulse sees the zombie again in her mirror, and the teeth again sink into her reflection.

Hit: 3d6 ⇒ (4, 3, 4) = 11
Damage: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 2) = 7 Pulse takes 7 stun

Rocket

Thanks. I'm a bit confused about what Rocket sees right now. Can I see either Queenie or Jester? And is either near somewhere that I can run to? Or somewhere I can get under, to whirlwind them down to Earth? In case it helps answer those Qs...

PER: 15 - 3d6 ⇒ 15 - (4, 1, 6) = 4

Seeing Jester flicker into view, Rocket seizes the moment attempts to grab her (running up onto the wall if necessary).

Assuming he succeeds, he does his best to hold her arms tight, trying both to knock the wind out of her and to keep her from grabbing any cards.

"Hey, look what I caught!"

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Grab By: 11 + 10 - 3 - 3d6 ⇒ 11 + 10 - 3 - (2, 3, 5) = 8
STR vs STR: 10d6 ⇒ (5, 3, 6, 4, 6, 1, 5, 6, 3, 5) = 44
squeeze: 4d6 ⇒ (4, 6, 3, 3) = 16 5 body, 16 stun

Current DCV is 5 (assuming I've got her) or else 6

Rocket runs up the wall, and along one of the wires and tries to grab Jester as he does, but the confetti whipping in his face as he runs makes him misjudge the grab, and he misses her entirely. For a moment he could swear her body moved of it's own accord, and he's very sure she giggled as he missed.

Once he stops on the other side of her, the mirror snaps back into place, and the wire he's standing on vanishes, leaving him floating in mid air, this time with a mirrored floor below him, and a mirrored roof above him.

You missed, sorry. As to the vanishing act, you better hope you make your perception at -4 next round, or you'll be standing on a wire you can't see!

Phase 5

Phase 6

Rocket up at the top of the round

Um. Did Mud lose his Phase 3? Thought he followed Aegis. He's just been talking and taking damage this turn. If you want to speed him up, he wants to get to the stairwell door and ignore everything else.

DOH! Sorry Mud! Go ahead and do your 3 action.

OK. Cool. Don't have access to the map atm. And I think Mud is down and discombobulated. So, I'm going to start with some perception checks from his last phase and questions. Can he jump from prone? Worst case is that he'll splat against a wall or floor, right?

Perception 1: 12 - 3d6 ⇒ 12 - (5, 3, 1) = 3
Perception 2: 12 - 3d6 ⇒ 12 - (1, 6, 3) = 2

Mud is discombobulated, and is having trouble figuring out which way is which this round. He can use Breakfall to 'kippup', stand as a free action. Otherwise, he's going to have to spend a half-action standing up. He can't jump from prone, that requires buying 'position shift' on your leaping.

PER: 15 - 3d6 ⇒ 15 - (1, 6, 3) = 5

Looks like I got lucky...but I'm also very very confused right now. Is there a reason I had to stop my turn on a wire? I thought I was running back down (with or without her) to the ground with friends. Are distorted perceptions making me stay on wires and think I'm on the floor?
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Separate Q: can you describe again what I've seen regarding Queenie. What I think I know is that she was there and is now surrounded by paper? Is that right? And is the paper on the ground? Or in the air?Is the set of blue hexes a wall of paper?
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Apologies, as I suspect I'm missed some things that were already explained, but I've gone back through posts to try to make sense of it and still pretty uncertain.

Rocket, if you want to run up and down, you need to specify that. If you just say 'run and grab her' my assumption is you want to run up to her and grab her, leaving you next to her. Please either be more precise in your posts, or don't complain when I take your posts as written? Your entire post is : Seeing Jester flicker into view, Rocket seizes the moment attempts to grab her (running up onto the wall if necessary). Nothing in that says 'Run up , grab her, run back down'.

There is paper on the floor, there is confetti and sheets of paper in the air. The blue hexes are where you're hearing her voice from, one voice from each hex. You can't see there though because there's a wall of paper between you and the hexes now. The red hexes are where you are hearing Jeter's voice, and seeing an alternate version of Jester. You've realized which one is real, which is the one you tried to grab (the one between you and the railing).

I see why my post was ambiguous. I thought that drawing my route made it clear but I can put more into the post too. This is a very complex battle map (which I like, since it makes for an interesting encounter...but it's clear it'll take more back and forth to avoid misunderstandings). So...
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1. I've put a Yellow outline around the one I *think* you just said is the one Rocket believes is the real Jester. Is that right? I think I'm going to need that level of detail given how much movement is core to my powers, and how complex a space this is to move in.
2. Are there wires all around the room? Or only where Jester is? I think part of the confusion before is that I saw you says she was "standing on a wire in mid air up above over the opening" and assumed (incorrectly, I now understand) that "the opening" was the door we came in. That's why I drew the path that I did.
3. I (player) am considering doing a Winding Trail through the blue paper wall. Is there anything that Rocket sees that make that look problematic, or that I should be aware of when planning my route?
. . 3a. If it looks reasonable, I'll do that now (starting by trying to hit Jester, and then going into the paper for Queen.
. . 3b. Once I break the barrier, I'll go straight for Queen if I see her. If I don't see her (and am not prevented in some way) I'll loop through each of those spaces.

Hit: 11 + 10 - 2 - 3d6 ⇒ 11 + 10 - 2 - (2, 6, 4) = 7
Dam 1: 8d6 ⇒ (6, 3, 5, 3, 2, 2, 5, 2) = 28
Dam 2: 8d6 ⇒ (5, 6, 4, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1) = 23

Yeah, it's a complex fight, and the images and confetti make it even worse. The entire area that's opened is criss-crossed with tight ropes. About 1 inch thick. Jester is trained and has the right foot gear to bounce and stand on those wires. Rocket, on the other hand, is wearing running shoes. So he'll have to make Acrobatics checks to do anything other than run (he can only run because his run is flight must touch surface). And if you slow down his feet he's hilariously missing the wire and slipping off and recovering over and over again going over them. And yes, that is where you think Jester is.

To clarify...

1 : Yes, that's where you think she is (on your turn).

2 : Criss-crossed over the second floor, anchored on the railing.

3 : You can't actually see the blue hexes, the paper wall blocks your sight from where you were, it seems to curve up and over as well, blocking off view from above.

3A : Your winding trail is all or nothing, you can't combine it with a hit on Jester, you can use it on Jester as well, but not attakc her and then do something else

Rocket bounces over the wires, and tries to hit Jester again but again misses her. Running down the wally at max speed, he tries to run through the wall of paper...

Move Through: 4d6 + 6d6 + 1d3 ⇒ (6, 6, 3, 3) + (1, 6, 1, 2, 2, 1) + (1) = 32 10 body, 32 stun

...and bounces off the wall of paper as if he'd run into a concrete blockade. The paper doesn't even move. Rocket takes 10 body and 32 stun, before defenses, so no body and 18 stun after defenses.

Breakfall at -4 to avoid falling down from being stopped at full speed run.

Breakfall: 15 - 4 - 3d6 ⇒ 15 - 4 - (6, 1, 5) = -1

"Ughh, that's some paper!" he groans as he smashes into it and then falls flat on his butt.

Is Snap up now, or not yet?

Yep, also waiting on Mud

Alright. Looks like some dudes vanished, though.

::Tactical report?:: Snap asks, as she enters the lobby through the front doors and looks around.

As Janice steps in the door, walls rise up from the floor and a lid slams into place. She has just a second to see 8 girls in jester outfit floating in mid air, and several other wooden cylinders sitting around before the walls rise up out of the floor around her, letting her know what those cylinders are.

The insides are full of fun house mirrors, distorting her features.

"Is there no end to these people? We just had a walking shrub come in the front door Queenie!" A girl's voice in 8 part harmony says, somewhat annoyed.

"That's fine, I think I have some hedgeclippers in my pocket." Another 8 part harmony replies, faintly muffled.

"Oh Queenie! I gardentee you are the funniest Queen I ever planted myself in front of! I'm green with envy!"

last day in paradice. Quick post to move along.

Breakfall: 3d6 ⇒ (2, 4, 3) = 9

Mud stands up and tries to head toward the stairwell. noncom move desol

"Red's in the stairwell, J. Let's contain Blue, and block Indigo, Yellow, and Green as much as you can." Queen says in harmony. "Then let's make Green the priority target."

"Yes ma'am, your Majesty! Isolate Red, murdelize Green!"

"No, give Green the bird."

"OH! The bird, right!"

Pulse suddenly sees a paper bird fly up from the floor, assembling out of paper and confetti. As if in slow motion, it's wings flap in front of her and it's paper eye gazes at her. Then it swoops up and through the roof of the cylinder she's in. Then another one, and another, and another, each rocketing past her in flight, mussing her hair as the air is disturbed by their flight. In the mirror, she can see a half-dozen hawks winging into a dive toward her reflection.

???: 3d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 5) = 11

Attack 1: 3d6 ⇒ (4, 5, 2) = 11
Attack 2: 3d6 ⇒ (4, 2, 2) = 8

Damage 1: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 5) = 7
Damage 2: 8d6 + 1d3 ⇒ (2, 5, 3, 1, 5, 5, 4, 1) + (2) = 28

KB: 7 - 2d6 ⇒ 7 - (5, 3) = -1

The paper birds then drop out of the mirror above, slamming into Pulse from above! Even as they do, the hawks in the mirror rip into her reflection with their talons, blood splattering from the mirror image as it's blinded. Pulse's eyes are in agony as both hits come in simultaneously. However, she manages to remain on her feet as paper slams into her like bricks. Pulse takes 13 stun total, after defenses

Violet, Pulse, Aegis, Mud

Did Mud make it to the stairwell? Does it go up, down, or both?

::Guys, I heard that heavy thud near Rocket. What was that?::

He mad it into the stairwell, and walking straight forward he ended up half-way up a stair landing

::Not sure, but he ran facefirst into something solid that's... not on my pinging. Aegis... do you mind jumping a few meters north of of the Jester rocket just tried to grab..? Uh... there's a little circular room. Right where those two walls would meet to form a corner if they kept going is where the real Queenie is. Aim for that. There's something there I can't see right now. BIRDS. BIRDS EVERY... Okay, closing my eyes now... gonna see if that helps...::

::Straight through the doors, Snap. There's a wall Rocket ran into, and then Queenie.:: she pauses, figuring that since Mud was the only one really responding, or reacting to her suggestions, she'd refresh everything, "A few meters up, and Uh... Southwest. Is where Jester really is. We're trying not to kill them. One of them or a friend is really sick and dying. Three bad guys below that Mud is going for... I guess alone. Which... doesn't seem like a good idea, but he might be able to slow them down with whatever they're doing, I guess.::

Perception: 13 - 3d6 ⇒ 13 - (3, 5, 2) = 3

FTR, I'd been using straight italics due to a mention in an earlier discussion post about what to use when, but I'll start bolding them - and keeping them italicized - for mindlink.

Violet scrunches her nose and contemplates for a moment.

::Trying to pin down bouncy girl isn't working. I wonder about the puppeteer.::

Violet tries to get a lock on Queenie with her mind scan. Maybe, just maybe, this time it'll work.

::If this doesn't work, remind me to invest in a beanbag roomsweeper. Or maybe hack my own brain to unlock all that TK my Daddy always said I should've had.::

ECV attack vs. Queenie = 19-3d6: 19 - 3d6 ⇒ 19 - (1, 3, 1) = 14

I hit a 14. If that were a skill check it'd be a crit.

Mind Scan, 10d6: 10d6 ⇒ (2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 4, 2, 4, 5) = 24

Unless that to-hit roll helps me in any way (doubt it), I hereby declare myself Persona Non-Dice-a for the rest of the combat. ;)

Walls, with no save, that aren't easy to break, eh? This could be something rough...

::Team, I made it to the stairwell. It only goes up. I want to see what these clowns are distracting us from.

Blaze, can you look in the 2nd floor windows? ::

It's been stated over the mind link already that they are illusions

If it just goes up theres not much up with Aegis it seems and we still know they are distracting for the ones down

::Everything is a cluster f%#&.:: She replies to Snap. ::We can't let the distraction work, I can phase the floor but I need to know you'll be able to handle this.::

Following orders Aegis would try to move where Pulse had said in search of a target.

Desolid then exert control over real world

Hit: 3d6 ⇒ (2, 4, 2) = 8
Damage: 4d6 ⇒ (3, 3, 3, 2) = 11

Teamwork: 13 - 3d6 ⇒ 13 - (5, 6, 2) = 0 Coordinate with Aegis
Attack (4 range): 17 - 3d6 ⇒ 17 - (4, 3, 4) = 6 Ew.
Damage, NND: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (5, 3) + 1 = 9
Flash: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 1) = 2 0 Flash

Pulse nods as she feels Aegis lift off, more than sees it, her own eyes being closed, relying on her radar to allow her to 'see', she charges up another electromagnetic pulse and takes several quick steps forward before lobbing it into the fray, hoping to make the concerted attack count.

Current Musical Effects in the room

Aegis leaps forward off the balcony and tries to hit Queen, but she doesn't feel her fist hit anything, although she catches a glimpse of at least 2 Queens as she lands next to one that gives her the bird as it dodges her attack.

She see's a bolt from Pulse rush past her head, just missing her, as she lands. She's not sure what effect it had.

Pulse on the other hand feels the radio feedback as it hits the glass elevator wall.

Botting MUD since he's out of town

Mud checks the stairs, just to confirm they are real and not something he's seeing as an illusion, but can't find a down well here. ::Nothing that goes down in the stairwell, I felt along the walls to make sure it wasn't being covered up.::

Phase 7
Phase 8

Rocket Up

::I'm less worried about us being able to handle this, and more worried about you guys not being able to handle what's below without us.::

::Why do we think that they are BELOW us? Pulse, can you ask outside for a floor plan on how to get downstairs?::

::Cause Violet said two up, Three down.:: And I don't see why she wouldn't have done that regardless of where she landed. :)

::But what if the heavy thud that we can't see is the third, and the two are on the second floor? Regardless, I'm checking the second floor. :: Mud replies to the team.

::Mud, Violet detected two minds above and three below, and we know the three are at the vault which presumably is too heavy to put on the second floor anyway.

::In the meantime, let me try to get a hold of this damn Jester again::

Rocket looks around to get his bearings, kips up, and again attempts to grab the Jester.

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PER: 15 - 3d6 ⇒ 15 - (4, 3, 1) = 7
Breakfall to kip up as zero phase: 15 - 3d6 ⇒ 15 - (4, 5, 5) = 1
Grab by: 11 + 10 - 3 - 3d6 ⇒ 11 + 10 - 3 - (2, 6, 5) = 5 Almost certain that misses but just in case...
Grab by: 10d6 ⇒ (1, 6, 1, 6, 5, 5, 2, 5, 4, 4) = 39

The path I drew for myself assumes it goes past Jester at full speed. Adjust if that's not true. It also assumes I missed. If I actually got her, I'll instead go over by Mud in the hopes that he can KO her.

Rocket finds that the paper wall around him is just as impenetrable as it was when he ran into it the first time. But now it surrounds him!

Rocket is unable to go attack anyone because he's inside a cylinder made of paper that seems to be as hard as concrete... reinforced with steel plating

Snap is up!

Huh? Did you post that above? I thought that I hit a wall around *Queen*. Where did I miss you saying there was a wall surrounding Rocket?

Oh, sorry, it seems a copy/paste error got rid of the paragraph where the wall moved and wrapped around Rocket. See the black lines on the map.

Snapdragon's line of sight is also blocked by an extension from the wall that's surrounding Rocket.

OK, no worries--I've certainly made such mistakes plenty of times before.
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Does the wall have a roof? e.g. could I try to run up the wall or flip out of it with Acro?

It has a roof, it goes up about 6.5 feet and curves into a dome.

Snap swings around the room, trying to look for anything hostile.

Perception roll please? at a -4 penalty

PER: 13 - 4 - 3d6 ⇒ 13 - 4 - (2, 4, 1) = 2

As Blaze waited and listened, a thought came up. He decided to share it...

::Hey guys…about the potential fire hazard…what if that isn't the usual "easy to burn" type of paper? Maybe I should consider entering this fray?::

He was deeply aware of the threat: If he was wrong, this could turn into a five-alarm kind of situation really fast.