The World's End - Maximum City [A Mutants & Masterminds Campaign]

Game Master DM_Lazer_Beam

Triceratops #1 roars angrily at the only target it can see: Emit. It double moves to get close to Emit, clambering awkwardly over the raised pedastal.
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The Tyrannosaurus Rex stands up and roars it's defiance at the prehistoric world.
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Raptor Pack #1 move towards Baker, their serrated claws clicking against the cold marble floor. With frightening speed they attack!

Grab Attack vs. Baker's Parry Defense: DC 11: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 201d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 231d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

Raptor's Opposed Strength checks: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 121d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 151d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
@Baker You need to roll either a Strength or Dodge check for each Raptor, in order. 1 degree of failure applies the Immobile and Vulnerable conditions. 2 or more degrees applies the Immobile, Defenseless, and Impaired conditions.
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Triceratops #2 steps to the edge of it's pedestal and attempts to gore the Pope!

Gore Attack vs. Pope's Parry Defense: DC 19: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10 Damage DC 21

Fails to hit, as the Pope dodges using a defensive Krav Maga maneuver!
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Raptor Pack #2 quickly surrounds the Pope looking for an easy meal.

Grab Attack vs. Pope's Parry Defense: DC 19: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 101d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 251d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20

Raptor's Opposed Strength checks: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 121d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
@Pope You need to roll either a Strength or Dodge check for each Raptor, in order. 1 degree of failure applies the Immobile and Vulnerable conditions. 2 or more degrees applies the Immobile, Defenseless, and Impaired conditions.
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Pterodactyl #1 spots something shiny on the floor, grabs it and perches in the Northeast corner of the room. It dares anyone to come and take it's shiny thing.

Pterodactyl #2 swoops down and takes a peck at Baker in passing.
Beak Attack vs. Baker's Parry Defense: DC 11: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13
At the last second, one of the raptors tugs you in the wrong direction foiling the Pterodactyl's attack! You ignore Damage Effects of 5 or less.

Pterodactyl #3 swoops down and takes a peck at Timeline.
Beak Attack vs. Timeline's Parry Defense: DC 10: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
@Timeline Make a Toughness save vs. Damage DC 18

Pterodactyl #4 swoops down and takes a peck at Pope in passing.
Beak Attack vs. Pope's Parry Defense: DC 19: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22
It connects with a solid jab of it's beak but deflects off the Pope's stone-like hide! You ignore Damage Effects of 5 or less.

Map is updated. Heroes and Main Villain are color-coded as well to help keep track of who is who.

good you remembered my uncanny dodge ability to negate the flanking equivalent in M&M is.
I am assuming that because the first raptor missed, i do not need to make a dodge attempt.
Vs raptor #2
dodge: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18
Vs raptor #3
dodge: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23
so i am unhampered. when in initiative do the dinosaurs go,last or first with DR. O and since he is unconscious they are going instead?

They are going on his initiative as they are his minons (not sidekicks). Actually forgot to add flanking in. >.< That's ok the other raptors still hit Baker anyways.

You are correct about only needing two saves as one of them missed.

So it is now our turn?

Yes it is your turn. The initiative order is on the previous page. You can copy and paste it to Notepad or Word if you want to access it quickly.

Baker lets the infinite probability of fate flow through him, allowing it to re-write itself to the optimal outcome, and bends the strands of fate against the raptors attacking him, sealing theirs.
(Free action to activate Sealed Fate, Fate Rewritten is already on and soaking up 5 ranks of damage.

Opposed Dodge: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14
Opposed Dodge: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
Opposed Dodge: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
Looks like I'm Immobile and Vulnerable as that last raptor gets a lucky grab on me.

Oh, right, it's our turn. I have more than just free actions, cause Immobile just means I can't move. I should fix that. I'll post my fix tomorrow.

Ok, for the rest of my actions, I'm going to spend a move action to watch how the raptors act while attacking to see if I can mimic them.

perception DC13: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

...and have no idea what I'm seeing. Their movements are apparently too foreign to me.

Baker, intently watching the raptors advance, tries to make sense of their movements... and can't follow their actions. They're just too strange. Given no other chance, Baker takes a wild swing at one.

Fist: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10

...and a wild swing it is.

for my actions that are not reactionary
For my action I use the alternate power of Joe punch. i spend my move action activating the stance. As per rules of multi-attack, when attacking many opponents, you make an attack against each and take a penalty to all attacks equal to the number of enemies. so I take a -4 penalty and i am not power attacking, so 11-4= +7 to hit, and the alternate punch has power 3+4 str. to get damage level 7 for a DC 22 fort save for all attacks.
Triceratops
attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
N59 raptor
attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
N61 raptor
attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22
O60 raptor
attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
That will use up all of my actions for the turn.

@Baker Your Mimic ability does not require a move action to activate. Just a Perception roll of 19 or higher as a free action.

The Pope's martial training serves him well as he delivers a punishing series of kicks and punches to his nearby enemies.

The Alpha raptor (N59) manages to avoid being hit but just barely.

Triceratops Toughness: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (16) + 14 = 30 Damage DC 22
Raptor(N61) Toughness: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8 Damage DC 22
Raptor(O60) Toughness: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10 Damage DC 22

The Triceratops' armored skull easily withstands the Pope's blows.

The two Raptors are not looking nearly as pretty. Bruise & Staggered(Dazed/Hindered)

Did I manage to see Joe perform all of that last round, so that I could attempt to mimic his fighting performance?

technology: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14 This is to check out those gadgets I seen on him
those gadgets looks Interesting I bet that's how hes doing all this.
Toughness save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
hero point re roll: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13 +10 if roll below 11 Looks like Toughness save=19 which beats the DC and im out of hero points.
Ha you damn flying lizard

@Baker:Absolutely, you saw him performing those moves. Also I formally retract my earlier statement about your mimicry power. It is a move action to activate and it is only DC 13 Perception. My sheet has been updated to reflect that.

@Timeline: You can't make out what any of the devices do from this distance. It may have something to do with the small man being carried away by the giant lizard-bird to it's new "nest".

I think its "time" to end this....Ill be back and yes that's said in the style of one Arnold Schwarzenegger
Timeline disappears completely.

T-Rex: Steps forward and attempts to take a bite out of Baker!

Saves needed:
@Baker:

• Toughness save DC 23 vs. T-Rex Bite
• Toughness save DC 29 vs. Raptor Team Attack (No damage only conditions)
• Fortitude save DC 10 vs. Raptor #1's Weaken(Stamina) from Critical Hit
• Fortitude save DC 10 vs. Raptor #3's Weaken(Stamina) from Critical Hit

@the Pope

• Toughness save DC 21 vs. Triceratops Gore
• Strength or Dodge check DC 19 vs. Raptor's Grab

MAP UPDATED

In a reactionary flash of probability, with Baker seeming to be at the epicenter, a sixty foot sphere of influence shifts through the fields of fate. Each of the dinosaurs that had, an instant before, begun to tear at Baker find themselves in an alternate realm of probability.
Eye of Ithran (plus 1 luck point) forces all dinos within a 30' spread of Baker to reroll their attacks. They must take the worse of the rolls. (eg. the T-rex, my three raptors and my Pterodactyl.)

Reality itself seems to...hiccup slightly as a shadowy figure briefly overlays Baker's form.

T-Rex: Steps forward and attempts to take a bite out of Baker!

Saves needed after the Change of Fate:
@Baker:

• Toughness save DC 23 vs. T-Rex Bite
• Toughness save DC 26 vs. Raptor Team Attack (No damage only conditions)

@the Pope

• Strength/Dodge DC 19 vs. Raptor's Grab

toughness[/ooc]ignore[/ooc]
toughness: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29
raptor's grab
dodge: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14
i use a luck re-roll.
dodge: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12+10 if bellow 11
I now start my counter attack, once again using the multi-attack without power attacks, using my move action to go into the stance.
Triceratops
attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
Raptor N59
attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14
Raptor N61
attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
Raptor O60
attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
judging from the AC's from before i hit the triceratops and raptor N61 but miss the rest.

toughness vs T-Rex: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25
toughness vs Raptor: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28
The fates are smiling on me.

Triceratops #2 Toughness vs. Pope's Punch: DC 22: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (13) + 14 = 27
Raptor # 5 Toughness vs. Pope's Punch: DC 22: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

Triceratops still unaffected by your attacks. Raptor #5 (N-61) takes another bruise. The Alpha Raptor laughs at your attempts to strike him.

Baker's form becomes strangely distant as the T-Rex and Raptor attacks land, arcing energy into both beasts. Baker becomes...normal again shortly thereafter apparently unharmed.

The room Abruptly as of out of thin air is filled with music. The begging riff of Highway to hell fills the room. Just as the sound hits a tank appears if out of nowhere the sound of the large diesel engine is faint but can be heard through the blaring music. I want to hit everything so put me in a spot where i can see everything well that can fit the huge tank.

Whats that phrase that the teens of this time say again... OH Yes "Ima Drive it like i stole it." Now its "time" to go to work.

Ah the triceratops the tank of the Dinosaur world.
Timeline spots the triceratops sitting by himself in -E-d 59,60, aims and fires at the Beast.

Cannon: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22 blast radius 6

Then Timeline Grabs The next shell and Shoves it into the barrel.

Its been to long since i drove one of these at least a day or two oh well the tanks nice but Flux it is not.

Your attack roll bonus for Ranged attacks is +4 from your DEX not +10 from the tank's cannon. That is the actually the cannon's damage bonus. Your total roll is therefore a 12+4=16

A wild tank appears! The turret rotates towards the unaware herbivore and hits it dead center!

Triceratops Toughness: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (2) + 14 = 16 Damage DC 25

The triceratops is taken unaware and the shell explodes into it's side!
Triceratops is Bruised and Dazed (1 rnd)

The explosion rocks the entire museum

Perception DC 13 for Lucky Mimicry: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20
Taking a moment to watch The Pope deliver a series of martial arts hits, Baker thinks That doesn't look so hard.

Hey Pope Francis! Check out these moves, bet mine are just as good if not better!

unreliable: 1d20 ⇒ 6 luck point spent to ignore unreliable
Close Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 7 + 5 = 21 Damage DC 22

Baker follows the same moves that The Pope used, down to foot placement and even breathing, landing the same set of shattering punches on the raptor attempting to grab him.

...and that doesn't mean they aren't trying to kill us! Baker shouts back at the pope after finishing his move set.

I'll bet if anyone, this invisible guy has the controls. can anyone get to him?
we've got to stop this now! Someone could come in at any moment...

Raptor #3's Toughness save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

Your strike lands true, the force of the impact cracking at least one rib on the Raptor grabbing you.

It becomes Dazed for 1 round but it was already Dazed for 1 round So effectively you just applied another bruise.

You all hear a large groan followed by a *CRACK* coming from elsewhere in the museum. Nothing in your current situation seems to have changed. B.B.E., Baker gets a Hero Point for his complication.

T-Rex: Attempts to take a bite out of the strange, stinging creature that dares defy it's primal dominance! Attacks Baker

Saves needed:
@Baker:

• Toughness save DC 23 vs. T-Rex Bite
• Toughness save DC 21 vs. Raptor Team Attack (No damage only conditions)

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hoping that someone would get the devices from Dr.Oz
continuing my attacks hoping to stop some of these
Triceratops
attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16DC22
Raptor N59
attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19DC22
Raptor N61
attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15DC22
Raptor O60
attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13DC22

OK I guess I got to get those gadgets.
Timeline looks to the nest that has the good Dr. and ports to the nest. Using his turnabout ability reaches out and touches Dr.Oz arm and Ports back to the safety of the tank.
Got ya Dr., now for the other gadget that other damn lizard took and maybe I can end this.

Toughness, T-Rex: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28
Toughness, Raptor: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14

Still struggling with combat, seeing as I'm not a combat character. However, Baker will try using Krav Maga again on the T-Rex this time.

Forgot I had "Beginner's Luck," so i'll be spending a Hero Point on that to get 5 ranks in "Close Combat: Unarmed" for the rest of the encounter. Should'a used this earlier...

Check it out Pope, your moves even work on bigger guys, like this T-Rex!

unreliable: 1d20 ⇒ 18
Close Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 5 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 7 + 5 + 5 = 23 Damage DC 22
Baker is lucky enough to remember the martial arts moves he saw The Pope make, and still showing off to Rabi Joe. He strikes out against the T-Rex using the same movements he had previously.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but baker your last ability does not add up. in Mutants and masterminds, the bonus to hit on an attack and the damage from the attack cannot exceed twice the power level so for us 20, Since the Damage for it is 7, and the to hit from you ability score is 7, you have only 6 points to play around with and the mimicking me added 5 more, so you are 1 point below the 20 max. while you can do your beginners luck to gain 5, you could only use 1 of that and waste the 4 other ranks, or you would purposefully be decreasing you damage output to damage 3 so damage dc 18. Since you used a hero point to gain this benefit, it seems wasteful to use that resource just to gain a plus 1. sorry to be the rules guy on this, but when i made my character i was very aware of how high i could rise my to hit and my damage DC.

Actually, as the Beginner's Luck only works for one scene (i.e. this combat) it is a temporary bonus which is allowed to increase your to hit/damage bonus above normal Power Level limits. Same as if Superman used Iron Man's suit to temporarily gain more Protection to say...survive a trip through a black hole to return to his universe. The bonus would be lost after that scene (the suit is too heavily damaged to be useful and the points revert back to Iron Man who grabs a spare suit). He can gain this boost every combat but it requires a Hero point each time which balances it out.

Baker's Cocky Luck ability on the other hand, is indeed a "permanent" ability boost even though it is not always active.

Triceratops #2 Toughness: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (20) + 14 = 34 DC 22 Shakes off the Pope's hit easily.
Alpha Raptor (#4) Toughness: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11 DC 22 Takes a serious blow, bruising and staggering it. That'll teach him to laugh at the Pope.
T-Rex Toughness: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12 DC 22 Rolled a nat 1. How unlucky for him. :) Bruised and Staggered.

The southern door opens and Madelyn enters.

What in the blue heavens is going on in here! Emit, I thought you said you had those two rascals in che-

She stops as she sees the chaos of this room. She sees Pope Benedict punching a raptor, Baker Scott KO-ing a T-Rex, and a WWII tank. Oh and several dinosaurs.

Will save: 1d20 ⇒ 3 DC 19

Ohhhh... The shock is too much and she swoons to the floor.

T-Rex: Attempts to take a bite out of Baker. Attacks Baker

Pterodactyl #4: Lands next to the strangely shaped ape that just walked through the door. It sees some shinies and attempts to fly away with them. The pterodactyl drags Madelyn by her watch and necklace and into the air!
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Saves needed:
@Baker:

• Toughness save DC 21 vs. Raptor Team Attack (No damage only conditions)
• Fortitude save DC 10 vs. Raptor Critical, Weaken (Stamina)
• Fortitude save DC 10 vs. Raptor Critical, Weaken (Stamina)

@Pope:

• Toughness save DC 26 vs. Triceratops Critical hit.
• Strength/Dodge check DC 20 vs. Raptor Grab

@Emit:

• Tank Toughness save DC 21 vs. Triceratops Gore. No damage but possible condition effects.

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Triceratops hit
toughness: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21
failed
Raptor claw
dodge: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27
ow, that hurt, ish

i need to stop these guys
triceratops
attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9
Raptor N59
attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21
Raptor N61
attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
Raptoe O60
attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14
Perception check to see what is going on around me
perception: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (8) + 0 = 8

Hero point spent on raptors rerolling their attacks and taking the lower of the scores.

These raptors are crafty and apparently crit a lot!

Baker notices Mrs. Fourmer out of the corner of his eye...
That's not good!

...and then sees her get nabbed by a pterodactyl.
That's even more not good...

We need to make these dinos extinct, NOW! Emit, can you turn off whatever that guy did?

Ok hold posting til I get the re-rolls from Baker's ability up. I'm seeing that in addition to Raptor Pack 1 and the T-Rex, the Triceratops that is beating the Pope up has to re-roll as well. This might be your lucky day Pope! I should get a post up sometime around noon tomorrow, assuming I don't have too much catch up work tomorrow with the storm and all.

@Baker: Make a Perception check.

Reality hiccups near Baker, twisting the fate of nearby creatures!
You actually have to target a specific roll, so I am assuming you meant to target the enemies attack rolls to negate those nasty crits.

T-Rex: Attempts to take a bite out of Baker.

New Saves needed:
@Baker:
No saves needed

@Pope:

• Strength/Dodge check DC 20 vs. Raptor Grab You have already successfully made this check

@Emit:

• Tank Toughness save DC 21 vs. Triceratops Gore. No damage but possible condition effects.

Joseph, you do not manage to see much of anything beyond your current situation.

Alpha Raptor (#4) Toughness: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19 DC 22

You manage to connect but not as solidly as you had intended. The Alpha's eyes narrow as he rolls with the blow. Bruised only

Still need turns from Baker and Emit. Also Perception check from Baker.

Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11

Baker again attempts the copied krav maga moves on the raptor holding him.
unreliable: 1d20 ⇒ 12
Close Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 5 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 7 + 5 + 5 = 23Damage DC 22
This is some really good cardio, Rabbi! Do you do this on a regular basis?

Then to Emit,
Hey! Any way you can get to Mrs. Fourmer? There's no way I can, and I'm surprised I'm not dead yet! You two are supers and I'm just getting lucky! I can't get back to my job of fixing this holo-exhibit if I'm dead!

Baker you are too busy imitating the Pope's moves to notice much of anything else. However, your PDS begins to vibrate. It seems to have picked up something.

Raptor #3 Toughness Save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9 DC 22

You shatter the raptor's jaw with a mimicked open hand technique! The raptor collapses leaving nothing behind but scattered skeletal remains.

Second KO goes to Baker!

Damn!!! Madelyn why did you have to come in here!If I go for her it will take even longer to stop this. But on the other hand If I don't get her now she could fall to her death or worse get eaten by these damn Flying lizards.

Damn It...Im coming Madelyn!!

Timeline looks to Madelyn and the winged beast. Timeline ports up to the pterodactyl reaching for Madelyn Porting back to the safety of the tank.

Shes coming with me you beast

Timeline on reentering the tank looks to Madelyn.

you'll be safe in here and to think you wont even know it was me ha i guess that's for the best.

Emit, the beeps from Dr. Oz's wrist device begin to increase in volume and frequency...

Emit's Tank Toughness check: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31 Damage DC 21 The armor plating is too tough for the Triceratops.

T-Rex: Enraged at it's prey's tenacity the T-rex Power Attacks!

Well they were productive. >.<
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Pterodactyl #2: Circles the room looking for a a chance opportunity to strike.
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Pterodactyl #4: Attempts to crack open the strange shiny fruit it grabbed from Pterodactyl #1 and fails to get it to open.
Shiny's Toughness save vs. DC 18: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24
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Saves needed:
@Baker:

• You ignore the Raptor attack as it's damage bonus is too low.

• Strength/Dodge vs. Raptor's Grab DC 11

dodge: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13
I want to end this soon hopefully these hits are hampering these constructs.
triceratops
attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
Raptor N59
attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
Raptor N61
attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
Raptor O60
attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24
I miss all but the last raptor, hoping that it will fall.

Raptor #6 Toughness: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22 vs. Damage DC 22

It's natural agility saves the raptor from a devastating uppercut.

Your damage DC for Joe Punch! is 3 higher when you hit single targets. That doesn't negate good rolls but it might end up being more effective at getting these dinos to stay down. Especially the Triceratops. they have a very large Toughness bonus because of being a construct and having a tough hide. The only one that took damage was the one that got shot by the tank.