Luthor McBane's page

"This is just... weren't cybernetics enough? The 'experiment

I'm looking at, it just seems like sadism," Ana says as she looks over the victim. "Sadly, they're probably... beyond helping. Luthor, right?" she says as she turns to the other gunslinger in the room. "could you use this? Or do you happen to already have one. And unless anyone wants 'em, I could take the v-mods and the goggles."

Staring blankly at the tortured victims, and with his jaw clenching in anger, he eventually looks to Ana and says solemnly, "Yeah. They're too far gone at this point. Your body either accepts it or rejects it. If it rejects it... you're dead."

Then looking to the items she speaks about, "Take 'em."

He then glances over at Dilana and says, "And take the belt, Dilana. Doesn't matter to me."

Luthor moves to get a clear shot and fires!

Move 10'; Attack Green

Deadly Aim; Point Blank Shot; vs. touch
+2 Laser pistol(fire): 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (10) + 20 = 30
Damage: 1d8 + 17 ⇒ (1) + 17 = 18

AC 30; Hp's 150/150

"Agreed: two laser rifles, and presumably a jury-rigged whip-like weapon, and split the work once we find a lab?"

Looking to Ana, Luthor nods. "Deal."

"Speaking of, should we go after Rasik next?"

"Sounds like a plan to me. Let's move."

Know(engineering): 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (17) + 19 = 36

Angling his head as he studies the robots a moment, "Hm. You know, I think these pieces of junk just might turn out useful for us." Luthor moves and scraps various pieces from the robots, placing them into his haversack.

"Now all we need is a military lab and time. Not asking for much here, folks," he says, the slightest of a grin might just be seen if one looked hard enough.

My bad. Totally missed it was a surprise round. Just the first attack then. Or just the 5' step then. Whichever.

Is that a wall next to Luthor? That thin blue line? I've no idea. Gonna walk over it anyway. Adjust accordingly if it is a wall.

Luthor steps over next to Ana and fires at the red one.

5' step. Attack red.

Deadly Aim/Good Hope/Inspire Courage; vs. touch; Fire damage
+2 Laser pistol : 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (16) + 25 = 41
Damage: 1d8 + 22 ⇒ (1) + 22 = 23

+2 Laser pistol: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (19) + 20 = 39
Damage: 1d8 + 22 ⇒ (2) + 22 = 24

+2 Laser pistol: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (1) + 15 = 16
Damage: 1d8 + 22 ⇒ (6) + 22 = 28

AC: 30; HP's 150/150

Luthor stares at the cat-lady through narrowed eyes for a long moment. "Go ahead and let her out, Olimpia," he says, still looking at the catwoman. "And you can stop sweating, we're not your enemy," he tells Ana matter-of-factly.

Checking his pistol, he turns to the others and says, "Looks like it's time to go kill us a captain."

Handing the gauntlet over to Olimpia, Luthor moves over to inspect the sinkhole... safely.

Perception: 1d20 + 33 ⇒ (2) + 33 = 35

Perception: 1d20 + 33 ⇒ (3) + 33 = 36

Narrowing his eyes, he moves over to where the skeleton is and removes a couple of objects from it. "Anybody have a use for these?" he offers.

Headband of Wisdom +4; Gauntlet of rust

"I'd advise staying away from the green death lake and it looks like there's nothing else down here, so, time to move elsewhere."

Dang. Laser pistols ignore force fields. That would've been cool.

Taking aim with his laser pistol, Luthor fires multiple shots at the robot.

Good Hope, Inspire Courage, Fire damage
+2 Laser pistol: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (1) + 25 = 26
Damage: 1d8 + 16 ⇒ (8) + 16 = 24

+2 Laser pistol: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (1) + 20 = 21
Damage: 1d8 + 16 ⇒ (2) + 16 = 18

+2 Laser pistol: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (6) + 15 = 21
Damage: 1d8 + 16 ⇒ (6) + 16 = 22

Lol! Oh my gosh. Of-freaking-course. Ugh.

And misses everything except for the far wall. Checking down the sight real quick, "Yeah, looks like it's a little bowed. I'm sure that's probably it."

AC 30; Hp's 150/150

"I'm thinking we should get that east door open. What do y'all think?"

I would say open the east door. Just because I hate closed doors. :P

But If not, then I guess we shoot for the ladder. Either way is fine with me.

After checking out the other rooms, "Well, which room now? Eventually, we're going to have to fight us some bad guys somewhere. It's just a matter of which ones we want to take down first."

Nodding, "Sounds good. Let's do it."

Pulling out a rocket launcher, "Do you think it is immune to this?" he asks, completely serious and slightly concerned about what the answer might be.

Looking around at the others, "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's move in and see what we got. You want me to go first?" he asks the others. If so, he'll slowly open the door and peer inside. If not, he'll follow behind whoever goes first once they give the all-clear.

"Nice work, Dilana."

@Olimpia: Take 'em. All good to me.

From the back of the group Dilana calls out.

"Do we need to kill them? I can put them to sleep, probably."

She moves up to were she can see a little, assuming the others are going to advance.

Nodding, "Go for it."

"However... if we were to deactivate the reactors, that would power down the presumably a large part of the complex. Which would, in theory, make our task here much easier." Elrys muses, and looks to the others for their input on whether to pass here or disable the power source.

Shaking his head, "I think we'd best let them be. Turning those things off will alert this whole place to our presence. That's the last thing we need. Let's just avoid this room and keep moving."

Ugh! Sorry, Dilana. Sorry, all. Work has been kicking my butt. Just a few more days... a few more days. Will be glad when it's finally over.

"More rockets Luthor?" Raktar asks with a smile. "This way?" he suggests, pointing south.

With a wry grin, Luthor gives a nod. "You can never have enough rockets." Luthor takes the extra launchers and stows them.

"This way?" he suggests, pointing south.

Nodding again, "Lead the way."

Luthor puts up his rocket launchers and retrieves his laser pistol before they enter. "'All out' works for me." When the door is opened, Luthor moves in to get a better shot.

Move

"All right. The Sovereign will cover our backs. It's time to take the fight truly to the league and Unity afterwards," The cleric says, then seemingly hesitates as her hands start to shake. ["We're about to fight a god. Or something close enough that it can gant its worshippers magic... I can't deny being a bit nervous. What about you all?" She asks on the way to the entrance.

Cutting his eyes over to Elrys, "Nope. I've been looking forward to this for a long time. It's payback time."

"You don't need to worry about me making to much noise." she smiles at Luthor "That grenade shooter might cause someone to notice us though."

Then angling his vision over to Dilana, Luthor responds with a wry grin, giving a confident nod and a wink.

Taking stock of what ammo he possesses, Luthor takes a deep breath and says, "Okay, gang, I've got three launchers and fourteen rockets left. I'm gonna keep pulling the <bleeping> trigger until I'm out of rockets or until there's nothing left but Technic League bodies in ashes." Looking around at them all, "Any of you got a problem with that? If so, you better speak up now and let me know."

The amulet is an upgrade for me. And the gravity clip could be attached to my second weapon to match the one on my first. Olimpai offers.

Shrugging, "Fine by me."

Picking up the rocket launchers, "I don't suppose any of you would have a problem with me keeping these, would you?"

That's all Luthor wants is the launchers. I love launchers. :)

Luthor fires off multiple shots, hoping to actually hit something this time.

Attack Green; BoF(+2 to Attack/AC/Reflex)

Fire damage
+2 Laser pistol: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (18) + 21 = 39
Damage: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16

+2 Laser pistol: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (12) + 16 = 28
Damage: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17

+2 Laser pistol: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19
Damage: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16

AC 32; Hp's 140/140

Luthor quickly draws his laser pistol and fires!

Quick draw(free); Attack robot that is 25' directly north of Luthor

+2 Laser pistol(damage type(Fire): 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (1) + 19 = 20 Ugh.
Damage: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15

AC 30; Hp's 140/140

+26 for Luthor on perception

Noticing the guard's movement, Luthor narrows his eyes and hears Olimpia's warning which confirms what he himself witnessed. Looking back to the others, he whispers, "Be ready," before returning his focus forward again. Luthor readies to draw his gun just as soon as Orange makes the wrong move.

"I will fight him if he can't be convinced with words," Raktar says, feeling that he would have the best chance of defeating the Sovereign in single combat.

Luthor nods. "Fine by me."

I could just offer him 500gp. Luthor has tons of cash. :) Unless it takes some type of item instead of coin.

Shrugging, "I'm good with either. If we wanna talk, then let's talk. If we want fight, then let's fight. Doesn't matter to me."

Looking at the stairway, "I'm thinking we should check out the rest of this floor before heading downstairs. Mainly due to the fact we don't want anyone - or anything - following after us. You just never know. Unless the rest of you just want to. What do you all think?"

"You got it." As Luthor aids in gathering the loot, "For the record, if anyone is interested in this Dermal Plating, I can help with that. But just so you know, it's attached to the outer layer of your skin. Which sounds painful, and probably is, but it does offer a bit more protection from weapons."

Taking note of the cranial bomb, "I DO NOT recommend this though. This'll kill you." He shakes his head warningly.

Finding himself surrounding, Luthor points his laser pistol straight at the head of the one to his southeast and fires!

Attack the one directly diagonal from him. The one that's below him.

Going with the +2's of BoF.

+2 Laser pistol: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (19) + 23 = 42
Damage: 1d8 + 14 ⇒ (5) + 14 = 19 The damage is Fire damage. Not sure if that makes any difference or not

+2 Laser pistol: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (7) + 18 = 25
Damage: 1d8 + 14 ⇒ (5) + 14 = 19

+2 Laser pistol: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22
Damage: 1d8 + 14 ⇒ (1) + 14 = 15

AC 31; Hp's 130/130

Drawing his laser pistol, Luthor hesitates, wondering if he should blast first.

"Works for me."

Stealth: 1d20 + 19 + 20 ⇒ (8) + 19 + 20 = 47

"Agreed. If we can sneak past them all the better, let's leave the silence for emergencies. It might make spellcasting harder than it needs to be," Raktar suggests.

Nodding, "Works for me."

"I can cast a Silence on this Pebble in advance, then if things go northwest - er, I mean, south; it's a Mendev thing with the Worldwound there - I can throw it into the entrance hall so no sound gets through that way." Elrys responds. "Though that's only going to work for one exit. Let's see if being silent and invisible gets us past first. The less overt fighting we have to do for now, the better," She gives a shy grin and blushes slightly. "After all, I do have a date to go to after this, technically. He was rather handsome, no?"

Luthor then turns and looks to Elrys for what feels like an eternity. Eventually, he shrugs and simply responds with, "I think you could do better."

Returning his focus to the task at hand, "Alright, let's move."

Perception: 1d20 + 31 ⇒ (15) + 31 = 46

Luthor looks around nonchalantly before narrowing his eyes and noticing the cleverly well-hidden door. Clearing his throat to grab the attention of the others, he gives a slight nod in the direction of said door.

No Bag of Holding for me. I thought I did but I don't.

"Yeah, one of those bags ought to do it. Hopefully, they don't cost three grand in gold. And I'm liking the invisible idea. That should work."

Shrugging, "That works too."

With a raised eyebrow and nary a smile to be seen, "I've got a response for her if bluffing is out of the question."

Luthor bends down and picks up the dead body, throwing it over his shoulder. "Alright, let's move."

"Grab everything and let's get out of here," Raktar suggests, scooping up the strongbox and the rest of The Shade's possessions. "We don't want anyone coming to ask questions about what just went down."

"I'm on it." Luthor grabs everything he can and places it within his haversack.

Do we leave her? Olimpia asks nodding to the body of the Shade as she gathers her equipment. Our foes are not without resources and Raise Dead will not be beyond their reach. I'd rather not face her again.

Looking at Olimpia before turning to the others, "Well? I can throw her over my shoulder if we think it's best. Just say the word." He readies to grab the Shade in case it is deemed necessary.

Luthor now takes aim for the one that was next to Shade and unloads on him with his laser pistol. I feel like Star Wars. *Pew! Pew-Pew! Pew-Pew!* So cool. :D

Attack Orange

vs. touch AC
+2 Laser pistol: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (6) + 21 = 27
Damage: 1d8 + 14 ⇒ (3) + 14 = 17

+2 Laser pistol: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (19) + 16 = 35
Damage: 1d8 + 14 ⇒ (1) + 14 = 15

+2 Laser pistol: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19
Damage: 1d8 + 14 ⇒ (7) + 14 = 21

Reroll Attack #3
+2 Laser pistol: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27

AC 29; Hp's 130/130; 6/10 charges

Luthor quickly grabs his laser pistol and fires at The Shade.

Quick Draw Laser pistol(free); Attack Shade

vs. touch AC
+2 Laser pistol(50' range): 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (10) + 21 = 31
Damage: 1d8 + 14 ⇒ (3) + 14 = 17

+2 Laser pistol: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (18) + 16 = 34
Damage: 1d8 + 14 ⇒ (3) + 14 = 17

+2 Laser pistol: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31
Damage: 1d8 + 14 ⇒ (4) + 14 = 18

Crit confirm vs. touch
+2 Laser pistol: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19
Damage: 1d8 + 14 ⇒ (4) + 14 = 18

Reroll Attack #1
+2 Laser pistol: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (14) + 21 = 35

AC 29; Hp's 130/130

Luthor holds a moment, unable to remember whether or not he can use a technological weapon within this area.

Delay for now.

Stealth: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (8) + 19 = 27

Luthor strolls along a few more feet, giving a nod to the two guards near him and a friendly, "Evenin', fellas. Nice night," before popping his neck from one side to the other while shooting a quick glance over toward the Shade and his cronies.

The two guards guarding whatever that octagon thing is in the middle. NOT the two guards guarding Shade. Just so I'm clear. :)

Luthor nonchalantly walks toward the middle, stopping to stretch his arm a moment as if he's working some kinks out, cutting a glance toward Shade to see where he goes while he does.

Nodding, "Works for me. We let him buy it, then we take it back from him. Sounds like a plan."

"Can someone help me throw the remains in that one? That should dissolve it - and render that vat unusable at least. Two birds with one stone, though the necessity of such an act doesn't make me feel better about it."

"I'll help you, Elrys." Luthor grabs the dead man and struggles a bit but manages to get him over into the vat.

Drawing his musket with uncanny speed, Luthor fires at the big golem in rapid succession.

Attack golem

vs. touch
+1 Musket w/DA: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (8) + 20 = 28
Damage: 1d12 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14

+1 Musket w/DA: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23
Damage: 1d12 + 13 ⇒ (12) + 13 = 25

+1 Musket w/DA: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21
Damage: 1d12 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19

AC 29; Hp's 130/130

Raising an eyebrow as he thinks on that for a moment, eventually he concedes. "If you think it's going to help then okay. I'm a little leery about it but if that's what it takes to move us forward then let's do it."