Sector 10 thanks your help. From now on they will take care of these outlaws.

Once Crusader is clear of the vehicle, Puck casts Fear (Horror Factor: 16)* on the vehicle.   After that, he simply floats back to the jeep.

*Fear (Horror Factor: 16)
Duration: One minute (4 melee rounds) per level of experience
Saving Throw: Special; Save vs Horror Factor
The invocation creates a sensation of fear over a particular
area (20 ft/6 m maximum diameter of affect). The rnage can
place the enchantment on an area occupied with people, or an
area that is presently unoccupied. Anybody entering the area of
enchantment must roll to save vs Horror Factor 16. A failed roll
means the person is suddenly washed with terror and will be momentarily
stunned, lose one melee attack, lose initiative, is the
last person to attack, and can not defend against an opponent's
first strike. These penalties remain in force for each melee round
the person is in the area of fea.

In reply to Puck (msg # 52):

As the car is already empty, Puck's spell aims at nothing.

Round 1 - Action 1

Phase 1
Crusader

Phase 2
The Body Shots

Phase 3
Alana
Loose Cannon
Scarlet Wolf
Alloy
Hatfield McCoy

Crusader stretched out his body parallel to the floor. He will attempt to wrap around and grapple as many of the Body Shots as possible.

07:46, Today: Crusader rolled 26 using 1d20+17.  Grapple/Entangle
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The extraordinary ability of Crusader's entanglement pushes the whole bandits to be more careful trying to dodge the grappling hands (thus using regular dodge despite some of them have automatic dodge).

09:58, Today: Patricus rolled 9 using 1d20+7.  Uppercut's dodge. Entangled!!


10:56, Today: Patricus rolled 18 using 1d20+3.  Roundhouse dodge. Entangled!!

10:59, Today: Patricus rolled 16 using 1d20+5.  Stranglehold dodge. Entangled!!

11:02, Today: Patricus rolled 10 using 1d20+6.  Knuckleduster dodge. Entangled!!

11:03, Today: Patricus rolled 18 using 1d20+12.  Bolchock dodge. Entangled!!

11:05, Today: Patricus rolled 33 using 1d20+13. Haymaker dodge.

Haymaker is the only member of the team to avoid the entanglement.

Okay just to clarify, the only thing he can do while grappling is choke/crush. He cannot dodge, parry, nothing, only grapple and choke/crush.

Haymaker takes one of the store's members of the staff rounds his arm around her neck. The mutant of violet lighted eyes seems not having enough patience to stand meddling.

Once I killed a bull witn one of my hands. I do not need much to break her neck. Now release my friends and I will release this loser.

END OF PHASE 2

Seeming to spin out of control when the entangling expansion bumps it out of the way the Segway spins its handlebars around low to hit Haymaker in the back of the knee, hard.
[Private to GM:
Alana rolled 26,40 using 1d20+13,1d6+38.  Segway Slam punch.]
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Haymaker loses 40 SDC points.
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Snarling to draw Haynaker's attention, Scarlet Wolf tries to hit him with a Mind Bolt. Though the hostage distracted her at the last second so she wasn't sure how successful her attempt was.

17:26, Today: Scarlet Wolf rolled 11 using 2d6+4.  Mind Bolt Damage. – this should be 7, forgot to take off the +4 when I rolled damage.

17:25, Today: Scarlet Wolf rolled 15 using 1d20+4.  Mind Bolt Attack.
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Haymaker loses 7 SDC.
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Loose Cannon understands that the life of an innocent is in the stake so he decides to give everything he has to take down the mutant before she can act.

19:41, Today: Loose Cannon rolled 13 using 1d20+8.  Mind Bolt with +8 attack expending 10 extra ISP.

19:43, Today: Loose Cannon rolled 58 using 11d6.  Mind bolt damage.

The effort of draining all his mental powers at once made Loose Cannon to bend and then crouch grabbing his head among his hands.
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Haymaker loses 58 SDC points.
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Hatfield, still unseen, walks as quietly as possible to Haymaker's back, then presses the point of his hunting knife into the back of Haymaker's neck. "Ye hurt that girl an' I'll pith you like a frog. Your body'll shut down and start diein' while your brain gets to helplessly watch the process because your heart won't know to quit beatin' till it's all over."

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Hatfield is a shifter, he interacts with evil interdimensional beings. Whatever he'll actually do, he's well aware of how to make a credible threat.
Prowling behind Haymaker and attempting to intimidate Haymaker
Failed at both
Hatfield McCoy rolled 61,83 using 1d100,1d100.  prowl (42),intimidate (45).

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[Private to Hatfield McCoy: 1) Please help me to determine what you exactly did in terms of game mechanics. 2) Prefer not to have in my game elements I prefer not to mention since I am Chrstian. If you don't mind please find another source for your character's powers. Something more abstract. Thank you.]

Alloy, equally unable to see Hatfield as he executed his plan to free the hostage, undertook his own.

He put aside his plan to hit one of the erstwhile Body Shots with a running punch and instead stopped, causing a significant breeze, immediately next to Haymaker.

He looked down at her and smiled, well aware of the effect his empowered form had on some women, before speaking, "I really think your code name should have been 'Knockout'. Don't you?"

[Secret to Patricus: His chance to Charm or Impress is 60%

10:05, Today: Alloy rolled 8 using 1d100.  Charm/Impress She-Villain.]

He almost casually reaches out and touches the arm she has wrapped around her hostage.

In seconds Haymakers entire body, except for her head, is encased in the same hyper-alloy metal that gave Hal his hero name.


09:55, Today: Alloy rolled 29 using 1d20+9.  To hit with Touch. NAT 20!!

Counts as 4 melee attacks.

I think I got her boss.

[Private to Patricus: This coating is not flexible like it is when he uses it to armor himself. She will have to break it to move at all.

IF he had covered her head it may have killed her so he did not do that.

It weighs just under 200 kilos and has an AR of 17 and only 50 SDC (But she would have to beat a 17 with limited bonuses to damage it.
]
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Round 1 - Action 1

Phase 1
Night Skull
Alloy
Alana
Lyndsey Rocker
Crusader

Phase 2
Sinistry

Phase 3
Loose Cannon
Hatfield McCoy
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Crusader guesses Lyndsey Rocker have already unlocked the door and without measuring consequences the elongating superhero enters the house and although in the beginning had some problems to pinpoint the villains, as he approaches to the house his radar starts gauging and shapes are clearer now.
He gets in the moment the spell is casted over those around Alloy, so it is easy for him to decide where to attack. He stretches and try to entangle those two that are still on the loose.


08:56, Today: Crusader rolled 30 using 1d20+17.  Entangle the two free bad guys.
21:13, Today: Patricus rolled 18 using 1d20+4.  Lady Hive dodge to Crusader entangle.ENTANGLED!!!
21:26, Today: Patricus rolled 19 using 1d20+3.  Phaze dodge to Crusader entangle.ENTANGLED!!!

Hal raised a hand and pointed at the Justice Machine comic on the mantle.

He wasn't certain why but the red glow he had seen made him suspicious of the item.

The claws withdrew, and with lightning speed Night Skull drew the heavy rifle slung on his back with practiced ease. He managed to pin down through thermo-imagery the one yelling about her voice, guessed that was Scream Queen, locked his targeting onto her, rounded the corner, and planted a three round burst into her. "Face down, all of you!"

Perhaps his own experience in "law enforcement" was showing, but he was trained back home to shoot first and then demand surrender, to let the other side know you were serious about shooting them.

21:44, Today: Night Skull rolled 31 using 8d6.  Potential damage from burst.
21:40, Today: Night Skull rolled 18 using 1d20+3.  Three round burst from M16A4 at Scream Queen.

Probably a hit, and probably 31 damage to Scream Queen.
Future initiative increased by +1. I should probably get some "normal" ballistics so I can get a +3 when speed is needed.

Also, everyone who sees me, knows who I am, and isn't on our team rolls Horror Factor 8, barring a reason not too. Let's see if we can't demoralize our way to victory.

Action one of five remaining.
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In reply to Night Skull (msg # 72):

Scream Queen takes 31 of damage, her armor takes the damage first.

In reply to Patricus (msg # 73):

Lyndsey tries to attack one from behind from the ceiling with a water blast.

10 to hit for 7 damage

You have to determine which one you are hitting. 
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