Bedlam moves even more quickly to rejoin the crew.

As he moves closer the crew senses the familiar connection with his mind. (Except perhaps TBird, who may have moved out of range.)
~How are we doing, everyone? Tom, you have some hogs coming around the alley. Fall back if you haven't yet.~

OOC: Round 3
Close door at U10 (minor action)
Up the stairs to the roof at T14. (move and standard actions)

That's 12 spaces of movement.

If necessary, Bedlam can Run for an additional 4 spaces of movement.

Roach was surrounded, his shimmer shield could protect him for just so long with a twist of his head he blew gouts of fire at the creature behind him.

OOC: 23:27, Sat 12 Oct 2013: Roach Coach rolled 18 using 1d20+7 ((11)).

23:28, Sat 12 Oct 2013: Roach Coach rolled 17 using 2d8+6 ((3,8)).



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Roach and Crinkles both wound one of the plizogs, but the weight of numbers bears both of the stalwart fighters down...

Crinkles and Roach, you are both on -ve HPs! Make a Death Save every round, 10+ is pass, natural 20 is stabilise and 3 fails is death. Would either of you like to take over Crusty for the rest of the battle? Since Roach has mother-in-law issues perhaps you could do the duty Crinkles.

Thubderbird flies ever higher. Unfortunately he is spotted by the gunner, who directs a hail of bullets in the bird's direction. Luckily, after the first bullet hits, Thunderbird's armour jerks him out of harms way.

1HP damage Thunderbird.

The drill starts hammering into the Soup Kitchen in earnest. A few more seconds it will have made a big enough hole to allow the porkers inside!

Crusty hears Bedlam's warning to retreat, but almost runs into a porker on a hog roaring towards him in the other direction.

One of the boss porkers stops off at the back door and starts bashing it with his battleaxe. The front door will be matchsticks next round from the other three bosses doing the same thing.

Luckily Flora reappears at the door to the warehouse. Above her the porkers are on the catwalk, trying to force open the trapdoor to the roof.

Round 4. Combat map updated. Init Order: Party, Porkers.

Something I forgot to mention. The cook has a one off defence, can flood the front area of the Soup Kitchen with knockout gas. Will pretty much put asleep anyone inside, but only is active for one round.

OOC: death save roll
11:02, Sun 13 Oct 2013: Roach Coach rolled 1 using 1d20 ((1)).

Think that's a resounding failure in anyone's book. Shadow I don't think this game likes my characters I might end up holding the record for most characters killed in this game before long :)

Thunderbird keeps on flying upward. While moving, he trees to position himself so that the sun is behind him, making the gunner fire into the sunlight,


OOC double move upward

Bedlam emerges onto the roof of the kitchen in time to see Crinkles fall under a pack of plizogs.

"That's not good," the giant frowns as he considers his options.

~Socket, I'm on the roof. Lock down the building.~

The giant focuses his thoughts on the first plizog. Then, having gotten the animal's attention, he vanishes from sight.

OOC: Round 4
Standard Action: Mental Push vs Plizog at Q17
Bedlam Jones rolled 14 using 1d20+6. Mental Push vs Will @ Q17.
If that hits Q17 takes 3 damage and attacks P17.
Minor Action: Nothing to See Here Bedlam is invisible until he attacks or the end of his next turn.
Move Action: Jump across gap between buildings (T16) and move to the ballista (Q19).
DC 5 for the jump (p. 61 of the rulebook)
Bedlam Jones rolled 22 using 1d20+11. Athletics roll to jump between buildings.

 Seeing that the machine was soon going to punch a hole thru the wall she felt she needed to do something about that machine. Sprinting out she rushed the porker at N-16, and swung her heavy maul at the squealing piggy.

05:52, Today: Flora rolled,10 using,d20+7. atk, Whoosh miss

22:15, Today: Crinkles rolled 8 using 1d20. death save.

Bedlam's mental push causes one of the plizogs to turn on its neighbor. The two animals, out of sight of their handler, start fighting.

Moved you to R19 as the ballista takes up a whole square.

Flora rushes out and swings at the porker that just took out Roach, but her blow goes wide.

Thunderbird keeps on flying up, the gunner tracking him with a trail of bullets that just graze his tail feathers.

Survive next round and your in position!

Tom fires his shotgun at the porker boss powering towards him, but the wily pig swerves at the last moment and the pellets go wide.

Crinkles and Roach lie oozing from their many wounds.

One strike each, 2 left.

The drill breaks through the Soup Kitchen wall, leaving a gaping hole, and with a crackle and deafening sceech of feedback the leader of the assault sitting in the cab of the drill switches on his loudhailer.

"Attention Petrolheads! Form up and execute operation Housewarming"

The two porkers at the rear of the drill open a large freezer-sized pannier, and proceed to take out two large jerry cans. The six porkers inside the warehouse double time it outside and queue up for one of their own! Things might be getting hot soon...

The two plizog handlers direct their charges on Flora. Three attack from above on the wall, three drop down on the plaza next to her. The giant plant is bitten by half the plizogs and raked by the porker's chain.

You took 27 damage Flora and are bloodied.

The lead biker rams his hog into Tom, who activates his alpha tech shield at the last moment. The shield absorbs the motorbike's momentum and the porker boss sails over Tom's head to crash into the pair of porkers coming round the corner.

The second biker pulls up and heads back to his buddy hacking at the back door. The three boss porkers at the front door smash it open just after the drill collapses the wall.

Apologies for the delay! Round 5. Combat map updated. Init Order: Party, Porkers. Take a look at the map, have differentiated some of the porkers. Crusty, go ahead and post for Tom from now on

OOC:
Death save roll 19:05, Thu 24 Oct 2013: Roach Coach rolled 10 using 1d20 ((10)).

Thunderbird keeps on flying and watches the tracer fire, trying to entice the gunner into shooting his own rotor blades in the process.

OOC keep on flying upward

 Staggered by the massed attack she reacts on instinct and wills herself to once again explode outward in a fiery mass of flame to those around her.

Explode, radius 5,
10:33, Today: Flora rolled 21 using 1d20+5. atk.

10:32, Today: Flora rolled 35 using 5d8+4. explode

Taking advantage of his invisibility and the conflict between the two plizogs remaining on the roof, Bedlam moves around the ballista. Stopping on the trapdoor he quickly kneels to see what he can do to stabilize the fallen yeti. ~Hope you have sterile fur, big guy.~

About the time he finishes his ministrations there is a huge explosion from the square below. Fortunately (hopefully?) the giant is shielded from Flora's blast by the warehouse wall. As he picks up his lamppost and rises to his feet he realizes the plizogs can now see him.

OOC: Round 5
Move to P19 (via Q20)
Standard (and minor) action: Science skill to stabilize Crinkles. (p. 23 rulebook)
Bedlam Jones rolled 21 using 1d20+12. Science Check to stabilize Crinkles.
Note: Bedlam's current alpha mutation is "Know-It-All" giving him +10 on science checks and making him even more obnoxiously smarmy.

Flora explodes in an even more powerful blast. Anyone who doesn't duck in time is scythed out of existence. The wall next to Flora is blasted apart, and standing on the roof Bedlam feels the building lurch alarmingly.

The explosion kills lots of porkers but only two plizogs were slow enough to get caught in the blast. It also blew the side armour from the mechanical drill, revealing the porker leader, Boss Hog!

The blast also catches Roach, pushing him further towards death...

That's one more strike, you are on 2 out of 3. However, if you strike out you have one last racial power this time: Roachlike Survival. You need to roll 20, add you level to the roll. If you make it, you are back to zero strikes, if you fail you are dead.

Crusty fires his shotgun at point blank range and catches the porker boss square in the chest.

Thunderbird is winged by the machine gun, but again his armour jerks the bird out of the way of the stream of bullets. Now he is out of range of the guns and soon will be in a position to attack

1HP damage. Next round you can try and throw you junk to foul the rotors. You need to hit AC15, and have three pieces of junk. Good luck!

Bedlam manages to stabilise Crinkles, but as soon as he re-appears the two plizogs nearby stop fighting an eye him hungrily.

No more rolls necessary Crinkles, unless the building collapses or something... ;)

Now the porkers act. Boss Hog backs up the drill and jumps out. He s a huge, corpulent pig of a porker, weighed down with armour and weapons, which include a chainsaw and flamethrower. "STAY AWAY FROM THAT PLANT!" he bellows.

The boss porkers at the back door continue battering it - they are almost through. The three at the busted front door rush in and begin hacking at the serving hatch in the dining room.

The few surviving porkers outside race to the back of the drill, where they start to pick up jerry cans from the stash in the pannier.

The boss porker fighting Crusty gets in a good hit with his battleaxe, but Crusty's Omega Tech shield, wielded by his two stubby tentacles, absorbs with blow without shorting out.

Both the plizogs fighting Bedlam find gaps in his armour and take a bite of meat each. Then two more plizogs join them, attracted by the sound of combat.

14HP damage Bedlam.

Round 6. Combat map updated. Init Order: Party, Porkers.

OOC: 09:55, Today: Roach Coach rolled 19 using 1d20. 3rd death save roll.

Thunderbird files over the rotor and drops the first load of junk on it but the helicopter jinks away at the last moment.

13:39, Today: Thunderbird rolled 5 using 1d20+2. bombs away. 

Realizing he doesn't want to be surrounded by a bunch of slobbering, fanged plizogs, Bedlam touches a button on his belt. There is a whiff of ozone and the crackle of electricity as his image flickers and then vanishes.

"Try to bite this, little doggies," he laughs, and the whoosh of a heavy lamppost sweeps over the gathered plizogs. This is followed by the sound of giant footsteps retreating across the roof.

OOC: Round 6
Minor: Activate Inviso Armor
Standard: Brickbat vs Plizog AC
Bedlam Jones rolled 15 using 1d20+12. Brickbat vs O19.
Bedlam Jones rolled 18 using 1d20+12. Brickbat vs O18.
Bedlam Jones rolled 15 using 1d20+12. Brickbat vs P17.
Bedlam Jones rolled 19 using 1d20+12. Brickbat vs Q17.
Forgot to add +2 to die roller for combat advantage while invisible.
Damage if any of those hit:
Bedlam Jones rolled 9 using 2d8+5. And target is knocked prone.
     Nice! 9xD20 rolls so far in this combat averaging 6.3 on the die and only one roll above 10... this is uncomfortably familiar.
Move: Move to V18
Bedlam does not provoke Opportunity Attacks from enemies who cannot see him.

Some of the crew will sense Bedlam's thoughts, even though they cannot see him. ~Socket, they're bringing the fire. You might want to head for the roof, or the walk-in cooler.~

 She begins the process of finding all the bits and pieces of herself and pulling them all back into her body once again. She really did not have any idea of how she might be doing it just that she could do so.

21:52, Today: Flora rolled 20 using 1d20+19. regen herself/fort sv

Thunderbird's cast ricochets harmlessly off the copter's blades. It starts to gain height, forcing Thunderbird to follow.

You can attack again Thunderbird.

Bedlam kills two of the plizogs outright. The other two slink back to their trainer when the giant disappears into thin air.

Tom trades blows with a porker boss, sledgehammer against axe. Tom gets in a good one and dodges the porker's response.

Four porkers have grabbed jerry cans. Two are inside the soup kitchen waiting for the porker bosses to axe open the serving hatch. Two more stand on the rubble of the wall.

Meanwhile at the back door the porkers bosses smash it open, only to reveal a small vestibule and another door. The first porker piles inside and hammers away.

Boss Hog equips his monstrous flamethrower and lights the pilot light...

Round 7. Combat map updated. Init Order: Party, Porkers.

Thunderbird tries again to hit the rotor but does not have any luck.

11:11, Tue 05 Nov 2013: Thunderbird rolled 7 using 1d20+2 ((5)).

OOC: 18:19, Today: Roach Coach rolled 14 using 1d20. Saving roll.

Bedlam moves up to the ballista. Leaning his lamp post against its base, he grabs the stock and pivots the weapon to find a target.

OOC: Round 7
Move: to R20
Minor: Change Weapons

If he can see Boss Hog from the rooftop, he takes the shot.

If he does not have an angle on Boss Hog, but the helicopter is in range, he takes the shot.

If the helicopter is still out of range he crouches down, grabs his lamp post and moves up to where he can sneak a peak over the sandbags into the courtyard. (Stealth)

Bedlam Jones rolled 6 using 1d20. Some sort of action in Rnd 7.

Don't know what the mods are for firing the ballista, but figure that'll miss everything.

If it's a Stealth roll, the total is 10, plus any bonuses for concealment.

There is a sound reminiscent of milk being poured on ancient breakfast foods, and Bedlam flickers back into the visible spectrum.

The ballista is raised high enough for Bedlam to draw a bead on Boss Hog, but sadly the heavy bolt flies right over his head. With a whistle, the plizog trainer sends his four plizgos up the wall to the roof. Two have enough time left to attack, but neither hits.

Boss Hog gives a roar of rage and frustration. Most of his soldiers are dead or unconscious, and there isn't even an enemy in range. Then he notices the thousands of shoots sprouting where Flora last exploded. With an evil grin he stalks over and waits for the plant-lady to reform, revving his chainsaw impatiently.

Thunderbird misses the rotors once again as the copter slews to one side; the gun platform underneath is swinging about too much to target anyone on the ground.

Crusty gets in another meaty thwack with his sledgehammer, and the porker boss totally fluffs his riposte.

In the underground control room, Gasket sees the porkers about to break in to the Soup Kitchen proper. Knowing that once they are inside nothing will stop them trashing the place, he activates the defensive knockout gas front and back. The Five porkers bosses and four foot soldiers carrying jerry cans all slip into a dreamless slumber.

Round 8. Combat map updated. Init Order: Party, Porkers.
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OOC: 18:21, Today: Roach Coach rolled 9 using 1d20. Death save .

Getting tired of wasting his time with the small stuff, Thunderbird pulls out his man portable laser from its over the shoulder holster. Triggering the weapon in a blast of energy at the rotor, it starts hammering at the delicate blades of the helicopter, all the time muttering to himself about how long its going to take to recharge it.


22:01, Today: Thunderbird rolled 15 using 1d20+4. laser.
22:03, Today: Thunderbird rolled 12 using 2d10+4. damage.