Someone that Jennifer would recognize as Captain Marvel -- not the male one, not the one inside, and not in her traditional costume -- lands on the lawn and walks non-threateningly toward the mansion. She waves and smiles. "Where you at?" Giving the traditional New Orleans greeting. "Mind if I come up and chat for a spell? I'm not here for any trouble, mon chère and cher."

Ms. Marvel takes Mental Stress d4


+d6 to Doom Pool from Iron Man's Opportunity

Please post current PP count at the end of any post with a dice pool

I'll assume your Total is 5, not 15

Doom Pool (3d6, 3d8) reaction to Iron Man's attempt to intimidate Cyclops, Total: 5, Effect: d4 (msg #55):
Sluggish Armor d6 Complication

Watcher rolled 3,2,1,4,1,3,4 using d6,d6,d6,d8,d8,d8,d6 ((3,2,1,4,1,3,4)).

Total: 8, Effect: d8

2 Opportunities (available first to Iron Man)

Doom Pool: 3d6, 3d8 +d6 = 4d6, 3d8

Iron Man -- fully armored yet still a fraction of a percentage point off his usual game -- feels his repulsors come to full power and aims them at Cyclops, only to find the mutant leader is not there, and hasn't been since the Widow hit the floor.

The Vision does not act save for taking one more slow step back.

Outside, the group of heroes witness the far side of the lawn rising, pushing aside the trees at the periphery of the forest surrounding the mansion, and roll toward them in a wave, gaining size as it approaches.

RRRRRRRRRRRRMMMBBBBBBLLLLLL...

"Auntie Monica is not amused." She says under her breath before turning into pure light and remaining visible. She rises into the air and begins to glow - a miniature sun on the lawn of this mansion.

"Before something stupid happens that can't be reversed can we all put down our guns and talk? Downtown Manhattan is a pile of debris right now so let's not add another one to the mix, sound fair mon chers?"

As Iron Man threatens Cyclops, Carol takes to the air. Not much off the floor, though, as there isn't much room to go up or around. But now Cyclops is gone and her head hurts, putting her on edge and ready for a fight. She flies through the doorway that Cyclops came through when he was bearing drinks. If he's (whoever he is, Carol is positive it's not Cyclops they're dealing with) still in the mansion, she'll find him.

"I'll get him, he can't have gone far! And somebody open that front door!

Captain Marvel zips around the rooms of the lower floor of the mansion. She finds a standard kitchen and no other living beings.

The Vision stands in front of the door. His further hand moves behind him.

"On it," declares the new Ms. Marvel, putting aside her personal challenges with Danvers. Sofen opens a wellspring of her personal power through her connection with the Kree Lifestone. The energy swells through her body, erupting forth as a white-hot cascade of photons that Karla directs with her hands.

Karla trains her blast at the door in annattempt to vaporize it without punching holes through the door. The Lady Hulk, Hardy, and the psychokinetic man-boy were all somewhere on the other side. Ms. Marvel did her best to avoid accidentally blasting them in the process.

---

If it's another round, I'll bump up my headache to d6 Mental Stress for another PP. Startibg PP would be 2.

I'm going to use a precision blast to vaporize the front door.

Team d8, Moonstone d8, Energy Blast d10, Combat d8
Dice Pool d10, 3d8, rolled for 6,3,4,7.
Spending a PP to add a die.
Total 17, d8 effect, 0 opps.

1 PP remaining.

Doom Pool (4d6, 3d8) reaction to Ms. Marvel's attempt to vaporize front door, Total: 17, Effect: d8:
Ms. Marvel mental stress    d6

Watcher rolled 5,5,4,6,6,3,1,1 using d6,d6,d6,d6,d8,d8,d8,d6 ((5,5,4,6,6,3,1,1)).

Total: 12, Effect: d8
Extraordinary Success steps acting Effect die to d10
2 Opportunities (available first to Ms. Marvel)

Ms. Marvel's blast not only vaporizes the door but much of the wall surrounding it, producing a sizable hole in that side of the mansion. As the hot air from outside blows in, the three heroes, with another in an energy form among them, have only a moment to look in before their attention is taken elsewhere.

The Vision, having given Marvel's blast a wide berth, takes one last step back. Upon reaching his carefully-considered destination, his hand reaches to pull a Heckler & Koch HK33A2 assault rifle from behind a curtain near the front door. He aims the slender barrel at the heroes. The strap clicks against the body of the weapon. "Idiot humans," the voice coming from him says, one not atonal or robotic or familiar or male. "I could have taken you out one at a time," the female voice says, as the body that appeared as the Vision warps, starting from the feet and moving quickly upward, to reveal a lanky, blue-skinned shape-shifter. "But you've bored me with your senseless confusion. I'll drop the subtlety so I can save some time," Mystique says, revealed in all her glory. Standing over the prone body of the Black Widow, she aims, and smiles, white teeth appearing around her red lips and dark azure skin. Then, pulling the trigger on the rifle, unleashes a fiery barrage of full-automatic bullets at the heroes, in particular the closest one to her: Ms. Marvel. PPPRRRaaaKKKKKKKKKTTT! PPPRRRaaaKKKKKKKKKTTT! PPPRRRaaaKKKKKKKKKTTT!

Subtract 4d6(/d10/2d8) from Doom Pool to add Mystique

ASSAULT RIFLE
Weapon    d8
Full Auto. Against a single target, step up or double Weapon. Remove the highest rolling die and use three dice for the Total.

Mystique: Physical attack on Ms. Marvel:
Solo    d10
Fickle Deceiver    d4
(+d6 to Doom Pool)
Shapeshifting    d8
Weapon    2d8
Combat Expert    d8
Ms. Marvel mental stress    d6

Mystique rolled 1,3,2,4,2,2,4 using d10,d4,d8,d8,d8,d8,d6 ((1,3,2,4,2,2,4)).

Total: 9, Effect: d8

1 Opportunity (available first to Ms. Marvel)

Outside, the insistent rumbling manifests itself as a wave of green grass and ground and trees pulled from the earth, rolling toward the heroes. It measures a staggering girth, gaining more volume as it swiftly approaches the heroes, finally crashing upon them, scattering their number and obliterating the ground that was once beneath their feet, aiming to crush or bury them. While this assault could possibly be dodged with some nimble footwork, an object is hurled from the center of the seismic wave, sent with enough force for a huge mass to fly through the air -- and not an object but a body, one with an unbelievable weight confined to a single form. Not just any body but the Blob, his grotesque form living up to every meaning of the name. He is flung in an arc with deadly accuracy, for his massive form to land among the heroes, exploding the wave of earth already upon them. "Surprise, you skinny, ugly punks!" the massive mutant mutters, his mouth lost among the rolls of fat in his face, as his sickening form makes an impact to shatter the ground in the center of the gathered heroes. Even those in the sky cannot avoid the assault of mutated cellulite and churned earth. Walters has only the barest instant -- if that -- to transform into her giantess alter-ego, and even then perhaps with no time to arrive at her desired dress. As the glacier of dirt hits, the Black Cat, caught unawares, is thrown from the debacle.

Somewhere behind the mound of moving earth, Avalanche snarls, walls of ground surrounding him.

-2d8 from Doom Pool to add Blob and Avalanche

Avalanche with Blob: Physical attack on the outside heroes:
Buddy d6
Coward    d4
(+d6 to Doom Pool)
Earth Mastery    d10
Area Attack (on three heroes)    3d6
Blob Godlike Durability    d12

Avalanche rolled 3,4,10,5,5,4,6 using d6,d4,d10,d6,d6,d6,d12 ((3,4,10,5,5,4,6)).

Total: 16, Effect: d6 to She-Hulk, Justice, Spectrum

Black Cat is knocked out

The wave of earth spreads wide, its immensity rolling into the mansion, caving in the front of the building. Ms. Marvel's efforts to vaporize the front door are for naught, as that side of the mansion's foyer collapses but leaving no opening, keeping the two groups of heroes separated.

-d8 from Doom Pool to keep Team Affiliation (as in posts up to here)

Doom Pool:4d6, 3d8 -4d6 +d6 -2d8 +d6 -d8 = 2d6

Reactions Needed: Ms. Marvel, She-Hulk, Captain Marvel, Justice
Next Actions: Ms. Marvel, Spectrum (don't forget to pick the next turn)

Jennifer sees the wave of earth hurtling towards her and stops her undressing and simply transforms into She-hulk, ripping the skirt of the expensive suit she was wearing. That's all she has time for before the wave and Blob slam into her. The jade giantess is bowled over and slammed into a bit of mansion wall. She's bruised, but not badly.


INTENT: Reaction vs. Blob-a-lanche 16/d6/0
POOL: Team d10, Jade Giantess d4+1PP (taking d4 for the last minute change), Durability d10, Combat Expert d8
ROLL: 16:15, Today: She-Hulk rolled 11,1,4 using 2d10,d8,d4 with rolls of 7,4,1,4.  react to blob-a-lanche.
TOTAL: 11/d10/1
EFFECT: Crit fail, but then effect stepped down for effect die, so cancels out: just d6 Phys stress

STATUS: D6 phys stress; 2PP

+d6 to Doom Pool from She-Hulk's Opportunity

The Blob guffaws heartily as his odious girth forces the She-Hulk aside and into the outer wall of the mansion. "Huh huh! We got a Hulk! I ain't ever fought a Hulk b'fore! Too bad we ain't got the real -- " Then something catches his eye -- the Black Cat, having landed a short distance from the swell of the moved earth. His eyes get notably wide. "Who's... that?" he mutters to himself, but still in a volume for anybody to hear. Then his monstrous mouth closes as well as it can and he looks back at She-Hulk, his bulbous face slack, his eyes still wide.

Correction to the list of Reaction rolls needed (and updated):
Reaction Needed: Ms. Marvel, Spectrum, Justice

Doom Pool: 2d6 +d6 = 3d6
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Starting PP: 1
I'll spend that PP to exploit a Watcher opportunity. I'll hold onto a d10 "Surprise Opening" stunt for my next action.

Reaction: Defending against Mystique's gunfire with Intangibility.
Team d8, Moonstone d8, Intangibility d10, Combat d8, Ghostly Defense Asset d8
Dice Pool: d10, 4d8, rolled for 10,3,1,8,8.
Total 16, d10, 1 opp=+1PP
Result: Defense was successful!
Current PP: 1

Karla's instinct at gunfire was to render herself further into its immaterial state. Seeing the blue-skinned shapeshifter unleash a spray of bullets, the new Ms. Marvel wills her body's molecules to shift fully out of phase. The bullets blaze through and past her harmlessly, and the Avengers' newest member wonders aloud to her new team, "I'm sorry. Who is this?"

+d6 to Doom Pool from Ms. Marvel's Opportunity

Doom Pool: 3d6 +d6 = 4d6

The bullets soar straight across Ms. Marvel's body and tear through the foyer. A picture frame shatters, a tapestry is ruined by two fresh, hot holes, the banister on the stairs is busted, one ricochets off Iron Man's armor and into the wall. Though the strike did not affect her target, Mystique's sly smile does not fade.

Starting PP: 1
Action: Blast the bejezus out of Mystique!
Team d8, Moonstone d8, Energy Blast d10, Combat d8, Surprise Opening Stunt d10
Dice Pool 2d10, 3d8, rolled for 6,5,3,4,1.
Spending a PP to add a die.
Total 15, d8 effect, 1 opp=+1PP
Current PP: 1
Reaction: Mystique

Ms. Marvel's hands erupt in a pale yellow light, her scowl unmistakable from behind her mask. Though the gunfire proved harmless,  Karla does not savor the idea of people shooting at her. "Actually," muses Sofen, as she unleashes a powerful burst of violent energy towards the blue-skinned shooter, "Never mind. I don't care who she is."
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Remember to pick the next action during your turn

+d6 to Doom Pool from Ms. Marvel's Opportunity

Defending from Ms. Marvel's physical attack, Total: 15, Effect: d8:
Solo    d10
Grand, Stately Mansion    d8
Enhanced Durability    d8
Combat Expert    d8
Ms. Marvel mental stress    d6
From Doom Pool (predicted)    d6

Mystique rolled 4,4,8,1,2,2 using d10,d8,d8,d8,d6,d6 ((4,4,8,1,2,2)).

Spend 2d6 (d8) from Doom Pool to add third die to Total
Total: 16, Effect: d8
1 Opportunity (available first to Ms. Marvel)

Before the blast has left Ms. Marvel's hands, Mystique has already moved her lanky body from the impact center, pulling herself up on curtains behind her to do a cartwheel in the air to dodge well out of harm's way. As the blast trails her, wrecking the interior walls of the mansion, she stays ahead of the force, the smile still on her face as if this were all child's play. "Just like clockwork," she says as she sticks a landing with flourished ease, energy fading from the air while pieces of the walls fall to the mansion's hardwood floor.

Doom Pool: 4d6 +d6 -d6 -2d6 = 2d6

Next Action: Captain Marvel

"Oh hell." Spectrum said as she saw the the very nasty and well known mutants burst out of the ground and began attacking.

Knowing this was a most dire situation she doubled her efforts to figure out what this particular type of energy field was so she could drop it or get through it.

Vance still was not sure what had happened and how come he is on the earth. He was about to stand up when he heard the shouts, his eyes grow wide as the first thing his fuzzy gaze settle on is She-Hulk as she transforms... all the ripping is very distracting...

The Blob shock waves hit him hard and as he is flung in the air he summon his power cocooning himself in protective wraps of glowing energy that keep him rattled but mostly unharmed as he bounce several times before coming to a stop at the mansion wall next to She-Hulk.

OOC
INTENT: Reaction vs. Blob shock wave 16/d6/0
POOL: Team D10, Bravo New Warrior D8, Durabilit D10, Combat Expert d8
ROLL: 17:53, Today: Justice rolled 9,3,3,6 using D10,D8,D10,D8 with rolls of 9,3,3,6.  Defend against Blob attack.
TOTAL: 15/D10/0
EFFECT: D4 Physical Stress

STATUS: Physical Stress D4, 1PP

Spectrum's concentration seeking the source of the energy is broken by the assault by the mutant villains, one possibly disrupting her energy form irreparably.


The Blob gurgles with laughter when he sees the young Justice pin-balled away as he brings his mighty feet down. "Huh huh huh," bubbling from his massive maw. Then bored just as quickly, he looks back to where the Black Cat limply rolled.

Inside, Mystique pivots on her feet and crouches in a ready, defensive position. "I know that's not all you got," she smiles.

Finally, the last pieces of the debris from the wall come to settle on the floor and on Black Widow's still body.

Inside, Mystique puts her weight on her other foot, her body's low crouch shifting its defensive position and keeping her flexible in anticipation for what happens next. Her yellow, pupil-less eyes track the heroes but do not give away which one she has her focus on. "Come on, you predictable humans..." she hisses.

Outside, the ground starts to rumble again.

Carol is still on the other side of the house, still sensing that strange energy. So in the grim silence, she utilizes her energy abilities to pull at the ambient energy around her, to maybe pinpoint from where it's originating and figure out how it ties into all this weirdness.

Carol is going to try to create an Asset: Known Quantity

Solo: D8
Take-Charge Attitude: D8
Energy Blast D8, spending a PP to use SFX:Energy Absorption
Cosmic Expert D8 (to identify the energy)

Captain Marvel rolled 1,8,1,5

Total:13, Effect: D4

PP:0
+1xp for first time using SFX: Energy Absorption in a scene.

Carol reaches out with her senses and draws in the surrounding energy. Then she hears the blast of automatic gunfire...

+d8 to Doom Pool from Captain Marvel's Opportunity

+1 PP to Captain Marvel for rolled Opportunities

Be sure to include your choice for next turn in your post

With Captain Marvel separated from other group, Ms. Marvel and Iron Man have Buddy Affiliation and a new Initiative order is created

Doom Pool (2d6) reaction to Captain Marvel's attempt to create Known Quantity Asset, Total: 13, Effect: d4:

Watcher rolled 3,5 using d6,d6 ((3,5)).

Total: 8, Effect: d4 (default)
Extraordinary Success steps acting Effect die to d6

Known Quantity Asset d6 created

Captain Marvel does not have to steel herself for long before she gets a reading on the energy around her, which comes on so prickly and thick that it makes her skin itch even under her uniform. The hairs on her scalp start to stand and she feels herself charged from the dense force around her. Then the sound of gunfire draws her out of her meditative trance. Once she comes back to this physical reality, she feels a disruption in the energy field around her.


Doom Pool: 2d6 +d8 = 2d6, d8

Next Action: Iron Man (and will choose first turn in new round)

d6 physical Stress to Spectrum

Spectrum had not even a moment to think before the Blob flew directly through her. An object passing through her energy-based form would normally be a painless occurrence, but with such a massive, organic form providing the assault, her concentration elsewhere before the attack, the summer sun's rays beating down unhindered, and being so close to a gigantic, unbridled energy field, the atoms making up her body stay dispersed. Her consciousness remains intact enough to know that she can pull herself back together in time, but each atom reconnecting to the familiar form of her existence is an agonizing sensation, excruciating and dividing her focus anew. For the moment she exists as a blurred image above the fracas, barely noticeable in the daytime light. The Blob says nothing of eliminating the former Avenger, if he noticed at all, his attention instead in the direction of the Black Cat.

Inside, Mystique slows her vamping as she turns her attention to Iron Man. She pauses, but the armored Avengers makes no move. He stands at the ready but does not act. She watches for a moment, her face turning from waiting expectation to blank confusion to impatient focus. The mutant turns back to Ms. Marvel and she bares her teeth again. "What about you?" Her voice hides the slightest stammer and she looks at Iron Man then back to the female Thunderbolt. "What next?" At her feet, a pool of blood spreads slowly from the Black Widow's head across the debris-laden floor.


Next Action: Ms. Marvel, She-Hulk
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She-hulk points to the grounds where the waves of earth seem to be coming from. "See if you can take out whoever is making waves, kid." she directs Justice. He was the most mobile of the heroes outside, so he'd have the best chance to close in on whoever was doing that.

She then gets up and dusts herself off as she steps up to Blob. She remembered this guy was some kind of mutant, and by the looks of him, probably fairly tough. She had been trying to keep this whole thing peaceful after the debacle with Wrecking Crew, but the gamma was pumping now. She started to cock her arm to take a swing at him before she noticed the way he was looking at Black Cat. A fat guy like this, he could take a punch, but what about a come-on? Dropping her arm, she instead took a little step up closer to him. She looks at Black Cat then back at Blob "She's a looker, isn't she? Too bad she's into skinny guys like Spider-Man. Me, on the other hand, I'm freak. You understand, a FREAK. And I like... no NEED ... a guy who can take some abuse. You know what I'm saying?" she taunts as she indicates her massively muscled (yet surprisingly still curvy) hulk-body.


Rather than throw my strength die in this pool, I'm going to call this a stunt.
INTENT: Put mental stress on Blob
POOL: Team d10, Jade Giantess d8, STUNT off Strength: Muscles are sexy d8, Practiced Argument SFX: d6 + move team down to d8, Psych Expert d8 = 4d8, d6
ROLL: 13:30, Today: She-Hulk rolled 20,3 using 4d8,d6 with rolls of 3,6,3,8,3.  come onto blob.
TOTAL: 14 total, d8 effect die stepped up to d10 for practiced argument
NET -1PP; 2PP total now

Be sure to include your choice for next action in your post

Defending from She-Hulk's mental attack, Total: 14, Effect: d10:
Buddy    d10
Immovable (distracted)    d4
(step up Doom Pool die)
Superhuman Stamina    d10
She-Hulk Physical Stress    d6

Blob rolled 7,4,4,4 using d10,d4,d10,d6 ((7,4,4,4)).

Total: 11, Effect: d10

Blob takes d10 mental Stress

The Blob scoffs. "Dumb witch, you think I got the h-hots f'r her or somethin'?" he blurts, the attempt to hide a stammer only making it more obvious. He finally looks back at She-Hulk, his fat face scrunched like he smells something bad he stepped in. "I got enough dates. And even if I wanted to do something out here, it wouldn't be with a... human," he says, spitting the last word. He may not have come to the desired effect -- falling under the jade giantess's charms -- but he is suddenly distracted, his eyes skittering, looking away and blinking, his huge mouth open like there's a question he cannot ask, his gelatinous body quivering as if a case of the nerves has gripped him.


Doom Pool: 2d6, d8 (-d6/+d8) = d6, 2d8
Next Action: Justice (and pick for first on next round)

"I am on it..." Justice said automatically, I am suppose to know what I am doing and what do I do, I stumbled about like some a rookie with his first time in spandex. If want this not to be my last Avenger mission I better get my act together and fast.

He shot into the air to get enough altitude so he would be able to spot Avalanche. He recalled the name but could not place it, was he a Hellion or part of the Brotherhood.

He concentrated and held his hand stretched making a grabbing motion with it. Meanwhile the moving earth began to glow with a faint purplish aura and slowly start to levitate upwards.

"Let's see how good you are moving earth from high in the sky."

OOC:

INTENT: Create Complication Levitated on Avalanche.
POOL: Team (D10), Leadership Potential (D4 - leadership crisis), Telekinesis Mastery (D10), Combat Expert (D8), SFX: Grab D6
ROLL: 3,4,2,3,2
TOTAL: 9 (4+3+2) (spend PP to take an extra die), Effect: D12 (D10 step up)
STATUS: D4 Physical Stress PP 1 (1+1-1=1)

Next action is Captain Marvel

Only choose for next action those who are in your initiative group (i.e., "Outside" in this case)

With Black Cat and Captain Marvel knocked out, the Affiliation for She-Hulk and Justice is Buddy

The mutant Avalanche, clad in a suit of rounded silver plates, emerges from a place inside the fresh mound of earth. He calls to the Blob, "Keep it together, Fred! The old woman could have been wrong! We can still do this -- th-they can't -- " Then is abruptly interrupted by the force conjured by Justice from above.

Defending from Justice's attempt to create Levitated Complication, Total: 9, Effect: d10:
Buddy d6
Coward    d4
(step up Doom Pool die)
Earth Mastery    d10
Science Expert    d8
Justice Physical Stress    d4

Avalanche rolled 2,1,2,8,3 using d6,d4,d10,d8,d4 ((2,1,2,8,3)).

Total: 11, Effect: d10

1 Opportunity (available first to Justice)

Avalanche gazes at his feet as the ground moves below him. He looks up with sudden confidence and stretches out his hands. The ground shudders then moves downward again, finally settling.

Justice feels a pull against the forces he is controlling, a resistance to his telekinesis.

"Wha -- ?" Avalanche barks, "W-what are you, kid -- stupid? Whatever you're doing to the ground, I'm the master of earth -- you'll fail every time!" The ground shakes but stays still.

Then he clinches his fists while staring down Justice and the ground rumbles again.

Doom Pool: d6, 2d8 (-d6/+d8) = 3d8
Next Action (in new round): the Blob

The Blob cowers, his flabby arms going up to shield himself, but when a full, physical attack from She-Hulk does not come, he steps back up and straightens as much as his vast form will allow. His face goes from gnarled in fear to red in anger. "Nothing from you? Nothing, you green cow?" His eyes vibrate from either terror or rage, or both. A new coating of sweat breaks out from his forehead down to his jowls. His enormous fists come down upon his emerald-hued opponent, seeking to drive her into the freshly-plowed ground. "Fight me! Fight me! LET ME BEAT YOU!"

Blob attempts to create Pounded Into Ground Complication on She-Hulk:
Buddy    d10
Former Carnival Strongman    d4
(add d6 to Doom Pool)
Superhuman Strength    d10
Combat Expert    d8
She-Hulk Physical Stress    d6

Blob rolled 6,3,1,8,2 using d10,d4,d10,d8,d6 ((6,3,1,8,2)).

Total: 14, Effect: d6
1 Opportunity (available first to She-Hulk)

Doom Pool: 3d8 +d6 = d6, 3d8

Reaction Needed: She-Hulk
Next Action: She-Hulk