"That many ugly things could only be Moloids," She-Hulk says through gritted teeth as she shifts her foot sideways to strengthen her stance, fists balled and ready in front of her. "Whenever we are, at least we know some things don't change." The next moment, those Moloids are all over her and her companions!

The Moloids rush to press their attack. As they are running at full-speed and tumbling down into the crater and kicking up dust in the barren landscape, it doesn't take long for them to reach their targets, punching and stabbing and biting and poking once they are within range of doing harm. They don't strike as much as grapple their foes, inundating with numbers when their fists and weapons cannot penetrate. They even attempt to overtake those opponents who have taken to the air, laying down prone members of the mass to create piles from their bodies for others to climb and gain the height needed to grab at their levitated or airborne adversaries. What strength the humanoids lack in individual might they more than make up for in sheer numbers and mass. Even when the multitude of the front wave follow through with their intentions, there are still hordes behind them, for a constantly-replenishing army of replacements. In moments, the heroes stand to be overpowered, buried, and smothered under a countless number of sickly, raging bodies. "RAAARRRRRRRRR!" the Moloids scream through mouths of savage, mangled teeth. Soon, the heroes may no longer stand at all!

Attempt to create Overrun, Overcome, Overwhelmed Complication on Machine Man, Bishop, Shang-Chi, Wolfsbane, Storm, Taskmaster:
Mob    6d4
Strength In Numbers    d8
Grab    d8
Area Attack    5d6
Bishop/Shang-Chi/Storm stress    d12

Moloid Mob rolled 1,3,2,2,3,3,7,7,2,4,2,2,3,8 using d4,d4,d4,d4,d4,d4,d8,d8,d6,d6,d6,d6,d6,d12 ((1,3,2,2,3,3,7,7,2,4,2,2,3,8)).

Total: 15, Effect: d8 to Taskmaster; d6 to Machine Man, Bishop, Shang-Chi, Wolfsbane, Storm,

1 Opportunity available

Reactions Needed: Machine Man, Bishop, Shang-Chi, Wolfsbane, Storm, Taskmaster
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Shang-Chi's focus is put to the test as the Moloids charge in, spears thrusting and slashing at him from every direction. He enters a trance-like state of pure martial instinct as he moves to counter the oncoming tide of attacks with a series of blocks and counter-strikes honed over a lifetime of training. In the chaotic struggle, he has not even a chance to see what Machine Man is doing underneath him. To direct his attention away from his attackers, even for a second, would spell certain doom.

Team d8
Ex-Secret Agent d4 + 1 PP (He's starting to wonder why he ever left that job...)
Enhanced Strength d8
Combat Master d10
"I Have the High Ground" Asset d6

SFX: Focus. If your pool includes a Living Weapon power, you may replace two dice of equal size with one stepped-up die. (2 d8 = 1 d10)

I'm also buying the Watcher's opportunity to include a d10 Stunt. I'm tying this to Shang-Chi's Acrobatic specialty as a display of his exceptional balance, seeing as he's riding atop an airborne android at the moment. Surely my dice roll will reflect just how impressive a feat this is. *crosses fingers* ;)

17:37, Today: Shang-Chi rolled 14,2,4 using 3d10,1d4,1d6 with rolls of 7,2,5,2,4.  Reaction to Moloid Mob's attempt to create Overrun complication.

I'll be spending another Plot Point to just *barely* squeak out a 16 total. Looks like Shang-Chi's abilities live up to their reputation this time.

Total: 16
Effect: d10
Opportunities: 0
Plot Points: 1

“Madness” 
That was the only way to describe it the mindless horde of critters that didn’t have any regard for their own wellbeing.  Bishop never considered himself a hero.  He’s seen too many people die on account of stupid bravado.  Now was the time to make a run for it before it would be too late, if it wasn’t already.
Shoving, punching, and kicking any unfortunate cretin that got in his way, Bishop started jugging, then broke into a sprint, putting as much distance as he could between him and the swarm

Team 1d8
Dark Future Survivor 1d8
Superhuman Durability (+ FX) 1d10,1d10
Combat Expert 1d8


Bishop rolled 4,8,10,7,8 using 1d8,1d8,1d10,1d10,1d8 with rolls of 4,8,10,7,8.  Resist moloid mob with 'everything I've got'.

Total: 18, effect 1d8
Attack resisted

PP total: 1+0=1

Actually, Wolfsbane is in small, nimble wolf form at the moment ... but I know that this description is simply narrative, and makes no mechanical difference

As the Moloids attacked on mass to Overrun, Overcome, Overwhelmed, Wolfsbane mood swiftly and nimbly with her Combat experience and 'Enhanced Reflexes', making best use of the 'Rubble in this Site' to avoid getting harmed or pinned down.

REACTION to above 15 Total attack:
d6 Team
d8 Site Reduced To Rubble
d8 Enhanced Reflexes
d8 Combat Master

- rolled 4,4,6,6 using d6,d8,d8,d8 with rolls of 4,4,6,6.  Avoid attack.
Spend 1PP to add another dice to Total:
Total: 16  Effect: d6



                   And when I am permitted an action, please use this one:
As the yellow-hoards suddenly rage and raaaaagh, Wolvesbane moves swiftly and with Enhanced Reflexes to begin dodging their attacks and getting herself lost in among the hoard ... loose within rubble of the site and around their legs, and trying to disappear into their ranks and the ensuring chaos (like the master of stealth that she is).

Action: create Asset:  'Out of Sight, Out of Mind'
d6 Team
d8 Site Reduced To Rubble
d8 Enhanced Reflexes
d10 Covert Master

- rolled 3,6,4,7 using d6,d8,d8,d10 with rolls of 3,6,4,7.
Total: 13  Effect: d8

Power Points: 1 now

Next Action: any Hero
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Storm saw the assault from the ground coming and attempted to fly beyond the reach of the grasping hands. She was finally able to enjoy the wide open spaces and didn't want to

Reaction:

Team d10
Claustrophobic d8
Flight d8
Combat Expert d8

20:35, Today: Storm rolled 2,4,3,2 using d10,d8,d8,d8 with rolls of 2,4,3,2.  Reaction.

Total: 7
Effect: d10

Storm will use her remaining PP to turn the stress into d6 Mental Stress

PP remaining: 0

Even though her battered body was moving sluggishly, an abundance of concentration allowed Ororo to evade the assault.

She then bathed some of those that had attempted to grab her in electricity. She had properly warned them, after all. Storm aimed low in the column of those that had attempted to snatch her out of the air, digging deep within her for the power needed to spark an electrical blast.

OOC: Just going to use her held action to blast one of the guys that was holding up other guys.

Team: d10
Strong Willed Team Leader: d8
Electrical Blast: d10
Combat Expert: d8


20:44, Today: Storm rolled 4,6,9,8 using d10,d8,d10,d8 with rolls of 4,6,9,8.  Blast 'em!

Total: 17
Effect: d10

PP: 0
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She-Hulk just slowed him down. He was on his way to being out of the crater, but nooooooo. And now the half-pint savages were pouring into the crater like sand in an hourglass. At least she let go of his cape. It would be even better if he could use her largeness as cover, but they're coming all around. Damn.
"If you hadn't'na stopped me, I'da gotten out of here! They kill me, I'm gonna haunt you forever!"

Taskmaster dodges and weaves around the small yellow bastards. He's missing his weapons or he'd be killing these...hasn't he seen them before?
"Hey! Ain't these Mole Man's guys?! What the hell? Gonna kill me a Mole Man!"

However, before he can kill him a Mole Man, he's going to have to not die.

Time for Taskmaster to dodge or otherwise avoid the mob.
Team: d6
Villainous Mercenary: d4
Enhanced Reflexes: d8
Combat Master: d10

19:53, Today: Taskmaster rolled 4,1,5,8 using d4,d6,d8,d10
1 Opportunity to Watcher
1PP to add a die to total
Total: 17, Effect: d4 (default)

2PP currently

Taskmaster twists and weaves, using a mix of Captain America (his go-to more often than you might think) and Spider-Man. These mini monsters aren't too much of a threat, but he knows he can't keep this up forever and would rather be where they came from then where they are.

All heroes: Take an XP for a d12 used against you in a dice pool action (msg #1)

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Doom Pool (d6, 4d8) reaction to Wolfsbane's attempt to create Out of Sight, Out of Mind Asset, Total: 13, Effect: d8 (msg #63):
Wolfsbane Emotional stress    d4

Watcher rolled 4,1,3,2,7,4 using d6,d8,d8,d8,d8,d4 ((4,1,3,2,7,4)).

Total: 11, Effect: d8

1 Opportunity (available first to Wolfsbane)

Asset created

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Storm may have taken Overrun, Overcome, Overwhelmed Complication d8

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Moloids defend from Storm's physical attack, Total: 17, Effect: d10 (msg #64):
Team    6d4
Strength In Numbers    d4
(step up Doom Pool die)
Storm physical stress    d12

Moloid Mob rolled 3,2,2,3,4,2,4,5 using d4,d4,d4,d4,d4,d4,d4,d12 ((3,2,2,3,4,2,4,5)).

Total: 8, Effect: d12

Extraordinary Success steps acting Effect die up, to d12

Removes 1 from Moloid Mob Team, to 5d4

Storm gets an XP for a d12 in a dice pool used against her

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Add d6 to Doom Pool from Taskmaster's Opportunity

Doom Pool:d6, 4d8 (-d6/+d8) +d6 = d6, 5d8





While most of the heroes are able to avoid or evade the army of Moloids, Storm's luck commences to run out. The humanoids are able to pile themselves high enough to reach her, then her cape becomes easy to grab and used to drag her to earth. She manages to lash out, casting a phenomenal burst of lightning at her attackers, but her broken body leaves her aim shaky and despite the sheer force of the blast, its effect on the Moloid horde is insignificant at best. Still the creatures come at her, reaching over each other to a target that is drawn into their grasp further with each one that adds to the number.

On the other side of the crater, across a growing sea of Moloids, She-Hulk puts up the biggest fight, so naturally attracts the greatest of their numbers. Quickly they surround then swarm over the jade giantess, shortly covering her with their immense numbers. Just as quickly, though, she shoves, pushes, or throws them away, sending dozens of them flying with one effort, though she is quickly covered again with more them falling in, then over, her. When she forces them away long enough to be revealed, she does not appear wounded or under any particular duress, but their great number could eventually take over even a powerhouse like her.

Next Action: Taskmaster

As the Moloids swarm around everyone, Taskmaster runs through plans in his head. It files in his mind as: Plan-Necessary Fighting Style-Odds of Success. He plugs those in, moving the configurations around as the situation moves around.

First he thinks of just running over them like a crowd-surfer. But then he looks over at She-Hulk and gets a better idea.

"If I run, they'll think I'm behind this garbage. Better at least contribute so they won't leave me behind once we figure out what this is all about."

Taskmaster is missing his weapons, but the lesson he teaches his students is there is always weapons around if you're desperate enough.

Moloids are pretty small. Time to use a Moloid to beat up other Moloids.

Taskmaster is going to grab a Moloid and start beating other Moloids with it.
I believe that would be making an asset: Beat a Moloid with another Moloid. He's around She-Hulk so finding an unconscious Moloid shouldn't be impossible. However, a conscious one would work just as well.

Team: d6
Skilled Instructor: d8
Enhanced Reflexes: d8
Combat Master: d10

Taskmaster rolled 3,8,7,10 using d6,d8,d8,d10

Spending a PP to add to the total.
Total:21  Effect:d10

1PP Currently

Taskmaster grabs a nearby Moloid that appears to be shaken up by a hit from She-Hulk and starts cackling as he swings the diminutive humanoid by the ankles and smashing his small yellow body against as many of the others as he can.

"HAHAHAHA! You little bastards! Feel my vengeance!"

Next Action: Bishop

Why Thank you.


I will, indeed, spend my 1PP to purchase this Opportunity, please ... and thank you.
"Activate the Watcher’s Opportunity
If a 1 comes up on any of the Watcher’s dice, you can spend 1 PP to activate the opportunity.
~ You may use this to step up an asset you’ve just created with an effect die, or to create a resource during an Action Scene."

... and use the Opportunity to step up the 'Out of sight, Out of mind' Asset that I just created.

= 0 PP now

Doom Pool (d6, 4d8) reaction to Taskmaster's attempt to create Beat a Moloid with Another Moloid Asset, Total: 21, Effect: d10 (msg #67):

Watcher rolled 3,6,3,7,2 using d6,d8,d8,d8,d8 ((3,6,3,7,2)).

Total: 13, Effect: d8
Extraordinary Success steps up acting Effect die, to d12

Asset created


What Taskmaster thinks is just another Moloid thrown unconscious by She-Hulk yelps when he picks it up by its scrawny limbs. The creature's screams are lost as Taskmaster moves to smash it against its brethren!

Meanwhile, the general chaos allows Wolfsbane to further her immediate goals.

Wolfsbane's Out of Sight, Out of Mind Asset increased to d10

Then, from whatever shadows are allowed beneath the notice of the other heroes, Iron Fist rises from silence and relative seclusion as the Moloids approach him with hatred in their tiny, squinched eyes!

Next Action: Iron Fist (new round)
This message had punctuation tweaked by the GM at 07:01, Thu 19 Mar 2020.

In reply to Watcher (msg # 69):

Iron Fist pulls himself to his feet and dusts himself off, swatting the dirt from his mask with an annoyed grunt. He rests a hand against the crater wall, feeling sick from the lingering effects of the temporal displacement that brought him here.

"Man, and I thought the portal to K'un Lun was bad. Think I'm gonna hurl."

Hearing the commotion of the battle behind him, Iron Fist slowly turns to survey the scene. Approaching him are a gang of snarling Moloids, teeth bared in a grimace of hate and rage.

"Whoa, Sabertooth's got nothing on you guys," Rand mutters, dropping into a battle-ready crouch. "Now, who wants to go first?"

Shang-Chi's player here. My original pick opened up so I'm switching to Iron Fist. I'll post my dice rolls as soon as I figure out what (if any) reactions I need to do.

Shaking off these temporal effects is turning out to be easier said than done. Iron Fist has been on some crazy adventures in his time and gone to some strange places, but time travel is the type of stuff he leaves to those big-brain types like Iron Man and Mr. Fantastic. Here's hoping he can keep it together long enough to figure out just what exactly is going on here.

Team d6
Indifferent Billionaire d8 (Focusing on "indifferent," eg. stoic)
Psych Expert d8

01:10, Today: Iron Fist rolled 1,5,4 using 1d6,1d8,1d8 ((1,5,4)). Iron Fist's reaction to Doom Pool's shell-shock attack.

Total: 9
Effect: d4
Opportunities: 1
Plot Points: 1

Aaaand there's the d12 of Mental Stress. Oi.

"Man, I wasn't kidding about the time-sickness," Iron Fist says, stumbling dizzily toward his attackers. "Feels like I just tried to out-drink Luke. Well, good thing I been working on my Drunken Fist. You guys are in for it now!" With that, he charges forward, fists lashing out to connect with his pint-sized opponents.

Team d6
Living Weapon of K'un-Lun d4 + 1 PP (The "Living Weapon" is in a sorry state.)
Enhanced Strength d8
Combat Master d10

01:16, Today: Iron Fist rolled 4,3,8,3 using 1d6,1d4,1d8,1d10 ((4,3,8,3)).

Heck, I'll spend my starting PP to add 3 of those dice together.

Total: 15
Effect: d10
Opportunities: 0 (1 on the previous roll)
Plot Points: 1

Next Action: Bishop

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"We can't fight all of 'em"
Bishop roared to make sure his voice is heard over the gibbering Moloids.  Even as he did sound off the retreat, he blasted one of the critters that got too close to him
"-lets get out of here!!"

Team 1d8
Dark Future Survivor 1d4
Energy Blast 1d10
Combat Expert

Bishop rolled 4,2,4,7 using 1d4,1d8,1d10,1d8 with rolls of 4,2,4,7.  Energy blast.
Total: 11, Effect: 1d10
New PP total: 1+1=2
Next action: Storm

Add d6 to Doom Pool from Iron Fist's Opportunity

Mental Stress d12 to Iron Fist

Defend from Iron Fist's physical attack, Total: 15, Effect: d10 (msg #71):
Team    5d4
Strength In Numbers (too many to care about any single one)    d4
(step up Doom Pool die)
Swarm    d8
Iron Fist Mental Stress    d12

Moloid Mob rolled 3,1,2,1,2,5,2 using d4,d4,d4,d4,d4,d8,d12 ((3,1,2,1,2,5,2)).

Total: 8, Effect: d12
Extraordinary Success steps acting Effect die up, to d12
2 Opportunities (available first to Iron Fist)

Subtract 1 from Moloid Mob

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Defend from Bishop's physical attack, Total: 11, Effect: d10 (msg #72):
Team    4d4
Strength In Numbers (too many to care about any single one)    d4
(step up Doom Pool die)
Swarm    d8

Moloid Mob rolled 4,2,3,3,5 using d4,d4,d4,d4,d8 ((4,2,3,3,5)).

Total: 9, Effect: d4

Subtract 1 from Moloid Mob

Doom Pool: d6, 4d8 +d6 (-d6/+d8) (-d6/+d8) = 6d8

While Iron Fist and Bishop strike with solid attacks, it is barely the perspiration on a drop in a humongous bucket. Any Moloid they reduce to nothing is instantly swallowed in the numbers surrounding it like it had never been there, overcome with replacements a dozen-fold. They keep coming, pressing their attacks to drag down the heroes and soon bury them.

Any hero listening may understand Bishop's shouted insistence to get out of there, but as the Moloids close in on all side, even reaching beyond their individual heights by climbing atop one another, stacking for a more formidable opponent, rolling in an insurmountable mass, the organic walls made of subterranean creatures rapidly close around the heroes!

Iron Fist ducks under a spear, wrapping an arm around the weapon so that it sits in the crook of his elbow. Pinning it to his side, he pivots his hips in a swift movement, snapping the weapon in two. Before the stunned Moloid can react, he launches it away with a sharp kick.

"Sooo, maybe not the right place or time," he says, to one in particular. "But what place is this? And what time?"

He barely has time to get the words out before the tide of Moloids presses in even further.

A short distance from the others, Spider-Man re-materializes. His Spider-Sense is going crazy! Every nerve in his body is pulsing like fireworks. For a moment, his vision is nothing but white.

"Nnng..."

Reaction roll for sudden shell-shock (msg # 1)

Team d6
Any Time Is Now d4 +1 PP (Spider-Man's Spider-Senses are overwhelmed by the sudden shift)
Enhanced Stamina d8
Psych Expert d8

17:20, Today: Spider-Man rolled 4,4,3,3 using d6,d4,d8,d8 with rolls of 4,4,3,3.

Total: 8 Effect: d8

Mental Stress taken: d12
2 PP

As his senses slowly return, Spider-Man assesses his surroundings. The bright light hits him like a hangover, pulsing in rhythm with his Spider-Sense. The debris around him tells him that he's not in the S.H.I.E.L.D. bunker anymore...or, at least, not the same one he was in a moment ago. Bright light makes it difficult to keep his eyes open.

"Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."

"..."

"No offense, Wolfsbane."

As he looks around, Spider-Man realizes he's separated from the rest.

The dust here...this destruction isn't new. It's been like this for years. Time travel? An alternate universe? No time to think on it. I need to find the others.

The ground beneath his feet quake, and the sounds of a stampede and blasting erupt nearby.

"I think I'll check in the direction of the parade."

With a thwip from his wrist, a webline shoots out and connects to a nearby rusted steel beam. Using the momentum, Spider-Man propels himself forward to close the gap with the others. Immediately the chaos of the Moloid swarm comes into view. Spider-Man's eyes dart around quickly to assess the location of his allies and their immediate danger. He sees Bishop and Iron Fist are about to be overrun.

"Typical New Yorkers! This is giving me flashbacks to the last time I went to the Yankee Stadium."

Perching on nearby rubble, Spider-Man takes aim and attempts to web up some of the attacking Moloids.

Team d6
Wisecracker d8
Superhuman Reflexes d10
Weapon d8
SFX: Grapple. Add d6 and step up effect die by +1 when inflicting a web-related complication on a target.

18:15, Today: Spider-Man rolled 3,2,10,6,5 using d6,d8,d10,d8,d6 with rolls of 3,2,10,6,5.  All Webbed-Up Complication.

Total: 16 Effect: d8, SFX:+1=d10

Mental Stress: d12
2 PP

OOC: Hi, everyone. I'm a new player. I hope we can all have a great time together. I just realized I forgot to add a Specialty to my roll. I'm still learning the rules, so I may make some mistakes occasionally.

Defend from Spider-Man's attempt to create All Webbed-Up Complication, Total: 16, Effect: d10:
Team    3d4
Strength In Numbers (too many to care about any single one)    d4
(step up Doom Pool die)
Swarm    d8
Spider-Man Mental Stress    d12

Moloid Mob rolled 3,4,3,1,1,2 using d4,d4,d4,d4,d8,d12 ((3,4,3,1,1,2)).

Total: 7, Effect: d12
Extraordinary Success steps acting Effect die up, to d12
2 Opportunities (available first to Spider-Man)

Doom Pool: 6d8 (-d8/+d10) = 5d8, d10

Even woozy from the re-materialization, Spider-Man scores a clear shot, to wrap up a cluster of roiling Moloids with his webs. But before he can put a tidy bow on the package, it becomes clear that it makes an insignificant difference when compared with the myriad that replace them, quickly burying Spidey's webs under a wave of roiling, charging Moloid bodies!
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Even if the heroes can strike or knock out or web any immediate amount of Moloids, the endless numbers of creatures swallow up their inactive brethren with even more. If a hydra has heads that are replaced with three heads when one is lobbed off, this is a creature that replaces one head with a cluster of whole, entire creatures. Seen from a distance, they are a massive wave of yellow bodies, one that is rolling to crash upon and crush the heroes trapped at the bottom of the eye of their organic, ravenous hurricane!

If d8=2d6=4d6, then 3d8=6d6=12d4. Add 12d6 to Moloid Mob, for Moloid Mob 15d4

Doom Pool: 5d8, d10 -3d8 = 2d8, d10

I'll pass on the 2 Opportunities for now. Hopefully they'll be useful for some of those that are in a little more immediate danger.

As the entangled Moloids are engulfed in the never-ending wave of creatures, Spider-Man realizes that they may have to make an escape.

"I think we're about to be become 'Earth's Flattest Heroes'. We have to get out of here fast!"

"Right behind ya, Spidey!" Iron Fist replies. He turns to see Bishop barreling his way through a mound of Moloids, swatting them aside like flies. "Our buddy Bishop's got the right idea!" He moves to follow the other heroes as they make their retreat.

Storm was still overwhelmed with the giant press of Moloid flesh that had dragged her earthward. She couldn't really see much else. But her teammates were out there somewhere close by. Of course Ororo couldn't help them if she remained under the pile of bodies. The feeling of walls of flesh closing around her again did cause Storm's breath to come in ragged gasps. Her long standing fear of being trapped lit a fire within her core, and with her remaining strength she reached out in an attempt to create an escape route that would get her airborne

Of course nature had its ways of taking things normally firmly attached to the ground and throwing them skyward. One of those ways was a funnel cloud, which is what she now attempted to draw down to herself to escape the mass of flesh surrounding Storm.

OOC: Not sure if this is against the doom pool or the Moloids. Storm is trying to escape the press of bodies that have dragged her down and get herself well above the fray.

Team: d10
Claustrophobic: d8
Weather Supremacy: d12
Combat Expert: d8

16:39, Today: Storm rolled 1,2,7,8 using d10,d8,d12,d8 with rolls of 1,2,7,8.  Heading skyward? .

Total: 15
Effect: d8

+1 PP for rolling a 1.

1+1 = 2 current PP

Next action: Taskmaster

There's just more and more of those small, annoying creatures, and Taskmaster isn't referring to the heroes, this time. The undulating wave is roiling and churning like a blanket covering a mass of insects. Taskmaster knows the time is right to beat a retreat.
However, Taskmaster is also petty and cruel at times. He continues arcing the small body through the mass to open a way for escape. And to hurt as many of those little @#%$ as possible.

Attacking the Moloid Mob

Team:d6
Villainous Mercenary:d8
Enhanced Reflexes:d8
Combat Master:d10
Asset: Beat a Moloid with another Moloid:d12

Taskmaster rolled 5,5,5,7,8 using d6,d8,d8,d10,d12
Spending PP to add to dice roll
Total:17 Effect:d12
Reaction: Watcher

PP:0

Taskmaster smashes through the small humanoids, making a brief hole and moving towards the heroes to get as far away from the crushing mass.

"This is going to be as stinker", Taskmaster thinks. "I got no backup here, and plenty of the good guys who might be holdin' a grudge. Prison at least had some ways out eventually. This looks like just a situation just chock fulla bad".

Taskmaster sighs, heavily, as he bounds away from the mobs as fast as he possibly can.

Next Action: Wolfsbane

Add d6 to Doom Pool from Storm's Opportunity

Doom Pool (2d8, d10) reaction to create Heading Skyward Asset, Total: 15, Effect: d8 (msg #80):
Storm Physical Stress    d12
from Doom Pool    d8

Watcher rolled 1,1,10,3,3 using d8,d8,d10,d12,d8 ((1,1,10,3,3)).

Total: 13, Effect: d12
Higher reacting Effect die steps acting Effect down, to d6
2 Opportunities (available first to Storm)

Storm's Heading Skyward Asset cancels out Overrun, Overcome, Overwhelmed Complication d6

Doom Pool: 2d8, d10 +d6 -d8 = d6, d8, d10

Through sheer force of will channeled into what are usually awe-inspiring powers, Storm is able to break away from the Moloid mass, but to only inches from their grabbing fingertips. Her powers of conjuring a wind are barely enough to keep her shattered body aloft while the Moloids below her redouble their efforts to grab and pull her back down among them once again.