Sounds reasonable to me, since Herc has just laid out the last two goons.

That's exactly where I pictured the Torch: first at the door

The PP wasn't spent correctly but I'll let it go this time, since the outcome from its use would have been the same (or more against the favor of the hero because it could have been used more effectively).

I'll buy the opportunity from you, to step up a d6 to a d8 in the Doom Pool. +1 PP to Iron Man. I will always buy opportunities rolled by players.

Doom Pool (6d6, 5d8 + d6 Step = 6d6, 6d8) reaction to Iron Man's attempt to create asset, Total: 15, Effect: d8:
Watcher rolled 1,1,1,6,6,5,3,8,1,2,4,2 using d6,d6,d6,d6,d6,d6,d8,d8,d8,d8,d8,d8 ((1,1,1,6,6,5,3,8,1,2,4,2)).

Total = 14, Effect = d8.

4 opportunities if you want to purchase them.

Iron Man created Scan of Building d8 asset.

Carol's mask snaps back into place as Johnny brushes past her. "Great, the Human Toddler is taking point,"she thinks.

She sees the green light. "I'm sure now that light isn't an invitation for us, more like letting someone know something's ready to come out and play".

Carol is on guard, and has taken Hawkeye's instructions. As soon as hell breaks loose, and it will, she'll co-ordinate with Hercules' action as a wedge to break whatever comes out.

Status: PS 00, ES 00, MS 00, PP 01, XP 00
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[OOC: Black Panther will be on a nearby rooftop keeping an eye out for any incoming HYDRA reinforcements or goon movement.

Spider-Man’s head whips up and around and he looks back at the city.  He sits silent for an instant, perched atop the dumpster not far from the pile of Hydra, then quickly, “Hey, guys, looks like you have this wrapped up pretty well here.”  He shoots a webline into the far distant and is up and gone before he even finishes the next sentence.  “I gotta go.  I’ll try to be back later.  Have fun storming the castle!”

Spider-Man exits the game.

There are 4 opportunities from the doom pool roll that are available to anyone (assuming Iron Man passed).

The anticipation hangs in the air.  The green light has seemed to freeze everything in this alleyway, down to the air molecules.  It’s really only been an instant since it changed and now the door whips open, revealing a Hydra soldier in full and familiar garb, mask and red google and all, with a menacing and shiny rifle pointed at Johnny Human Torch.  “Hail Hydra!” he barks, as the rifle hums to life, anticipating eliminating one. A wall of Hydra agents behind him obscures your view of what's in there.

Intimidation attack on Human Torch:
Team d8
Dedicated, Ambitious Agent    d8
Combat Expert   d8
From the Doom Pool    d8

Hydra Sentry Leader rolled 3,4,5,8 using d8,d8,d8,d8 ((3,4,5,8)).

Total: 13, Effect: d8, for emotional stress

Status: PS:00 ES:00 MS:00

Additional Scene Distinction: Narrow Hallway (leading into warehouse)

Reaction Needed: Human Torch, from Hydra Sentry Leader Attack
Next: Human Torch

Doom Pool: 6d6, 6d8 - 2d8 = 6d6, 4d8

Yes, I pass on the 4 opportunities.

Status: PS 00, ES 00, MS 00, PP 01, XP 00

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Seeing the amount of power that the other assembled heroes have to bring to bear against the main force, the Panther begins to move like a jungle cat across the rooftops to deal with the new threat approaching.

[OOC:  The Panther will spend 1 PP to activate one of the Watcher's opportunities to create a Shadowy Stalker d10 stunt using my Covert Master d10 specialty.]

Status PS 00, ES 00, MS 00 PP 01, XP 00

"Gah!" the Human Torch cries as the door swings open.  Surely he's looked down the barrel of an exotic firearm before but this time just caught him unawares, with everything going on in the alleyway around him and the electricity in the air.  Yesterday was an island full of monsters and today it's masked terrorists -- it's a big shift.  He shudders and falls back, toward Capt. Marvel but, more, away from the gun. (Good thing Spider-Man wasn't here. Missed that humiliation by just seconds.)

The Human Torch takes d8 emotional stress and turn is skipped.

Next: Capt. Marvel (as she is next in line from the door)

As The Human Torch falls back, Carol's military training and honed reflexes kick in. Within the space of a second, she's behind Johnny making sure he doesn't fall back further, bracing him with her left hand (not that he really needed it) and punching her right fist out around him, firing a blast of energy. For a split second, it looks like she's got Johnny as a human shield and firing around him at the man with the gun. She's going to blast a line straight down the hallway while giving Johnny a chance to recover.
"Don't even think about it!"  Sound effect:BLASKT!
Carol is going to:
Team d10
Take-charge attitude d4 (She might be jumping the gun here)
Energy blast d8
Combat Expert d8

Captain Marvel rolled 8,1,4 using 2d8,1d10,1d4 with rolls of 4,4,1,4.

Going to spend the PP to keep the 4 from the d4, so total 12, effect d10
Total 8, Effect d8
Reaction needed from Hydra Guy, Opportunity (purchased) available for Watcher
Iron Fist goes next.
Status PS 00, ES 00, MS 00 PP 03, XP 00
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Opportunity purchased; Doom Pool: 6d6 + Step, 4d8 = 5d6, 5d8

(Hydra Sentry Leader stats changed slightly to correct an oversight)

Reaction to Capt. Marvel's attack, Total: 8; Effect: d8:
Team    d8 +
Dedicated, Ambitious Agent    d8 +
Hydra Armor    d6 +
Doom Pool addition (sinister confidence)    d6
(- d6 from Doom Pool)

Hydra Sentry Leader rolled 6,7,1,5 using d8,d8,d6,d6 ((6,7,1,5)).

Total: 13, Effect: d6
Capt. Marvel's attack fails
1 opportunity available to Capt. Marvel, then passed to anyone else

Status: PS:00 ES:00 MS:00

Next: Iron Fist

Doom Pool: 5d6 - d6, 5d8 = 4d6, 5d8

Initiative:
Hydra Sentry Leader
Human Torch
Black Panther
Capt. Marvel
Iron Fist
Hawkeye
Hercules (please pause before taking your turn)
Iron Man

Amidst the chaos, the Hydra leader is able to step to the side and Capt. Marvel's hurried force blast sails past, possibly taking out an agent behind him. He smirks to himself, targeting the next hero.

Iron Fist glides smoothly past Captain Marvel,  Moving closer to the Hydra Leader he attacks with a leopard's paw hand strike.

Dice Pool -
Team - d6
Living Weapon of K'un-Lun - d8
Enhanced Strength - d8
Combat Master - d10

Today: Iron Fist rolled 5,3,2,10 using d6,d8,d8,d10 with rolls of 5,3,2,10.

Roll - 15.  Effect - d8.

Status:PS:00 MS:00 ES:00 PP:2 XP:1

1 XP when you use your Combat or Mystic Specialties to aid another hero?

Next up: Hawkeye

Reaction to Iron Fist's attack, Total: 15; Effect: d8 (presumably physical stress):
Team    d8 +
Dedicated, Ambitious Agent    d8 +
Hydra Armor    d6 +
Doom Pool addition (wicked confidence)    d6
(- d6 from Doom Pool)

Hydra Sentry Leader rolled 8,3,6,5 using d8,d8,d6,d6 ((8,3,6,5))

Total: 14, Effect: d8
Iron Fist's attack succeeds

Status: PS:d8 ES:00 MS:00

Doom Pool: 4d6 - d6, 5d8 = 3d6, 5d8

The Hydra leader sees Iron Fist coming at him and attempts to side-step this next hero but he knows his luck has run out. Iron Fist's fist connects to the Hydra agent's face and sends him flying. He stumbles back into the Hydra squadron behind him and they support him, also with weapons at the ready.

Initiative:
Hydra Sentry Leader
Human Torch
Black Panther
Capt. Marvel
Iron Fist
Hawkeye
Hercules (please pause before taking your turn)
Iron Man (could go if action does not involve group at door)

Rising above the commotion at the door, a clamor comes the dumpster in the alleyway.  Sounds of pistons and gears cranking into place burst from the boxy object as the sides of it crash to the ground. A mechanical behemoth ratchets into place, taking no interest in being silent. In graceless fits and spasms it stretches and extends to full size, revealing itself as a full-bore, new-model Dreadnaught, dark green and emblazoned with the Hydra symbol. Its forearms, shins, feet, pelvis, and torso are comically large compared to a human, with thick cables connecting each section and a tiny, helmet-like head perched on top, with the whole thing larger than the dumbster from which it just transformed. A fist nearly as big as its torso locks into place at the end of one arm then a blaster instantly heats up on the other.  It locks into place and turns toward the nearest hero, though the bystanders, now rooted into place by fear, are a short distance from it.

Initiative:
Hydra Sentry Leader
Human Torch
Black Panther
Capt. Marvel
Iron Fist
Hawkeye
Hercules (disregard previous message about pausing before turn)
Iron Man (could go if action does not involve group at door)

Hawkeye's turn is skipped.

Next: Hercules.

Hercules stares at the Dreadnaught, and then lets out a bellow. <royalred>"At last, an opponent worthy of Hercules! Have at thee!" He hurls himself at the machine, fists hammering.



Team d6
Prince of Power d8
Godlike Strength d12
Combat Expert d8


22:50, Today: Hercules rolled 5,4,3,2 using d12,d8,d8,d6.  Attacking Dreadnaught.

Total 9, effect die d8.

Reaction to Hercules's attack, Total: 9; Effect: d8 (presumably physical stress):
Team    d10 +
Lumbering, Destructive Force (still locking into place)    d4 +
(+ step up Doom Pool)
Superhuman Durability d10 +
Combat Expert d8 +

Hydra Dreadnaught rolled 2,4,7,3 using d10,d4,d10,d8 ((2,4,7,3))

Total: 11, Effect: d10
Hercules's attack fails

Status: PS:00 ES:00 MS:00

Doom Pool: 3d6 + Step, 5d8 = 2d6, 6d8

Hercules's mighty fist slams into the Hydra construct with all the fury and glory it has ever exhibited, sending shockwaves that are felt over the entire block, even knocking one of the bystanders back, but the attack meets resistance.  The thing, its body still whirring and locking into place, does not move in the slightest. As it meets its full width as well as height, its tiny head seems to look up, at, then down its lengthy body at Hercules. As Hercules pulls his fist back, he feels a tingle in his fingers from contact with the automaton, more than just a sting and inferring that there might be much more than that.

Next: Iron Man (as he's the only one who hasn't gone this round)

Then pick the first to go in the next round:
Initiative:
Hydra Sentry Leader
Hydra Mob
Hydra Dreadnaught
Iron Man
Black Panther
Capt. Marvel
Iron Fist
Hercules
(Hawkeye)*
(Human Torch)*
* Holding off until they say they're back in the game.

Tony looks up at the roof, then to Human Torch, Captain Marvel, and Iron Fist at the door, and then to Hercules' and The Dreadnought. "Clint...I don't think that plan of yours is working."


OOC:

Tony's going to fly at The Dreadnaught, and punch it.

Team d8, Cutting Edge Tech d8, Superhuman Strength d10, Supersonic Flight d10.

Dice Pool:  d8, d8, d10, d10

12:34, Today: Iron Man rolled 6,3,8,9 using d8,d8,d10,d10.

Total: 15
Effect: d10

Status: PS 00, ES 00, MS 00, PP 01, XP 00

I need a reaction from the Dreadnought

Next: Iron Man (because it's ALWAYS about Tony)

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Reaction to Iron Man's attack, Total: 15; Effect: d10 (presumably physical stress):
Team    d10 +
Remotely Controlled (reconfiguring for an additional combatant)   d4 +
(+ step up Doom Pool)
Superhuman Durability d10 +
Combat Expert d8 +

Hydra Dreadnaught rolled 1,4,5,3 using d10,d4,d10,d8 ((1,4,5,3)).

Total: 9, Effect: d8
Iron Man's attack succeeds. Extraordinary Success raises Effect to d12
1 Opportunity

Using SFX: Heavily Reinforced. Spend a doom die to ignore physical stress or trauma except by [redacted]
Damage ignored; - d6 from Doom Pool

Status: PS:00 ES:00 MS:00

Doom Pool: 2d6 + Step; -d6, 6d8 = 7d8

A solid attack that equals the Greek god's yet the creature does not stagger and the pummel does not leaves even a scratch.

After striking the metal beast, you take an electric shock from the contact that scrambles your systems for a split-second, something no one else but you would notice. Up this close, you notice something like a shimmering on the surface of the thing's exterior, like a current going straight through it. And now it sets its sights on you.
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Hovering a few feet away from the Dreadnought, on the opposite side of it from Hercules, kicking on the suit's external speaker, and powering up the suit's repulsors, "Herc, our new playmate has shielding; punching it isn't going to work until the shield comes down."

OOC:

Tony's attacking the Dreadnaught again, this time with an EMP blast.

I'm passing on the 1 opportunity the Dreadnaught has up for purchase.

SFX:  EMP. Target multiple tech-based opponents. Add a d6 or step up the lowest die in the doom pool by +1 for each target and add them to a dice pool including Repulsors. Return added dice to doom pool and shutdown Weapons Platform. Recover power by activating an opportunity or during a Transition Scene.

Team d8, Hardheaded Futurist d4 (Tony's sure his tech is better than Hydra's; +1 PP), Cybernetic Senses d8, Repulsors d8 & d6 + 1 from the Doom Pool.

Dice Pool:  d8, d4, d8, d8, d8

22:26, Today: Iron Man rolled 5,1,3,7,8 using d8,d4,d8,d8,d8.
Total: 15, Effect: d8

1 opportunity for you, Mr. Watcher.

Status: PS 00, ES 00, MS 00, PP 01, XP 00

I need a reaction from the Dreadnaught.

Next: Hercules

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Iron Man gains 2 PPs (1 from the Distinction; 1 from the Opportunity) and Weapons Platform shuts down.

Reaction to Iron Man's attack, Total: 15; Effect: d8 (presumably physical stress):
Team    d10
Titanium-Steel Alloy Armor   d8
Superhuman Durability d10
Combat Expert d8

Hydra Dreadnaught rolled 7,2,4,4 using d10,d8,d10,d8 ((7,2,4,4)).

Total: 11, Effect: d10
Iron Man's attack succeeds. Higher effect die steps down Iron Man's effect die. SFX: Heavily Reinforced does not work against that kind of attack. Dreadnaught takes d6 physical stress

Status: PS:d6 ES:00 MS:00

Doom Pool: 7d8 + d6 = d6, 7d8

Iron Man sets his armor to surge with an EMP, which surges from his repulsor gloves at the behemoth. The thing staggers backward, only a bit, but it's progress. Before Iron Man can celebrate, a warning bursts his main monitor, warning of his weapons systems shutting down, from the redirection of power to the EMP in his system.
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I'll spend the PP to bring Weapons Platform back up, which also gives me +3 XP according to the Bleeding Edge Tech Milestone. Thought I had to wait till my next action to do that. Still learning.

Status: PS 00, ES 00, MS 00, PP 02, XP 03

Next: Hercules

"Weapons power restored, Mr. Stark."

"That's my girl."
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"Worry about how it is constructed later, Golden Avenger! For Hercules, all that needs to be known is that the toys of men break if they are struck hard enough!" Tearing up a chunk of concrete, Hercules charges the Dreadnaught again, intending to sandwich it between himself and the side of the building.



Once again, trying to cause physical stress.

Team d6
Brash Demigod d4 (hubris)
Godlike Strength d12
Boundless Strength d12
Combat Expert d8

10:57, Today: Hercules rolled 12,10,5,3,2 using d12,d12,d8,d6,d4.  Hercules attacks.

Total 17, effect die d12.

That's +1 PP for the d4, and +d12 to the doom pool if the action fails thanks to Boundless Strength.

Status: PS 00, ES 00, MS 00, PP 02, XP 01

Hydra mob can go next.


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