Winter Herald noted that the battle had changed. The bear was now sufficiently distracted, and the rest of the team was intent on pressing the attack. It made sense, on the surface - it was his idea, after all, and they likely drew the conclusion parallel to his own.

However, he had other ideas. +[Language unknown: "Lesei onun u weroulng a wi all pro. P th u antmanwitsti armesser has eete insiwiwa ri hi ncehatenc n erven lat tiwh lindanbe test. Tr onsne wilom omeruthas een ugh iehas ad oltace yines not P mo sheou ma ss trndas."]+

He sheathed his weapon, and began using his considerable mobility to begin operations from the top of the building to its bottom.

He was checking for three things: any weaknesses on the bear, if the building was too badly damaged to remain standing, and if the police had missed someone he would not, because he has an extensive sensor suite built-in and they do not.

OOC: 19:41, Today: Winter Herald rolled 77 using 1d100.  Biology for obvious weak points on bear. TN 62 assumed. Not a success, unless something is giving me some serious bonuses.
19:43, Today: Winter Herald rolled 5 using 1d100.  Seeing if building requires destruction for safety's sake. TN 98 assumed. This, on the other hand, I passed.
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Winter Herald runs off to the building damaged by the brontobear. He insures no one is endangered by the damage that occurred and discovers the building is in no danger of falling.

Character	Initiative	Actions taken	Actions remaining
JUSTICAR	35	3	2
Brontobear	24	2	3
Winter Herald	20	4	2
Crusader	19	-	5
The Maharajah	18	-	6
Bellissima	11	-	4
Runa	11	-	4
Chimp Man Z	11	-	5
Señor Garcia	5	-	5

FYI: Just thought I'd point out that the brontobear has neither parried nor dodged, and very likely hasn't been trained in any sort of hand to hand combat.

Justicar has 3 Actions left...
1 Action - Rocket Punch [33 Damage]
1 Action - Paired Weapons - Punch/Jab [43 Damage], Punch/Jab [47 Damage]
- And Justicar hit it twice with Punch/Jabs that's not 76 damage, its 123 damage!

Did not cost him an action to for either parry - Paired Weapons - Parry/Parry

You have not counted his Power-Punch/Rocket Fist hit or Damage - That is 2 Actions [108 Damage]
THAT would leave him with 1 Action left
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Winter Herald sent a signal while quickly moving through the buildings at subsonic speeds. +[Language unknown: "Ich sienrite re o i lothnd. Ver, pepa manwitwitoveles t sonreathaoussti tha sta hica-bete. E ofiendli o yin eveiv der wien latwheithlinons llte maetos vorallter t, ame ove allounder o ivesdiinfi. I p un, ntmi nocabe n ri waoletelee laiemeof. Ce pofoom ss weis is ounearore e oreonethu t oveoutiou to tha nceshewas ce butis? Res atutasnaes pamist e in chhi omrenaanal ame ac be e rometaivss constiven, poev untefi acelwe e hoho me wi il ilca verlarine wasantess illhi il trwhic k lochsing."]+

Once the building was assured of being cleared, he would quickly make his way back to the top. From there, he could get both a bird's-eye view and a good position to attack from.

Crusader called out, "Justicar, I need to be whipsawed back into it's face."

In reply to Crusader (msg # 117):

No reply comes from Justicar... but the hovering Justicar Drones move in unison.. as well as two more drones detach from the PALADIN.

They all form up one within 5 feet of Crusader and the next a little higher within 5 feet of that the next and the next doing the same ~ forming a floating 6 step stair to the height of the Bear's head each adjusting to its movements to keep the stair inline.

Likely all controlled by 'Karl'...

Karl Actions -
1 Action - Dock Justicar with PALADIN
1 Action - Control Drone to Arrange floating stair
1 Action {Saved}
{ooc: Remember - Robotic Strength even P.S. 10, is Still Superhuman Strength <Carry 'PS x200' 2,000lbs / Lift 'PS x300' 3,000lbs>}.  The drones can easily support Crusader's weight.
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Crusader runs towards the drones and leaps. Her hands land atop the first drone and she quickly leapfrogs to push off the drone with her feet. It appears at first she has overshot the second drone, but on her descent she catches the second drone with both hands and spins around it to launch herself at the third drone. Catching the third drone between her ankles she continues her spinning momentum flip around the fourth drone and finally arrive at the fifth.
The Maharaja must be contemplating something.
Bellissima slams the brontobear with the manhole cover.
Runa uppercuts the brontobear's ankle.
Chimp Man Z rapidly reclimbs the brontobear and bashes the bare head of the bear.
Señor Garcia clears his weapon and sights at the brontobear.

Character	Initiative	Actions taken	Actions remaining
JUSTICAR	35	3	2
Brontobear	24	2	3
Winter Herald	20	4	2
Crusader	19	3	2
The Maharajah	18	-	6
Bellissima	11	1	3
Runa	11	1	3
Chimp Man Z	11	1	4
Señor Garcia	5	2	3

This was another hundred SDC from the brontobear. Damage is being done, don't get discouraged.

While Runa is attacking the other leg Mae Ha Rga will wrap the chain of his manriki-gusari around the other leg and pull with his supernatural strength.  He knows he's not strong enough to actually stop it from moving, but maybe he can throw off its balance a little bit.

Winter Herald, upon reaching the roof and surveying below, got more clear. +[Language unknown: "Diesheie, strvoroul ers tho ou on ng thuni, anom nti ssbetrmi arrotiha. U u m m oscawa etdiet. Ous ecpo et ssere us evecaciv ivelol, atma ratouninturestaear. Ica haicen seman t niroiv t hosati neurli a. Of nenot ruteauort rat ruttioticble."]+

He attempted to figure out if there was anything nearby that could deal with this biology-defying titan and force it into a less heated state.

Actions -
2 Actions - Power-Punch


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Runa continues to slam her fists into the ankle bone of the enormous bear. "Its a good thing you are as tall as you are," Lilibeth remarks as her other half pounds away at the beast. "I'm so short I'd have to jump up or just box its toes!"

OOC
Runa rolled 10 using 1d20+6.  Strike - Punch.
Runa rolled 21 using 1d20+6.  Strike - Punch.

Runa rolled 28 SDC using 2d6+20.  Damage - Punch.
Runa rolled 30 SDC using 2d6+20.  Damage - Punch.

2 actions for 2 punches
1 action remaining

Power Points remaining: 2000/1540

CMZ pounds into the massively thick skull of the "Brontobear", trying as hard as he might to find just the right spot to send the big beast into La-La Land. With his fists.  Unfortunately, that spot has thus far been very elusive.

18:46, Today: Chimp Man Z rolled 16,16,16,18 using 2d4+12,2d4+12,2d4+12,2d4+12.  Double knuckle fist damages.

18:45, Today: Chimp Man Z rolled 13,20,9,12 using 1d20+7,1d20+7,1d20+7,1d20+7.  Double knuckle fist attacks, attempts to KO. 

Just as the brontobear releases its bite, powerful rockets propel JUSTICAR's fist into the underside of the brontobear's jaw. The brontobear begins to move backward, but finds its feet engaged and swipes at the obstacles. The Mahraja bends at the waist and pivots on his feet, thus avoiding the swiping paw. Runa takes a different tack, backhanding the paw around her.
As Winter Herald watches the brontobear and considers options,  Crusader leaps from the last drone onto the brontobear's shoulder, then winds up and lands a devastating kick to the brontobear. The Maharaja begins to pull on one ankle.
Bellissima smacks the monster with her manhole cover.
Runa worries the ankle opposite The Maharaja.
Chimp Man Z slams his fists into the brontobear's skull.
Señor Garcia puts three rounds into the brontobear's knee.
The brontobear begins to fall backwards, straight into the building Señor Garcia is on. The building shakes, but still appears unwilling to collapse. Chimp Man Z is smashed through the outer wall of the building and finds himself standing in a bedroom. It appears to belong to a teenage girl as the posters on the wall depict BTS, something about endangered river dolphins, and Chimp Man Z climbing into a window on a burning building with "Orphanage for the Blind" carved into the stonework.

Character	Initiative	Actions taken	Actions remaining
JUSTICAR	35	5	0
Brontobear	24	5	0
Winter Herald	20	6	0
Crusader	19	5	0
The Maharajah	18	7/2	0
Bellissima	11	3	1
Runa	11	3	1
Chimp Man Z	11	4	1
Señor Garcia	5	5	0

This was almost four hundred SDC from the brontobear.

Without further ado, let's start a new round.

Character	Initiative	Actions remaining	Actions taken
Winter Herald	24	6	0
JUSTICAR	20	5	0
The Maharajah	19	7/2	0
Brontobear	19	5	0
Chimp Man Z	16	5	0
Bellissima	11	4	0
Crusader	10	5	0
Señor Garcia	9	5	0
Runa	2	4	0

New initiative rolls needed.
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The Bronto-bears Jaws clamp down on the smaller Metal Warrior scratching the paint certainly but one fang finds purchase in the seem of the pilot's hatch and with a shriek of metal punctures the the seem.  But the flurry of battle is so quick with the tussling giants it is hard to see if there was any affect for certain the puncture is tiny as the rest of the toothy maw cannot penetrate the armored shell in any appreciable fashion before the White  and gold mecha tussles the beast off again..

Across the comm lines Justicar grunts, "Uhnnah... Acknowledged Winter...such was my plan..."

The Paladin again takes up a boxing stance his feet subtly shifting balance ... as the metal knight bounces on the balls of it metal feet shift to those who are familiar more of a Tai-Kick boxing ready stance... as with fists raised the Paladin waits for Kaiju-Bear to attack with its instinctual untrained lumbering way parrying any blow or bite it attempts to hit with waiting like a professional boxer for its titan-sized opponent to commit while biding time to slip in past its non-existing active defense holding to deliver precision devastating metallic-fisted jabs and rocket punches...

17:58, Today: JUSTICAR rolled 20 using 1d20+15.  PALADIN - Initiative [+15]. – [roll=1661723922.53992.355584]

Actions -
No Action - 5 Automatic parries to counter 5 potential bear attacks
18:13, Today: JUSTICAR rolled 22 using 1d20+18.  PALADIN - Automatic Parry 5# [+18]. – [roll=1661724814.03283.355584]

18:13, Today: JUSTICAR rolled 30 using 1d20+18.  PALADIN - Automatic Parry 4# [+18]. – [roll=1661724797.59361.355584]

18:13, Today: JUSTICAR rolled 20 using 1d20+18.  PALADIN - Automatic Parry 3# [+18]. – [roll=1661724781.79253.355584]

18:12, Today: JUSTICAR rolled 27 using 1d20+18.  PALADIN - Automatic Parry 2# [+18]. – [roll=1661724770.94547.355584]

18:12, Today: JUSTICAR rolled 24 using 1d20+18.  PALADIN - Automatic Parry 1# [+18]. – [roll=1661724756.91488.355584]

In reply to SSOGM (msg # 126):

Initiative:  12 + 7 = 19

There isn't much Mae Ha Rga can do to bring this fight to an end, but he does still know how to cause debilitating pain in this creature.  Just like any creature that has toenails or claws (that are just really sharp toenails) if you shove something underneath that nail/claw it is going to hurt like little else can.  Since the bear seems to be a little stunned after falling back into the building and not moving Mae Ha Rga will go over to the nearest foot and carefully slide his katana underneath the claw.  (shouldn't need to roll to hit if he's taking time to do it so carefully)  And then with all his supernatural strength and both hands on the hilt he will jam the sword as far in there as he can get it.

Damage:  2, 4, 5, 3, 1, 1 + 14 = 30 (didn't do much damage, but I'll bet you anything it got his attention and maybe gave a litle bit of a limp on that sensitive foot)
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Bellissima moved back from the giant creature as it stumbled back into the building, causing it to shake and knocking large pieces of it.  She blocked some of the fallen debris with her Psi-shield as she took the manhole cover and slammed it against the giant creature again.  She would love to keep it off balance, but she just wasn't strong enough to knock the creature off balance with her attacks.  Justicar's mecha was doing a good job of knocking the bear off balance though and to support keeping the Bear's eyes on the Paladin, when she whisked the manhole cover into the bear, she pulled it around so the manhole circled around Paladin's head.

Winter Herald put out a call. +"Snowblind. I am uncertain if you are paying attention to the channel, and I do not know if you are compelled to show up for this battle. However, I am requesting your services here. The bear will not like your gift much. It will slow it down."+

He popped this small knife back in the sheath in his right arm, because he needed a hand open for what he was about to do. +"Hikari, once it is open, strike its nose and underchin. Any other head blows might endanger me if your targeting is not up to par. The rest, choose a project, and commit to it until it breaks off from Hikari."+

He calculated trajectory for a brief moment, and leapt down to engage. The math was inefficient, but it yielded the desired conclusions. His jumpjets gave the corrections needed for him to land on its head like a lynx with a resounding "CLANG" on bone. He devoted his next moments to getting a grip with his left hand, making sure he didn't fall off this unsteady platform, and then at the first opportunity, striking the first soft target in his range - eye, ear, even the flaps of fur that marked the neck would be valid targets for him.

00:36, Today: Winter Herald rolled 83 using 1d100.  Advanced Mathematics. TN 98 with a 12% overflow.
00:41, Today: Winter Herald rolled 22 using 1d20+9.  Likely time of impact created a Power Strike.
00:42, Today: Winter Herald rolled 31 using 4d6+15.  Power Strike damage, unless it is supposed to be +15 higher.
00:44, Today: Winter Herald rolled 84 using 1d100.  Climbing check, TN 97.


He was keenly aware that his defensive position was weakened. He could not pull his typical defensive game.

Lilibeth saw the moment the stumbling dinosaur sized bear smashed Jacob into and through the building. Her concern was enough to cause Runa to pause before taking another swing at the beast's ankle. Lilibeth knew that Jacob was incredibly tough but maybe even he could be hurt when literally smashed through a building.

Runa charges at the building, calling on the power of The Goddess to strengthen her legs. The priestess leaps for the area where Jacob is, soaring a flatly impossible distance into the air for any un-enhanced mortal. If successful, she will look for her friend and determine if he is hurt or not.

OOC
Runa rolled 2 using 1d20.  Initiative.

1 action - Sprint towards the building, activating Power Touch to increase her jump ability (500PP)
1 action - Jump to where Jacob should be (Maximum jump length is now 65ftm height 59ft)
1 action - Look for Jacob and see if he is hurt
1 action - Heal Jacob is needed, otherwise reserve it

Power Points remaining: 2000/1040

CamZ picks himself up off the floor of the room, glancing around at the paraphenalia of a girl's teenage years.  He hopes that no one is home, but he cannot dwell upon it, as there is a giant bear to take down before any more damage is done.
Still using his very aggressive Stone Monkey Kata, and clinging to the bear's fur with his prehensile feet and tail, CMZ decides a change of tactic is in order.  Since he seems to be getting nowhere with trying to knock the bear out, he charges out of the building, leaping towards the brontobear,and leaps back onto it, to scramble up the side and the bear's head to his face.  Once there, he begins punching at the giant ursine's eyes.

16:25, Today: Chimp Man Z rolled 62 using 1d100.  Climb @ 98%.

16:22, Today: Chimp Man Z rolled 16,14 using 2d4+12,2d4+12.

16:21, Today: Chimp Man Z rolled 18,19 using 1d20+7,1d20+7.  Duo knuckle fist attack to the eye.

16:21, Today: Chimp Man Z rolled 16 using 1d20+1.  Initiative. 

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Garcia calmly relocates to the building corner furthest from the brontobear. He fires into the brontobear's head, again.

OOC:
18:48, Today: Senor Garcia rolled 19,21,24,27 using 6d6,6d6,6d6,6d6.  damage to brontobear.

18:48, Today: Senor Garcia rolled 20,21,20,24 using 1d20+8,1d20+8,1d20+8,1d20+8.  four shots at brontobear (to hit).

18:47, Today: Senor Garcia rolled 9 using 1d20+3.  initiative.

Winter Herald leaps down to the brontobear's head, a resounding clang showing the efficacy of his attack.
JUSTICAR slips the brontobear's bite and prepares to deflect the massive paws.
The Maharaja worries the brontobear's foot with his katana.
The brontobear reacts to The Maharaja by kicking at him. The Maharaja fails to parry or dodge the kick.
The brontobear reacts to JUSTICAR with a paw swipe, which is easily deflected by JUSTICAR.
Chimp Man Z clambers back up the bear to strike at its eyes.
Some debris falling towards Bellissima is deflected away from her by some invisible force, then she slams the manhole cover back into the brontobear.
Crusader slips down the brontobear's and executes a spinning, mid-air strike into the creature's ribcage.
Señor Garcia puts four more rounds into the brontobear.
Runa leaps to the hole in the building, passing Chimp Man Z as he leaps out of the building to land on the brontobear.

Character	Initiative	Actions remaining	Actions taken
Winter Herald	24	4	2
JUSTICAR	20	5	0
The Maharajah	19	3/2	2
Brontobear	19	3	2
Chimp Man Z	16	4	2
Bellissima	11	3	1
Crusader	10	3	2
Señor Garcia	9	1	4
Runa	2	2	2

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Bellissima slammed the manhole cover into the giant bear again as she watched Runa go charging into the damaged building.  she could see Z, Winter and Crusader clinging to the bear as they stuck it over and over and Justicar in his Paladin mecha offering up a target to the giant bear as she heard gunshots from where Garcia was last known to be.

Flinching in sympathy as Maharaja was kicked, she called out, "You okay Maharaja!!" 



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Winter Herald spoke into comms as he swung around gripping the fur for dear life and trying to not get hit by anyone else's attacks. +[Language unknown: "Conti en, Strameticard. Venbleeveain, ain ortverpro nell ameallall. Bepehepa urest, outtr pro, somnt me. Icna osouil manichers leecil illwerast al ted dayoreles tinanyoun esserewhi thederill thewhewilratast thientnte ac hendto fosipe, ur latblelin of ck wa isvir niec tedai manhiswer theecting. Anyhatcomion, almepe niento."]+

He pulled himself up on the head, and casually spoke to Chimp Man Z, as he pulled fighting protocols from a movie in his databanks and cross-referenced them with practicality. "Hello, Z. Left one, please."

He slashed twice just above the bear's left eye, hoping to blind it with blood loss, like a boxer hit too many times in the face. He realized he needed to be ready to dodge or resecure his grip. Unlike his simian compatriot, he recognized that a successful strike and fall could seriously damage him. However, he also recognized the two of up here had to keep the bear from focusing on proper attack and defense.

OOC: 09:12, Today: Winter Herald rolled 16 using 1d20+12.  Strike with sword, called shot eye.
09:13, Today: Winter Herald rolled 33 using 4d6+15.  Damage with sword.
09:12, Today: Winter Herald rolled 18 using 1d20+12.  Strike with sword, called shot eye.
09:13, Today: Winter Herald rolled 32 using 4d6+15.  Damage with sword.
09:14, Today: Winter Herald rolled 28 using 1d20+13.  Potential Dodge.
09:15, Today: Winter Herald rolled 100 using 1d100.  Climbing check, TN 97.

Well, let's hope I don't need a climbing check!
Potential Damage: 65
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Paladin reading his 'boxing' partners motions has been parrying and bob-and-weave like a traditional boxer countering his opponents attempts to strike him.  His stance is still like a Thai kick-boxer's on the balls of his metallic feet. Seeing a ripe open moment he saves a paired parry ready to parry any simultaneous bite or paw swipe with his superior fighting train before acting.

Then like pummeling a punching bag Paladin unleashes a series of rapid-fire punishing combination paired jabs at the bear's ribs!

Actions -
Paired-Punch 1 & 2 {1 action}
Paired-Punch 3 & 4 {1 action}
Paired 'Simultaneous' Automatic Parry {1 Action 'If needed'}
{3/2 Actions Saved}
15:41, Today: JUSTICAR rolled 21 using 1d20+10.  PALADIN - Paired Punch-Jab 4# [+10]. – [roll=1662406863.22011.355584]

15:40, Today: JUSTICAR rolled 15 using 1d20+10.  PALADIN - Paired Punch-Jab 3# [+10]. – [roll=1662406849.87012.355584]

15:40, Today: JUSTICAR rolled 27 using 1d20+10.  PALADIN - Paired Punch-Jab 2# [+10]. – [roll=1662406834.53467.355584]

15:40, Today: JUSTICAR rolled 17 using 1d20+10.  PALADIN - Paired Punch-Jab 1# [+10]. – [roll=1662406817.82845.355584]

15:47, Today: JUSTICAR rolled 35 using 4d6+25.  PALADIN - Punch/Jab 4# Damage [4d6+25]. – [roll=1662407248.58071.355584]

15:47, Today: JUSTICAR rolled 38 using 4d6+25.  PALADIN - Punch/Jab 3# Damage [4d6+25]. – [roll=1662407232.57148.355584]

15:46, Today: JUSTICAR rolled 35 using 4d6+25.  PALADIN - Punch/Jab 2# Damage [4d6+25]. – [roll=1662407219.49619.355584]

15:46, Today: JUSTICAR rolled 39 using 4d6+25.  PALADIN - Punch/Jab 1# Damage [4d6+25]. – [roll=1662407205.06939.355584]
Total Damage: 147!

15:53, Today: JUSTICAR rolled 29 using 1d20+18.  PALADIN - Paired 'Simultaneous/Automatic' Parry [+18]. – [roll=1662407639.83168.355584]
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