Hey all, my apologies, I need to step away from the game for a week or so. My son's going into the hospital (not Covid-related). Please feel free to NPC my character or just work around him as needed. Sorry for the radio silence; I promise to be back as soon as I'm able.

Thanks for the heads-up, Ghost Rider. Hope everything is OK. The game ain't going anywhere, feel free to jump in again when you can.

DD, would you like the last action before the villains go? Maybe rally the team one last time to make sure they're all in it to win it?

May the fortunes smile upon you both, friends GR.

Yeah, I'll take a turn. I'll get to it tonight.

That Shocker post had me rolling. I have a friend visiting for a few days, so I'm a bit busy. I'll try to post again soon, though.

Have your friend join in!

Excellent posts DD and Spidey, I'll try and get the villain's post up soon. And then we'll finally check in on Domino and Moon Knight!

Dagnammit, I was hoping that the 'turn' would get thrown to Domino, before Carnage got to act.
They are now on even 'Physical Stress' footing ... and I suspect that whoever gets the first blow in is going to win this.

But oh well, Luck be on Domino's side, eh!
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With DD's re-roll and Spidey's reaction to Team Carnage's emotional attack, we will be entering a new turn order and switching back over to Moon Knight's HQ. A few notes:

- The stadium scene took forever to set up. That's on me for underestimating how many Watcher characters I was gonna need to introduce in order to make it all work. Here's hoping things move along faster from here on out!

- The "Multi-Level Stage Platforms" scene distinction was removed from the Yankee Stadium scene. I had originally planned to do something with it, but scrapped it. It's now "Umpire Jigsaw" instead. Spidey, your Tentacles complication from GR's attack has also gone away.

- I'd say we're coming up on the halfway point of the Maximum Carnage event for anyone who's keeping track at home. Thanks everyone for sticking with it thus far-- there's still plenty more to come. ;)

@Domino Let's hope that Lady Luck really is on your side!

Well, I'm glad after all that, SOMEONE got to claim 10xp!

I'm sensing that we've swung back to the other scene, at the sports arena?

@Domino I might have forgotten to update the status tracker, but you still have a turn in this order. I'm sort of going back-and-forth in the game thread, so going forward it's probably better to go based off that.

While the heroes in Yankee Stadium are at bat, I was thinking the scene could work like this:

1) Team Carnage does an Area Attack to simulate each hero being pitched the ball in succession.

2) Each players' reaction to the Area Attack decides if they hit the ball or not, and they post their action at the same time to try and steal a base. (Extra effect dice can be used to try and steal multiple bases or clobber the villains.)

3) Once the heroes strike out by failing 3 reactions, it's the villains' turn to bat on the next round... ;)

Where do Domino and I fit in? That's an awful lot to wait through.

@Moon Knight Thankfully, it works out to being about the same number of turns in the order as usual: DD, Spidey, Tigra, and a villain Mob. Then back over to you and Domino.

Ah. I was afraid we were going to have to wait for the inning to turn over before we got to go again.

Hey all, I still exist in real life. My son's back from the hospital, but has gotten an infection that we need to get treated. I'll be back as soon as life calms the heck down, promise.

No worries MK. I'm figuring out some stuff as we go, but hoping this approach works smoothly for everyone. And I'm looking forward to seeing what you and Domino do next!

@Ghost Rider Thanks for the update!  Hope your son is doing OK.

Some Moon Knight Symbiotes:






And a few others (that won't post): https://www.google.com/search?...imgrc=IhUkmdFa6Wg_vM

Especially this one:
https://www.deviantart.com/elm...oon-Knight-701357820
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Thanks! Something to think about.

Ooh, good finds, DD. I really dig that 2nd one where it's blended with his original outfit. The great thing about Symbiotes is they can change into all kinds of cool and different forms. (Is that 3rd one some kinda action figure?)

I think the third one is a video but it's still a great image.

The second might be my favorite if it revealed more, but the hood is cool. Probably my favorite is one that wouldn't post: https://www.deviantart.com/elm...oon-Knight-701357820
And sure, with the symbiote changing its look constantly, you could use all of these!

He'll probably stick pretty close to his original look, most of the time. But then you might notice the cape moving in the breeze when there IS NO breeze, and things like that.

If Carnage beating Domino in the current fight scene seems cheap, it's because it probably is. I've always been unclear on how many SFX are allowed per action/reaction, and had been assuming it was just one. But I realized I had several on that counterattack that seemed to apply, so I tried to Google a definitive answer and came back with this thread:

https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2...ying-Getting-started

About halfway down is where I read someone say that yes, you can use multiple. Of course this also applies to players, and hopefully doesn't break anything with the system.

I hope Domino getting 3 PP's out of it balances it out. She can of course spend those in the next Transition Scene for some extra dice and come back guns blazing in the next round. After all the effort she's put in to take Carnage down for good, I wouldn't expect anything less. ;)

Spidey, your last post had me laughing the whole way through. That was some real funny stuff, all very true to the character. It got me thinking that I might have to borrow an idea from Marmar's game and feature some player/Watcher XP awards for all these creative posts you guys come up with. I'm really enjoying everything each one of you is bringing to the game.