"I am not sure but maybe taking him to holy ground might drive it out? Works in the movies." Warhammer said.

"We came here to learn more about the ones who'd become hosts," Sentinel offers, "that includes Thorne here.  Maybe someone inside knows his story, what might be important to him, or what drove him to offer his soul to a demon."

Kneeling beside the teen, Sentinel places a hand on his forehead,"In the meantime, lets see if I can find out anything useful from his memories."

08:22, Today: Sentinel rolled 31 (with 9 body) using 10 with the Hero (Champions) system.  Telepathy.


08:28, Today: Sentinel rolled 12 (with 3 body) using 3 with the Hero (Champions) system.  ECV .
- Hit ECV 6-

Sentinel has ECV 7, 8 Mental Defense, 20 EGO...just in case the demon inside is able to pull any shenanigans

In reply to Sentinel (msg # 90):

Ooc;  Thorne has an EGO of 29.  So his ECV should be 9 (correct me if I'm wrong)  also PRIMUS can handle many super powered individuals

OOC EGO 29 gives him an ECV of 10.

Buuuuuuut he's unconscious and unable to effectively resist.  ECV 0?  maybe...possibly...hopefully?

Pretty sure that's double effect too, right?

:)

Mal looks back at Sentinel, and asks, "you getting anything?"

OOC: if Thorne's EGO is 29, I believe you would need 49 points of effect to read his memories, which is all you can do with an unconscious subject

In reply to Malleable man (msg # 94):

Ooc:  you are correct.  An unconscious character has an ECV of 0

"Not bloody likely," the mystic mutters as he concentrates upon piercing Thorne's mind, "Even unconscious I can't break through his mental barrier.  Could be the demonic entity's alien nature."

Breaking off Sentinel stands, "Right then, we'll have to do this the old fashion way an have a chat with his mates here bout.  Maybe if we can find something psychologically important to him, I might be able to use it pierce his psyche.  Maybe learn something useful bout the rest of the hosts."

"Can't just leave him here to wake up an get back to mischief," he frowns before looking to the gathered heroes, "Oy, one of you with a cell, give 911 a ring an let'em know we got a supervillain here.  They should contact PRIMUS."

Turning to the warehouse and the teens still outside Sentinel strides forward to make their acquaintance.

OOC: I've got Conversation 12- to try to get them talking and steer to details.

Warhammer stood guard, ready to blast Thorne if he started to move.

"We should turn him over to PRIMUS then, the local police would not be able to contain him," Ginormica said.

In reply to warhammer (msg # 97):

Ooc:  he also had 21 points of mental defense. So. Who calls PRIMUS?

Thorne starts to wake up.

Wraith will do a cover maneuver on Thorne

12:33, Today: Wraith rolled 6 using 17-3d6 ((2,4,5)).hitting dcv 6
12:35, Today: Wraith rolled 28 (with 10 body) using 9 with the Hero (Champions) system ((1, 6, 2, 6, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2)).

Seeing Thorne start to move, Warhammer let loose another blast, sending him cartwheeling across the ground.
Hit DCV 9 for 43 stun (12 body) with 10" Knockback (31 Stun with 9 body)
16:31, Today: warhammer rolled 31 (with 9 body) using 10 with the Hero (Champions) system.  Knockback damage.
16:29, Today: warhammer rolled 2 using 2d6.  Knockback.
16:28, Today: warhammer rolled 43 (with 12 body) using 12 with the Hero (Champions) system.  Damage.
16:28, Today: warhammer rolled 12 using 3d6.  Attack Thorne.

In reply to warhammer (msg # 101):

Thorne is unconscious again,  but what do you do with him.  You can't keep blasting him all night.

"So, can someone dial nine one one?"
"I don't really carry a phone... no pockets."
As one of the nearby street punks looks wide-eyed at Malleable Man and begins to ask a question, Mal stops him. "First ask yourself if you really want to know the answer to the question you're about to ask me."

Ginormica who still holding him just squeezes him if he starts to squirm.

"I don't have a phone either, does anyone know where the closest PRIMUS base is?" Ginormica asks.

OOC: 13:59, Today: Ginormica rolled 43 (with 11 body) using 12 with the Hero (Champions) system.  Squeeze Damage to Lord Thorne.

In reply to Ginormica (msg # 104):

Ooc:  I would let you have a phone,  but if you have a secret ID, it would be at risk if you are ever captured. You could also ask a thug, but a lot of them don't trust you yet.

Najewa goes to search Thorne's unconscious form for a phone. If he stirs at all she gives him a punch to the chops.

Ooc:Solutions
a back up phone at home with normal Id stuff, when you destroy your normal phone when switching into hero Id or getting ready to go into combat if you have no place to store it
same thing with a burner  phone
this might pose a problem if the PC is poor and nobody buys them cheap burner phones
unless the PC has at least 3 points of wealth having to replace that Iphone 11 every time will get noticed at the apple store
just buy cheap track phones(50$ gets you 120 minutes,texts and 120megs of internet for 3months)

Sentinel pauses, regards Throne's unconscious form, and concentrates a moment...

20:26, Today: Sentinel rolled 8 (with 2 body) using 3 with the Hero (Champions) system.  Hit Thorne with Mental Blast
- Hit ECV 10-

20:26, Today: Sentinel rolled 18 (with 6 body) using 5 with the Hero (Champions) system.  Mental Blast dmg.
- 18 dmg....does it feel like Thorne has any Mental Defense?

Recovery Table on p412 looks promising if we can Thorne past -30 STUN...

5th ed doesn't allow Haymakers with anything but STR does it?

I can try Mental Command next, just to see if Thorne happens to be susceptible to it but if not it'd be tough to get high enough to overcome his EGO.
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Malleable Man looks back at the assembled heroes, and says, "stop that."
Forming one hand into large megaphone, he accosts the various gang members. "Hey! Anybody got a cell I can borrow?"
As some of the punks respond negatively, Mal responds in kind by stretching his other hand directly towards the negative ones and shaping it like a giant foam finger. The message from this giant foam finger, however, is not "we're number one".
As he does so, he turns his head 180° and addresses those keeping Lord Thorne subdued. "The kind of people that beat on a man when he's down are the kind of people we're USUALLY intent on stopping."
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In reply to Sentinel (msg # 108):

Najewa finds a phone on Thorne.   He also has 21 points of mental defense, and if the thugs have a phone. They are reluctant to share it.   Many do not have a phone.  But. One young man. Only 14. Is willing to let you use his phone.

In reply to Lord Thorne (msg # 110):

PRIMUS arrives and takes Thorne away shortly after sun rise.  They are not too happy with the 100 plus thugs just hanging around.

</darkblue>  What is going on here? </darkblue> a PRIMUS officer asks.

The Malleable Man tells the PRIMUS guy, "yon bad guy found a rich target environment?"

Looking at the youth as he handing over the phone, he nodded. "Thank you." he said.

When PRIMUS arrived, Warhammer started to explain what he had seen, after the veterans gave their input.