When the conflict started, Squirrel Girl was totally unprepared. As far as she knew, the group was talking with this MSDOS creature, not punching it. As soon as that went out the window, SG backed up and took one last sip of her coffee before setting the mug down beside the door.

"Okay, Tippy-Toe, let's rustle up some friends!" And with a squirrel call that could be heard over the din of battle, "Chk-chk-chk!" the hordes awoke! SG herself flashed her claws and dashed into the fray with the freaky monster horde that was already upon her!

Defending against Skrull Wendigos' 10 total, D6 effect! Starting with 1 PP because I legit have no idea how many I have at this point!

Team D10, Chipper Personality D4 (+1 PP), Enhanced Reflexes D8, Combat Master D10

09:58, Today: Squirrel Girl rolled 11,2,3 using 2d10,d8,d4 with rolls of 7,4,2,3.  Defense vs Skrulls' 10.

Result: 7+4
Total: 11
Effect: D8
PP: 2

The incoming attackers are quickly evaded by a leap (she does that a lot), which sees SG land in the middle of the mob where, conveniently enough, no one can get a clear view of what she's up to. Meanwhile, the squirrels rush to aid her, climbing over wendigos, biting and scratching their way from the outside of the group towards their friend!

[Attacking the mob of Skrulls! Spending 2 PP and activating two of the Watchers' opportunities to activate Squirrels! SFX, adding 2D6 to A Mass of Fur and Teeth for the rest of the scene!

Team D10, The Slayer of All That Breathes D8, Enhanced Strength D8, A Mass of Fur and Teeth 5D6, Combat Master D10

10:05, Today: Squirrel Girl rolled 18,11,18 using 2d10,2d8,5d6 with rolls of 9,9,8,3,6,2,3,3,4.  Attacking Skrulls!
10:06, Today: Squirrel Girl rolled 12 using 4d6 with rolls of 3,3,5,1.  Forgot Area Effect.

Result: 9+9
Total: 18
Effect: They're Everywhere! D8, D8, D6, D6, D6, D6
Opportunities: 1
PP: 0

Moondragon dug deeper into her Shao-Lom training for the strength she needed. The monks trained me to overcome all discomfort. I shall overcome this as well. Once again, she marshaled her considerable mental energies for an attack on the Alpha Flight Skrull.

At one time, I dominated the minds of an entire planet and the minds of the Avengers Assembled. By Pama, I can master one anonymous impostor! Moondragon’s power rushed over the Skrull’s like the Plague of Locusts rapaciously consuming the Egyptian crops. If she succeeded, Moondragon would “rewire” the Skrull’s priorities and loyalty.

Attack M.S.D.O.S. with all your might.

It’s in the script.

She could spare enough psychic energy to clutch at the mind of the nearest “Wendigo”. Defend me from your fellow Skrulls with everything you have.


OOC:

Solo 1d10 + Disciplined Mind 1d8 + Mind Control 1d10 + 1d6 Area Attack SFX + Enhanced Stamina 1d8 + Psych Master 1d10.
12:55, Today: Moondragon rolled 22,5,4 using 3d10,2d8,1d6 with rolls of 3,9,10,3,2,4.  Mind Control AF Skrull & 1 Wendigo.

I’ll take the 9 + 10 for a total of 19 on a Mind Control attack. Using the extra 1d6 for an Area Effect SFX on the Wendigo closest to me,

Which die do I keep from leftovers? Would that be the 1d8 itself for my dice group, or the 1d6? Whichever is the highest, I want it! :-D



 
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The Soviet Super Skrull looks a bit confused at US Agent's calling out of its fuzzy legs, but quickly understands the intent behind Agent's charge. Raising its own facsimile of Captain America's famous shield. It's muscles visibly bulk up right before the impact. The two icons of world superpowers smash together in a clang like a giant bell ringing, kicking up a cloud of snow that temporarily obscures the two icons.

When the snow settles, the two stand facing each other, apparently at a stalemate.


React to US Agent physical attack 18/d10/0
Team d10, Communist Cold Warrior d8, Shapeshifting 2d8, SuperH Durability d10, Combat Master 2d8

19:32, Today: Watcher rolled 16,23 using 2d10,5d8 with rolls of 10,6,2,4,7,8,2.  soviet super vs. usagent.

Spend a d8 from doom (now at 2d6) to keep 3rd die for reaction total of 25/d10
Attack resisted.

In reply to Squirrel Girl (msg # 97):

SG dodges the attack of the mob of Wendigo-Skrulls, then unleashes a mob of her own furry friends against them. Teeth gnash, claws slash, and fur flies as the two mobs literally tear into each other.

While not too much for the wendigos to handle, the mob of squirrels clearly robs the mob of the majority of its enthusiasm. Many wendigo-skrulls fall to the ground, covered in a mass of fluffy brown tails, and most of the rest bear obvious damage from the rodent assault.


Skrull Mob vs. SG's Phys attack of 18/D8, D8, D6, D6, D6, D6/1

I buy the opportunity to add d6 to doom (at 3d6 now)
+1 PP to SG

Team 5d6, Shapeshift 2d8, Combat Rookie d6
19:39, Today: Watcher rolled 22,9 using 6d6,2d8 with rolls of 4,4,6,2,2,4,3,6.  skrull mob vs. SG mob.

I'll spend a doom die to add third die to total for 16. SG will still hit, but not with a step up. d8 effect die, so that will step down the d6s to d4s

SG's d8s each remove 1d6 from the mob. Her 3 d6s step down the remaining mob dice to d4. So it's at 3d4 now.

MSDOS laughs maniacally at the chaos that has engulfed the street. "Excellent! Now more! Louder! Camera 7, shift 32 degrees left!"

Seeing that his mob is being overrun by SG's mob of vicious Alaskan squirrels, he decides to try to even the odds a bit. The purple thing on his forehead glows brighter just before a beam shoots out of it at SG.


MSDOS is doing a psychic blast on SG.
Team d8, Twisted Science villain d8, Psychic Blast d12, Smartest in room SFX (double Psychic blast) d12, Psych master d10

10:32, Today: Watcher rolled 10,8,11 using 2d12,1d10,2d8 with rolls of 5,5,8,6,5.  psychic blast SG.
SFX drops the 8, keep 3 dice = 16 total, d12 effect


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Soviet Skrull continues his struggles with US Agent.

"You're corrupt capitalism has made you soft and weak!" he goads. As he pushes his shield against US Agent's he grows a meter taller and his limbs thicken and lengthen. His arms transform into bear-arms and he reaches around the shields with one of them to take a swipe at US Agent's head.


Solo d6 (he's not really getting any help from his buds on this, and this is a lower die than his team die), Communist Cold Warrior d8, Growth d6, Superhuman Strength d8, Claws d6, Combat Master d8 (stepped down by claws)

10:38, Today: Watcher rolled 18,8 using 3d8,3d6 with rolls of 8,7,3,3,3,2.  soviet skrull vs. us agent.

Total 15, effect d10 (stepped up by claws)

AF Skrull does an Immelman in the air and heads back towards the melee at super speed. As he approaches, he loses altitude and grows larger. As he hits the ground, he twirls into a series of cartwheels that sends him careening through the crowd like a bowling ball.

https://images.app.goo.gl/bN9DCAVH7GDTVVwe6


Team d10, Alien warrior d8, Growth d6, Super speed d10, Puck roll area attack +2d6, Combat expert d8

11:07, Today: Watcher rolled 13,12,11 using 2d10,2d8,3d6 with rolls of 10,3,8,4,6,2,3.  reroll AF skrull w/ correct pool.

18 total, d10 to moondragon, d8 to iceman, d6 to machine man

With the arrival of AF Skrull to the melee, the rest of the skrulls find renewed vigor and try to fight off the mob of squirrels that is slashing and biting at them.


Going to attack SG's squirrel mob.
Team 3d4, Shapeshift 2d8, Combat d6, Area attack +4d6

11:13, Today: Watcher rolled 7,20,9 using 2d8,5d6,3d4 with rolls of 2,5,4,1,5,5,5,4,2,3.  minions vs minions.

Spend d6 to add third die to total
Total =15
d8, d8, d6, d4, d4 to SG's mob
1 opportunity

Cartwheels? The alien was rolling cartwheels down the street? This was something that Machine Man couldn't even process. Not while his brain needed beer, anyway. Maybe his makeshift team would have better luck figuring out what was going on, but he was just a little bit stunned by it all.

So, when in doubt, punch something. As the cartwheeling whatever-it-was-supposed-to-be came at him, Machine Man balled up a fist and used his Superhuman Strength to try to clobber it. Hopefully his Superhuman Durability would help him resist whatever damage might be done if he failed...!

Team d8
Robot Brain Needs Beer d4 (+1PP)
Superhuman Strength d8*
Superhuman Durability d8*
(SFX: Multitasking. Add more than one Mechanical Body power die to your pool. Step back each Mechanical Body power die in your pool once for each die beyond the first.)

Machine Man rolled 6,3,2,4 using d8,d4,d8,d8 ((6,3,2,4)).

Total: 10 (Not even worth adding a third die, as I'd intended to try.)
Effect die: d8

Opportunities Rolled: 0
PP gained 1; 2 total.

Armadillo knew MODOK. The real MODOK. He worked for him, the one time. This guy... was NOT Modok.

Still, memories came flooding back, and they weren't all happy. Also, he's continuing to film him without permission. 'Dillo did NOT freak for free!

Forgetting himself in the moment, Tony growl-yelled, reached down, pulled up a big chunk of whatever pavement was under his feet and just threw it as hard as he could at the Manager On Duty, Otherwise Knavish.

Solo d8
Combat Expert d8
Hair Trigger Temper (+1 PP, takes emotional stress)
Superhuman Strength d10
14:59, Today: Armadillo rolled 7,5 using 1d10,2d8 ((7,3,2)).

Total: 12

22:57, Yesterday: Armadillo rolled 2 using 1d8 with rolls of 2.

Now: 14

The cartwheeling super skrull goes past Machine Man too quickly. The robot's punch goes wide, and he's bowled through by the skrull. Landing on his butt, his internal sensors flash red at him that both his arms have sustained structural damage.

d8 physical stress to MM

Everyone seemed to have forgotten about Armadillo. Getting angry that he was being filmed outside of guild rules, the he lets out a growl and throws a chunk of pavement at MSDOS. The raging blizzard gives the villain some concealment. For his part, MSDOS yanks on one of his joysticks to shift his rocket chair out of the arc of the improvised missile. Floating like a bloated butterfly, MSDOS evades the missile and glowers at Armadillo.


MSDOS reaction to 10 total d8 effect
Team d8, Blizzard d8, Flight d6, Vehicle expert d8
18:56, Today: Watcher rolled 17,2 using 3d8,d6 with rolls of 7,4,6,2.  msdos reaction to armadillo.
Total 13, d8 effect, 0 opportunities
Armadillo's attack misses

Squirrel Girl knows colory brain beams are bad news, so does her level best to get out of the way, doing her level best to keep herself solid and... well, herself!

[Team D10, Chipper Personality D8, Enhanced Reflexes D8, Psych Expert D8

14:10, Today: Squirrel Girl rolled 9,16 using d10,3d8 with rolls of 9,7,4,5.  Reaction vs MSDOS's 16.

Total: 16
Effect: D8
PP: 0

Pretty sure I just took D12 Mental stress. @.@]



Barely holding onto her senses, Squirrel Girl sees the chaos going on and directs the squirrels to go on the defensive!

[Team D10, Slayer of All That Breathes D4 (+1PP), Squirrel Control D10, A Mass of Fur and Teeth 5D6, Combat Master D10

14:14, Today: Squirrel Girl rolled 20,15,2 using 3d10,5d6,1d4 with rolls of 8,7,5,1,2,6,3,3,2.  Reaction vs Mob's 15.

Total: 11
Effect: D10, D10, D6, D6, D6
Reduces enemy effect dice by 1 size each, saving all squirrels
Opportunities: 1
PP: 1]

"Gettem, Tippy Toe..." The fight seems almost a blur, with Squirrel Girl doing her best to handle the psychic wedgie that big-headed guy just gave her, but she trusts her squirrels to know how to handle themselves, given the right direction.

[Squirrel mob attacks the remaining Skrulls!

Team D10, Slayer of All That Breathes D4 (+1PP), Squirrel Control D10, A Mass of Fur and Teeth 5D6, Combat Master D10, Area Attack 2D6

14:21, Today: Squirrel Girl rolled 7,30,3 using 2d10,7d6,1d4 with rolls of 5,2,1,5,5,1,6,6,6,3.  Attacking Skrulls!

Total: 18 (-1PP)
Effect: D10, D10, D6
Opportunities: 2
PP: 1

Not quite my best work, but it'll do.]

"My soft and weak is harder and un-weaker than you think!" the U.S.Agent calls as he pushes with spent, aching muscles to hold his ground against the transforming Soviet/Skrull/villain, pressing against him/it with his shield and gritting his teeth. "панк!"

Reaction to Soviet Skrull attack, Total: 15, Effect: d10 (msg #105):
Team (I assume we're close enough to each other to be all the same?)     d6
Ex-Soldier    d8
Superhuman Strength    d8 (stepped down from using Charge! last action)
Combat Expert    d8

U.S.Agent rolls 3,1,4,5 using d6,d8,d8,d8 ((3,1,4,5)).

-1 PP to add third die to Total
Total: 12; Effect: d4 (default)
1 Opportunity

And I'd like to activate that Opportunity on the board to recharge my Superhuman Strength up to full again (after stepping down from using Charge!)

PPs: 3 (starting; from msg #96) -1 (to add die to Total) +1 Opportunity (assuming the Watcher buys all Opportunities) = 3
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"What's next, a ballet routine?" snorts Iceman, readying his shield to block the attack as the Alpha Flight-wannabe Skrull cartwheels toward him.

Team d8
Heroic Prankster d8
Enhanced Durability d6 (Stepped back from Multipower)
Ice Mastery d8 (Stepped back from Multipower)
Sword & Shield d12 Asset

SFX: Multipower. Add more than one Cryokinesis power die to your pool. Step back each Cryokinesis power die in your pool once for each die beyond the first.

06:17, Today: Iceman rolled 7,5,5,1,11 using 1d8,1d8,1d6,1d8,1d12 ((7,5,5,1,11)).

Total: 18
Effect: d8
Opportunities: 1

As the villain crashes against the shield, Bobby does his best to hold his ground. He can't let himself get taken out by an amateur gymnast, of all things!

In reply to Squirrel Girl (msg # 109):


SG takes d12 mental stress
I buy all her opportunities (the last one w/ a step up). This puts her at 5pp and Doom pool at 3d6, 1d8. Then she uses 1pp on last roll, so that leaves her at 4pp


The squirrel mob nimbly dodges the attacks of the skrull mob. The skrulls' moves are more flashy and showy than they are effective. Almost like they're acting as martial artists instead of actually BEING martial artists. Then they continue to unleash hundreds of tiny bites and scratches. They try their best to follow SG's commands, but with her head swimming from MSDOS's whammy, it's hard for her to direct traffic. Despite this, the squirrels are just too much for the skrull actors and what members of the mob of thespians manage to not go down from the barrage of squirrels, breaks ranks and runs from the battle.

"COWARDS!" MSDOS screams after them.


Mob: 3d4, Shapeshifting 2d8, Combat rookie d6, SG's mental stress d12

19:28, Today: Watcher rolled 9,2,4,4 using d12,2d8,d6,3d4 with rolls of 9,1,1,4,1,2,1.  skrull mob reaction.

13 total, d4 effect, 4 opps
They're toast

In reply to US Agent (msg # 110):

Soviet Super Skrull's claws slip past US Agent's defenses and make a nasty gash across the patriotic hero's back. The pain seems to help US Agent focus though, or at least fuel his anger and he feels his strength returning.


SS Skrull won that attack so you take d10 physical stress. Activating the opportunity is part of your reaction, so that gets your strength back to d10. You can use Charge again on your next action; strength would be d10 at that point. If you hadn't recovered with the opp, you could still use charge again and drop your strength to d6. I think you'd need two opps to get it back up to full - each opp gets you a step up. But if someone rolled 2 opps on one roll (the mob just did) you could take both of them and go to full all at once. Make sense?

Despite his ice sword and shield, the alpha flight skrull slams into Iceman hard enough to send him to the ground. It's a pretty decent blow, but not enough to take Iceman out of the fight.


Attacker wins ties, and you don't have a PP to spend to throw an extra die on there (I would have encouraged to do so) so you'll take the hit.

I do however, buy the opportunity, so now you do have a pp.

USAgent, I also bought yours in your pool.

Doom pool is up to 1d6, 3d8

The arctic winds bit at Moondragon, temporarily distracting her. “You’re not even Skrullian warriors of repute, but mere extras in this absurd production! You’re nothing more than ciphers...!” That offended her as much as any success in their tactics.

Her psychic energies poured into her defense efforts, as Moondragon focused on her telekinetic force shield. The “Mistress of The Mind” grit her teeth as she fended off the worst of their attacks. She resolved herself to repay them fully for their insult...

OOC:

Team 1d6 + Haughty Attitude 1d4 + Superhuman Durability 1d10 + Enhanced Stamina 1d8 + Combat Master 1d10.

07:10, Today: Moondragon rolled 4,1,6,5,10 using 1d6,1d4,1d10,1d8,1d10 with rolls of 4,1,6,5,10.  Reaction .

I’ll spend 1 PP to buy an extra die, for a total of 21 to resist the attack.

The Watcher gets 1 Opportunity against me.

 

"I have had enough of this @#*&%@*$#!" Machine Man swore. He wasn't so much talking to his team as to himself, but whatever.

The Sentient Android pulled some of his loose cabling free from his damaged arm. This was redundant equipment, but hopefully the secondaries stayed online through the rest of the battle. He used the cables to fashion a makeshift projectile, stuffed it into an aperture in the back of his hand, and quickly fired it at the still-tumbling AF Skrull. The cables possessed the same superhuman durability as the rest of him, so hopefully they wouldn't break. Machine Man was a tech expert, but he couldn't entirely calculate the resistance of already-weakened cables versus an opponent with unknown strength.

[Grapple Grenade Complication attempt (-1PP)]
Team: d8
Sentient Android: d8
Superhuman Durability: d10
Tech Expert: d8

Machine Man rolled 3,3,9,6 using d8,d8,d10,d8 ((3,3,9,6)).

(Using 1PP to keep third die in Total.)

Total: 18
Effect: d8

Opportunities: 0
PP 2-2 = 0 remaining

"Take that, you @#&*%$@# *&@#@%^#@!!"

Moondragon's training and mental powers allow her to dodge the super skrull as it goes tumbling through the melee.

Machine Man's makeshift cable grenade shoots out and arcs over the crowd at the skrull. It hits it a few cartwheels before the end of its tumble-charge and the continued spinning motion cause the cables to wrap around it several times. As they wrap up, they stretch and pull on Machine Man, and a few snap unable to weather the combined strength of both combatants. As the skrull finishes its tumble and turns to face the group, some of Machine Man's cables remain wrapped around one of its arms. It visibly slows the alien warrior, but only by a little.



Buying Moon's opportunity. Puts doom at 2d6, 3d8. She has 3pp

AF Skrull reaction: team d10, alien warrior d8, superhuman str d10, combat expert d8

10:03, Today: Watcher rolled 11,10 using 2d10,2d8 with rolls of 3,8,6,4.  AF skrull reaction.
14 total, d10 effect. Grapple hits, but stepped down to 1d6

Iceman dusts himself off and gets to his feet, smarting from having been knocked down by the cartwheeling Alpha Flight Skrull. The blow feels like a wound to his pride more than anything.

"Good assist," he calls to Machine Man. "Now let's finish this chump."

He extends his ice sword and focuses yet more of his power through the tip, freeze-blasting the tangled-up Skrull before he has a chance to start throwing more of those annoying cartwheels.

Team d8
Heroic Prankster d8
Ice Blast 2d8 (Due to SFX)
Sword and Shield d12 asset
Alpha Flight Skrull's Grapple Grenade d6 complication

SFX: Omega-Level Mutant. Step up or double any Cryokinesis power for one action. If that action fails, add a die to doom pool equal to the normal rating of that power die.

11:26, Today: Iceman rolled 8,8,6,5,11,2 using 1d8,1d8,1d8,1d8,1d12,1d6 ((8,8,6,5,11,2)). Iceman trying to freeze the AF Skrull with a blast from his ice sword.

Total: 27
Effect: d8
Opportunities: 0

Spent 1 PP to add a 3rd die to the total.

Reaction Needed: Alpha Flight Skrull

Next Action: M.S.D.O.S
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The alpha flight skrull is busy dealing with the tangle of wires that Machine Man hit him with when Iceman fires his freeze blast at it. Iceman's own bruises make it a little difficult to fully concentrate on the attack, but the blizzard that the AF Skrull created assisted Iceman's tactic. As it sensed the icy block starting to form around it, the skrull started modulating its size and flexing the gamma-enhanced muscles that it inherited from Sasquatch.

The struggling is for naught, however. Iceman's block of ice covers most of the Skrull's body, severely limiting its mobility.


Solo d8, Blizzard d4+add to doom, Growth d6, Super Strength d10, Combat d8, Iceman stress d8,
Doom push die d8

13:31, Today: Watcher rolled 10,15,1,1 using d10,4d8,d6,d4 with rolls of 10,8,1,1,5,1,1.  AF Skrull reaction.

18 total, d8 effect, 4 opportunities

AF skrull fails by 5+ so Iceman's effect stepped up to d10. I'm assuming this is adding to Machine Man's tangled up complication.

Seeing his minions go down and one of his super skrulls get immobilized, MSDOS screams "no, No, NO!!" and unleashes a barrage of missiles at the entire entourage. He's obscured in a sudden eruption of smoke as dozens of missiles simultaneously launch from his hover chair. The missiles twist and cavort in all different ways as the volley follows a lazy arc through the air before landing amidst the group fighting it out.


team d8, twisted science villain d8, rockets d8, area attack 8d6 (attacking everyone, including AF skrull, Soviet skrull, and SG's squirrels)

13:43, Today: Watcher rolled 16,34 using 3d8,8d6 with rolls of 6,8,2,3,4,6,6,2,5,4,4.  msdos missile volley.

spend d6 from doom to add to total
Total: 20
d8 vs. SG
d6 vs. SG's squirrels
d6 vs. Armadillo
d6 vs. Iceman
d6 vs. Moondragon
d6 vs. US Agent
d6 vs. Machine Man
d6 vs. Soviet Skrull
d6 vs. AF Skrull
Effect is physical stress

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AF Skrull reaction: Buddy d6, Blizzard d8, Endurance d10, Combat d8
13:48, Today: Watcher rolled 3,8,2 using d10,2d8,d6 with rolls of 3,3,5,2.  AF Skrull reaction to missiles.
Total 8, effect d10; Fail by 10+ means two steps up to d10 phys stress.

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Soviet skrull reaction: Buddy d8, Blizzard d8, Durability d10, Combat d10
13:50, Today: Watcher rolled 15,9 using 2d10,2d8 with rolls of 5,10,5,4.  soviet skrull react to missiles.
Total 15, effect d10, fail by 5 means step up to d8, but greater effect die steps back down to d6 phys stress





Next: Moondragon and US Agent. They end the round, so both can go. Whoever goes second, call out the first actor in the next round.

You know you're part of a team when you're all targeted my the same missile.

No, wait. That's stupid.

That was all the sentient android had time to think in the microsecond before the missile exploded. He just had to hope that his Superhuman Durability was enough to resist any additional damage.


Team d8
Sentient Android d8
Superhuman Durability d10

Machine Man rolled 2,2,2 using d8,d8,d10 ((2,2,2)).

Total: 4
Effect die: d10

"Well, that sucked."