The news that a gang of armed men had robbed a bank and were hold up in a warehouse had come over your police scanner. With Bruce out of town and the others preoccupied meant that it was up to the two of you.

It was raining rather hard when you arrive. The police had the building surrounded, officers standing around talking. A few flashes of lightning lighting up the sky.

Riddler's Daughter pulled her hood more tightly around her face. "Should we consult with the police first?" she asked. "It goes against my grain, but I believe it's what's expected."

Ghostface's face was basically unreadable thanks to the mask, of course, but she nevertheless seemed uncertain.

"Why don't you do it?" she asked.  "I'm not good at that.  Need to know if they have hostages or special weapons or anything."

"Very well," Riddler's Daughter said.  She compressed her cane and stowed it in the back of her belt, then approached the officers that appeared to be in charge. "Pardon me, sirs," she said. "Can we be of assistance?"

"That's certainly a first," the officer said, adjusting his classes in his rain hood. "We have six robbers hold up in the warehouse who have robbed a bank. All of them are armed with high powered shotguns from eyewitnesses. We don't know where in the warehouse they're held up. As far as entrances go, there's the main door, a side door and a skylight."

"No hostages?" Riddler's Daughter asked.

"...Skylight," said Ghostface, quietly.  "For me.  Do you want to split or joint attack?"

Either one could work-- distracting the criminals was good, but they might not think of watching the skylight.

"No hostages, but we have no way of knowing where they are inside," the cop said.

"We have our methods," Riddler's Daughter said, tapping her googles. "Thank you; we'll endeavor to conclude matters quickly."

Returning to Ghostface, she said, "Splitting makes the the most sense; if they're not all together we may be able to pick them off one by one, and if they are we can flank them."

"Right," said Ghostface.  "I'm going up.  I'll scan the room and report to you."

She set out to do so, silently climbing up the side of the building to use her sonar to carefully investigate the building inside.

The sonar revealed there were two walking around, the other four seemed to be standing still in the northwest corner of the first floor.

"Two on patrol, walking around.  Four around the Northwest corner."

...Now, what were they doing gathered there?  Was there a door or a window there?

No, in fact it was the area furthest away from any windows or doors. One of them appeared to be lifting something on the floor or perhaps part of the floor.

"...the doors are pretty clear.  They're getting something off the floor.  I'll take the guards patrolling while you get in and take a better look."

"Right," Riddler's Daughter said.  She slipped into through an unlocked door and crept in the direction Ghostface had indicated.

Ghostface tracked the guards, waited for her moment, and then moved to attack, first throwing down a smoke pellet so she could strike them from surprise!

Riddler's Daughter pulled out and activated some drones, then moved forward to hit the criminals from the other side.

(OOC: You get to start with a surprise round.)

Riddler's Daughter jumped forward to hit one of the criminals with a shock from her cane.

[OOC: Riddler's Daughter rolled 30 using 1d20+10 ((20)).]

Four whipped her grapple out through the smoke, using her sonar to take advantage of the blackness.

29, Damage 6

The thugs went down and the air was filled with cursing and the sounds of guns being readied.

(OOC: Initiative time)

18

13

(OOC: Ghostface first than RD, then NPCs. Go)

Used Luck to get another 22 with the Grapple Attack on the other guard.

Riddler's Daughter swung her cane at another criminal.

[OOC: Riddler's Daughter rolled 21 using 1d20+10 ((11)).]

You manage to take out the thug.



The thug goes down, but the other two open fire on Riddler's Daughter.

(OOC: Two hits, at 4 damage.)
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Four headed towards RD's position.

Riddler's Daughter threw a tear gas pellet at the remaining thugs.

The thugs started coughing.

"Damn it! Shoot them, shoot them!" on of the thugs shouted.

(OOC: The bullets missed.)

Ghostface moved quickly towards RD's position.

Riddler's Daughter pulled back behind some cover, and sent a drone into the cloud.

[OOC:  Riddler's Daughter rolled 24 using 1d20+12 ((12)).]

You hear a thud, one of the goons crying out and hitting the floor.

Ghostface moved in at the nearest remaining thug.  This shouldn't take long, but to speed it up, she went for power over precision.

Grapple Power Attack 2.  18 to hit, Damage 8.

The thug went down and stayed down.

"It looks like that's all of them," Riddler's Daughter said.

Ghostface nodded and checked around for other threats or traps.  You never knew.

You don't see anything other than the large (and heavy looking) trapdoor the thugs were trying to open.

"...on it," said Ghostface, using leverage to get the trapdoor open as best she could.

The door opened revealing an old set of stone steps heading down.

Riddler's Daughter turned on a flashlight. "After you?"

Ghostface nodded and headed down, scanning ahead with sonar.

The stairs did appear to be old, perhaps it was an old bootlegger's tunnel. The sonar indicated there were many possible branching paths.

"...see any trails?" Ghostface said, attempting to investigate the area carefully.

[OOC: Perception, Riddler's Daughter rolled 20 using 1d20+11 ((9)).]

Results

"Nothing recent," Riddler's Daughter said. "Something about a week old."

"Explore, though," said Ghostface, checking in the direction the Riddler's Daughter had indicated.

The tunnels led down many twists and turns, you passed by a few fragments of old bottles and barrels before coming to another set of stairs.

Ghostface took the lead up the stairs.

Riddler's Daughter followed.

There was something heavy on top of the trapdoor.

(OOC: Combined strength check.)

[OOC:  Riddler's Daughter rolled 16 using 1d20 ((16)).]

15

Whatever was on top of the other side was too heavy to budge.

"...Cutting torch?" Ghostface asked the Riddler's Daughter.

Riddler's Daughter nodded, pulled the torch out of her utility belt, and got to work.

With some work the door was cut open with a heavy crate walling down the stairs.

(OOC: Reflex save to avoid it at DC !5. If you fail, make a toughness save vs DC 17)

22

Ghostface easily sidestepped the crate.

The crate swung near to Riddler's Daughter, but she stepped back in time.

[OOC: Riddler's Daughter rolled 16 using 1d20+8 ((8)).]

"The hell was that?" a gruff voice shouted. "You all get in there and find out what it was!"

Ghostface prepared to strike as soon as their targets presented themselves.

Riddler's Daughter reached to her utility belt, ready for whatever she needed.

A trio of armed thugs appeared  at the top of the stairs.

(OOC: You guys go first.)

The quarters were a little tight for tear gas, so Ghostface struck out with her grappling hook!

23, Damage 6

Riddler's Daughter swung her cane at one of the thugs, charging up the taser at the end.

[OOC: Riddler's Daughter rolled 20 using 1d20+10 ((10)).]

Two of the thugs fell. The third ran off.

"Boss! Boss! Some a them heroes are here!" he screamed as he ran.
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Ghostface followed, mayhem at her heels.

Riddler's Daughter got a drone ready and followed.

As you both entered the warehouse, you see the criminal known as Two-Face, levelling a machine gun at the door, several thugs beside him.

Do they see us?  Is the gun pointed at us?  Should we roll Init?

(OOC: Yes, sorry. Init time)

12.  Bleah.

[OOC: Riddler's Daughter rolled 14 using 1d20+5 ((9)).]

(OOC: The villain and his thugs rolled very badly. Go.)

Two-Face was probably the most dangerous one here, and that made him Ghostface's problem.  A grappling hook to one of those faces or the other might be a good opener, so that was the order of the day.

Charging Two-Face, grapple attack... a mere 14.  Bleah.

Riddler's Daughter moved to the side, planning to take down the thugs so Ghostface could take on the main threat.  She swung her cane at one of the thugs.

[OOC: Riddler's Daughter rolled 18 using 1d20+10 ((8)).]

The thug went down as the cane connected with his face, while two-Face managed to break out of the grapple easily.

"Time to die, kids," Two-Face said as he opened fire with his machine gun, the thug shooting as well.

(OOC:  You each need to make a toughness save of DC 20)

[OOC:  Riddler's Daughter rolled 27 using 1d20+8 ((19)).]

Ghostface twisted, taking the shots solidly on body armor.

22:39, Today: Ghostface rolled 25 using 1d20+6 ((19)).

(OOC: Go.)

Riddler's Daughter took a swing at another thug.

[OOC:  Riddler's Daughter rolled 27 using 1d20+10 ((17)).]

Ghostface went right for Two-Face, swinging her grappling hook to keep him off balance.  Besides, that might make it harder for the thugs to shoot at them...

14.  Feh.

One of the thugs went down, his gun spinning off under a shelf.



"How'd you find us, kiddies?" Two-Face asked as he moved his head out of the way. "First one to talk dies last."

He and the remaining thugs opened fire.

(OOC: Thug misses, but Ghostface needs to make a toughness save vs DC 20)

16

Four winced at the impact of the bullets, but while that hurt, this was no time to give up-- they moved in to engage directly with two-face using the grapple.

23; Damage 6