ca_lazerdwarf

Toughness: 1d20+5=9 staggered. Going to spend hero point to reroll. 1d20+5=14 For a reroll, that's 24. Save.

Coiled Lightning could see he wasn't going to be able to keep this guy occupied for long. He probably had what he wanted and would take off any moment now. "Unless," he thought "he no longer had that bag." A snap out the whip and a coil of electrical energy wrapped around the duffle bag tightly and when Charlie tugged as hard as he could, the bag was ripped out of the angry thug's hands, to land at Chralie's feet. He gave the thug a big grin as he hooked the bag under one arm. "I've got to be off, then. I'm running a bit late." The whip's strand reached across the street, affixing to an antenna on top a building, and Charlie swung himself through the air landing on the rooftop in a kneeling pose as he looked back down at the criminals.

I'll take the fatigue, I'll remove it later if I need to.

Can I grab the bag, and use extra effort to take an extra action to swing up to a rooftop?

Going to try to disarm the big guy of his bag of loot. To Hit:1d20+8=21 Opposed Check: 1d20+10=28

As the big thug retreated to work on the time capsule, Charlie rushed to follow behind. He staggered back from the boss's energy blast, but put his head down to stay focused. They wanted the time capsule, he had to stop them from taking it. The whip glowed brighter as Charlie waved the handle faster and faster, before snapping his wrist and sending the tip slashing across the big guy's back and showering the area with embers. "Sounds like the boss-man wants you to grab that thing and run like a coward" he called out, hoping he wasn't signing up for another punch like the last."

Going to try to take down the big guy before he gets the capsule open. 4 points of power attack 1d20+4=10 Probably a miss. If so, hero point for reroll 1d20+4=10 +10, so that's a 20 DC 26 damage

Toughness 1d20+6=19 that's a second bruise.

Coiled lightning shook his head cleared and rolled to his feet. He needed a moment to catch his balance, but surveyed the scene and swung his whip back into action again. This wasn't going as well as he'd hoped, but he couldn't give up the first time things go wrong. Sparking bright energy, the whip cracked out in front of him, striking the big thug across the chest. A smile crossed Charlie's face and he winked at the reporter in hiding. "I'll admit that fist hurt a bit, but don't be shocked, I'm not finished here yet."

Oops, missed that. Ok. Trying the free action standup and missed.. 1d20+6=16 So, since I don't think I'm close enough to disarm the guy with the gun after standing up, can I change that roll to an attack on the big guy? Or should I roll again?

Yeah, going to use the HP to drop the daze so I can move and act. Running toward the guy with the gun and attempting to disarm. If it works, I might use extra effort to pick it up. Attack Roll: 1d20+8=26 If that hits Disarm Roll: 1d20+10=21

1d20+7=14 14, so dazed and a bruise?

Coiled Lightning swung the whip up and a an arc of blue energy led up to the roof of the building. With a tug, he ran up the wall, then flipped the whip on to a nearby lamppost and flung himself through the air, landing next to the tonfa wielding police. "Hello, officers. Need a hand?" he asked. Without waiting for an answer the whip flew out again with a loud crack striking the nearest tazer armed thug in the chest. The thug stumbled backward, convulsing and collapsed. Charlie snapped the whip again at the hulking thug next to him, slashing it across the thug's forearm, but earning nothing but a brief grunt of pain. He called out to the apparent leader with the gun, "I'm pretty sure that time capsule doesn't belong to you. Maybe you should leave it before anyone else gets hurt."

Ok, taking the second attack on the big guy. 1d20+6=15

Swinging over to the cop, then attacking the thug w/ the tazer first with the whip, with power attack +2 on that. 1d20+6=22 That will be DC 24 damage. If he goes down, is the big guy close enough to continue with a takedown attack?

Just changing in to costume this round. How far away is he from the action now?

Charlie ducked in to the ally, quickly pulled off the backpack and started looking for his costume. As he pulled on his mask and swapped shirts, he got a glimpse of the officer going down hard from a meaty fist. "Crap," he swore, hurring as fast as he could. "Gotta get out there before anyone else gets hurt." He struggled to adjust his leggings and took a deep breath, realizing it was quite possible he'd be on the receiving end of one of those fists before this was through. The whip sparked to life in his hands and he kicked his backpack behind a dumpster. "Let's get this thing started."

The crowd gasped at the masked men's appearance and immediately start backing away from the scene, with various amounts of chaos. Around Charlie and Jane the crowd moved quickly but relatively peacefully. An old woman stumbles but is helped to steadied and hurried along by the bussiness man behind her. Thinking fast, Charlie let Jane get ahead of him, and dove toward a denser pack of humanity. "Get to the car," he called out as he was "dragged" the other way. "I'll catch up with you." Working his away across the paniced crowd, he was jostled and shoved more violently, barely keeping his feet. He shook his head, feeling bad about ditching Jane, but needing the chance to slip away. "I hope she listens and gets to safety," he thought, "this could get ugly, even if I can find somewhere to get into costume.?

Oops, posted here rather than the IC.

Initiative 1d20+6=22

Charlie stuck around Lewis the reporter and pretended to watch the proceedings at the time capsule, but he was careful to keep the corner of his eye on the other disheveled stranger in glasses. He was up to something, must be. Unless he was just another reporter hoping for a big story. He recited some facts about the Mayfair building that he had looked up the day before to Jane and pointed out where the time capsule was being pulled up. "Looks like they'll be ready soon. Want to make a bet on what's inside?"

Charlie was dressed causally, with loose jeans and a t-shirt and his battered old Comets cap. Jane had teased him about the backpack he slung over his shoulder. He said he wanted something to carry their jackets in in case the the early fall weather turned too chilly. In fact, his whip was stashed in a hidden compartment in the backpack and rolled up at the bottom was the Coiled Lightning costume. Just in case. He enjoyed watching the crowd, looking for anyone they knew or maybe some celebrities. Charlie wondered if any of the city's super heroes would show up, maybe a member of the Freedom League. But quickly he noticed the two suspicious men and wondered if they could be trouble. "Let's see if we can get closer for a better view" he nudged Jane and tried to move closer toward the man with the recorder to see if he can overhear what he's saying.

Having trouble registering at Invisible castle, so rolled as guest 1d20+6=21

Charlie nodded. "Back to work." he said, picking up a set of keys from behind the desk. On the way out, he held the door for a customer entering the shop and went looking for the mustang to drive it into the garage. As he started the car he smiled. "I could have stopped the killed, I bet." he thought to himself. "Could have wrapped him up easy with the whip and unmasked him. Probably would have gotten in the paper myself. 'Dashing stranger catches serial killer.'" Thoughts of the hypothetical encounter played out in his mind all day. Several times he caught himself daydreaming and had to kick himself to get back to work. "Not the safest thing to do around all around all this heavy equipment", he thought.

Charlie read the article, then picked up the paper and flipped through it, looking for any other stories about the demolition or the time capsule. With a shrug he folded up the paper again, and followed Jane back out to the front desk. "What do you think? Do you think they got this guy?" he asked, "Or he just decide the heat was too much and he gave up?" "Do we want to go watch them open the time capsule? Don't know what this guy expects them to find about the Garrote in there, but if there is something it'll be like witnessing real history. Might be fun"