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Zealot and Leon Mighty

Zealot opens the envelop and looks inside only to see a dark void of magical energy. Studying the opened envelope and the void of magical energy, distracted him as a sudden stream of magical power poured through the rift.

Gremlins in the hundreds formed around the two heroes and work station. The two women screamed as the dark magical energy poured from the open envelope only to form the green skinned creatures. The creatures struck out at various targets in sight. Their claws ripped into the workstation exposing the wiring within. A few struck out at Leon but the fighter evaded the majority of the blows. A few struck out at Zealot but the armored mage killer managed to keep his wits to avoid their attacks. He could see the results of their touch as they struck the work station. The stand seemed to crumple with ease under their hands.

All the while, the magical energy kept pouring out the envelop, causing more gremlins to form in the mall. Zealot's understanding of magic let him know that the envelop was a regulator of how much magical energy could be released. As long as it was opened, there was no way to stem the flow of energy.

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Corrosion has Affects Objects in it already. Corrosion is Drain Toughness (Extra: Affects Objects) + Linked Strike.

Devices have a Toughness of 10 + Rank, so I guess his Gadget would, too. Gadget 1 = Toughness 11.

Since we've house ruled that Constructs get a Reflex save to resist Fortitude save effect with the Affects Objects extra, can Doc get a Reflex save to fight off the Drain Toughness part of the Corrosion (jerking it away as he just sees something nasty happen)? If so, Doc has... 21, so the Drain part doesn't work.

Toughness save vs. the DC 23 Damage part of Corrosion is... 15, which fails by 8. That's an "injury," and an “injured†object is damaged and suffers the normal –1 penalty per condition further Toughness saves. So it's Toughness is now effectively +10.

I don't think so. as the gadget is a device and not a construct. And the would be 11 toughness (gadget 1 and basic 10) - 8 for a toughness of +3 vs DC 23 or toughness +11 vs DC 32 (Normal DC 23 +8 from the object losing the toughness right away not DC 23.) That means with your roll of a 15 (Toughness +11 and +4) you fail by 17 rendering the device inoperable for the rest of the adventure.

If the above is incorrect, let me know. But the toughness save is done form the adjusted score.

Scanned with Analytical X-Ray Vision.

Now for a blood sample...

As soon as the needle touched the gremlin, it unleashes its power.

Corrosion 8 [Extra: Affects Objects;Flaw: Objects only] Toughness save DC 18 :twisted:

Atlas & Dr. Archeville

The small creature continued to struggle in Atlas' strong grip but the struggling stopped when it noticed Archeville moving towards it. Its gaze focused upon the strange device that the good Doktor had produced and saliva dripped from its mouth as the needle came closer and closer.

As soon as the needle touched its skin, the creature smiled and it unleashed its power.

Leon Mighty and Zealot

The staff worker jumped slightly at Zealot's request. She took a moment to glance at Leon for any signs of what she should do, but the fear in his stance was clear. She quickly nodded her head and proceeded to produce a set of keys. Not wanting to get anywhere near the armored man, she tossed the key ring towards Zealot.

"It's the small one," she said as she inched away from the box and closer to her companion.

Zealot easily caught the keys and fitted the small key into the box. Inside, with his magical senses he could see an envelope partially buried under loose paper.

Leon Mighty and Zealot

Leon saw the impressive armored man approach the booth and something about the way he moved, the look in his eyes, reached deep into the strong man's heart. A small amount of fear reached his heart causing sweat to bead upon his head.

Zealot continued moving towards the booth, aware that his presence had the proper effect upon the shirtless hero. Once there, he began to look about, following his magical senses to find the source of the problem.

It doesn't take him long to see that all the magical energy was coming from what looked like a small mail slot within the booth. The slot was marked for comments and suggestions from customers.

No. final post is yours.

I've edited the last post to allow Bel some time to do something.

Atlas and Doktor Archeville

Atlas moves quickly and grabs one of the two remaining gremlins on the walkway. The large man easily manages to pin the creature in his hands. He lifted the creature up so that the floating Doktor could see the creature better.

All the attention on the one creature left the last one on the walkway free. It looked up at the floating technology, spittle dripping from its mouth. Unable to resist its base instincts, it raced up Atlas, using the large man as a base. It leaped at Archeville, but the distance was just too great. Archeville managed to lift slightly higher and the creature soared out into the air. It disappeared once it hit the ground.

Coming form the Gadgets R' Us store, Archeville can see a light form moving with a train of gremlins in its wake.

His Gadgets can make scanners that can detect pretty much anything but magic.

What would, say, an x-ray show? Or a blood sample?

X-Ray would still show a form present with bone structure. A blood sample, which would mean getting very close to the creature, and they are immobile while pinned, not helpless.

Want to chance getting a blood sample?

Leon Mighty and Zealot

Leon looked about but didn't see anything that could be controlling the creatures. Most of the people that he sees are moving quickly out of the mall in large groups.

The large movement of people out of the mall only helped Zealot's concealment form the hero and the women working in th small booth. He sensed no magic coming from neither the women or the muscled man. Instead, the traces of magic were coming from the booth itself. Getting closer to the booth would allow him to pinpoint the exact location. However, getting closer would mean detection by the muscled man.

Boomer

Boomer began to move slowly out of the store. Just as he hoped, the gremlins began to follow after him. They moved slightly sluggishly but eagerly after the light slow.

People, having been warned to leave the mall, tried to give as much space to the light show and legion of gremlin followers. Boomer could see near the middle of the mall the two heroes from before.

So, MBCE, what can Doc's scanners tell him? Or do their tech-nullifying powers also give them a tech-concealing ability, like what Ghost has?

That depends on what scanner you're using. What can your scanners detect? As I don't see magic as being on the list of items then he's not going to get much.

Boomer

Boomer changed the pulsing of his lights and the power washed over the gremlins. It wasn't long before the lights effected the creatures and they began the cooing again. As those in sight cooed, it caught the attention of others. All twnety of the creatures were soon within his grasp.

The cooing brought out more that he hadn't seen earlier. They were soon under his emotional control, raising the total of gremlins present to fifty. The creatures all began moving to be closer to the flying lights, cooing their happiness.

Zealot

Zealot looked around and concentrated on the maze tracks before him. It didn't take him long to unravel the maze and notice that it all led back towards the center of the mall.

Zealot moved after the trail until he could just make out the center information booth. The trail ended there. At the information booth, one of the heroes from the second floor was talking to the two women there. Sparks flew out of the intercom system while one of the women was making an announcement.

Ghost is going to be Redeemed hero. Works for the present turn around he's going through now anyway.

Shoot, I'd wanted to do something before Ghost just handed over the coin. All the board issues have scrambled my timing on things.

I have no problems backing up. The board problems had got to me as well. I'll edit my last post.

Leon Mighty

The women are surprised at Leon's approach and sudden action. They catch a glimpse of the creatures as Leon disposed of them, lending weight to his words. They quickly nodded their heads and made a mall-wide announcement.

"Attention Please. The Mall is experiencing some mechanical problems. All patrons are asked to quickly leave the building. Repeat. Please leave the building in an...

The announcement sudden stopped as the electrical system, already weakened by the creatures, gave off sparks.

Most of the people nearby the information desk had seen Leon's actions and began to walk out of the mall, gathering people as they went. It would take time to clear the first floor, but at least the process had begun.

The small group moved quickly down the street, stopping often to partake in a parked vehicle or traffic light. The creature that was once Ghost continued to push the others towards the casinos. With all the slot machines, it would be a very enjoyable dining experience.

The group passed an alley which brought the leader up short. He stopped and stared into the darkness of the alley as his companions continued moving to the brightly lit casinos. Something about the alley sparked a sense of recognition within the creature. A feeling of terror washed over the creature as a vision of a very powerfully armored man floated into his mind.

The creature with the strange ghost marking tilted its head in confusion as the vision faded. It couldn't comprehend what it saw and it didn't care. There were more important things to worry about. The creature turned and continued after his companions.

Ghost frowned but dug out the coin in his pocket. "Here it is."

He made a move to flip it to the woman but she held up her hand quickly to forestall the action.

"Don't throw it. It is very precious," she said as she walked forward to take the coin.

Ghost shrugged his shoulders and looked at Belphegor trying to see how he took the action. Ghost kept the coin in his hand, waiting to see if Belphegor wanted to say something before handing it over.

Boomer

Boomer turns on the light show to distract the creatures but finds that his show just isn't as impressive as before. Only five of the creatures continue to pay any attention to the light form. The rest all go back to their earlier tasks.

Boomer: power used, Environmental control: Distraction (DC 15)

Twenty in sight, rolled for groups of five. which means he gets five

DC15 groups of five. (1d20+3=13, 1d20+3=17, 1d20+3=17, 1d20+3=20)

Ok, I take 10 on attack against gremlins and also use Power Attack feat by taking -5 on attack (So the total will be 18) and +5 on damage (so that total damage bonus will be +12). But that mean the gremlins don't have chance to make toughness save (because they have only +2) unless I can't use Power Attack feat when I take 10 against minions. And also Leon have Takedown Attack feat at rank 2 so that he could attack all the 3 gremlins.

Is this action fulled legal before I make post at IC thread?

Looks good. make the post and I'll move you along.

Zealot

Zealot again took out another gremlin before moving into the shadows. Once there, concentrated and found himself on the first floor. To his side was a clothing store and there were no signs of the green creatures nearby. Obviously, they preferred machines over cloth.

Hidden within the shadows on the first floor, made for a good sight to check the tracks of the magical creatures. A quick look around showed no gremlins in sight.