Ari

Using my handcuffs on the downed thugs.

Seeing Glowstar's nearly effortless defeat of the two last enemies in the bar, the stork-like King of Suits gave a long, admiring whistle and leaped into the eatery. He paused to watch as Jello-Man went off to immobilize the horned one who had been the cause of such trouble, then turned to the fallen bikers and mobsters and gang members. Whipping a number of handcuff sets from his belt, he methodically 'cuffed the downed foes. He slipped the dud explosive card back into its sleeve, for examination later.

On his way to the first(Abrams Tank Guy) 'cuffee, he turned and addressed Glowstar:"Thank you for being here, sir, and defeating this lot before they caused any real harm. It goes without saying that things would have gone much differently if you hadn't been here. I'll take care of these blokes, would you please watch the big one outside, who I think the jelly man just dropped?".

Furious at his myopic showing in the fight, Marceau decided to at least try to get something done. He rushed to a nearby window through which he saw Glowstar's dazzling display of power. Seeing a particularly formidable target, one who could well do with a little dethroning, Marceau whipped one of his weaker grenade cards from its sleeve, aimed and threw.

To impressively little effect.

Begin turn:

Move to a window of the Bamboo Wok and Blast the Abrams Tank Guy!

1d20+4= 23

Marceau ground his teeth in exasperation as he finally sorted the cards in Deck 8 back into a semblance of order. With no time to lose, he summoned up the mystical powers the stars had ordained for him, and gave the be-helmeted hoodlum a quick look-over. Seeing how vastly outmatched he'd be in a straight-up fight, the spindly Card Champion swept one of his smokescreen cards from its sleeve and flung it to the ground, disappearing into the haze that erupted from the broken Jack of Hearts.

Activating Boost!

Using Assessment on Herne.

1d20+7 = (13)

Victory!

Okay, using the Obscure Alt. Pwr for my Blast Array. Pulling Punch down to level 3(25 ft.).

End of turn.

Isn't KoS's initiative 4?

For KoS:

1d20+2=4

Well, that's the way it goes.

A feeling of inexpressible relief flooded the King of Cards' central cardiovascular organ system. "What an amazing coincidence, good sirs! I am myself in the same business as you! Might I be permitted to assist in your task? Our destination is that same, after all".

Giving a sweeping bow, Marceau glanced(obscured beyond sight by his metal facemask)at the pile of talking pudding and wondered if he should talk with a psychiatrist about dangers to his mental health in the superhero work. Shrugging off the idea, he began to speak again, this time in the reverberating bass he preferred.

"At any rate, please allow me to introduce myself: I am the King of Suits, the master of the art of (weaponised)card-wielding and miscreant-merde beating".

He raised his head and smiled pleasantly behind his mask."Who might you, monsieurs?".

The introductions being broken up so swiftly by the appearance of the helmeted man accompanied by the sounds of battle from the restaurant, he shrugged and put himself in a passable battle stance. Shoving a hand into one of the numerous pockets that lined the inside of his cape, Marceau swore under his breath as he found that the cards in one pocket had become mangled and disorganized, and hurriedly began putting them right.

King of Suits

Bikers, Mobsters and the Southside C's 9 posts.

Meanwhile, a narrow alleyway half a block down the street contained a lean, panting figure, swathed in a long robe-like poncho marked in several key areas by the sign of the suit of Clubs.

Marceau groaned to himself at the quiet of his surroundings.

Damn and blast it, merde. If this turns out to be another hallucination of a Jackie's, I'll never forgive her.

Which is when he spotted the glowing man, the blob, and a normal human talking idly amongst themselves next to the Bamboo Wok.

After a moments' deep and serious thought, he decided to go against his better instincts and approach them.

Walking a bit stiffly from his dead run from his home in the Fens, he went quickly for all that.

"A good evenin' to ya, chaps, you lot here for 'All you can eat and more' buffet night?".

Congratulations on the new job, mein Herr!

Glad nothing horrible happened, especially considering the recent flooding. I was almost certain you had gone as a volunteer rescuer or something.

Also glad you can still do the thread, many thanks for that.

See you later this week!

I'm in. Assuming this is open to PL 7's, that is.

Erm, is something going on in the real world right now that is keeping you busy? 'cause if so, I empathize.

Anyway we could just put this on hold and come back to it if you like, no problem at all.

So I finally realized that the 'please ask any questions you might have' bit was there, and have found some things I'm curious about:

1)Would you give a clue as to the identity of our opponents?

2) How many will we be defending against?

3)Will there be a 'special surprise', in the person of a powered individual?

and finally,

4)Has anyone volunteered for this play thread in chat in the interim?

Don't mean to nag, but just two quick questions:

1) Is there a set week for when the thread will start?

2) Where will it be set in the city?

Again, not meant to nag, just asking about a couple of things that you didn't mention.

Hope this works out.

I would be like to join! from what you've said, I'd say this is an optimal introduction for us new PL 7's.

Anything we should keep in mind while it's running?

Okay, I think I'm back in budget, switched the Fool's Deck thing to a Device and removed the Obscure power from it.

The formatting errors I can't make any kind of excuse for.

I was completely sure I had put down 'Hindi' and 'Mandarin', sorry for the oversight.

Where am I overbudget?

Defense bonus adjusted, any other issues?

Instructions followed, any other issues? Also, is that Fool's Deck thing right?

The Skill modifier for Acrobatics, Bluff, Climb, Handle Animal, Hide, Intimidate, Knowledge (history), Knowledge (Tactics), and Survival are off. I believe that they are a hold over from a different set of ability scores.

This is factually exact.

Thank you for the oversight, I'll fix these niggles and have done with them.

As an aside, how do I increase Defence without buying more points in Constitution?

Added Equipment details, expanded the backstory and Description, and added the inevitable Card Deck of Random Crap Playing Cards Aren't Used for due to Very Good Reasons. As in, Blast in two flavors and Conceal.

Aye! sorry, sorry! school bogged me down, as well as getting ready for Christmas.

Got the final details already! I'll upload them tonight!

No more bloody delays!

Never mind, switched out the 'all-powerful' array, with something that only benefits STR and DEX to a superhuman degree.

Play around with Feats in a short bit.

Please ignore loose PP, I'll collate them in short order, mainly in Equipment, I deem.