Surely you Jest (OOC)

[Gizmo]

Jack's going to keep focusing on Force, despite his hardcore shutdown and complete inability to fly, invoking his 'Sucker for a Pretty Face' complication. In the meantime, does his energy awareness tell him anything general about her powers?

[Nyrath]

Last post was basically just MA's reaction to being fireballed, actual action.

[patcore]

Seeing as Thad is unaware of BD's abilities he's going to lend a helping hand in the form of freeing him from the I-beam as my move action. Then I'll send it at burn for making a bang.

So I use my TK attack bonus to try and hit but I'm not sure what the DC should be if it does. Sorry if this is wrong, still learning. :oops:

Attacking Burn (1d20+12=25)

[Geez3r]

Hrmm....

Objects equaling a heavy load or more move at a rate of 5 feet per round. Lighter objects move a distance each round like they were thrown with your effective Strength. Objects thrown as attacks base their damage off your power rank as if it were your Strength bonus

Well that would be a rank 15 attack, with a +12 bonus to hit, or PL 13.5, which breaks caps. Yeah... that's what we call a no-no. Well, if the Attack Spec with TK doesn't apply to throwing object only to "hitting" them in first place, that'll drop your bonus to attack to a +6, so PL 10.5 over all, which is much nicer. So while I bring this to the attention of the other Refs, we'll go with that.

Don't worry, you're not in trouble, the Refs are supposed to catch something like this in the approval process.

Burn Toughness save vs Thad I beam DC 30 (1d20+12=26)

[Geez3r]

DC 24 Will save vs a Damage effect there Jack.

Dash Homerun special vs MA, DC 25 +1 for every 5 it exceeds DEF to max of +5 (1d20+10=15)

[Gizmo]

Oh yeah! Will save vs. DC 24 (1d20+10=27) "GET OUT OF MY HEAD!"

What exactly happens here? Does Force's astral projection get ejected from Jack's body, or what?

[Geez3r]

Jester Initiative (1d20+6=24) Hey look, my turn again.

40 - Dash - Unharmed

24 - Jester - Unharmed, HP x4

20 - Breakdown - Bruise x1, HP x4

17 - Strong Man - Unharmed

16 - Mongrel Angel - Unharmed, HP x4

15 - Jack of all Blades - Unharmed, HP x1

12 - Burn - Unharmed

6 - Thad Minker - Unharmed, HP x3

2 - Force - Unharmed

It was a weird descriptor for Mental Blast.

[Nyrath]

Round 2: Toughness save vs. Dash's 'Homerun Special' DC 27 (1d20+15=21)

Failing by 6, Stunned and Bruised. I think I'll burn one of my nifty hero points, I've got so many of them after all.

Round 2: Toughness Reroll save vs. Dash's 'Homerun Special' DC 27 (1d20 15=22) So 32, no damage. Down to 3HP

[Geez3r]

Jester Tunnels up to Strong Man, uses a HP to Surge, uses Skill Mastery to get a 34 on Bluff which Strong Man can't beat.

He then makes his attack, Jester Cigar attack roll vs SM, DEF 10, DC 30 Tough (1d20+9=18) And then uses Move By Action to GTFO.

Strong Man Toughness save DC 30 (1d20+15=20)

Current Power Setting:

Tunneling 8

Joy Buzzer/ TNT Cigar

Strike 10 PF: Improved Crit x2, Subtle; Flaws: Flat-footed opponents only [8pp]

Enhanced Skills 3 (Bluff 10) [3pp]

Improved Feint

Protection 2

Features 3 (Just roll with it, That would never actually happen, No copy right infringement)

40 - Dash - Unharmed

24 - Jester - Unharmed, HP x3

20 - Breakdown - Bruise x1, HP x4

17 - Strong Man - Staggered, Stunned

16 - Mongrel Angel - Unharmed, HP x3

15 - Jack of all Blades - Unharmed, HP x1

12 - Burn - Unharmed

6 - Thad Minker - Unharmed, HP x3

2 - Force - Unharmed

[N/A]

Well, if the Attack Spec with TK doesn't apply to throwing object only to "hitting" them in first place...

It applies to both.

[quotemyname]

New VP setting:

Speed 4 [4pp]

Strike 12 (Extras: Auto-Fire; PF: Accurate 4; Improved Critical 2; Penetrating 1) [31pp]

My actions for this turn:

Move: Reconfigure

Move: Get closer

Surge: Move: Perform (Dance) combined with Set-Up to make Strong Man Flat Footed against Jester's next attack. DC 31 with SM. Down to 2 HP.

[Geez3r]

Yeah, 4 levels of Accurate ain't gonna fly, try again.

40 - Dash - Unharmed

24 - Jester - Unharmed, HP x3

20 - Breakdown - Bruise x1, HP x4

17 - Strong Man - Staggered, Stunned

16 - Mongrel Angel - Unharmed, HP x3

15 - Jack of all Blades - Unharmed, HP x1

12 - Burn - Unharmed

6 - Thad Minker - Unharmed, HP x3

2 - Force - Unharmed

Also, Jester's suit is made of pure chaos magic Jack, enjoy your headache. :D

[Gizmo]

Also, Jester's suit is made of pure chaos magic Jack, enjoy your headache.

Of course it is. I'll edit my post to reflect that.

In the mean time, how would a leaping tackle work? With an Acrobatics check and extra effort, Jack should be able to get to where Force is flying; how's it work if he wants to tackle her midair? Is that move action jump, standard action grapple?

[Geez3r]

Sounds like it to me.

[quotemyname]

So then, Burn is up?

[Gizmo]

Sorry, quote, but Nyrath still hasn't gone as Mongrel Angel for this turn. Jack will go after her.

For the sake of argument, though, he'll use Acrobatics with Skill Mastery to add to his jump distance, then extra effort to double that, reaching Force. Grapple Check. (1d20+16=35) I'd guess that's successful, but I'm not sure what my options are with them both up in the air now. Can Force support Jack's extra weight or what?

[quotemyname]

I'd say it's likely. She may have telekinesis or something. But the grapple may be enough to prevent her from actually using any powers.

[Gizmo]

He could pin her, but I'm not sure if that would have any effect on her mental powers. I think what he wants to do is knock her to the ground and continue to grapple.

If we're waiting much longer, is there some kind of policy of skipping a player's turn? Can the GM control the character for a round or something?

[quotemyname]

We usually wait a few days before saying "They've gone momentarily comatose..." Most GM's will just allow the player to delay until they come back or just skip their turn. Depends on how fast they are looking for combat to run.

[Nyrath]

I've had major problems over the last few days; water, connection, power (stables), minor illness. Getting a post done.

Move Action Feint [skill Mastery] for 26 vs Burn, success or not the following is done as well.

Round 2: All-out Attack 5, Power Attack 2, vs Burn DC 30 Toughness if hit (1d20 12=18)

Surge [spending HP] for a second attack

Round 2: Surge All-out Attack 5, Power Attack 2, vs Burn DC 30 Toughness if hit (1d20 12=29)

Now to work on that IC

[Gizmo]

*whistles* Man, Mongrel Angel can really dish out some hurt when she feels like it, huh? Glad we didn't have to skip her turn. Hope things get a little less crazy for you Nyrath!

I'll get a post up once Geez makes a ruling on how the whole midair grapple thing is going to work.

EDIT: Alright, as I already explained that Jack leaps and tackles Force in midair. Geez said in chat that the grapple succeeds, and they both hit the ground from 30' up. Jack uses Acrobatics at a -5 penalty to reduce that to DC 16, and makes a toughness save: Toughness save vs. DC 16. (1d20+6=19) So he manages to avoid damage.

Meanwhile, Force takes DC 18 from the fall unless she can lessen it, and she's now pinned. (Jack can haz 'Pretty Face' complication HP plz?)

[quotemyname]

So now that Mongrel Angel and Jack of All Blades have actually legitimately taken their turns, legitimately, it's time for Burn to legitimately react to getting the legitimate crap beat out of him.

Then it will legitimately be Thad Minker's turn, legitimately.

Is that all legitimate?

[Geez3r]

40 - Dash - Unharmed

24 - Jester - Unharmed, HP x4

20 - Breakdown - Bruise x1, HP x4

17 - Strong Man - Staggered, Stunned

16 - Mongrel Angel - Unharmed, HP x3

15 - Jack of all Blades - Unharmed, HP x2

12 - Burn - Bruised x2

6 - Thad Minker - Unharmed, HP x4

2 - Force - Unharmed

Force has a degree of Impervious, so she takes no damage from the fall.

Not going to bother rolling the feint for Burn, both attacks hit either way.

Burn Toughness save DC 30 (1d20+12=27) Bruised.

Burn Toughness save DC 30, #2 (1d20+11=28) Bruised.

You each get a HP for Burn torching the warehouses.

[patcore]

Seeing as Thad will be manipulating a non-moving object I don't believe I need to roll anything since he will also not be attacking this round. I will be using Extra Effort to take another standard action and use 1 HP to remove the effects from Fatigue.

[Geez3r]

Clarification: Burn's fireball was 500ft in diameter, there are multiple warehouses on fire, 5 total. The nearest warehouse being 250ft from the heroes' current locations.