Three of a Kind (OOC)

[Avenger Assembled]

First of all:

Everyone take an HP for being caught unawares by Guy Fawkes' triggered plastic explosives.

This is a Rank 10 Damage effect with a Burst Area. Everyone roll a DC 20 Reflex save, then a DC 25 TOU save. If you pass the Reflex save, roll a DC 20 TOU save instead. If you have Evasion, well, you know how it works.

Go monkey go!

[Azuth65]

Reflex save. 1d20+8=17. But due to Evasion 2, Wisp now needs a DC 20 tough and... fails miserably. Hero point blown, 1d20+7 (+10 for hero point use) = 23

[Quinn]

DC 20 Reflex save! (1d20+7=19)

DC 20 Reflex save, Hero Point Reroll! (1d20+7=8)

DC 25 Toughness save (1d20+7=15)

DC 25 Toughness save, Hero Point Reroll. Again. (1d20+7=10)

Ok, that Guy Fawkes II? He's on my List.

[Lone Star]

1d20+8=14 Alright, I'll reroll for the Reflex save.

Reroll: 1d20+8=25 Muuuch better. Now for the Toughness save!

1d20+10=19 Just a bruise.

[Avenger Assembled]

Okay:

Crow is down 2 HP and is bruised and stunned. (He has 1 remaining)

Wisp is down an HP and bruised. (She has 1 remaining)

Zap is down an HP and is bruised. (She has 1 remaining)

I need initiative rolls from everyone.

Here is the Fearsome Five's init

Angel goes on 15

Guy Fawkes II goes on 14 (since he has the higher init modifier)

Heka goes on 14

Diehard goes on 12

Blackfire goes on 9

[Lone Star]

1d20+1=13 Zap will go after Heka.

[Quinn]

Initiative check! (1d20+7=14) Crow's got a +7 Init modifier, so (according to AA), he'll go between Fawkes and Heka.

[Azuth65]

Actually AA, Wisp has evasion 2 so even on a failed reflex she only takes half damage so she shouldn't be bruised at all yet. Not that it matters, she'd regen it on her turn.

Speaking of which, 1d20+7=26

[Avenger Assembled]

Azuth, I do know how Evasion works, thanks! (Not sure why you'd want a GM who didn't...) I misread your roll as being underneath 20.

OK, so it looks like this:

Wisp: 26 (uninjured; 1 HP)

Angel: 15

Guy Fawkes II: 14

Crow: 14 (bruised and stunned, 2 HP (1 base+1 for the move action to put on his coat)

Heka: 14 [has prepared a 20 pp Ritual for this encounter]

Zap: 13 (bruised; 1 HP)

Diehard: 12

Blackfire: 9

The four villains you can see are about 30 feet away from the group. Angel is in on her throne, Heka is at her side, and Diehard and Guy Fawkes are menacing the hostages.

Wisp is up, and has 24 hours to reply from the date of this message.

[Azuth65]

Wisp is going to be activating goon-sweep on the teleport array. 1d20+13=32. And with that roll, going to use Extra Effort and stunt Improved Critical onto the attack as well. Looks like a DC 30 Toughness save for the lot of them.

[Avenger Assembled]

Okay, use of Teleport is going to activate the ritual Heka has prepared for the day: in this case, a Nullify effect.

18 Good thing Wisp has Teleport at such a high rank! Go ahead and make an opposing power check.

[Azuth65]

Okay, use of Teleport is going to activate the ritual Heka has prepared for the day: in this case, a Nullify effect.

18 Good thing Wisp has Teleport at such a high rank! Go ahead and make an opposing power check.

1d20+9=25

[Avenger Assembled]

All righty:

Tou saves

Angel is knocked out. Heka is unhurt. Diehard is bruised and stunned. (He'll shake the damage on his turn) Since Crow is looking for an Irish on Irish fight with GF, I'll fiat and let him come away with a bruise.

Go ahead and post IC, Azuth.

[Avenger Assembled]

Angel: Unconscious'd!

Guy Fawkes:

Move Action: Hide in Plain Sight. That's a DC 25 Notice to spot him.

Standard Action: Readied Action

Crow is up.

[Quinn]

HP to break stun, Crow has Skill Mastery on Notice, but Taking 10 would only give me 22 with that.

Notice check (DC 25) (1d20+12=17) Well, that sucks. Move action to get out to the car, another action to throw on the coat, and he'll be back in next round.

[Avenger Assembled]

Heka:

Free Action: Since he has no reason to believe there are any more teleporters around (and the one that is there can evidently beat his magic) Heka stops maintaining his Nullify Teleport. It's still in his array for the encounter, but he'll have to switch back to it to maintain it. Luckily, he has made plans for what to do when interfering busybodys show up. Nat 20 on a Master Plan for a total of 23 (very good plans) (The assumption with NPCs being that they had time to do this ahead of time, natch) That'll be a +2 bonus for the next three rounds to his allies for all checks.

Move Action: Fly to within blasting range of Zap.

Standard Action: He is going to blast Zap. Put in the wrong value for the first roll; the second time: 30 I believe that hits. That's a DC 25 TOU save, Zap. Remember that your Force Field is not yet up.

Move Action: He flies out of melee range.

[Lone Star]

1d20+4=17 Uhh...I'm gonna go ahead and reroll that one.

1d20+4=18 Crap. Alrighty, well that's a Stunned condition and an additional bruise. She's not doing too well.

[Avenger Assembled]

Diehard is stunned. He'll heal his Bruised condition this round and be fine next round.

Blackfire:

Blackfire drops his Visual Concealment.

He attacks Zap. 16. As she's currently flat-footed from her stun, that hits.

He grapples her: 27 She is not able to beat that, but I'll say that impossible saves applies for grapples here. Go ahead and roll, LS.

[Avenger Assembled]

Okay, Zap is bound and helpless...for now! She is an electrical controller in melee combat with a robot, hmm hmm.

Round 2

Wisp is up

[Azuth65]

Using the hero point to shrug off fatigue from the stunt first. 1d20+10=14 Yeah, that failed. Epically.

[Avenger Assembled]

Guy Fawkes:

Move Action: Guy Fawkes move to within melee range of Wisp

Move Action: He'll surge (take an HP, Azuth) and use his Fast Startle: DC 26 Intimidate check.

Standard Action: He attacks her. (Too bad about wasting that nat-20 from his readied action: that darn high Stealth worked against him. ) 19

Okay, so he'll hit her if she's startled, but miss otherwise. That's a DC 23 Tou save if he does hit.

[Azuth65]

1d20+14=34, No, I'm pretty sure Wisp sensed his motive pretty well there.

[Quinn]

Dynamic entrance! Crow ports in, hopefully catching Heka by surprise, sandwiches the evil sorcerer's head between his boot and the nice hard ground, then disappears again into the rafters to plan his next move. If a Stealth check is required, Skill Mastery lets him Take 10, with a +12 modifier equals 22. (Hooray for Turnabout).

All Out Attack (+5 Attack, -5 Defense), Power Attack (+5 Damage, -5 Attack) Earth Strike BOOTTOTHEHEAD! (DC 27 Toughness) (1d20+7=20)

Up to you if Crow catches him flat-footed, AA. Dunno if Heka's going to be expecting another teleporter to come in outta nowhere. ;)

[Avenger Assembled]

I'm fine with him catching him flat-footed, since Crow is coming out of nowhere!

18. I won't Fiat it; there are still plenty of bad guys in the fight for drama, and Crow's strategy deserves a reward.

Heka failed by 9, so he's bruised and stunned.

11 and 20

He starts falling (but his Force Field stays up)

Go ahead and post IC: don't forget that Heka is flying, so you can't kick him into the ground...this turn, anyway! ;)

[Avenger Assembled]

Zap is up