Curtains Ch.04 - Shell Games

Rybaer

First Post
Soundtrack's scream of instructions can clearly be heard by everyone, probably including the pedestrians at street level some forty stories below. Owl, however, is able to twist out of the focal path of the sonic energy. Soundtrack's blast sends some shards of broken glass out the window, but little more. (Attack roll 3+8=11, miss)

Granite puts his full body mass behind a punch that passes cleanly through Raven, trailing a fine black mist as it comes out the other side of his chest. Granite nearly loses his balance from the unexpected lack of physical resistance. The guy appears to have no more physical presence than smoke. (Attack roll 14+7=21, hit; no damage)

Schott is unconscious and his men have completely cleared the scene now.

Kombat grabs Boar and brings his knee up into the man's masked face. The mask is incredibly hard, leaving Kombat's knee bruised and the mask intact. The grunt from the man behind the mask, however, suggests that a fair bit of force was transferred through to his face. (Attack roll 16+9+2=27, hit; DC22 Tough save, failed, bruised)

Boar, with an impressive display of strength, pulls his head free from Kombat's grasp and snaps it up along Kombat's front side. Kombat simultaneously pushes back a foot, his instincts just barely saving him from being disembowelled by the pair of long, razor-sharp tusks that have sprouted from Boar's mask. (Attack roll 17, miss)

Owl, having just evaded Soundtrack's attack, rolls to a crouching position. Owl tilts his head down ever so slightly while still facing Soundtrack. A slight change in Soundtrack's soundtrack tips him off to what comes next. Owl unleashes a screech of focused sound at the floor beneath Soundtrack, causing tile, wood, and masonry to crumble and fall away to the next level below. Soundtrack, reacting to his own precognitive music, manages to dive clear of the hole before falling through. (Precognition+Sense Motive+Evasion)

Fox chides Crocodile in his playful voice, "Are you going to stop playing with the spiders so we can get going?" He reaches out a hand and touches Schott. In a blink, Schott is no longer caught up in the Croc-grip/webbed/spider-swarm covered mass but is falling limply to the floor a few feet away. "Do your thing, little birdie," he says, looking over his shoulder toward Raven.

*****

Tarentula is up next.

Kombat has 3 rounds remaining on Boost.

Initiative:
Owl 27 (done)
Fox 25 (done)
Tarentula 22
Fate 18
Raven 17
Crocodile 16+
Soundtrack 16-
Granite 11
Schott/men 9
Kombat 6
Boar 5
 

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Velmont

First Post
He need to get that guy out of ocmbat as quickly as possible, he continue to bite the crocodile, in hope he will get paralyzed soon and for good.
 

Rybaer

First Post
Tarentula sinks his numerous fangs through Crocodile's skin and into his flesh again, injecting another dose of venom. Crocodile groans loudly as he sinks to his knees. It appears that he's having trouble holding up his own body weight. (Attack roll 14+5=19, hit; DC18 Fort save, failed)

Fate is out of action and out of sight.

Raven shakes his head in sarcastic admonishment at Granite, as if taunting him to keep up with the futile punches through his smoke-like form. Raven's attention shifts across the room, however, when Crocodile drops to his knees.

"Can't trust you with anything, can we?" Raven says in a hoarse whisper. He points a finger at Crocodile and another black beam fires out. Crocodile begins to fade into shadow.

Crocodile looks up, somewhat surprised. With his strength drained and his body turning into shadow, Schott's unconscious body slips out of his grip. To his advantage, though, Tarentula and the webbing also fall through his body to the floor.


Soundtrack/Granite/Kombat are up next.

Apologies for the slow gameplay. I've been out of town for the holidays and then work imploded on me. Should be able to get this moving again at the usual sedate pace...I hope.
 

Velmont

First Post
OOC: No prob with me... this game have always been slow, but have always keep going, that's the important thing, and also that it has a good story :)

If no one seems to take care of him until hsi next action, he will try to see if Schott is still alive and will try to reanimate him if possible, using an HP to do so if needed. If someone take an action against him, he will do something else, but I'll see after teh action have been describe.
 

cuervo96

First Post
OOC: Apologies as well, folks...end of the semeseter and all that....

Soundtrack is realizing that Raven seems to be the man to beat. With few options available to him, he chooses "vaporize him" for the win and levels a beam of sound at Raven, hoping that what ever he's been able to do to Fate and the others will be reversed if he's taken out of the action.

Rybaer said:
Tarentula sinks his numerous fangs through Crocodile's skin and into his flesh again, injecting another dose of venom. Crocodile groans loudly as he sinks to his knees. It appears that he's having trouble holding up his own body weight. (Attack roll 14+5=19, hit; DC18 Fort save, failed)

Fate is out of action and out of sight.

Raven shakes his head in sarcastic admonishment at Granite, as if taunting him to keep up with the futile punches through his smoke-like form. Raven's attention shifts across the room, however, when Crocodile drops to his knees.

"Can't trust you with anything, can we?" Raven says in a hoarse whisper. He points a finger at Crocodile and another black beam fires out. Crocodile begins to fade into shadow.

Crocodile looks up, somewhat surprised. With his strength drained and his body turning into shadow, Schott's unconscious body slips out of his grip. To his advantage, though, Tarentula and the webbing also fall through his body to the floor.


Soundtrack/Granite/Kombat are up next.

Apologies for the slow gameplay. I've been out of town for the holidays and then work imploded on me. Should be able to get this moving again at the usual sedate pace...I hope.
 

Rybaer

First Post
Soundtrack unleashes a brutal blast of coherent sonic energy at Raven. The air distorts and ripples with the passage of the beam and it cuts cleanly through Raven's chest. A small poof of black vapor emerges from his back, but he seems otherwise unfazed. Across the street, a few windows are blasted out of the neighboring skyscraper. (Attack roll 14+8=22, hit; no apparent effect)

Granite and Kombat are still up next.
 

hero4hire

Explorer
With his strength fading fast Kombat attempted to end things quickly.

OOC: Attack agressive stance +2 hit -4 defense again if the roll is a single digit I will spend an HP for a reroll.
 


Mimic

First Post
With Raven being a non-combatant, as it were, Granite turns and focuses his attentions to one of the last remaining solid enemies.

ooc: Will attack Boar

ooc2: Sorry for the delay in posting
 

Rybaer

First Post
Frustrated by his inability to affect Raven, Granite positions himself to help Kombat put the hurt on Boar. He throws a punch, but Boar ducks just in time. (Attack roll 5+7=12, miss)

Kombat takes advantage of the added distraction Granite provides and manages to land a solid blow to the side of Boar's head. The masked marauder stumbles backward and collapses on the ground. (Attack roll 19+9+2=30, hit; DC22 dmg save, failed badly, unconscious)

Boar spends the round lying on the ground, unconscious.

Owl turns toward Granite and Kombat, noting that they had just taken down Boar. The air ripples in cone of sonic energy, buffeting the two heroes. (Kombat - reflex save roll 4+8=12, fail; Fort save 14+8=22, fully resisted. Granite - reflex save 16+3=19, half damage; Fort save 10+7=17, fully resisted.) Owl then takes to the air, flying just outside the windows.

Fox shakes his head in disappointment and then weaves his way effortlessly through the combatants and rubble littering the diamond exchange's lab. With a final tuck and roll between Granite and Kombat, he lays a hand on Boar and both vanish.

* * * * *

Tarentula is up next.

Kombat has 2 rounds remaining on Boost.

Initiative:
Owl 27 (done)
Fox 25 (done)
Tarentula 22
Fate 18 (missing)
Raven 17
Crocodile 16+ (intangible)
Soundtrack 16-
Granite 11
Schott/men 9 (unconscious/missing)
Kombat 6
Boar 5 (unconscious)
 

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