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<blockquote data-quote="Calinon" data-source="post: 1614065" data-attributes="member: 13737"><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Lancheng, China</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">X12, Kevin</span></span></strong></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Initiatives: X12 15 (2HP, 3S, -1 strength), Shadows 14-1, Kevin 14-2 (5HP, 1L, 1S, -1 Super Strength)</span></span></em></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Kevin shakes off his surprise and tries to wait for X12 to hit the shadow on him. He manages to stick the thing, and it vanishes.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Attack roll: 15 hits</span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Damage save (DC 28): 22 fails (destroyed)</span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Delay results in a tie with shadows. Sub-initiative roll is: Kevin 14, Shadow 27</span></span></em></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Across the room, the shadows all growl, glaring at you. The one in front of Dara grabs her by the face and pulls her forward, then slams her head back into the chair back, repeating the motion slowly and deliberately as the other two hold her arms and legs. Blood starts marking the back of the chair after the second time. All three are staring at you with glowing eyes, growling, waiting on you. They are 60 feet away.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Kevin is up, then X12.</span></span></em></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Raisa</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong></strong><em>Initiative: Jackal 28 (1VP, 2S), Raisa 18 (3S, stunned)</em></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Raisa tries to ear clap Jackal but only succeeds in barely clipping him as he ducks.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Attack roll: 17 (HP to re-roll results in lower result, becomes 19) hits</span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Damage save (DC 12): 22 success</span></span></em></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Jackal backhands you, sending you flying again into the wall of the courtyard, already charging towards you as you hit the wall. He's less than ten feet away and still coming hard.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Attack roll: 26 hits</span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Damage save (DC 23): 17 (1S, stunned)</span></span></em></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">You can spend a hero point to unstun immediately and act, or just wait for him to get you.</span></span></em></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Brazilia, SAA</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>SAP Corporate HQ</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong></strong><em>Initiatives: Rameirez 22, Speed Demon 21, Straightjacket 21, Mantis 20, Loki 19, Cosmo 18, Metal Mistress 16 (1HP), Robots(1 up [1 grappled], 3 down) 14, Iron Maiden 12, Kitten 11 (1HP, 1L), Guards(5) 11-2, Neutron 6, Rebound 5, Johan 5-2 (1L)</em></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Straightjacket lashes out and grabs hold of one robot in one massive hand, pulling it back to him from ten feet away. The last robot is barely out of reach.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Attack roll: 24 hits, 16 misses</span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Grapple check: SJ 40... nuff said.</span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Damage save (DC 18): 23 success</span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Note: It'll be like attacking with two weapons to initiate two grapples using improved grapple, but you can do it (and do it quite well really).</span></span></em></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Loki sends his fleet of robots in, making sure a few go down to the energy blasts of the other robots. Several fire, and while most of the blasts sail wide, one robot gets hit twice, rocking slightly then simply shutting off, and falls to the floor.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Attack roll: 19 hits</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Will save: 5 fails (self terminated)</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Mantis spins and thrusts one leg through the head of one of the robots, and it sparks violently and collapses, its head coming off.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Attack roll: 22 hits</span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Damage save (DC 18): 12 fails (disabled)</span></span></em></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Cosmo leaps straight at the robot SJ just missed and Johan is grappling, slamming his shoulder into it before driving his fist into its chest and tearing out a handful of circuits. The robot explodes into tiny pieces.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Attack roll: Natural 20</span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Damage save (DC 25): 14 (fails, explodes)</span></span></em></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Michelle lets a blast loose at the last robot, which is already blind and moving errattically. It doesn't fare well.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Attack roll: 23 hits</span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Damage save (DC 17): 11 (fails, disabled)</span></span></em></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The robot in SJ's grasp beeps and a computerized voice says, "Self destruct sequence activated." With a whine of it's powercells, it's lights flare and it explodes!</span></span></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Reflex saves (DC 18): Straightjacket 12, Kitten 24, Cosmo 21, Johans 11, Michelle 17</span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Damage saves: Straightjacket (DC 15): 16 success, Kitten (DC 19): 1 (HP to re-roll is a 2, becomes 18) fails (1L), Cosmo (DC 19): 22 success, Johans (DC 19): 3 duplicate destroyed, 18 duplicate destroyed, 16 fails (1L), Michelle (DC 13): 18 success</span></span></em></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Note: The explosion was what hit Sanjay's sphere <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></span></span></em></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">After about 20 seconds, the smoke from the explosion clears and you can see everyone is more or less alright, though Kitten has a shard of robot sticking in her leg and Johan has several deep cuts in his cheek. From directly beneath the office, out the window, you see a luxury hover sedan roar out into the sky, though you don't know for sure who it belongs to...</span></span></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">See, 20 seconds into the future...</span></span></em></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Vince is up! Sanjay can continue his conversation and Johan can declare his actions.</span></span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calinon, post: 1614065, member: 13737"] [b][font=Times New Roman][size=3]Lancheng, China X12, Kevin[/size][/font][/b] [i][font=Times New Roman][size=3]Initiatives: X12 15 (2HP, 3S, -1 strength), Shadows 14-1, Kevin 14-2 (5HP, 1L, 1S, -1 Super Strength)[/size][/font][/i] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Kevin shakes off his surprise and tries to wait for X12 to hit the shadow on him. He manages to stick the thing, and it vanishes.[/size][/font] [i][font=Times New Roman][size=3]Attack roll: 15 hits[/size][/font][/i] [i][font=Times New Roman][size=3]Damage save (DC 28): 22 fails (destroyed)[/size][/font][/i] [i][font=Times New Roman][size=3]Delay results in a tie with shadows. Sub-initiative roll is: Kevin 14, Shadow 27[/size][/font][/i] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Across the room, the shadows all growl, glaring at you. The one in front of Dara grabs her by the face and pulls her forward, then slams her head back into the chair back, repeating the motion slowly and deliberately as the other two hold her arms and legs. Blood starts marking the back of the chair after the second time. All three are staring at you with glowing eyes, growling, waiting on you. They are 60 feet away.[/size][/font] [i][font=Times New Roman][size=3]Kevin is up, then X12.[/size][/font][/i] [size=3][font=Times New Roman][b]Raisa [/b][i]Initiative: Jackal 28 (1VP, 2S), Raisa 18 (3S, stunned)[/i][/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Raisa tries to ear clap Jackal but only succeeds in barely clipping him as he ducks.[/size][/font] [i][font=Times New Roman][size=3]Attack roll: 17 (HP to re-roll results in lower result, becomes 19) hits[/size][/font][/i] [i][font=Times New Roman][size=3]Damage save (DC 12): 22 success[/size][/font][/i] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Jackal backhands you, sending you flying again into the wall of the courtyard, already charging towards you as you hit the wall. He's less than ten feet away and still coming hard.[/size][/font] [i][font=Times New Roman][size=3]Attack roll: 26 hits[/size][/font][/i] [i][font=Times New Roman][size=3]Damage save (DC 23): 17 (1S, stunned)[/size][/font][/i] [i][font=Times New Roman][size=3]You can spend a hero point to unstun immediately and act, or just wait for him to get you.[/size][/font][/i] [font=Times New Roman][size=3][b]Brazilia, SAA SAP Corporate HQ [/b][i]Initiatives: Rameirez 22, Speed Demon 21, Straightjacket 21, Mantis 20, Loki 19, Cosmo 18, Metal Mistress 16 (1HP), Robots(1 up [1 grappled], 3 down) 14, Iron Maiden 12, Kitten 11 (1HP, 1L), Guards(5) 11-2, Neutron 6, Rebound 5, Johan 5-2 (1L)[/i][/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Straightjacket lashes out and grabs hold of one robot in one massive hand, pulling it back to him from ten feet away. The last robot is barely out of reach.[/size][/font] [i][font=Times New Roman][size=3]Attack roll: 24 hits, 16 misses[/size][/font][/i] [i][font=Times New Roman][size=3]Grapple check: SJ 40... nuff said.[/size][/font][/i] [i][font=Times New Roman][size=3]Damage save (DC 18): 23 success[/size][/font][/i] [i][font=Times New Roman][size=3]Note: It'll be like attacking with two weapons to initiate two grapples using improved grapple, but you can do it (and do it quite well really).[/size][/font][/i] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Loki sends his fleet of robots in, making sure a few go down to the energy blasts of the other robots. Several fire, and while most of the blasts sail wide, one robot gets hit twice, rocking slightly then simply shutting off, and falls to the floor.[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Attack roll: 19 hits[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Will save: 5 fails (self terminated)[/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Mantis spins and thrusts one leg through the head of one of the robots, and it sparks violently and collapses, its head coming off.[/size][/font] [i][font=Times New Roman][size=3]Attack roll: 22 hits[/size][/font][/i] [i][font=Times New Roman][size=3]Damage save (DC 18): 12 fails (disabled)[/size][/font][/i] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Cosmo leaps straight at the robot SJ just missed and Johan is grappling, slamming his shoulder into it before driving his fist into its chest and tearing out a handful of circuits. The robot explodes into tiny pieces.[/size][/font] [i][font=Times New Roman][size=3]Attack roll: Natural 20[/size][/font][/i] [i][font=Times New Roman][size=3]Damage save (DC 25): 14 (fails, explodes)[/size][/font][/i] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Michelle lets a blast loose at the last robot, which is already blind and moving errattically. It doesn't fare well.[/size][/font] [i][font=Times New Roman][size=3]Attack roll: 23 hits[/size][/font][/i] [i][font=Times New Roman][size=3]Damage save (DC 17): 11 (fails, disabled)[/size][/font][/i] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]The robot in SJ's grasp beeps and a computerized voice says, "Self destruct sequence activated." With a whine of it's powercells, it's lights flare and it explodes![/size][/font] [i][font=Times New Roman][size=3]Reflex saves (DC 18): Straightjacket 12, Kitten 24, Cosmo 21, Johans 11, Michelle 17[/size][/font][/i] [i][font=Times New Roman][size=3]Damage saves: Straightjacket (DC 15): 16 success, Kitten (DC 19): 1 (HP to re-roll is a 2, becomes 18) fails (1L), Cosmo (DC 19): 22 success, Johans (DC 19): 3 duplicate destroyed, 18 duplicate destroyed, 16 fails (1L), Michelle (DC 13): 18 success[/size][/font][/i] [i][font=Times New Roman][size=3]Note: The explosion was what hit Sanjay's sphere :)[/size][/font][/i] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]After about 20 seconds, the smoke from the explosion clears and you can see everyone is more or less alright, though Kitten has a shard of robot sticking in her leg and Johan has several deep cuts in his cheek. From directly beneath the office, out the window, you see a luxury hover sedan roar out into the sky, though you don't know for sure who it belongs to...[/size][/font] [i][font=Times New Roman][size=3]See, 20 seconds into the future...[/size][/font][/i] [i][font=Times New Roman][size=3]Vince is up! Sanjay can continue his conversation and Johan can declare his actions.[/size][/font][/i] [/QUOTE]
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