Guardians - Welcome to the Wild Wild West (FULL)

[Gideon]

I like that compromise. I think we are on the same page now but to clarify...

On your last example, Karma's 'stored' energy blast would be at whatever rank you soaked from the grenade, correct?

Phoenix's armor works as Calinon and Keia described except that it should read 'If the armor value is equaled or exceeded'. As the ranks in armor protection go down his uncontrolled Energy Field rises.

 

[Super Girl]

Right, the stored energy is always whatever she stores. Ie, right now, she has stored 12 ranks, 6+6, she can release up to her Total ranks of absorb at a single time, so even though she has 12 stored, she can only fire off a +8 blast, and because absorbed energy bleeds off, after she fires off, she will have 4 ranks stored, next turn she will only have 3 ranks, etc. She can store a max of 80 ranks of energy, but can only use 8 at a time.

 

[Gideon]

Calinon,
Longhorn is now just unconcious. She made the deflection roll exactly. I neglected to include the -2 from range in the robot attack rolls.

 

[Calinon]

Ok, just make sure the modifiers are in there for dexterity. While unconscious, I have a -5 penalty to my dexterity, not a +3, which affects defense, reflex saves and my deflection scores. If that's all included in there, giving me a +3 deflection and I succeeded, I can accept that.

 

[Synchronicity]

Synch,

Calinon's right. Or at least that's the way I thought it was as well.

Keia

Cool. I was wondering how it worked, but the only ways I could think of seemed to weaken by a disproportionate amount for a single Flaw. That way makes a lot more sense, and shows my M&M-Fu is still weak. Must...train...harder!

 

[Gideon]

Ok, just make sure the modifiers are in there for dexterity. While unconscious, I have a -5 penalty to my dexterity, not a +3, which affects defense, reflex saves and my deflection scores. If that's all included in there, giving me a +3 deflection and I succeeded, I can accept that.

you would not have succeeded then, Linda is once again disabled.

I knew the first combat was gonna be a learning experience of both your guys powers and some of the rules. but Ugh.

 

[Calinon]

Yup, and I already know where my first 8 points will be going, given the weakness of deflection as a defense.

As for Linda, she should be at either 1S/1L and KO, or 2S and KO. She can't be disabled as she only failed her second damage save by 2 (19 vs DC21).

Now for some unimportant, pain in the rear stuff for you to juggle.

Do both attacks hit at once?

If they hit at once, they should be resolved at the same DC and damage type. In this case, DC21 stun damage on both. Then, after damage is resolved, you knock her 30 feet back from the force of the blast. If she's then struck by another attack (from another NPC), she'd take lethal damage.

Do both attacks hit seperately?

If this is the case, they still have the same DC, but damage saves may be affected (stun hits only affect stun damage, lethal hits affect both). Also, who gets hit will change. In this case, she takes a hit and is knocked back into the group. Then the second globe would have to strike her while she's on the ground (suffering a penalty to hit her) and everyone around her would get caught in that blast. Then she'd be knocked back again potentially.

When I'm handling a fellow with multiple attacks in a round, I like to keep it a bit simpler and just resolve it as one DC, but whichever way you want to do it is cool with me!

Either way, Longhorn shouldn't be disabled unless I am missing a part of the book somewhere where an unconscious character becomes disabled when hit. I think the damage type just turns to lethal.

 

[Super Girl]

Yup, and I already know where my first 8 points will be going, given the weakness of deflection as a defense.

Protection? Amazing save? as an extra they cost the same, and the protection gets a slight benifit against weak attacks.

 

[Calinon]

Protection isn't an extra of strike, nor of deflection, so I'll be going with Amazing Saves. Plus I don't have a power that fits with either, so training seems the way to go.

 

[Keia]

And even for some more fun and excitement . . .

Didn't Aztec grow and move forward in front of the others? Would she have provided 'cover' for them, since the weapons are essentially projectile weapons. If so, Longhorn would have cover, and be prone vs. the second missile attack.

Good thing we had the weekend to go over this stuff. Let's see if the heroes can do better in round two!!

Keia