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<blockquote data-quote="Karl Green" data-source="post: 1897656" data-attributes="member: 1467"><p><strong>Central City Mall, October 30th, 1:47pm</strong></p><p></p><p>[occ]<span style="color: yellow">well was waiting for Superboy… but for now</span>[/occ]</p><p></p><p>Superboy bolts up, a bit dizzy from some reason… shaking his head to clear it he finally says "<strong>Gunfire…</strong> but before he can finish his sentence…</p><p></p><p>Suddenly, as the students in the café start reacting to Superboy look of pain and confusion, an explosion rips through the huge glass plating that hangs high over the food court (the Mall is a three story affair, but the food court area is open all the way to the roof which is a huge glass and steel sky-window). Screams of panic and fear fill the court as people look up as tons of falling glass and steel are raining down towards them… some jump under tables, a few try to stand and run, while others simple stare stupidly at their impending and likely death!</p><p></p><p>The food court is about 250 feet wide and 400 feet long. There are maybe 100 a 150 people sitting around in the common tables eating, talking, laughing… and now screaming. Maybe another 50 or so people are around the edges and outside where the glass and steel is going to fall. The teen heroes are sitting about 80 from the edge of where the ceiling is falling… </p><p></p><p>Over the screams and grating of falling steel and glass, another explosion rips through the back of the food court area where the bathrooms are… looking that way a small flying man wearing a black and green jump suit and carrying an automatic weapon of some kind is laughing and flying away at top speed… his weapon lobbing grenades into the crowd as he goes…(he is 200 feet away at present and moving toward the northwest away from you)</p><p></p><p><span style="color: yellow">Going to do surprise a little funky here… basically it is an Initiative Check, if your character gets higher then a 13, then you will be going before the glass and steel starts hitting the food court area. Those who get above a 13 on this, post your actions, movements, skill or power checks that you are going to use. This might be a good time to post again how to do your actions, rolling etc.</span></p><p><span style="color: yellow"></span></p><p><span style="color: yellow">If you want to make your characters rolls, write what you are doing in the normal part of your Post (using * for actions again), and then below add an [OCC] My character attacks that thug, Melee Attack roll 12 +13 =25 to hit. If I hit Damage save is +7S. I have Takedown Attack if it knocks him down to get any of the other thugs.[/OCC]</span></p><p><span style="color: yellow"></span></p><p><span style="color: yellow">If you want ME to roll for you, put your actions as above but then in the OCC record any skill/attack/save bonuses in the [OCC] part at the bottom with the damage, power level, save that the bad guys, etc need in it. So something like “Attacking Mad Max with Suffocation (+8 ranks), +6 range attack bonus, DC18 to avoid suffocation if I hit.[/OCC]</span></p><p><span style="color: yellow"></span></p><p><span style="color: yellow">Initiative (NOTE that if you want to spend a Hero Point to re-roll these people post it and your result, or your bonus to Initiative if you want me to roll)…</span></p><p><span style="color: yellow">19 - Arsenal</span></p><p><span style="color: yellow">23 - Batgirl</span></p><p><span style="color: yellow">16 - Robin</span></p><p><span style="color: yellow">13 - Starfire</span></p><p><span style="color: yellow">22 - Superboy</span></p><p><span style="color: yellow">20 - Nightwing</span></p><p><span style="color: yellow">17 - Flying Gunner/Grenade-launcher</span></p><p><span style="color: yellow"></span></p><p><span style="color: yellow">NOTE that after Nightwing's action (at 20) everyone in the food court gets +1 to all their rolls (including Initiative, Attack Rolls, Damage Saves, etc). I took that into account for those who reacted after Nightwing. Soo Batgirl and Superboy don't get the bonus this round, but next round they do as he starts issuing orders (whatever you want to do, just Nightwing thinks about it and orders you to do it, etc</span></p><p></p><p>Dove gets the funny feeling and mentioning to Hawk and to try calling Wondergirl on her comm…. When they all feel a shockwave rattle the store that they are in and then the explosion roars outside. Screams and panic can be heard from the Mall patrons as some start to flee (in totally random directions) while other look around confused. </p><p></p><p>Just then, down one of the side hallways, Dove and Hawk see half a dozen men dressed in military fatigues and body armor racing out of a back door marked “Employees Only”. They are firing automatic rifles or lobbing hand grenades into the crowds around them screaming “Death! Death to the weak!” (the Sports good store is on the 2nd floor of the mall and your heroes only see a bit of falling glass and steel back towards where the food court, about 50ft away BUT that is where the explosions came from! The thugs are 70ft away from where the three young heroes are standing)</p><p></p><p><span style="color: yellow">Initiative…</span></p><p><span style="color: yellow">19 - Hawk</span></p><p><span style="color: yellow">9 - Dove</span></p><p><span style="color: yellow">8 - Aqualad</span></p><p><span style="color: yellow">6 - Thugs</span></p><p></p><p>Beast Boy and Terra are wondering around looking for new games that they might pick up for the game room when the windows in the store that they are at start to rattle and the floor shakes like a tremor and then the sound of the explosion roars down the hallway. Pandemonium starts spreading throughout the area… then the both hear muffled gunfire and minor explosions out in the mall hallway (the Music/Game store is on the 2nd floor but on the opposite side were the Sporting good store is… you are about 70 feet away from the open food court area)</p><p></p><p><span style="color: yellow">Initiative</span></p><p><span style="color: yellow">17 - Beast Boy</span></p><p><span style="color: yellow">22 - Terra</span></p><p></p><p></p><p>Cat’s Eye and Wondergirl run out of the store where they are and see down the hallway to the southeast people starting to run this way and that and screams starting to travel up this way from the area. Just as they are about to start moving that way, an explosion rocks them from behind (the north hallway, back the way of the food court!) and looking back they both can see glass and steel falling down the open area where the hall opens up (they are presently on the 3rd floor of the Mall and are seeing the ceiling start to fall down; they are about 100 feet away from the open area of the food court and about 150 feet away from the southeast hallway where the people are running from something… neither are sure what!</p><p></p><p><span style="color: yellow">Imitative…</span></p><p><span style="color: yellow">29! - Cat’s Eye</span></p><p><span style="color: yellow">25 - Wondergirl</span></p><p></p><p>Cyborg, Impulse, Risk and Argent are in unknown locations right now, not around any players and therefore you don’t know what is up with them…</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: yellow">Initiative…</span></p><p><span style="color: yellow">11 - Raven</span></p><p><span style="color: yellow">4 - Crazy man?</span></p><p></p><p>Raven mentally blasts the crazy freak cutting the girls…</p><p><span style="color: yellow">Damage save vs. Raven’s mental blast, making it by 1</span></p><p>…causing the man to reels back… and then he seems to waver and disappear only to be replaced a moment later by a tall man wearing a black trench coat and gloves… and shockingly where his head should be a glass plate can be seen. He smiles at Raven and says in a sickly voice that oozes and makes her skin crawl “<strong>Well now my pet, you have fire don't you… oh the pain I am going to cause you…</strong>” as his eyes start to glow and his visible brain pulsing in excitement…</p><p><span style="color: red">Spending a Villain Point; Range Attack roll total hits Raven by 2. Raven needs to make a Fortitude Save! <strong>Please</strong> post your Fort Save and your next action…this is taking place slightly before the explosions go off…</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: yellow">Actions! Yes lots is going on AND the party is all over the place… but there are lots of things happening around that you can react with</span></p><p><span style="color: yellow"></span></p><p><span style="color: yellow">Also next round, I will combine the Initiative chart and put them in order… just just round I rolled them in order and where you are at</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Karl Green, post: 1897656, member: 1467"] [b]Central City Mall, October 30th, 1:47pm[/b] [occ][color=yellow]well was waiting for Superboy… but for now[/color][/occ] Superboy bolts up, a bit dizzy from some reason… shaking his head to clear it he finally says "[b]Gunfire…[/b] but before he can finish his sentence… Suddenly, as the students in the café start reacting to Superboy look of pain and confusion, an explosion rips through the huge glass plating that hangs high over the food court (the Mall is a three story affair, but the food court area is open all the way to the roof which is a huge glass and steel sky-window). Screams of panic and fear fill the court as people look up as tons of falling glass and steel are raining down towards them… some jump under tables, a few try to stand and run, while others simple stare stupidly at their impending and likely death! The food court is about 250 feet wide and 400 feet long. There are maybe 100 a 150 people sitting around in the common tables eating, talking, laughing… and now screaming. Maybe another 50 or so people are around the edges and outside where the glass and steel is going to fall. The teen heroes are sitting about 80 from the edge of where the ceiling is falling… Over the screams and grating of falling steel and glass, another explosion rips through the back of the food court area where the bathrooms are… looking that way a small flying man wearing a black and green jump suit and carrying an automatic weapon of some kind is laughing and flying away at top speed… his weapon lobbing grenades into the crowd as he goes…(he is 200 feet away at present and moving toward the northwest away from you) [color=yellow]Going to do surprise a little funky here… basically it is an Initiative Check, if your character gets higher then a 13, then you will be going before the glass and steel starts hitting the food court area. Those who get above a 13 on this, post your actions, movements, skill or power checks that you are going to use. This might be a good time to post again how to do your actions, rolling etc. If you want to make your characters rolls, write what you are doing in the normal part of your Post (using * for actions again), and then below add an [OCC] My character attacks that thug, Melee Attack roll 12 +13 =25 to hit. If I hit Damage save is +7S. I have Takedown Attack if it knocks him down to get any of the other thugs.[/OCC] If you want ME to roll for you, put your actions as above but then in the OCC record any skill/attack/save bonuses in the [OCC] part at the bottom with the damage, power level, save that the bad guys, etc need in it. So something like “Attacking Mad Max with Suffocation (+8 ranks), +6 range attack bonus, DC18 to avoid suffocation if I hit.[/OCC] Initiative (NOTE that if you want to spend a Hero Point to re-roll these people post it and your result, or your bonus to Initiative if you want me to roll)… 19 - Arsenal 23 - Batgirl 16 - Robin 13 - Starfire 22 - Superboy 20 - Nightwing 17 - Flying Gunner/Grenade-launcher NOTE that after Nightwing's action (at 20) everyone in the food court gets +1 to all their rolls (including Initiative, Attack Rolls, Damage Saves, etc). I took that into account for those who reacted after Nightwing. Soo Batgirl and Superboy don't get the bonus this round, but next round they do as he starts issuing orders (whatever you want to do, just Nightwing thinks about it and orders you to do it, etc[/color] Dove gets the funny feeling and mentioning to Hawk and to try calling Wondergirl on her comm…. When they all feel a shockwave rattle the store that they are in and then the explosion roars outside. Screams and panic can be heard from the Mall patrons as some start to flee (in totally random directions) while other look around confused. Just then, down one of the side hallways, Dove and Hawk see half a dozen men dressed in military fatigues and body armor racing out of a back door marked “Employees Only”. They are firing automatic rifles or lobbing hand grenades into the crowds around them screaming “Death! Death to the weak!” (the Sports good store is on the 2nd floor of the mall and your heroes only see a bit of falling glass and steel back towards where the food court, about 50ft away BUT that is where the explosions came from! The thugs are 70ft away from where the three young heroes are standing) [color=yellow]Initiative… 19 - Hawk 9 - Dove 8 - Aqualad 6 - Thugs[/color] Beast Boy and Terra are wondering around looking for new games that they might pick up for the game room when the windows in the store that they are at start to rattle and the floor shakes like a tremor and then the sound of the explosion roars down the hallway. Pandemonium starts spreading throughout the area… then the both hear muffled gunfire and minor explosions out in the mall hallway (the Music/Game store is on the 2nd floor but on the opposite side were the Sporting good store is… you are about 70 feet away from the open food court area) [color=yellow]Initiative 17 - Beast Boy 22 - Terra[/color] Cat’s Eye and Wondergirl run out of the store where they are and see down the hallway to the southeast people starting to run this way and that and screams starting to travel up this way from the area. Just as they are about to start moving that way, an explosion rocks them from behind (the north hallway, back the way of the food court!) and looking back they both can see glass and steel falling down the open area where the hall opens up (they are presently on the 3rd floor of the Mall and are seeing the ceiling start to fall down; they are about 100 feet away from the open area of the food court and about 150 feet away from the southeast hallway where the people are running from something… neither are sure what! [color=yellow]Imitative… 29! - Cat’s Eye 25 - Wondergirl[/color] Cyborg, Impulse, Risk and Argent are in unknown locations right now, not around any players and therefore you don’t know what is up with them… [color=yellow]Initiative… 11 - Raven 4 - Crazy man?[/color] Raven mentally blasts the crazy freak cutting the girls… [color=yellow]Damage save vs. Raven’s mental blast, making it by 1[/color] …causing the man to reels back… and then he seems to waver and disappear only to be replaced a moment later by a tall man wearing a black trench coat and gloves… and shockingly where his head should be a glass plate can be seen. He smiles at Raven and says in a sickly voice that oozes and makes her skin crawl “[b]Well now my pet, you have fire don't you… oh the pain I am going to cause you…[/b]” as his eyes start to glow and his visible brain pulsing in excitement… [color=red]Spending a Villain Point; Range Attack roll total hits Raven by 2. Raven needs to make a Fortitude Save! [b]Please[/b] post your Fort Save and your next action…this is taking place slightly before the explosions go off…[/color] [color=yellow]Actions! Yes lots is going on AND the party is all over the place… but there are lots of things happening around that you can react with Also next round, I will combine the Initiative chart and put them in order… just just round I rolled them in order and where you are at[/color] [/QUOTE]
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