Turn 143
Silently curse the legal system and finish up this paperwork. In the meantime I use my super-hearing to attempt to get an idea of what the soldiers in the base are talking about.
(2) You fill out the forms, the soldier who delivered them to you scooping them up as soon as you put the pen down and then leaving the room. There are still no signs of anyone come to brief you, so you might as well try to use your super hearing to eavesdrop on the soldiers. Before you let go of the suppression you learned to put on it you realize that super-listening in the middle of a busy military base might lead to unfortunate consequences, such as busted eardrums, so you decide not to.
Find the key to the prisoner cells, pickpocketing a guard if I have to, and set the prisoners loose
(1+1=2) You casually sidle up to a guard, having spotted an electronic key on his belt, and then try to swipe it as stealthily as you can. As it turns out you aren't stealthy enough, and the guards notices what you tried to do. In a last-ditch attempt to salvage the situation you spout off a lie, that it was simply a test of his abilities,
(4) and he seems to buy it, simply going back to his duties without another word.
Start work on finding a factory to create robots with.
(6) You fly off in search of a factory to house your new robot-production facility, quickly locating a facility that seems rather fitting. It is large, modern, and houses the necessary equipment. It is a factory owned by the US army, where they produce electrical systems for their missiles. But you don't care who used to own it, it will be yours, it must be yours.
Get in the truck before it leaves without me.
(1) You try to get in the truck, but you slip on an oil spill on the ground, falling down behind some old boxes. Luckily for you Rebecca saw you fall down, and manages to stop the others from driving off before you can get in the car.
To the base, to instruct various gang members on how to be really fast.
(1) You are quite annoyed by this jelly incident, deciding that you'd rather be somewhere else, like at the new base, where you could be teaching your gang how to be fast. So you try to run there, only to discover a tad too late that jelly is actually rather slippery, and you go flying through the air.
(6) You slam right into a phone booth, utterly demolishing it, but somehow you yourself emerge rather unscathed from it all. A small consolation is that Lucien is standing nearby, looking somewhat disappointed, and whatever the reason is he deserves it after his vicious attack upon you a few minutes ago.
Find an alligator.
(2) Despite your new super sense you cannot seem to locate any alligators, just a baby crocodile, but that's not what you were looking for so you threw it away. Maybe the rumors of alligators living in the sewers of New York are actually not true?
Close the hatch on my new tank, learn how to drive it.
(3) Closing the hatch of the tank isn't all that hard, but learning how to drive it is. It is nothing like any vehicle you have previously operated, and you'd rather not start pressing buttons at random and self-destruct it or something like that. At least not yet. So you mostly just stare at the controls for a few minutes, trying and failing to figure them out.
*Takes the key and thanks them for the trade.
"Give our regards to Ironmonger."
Examine the truck and and attendant Humvee. (Ie. the goods we traded for) while everyone gets in.*
(Have Roots contact Hades if he can and let him know we're returning. Make sure everyone is in the vehicle before departing.)
(4) They now give you the keys without any further argument, grabbing the keys to the van from you and driving off in it. At first you can't find the Humvee anywhere, but then you think to look inside the truck, where they have somehow managed to fit it, all the stuff packed into the back of the smaller car. Why they would pack the things into the back of a car and then put the car into a truck you don't know, but you decide to not dwell on it lest your mind be broken. You get in the truck, deciding that it would be less suspicious to be driving around in it than a military vehicle, and wait for the others to get in as well.
Hm. Destroy a phone booth or similar with forcefully propelled jelly.
(1+1+1=3) You prepare to unleash another jet of rapidly propelled jelly at a phone booth near the edge of the town square, but just as you are about to let go of the delicious blast someone goes smashing into your intended target, destroying it. This someone is Cheetahr, and he looks rather smug about the whole thing.
And I think I'll move down the river westward.
(2+1+1=4) You decide to move west, assuming that something good must be in that direction. At first you encounter some problems with figuring out which way west is, until you realize that you can just use your magnetic powers to read the earth's magnetic field. Like a small, round submarine you start moving westward, until you hit the shore. You've reached Manhattan, judging from the tall buildings you can see through your small breathing tube.
Enemy Actions (Heroes/Hostiles)None, that'll last long. [/sarcasm]
Allied/Neutral Actions (Villains/Civilians)Get in the car
(5) Before she gets in she help Zieg, making sure that he isn't forgotten.
Smashy Smashy!
(3) It doesn't find anything to go smashy on, so it just trudges on towards whatever goal it has, and it's not getting there fast.
Contact Hades
(1) For no apparent reason he suddenly falls unconscious.
Clean new base
(6) While exploring it they find an old bulldozer, keys still in the ignition.
(3) It is a small wonder that only one new hole is put in one wall, but at least they get most of the base cleaned up.
Extort more money
(5) They employ more subtle techniques this time, actually managing to get the point across without messing up an entire store.
Environment:
Time: 10:35
LocationsThere is no sign of the fortress anymore.
A small underground fortress. There is a large entrance chamber, five smaller rooms and one vehicle bay. Ventilated and set up with electrical wiring.
An abandoned military base. Mostly unexplored.
In space. It allows you to hack into almost any communications device. Connected to missile defense network.
A large armored shell around a large chassis.(+3 against piercing, slashing, bludgeoning and +1 against electricity. Currently inside the fortress.
400 pounds of sheet metal.
1 pound of uranium.
5 ounces of weapons-grade plutonium.
20 pounds of palladium.
1 cubic foot of antimatter.
The Crimson gem of Cyttorak.
Can carry 30 people. +1 to lifting heavy weights. -1 to precision maneuvering. Damaged engine. Landed in a park near the Four Freedoms Plaza.
Large car, fits 8 people. +1 against piercing and slashing damage.
A battle tank. Exact condition unknown but presumed good.
A bank vault torn from its resting place by Luke. It contains fifty secure storage boxes, all of which have been opened. It is currently outside the fortress and open.
A chopper-style motorcycle. Black.
Status:
Super Speed: +2 to speed, +1 to dodge, can attack however many times he want during a turn, but suffers a -1 to hit for every attack after the second.
Double-Jumper: can do one extra jump in mid-air.
Can run on walls
Symbiotic super-chin: +1 to persuasion rolls
Boyscout: +1 to actions that involve tying.
Batter: +1 to hit when hitting things at people using baseball bats.
Medic: +1 to healing external or simple internal injuries. One more 5 for bonus.
Shotgunner: +1 to hit with shotguns.
Scary: +1 to scaring people.
Apprentice Gunslinger: Can attack twice per round with all pistols, but suffers a -2 to hit
Rhetoric novice: +1 to convincing people of plausible things. One more 5 for bonus
A pair of reinforced running shoes.
A car key.
Heavy kevlar vest, protects upper and lower body: +1 against piercing and slashing. +1 against bludgeoning.
Modified SWAT helmet, on head: +1 against piercing, slashing and bludgeoning. +1 to vision, can see cloaked foes.
A .44 magnum revolver.
A double-barreled shotgun.
An aluminum baseball bat.
A power amplification armband: +1 to speed, +1 to dodge
One fired bullet
Knife
Leather Jacket
Chopper (Owned)
Key ring with large amount of keys: Allows access to old military base near Greyson, Kentucky.
Scarred face: -1 charisma
Helmetoholic: roll against confusion when not wearing modified SWAT helmet.
Minor damage to left arm
Covered in blueberry jam: -1 to avoid getting eaten
Luke “Flash Point” Prowler: Nemesis
Chief of Police in Grayson: Bribed
Lucky: +1 to hit, +1 to luck-based rolls.
Agile: +1 to agility-based actions. One more 5 for bonus.
Persuader: +1 to persuasion.
Masterful thrower: +1 to hit with thrown objects. Can attack twice during one round with no penalty to hit.
Casanova: +1 to seducing.
Can handle pain: +1 to resisting pain.
Sneaky: +1 to sneaking.
Improved endurance: does not tire easily.
Novice marksman: no bonus yet.
Novice pilot: No bonus yet.
Novice driver: no bonus yet
Basic Healing skills: +1 to healing simple external wounds
A set of throwing knives.
A plastic bag with 1750 dollars in it.
SWAT kevlar vest, covers upper and lower body: +1 against piercing and slashing.
SWAT uniform.
MP5: can attack twice during one round, but suffers a -1 to hit.
SKS rifle: +1 to hit at long ranges.
Desert Eagle: +1 piercing damage.
Keys to box truck and Humvee
Two basic medical kits: +1 to healing attempts
Power amplification armband: +1 to dodge and hit, +1 to luck rolls
Rebecca Mayers: she is in love with him.
Magnetism: Can manipulate and create magnetic forces. One more 5 for power increase.
Railgun-Man: +1 to hit with small objects thrown with powers. Can ignore up to +1 armor of target when attacking with small thrown objects. Can attack twice per turn, but suffers -1 to accuracy.
Can operate simple machinery with magnetic powers.
+1 to operating machine guns.
Novice mechanic: one more 5 for skill bonus.
+1 to using magnetic powers. -1 to target's dodge roll to avoid magnetic powers. Further +1 for fine manipulation.
Novice electronics engineer: +1 to modifying electrical systems.
Carpenter of metal: one more 5 for bonus
Beige trenchcoat
Black cowboy hat
Three metal balls
Two notebooks with notes
Two Pens
Two empty notebooks.
M1911 pistol.
S.M.A.R.T. Armor: +1 against slashing and piercing. Covers entire body. +1 strength. Has an advanced AI named Bob.
Blueprints for antigravity generator: +2 to building it if the correct components are gathered.
A pair of chainswords: +1 slashing damage, roll against breaking when used. When activated: +1 slashing damage, ignores up to +1 of enemy armor, cannot use magnetic powers for other things at the same time. Insulated from electricity.
A pair of electrical motors that fit in chainswords.
Power amplification armband: +1 to power use
Map of New York: +1 to moving to general area of city
Obadiah Stane/Ironmonger: Friend.
Magneto: Mentor.
Tony Stark/Iron Man: Enemy.
X-men: enemies,
Sergei Dragovich: former associate, owes him a favor, dislikes you, and your little dog too.
Telekinesis: can move objects at a distance with his mind, suffers penalties to moving large objects based on their size. Can levitate self with powers, +1 to doing so. +1 to using powers.
Mediocre telekinetic: +1 to moving objects that are the size of a normal car or smaller.
Bullet bender: +1 accuracy with firearms
Understands mechanics: no bonus yet.
Atomic manipulator: one more 5 for bonus
Budding hacker: no bonus yet
9 adhesive grenades: releases a sticky goo upon explosion
100 feet of electrical wire
Power amplification armband: +1 to all power use
Pistol
Tentacle legs: +1 kick damage. +1 to attack rolls involving grappling of target. -1 charisma
Infected by dark energy: -2 damage against blessed energies, more easily affected by demonic possession.
Dark magician: can use dark magic, gets a negative to rolls depending on magnitude of the attempted spell.
Minor dark energy infection: -1 charisma, +1 to scaring people.
Dark energy shield spell: gives +1 against piercing, blunt, slashing, fire, and cold damage when active.
Can curse the ground: unknown effect.
Invisibility spell: can turn one object invisible for a period of five minutes, giving -3 to all accuracy and spot rolls against this object.
Dark mage: +2 to simple spells. +1 to medium spells. Two more 5's needed for bonus.
Novice New Yorker: +1 to traveling to a general area of the city.
Dark robes
Various arcane reagents
Combat knife
Rifle
Power amplification armband: +1 to all power use
Demon imprisoned in mind: If targeted by mental attack, roll against demon escaping
Shadow Shield: +1 against piercing, blunt, slashing, fire, and cold damage.
Cold: no effect
Minor manipulation of living tissue: gets a negative to rolls depending on how advanced the manipulation is. Has to have physical contact with target.
Genetic composer: +1 to mutation rolls
Novice rhetoric: +1 to convincing people of plausible things
Spiky bone club: +1 to enemy dodge roll, +1 piercing damage.
Climbing claws: +1 to climb rolls. -1 to attack rolls with firearms. Can be retracted to make it as if they weren't there, takes five minutes. Extended.
Poison gland in right thumb: causes numbness in victim.
Tentacle on right shoulder, with poison gland: causes paralysis of the affected areas, +1 to hit in melee
Pheromone gland: can produce different pheromones
Large maw on torso: can swallow human-sized target whole, can be hidden
Altered appearance: cannot be recognized by sight alone
Superhuman hearing: +1 to listening rolls, -1 to dodge and damage against all sonic based attacks.
Can absorb the life essence of beings he kills, gets any powers they have that he doesn't.
Super hearing: +2 to listening rolls, -1 dodge and damage against all sonic based attacks. Can turn it on and off at will. Can direct it exactly towards a chosen point.
Can create and control fire, can also use this to fly. +1 to using fire powers.
Rapid healing due to nanobots: +1 to healing and survival rolls
Flyer: +1 to using powers to fly.
Somewhat persuasive: no bonus yet
M16: can attack twice during one turn, but suffers a -1 to hit
Knows many people from his earlier career as a superhero. Including the now deceased Fantastic Four.
Mistaken as the son of wealthy businessman Justin Hammer by the staff at Mercy Hospital.
Captain General: Mortal Enemy
Shapeshifting: Can turn into the shape of any human-sized humanoid creature he has encountered.
Mimic: Can copy the powers of empowered beings he has met. -1 to doing so. One more 5 for bonus
Can change the form of others?
Scary Black man
The Thing
Cheetahr
Mr. Roosts
Blarney
Jim “Hades” Ferse
Xen
Lucien
Mutosis
Luke “Flash Point” Prowler
Little boy
14 Different civilians
Soldier
Diakron
Novice marksman: one more 5 for bonus
Novice New Yorker: +1 to traveling to well-known landmark
Pistol
EMP weapon: can shut down or destroy electrical systems caught in the area of effect.
Power amplification armband: +1 to all power use
Notebook filled with names
Broken nose
Light burns all over body: no effect
Damaged left leg: -1 to actions involving use of that leg
Teleportation: Can teleport to any point within one mile. -1 to teleporting to places he cannot see. Autosuccess on teleporting a distance of no more than ten feet. Can teleport small objects in his vicinity.
Dexterous fingers: one more 5 for bonus.
Sneaky sneaky: one more 5 for bonus
Rather convincing: one more 5 for bonus
Black leather coat
Khaki pants
Blue shirt that says “Fastest Thing Alive”
Pistol
Laser pistol: Laser damage, +1 to hit
25 cents
Lots of construction material
A very large heavy-duty chainsaw: -1 to hit, +2 to damage, can ignore +1 of enemy armor
Chevrolet keys
Map: +1 to traveling to a general area of the city
70 pieces of jewelry, mostly gold.
Power amplification device: +1 to all power use
One revealing picture of a senator and a stripper
Five bonds
Minor damage to leg
Left arm damaged: -1 to using left arm
Medium burns all over body
Broken ribs: -1 stamina
Can manipulate electricity: +1 to using powers at close range
Computer disc with unknown content, lying in a security box which gives +1 against all damage.
Tank (owned)
NPC statusMarksman: +1 to hit with firearms. One more 5 for further bonus.
Tosser: +1 to hit when throwing
Two bags of assorted medical supplies
In love with Blarney: -3 to all rolls that would be directly harmful to him
Red and black jumpsuit
Power inhibitor
Back pains: -1 to lifting heavy things
Unconscious: -1 to all physical actions
Good builder: +1 to building things
Has own schematics: +1 to repairing self, can construct copies of itself'
Gaze of insanity: Can drive a single person insane just by looking them in the eyes.
Telepath: able to make a two way connection with the minds of others, has to make a roll to prevent being affected by their thoughts. Can make a one way connection to others, but suffers a -1 to doing so, if already connected in a two way connection gains a +1 bonus. Can make others do simple actions when connected to them, target gets +1 to avoidance roll, can focus to give target -1 to avoidance roll. He can also use his powers to locate people, +1 to doing so, can locate people through someone he has connected with.
Can connect to several people in rapid succession to give them simple orders: targets get a +2 to avoidance roll for the orders, has to roll to prevent being affected by their thoughts.
Mental alarm clock: can wake self from unconsciousness.
Paralyzing gaze: can paralyze one person as long as he looks them in the eyes, -1 to doing so.
'Bulletproof the Avenging Limb', mutated left leg: +1 against piercing and slashing damage to left leg. +1 strength in left leg.
Minor skill in connecting to others over large distances.
Minor skill in mechanics: no bonus yet
A pair of black-tinted sunglasses: prevents his gaze from affecting people when worn.
A few packs of Marlboros.
Desert Eagle: +1 piercing damage.
GPS: +1 to travel actions.
Prototype emergency broadcast system
Power amplification armband: +1 to all power use
Minor dark energy shield: +1 against piercing and cold damage.
Studded leather jackets
Leather boots
Leather driving gloves
Various improvised weapons
One or two pistols
Cheetahr: Leader
Twelve bikers: members
Ten thugs of various backgrounds: members
Tell me if you find any errors.
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