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Set Move Action: Taunt vs. Not!Samedi.: 1d20+10 13 Standard Action: Sand Snare vs. Not!Samedi. That's: Snare 7 (Extras: Area [General, Shapeable], Power Feats: Obscure Senses [All Senses], Variable Descriptor 1 [sand or shadows]) [27PP] (darkness aspect/desert aspect) So DC 17 Reflex.
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With frost clinging to his whiskers, an extremely irate looking Avro climbed agilely about Kimber's shoulders and up onto the top of her head, giving the gigantic boar a trumpet-like roar of defiance before leaping off from his poltergeist perch, landing on the Vetrgoltr's back. The smaller monster flicked his tail back and forth as he hunkered down and dug in with his claws, securing his position and deciding how best to register his displeasure. With a whip crack the barbed tail came down over his head and buried itself into the icy boar's hide, pumping supernaturally vicious acid venom into the wintery mass.
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A lightning quick snap kick took the head clean from the shoulders of an Omegadrone as Jive hit the exposed neck rotted most of the way through by Hologram's necrotic tendrils. Regrouping with his teammates and the newly rejoined bank robbers, the martial artist scanned the charred battlefield, struggling not to retch at the smell as he caught his breath. Taking the moment's pause to toss his garish windbreaker to the ground in favour of the more utilitarian tank top beneath it, Jav managed a weak smile. "Wearing 'em down now, yeah?" Clenching and unclenching fingers throbbing from striking unyielding metal, he dropped into a ready stance once again. "I think we can do this. How many more could there be?"
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Jive Move Action: DC 25 Acrobatic Feint with Skill Mastery and Fast Challenge. Standard Action: Unarmed Attack vs. Omegadrones; Power Attack 5. (1d20+10=22)
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"Oh, we're getting philosophical, hmm?" Gina observed with some wryness, folding her hands over her lap. "Listen, speaking as the only one here with the decency to get old, fate only gets you so far. I'll go out on a limb and guess you've slept in plenty of trees, Min--" With sudden realization she raised a hand to pinch the bridge of her nose. "Ay Dios, puns. They're getting to me. Anyway. Lots of trees, lots of people and maybe part of it is the right person at the right time but you still make that connection, take that step. You do that, you see?" The former policewoman emphasized the statement by pointing to her daughter-in-law. Turning to Josephine she continued, "And if I understand things well enough, if not for some rather remarkable efforts by your Mara, well. Forgive my phrasing but which time period you bleed to death in seems a bit academic. It's effort and work and affecting other people and letting them affect you. They say you can't choose your family but you choose what family means to you, I think." ----- "One hand, huh?" Erik grinned, swatting Chris' hand away amicably. "I think we've got our after dinner show. Speaking of which..." Finishing up what he was doing, he handed a pair of bowls to the younger man and directed where to put them on the table before leaning out of the kitchen doorway. "Alright ladies, the proverbial soup is on! Also the literal soup."
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Avro the Manticore Kitten Move Action: Jump onto Votrgeltr's back. Standard Action: Acid Venom Tail vs. Votrgeltr. (1d20+11=31) Crit! That's a DC 20 Drain Toughness.
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The moment the massive creature made an aggressive move, Avro loosed a volley of poisoned quills but the sheer force of the wintery gale that erupted from the Veltgoltr's maw tossed the needle like projectiles away and forced the diminutive manticore to curl into a protective ball with a frustrated, "Mrrrv!" "Hey!" Ghost Girl protested indignantly, planting her hands on her hips as the wind and ice passed through her immaterial form without resistance. "That is not very nice, mister! How would you like it if somebody blew a big blizzard right in your face, huh?" With that the poltergeist's lower jaw unhinged and stretched downward, far past what any mortal flesh could have managed until her mouth was a gaping chasm from which an even more furious roar of wind and cold exploded forth. The frigid blast smacked straight into the boar's head, enveloping its mass and much of the street behind it, leaving a second set of jagged icicles on the surrounding scenery pointing in the opposite direction. "See?!" Kimber continued, using both hands to work her chin back into place with the rest of the head. "It's rude. What do you have to say for yourself?"
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Set: Initiative. (1d20+3=16) Sekhmet: Initiative. (1d20+5=13)
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A sledgehammer of sonic force lanced directly into the center of the beleaguered formation of Omegadrones, taking them from sparking and failing to a mismatched pile of smouldering parts. The twisted combination of metal and flesh revealed by the attack threatened to make LaMarr physically ill but he pushed the reaction to a tiny corner of his mind, bottled away with everything that wasn't fighting for one more breath than another. "Cline?! The hell...?!" "Need all the -- ZAM! -- help we can get, Keith," Yelena called from overhead, letting the momentum of a brief free fall add momentum to a punch to a drone's helmet. Jump showed no sign of slowing down but as more and more drones poured forth it was clear she was accomplishing little more than giving the invaders one more thing to split their attention. "Focus!"
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Avro the Manticore Kitten Reflex Save vs. DC 21. (1d20+6=8) Reflex Save vs. DC 21. (1d20+6=23) Phew. Ghost Girl Full Action: Ice Breath vs. Veltgoltr. I expect that's not going to have much effect given the descriptors, but it's a DC 22 Snare Cone with Affects Corporeal.
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Jump Move Action: Acrobatic Bluff vs. Omegadrones. (1d20+10=18) Standard Action: Zam Bam Thank You Ma'am vs. Omegadrones. (1d20+13=32) Hopefully that scores some Autofire, at least!
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Wail Standard Action: Sonic Wail vs. Omegadrones; All-Out Attack 5, Power Attack 5. (1d20+13=24) That's: Damage 18 (Extras: Area [Targeted, Line, 5ft x 180ft], Feats: Knockback 18) (Sonic Wail) [54PP] So DC 33+5=38, arguably 40 if the Line Area counts for the purposes of that +2. Lemme know how that goes before I post Jump's actions.
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Listening in on the comparing of notes and the interrogation of the Queen, Midnight as least felt reassured that kidnapping the sovereign had been the correct course of action. The explosion and warning from Miss Byrd, on the other hand, confirmed that it had not been an easy one. "Make haste. Take the witch. I shall hold her dupes here as long as I am able. This manor is not without defenses." Walking around the table to Wander he explained in a slightly softer tone, "I remain as affected as the world at large. I would not be your liability but rather, as ever, your stalwart supporter." Hesitating for a split second, he pulled the scarf away from his mouth and slid the beaked mask up far enough to lean down and kiss her, lingering a beat past what could reasonably be called chaste, then another, until a second explosion rocked the subterranean base. Stepping back and reaffixing his disguise, the black clad alchemist bowed to the motley group of heroes and retrieved a longsword and an additional bandolier of flasks from the wall, stopping to reply into the trumpet, "Then let battle be joined, Miss Byrd." With that he was off, back up the stairs they had descended upon.
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"Well, no accounting for taste, William or Thoughtspeed or Will or The Other Two," Set allowed with an unconcerned shrug. "I'm on the Twitter if you like." Turning her attention to the newly arrived consort of young Richard, she waved pleasantly. "Hail, Paige Cline! You have a lovely family! I must say, however, everyone seems terribly high strung, with so much talk of parole and the silent looks full of veiled meaning!" "...why does he name me 'fan'?" Sekhmet interjected in a quieter voice evidently meant to be directly specifically to Set but audible to the whole room. Normally she would have commented upon the godling's convicted status but the numerous new faces introduced one after another were making her increasingly uncomfortable. Set leaned toward the warrior goddess and placed a hand to the side of her mouth to explain, "Tis akin to the upward thumb on the YouTubes. I shall elaborate anon, family drama be afoot." Straightening she gave Clock Queen a knowing look. "Goodness, Anna, you abscond for a scant few minutes and things seemingly fall apart! I'm quite the adept intermediary, you know, surely a resolution may be reached! Come, speak to Auntie Set!"
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From his spot on Kimber's shoulder, Avro watched the boar with wide, intent eyes. The fact that the other creature was many, many times over his own size did not seem to deter the manticore in the slightest but he was at least deferring to his mistress' more restrained approach for the time being. Even so, his barbed tail swished back and forth excitedly and the quills the formed a sort of mane about his neck stiffened and readied to fire. From her distant vantage point, Eliza was given the unsettling impression that the diminutive beast was grinning in anticipation. "Okay, alright, that's fine," Ghost Girl continued in a soothing voice, raising her hands non-threateningly. "You're kinda made of snow and ice and stuff, eh? Me too, a bit! Do you know where you came from?"
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"As someone who's had to occasionally keep Chris' insides from being outsides," Ellie noted with a look that mixed dry humour and genuine concern, "I'm not entirely sure he's not radioactive. I mean, the boy's electrolyte levels alone... I, um, you two make sure to take reasonable precautions when you're servicing the engines, yeah?" She hoped she wasn't skirting the line past friendly concern into inappropriate nosiness, surreptitious phrasing for Yolanda's benefit aside. "She means kissing and stuff," the youngster in question clarified immediately in perfect deadpan, "but that's boring. I want to know how you get your ideas for building stuff. Chris' ship thing is really weird but I like it."
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Avro the Manticore Kitten Standard Action: Ready Action. Trigger: Veltgoltr makes an aggressive move.Action: Spines vs. Veltgoltr. (1d20+11=26) That's a DC 20 Toughness Save with the Poison extra is it comes to it.
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Yeah, he'll Interpose. Toughness Save vs. DC 27. (1d20+13=18) Toughness Save vs. DC 27, HP Reroll. (1d20+13=15) Jeeeeeze. Alright, so that ends up being 25, anyway. Wail takes the bruise, or injury as the case may be.
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When LaMarr let up his sonic assault to take another breath, Jav was immediately sprinting forward. A few of the Omegadrones had managed to weather the force of Wail's shout and were marching toward the pair with pikes forward. Jive slipped through their ranks simply by being exactly where they didn't expect him every time, brutally exploiting the momentary weaknesses revealed to him by his superhuman powers of observation. "Ha! Kya!" Bare fists and booted feet struck with decades of trained precision, cracking damaged armor, sending imperfectly brandished weapons toppling away and using the drones' number against them with perfectly timed trip and shoves. By the time Wail had had time to line up another attack Jive had already doubled back and gotten clear of the line of fire, having successfully bought those crucial few seconds.
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"Oh, tis hardly a deal-breaker," Set assured Thoughtspeed with an understanding nod as Anna extricated herself from their linked arms to engage Sekhmet. The godling snapped his fingers and was immediately replaced with what was clearly a female version of the same being, shifting her weight to one side and placing a hand on one hip to accentuate hourglass curves and wearing one of the rattlesnake skin bustiers Clock Queen had described earlier. She managed to hold the pose for a beat before dissolving into laughter. "Ra's buttocks, these truly were terrible," she decided, tugging on the top of the garment in an effort to make it more comfortable before snapping her fingers again and replacing it with cloth wrap that looped around her neck and left her back and stomach bare. "If any of those poor women are still about, I must send them a fruit basket or some such. We did stop those necromancers, though! Rousing heroics all around!" Evidently unconcerned by the shapeshifter's antics, Sekhmet ignored Will's bow and instead gave Clock Queen a hesitant look. "Ah. Well. Anna Cline, I intend no disrespect, however..." The goddess looked about the room for an excuse, tapping her forefingers together with trepidation. "Sekhmet only bares her claws for true combat," Set provided smoothly, pursing lips darkened to the same shape as the lines about her eyes and brushing brick red dreadlocks airily. "No sparring. Warrior goddess thing, you know, honor and... things. I wouldn't truly know." Sekhmet paused briefly before nodding curtly. "Aye. Honor. I hope for thy understanding." She gave Anna a respectful nod and coughed slightly into her fist.
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Jive Move Action: DC 25 Acrobatic Feint with Skill Mastery and Fast Challenge. Standard Action: Unarmed Attack vs. Omegadrones; Power Attack 5. (1d20+10=18) Not an Area attack, in this case, to be clear, but DC 25.
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"Not a flattering phase at all," Set sighed as snakes were inevitably brought up once more. He supposed he couldn't fault his elder self's ability to leave a lasting brand identity, eager though he was to shed it. "But aye! Tis in the past! Looking to the future, I see the Cline family good looks have bred strong and true!" With a winning smile and wink, he shot the youngest and so far unintroduced speedster a finger gun with his free hand. "As the Tumblr scribes pronounce it: oh no, he's hot!" "I am an arbiter of ma'at," Sekhmet clarified in a reverberant tone, squaring her shoulders while a disk of sunlight appeared behind her head like a halo. "The arts of war and those of healing be my purview in equal measure, though I favour the former. The divine lioness be also within my aspect, aye, as too the sun as blessed Ra's Eye on the mortal plane." The sundisk faded away and she turned to Clock Queen specifically. "When last I viewed properly prepared mortal remains, Anna Cline, they were on display in thy city's museum. Distasteful, though less so than when foul sorcery made them as puppets." "Heh," Set snorted in a lowered tone, "'Purr-view.'"
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HUNTED by Thevshi Sekhmet +6 Sidekick = 30PP to spend, like so: 6PP on Saves: +2 Fortitude +2 Reflex +2 Will 5PP = 20 ranks of Skills: +5 Acrobatics +6 Intimidate +5 Knowledge [Tactics] +4 Notice 7PP on Feats: Evasion 2 Improved Grab Improved Overrun Improved Throw Improved Trip +1 Takedown Attack 2PP on Comprehend 1 (Languages [understand All]) [2PP] (deific) 3PP on Super-Senses 3 (Accurate Auditory, Low-Light Vision) [3PP] (lioness aspect) 4PP on Super-Strength 2 (Effective Strength 34, Heavy Load 1.4 tons) [4PP] (warrior aspect) 3PP into her Deific Aspects Array to make it: Deific Aspects Array 9 (18PP; Power Feats: Alternate Power 1) [19PP] Base: Alternate Form 3.6 (18PP Container [Active, Sustained]) [18PP] (lioness aspect) Morph 2 (Lioness, +10 Disguise) [2PP] Comprehend 2 (Speak to and Understand Animals) [4PP] Leaping 4 (25x) [4PP] Penetrating 3 (on Unarmed Damage) [3PP] (claws and teeth) Speed 2 (Rank 3 Total; 50MPH; Power Feats: Move-By Action) [3PP] Super-Movement 2 (Slow Fall, Wall Crawling 1) [4PP] Super-Senses 2 (Olfactory Tracking 2) [2PP] Drawback 4 (No Hands [Very common, Moderate]) [-4PP] AP: Damage 0 (on Unarmed Damage; Power Feats: Affects Insubstantial 2, Incurable) [3PP] (corona fists; sun aspect, fire) Environmental Control 3 (Sunlight, 25’ radius) [6PP] (sun aspect) Healing 7 (Flaws: Limited [Others]; Power Feats: Persistent, Stabilize) [9PP] (healer aspect) Also tweaking her Apparent Age to Late Twenties, adjusting her Grappling bonus for the Super-Strength, adding an image and fixing some minor notation errors.
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MUMMIFIED by Thevshi Set 30PP to spend, like so: 10PP = 40 ranks of Skills: +7 Acrobatics +6 Computers +1 Disable Device +10 Gather Information +1 Investigate +6 Knowledge [Pop Culture] +5 Notice +2 Sleight of Hand +2 Stealth 8PP on Feats: Challenge [Fast Taunt] Set Up +6 Sidekick, giving Sekhmet +30PP for the following edit request 8PP on Shapeshift 1 (5PP Variable Power; Any Power, Multiple Powers at Once, Move Action, +5 Disguise) [8PP] (chaos aspect) 4PP on Device 1 (5PP Container; Flaws: Easy-to-Lose; Power Feats: Restricted [Passcode]) [4PP] (smart phone) Enhanced Feats 3 (Connected, Contacts, Well Informed) [3DP] (social media) Feature 1 (Video Camera) [1DP] Super-Senses 1 (Radio) [1DP] Also tweaking his Apparent Age to 'Late Teens', adding an image and adding Sample Configurations for Shapeshift. Super-Senses 7 (Visual; Extras: Counters Concealment, Counters Obscure [All]) [7PP] (darkness aspect) Deific Aspects Array 13.5 (27PP; Power Feats: Alternate Power 4) [31PP] [array]Base: Comprehend 3 (Rank 4 Total; Languages [Read/Write, Speak and Understand All Simultaneously]) [6PP] (foreign aspect) [equip]Mind Reading 7 (Extras: Action [Move Action], Area [General, Burst], Flaws: Limited [Surface Thoughts], Sense-Dependent [Auditory]) [7PP] (subtleties of the language) Morph 6 (Any Humanoid, +30 Disguise; Power Feats: Precise, Drawbacks: Limited [Adolescents]) [12PP] Super-Senses 2 (Direction Sense, Distance Sense) [2PP][/equip] AP: Damage 7 (Extras: Autofire, Ranged, Power Feats: Accurate 1, Affects Insubstantial 2, Homing 1, Indirect 2) [27PP] (lightning bolt; storm aspect, electricity) AP: Dazzle 7 (Visual; Power Feats: Accurate 1, Reversible) [16PP] (shadow globule; darkness aspect) [equip]Teleport 5 (500’; Extras: Accurate, Affects Others, Flaws: Medium [Shadows], Short-Range, Power Feats: Turnabout) [11PP] (shadow walk; darkness aspect)[/equip] AP: Environmental Control 10 (20PP, Mix-and-Match Environments; Distraction [precipitation, sandstorm], Hamper Movement [high winds], Heat, Visibility [sandstorm]; Extras: Action [Move], Independent [+0], Flaws: Range [Touch], Power Feats: Reversible) [21PP] (weather control; desert aspect/storm aspect) [equip]Move Object 3 (Heavy Load: 200 lbs) [6PP] (high winds; storm aspect)[/equip] AP: Snare 7 (Extras: Area [General, Shapeable], Power Feats: Obscure Senses [All Senses], Variable Descriptor 1 [sand or shadows]) [27PP] (darkness aspect/desert aspect)[/array] Device 1 (5PP Container; Flaws: Easy-to-Lose; Power Feats: Restricted [Passcode]) [4PP] (smart phone) [device]Enhanced Feats 3 (Connected, Contacts, Well Informed) [3DP] (social media) Feature 1 (Video Camera) [1DP] Super-Senses 1 (Radio) [1DP][/device] [table][tr]DC Block:[/tr] [tr][td]ATTACK[/td][td]RANGE[/td][td]SAVE[/td][td]EFFECT[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Unarmed[/td][td]Touch[/td][td]DC16 Toughness (Staged)[/td][td]Damage (Physical)[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Lightning Bolt[/td][td]Ranged[/td][td]DC22 [Autofire] Toughness (Staged)[/td][td]Damage (Energy)[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Sand/Shadow Snare[/td][td]Ranged [Shapeable Area][/td][td]DC17 Reflex (Staged)[/td][td]Entangled/Bound[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Shadow Globule[/td][td]Ranged[/td][td]DC17 Reflex[/td][td]Blind[/td][/tr][/table] Totals: Abilities (36) + Combat (26) + Saving Throws (12) + Skills (22) + Feats (46) + Powers (68) - Drawbacks (0) = 210/210 Power Points
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"Aha, your knowledge would have even scholarly Thoth nod in respect, sister!" Sekhmet congratulated with a feral grin, backflipping gracefully away from the attack. "We had a title for such melees in ages past when the Ennead walked the mortal plane freely." Landing nimbly on her feet and splayed fingers, the goddess was at once in her tawny lioness form, golden eyes smouldering as she bared her fangs. "In the modern vernacular, tis a monster mash!" Surging forward, the mighty feline pounced upon the Harionago, meeting a cage of braids and barbs raised up in defense. Roaring savagely, she pressed the attack, forcing the ghoul on the defensive.
