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[Mad Scientist]

Miss Chance, Low=hit: 2#1d20 3 11

So, 24 misses, but 27 hits, for a DC 18 Fort save vs Stun?

[Mad Scientist]

Fort Save DC: 18: 1d20+8 12

...well, as hard as a falling target might be to hit, let' HP reroll that one.

Fort Save DC: 18, HP Reroll: 1d20+8 21

Better.  This'd be a bad time to be Stunned, especially that close to a propeller.

[Ari]

Round 2

G-Gryphon 1: Unharmed-GM
G-Gryphon 2: Unharmed-GM
Cerulean: Unharmed, 2HP
G-Gryphon 3: Pilot: Bruised, Stunned Vehicle: Injured-GM
G-Gryphon 4: Unharmed-GM
G-Gryphon 5: Unharmed-GM
G-Gryphon 6: Unharmed-GM

Gryphons #1-2 attempt to make Pilot checks (DC15, it's a little tricky) to maneuver so they can safely fire on Cerulean: 13, 9, neither rolled a one(EDIT: actually #2 did, I beg your pardon Mad Scientist for this lapse. #2 crashes against the Lady Aetheria for a DC25 Toughness save: 13, failed by 12, craft is Staggered and Disabled, which I rule puts it out of the fight) or got below 5, so neither crash, but they have to pull away from the Lady Aetheria.

Cerulean's go.

Edited August 25, 2015 by Ari

[Mad Scientist]

Ack!  I've been busy with my new job, but that's no excuse to forget that I was up!

Now that she has her footing, as it were, Cerulean is going to wait until at least a couple of them are inbound on an attack run, then hit them with her Kamehameha. 

Blast 11, 25' wide line and 550' long, Penetrative 5, +5 Knockback. It's a full round action to activate, Toughness Save DC 26, a Reflex Save at DC 21 reduces that Toughness DC to 20. 

[Ari]

No worries, Mad Scientist.

The last three Gryphons go together. We'll say the readied action takes precedence. Their pilots' DC21 Reflex saves: 20, 6, 15. None make it.
Their DC26 Toughness saves: 12, 22, 18. #4 fails by 14, let's say the G-Gryphon is Destroyed and its pilot descends to Earth with their automatic safety device. #5's pilot is Bruised, and their Gryphon Injured. #6's pilot is Stunned and Bruised and their ship also Injured.

Only #5 manages to take an action this round. Their DC15 Pilot check to try and got an angle on Cerulean: 25. Their Attack roll against her with a Stun: 28. Natural Critical Hit. EDIT: DC23 Fortitude save vs. Stun.

Edited August 27, 2015 by Ari

[Ari]

Edited earlier post of Round 2, correcting an almost-uncaught error on my part.

 

Round 3

G-Gryphon 1: Unharmed-GM
G-Gryphon 2: Out-GM
Cerulean: Unharmed, 1HP
G-Gryphon 3: Pilot(Bruisedx1, Stunned) Vehicle(Injuredx1)-GM
G-Gryphon 4: Out-GM
G-Gryphon 5: Pilot(Bruisedx1)-GM
G-Gryphon 6: Pilot(Bruisedx1, Stunned) Vehicle(Injuredx1)-GM

Edited August 27, 2015 by Ari

[Mad Scientist]

Have to keep varying the attacks, can't let them get used to any one in particular.  Sniper Beam at the next Gryphon to come into 500' range.

Sniper Beam Attack: 1d20+11 20

Blast 11, Damage Save DC 26.

[Ari]

Don't forget about the Stun, Mad Scientist! We need to resolve that first.

 

[Mad Scientist]

Was there a miss chance rolled?  I may have misassumed what your edit was about. 

[Ari]

Hn. From my reading of the rules I took it that a natural twenty struck regardless of concealment, but I still need to roll against it to see if it is, in fact, actually a Critical Hit.

7 on the Miss Chance roll, so that'd hit regardless, making it an official Critical Hit.

As for the other edit, it was to fix an error where Gryphon #2 HAD in fact rolled a 1 (I blame the gremlins) and crashed into the airship. It was previously recorded as still in the running.

[Mad Scientist]

All right then, a roll vs stun it is!  ...but it's a Stun 13 power?  Ouch.  Better not get tagged by many of those!

 

Fort Save DC: 28: 1d20+8 27

[Ari]

That's actually just DC23, I am a dumz. Damaging effects only get the DC15+rank. No effect.

Anyway, G-Gryphon #1 rolls its DC15 Pilot check on an attack run: 20. Attack with Atmo-Cannon(Move Object 11, Area(Cone)): 10. Miss. Reroll(+1HP to Cerulean, 2HP): 23. Round three, and the Gryphons are no longer affected by Eileen's Concealment (+1HP again, at 3HP), DC18 Fortitude save.

Cerulean's turn after that resolution.

[Mad Scientist]

Wish she knew their radar had locked onto her.   She'll likely figure it out soon enough.

Fort Save DC: 18: 1d20+8 27

Definite overkill for a DC 18, but I'll still take it!  Still trying for increased visibility from below -- massive Kamehameha 25' x 550' brilliant blue beam spearing out ad the Gryphons again!  As above, Blast 11, Penetrative 5, +5 Knockback. It's a full round action to activate, Toughness Save DC 26, a Reflex Save at DC 21 reduces that Toughness DC to 20. 

[Ari]

#3, 5  and 6 are caught in the ray, their Reflex saves vs DC21: 25, 22, 20. #3 and 5 make it, their DC20 Toughness saves 20, 16. #6's DC26 Toughness save: 17.

#3 is unchanged(still Stunned), #5 suffers a Bruise and Injury to the pilot and vehicle respectively, #6 gets another Bruise and Injury and has their Stun refresh.

#5 tries something new in crashing bodily into Cerulean, attempting to crush her between its beak and the airship. Attack roll: 26. Connects. DC25 Toughness save, with a DC20 Reflex save/Flight Power Check/Stunt off of her Array/Other Combat Trick to avoid smashing into the Lady Aetheria for a somewhat higher second Toughness save.

[Mad Scientist]

Toughness Save DC 25: 1d20+9 21  Ooof!

She's just done a full-round action with one of the most dramatic effects from her light array -- I think stunting off that is probably not the most logical way to go.  Let's go for a Reflex save to roll up the Gryphon, movie-hero-hit-by-a-car style:

Reflex Save DC: 20: 1d20+7 27  Boom!  An unprecedentedly fortunate roll.

[Ari]

Mad Scientist, I have an idea: next 'round' closes off the fight when the leading Gyro-Gryphon misses while shooting a stun-bolt at Cerulean while she's on its wingmate, instead briefly electrifying the other craft and sending the ornithopter and momentarily-paralyzed superheroine crashing through the side of the airship and into one of the command levels, inadvertently bringing her closer to Sky Lord.

Or, if you prefer, Cerulean can finish off the Gryphons and make her way aboard by some other, less catastrophic means.

[Mad Scientist]

No no, that way sounds suitably dramatic.  I was just considering abandoning the fight with the gyros and heading inside to see about doing some derring-do.  Plus, it's right up my ally of less-than-dignified but effective heroic action that's so amusing.

[Ari]

Alright then! Let's say Cerulean gets a Bruise and a HP for that, and we move the in-character thread on.

[Mad Scientist]

Sounds good -- did you want to lead that in, or should I? 

[Ari]

How about you give a summary of the battle with the Gyro-Gryphons, ending with her escaping Death By Crushing and rolling up the plane's body, and I lead off from there with the shocking and the crashing and the continued bad day?

[Mad Scientist]

Move action: get up.

Standard Action:  Nova!
Dazzle (Visual) 9 (Nova. Extras: Area: Perception, Duration: Concentration, Penetrating [2]; Flaws: Range: Touch; Drawbacks: Full Power)
Nova              Perception DC19 Ref/For   (Lasting)   Blind

Free action:  Mirror Images.

[Ari]

I will say that just works, none of these folks are relevant to fighting. The Dazzle prevents those running for the alarms from finding them for at least a minute.

Could you give me a Notice roll, Mad Scientist?

[Mad Scientist]

Notice: 1d20 5

I see NUFFINK!

[Ari]

To the contrary! Eileen very clearly sees a door marked "Security Centre"! And some other stuff that will come up in the GM post which will be in a bit and not days.