The Adventure

Feb 14, 2025 10:02 pm

Shield Maiden's attack is incredibly effective! Various graphs shown on the monitors indicate that WeatherCore's energy readings are even more chaotic, as it tries to compensate for the powerful lightning.

It's still an active threat, but hobbled a bit...for now....

WeatherCore loses 1 dice, and has a -5 penalty to all rolls for the rest of the round.

If Elias interacts with it successfully this round, he could neutralize these effects.

Feb 14, 2025 10:09 pm

WeatherCore's targeting system isn't at optimal efficiency, but it's still able to lock on to Rocketeer. A literal blizzard forms in the room, centered on the rocket-loving scientist. Strong winds and ice shards buffet her armor, and the temperature near her drops precipitously.

Her instruments detail the threat in alarming detail:

-20F

...

-100F

...

-200F

Can she escape this insane cold, or combat it with her armor?!

OOC:

Rocketeer, defend yourself!

Rolls

WeatherCore - (6d6-5)

(242242) - 5 = 11

Rocketeer

Eltesla

Feb 15, 2025 1:28 am

The temperature around her's getting dangerously low. If this continues, her armor will sustain damage. Her solution?

Blow up the source, no holds barred!

"Lock and load!" Various missile launchers pop out of various slots on her armor. A volley of napalm missiles fire out, locking onto the WeatherCore. It might be a remarkable piece of tech, morally dubious source of power aside, but it's got to go down! Her droids try to do their best to support her with their weapons.

OOC:

Pumping Mad Rocket Scientist by 2

Rolls

Mad Rocket Scientist - (5d6)

(55231) = 16

Allied Droids (count only if 6) - (1d6)

(4) = 4

Feb 15, 2025 7:27 pm

The napalm missiles strike the base of WeatherCore, blasting off various components, and then turning a large portion of it into melted goop.

The temperature around Rocketeer rises to a manageable 20F, and the blizzard turns into what would be a peaceful snowstorm, were this not an epic battle.

Round One

19: Victor/Shield Maiden – down to Mild-Mannered Alter Ego (2)
16: WeatherCore – down to (5), -5 this round
14: Small Fry –
12: Dr. Elias Raines – some attackers -5
7: Ragnar Thunderheart – down to Alcoholic (2), Demi-god (4)

3: Team: Rocketeer – down to Mad Rocket Scientist (3) +2 pump this round, High-Flying Daredevil (2)
3: Team: Allied Defense Droids – (1)

Small Fry, you're up!

Small Fry

Legendary_Sidekick

Feb 15, 2025 10:25 pm

Small Fry uses her fairy might—

[ +- ] 💥 Strong From Her Size

—to snatch the grenade from Shieldmaiden’s utility-whatever. Though the grenade is about as big as her entire body, Small Fry carries it with as much ease as Victor would have carrying a very big grenade. She wraps her arms and legs around it and beats her wings so fast they buzz!

"Okay, ya big—where did he—?" Small Fry rotates slightly so the bad guy isn’t obscured by the grenade. "—you brought this on yournnnnngself! I’m not gonna blow you up, just rrrrrnnggh slow you up… down. Whatev-rrruhh!"

She lobs the grenade at Dr. Raines!

OOC:

@Eltesla you get a free hit from the stun, AND your attack will target the Doctor’s highest combat die, based on the description in the rewards thread. (So if I understand the item right, I’m taking a die from him now, preventing him from attacking this round, and also, he can’t use his dump stat vs. Ragnar or Rocketeer’s attacks!) Free hits are this round only, so…

Small Fry says to her friends! "Kick his butt before he comes to, and maybe we can persuade him to free Meghana!"

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Feb 15, 2025 11:25 pm

The antimatter grenade erupts in a brief, blinding flash—not an explosion, per se, but a violent absence, ripping at reality itself.

Raines is yanked off his feet, and a gut-wrenching wave of nausea and vertigo crashes over him, as if his atoms themselves momentarily forgot how to exist. He hits the ground hard, disoriented, gasping, and barely able to process the sheer wrongness of what just happened.

His holographic duplicates glitch and fade slightly, allowing you to clearly determine which is the real Raines.

He tries to scream at you all, but his voice instead comes out as a croak:

"That tech...impossible...buffoons such as you shouldn't have...."

OOC:

Correct. Lose one die now, and Ragnar and Rocketeer get free, no-penalty hits if they choose! No need to roll for that; just whack 'im!

Ragnar Thunderheart

Feb 15, 2025 11:33 pm

Ragnar's bloodlust is so intense he's practically speaking in tongues. He flies towards Raines, his sword burning with blue-white flames.

"I don't quite understand what you did, little one...but a warrior should never complain when he sees such an opening! Taste hot steel, you pompous psychopath!"

He plunges his sword into Raines's shoulder, slicing straight through meat and bone! The flames also cause some of Raines's clothes to catch fire. Moaning in agony, he tries to remove Lightningfang and pat out the fire with his opposite hand...but only succeeds in burning that hand too!

Feb 15, 2025 11:36 pm

Round One

19: Victor/Shield Maiden – down to Mild-Mannered Alter Ego (2)
16: WeatherCore – down to (5), -5 this round
14: Small Fry –
12: Dr. Elias Raines – down to Megalomaniacal Scientist (2), some attackers -5
7: Ragnar Thunderheart – down to Alcoholic (2), Demi-god (4)

3: Team: Rocketeer – down to Mad Rocket Scientist (3) +2 pump this round, High-Flying Daredevil (2)
3: Team: Allied Defense Droids – (1)

Rocketeer, you're up!

Rocketeer

Eltesla

Feb 16, 2025 12:15 am

Not one to squander an opportunity, Rocketeer flies in immediately after the solid blow Ragnar dealt. "I'll do you one better, tiny!" She snatches Raines by the tie as she rushes by, nearly breaking his neck from the sudden acceleration. She takes him for a loop maneuver that just barely avoids grazing the ceiling, then she dives for the container chamber Meghana is trapped in. She slams Raines directly against the chamber, hopefully shattering the glass panels. But even if the glass holds strong, she'd be satisfied enough with the crack from several of Raines' bones.

Feb 16, 2025 6:39 pm

Raines has taken a beating! Rocketeer's slam cracks, but doesn't break, the glass panels...but possibly breaks something within Raines's lower body, as he's now hobbling. His slashed left shoulder gushes blood, and he's panting heavily. Hardly the brimming-with-confidence despot he was just a few seconds ago.

But he's not giving up! His holographic duplicates come back online, and WeatherCore's targeting system re-calibrates. The battle continues!

Round Two

19: Victor/Shield Maiden – down to Mild-Mannered Alter Ego (2)
16: WeatherCore – down to (5)
14: Small Fry –
12: Dr. Elias Raines – down to Megalomaniacal Scientist (1), some attackers -5
7: Ragnar Thunderheart – down to Alcoholic (2), Demi-god (4)

3: Team: Rocketeer – down to Mad Rocket Scientist (1), High-Flying Daredevil (2)
3: Team: Allied Defense Droids – (1)

Shield Maiden, you're up!

The Shield Maiden

Dmbrainiac

Feb 17, 2025 11:22 am

"The weather forecast calls for a 100% chance of a beatdown!" cries the Shield Maiden as she continues to blast the WeatherCore with electric energy to disable it!

Rolls

Valkyrie-in-Training - (4d6)

(1536) = 15

Feb 17, 2025 9:23 pm

While impressive, the Maiden's electric blast isn't as powerful as before. WeatherCore's targeting system again goes wonky, but its power levels remain stable.

OOC:

WeatherCore -5 on rolls this round.

WeatherCore previously assaulted Rocketeer with cold. Now it assaults Ragnar with heat! Everyone sees shimmering waves of intense, floor-melting heat surround the demi-god. Sweat drips from his brow, and his cape catches on fire!

Rolls

WeatherCore - (5d6-5)

(66436) - 5 = 20

Ragnar Thunderheart

Feb 17, 2025 9:24 pm

Ragnar tries to summon a soothing rainstorm, but it's all for naught! The heat turns the rain to steam before it can cool him.

Gasping for air, he drops to a knee. Sweat is now blinding him, and his clothes are already soaked through.

"I'm not done yet...you...."

His brain is so fried, he can't think up a truly cutting insult.

Rolls

Demi-god of the storm and blah blah blah - (4d6)

(3413) = 11

Feb 17, 2025 9:30 pm

Round Two

19: Victor/Shield Maiden – down to Mild-Mannered Alter Ego (2)
16: WeatherCore – down to (5), -5 this round
14: Small Fry –
12: Dr. Elias Raines – down to Megalomaniacal Scientist (1), some attackers -5
7: Ragnar Thunderheart – down to Alcoholic (2), Demi-god (3)

3: Team: Rocketeer – down to Mad Rocket Scientist (1), High-Flying Daredevil (2)
3: Team: Allied Defense Droids – (1)

Small Fry, you're up!

Small Fry

Legendary_Sidekick

Feb 17, 2025 10:49 pm

Small Fry tries to talk the Doctor down.

She does this by flying right in his face. "Look at me. I’m the one who weakened you, and now I’m the one who will spare you.

"Surrender to me. It’s the best hope for everyone to come out of this alive."

Small Fry is trying to talk the Doctor down. But she is also intentionally making herself the easiest target if he dares to keep fighting…

Rolls

Sunshine & Rainbows - (3d6)

(454) = 13

Feb 17, 2025 10:55 pm

OOC:

If I understand Small Fry's intent, this is an argument, not actual combat, so inappropriate vs. inappropriate cliches. They cancel each other out, so loser only loses 1 dice, not 3. Raines's -5 doesn't apply, since this isn't physical or combat-related...he can't dodge words, after all.

"Surrender...?"

He wipes blood from his mouth, and seems to genuinely consider her offer.

"No. Not yet, fairy. I have too much invested. Though you are..."

Kind? Generous? Forgiving? Really fucking sexy? Who knows? Whatever he was going to say, his world-conquering attitude has diminished.

Rolls

Aspiring Oligarch - (3d6)

(214) = 7

Feb 17, 2025 11:05 pm

Though physically battered, Raines still has some mental juice left. He stumbles around, adjusting dials, pressing buttons, pulling levers, trying to get WeatherCore back to its original ultra-powerful state.

This entire room is his construction, so he has some success, weak as he his! The monitors show that WeatherCore's targeting system is tracking you all like a digital bloodhound. You'll have to be extremely agile and lucky to avoid its attacks now!

OOC:

WeatherCore has +5 to rolls for the rest of the round.

Rolls

Megalomaniacal Scientist - (1d6)

(6) = 6

Ragnar Thunderheart

Feb 17, 2025 11:13 pm

OOC:

WOW.

The sweaty, dehydrated Ragnar again attacks Raines, ignoring the advantage his duplicates give him...and also ignoring the fact that Small Fry's "heart-to-heart" had a positive effect!

"I aimed too high last time, villain! I think I'll send Lightningfang directly towards your almost-certain-to-be-tiny member! Losing your dick will be quite the indignity, and will entertain me mightily...before I kill you for good!"

Rolls

Demi-god of the storm and blah blah blah - (3d6-5)

(122) - 5 = 0

Feb 17, 2025 11:19 pm