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Post by roxolid on Feb 8, 2015 19:30:52 GMT -5
SUPERMAN
"Stay back Lois! These fellows pack some serious firepower!" he calls as he leaps at the armoured guy and (once more) tries to target the armour to shred it. Superman wasn't sure how Lois ended up here but her amazing newshound instincts had a way of finding a story, or trouble.
Or both.
Superman was determined (this time) to make a better showing of himself. He also needed to get to the bottom of this mystery - where had such powerful weaponry come from?
He suspected he knew... but needed proof!
ACTIONS
Trick shot presumably, damage to the armour rather than the guy inside... Use movement to interpose between the armoured guy and Lois so he may have a harder (impossible?) shot to shoot at Lois.
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Post by andyman on Feb 17, 2015 21:23:37 GMT -5
Superman's Attack Roll: j3RhPptI2d10
Superman pounds through the armored villain's force field and smashes his armor, but the fight has only just begun! A moment later, four more armored figures appear, flying from the back of the warehouse toward Lois and Superman. The villains move with amazing speed, leaving the resourceful reporter and the Man of Steel no room for escape!2d10
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Post by roxolid on Feb 22, 2015 18:42:55 GMT -5
SUPERMAN
With little regard for his own safety he says to Lois "Get behind me!" and turns to those surrounding him. He uses his X Ray vision to check for escape routes above and below, before calling out. "Who are you people? What do you want? Let Miss Lane go. Whatever your problem is, make it with me and not an innocent civilian!"
ACTIONS
X Ray vision to check for escape routes - no use flying out of this place into an ambush! If they open fire, take hold of Lois and shield her with his body. When the opportunity arises, he will escape (probably through the roof of the warehouse) with Lois in hand, up up and away. On the other hand if they feel like talking rather than fighting, maybe we can find out more about what's going on!
On another note, have ordered another laptop which should arrive in a couple of days so hopefully normal service resumes (seeing as the kids go back to school as well.
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Post by andyman on Feb 28, 2015 23:00:23 GMT -5
OOC: Congrats on the new laptop.
Superman finds that the warehouse's structure is shielded from the inside with a coating of lead, preventing him from using his X-Ray Vision on it.
Three of the four Armored Villains Team Attack Superman with a Grappling Attack!
Armored Villain 1: TFnFWuux2d10
Armored Villain 2: 2d10
Armored Villain 3: 2d10
All three successfully grapple Superman, causing 18 damage to the hero's BODY.
The fourth Armored Villain grabs Lois by the neck and lifts her effortlessly into the air.
"You really want to get your friends hurt, Superman? Back off now, and nothing'll happen to 'em."
Superman Body: -5?/18 Mind: 15 Spirit: 10 Hero Points: 9
Please let me know if Superman is going to drop to -5 Body and pass out after hearing the previous taunt. 2d10�2d10�2d10
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Post by roxolid on Mar 3, 2015 6:03:51 GMT -5
SUPERMAN
OOC Take 6 off the damage in last ditch defence to keep him on 1 Body and at least conscious. These guys are crazy powerful to be able to knock Superman about.
"Ok, I'll 'back off' but tell me first, what is all this about? Who are you? What do you want?" he says as positions himself on shaky (stunned) legs between Lois and the most obvious attack direction. Superman was, he was reluctant to admit, out of his league here. He'd been trounced now, twice, by these guys and he didn't even know who they were!
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Post by andyman on Mar 7, 2015 22:46:03 GMT -5
Allowing yourself and Lois to be captured without further harm is an interesting interrogation strategy. Let's see how this works out.
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"We were just hired to keep the Lane dame off her story for the next day or so. We're just here for extra muscle."
Three armored villains carry you, while a fourth forces Lois Lane to also enter the dockyard warehouse.
"The Olsen kid was nosing around earlier, and we got him tied up inside. We don't know anything about all the gizmos and stuff. Hey, it was just supposed to be a job."
The inside of this seemingly harmless warehouse is a stunning sight. Behind the plain, wooden exterior lies a vast array of high-tech equipment, dozens of computer terminals and rows of information storage banks. Huge video monitors dominate the western walls, on whose faces line after line of technical data fly past. The entire facility is a scientific and mechanical marvel, surely a multi-million dollar laboratory to surpass any you've seen before now, with every item functioning at a break-neck speed.
A fifth armored villain approaches to help restrain a struggling Lois Lane. In the center of the complex, lies an unconscious Jimmy Olsen, his bandaged left arm dangling over a large, opened doorway which leads to the harbor waters below.
Tightening his mechanized grip around Lois' bare neck, this fifth villain says through a broad smile, "Why, please come in, Superman. This is an unexpected visit, but I'm sure we can accommodate you."
Once well within the boundaries of the warehouse, one of the armored villains grappling you breaks free to slam his hand down upon a nearby panel. The facility's huge doorway quickly slides shut with a great crash, and the lights within the warehouse drop in illumination ever so slightly--just as the various computer monitors flicker infinitesimally. Then, you start to feel yourself grow weak. Your knees begin to buckle underneath your weight, and your vision blurs dramatically. The warehouse complex starts to take on a strange green glow as you realize the entire facility is being bathed in kryptonite radiation!
Superman Body: 1/18 Mind: 15 Spirit: 10 Hero Points: 3 [Grappled by two armored villains.]2d10
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Post by roxolid on Mar 8, 2015 4:57:06 GMT -5
Superman OOC Not sure what I can actually do here - 2APs across the board and losing body is bad news What the heck, try to use what's left of his heat vision to blast the lamp emitting the green K rays..."Arggh!" grunts Superman as he feels his powers drain, the suns energy being replaced by the flood of Kryptonite, the rock from his home planet! How had... it didn't matter. There was only one person he knew of with the technological and financial means to set this up - and the motivation to do so. Without proof he would be guessing, but this surely had the stamp of Lex Luthor all over it! "Luthor!" he yelled. "This how you want me to go out? At the hands of hired goons? Big man, letting others do your dirty work. Even... unnnh ... if you finish me there'll always be the knowledge it was at anothers' hand!" He looked about for the Green K emitter. If he only had one chance he had to make it count!
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Post by andyman on Mar 14, 2015 22:27:29 GMT -5
In the center of the warehouse's ceiling is a large light-scattering cannon which is bathing the facility in the kryptonite radiation.
Heat Vision: niq_uJvr2d10
Superman is unable to damage the kryptonite cannon before it can further sap his strength.
Superman Body: 1/18 Mind: 15 Spirit: 10 Hero Points: 3 [Grappled by two armored villains and at -2 APs for all Attributes and Powers.] 2d10
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Post by roxolid on Mar 16, 2015 17:07:17 GMT -5
OOC -2 on all stats, virtually no HP, Body 1, Lois as leverage, I gotta say I got absolutely squat here. These guys can tear Superman apart any time they want.
"Alright... Uncle." splutters Superman. "You win... just... let Lois go."
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Post by andyman on Mar 19, 2015 22:04:00 GMT -5
A deep, sickening feeling begins to permeate your body, engulfing your insides with an implosive, wrenching pain. All around swim flashing images of deep green, punctuated by occasional flashes of light as your mind gradually overloads, nearing its breaking point.
Suddenly, the warehouse's main doorway flies open as dozens of armed guards rush into the complex. Flashing red lights atop the various mobile vans parked outside intermingle with the sickening kryptonite rays like some warped, psychedelic Christmas display. Silhouetted against it all is one powerful, recognizable figure, one whose physique belies his true physical and mental strength.
"So, my dear Superman," Luthor says, stepping into the green haze before your eyes, "how curious to find you here."
Amid a flurry of activity, several of Luthor's men rush toward your recent armored attackers, who drop you to lash out with powerful energy blasts, sending the guards forcefully against the warehouse's opposite walls. With a sneer of distaste, Luthor reaches into his pocket and withdraws a control device, its face covered with a myriad of buttons.
With the push of one switch, the armored villains fall heavily to the ground, apparently powerless to control themselves. Luthor looks down at you almost casually. "They were constructed of LexCorp equipment, you know," he says blandly, "and I always... include a margin of safety."
Through the opened warehouse doorway, you see various medical personnel emerge from the LexCorp vans and rush to assist young Jimmy Olsen and a begrudging Lois Lane. Luthor again turns back to you. "My people have been following these unusual events for me, Superman, and I feel we need to discuss our mutual situation."
With yet another wave of his hand, Luthor deactivates the powerful ceiling device which had, until now, been flooding the area with deadly kryptonite radiation. Thankfully, you feel boundless energy course once again through your powerful form.
Flanked by four of his personal guards, Lex Luthor approaches and assists you to your feet. "I believe we both have a problem, Superman," Luthor begins, "a problem which could not only destroy this city but our great neighbor to the south as well. And in this plot, you and I have both been played the fool." Luthor looks at you carefully, his eyes intensely serious.
Superman Body: 1/18 Mind: 15 Spirit: 10 Hero Points: 3 [-2 APs for all Attributes and Powers.]
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Post by roxolid on Mar 20, 2015 17:17:40 GMT -5
SUPERMANWary, Superman stands on shaky legs. "I owe you my thanks Luthor." he says, flexing a fist and feeling the strength flood back in. "We'll talk, but first..." Superman uses his Heat Vision to sever the power connections to the Kryptonite ray in the ceiling, eager that it shouldn't be used on him again. He also takes the second or so it needs to scan it with his X Ray, Microscopic and Telescopic Vision at Superspeed, looking for the telltale signs that reveal it to be of Luthors' design. Probably the smartest man on Earth, luthor was the only one Superman could think of who could design and build such a device. If Luthor objects, Superman shrugs and offers "I'm making sure that thing doesn't go off again. You of all people know about the effects of kryptonite radiation not just on me, but ordinary humans." he says, referring to the fact that Luthor wore a Kryptonite ring for a while and contracted cancer from it that cost him his hand. OOC dc.wikia.com/wiki/Kryptonite_Ring I remember the issues (i have a few of the Byrne era comics knocking about somewhere in the loft I think but lost interest soon after he left the series)
Once the K Ray has been disabled, Superman will walk outside and aside with Luthor, to ask him "What do you know?"
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Post by andyman on Mar 20, 2015 21:34:20 GMT -5
OOC: Yes, Luthor's stats show he has a metal hand. Thank you for telling me how he got it.
Heat Vision to the Kryptonite Cannon: 01EKfz7F2d10
Scientist Skill to investigate the Kryptonite Cannon: 2d10
Superman fails to affect the cannon or learn more about it.
In this Encounter, Lex Luthor is going to explain his side of the story and ask you an important question. When you have decided on Superman's answer to Luthor's request, do NOT tell me (your GM) what you have decided. If you need more information you may have Superman investigate the warehouse and ask Luthor more questions soon.
Once you made a decision let me know, but remember-do NOT tell me what that decision is.Luthor paces casually, absently surveying the immense computer facility housed in the warehouse. "For several weeks now, Luthor begins, "unknown agents have been infiltrating LexCorp facilities and LexCorp-owned businesses, stealing what at first seemed to be relatively unimportant merchandise: technical, electrical, computerized devices and scientific equipment which, while costing the company millions, suggested no threat." "Recently, however," Luthor continues, "I have personally become the victim of the result of these thefts: framed by actions and falsely accused of perpetrating crimes on the evidence that the criminals mentioned my name and utilized LexCorp equipment during the events." Luthor sighs quietly while weighing his decisions. "The information I have learned is staggering, Superman. This complex is one part of a plan to totally destroy both Metropolis and Gotham City by irradiating each with lethal levels of neutron bombardment." This man who is your ultimate enemy then turns and faces you, a troubled and worried look upon his surprisingly aged face. "You and I have locked ourselves in mortal combat many a time, Superman. Yet I have no desire to see this city destroyed. My battle with you is of a personal nature, and, as a businessman, it would be insanity to destroy the very markets in which I deal, to murder one's own patrons." "No, Superman," Luthor says quietly. "Indeed, the day shall come when I will see you grovel before me, but it shall not be at the cost of my financial empire, a commodity which I shall defend with every effort, even if it means siding with my greatest enemy. This moment we face a mutual threat, and the silent voices of millions of ignorant citizens cry for our unification." Luthor walks slowly outside the warehouse, along the pier overlying Metropolis Harbor. The rising sun's rays warm his hardened features as he continues, "Far across this harbor, Superman, across the miles of ocean water which may prove to be our undoings, is the enemy of this day: a mind of such preternatural insanity that the boundaries of great Gotham City could not contain it, nor the efforts of the fabled Caped Crusader prevent it. My suspicions lead me to believe that Batman has also fallen into the scheme, believing me responsible for the events occurring in Gotham as well." "Surely you can see the true face of such evil, Superman: a pallid, bloodless face beneath locks greener than your most kryptonite-induced nightmares – the grinning mask of the Joker!" Merely speaking the name, Lex Luthor grits his teeth in disgust, clenching his powerful bionic fist in a barely controlled fury. "The maniac has established Metropolis and Gotham as the integral points in his mad scheme, yet the actual catalyst of the experiment, the device which will create the nuclear effect, is strategically located between the two cities, in a location now known to me. I offer you my complete and total cooperation in defeating the Joker's scheme if you, in turn, agree to travel to that site and learn how to put a stop to his plan." With a quick move, Luthor grabs you by the forearm and stares directly into your steel-blue eyes. "I have never been more serious, Superman," Luthor says vehemently. "We both now face an ultimate challenge. We must put aside our personal vendettas and combat what is now a greater threat. Will you go and stop the Joker's plan?" Superman Body: 1/18 Mind: 15 Spirit: 10 Hero Points: 3 [-1 AP for all Attributes and Powers.] 2d10�2d10
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Post by roxolid on Mar 21, 2015 17:30:27 GMT -5
SUPERMAN
Despite his natural instinct to give everyone the benefit of the doubt Superman had little trouble in keeping a healthy amount of scepticism in his mind. He'd been duped or used as a pawn in Luthors schemes many a time. Luthor would always come out smelling of roses and better off. Superman couldn't quite understand what he saw in his relentless pursuit of wealth and power. After all, when a person had so much power, wealth and influence that they could buy or obtain anything, what drove them to continue their quest for more?
Superman himself had been offered a retainer to act as Luthors' hired muscle early in his career - in fact the first time he'd met Lex on his Yacht, if such a term could be used to describe the leviathan that formed part of his fleet of outrageous vehicles. He'd refused, of course, and from then on had locked horns with Superman in his own way, manipulating things from the background, the ultimate puppet master with clean hands after letting others do the dirty work.
If what Luthor said was true though, a threat that targeted Metropolis and Gotham had to be investigated, even if it did somehow serve Luthors' own ends.
Superman was also troubled by the mystery of the events that had seen him battered from pillar to post and reduced to an irradiated shell, clinging to life and begging for Lois' life to be spared. Luthors' 'timely arrival' and rescue was too much of a coincidence for Supermans' liking. It felt - very much - like the Man of Steel was being set up as a pawn in one of Luthors games again.
And yet...
"I'll check it out." said Superman. "As for everything else, I can't make any promises Lex. You said it yourself - we'll always be two sides of a coin, Lex. I'm grateful for your... help here today though, and will keep you updated with events. I may well need all the help I can get after the last day or so has proven."
Superman almost choked on the last couple of sentences. He was nigh on sure that Luthor was behind the attacks on him and his humiliating defeats. He needed proof before anything could be done, but time and again Luthor had proven himself above and beyond the law that he was virtually a law unto himself.
For that reason alone Superman would ever remain opposed to the man, but would not blind himself to the possibility that the Joker presented a real and present danger whilst he was out of Arkham. Again. After all, the first time he'd met the grinning lunatic, he'd detonated a nuclear bomb that had seen Superman out for the count in the Mojave Desert for half an hour or so. Who knew what the man was capable of this time?
Perhaps it was time to check in with the Batman.
ACTIONS
If Luthor wants no more definitive an answer than that, Superman will take his leave after checking on Lois and Jimmy and make contact with Bruce Wayne through the normal channels. I don't know what stage they are at in their relationship but they figured out each others IDs pretty early on in the Byrne era (the issue was where Superman had given a scrapbook about his earlier pre Superman exploits to Batman to investigate who was keeping tabs on him and the one conclusion Batman had come to was that Superman was Clark Kent. And Superman had used his own super senses to determine Bruce Wayne was Batman. Touche.)
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Post by andyman on Mar 21, 2015 21:22:42 GMT -5
Lex Luthor seems to truly seek the Man of Steel's assistance in stopping the Joker's plan to destroy Metropolis. "As I stated, Superman, I am steadfastly opposed to the Joker's insidious plan. Should you refuse my offer, I shall travel to the site personally and attempt to rectify the situation, against all odds, if need be. Should you refuse my offer, I strongly suggest you do not get in my way."Jimmy is unconscious but Lois is caring for him. This concludes Part III: On the Waterfront. We should now SWITCH BOOKLETS to play our respective solitaire adventures. Turn to p. 26 to resume your adventure with Part IV: Cold Fusion. I'll resume my adventure with Part IV: Cold fusion, found of p. 27 of the Superman booklet. I guess we should each post when we are ready for some input from the other player. Superman Body: 1/18 Mind: 15 Spirit: 10 Hero Points: 3
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Post by andyman on Mar 21, 2015 21:33:05 GMT -5
I have reached #11 - Strategy Session on page 29 and am ready to proceed to the site. I will now wait until you are also prepared. What plan have you chosen in approaching the site? I have chosen plan "B".
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