Re: RUBY CITY DEFENDERS! Issue #1 - Requiem for a hero...

andyman Sun Jan 10 2021, 03:37

Fred realizes he ran out of time for this and besides, he'd be ruining perfectly good evidence of fraud. "Hey man, you're blockin' my light. Bad enough that I gotta work in th' dark, which is why this is takin' so long, witout yer shadow makin' it hard to see. I'm almost done here. I swear." Then true to his word, Fred just replaces the part he shorted out earlier and closes the box. "Now I'll let you gentlemen get back to whatever you were doin'. Have a good evenin'."

Admin Thu Jan 14 2021, 09:36

Downstairs, Lightning Bullet stays hidden in the darkness, waiting, watching...

"It's in here somewhere! Watch it! Those things are mean!"

"If it moves at ya, shoot it!"

"We need it! Do ya know how much it cost ta bribe th' zoo keeper fer dat ting?"

The voices called out from room to room, then a growling, deeper voice rumbled. "I'll get it." The other voices went quiet and heavy thudding footsteps moved from the other room towards this one...

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"Bout time!" said one of the goons as he glanced about and watched Fred pack up his gear.

Fred Aster moved towards the gate, wondering if there would be any further twists in the tail.

"Flick dat switch, get da power whacked on."

"Ok, ok, where are we. Here." CLUNK!

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Downstairs, the lights came on.

Lightning Bullet blinked, the sudden light glaring from the unshaded bulb swinging about in the centre of the room. Lights in the corridor and other rooms spilled forth and he was all of a sudden reminded he was in a room of caged animals!

There was even a tiger in the corner, which had been tranquillised by the looks of it!

Thud, thud, thud... Those footsteps... the goon in the room with his gun out suddenly decided whoever was coming into the room was more dangerous than a loose Wolverine...

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Fred got back to his car, glancing back at the compound which was lit up.

Where was the little guy?

OOC Lightning Bullet you have moments to hide - or act - before the huge footsteps plod into the room.

Captain Conduit you getting up to anything else or heading back to Ruby City to report the fraud?

DavidMcMahon Thu Jan 14 2021, 18:48

Where was the little guy?

OOC Lightning Bullet you have moments to hide - or act - before the huge footsteps plod into the room.

Seeing that there was enough evidence of crimes here, including holding/stealing wild and possibly endangered species, Lightning Bullet decides to act. He flies up to the top of the door, hugging the ceiling and flashes the man in the room. His plan is to use his Lightning Punch on the guy with the heavy steps once he gets in the doorway, hoping that by being above the door, he will be able to get a surprise attack on the big goon.

andyman Fri Jan 15 2021, 03:30

Fred looks for a good spot to ditch his car, once he's sure there is no one following him or watching him. He then changes to his Captain Conduit costume and flies back to the house. He keeps an eye out for the little lightning guy and once far enough from his car, makes his appearance quite obvious by radiating electricity around himself. May as well show the locals there is a hero flying around if they are awake. It's not like anyone will connect him to some random electrician. Acting!

This will allow Lightning Bug to see him and if anyone at that house decides to shoot at him... well, then he'll have a good excuse for taking them down.

[Note: Captain Conduit will remain off the building's private property...at least for now.]

Admin Sat Jan 16 2021, 15:48

Lightning Bullet moves through the near darkness and hovers above the door...

"Wha... What was THAT?" asks the goon, waving the torch about and looking... but Lightning Bullet finds him first!

OOC Flash 8 + Roll(2d12)+0: 10,1,+0 Total:11 (19) vs
OV3 = Range 0 + Roll(2d12)+0: 6,7,+0 Total:13 (16)
+2 (to 10) vs Rv3=7 RAPs!

FWASSSHHHH!!!!

The room is filled with a blinding light, like a stadium floodlight at close range!

The heavy footsteps stop and the blinded guard stumbles about... "I can't... I can't see guys!" He's waving a gun about. "I saw somethin... someone!" He fires blind into the room!

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Captain Conduit is on his way back, making himself visible as he approaches the house.

"What the...?" splutters a guard as he looks up at the glowing form in the dark, lightning playing over the surface of his hands!

"Is that... that a flying guy? Like the other guy, a cape? What the... do we plug im or..."

BANG! BANG!

Distant shots ring out somewhere in the compound!

The guards glance at each other and aren't sure what to do - the guy in the sky is keeping his distance but ... well, he's flying.

OOC The big guy has stopped outside the room where Lightning Bullet hovers over the doorway.

Captain Conduit sees the two guards are armed with pistols. He's tough but as far as he knows he's not bulletproof...Or maybe... maybe he can withstand a .38. These are .45s

DavidMcMahon Sat Jan 16 2021, 17:26

Lightning Bullet, not getting his prey to enter, drops down about 10' away from the open door and flashes that way, trying to blind the heavy foot guy and anyone out there with him.

Admin Wed Jan 20 2021, 10:54

Lightning Bullet drops from the wall above the door and spins, blasting with the dazzling light that was his most potent weapon!

OOC Flash 8 + Roll(2d12)+0: 9,9,+0 Total:18 DOUBLE plus Roll(2d12)+0: 8,3,+0 Total:29 (37) vs
OV6 + Range 1 + Roll(2d12)+0: 2,1,+0 Total:3 FAILURE (3 or less=fail on 2D12) OV is ZERO

+9 (to 17) vs RV6=11 RAPs.
Target is Dex 0 and reduced initiative for 11 Phases!

Lightning Bullet emitted a super bright flash that caused a giant of a man in shredded suit to cry out in agony! He was stood nigh on seven feet tall, the suit split across the shoulders, arms and chest with the thighs shredded and everything else in danger of splitting! thick, coarse dark hair jutted from the gaps in clothing and the man himself had an ursine appearance, looking like some kind of man/bear hybrid! His fingers ended in long claws and Lightning Bullet had no doubt this man could do serious damage if he landed a blow with them!

Despite the fact the man was blinded he still blocked the door way and therefore Lightning Bullets way out. There were others behind the blinded brute, armed with pistols and even what looked to be a tommy gun from the glimpse that LB saw!

DavidMcMahon Wed Jan 20 2021, 22:26

"Lightning Punch!" Lighting Bullet yells out as he lets loose with his patent pending battlecry and tries to punch the guy silly.

andyman Wed Jan 20 2021, 23:15

After hearing the gunshots, Fred knows something is up. He therefore aims not to be. He quickly flies down out of sight to where he has cover from the gun-totting goons. Hopefully, the other side of a building if he's close enough. Once out of view and far away from those guards, he looks around to get a bearing on his new location.

Admin Mon Jan 25 2021, 10:25

The diminutive hero steps up and squeaks "Lightning Punch!" before delivering a blow to the blinded goon!

OOC Dex 7 + 2D M Arts + Roll(4d12)+0: 4,7,11,5,+0 Total:18 (25) vs
OV0 (blinded) + Acrobatics 2D + Roll(4d12)+0: 11,4,4,4,+0 Total:8 DOUBLE plus Roll(2d12)+0: 10,8,+0 Total:26
Attack MISSED (by 1).

Somehow the Apelike man stumbles about, his movements fluid and fast despite being dazzled!

"There's someone here! Get him! GET HIM!" roars the brutish giant.

He swings a huge ham style fist at Lightning Bullet!

OOC No chance here but the dice might say otherwise!!!

AV0 + 0D (2D used for defence) + Roll(2d12)+0: 8,9,+0 Total:17 (17) vs
OV10 (Dex+Shrinking) + Roll(2d12)+0: 10,12,+0 Total:22 (32)

Missed!

The fist swipes the air and crunches into the wall, pounding brick into powder!

"GET HIMMMMMMMM!!!!" roars the hairy brute, swiping as he does and crashing chunks out of the bricks when he misses!

"Boss!" shouted a guy behind. "You... you're in the way!"

OOC Lightning Bullet wins initiative. The big guy is still blinded but if he takes him out the guys behind will be able to see Lightning Bullet and open up with guns!!! You're up.

Admin Mon Jan 25 2021, 10:28

Captain Conduit is on the blind side of the big house compared to the two guards. He hears shouting, calls, confusion.

Somewhere in this place he knows Lightning Bullet is mixing things up! He didn't really know his partners full capabilities so wasn't sure if he was in trouble or not...

OOC From where CC is the route into the house is to crash through a window or try a door. There are outbuildings in the compound, mostly garages, storage areas and other wooden buildings, but whatever is going on is inside the house!

DavidMcMahon Mon Jan 25 2021, 14:38

ooc: And we made these guys before Accuracy was a rule/power. Gonna have to remember to work on that in the future. Such a long list of things to work on.

Lightning Bullet tries once again to punch is foe.

Admin wrote:The diminutive hero steps up and squeaks "Lightning Punch!" before delivering a blow to the blinded goon!

OOC Dex 7 + 2D M Arts + Roll(4d12)+0: 4,7,11,5,+0 Total:18 (25) vs
OV0 (blinded) + Acrobatics 2D + Roll(4d12)+0: 11,4,4,4,+0 Total:8 DOUBLE plus Roll(2d12)+0: 10,8,+0 Total:26
Attack MISSED (by 1).

Somehow the Apelike man stumbles about, his movements fluid and fast despite being dazzled!

"There's someone here! Get him! GET HIM!" roars the brutish giant.

He swings a huge ham style fist at Lightning Bullet!

OOC No chance here but the dice might say otherwise!!!

AV0 + 0D (2D used for defence) + Roll(2d12)+0: 8,9,+0 Total:17 (17) vs
OV10 (Dex+Shrinking) + Roll(2d12)+0: 10,12,+0 Total:22 (32)

Missed!

The fist swipes the air and crunches into the wall, pounding brick into powder!

"GET HIMMMMMMMM!!!!" roars the hairy brute, swiping as he does and crashing chunks out of the bricks when he misses!

"Boss!" shouted a guy behind. "You... you're in the way!"

OOC Lightning Bullet wins initiative. The big guy is still blinded but if he takes him out the guys behind will be able to see Lightning Bullet and open up with guns!!! You're up.

Admin Wed Jan 27 2021, 10:05

OOC As before the Accuracy 'bought at starting cost' will be a one off opportunity when you finish this issue...

Av7 + 2D M arts + Roll(4d12)+0: 12,2,3,5,+0 Total:17 (24) vs
OV0 (blinded) + 2D Acrobatics + Roll(4d12)+0: 3,11,11,6,+0 Total:22 DOUBLE plus Roll(2d12)+0:
8,8,+0 Total:16 DOUBLE plus Roll(2d12)+0: 2,1,+0 Total:3 FAILED (0)
+7 (to 16) vs RV10=10=6 RAPs. Knockback 2APs. Bear guy is on Body 1/7

FWASH!

Lightning Bullet swings at the wildly gyrating herculean hairy fellow and thinks he's once more going to come up short - until the brute zigs when he should have zagged!

SMACK!

It's like hitting a brick wall and LB shakes his fist but sees the men behind the brute scatter as the behemoth tumbles in their midst!

"uhhh! GET HIM! SHOOT! SHOOT HIM!" roars the behemoth.

"Boss! Da animals!"

"We'll get more! GET HIM!"

Three of them level pistols and shoot at Lightning Bullet, albeit with no real idea of what they face...

"It's just a lil guy!"

"You saw what he did to da boss!"

The 'boss' climbs to his feet and feels about blindly to vague shapes in front of him, only for a goon to whisper "He's dat way boss!"

OOC Three shots then the brute takes a swing, albeit with a modifier making things even more hopeless.

Av3 + 1D weaponry +
Roll(3d12)+0: 2,10,11,+0 Total:23 (26)
Roll(3d12)+0: 2,8,6,+0 Total:16 (19)
Roll(3d12)+0: 5,2,4,+0 Total:11 (14) vs

OV10 + Range 2 +
Roll(2d12)+0: 8,6,+0 Total:14 (26) Hit AV4 vs RV6=No damage
Roll(2d12)+0: 10,10,+0 Total:20 DOUBLE plus Roll(2d12)+0: 10,10,+0 Total:20 DOUBLE plus Roll(2d12)+0:
6,8,+0 Total:54 (66) Missed!
Roll(2d12)+0: 9,5,+0 Total:14 (26) Missed!

A slug from the .45 smacks against Lightning Bullets' shoulder but he shrugs it off, noting it's twisted shape and grinning. That answers THAT question!

"You see dat?"

"Yeah! He's like da boss!"

The 'Boss' roars forward and takes a wild swing at the small hazy shape jumping about in front of him!

OOC AV0 + Roll(2d12)+0: 2,11,+0 Total:13 (13) vs
OV10 + modifier 2 + Roll(2d12)+0: 3,2,+0 Total:5 (17) missed!

Swinging wildly the brute smashes a cage across the room and causes a cacophony of screeching, cries, calls and roars as the creatures in cages shriek in fear!

OOC The big guy is wobbling. Take him out and those goons behind get another shot though. You win initiative.

DavidMcMahon Wed Jan 27 2021, 13:56

Lightning Bullet decides to flash the goons then turn and face their super-powered boss.

"Hey Guys! Ever hear of the Lights of Broadway? They look like this!" *FLASH*

andyman Fri Jan 29 2021, 01:34

Captain Conduit checks to see if there is any smoke coming from the chimney. If not he flies up there and ducks down into it. Once inside, he makes himself glow faintly with electricity as he lowers himself down into the house, Santa style!

Admin Tue Feb 02 2021, 05:58

LIGHTNING BULLET

Three of the goons have handguns, the last has a tommy gun which he's waving about looking for a clean shot as Lightning Bullet moves aside from the considerable bulk of the dazzled boss and raises a hand...

FWASH!

OOC Multi Attack on four Flash 8 + Roll(2d12)+0: 6,10,+0 Total:16 (24) vs
OV3 + Range 1 + Multi 4 + Roll(2d12)+0: 7,8,+0 Total:15 (23)
+1 (to 9 EV) vs RV3 + Multi 4=2 RAPs.

All Goons have their Dex reduced by 2 for this phase and the next!

"Gahhh!"

"My eyes!"

"Where's the shrimp?"

"Get im! There!"

OOC Any missed shots will have a chance at hitting the boss!

AV1 + Weaponry 1D +
Roll(3d12)+0: 1,8,7,+0 Total:15 (16)
Roll(3d12)+0: 12,6,10,+0 Total:22 (23)
Roll(3d12)+0: 10,8,6,+0 Total:18 (19)
Roll(3d12)+0: 8,3,11,+0 Total:19 (20)

vs
OV10 + 2D Acrobatics + Range 1
Roll(4d12)+0: 4,12,12,1,+0 Total:24 DOUBLE plus Roll(2d12)+0: 2,9,+0 Total:35 (46)
Roll(4d12)+0: 9,2,1,9,+0 Total:18 DOUBLE plus Roll(2d12)+0: 3,5,+0 Total:26 (37)
Roll(4d12)+0: 12,9,8,7,+0 Total:21 (32)
Roll(4d12)+0: 9,6,10,2,+0 Total:19 (30)

All Attacks Miss and have a chance at striking the boss!

Boss OV0 - Flank 2 + Acrobatics 2D +
Roll(4d12)+0: 7,9,3,3,+0 Total:6 DOUBLE plus Roll(2d12)+0: 6,4,+0 Total:16 (14) Hit +2 (to 6) no damage
Roll(4d12)+0: 10,6,9,4,+0 Total:19 (17) Hit +3 (to 7) no damage
Roll(4d12)+0: 2,3,6,10,+0 Total:21 (19) Hit +0 (to 4) no damage
Roll(4d12)+0: 3,8,3,7,+0 Total:6 DOUBLE plus Roll(2d12)+0: 7,9,+0 Total:22 (20) Hit +0 (to 6) no damage

"Yeeeeoooowwww!" howls the boss as ineffectual bullets pepper his backside, shredding his pants and causing him to flail about in anger. "Watch where you dummies is shootin!"

The boss swings at Lightning Bullet (OOC without any real chance of success)

OOC AV0 + Roll(2d12)+0: 2,6,+0 Total:8 (8) vs
OV10 + 2D Acrobatics + Roll(4d12)+0: 5,12,1,1,+0 Total:17 (27) Miss

Once again he flails about, swinging wildly at the tiny blur hopping about in front of him!

OOC you're up. The goons, blinded, can't be 're-blinded' but can once the effect wears off.

Admin Tue Feb 02 2021, 06:03

CAPTAIN CONDUIT

Hearing the distinctive albeit muffled rattle of POW! POW! and RATATATATATA! from somewhere in the house Captain Conduit knows by now the 'gig' is up for sneaking about and that something is going on!

With a hand held out in front of him as he flies head first down the chimney he knows the suit and sludge is going to play havoc with his appearance!

Indeed, he 'explodes' in a huge cloud of black soot into a large formerly tidy living room! Coughing and wiping his eyes, he looks about but can't see anything out of the ordinary. It had looked nice enough but now the suit was filling the room and rolling beyond into the next and the hallway!

He heard shouts and gunfire but they are coming from downstairs somewhere.

Stepping into the corridor with soot billowing past him Captain Conduit hears the gunfire from below his feet somewhere on a lower floor.

He also hears the thud of footsteps and shouts from the floor above and knows someone somewhere is coming down the stairs to this level...

DavidMcMahon Tue Feb 02 2021, 13:01

"Don't worry, Boss, I got ya covered," Lightning Bullet yells out, trying to imitate one of the goons, as he once again tries punching out the Big Man's lights.

He is going to try to keep the boss between himself and the temporarily blinded goons.

Admin wrote:LIGHTNING BULLET

Three of the goons have handguns, the last has a tommy gun which he's waving about looking for a clean shot as Lightning Bullet moves aside from the considerable bulk of the dazzled boss and raises a hand...

FWASH!

OOC Multi Attack on four Flash 8 + Roll(2d12)+0: 6,10,+0 Total:16 (24) vs
OV3 + Range 1 + Multi 4 + Roll(2d12)+0: 7,8,+0 Total:15 (23)
+1 (to 9 EV) vs RV3 + Multi 4=2 RAPs.

All Goons have their Dex reduced by 2 for this phase and the next!

"Gahhh!"

"My eyes!"

"Where's the shrimp?"

"Get im! There!"

OOC Any missed shots will have a chance at hitting the boss!

AV1 + Weaponry 1D +
Roll(3d12)+0: 1,8,7,+0 Total:15 (16)
Roll(3d12)+0: 12,6,10,+0 Total:22 (23)
Roll(3d12)+0: 10,8,6,+0 Total:18 (19)
Roll(3d12)+0: 8,3,11,+0 Total:19 (20)

vs
OV10 + 2D Acrobatics + Range 1
Roll(4d12)+0: 4,12,12,1,+0 Total:24 DOUBLE plus Roll(2d12)+0: 2,9,+0 Total:35 (46)
Roll(4d12)+0: 9,2,1,9,+0 Total:18 DOUBLE plus Roll(2d12)+0: 3,5,+0 Total:26 (37)
Roll(4d12)+0: 12,9,8,7,+0 Total:21 (32)
Roll(4d12)+0: 9,6,10,2,+0 Total:19 (30)

All Attacks Miss and have a chance at striking the boss!

Boss OV0 - Flank 2 + Acrobatics 2D +
Roll(4d12)+0: 7,9,3,3,+0 Total:6 DOUBLE plus Roll(2d12)+0: 6,4,+0 Total:16 (14) Hit +2 (to 6) no damage
Roll(4d12)+0: 10,6,9,4,+0 Total:19 (17) Hit +3 (to 7) no damage
Roll(4d12)+0: 2,3,6,10,+0 Total:21 (19) Hit +0 (to 4) no damage
Roll(4d12)+0: 3,8,3,7,+0 Total:6 DOUBLE plus Roll(2d12)+0: 7,9,+0 Total:22 (20) Hit +0 (to 6) no damage

"Yeeeeoooowwww!" howls the boss as ineffectual bullets pepper his backside, shredding his pants and causing him to flail about in anger. "Watch where you dummies is shootin!"

The boss swings at Lightning Bullet (OOC without any real chance of success)

OOC AV0 + Roll(2d12)+0: 2,6,+0 Total:8 ( vs
OV10 + 2D Acrobatics + Roll(4d12)+0: 5,12,1,1,+0 Total:17 (27) Miss

Once again he flails about, swinging wildly at the tiny blur hopping about in front of him!

OOC you're up. The goons, blinded, can't be 're-blinded' but can once the effect wears off.

andyman Wed Feb 03 2021, 23:09

Fred arms himself with the fireplace poker and rushes toward where he hears footsteps coming down stairs, but he's looking for a a door to the basement under them, not a way upstairs.

OOC: He's moving and looking but all his effort is in dodging in case he's spotted first. "Safety first" and all that. If he hears the goons getting close, he will throw the poker down a hallway to throw them off. (Hoping they will go toward where the poker fell and made a loud noise as opposed to coming straight toward him.)

But he sees a goon sees him first, then he'll just be ducking around a corner out of the line of fire.

Admin Sun Feb 07 2021, 08:21

OOC I assume seeing as these guys need a mega roll to hit you will go split 1/1 for attack/defence seeing as 'mega roll' is only a double or two. Weird, when we switched to 2D12 to make doubles less likely it worked but there are still plenty of doubles floating about. That said to take this guy down he may need a crit blow so...

Crit Blow AV7 + 1D M Arts + Roll(3d12)+0: 10,5,12,+0 Total:22 (29) vs
OV0 (dazzled) + 2D Acrobatics + Crit Blow 4 + Roll(4d12)+0: 7,10,5,2,+0 Total:17 (21)

+4 (to 13) vs RV10 - 6 Crit Blow (RV4)=9 RAPs. The big guy goes down!

SMAAAAAAACCCKKKKBUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!! goes the 'Lightning Bullet' of the so named Heroes fist as it connects with a satisfying CRACK!

There is a flash of light and the big bear like man/hybrid flies backwards to crash into a heap against a wall!

"Boss!" yells one of the goons.

"Go get help!"

"i don't need no help against that shrimp! Get im!"

One of the goons takes off, a fearful glance at the downed brute of a boss whilst the others unload with pistol and machine gun!

OOC AV3 + 1D Weaponry +
Roll(3d12)+0: 6,9,10,+0 Total:19 (22)
Roll(3d12)+0: 10,11,10,+0 Total:20 DOUBLE plus Roll(2d12)+0: 11,5,+0 Total:36 (39)
Roll(3d12)+0: 5,7,1,+0 Total:13 (16) vs

OV10 + Range 2 + 1D Acrobatics +
Roll(3d12)+0: 5,8,3,+0 Total:16 (28) Miss
Roll(3d12)+0: 1,1,12,+0 Total:2 FAILURE (OV0) +8 (to 12) vs RV6=6 RAPs. Lightning Bullet must absorb 1 HP to stay on his feet (Body 1/6) and is STUNNED
Roll(3d12)+0: 1,12,9,+0 Total:21 (33) Miss

LIGHTNING BULLET HP 6 Body 1/6 Stunned

Zigging when he should have zagged or a one in a million shot? Whatever it was the slug from a .45 catches Lightning bullet on the side of the temple and he goes down, dazed! As he blinks the confusion away he knows he's in trouble!

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Fred Aster/Captain Conduit hears footsteps, arms himself with a poker from the fireplace and glances about.

Aside from breaking and entering if this goes wrong chances are he'd be landed with the mother of all cleaning bills. The soot was still billowing and starting to settle and the place would take some serious deep cleaning to get anything like what it was!

As he raises the poker, waiting for the door to open he hears another door click and breathless shouting. "Get down here! There's a guy, a little guy! He walloped da boss!"

"What? What you talking bout?"

"Just get down here! Get everyone! We gotta take dis guy out!"

The footsteps thundered and shouting to "Get down to da basement!" and "Move ya butts!" prompted the thundering of footsteps elsewhere in the house. It seemed Lightning Bullet had stirred up a real hornets next here! If he was down there with so many armed goons rushing to the basement, he'd need help!

OOC Lightning Bullet is Stunned. No skills but OV10 still in effect so aside from not attacking or using any dice to resolve actions you can still move and use auto actions.

Captain Conduit cracks the door open and sees goon after goon at the end of a corridor slipping through a doorway under the stairs which might have been mistaken for a cloakroom or shoe cupboard but is actually the route downstairs. Even as he watches more men are piling from elsewhere in the house and from what he can tell, they are armed with pistols and the odd tommy gun! He counts at least half a dozen heading to the basement...

andyman Tue Feb 09 2021, 03:00

Captain Conduit gives it everything he's got to blast all the goons he can see down the hall with a lightning bolt! (Dice Action for multiple enemies as many as he can hit.) He then shuts and locks the door between himself and the bad guys. (Free Action) and runs behind a liquor cabinet or any other cover in the room on the odd chance the thugs are able to barge through the door. If there is no good furniture to hide behind, then he'll fly back up into the chimney. (Move Action)

DavidMcMahon Wed Feb 10 2021, 13:54

Lightning Bullet stumbles, dazed, over to the body of the big man he had taken down, hoping to use him as a shield to prevent anyone else from trying to shoot him while he recovered his senses.

Admin Mon Feb 15 2021, 18:16

OOC Apologies for the delay guys, having to work, see kids, girlfriend and sort things out with the house move (which isn't going as smooth as I'd like. Looks like some legal wrangling ahead...)

Captain Conduit figured he'd try and even the odds by taking out the goons he could see...

OOC Multi on six up to 2 APs (40') away

Lightning 8 + Roll(2d12)+0: 9,8,+0 Total:17 (25) vs
Highest OV3 + Range 2 + Multi 6 + Roll(2d12)+0: 9,3,+0 Total:12 (23) Hit +2
EV10 vs Highest RV3 + Multi 6 (RV9)=1 RAP

The lightning arcs from target to target and even onto the light fittings and sockets!

"Yeooooww!"

"What the..."

"Did anyone see...?"

"Who...?"

"I'm gonna..."

The confusion was settled somewhat when Captain Conduit slams the door and looks for a lock but can't find one (OOC I've only ever been in houses with a lock on the external doors and toilet doors, generally). He looks about. The place is absolutely covered in soot but the chimney is large enough for his to fly back up so he does so!

He can't see what's going on in the room (and it's pretty darn dark up here too) but knows the bad guys can't/won't follow up a chimney. He's far more agile than an ordinary person but even so, if they decide to shoot up the chimney he wouldn't have much room to twist about... it would be like shooting fish in a barrel!

Heading up, and up... he pops out of the chimney top in a huge cloud of soot again ... just as bullets start ringing out and spraying from the chimney!

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Lightning Bullet staggers to the shape of the big man... only to find that he was shrinking!

Shrinking not as small as LB himself but losing the size and strength that made him a threat. It seemed whatever process empowered these people was temporary. Good news, but the effect of those bullets most definitely wasn't temporary!

He was a gonna! No way to avoid the...

POP!

BANG!

POW!

Lightning Bullet blinked as the lights suddenly flared then exploded plunging the place into darkness and confusion again! In addition the power sockets popped outwards and some burst into flames! Confusion reigned again and Lightning Bullet used the time to catch his breath and clear his head. Whatever had happened just then probably saved his bacon!

There still remained the threat of the goons outside this room and their guns and Lightning Bullet only had one way out... through them!

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Captain Conduit had stirred up a hornets next and was now hovering over the roof watching as bullets pinged out the chimney top!

It would be a 'bad idea' to go in back through that way and... he glanced down at himself. He was covered head to toe in black soot. No way was he going to pass as a goon!

andyman Tue Feb 16 2021, 02:37

Captain Conduit gets off that roof and circles the building looking for a ground level entrance to the basement. Maybe doors or even a window. If sees one, he heads for it and tries to blast his way inside.

DavidMcMahon Wed Feb 17 2021, 19:44

ooc: Isn't there something about a desperation heal? If he can do that, he will try for it.

Lightning Bullet staggers to the shape of the big man... only to find that he was shrinking!

Shrinking not as small as LB himself but losing the size and strength that made him a threat. It seemed whatever process empowered these people was temporary. Good news, but the effect of those bullets most definitely wasn't temporary!

He was a gonna! No way to avoid the...

POP!

BANG!

POW!

Lightning Bullet blinked as the lights suddenly flared then exploded plunging the place into darkness and confusion again! In addition the power sockets popped outwards and some burst into flames! Confusion reigned again and Lightning Bullet used the time to catch his breath and clear his head. Whatever had happened just then probably saved his bacon!

There still remained the threat of the goons outside this room and their guns and Lightning Bullet only had one way out... through them!

Lightning Bullet quickly checks over the unconscious man to see if there is anything he can use or would find interesting.

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