Emerald City Knights Chapter 2: Out of their League

[Bombaatu]

The Silver Streak
HP: 0 - Cond: Fatigued, Staggered, -1 Hits (will not be Staggered after turn)

"You can't handle another hit like that one, Zeke." The aged speedster was in a bad way. A vicious laser burn scorched his side and he could smell burnt meat. Shaking his head to clear the spots, he vibrated into insubstantiality and used the respite to gain his breath.

Free action to activate Insubstantial, Standard to Recover. Don't know if the Will save is needed since he's not attacking, but here it is anyway: Will save (1d20+8=16)

[badpenny]

Cheshire Cat
Condition: 2 Hits, Staggered
HP: 2

Quinn sighed. This felt like more of Mars' handiwork and soon enough she was going to stuff her knee in his eye. But right now she needed to stay conscious. Something wasn't right here and she needed a moment to figure it out. She extended her senses and was ready for any attacks. She studied the attackers carefully.

Will check (1d20+6=22)
Defend Action (1d20+13=26) Dodge 26 for the next round.
Perception check (1d20+8=20) Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

[hero4hire]

The Robots fire more at the heroes. While another moves in to help defend the one Knight still up. Focused on defense the quicker members Cheshire and Streak are able to evade the hail of bullets, the rest of the group is not so lucky

ooc
Toughness saves needed DC 23 for Vesuvius, DC 25 for Kisai and one DC 23 and one DC 27 vs Gadget

[kenseido]

Kisai
HP: 1, Condition: Fatigued, -4 Toughness

The blasts continue to slam into the dragon and Kisai continues to not react.

Toughness: 1d20+12-3=22
Another hit.

[Horsenhero]

Vesuvius, the Volcanic Man
Rocky Mantle

Condition: -1, Dazed HP 0

The impact managed to hit the volcanic hero in the temple, which given his position next to the wall, slammed his skull into the steel, making his world spin.

Toughness Save. 1d20+14=15. Yeah baby!

[badpenny]

Cheshire Cat

Cheshire Cat watched the knights and the robots intently while managing to avoid their attacks. It took all her concentration to pull it off.

"Guys, we have to take out the robots! They're all working together...linked or something! Concentrate on them!"

She was not technologically savvy, but she was a trained investigator and detecting patterns was something she was good at.

[insaniac99]

Gadget Man
HP: 0 Condition: having a bad day, 4 bruises and fatigued (Incaped after)

As first the shots raked across his armor, the low-power warning slowly dimmed before stopping all together. Eddy was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he realized the power systems failed. "Aw carp..." was all Eddy had a chance to get out before the second volley hit him without the protection of his shields. He was blown back a little and landed splayed on the ground.

dc 23 toughness save (1d20+12-4=23) wow, i didn't expect to survive that one at all
dc 27 toughness save (1d20+12-4=10) and that''s lights out.

[kenseido]

Kisai
HP: 1 (0 after); Condition: -4 Toughness, Fatigued (Exhausted after)

Without moving, the dragon flies out attacking the knight, and then circles around and attacks again before settling back around Kisai.

Will Save: 1d20+12=25
All Out/Power Attack (-5/+5)1d20+8=15
HP to reroll: 1d20+8=10 + 10 = 20
Toughness DC32
Extra effort for second attack. If the Knight is still standing, attack him again. Otherwise attack the robot near him.
All Out/Power Attack (-5/+5): 1d20+8=25
Toughness DC32

[hero4hire]

The Knight is blown back into the wall by Kisai's Dragonrage. He gets up on shaky legs only to be knocked down again by the translucent Dragon's tail-slap.

Both Knight start to convulse and spasm. All of the robots fizzle and explode, leaving little but shrapnel left from their metallic bodies. After a moment of thrashing both Knights lay very very still.

Knight is staggered then kayo'd.

All of the Minions explode.

Thus endeth the fight!

[kenseido]

Kisai

Kisai mumbles in some unknown language. The dragon slowly fades away and the hero sinks to the ground and collapses to the ground, unconscious.

[badpenny]

Cheshire Cat

Quinn sighed and her whole body heaved with her breath. She ported over next to Kisai, and checked the man's pulse. "We're all exhausted.... I think I have a busted rib."

She looked around at the damage, and the smoldering robots. "I guess we have a twenty foot tall sign on the building that says, Takes on all comers, now, huh? We can expect this bullshit regularly?!"

She looked over at Gadget and shook her head. "I don't know how to check his pulse. Someone freaking tell me he's going to make it."

Quinn laid down on the floor and stared up at the ceiling. "It is over, right? I hope I'm not lying down on the job. I mean, I wouldn't want to upset Mars."

[kenseido]

Kisai

After a few moments, Philip blinks.

Why am I staring at the ceiling?

Slowly he sits up, still physically exhausted from the encounter.

"Did we win?"

[badpenny]

Cheshire Cat

"Depends on your definition of win," Quinn said, still lying on her back staring at the ceiling.

"Someone rigs the room to kill us--my vote is Mars--and then these clowns appear--" she absently aimed a thumb at the corner where the knights and robots were--"and start having a go at us. Reason? It's open season. Hey, I'm a poet, and I didn't know it." The bitterness in her voice was palpable.

[kenseido]

Kisai

"Okay, all I remember is shutting the room down, them appearing, me getting shot, then staring at the ceiling here." Philip tries to stand up, but faisl, plopping back down on his rear.

"Wow, getting shot takes a lot out of you. And if somebody did sabotage the room, my bets are on the armored guys and their robots friends... who appear to have been turned into confetti. Good work guys. Sorry, I couldn't help."

[badpenny]

Cheshire Cat

"Well, I seem to recall: Mars being there and urging us into the room, then disappearing. For all I know, these clowns were here waiting for us and the room toys were just used to soften us up." Quinn snorted her disgust.

"I know someone I'm going to soften up." She sat up, grim faced. Then in an affected accent, she called out, quite loudly, "Marrrrs, ju got some splainin' to doooo."