Nows as good a time as any to use Deadman's Protected.

Mento had a good long run. Was actually fairly useful. might have helped if I'd remembered to use his Outsiders TA more than once or twice. Ah well. What's more Halloweeny than a Goblin? A Goblin Princess. She replaces him in M14

Character roll: 1. Blue Devil. Event roll 4. He's outside again. I13. Spoils my plans.

Goblin Princess tries to TK Man-Thing. Breakaway is 2.

Man-Thing on Giant-Man then, AV8 on DV18. Gets 3. Reroll for Goblin Princess, Gets 5. Rerolls for Gargoyle gets 6. REerolls for Blue Devil gets 8.

Raven tries to Regenerate. Gest 6. She's back to full.

Blue Devil pushes, moves to J6

E Blue Devil @@ J6 (5!)
V Man-Thing (Damage Shield) @ K12 (2!)
Gargoyle K9 (1!)
V Raven (IK-Triage) @ P19
Deadman P6 (2!)
Goblin Princess (Mental Shields) @ M14

HO: M6, N6, O7, K15, Q13, R13
LO: Q7, M10, S12, J11
Destroyed Wall: K9/K10, J9/J10

Spectre, V Ghost Rider (FF), Gypsy
Mystery points: 282

Feats used: Force Field x2, Armor Piercing, Thwart, Pounce x2, Unstoppable, TK Reach, Maneuver, Rip It Up, Auto-Regeneration, LMD, Protected x2, Pummel

"You're much tastier looking than he is," Giant-Man told the Goblin Princess, "but I'm not letting him get away." The Man-Thing struggled against Giant-Man with mindless persistance, but couldn't seem to get through the zombie's defenses.

I thought we were looking pretty close there. You didn't deduct your points for the Hulk from your mystery points. Even with that, you've closed out earlier gap nicely.

Just curious---can Deadman use protected when he was hit w/Nightmare's natural damage & stunning blow which gives him a push & click?

Good question. Protected reads "Damage dealt to a character as a result of a single action is ignored." Doesn't specify only particular types of actions. But it says that I can use it only if I do not already have two action tokens, so I guess it's a question of timing. Do you Incapacitate me before I can declare Protected, or can I declare Protected first?

I say lets put this one to the impartial judges of the rules forum and go with their decision:
Protected and Stunning Blow

I probably won't be on much today or tonight, so if we get a concensus from that thread, just carry on with your turn. If they say I take the damage, I'll accept that.

I was going to post the very same question today. Only one response but basically it says that the new wording would not allow the use of protected until after the damage (and stunning blow incap token) was done. As stunning blow would deliver a second token already in this case, protected is not usable. Make sense?

Points from Hulk deducted, thanks for the reminder. This game is getting closer, which is more fun, but like me with the Avengers/Skrull game, I think you got this one. It might be a challenge, though, to make it last to Halloween.

Character roll: 2, Psimon. Event roll: 1, slamming doors.

Giant-Man outwits Gargoyle's pc. Hulk on Gargoyle. Needs 8, rolls 8. Hulk heals 1 and Gargoyle takes 2 after toughness.

Lizard will pounce to N7 to attack Deadman. Needs 8 -1 for pounce so 7, rolls 6. Painful, that is. 1 to Lizard.

@ N7 (2) Lizard V (Pounce)
L6 Psimon (Mental Shields)
(4) Q6 Ghost Widow
@@ K8 Hulk (SN) (Zombie) (Shellhead)
N6 (9) Nightmare (Stunning Blow)
L15 Giant-Man (M & M)

HO M6, N6, O7 LO Q7, M10, K8


Selene V, Trigon


Mystery points: 240

Lucky Break (2), Mental Shields, Nanobots, Revenge, Thwart, Contingency Plan, Armor Piercing, Nova Blast, Damage Shield, Drag, Protected (2), Shellhead

"Lizard, there is a menace here. A kindred spirit who possesses bodies," Nightmare tells him. "Only in this realm might we be able to hurt his intangible form."

Deadman chorts, "Can't hit what ya can't see, chuckles. Still, this room is filled with so much mystic energy it's not surprising they could figure me out."

"I sense him, too," the Lizard says, "He just spoke." The Lizard pounced the air and smacks into a wall, hurting only himself.

Deadman laughs loudly.

"Stop laughing! Stop laughing!" says the Lizard.

"Oh this is gonna be a hoot, Brock," Deadman says aloud.

Halloween's only two weeks away. I think we'll just about do it. May not need to make a point of doing this one first anymore. Things are getting a litttle too close for my comfort. My luck's been going a little sour in this game and all those 18DVs you got are not helping. And we haven't even seen Trigon yet.

Okay so Deadman took a total of 3 clicks from Nightmare there. By the same token however, Hulk can't heal a click when attacking Gargoyle. Your timing's off. He takes his action, takes his click of push damage, and only then does he get Steal Energy. By the time he gets it, his action's done, so he should be at 1 click.

Character roll: 3 Gargoyle. 3 Ghosts. Gets 8. This works well for me. Gargoyle's the only one affected on my side. He gets a token. Blue Devil's close enough, but already has 2 tokens. On your side, Nightmare, Ghost Widow and Psimon all take a token and Lizard takes a token and a click.

Deadman Phases to L10

E Blue Devil J6 (5!)
V Man-Thing (Damage Shield) K12 (2!)
Gargoyle @ K9 (3!)
V Raven (IK-Triage) P19
Deadman @ L10 (4!)
Goblin Princess (Mental Shields) M14

HO: M6, N6, O7, K15, Q13, R13
LO: Q7, M10, S12, J11
Destroyed Wall: K9/K10, J9/J10

Spectre, V Ghost Rider (FF), Gypsy
Mystery points: 282

Feats used: Force Field x2, Armor Piercing, Thwart, Pounce x2, Unstoppable, TK Reach, Maneuver, Rip It Up, Auto-Regeneration, LMD, Protected x2, Pummel

Ghosts, yuck. Those rolls always screw up my turns.

Character roll: 4; Hulk, Event roll: 6, stealthiness. Also not good for me. The only thing I can do is Giant-Man on Goblin Princess. Needs 8 twice, rolls 8. Rerolls 9. She takes 3. He'll outwit her pc (why I didn't do that before...).

N7 (3) Lizard V (Pounce)
L6 Psimon (Mental Shields)
(4) Q6 Ghost Widow
K8 Hulk (SN) (Zombie) (Shellhead)
N6 (9) Nightmare (Stunning Blow)
@ L15 Giant-Man (M & M)

HO M6, N6, O7 LO Q7, M10, K8


Selene V, Trigon


Mystery points: 240

Lucky Break (2), Mental Shields, Nanobots, Revenge, Thwart, Contingency Plan, Armor Piercing, Nova Blast, Damage Shield, Drag, Protected (2), Shellhead

"Giant-Man? You're an Avenger, right? One of the good guys? Fight with me," Meggan says. "You're too good for this."

He swings at her with his full might. "...Then again, maybe I'll have to try another tactic," she says disappointed.

Character 3: Gargoyle. Event: 4. He's teleported. I'm getting that a lot lately. Really making me waste a lot of my actions. I9 for him.

Raven Phases to J15

Blue Devil on Ghost Widow, AV8 on DV15. Gets 3. Reroll for Raven is 8. Ghost Widow's down. BD takes 1.

Man-Thing on Giant-Man. AV8 on DV18. Gets 9. So close.

Gargoyle pushes to J14

Goblin Princess to Incap Giant-Man, Av8 on DV18. Gest 3. He's going to be a real problem, I can see.

E Blue Devil @ J6 (6!)
V Man-Thing (Damage Shield) @ K12 (2!)
Gargoyle @@ J14 (4!)
V Raven (IK-Triage) @ J15
Deadman L10 (4!)
Goblin Princess (Mental Shields) @ M14 (3!)

HO: M6, N6, O7, K15, Q13, R13
LO: Q7, M10, S12, J11
Destroyed Wall: K9/K10, J9/J10

Spectre, V Ghost Rider (FF), Gypsy
Mystery points: 282

Feats used: Force Field x2, Armor Piercing, Thwart, Pounce x2, Unstoppable, TK Reach, Maneuver, Rip It Up, Auto-Regeneration, LMD, Protected x2, Pummel

"Lady, you have been a worse pain in the neck than the vampires we've been fighting here," Blue Devil told Ghost Widow, using the flames of his trident against her. The mystical nature of the fire affected her otherwise non-corporeal form and she shrieked as she dissipated. Blue Devil threw his hands up to his ears to block the sound, accidentally knocking himself on the head with the trident.

Am I missing something? How could Blue Devil attack Ghost Widow from J6? She's in Q6 and Psimon & Nightmare are in the way. Unless I'm missing something.

From a couple turns back:
You never updated her position in the summary.

Ah, alright then. Character and event rolls are 6. Stealthiness around Giant-Man. He outwits Meggan's pc. (Do you realize all the pc you've got on board on in waiting?).

Lizard pounces to J6 and attacks Blue Devil. Needs 7, twice, rolls 5. Lizard takes 1.

Psimon tks Hulk to K7.

Hulk on Blue Devil. Needs 6, twice, rolls 8. Blue Devil's reroll is 7. The Devil is out.

Enter Selene with mental shields in K6. She'll roll to mc Deadman. Needs 6, rolls 7. SS is 1. He'll move to F4.


J6 @ (4) Lizard V (Pounce)
L6 @ Psimon (Mental Shields)
K6 @ Selene (Mental Shields)
K7 @ Hulk (SN) (Zombie) (Shellhead)
N6 (9) Nightmare (Stunning Blow)
L15 Giant-Man (M & M)

HO M6, N6, O7 LO Q7, M10, K8


Trigon


Mystery points: 240

Lucky Break (2), Mental Shields (2), Nanobots, Revenge, Thwart, Contingency Plan, Armor Piercing, Nova Blast, Damage Shield, Drag, Protected (2), Shellhead