Yeah, I almost missed it too. It's easy to forget Black Scorpion's range of 4 because it's so rarely used (Hey, it's easy to forget that Scorpion can actually do anything useful! ).

And yeah, Theme PC follows the same (new) rules about PC (and outwit and perplex) that it's tied to the range value of the character using it, with a minimum range of 6. So on your present team, Crystal can use it with an effective range of 7, while everyone else has a range of 6 (note that this is also the range of Reed and T'chala's outwit).

I just looked at that turn again and its amazing. Not only did it take away any retaliation potential for my turn but rendered useless my 2 main support pieces. I feel totally demoralized from it. Which makes me respect it even more. I am gonna need more time to recover.

Thanks, and no worries, take all the time you need. Also, since this is just pre-season I don't mind telling you that you do actually have *one* option of retaliation open to you

Yeah Spider-man can hit someone But only for 1 compared to your 7 last round. I need a better response than that. I was hoping to net a few DFD this game with Sues defend.

I got my battle face back on now so here we go

Turn 3A
Reeds Leadership 6.

1.) Spider-man "Forget this I works best alone"
He L/C to M-17

2.) Black Panther Seeing a world of pain in spider-man future throws himself to deaths embrace by L/C to N-18

3.) Ben "Roars How dare you hooligans hurt Suzy Q" and Moves to H-16 and grabs the HO on the way

4.) Reed "I hate magic" he Stretches his body across the temple to I-17

5.) Crystal her pride hurt moves to K-14

Theme re roll
For any attack on spider-man Black Panther will take a token for theme reroll

Any attack on Black panther I will not use theme reroll

Reed will hope the best that his super senses will protect him so no theme reroll unless somehow he loses super senses

After that its case by case because I have no idea what you are gonna do.

Your to good, heh I am probably the worst guy with the rules at the moment facing the rule KING. I should have know better, but I wanted to play you as I love your story posts, your teams, the time you put into all of this and playing someone better than yourself make you better...in theory....


Arachnos
1. V Scirocco (1/6) 100 pts J18 @
2. R Lord Nemesis (2/7) 87 pts M18 @@
3. LE Black Scorpion (1/8) 72 pts N14 @@ w/HO
4. LE Ghost Widow (1/5) 54 pts K19
5. U Diabolique (1/5) 50 pts N19 @
6. R Dr. Aeon (1/3) 30 pts O19/O20

Ritual tokens: 2

393 pts

Nemesis: [1 SA]
Black Scorpion: [1 AST]
Diabolique: [1 SA]

Vs.

Fantastic Four

1. R Mr. Fantastic (1/6) 90 pts I-17@
2. R Thing (1/6) 70 pts H16 w/HO@
3. R Invisible Girl (3/5) 37 pts I9
4. E Spider-Man (1/6) 50 pts M17@
5. V Crystal (4/7) 105 pts K14@
6. V Black Panther (3/6) 46 pts N18@

398 points

Objects:
HO's: Black Scorpion, D14, L12, J18
LO's: G12, B17

Rubble: K14

http://www.ianparmenter.com/hcutils2...-62&y1=x789y84

You could also have quaked Nemesis with Crystal, thanks to her Tornado trait

he is 8 away and her range is 7....unless I am wrong about her trait......

Arachnos: Turn 3

free) The skies above the temple sudden churn and roll with raw, magical power as Scirocco's diminished ritual begins to take effect. A crimson bolt of lightning streaks down from above and strikes the already weakened Sue, bringing her to her knees! Scirocco's ritual triggers at the start of the turn and deals 2 damage to Sue. Since this isn't an attack, the Future Foundation TA is not activated.

1) "Begone, bothersome little gnats!" Nemesis snarls as he backhands Black Panther with a pulse of power from his staff! Nemesis uses the Masters of Evil TA to push and Force Blast Black Panther! Roll is: 5 which is more than enough to send T'chala flying to P18. He takes 2 from falling off the elevated terrain. Nemesis takes 1 from the push.

While the ruler of Wakanda is more than agile enough to avoid the crushing blow of the staff itself, the invisible, trailing energy field proves more difficult to handle, and the sheer kinetic force of the unexpected impact sends him flying down to the side of the hill!

2) "Sloppy..." Aeon remarks as he pushes a several buttons on his armour. "...THIS is how you clean up" Aeon uses Move and Attack to move to P19/P20, punching Black Panther. 10 atk. vs 11 def. Needs a 3. Roll is: (4,1) for a 5 and a hit! Black Panther takes 2 and is KO'ed! 1 SA and 1 KO for Dr. Aeon who will finish his move in N17/N18

In a rare display of competent brilliance, Dr. Aeon actually beats the Black Panther is the race to the ground below, teleporting beneath the Wakandan Monarch to anticipate his fall. With cat-like grace and agility, T'chala has already turned himself in mid-air, prepared to land on his feet, when a well-aimed energy blast from the not-so-good Doctor takes him thoroughly out of the fight!

3) "You're a fool to challenge me, grotesque one" Scirocco snaps at Reed, unleashing a blast of crackling arcane lightning at Mr. Fantastic. Scirocco uses his trait to Incapacitate Reed. 10 atk. vs 17 def. Needs a 7. Roll is: (1,2) for a 3 and a total miss as Reed easily stretches around the bio-arcane blast! No pushing damage thanks to Willpower

4) "...Unexpected. What manner of foes are we facing here?" Widow muses, embracing Scirocco in her cold arms once more. "The time for this battle has not yet arrived!" Blinding Reed and Ben with a flash of Deadlight, the Widow and Scirocco both vanish. Widow teleports to M16, placing Scirocco in N15

Should Nemesis be knocked onto Mastermind he'll shuffle along any damage he might take to Dr. Aeon unless it would KO him, in which case he'll pass it to Diabolique instead.


Arachnos
1. V Scirocco (1/6) 100 pts N15 @@
2. R Lord Nemesis (3/7) 87 pts M18 @@
3. LE Black Scorpion (1/8) 72 pts N14 w/HO
4. LE Ghost Widow (1/5) 54 pts M16 @
5. U Diabolique (1/5) 50 pts N19
6. R Dr. Aeon (1/3) 30 pts N17/N18 @

Ritual tokens: 2

393 pts

Nemesis: [1 SA]
Black Scorpion: [1 AST]
Diabolique: [1 SA]
Dr. Aeon: [1 SA, 1 KO]

Vs.

Fantastic Four

1. R Mr. Fantastic (1/6) 90 pts I-17@
2. R Thing (1/6) 70 pts H16 w/HO@
3. R Invisible Girl (5/5) 37 pts I9
4. E Spider-Man (1/6) 50 pts M17@
5. V Crystal (4/7) 105 pts K14@
6. V Black Panther (KO/6) 46 pts KO'ed!

398 points

Objects:
HO's: Black Scorpion, D14, L12, J18
LO's: G12, B17

Rubble: K14

http://www.ianparmenter.com/hcutils2...-62&y1=x758y21

Her trait lets her pick any square within her range and LOF and then lets her use quake as if she was occupying that square. If she picks the square that's 7 spaces away from her, at her maximum range, and uses quake as if standing in that square, Nemesis would be in the AoE of her attack

ahh I thought it had to be a legal target.... I am already learning......

Glad to be able to help, she really is a quite potent figure. But yeah, since she's picking a square to quake *from* within her range, it effectively increases her range to 8 with her tornado

alright Q time

So crystal has

(Special) Tornado: Give Crystal a power action and choose an unoccupied square of clear terrain within range and line of fire. Crystal can use Quake as a free action as if she occupied that square.

(Attack) Twin Elements: Waterspout: When Crystal uses the Tornado trait, also give an action token to each hit character with zero action tokens after actions resolve.

and Exploit Weakness.

Can she use all that together?

Tornado requires a power action to activate and lets her use Quake as a free action. Waterspout modifies her Tornado Quake, so those two work just fine together

Exploit Weakness, however, requires its own close combat action to activate, and isn't compatible with Quake (or a modified Tornado-Quake).

So Crystal can either punch someone standing in front of her for penetrating damage with Exploit Weakness, *or* she can Tornado-Quake anywhere she can see within range and also hand out free action tokens with Waterspout while she's at it. But she can't do all of it at once

and the quake is in a square where nothing is in. Gotcha Thanks

Exactly, she has to pick a non-occupied square of clear terrain within her range and LoF and then perform the Quake as if she was standing there herself. So no Tornadoes on Ghost Widow's square!

I was hoping Spider-man could get rid of the widow so She could.... aahh Dice Lords...So unforgiving....

4a

Reads Leadership
Roll=3

1.) Spider-man Flurry's on Ghost Widow
10 attack on an 18 defense
Flurry 1 Roll 1,4=miss
Theme Reroll from Mr Fantastic
Reroll 2,2=4

Flurry 2
roll 2,1=WTF

1 Push damage to Spider-man
1 token to Reed 1 Push Damage to Reed

Free Reed outwits Poison on Ghost Widow

2.) Sue moves to M10


Spectacular Fail Turn

Theme Reroll will be only used on attacks on spider-man

1st Theme reroll for any attack Sue can see against Spider-man
2nd if sue can't see the attack on Spider-man but Crystal can theme token for her
3rd If sue and Crystal can't see the attack but Ben can he will take a token for Theme reroll

Spectacular Turn... I hope my next turn is Amazing.... or maybe Superior...

Arachnos
1. V Scirocco (1/6) 100 pts N15 @@
2. R Lord Nemesis (3/7) 87 pts M18 @@
3. LE Black Scorpion (1/8) 72 pts N14 w/HO
4. LE Ghost Widow (1/5) 54 pts M16 @
5. U Diabolique (1/5) 50 pts N19
6. R Dr. Aeon (1/3) 30 pts N17/N18 @

Ritual tokens: 2

393 pts

Nemesis: [1 SA]
Black Scorpion: [1 AST]
Diabolique: [1 SA]
Dr. Aeon: [1 SA, 1 KO]

Vs.

Fantastic Four

1. R Mr. Fantastic (2/6) 90 pts I-17@@
2. R Thing (1/6) 70 pts H16 w/HO
3. R Invisible Girl (5/5) 37 pts M10@
4. E Spider-Man (2/6) 50 pts M17@@
5. V Crystal (4/7) 105 pts K14
6. V Black Panther (KO/6) 46 pts KO'ed!

398 points

Objects:
HO's: Black Scorpion, D14, L12, J18
LO's: G12, B17

Rubble: K14

http://www.ianparmenter.com/hcutils2...-26&y1=x758y21