Gotham Knights #1
“Past Present”

By Kasz


"Master Bruce, your ten o'clock is here," said Alfred Pennyworth, poking his head into Bruce Wayne’s study. Bruce Wayne was elbow-deep in economic reports, trying to figure out ways to get Wayne Enterprises back on an even-footing with Lexcorp. His company had been saved with some canny boardroom maneuvers, but the damage had been done and he still lagged far behind Luthor.

“Send him in, Alfred.”

“Right this way sir,” Alfred said, opening the door. A tall, thin Arabic man with white-streaked black hair and an odd goatee dressed in a fine suit walked in. The man reached out to Bruce Wayne and Bruce shook his hand. The man sat down.

“Hello, Mr. Al Ghul-- I hear you have some business to conduct with me?”

“Yes, my daughter has been kidnapped by the League of Shadows.”

Bruce paused, a curious look on his face. “And what does that have to do with me…?”

“So has one of your associates… one Stephanie Brown?”

As those words were spoken, a click flipped on in Bruce Wayne’s head as if a light switch were turned on… or perhaps, more accurately, off. Stephanie Brown, AKA the Spoiler; someone who had no ties to Bruce Wayne - only to the Batman. However, being as mentally conditioned as he was, Bruce said immediately without any sign or pause or rush, “Stephanie Brown? I don’t believe I know who that is… and even if I did, this sounds like a job for the police.”

“Come now, Detective, don’t insult me by playing these games.” Ra’s Al Ghul said standing up. “It was actually rather easy to deduce that you were the Batman. To afford all of the equipment you would use, you would need to be a man of wealth or have a wealthy backer. I was able to follow the money trail to you. So I knew you were either him or the one behind him. After having a look at your personal history, it was quite obvious it was you.”

“You‘re crazy! Alfred…” Wayne said as he pressed a button on his desk to summon his butler.

“Still playing games, Detective?” Ra’s said with a sigh. “Considering your psychological profile, I’d imagine you’d keep your equipment at home-- and I know where.” Ra’s walked over to the a large grandfather clock, he opened the casing and hit a small lever. The clock rolled out of the way revealing a door. “That clock wasn’t working. Surly an antique of some value, however someone as rich as yourself could easily have had it replaced or fixed if you were holding on to it for sentimental reasons.”

“Yes, Master Bruce,” Alfred said, poking his head into the door. Alfred caught sight of the clock being open. “…Oh, dear.”

“Never mind, Alfred.”

“So then… you will find my daughter and your compatriot at this location, Detective. You should be very careful - these men are trained assassins. I’m depending on you.” Al-Ghul handed Bruce Wayne a piece of paper and walked out the door past Alfred.

“What was that all about, sir?”

“I’m not entirely sure, Alfred.”

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Inside of an abandoned building:

“The next building over. That is where Spoiler is supposed to be held,” Batman said to the rest of his group. “Be on your guard, there is a good chance this is a trap.”

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The Gotham Knights:

Icn Str Batman* - 47
R HT Robin - 17
R Batgirl - 25
R Huntress - 18
R Black Canary - 21

*w/ Pounce

Total: 138

Vs.

The Bodyguards:

Ubu (V Kingpin) - 43
R Hand Ninja (ranged) - 14
R Kobra Fanatic - 16
R Kobra Fanatic - 16
LE CT Elektra - 19
E Toad - 30

Total: 138

MAP: DC A


 Bat team set up anywhere in the left building, The league of Shadows on the left side.

 Spoiler is tied up in N24, Talia in O24. They are tied up by ropes, you may free them by making a close combat or ranged combat attack on a DV of 14. Once freed they are removed from the map. You gain 1TXP and 1 IXP for each person freed before the battle ends.

I'd love to take the villains in this one, but i have a couple questions:

Who has the honor of playing the Gotham Knights?

Which LE Elektra do you mean, for my list shows the LE Elektra Natchios from Clobberin' Time at 21 points, not 19?

Both teams start on the left?

great story kaz

mike im cool with you being the villian

I: 8 (4,4)
O: 4 (2,2)

am i on the right or left?

I put this for you submission, that I doubt that they would have the Batman Team start on same side as their objective. Since, Spoiler and Talia are both as far on the right as possible, I would contend The League of Shadows had a typo on their set-up and are to set up on the right, while the Knights must be on the left.

Of course this is conjecture and maybe Kazs could tell us for sure, but I think I'm 99% right as far as guess go.

Can't help with the rest of the questions...................but I'd be inclined to think that the Electra in question is actually supposed to be the LE Ranged Hand Ninja from XP, LE Electra(XP) 19pts.

yeah, i meant the Xplosion one sorry, and yeah, the bats are supposed to be on the opposite side of their objective, and the League of Shadows protecting the objective on right.

Way to many elektras.

And yet we only have 2 right now that are tournament legal. Hmm...

Personally i blame the 2 10 page papers, 1 20 page paper, 5 article summaries, 8 research summaries, and 4 tests i have to study for in the next couple weeks.

And i'm totally missing something here too.

You know I'm refering to the amount of Elektra's that are tourney legal, right?

yeah, just that post was delayed, i got sidetracked... i blame all that stuff for my typo.

The Gotham Knights:

Icn Str Batman* (6/6) g2
R HT Robin (4/4) e2
R Batgirl (4/4) e1
R Huntress (5/5) f2
R Black Canary (5/5) f1

*w/ Pounce

Alright, good Doctor, my questions have been answered, and i've rolled for
Initiative: 4+1=5
Objects: 4+2=6

I see you've already placed your team; yes, you won Inititative. Let's see here...
Have we played each other before? Forgive my weak memory.
Good luck!
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Hired 'Bodyguards'
Ubu (V Kingpin) (7/7) M23
R Hand Ninja (ranged) (4/4) Q23
R Kobra Fanatic "Heiner" (3/3) J23
R Kobra Fanatic "Karsten" (3/3) S23
LE Elektra (Xplosion) (4/4) P23
E Toad (5/5) N23


The Gotham Knights:
Icn Str Batman* (6/6) g2
R HT Robin (4/4) e2
R Batgirl (4/4) e1
R Huntress (5/5) f2
R Black Canary (5/5) f1
*w/ Pounce

HOs: P15, L20,
LOs: L18,

Bodyguards 'page' 1

"Hey, did you guys hear something?" Heiner asked.

"For the last time, dude, calm down! The transport will be here soon, and we just hafta watch these dames until it gets here. Then we pocket our dough, and i, for one, am gonna fly straight to Coast City and gamble the nights away!"

Ubu's deep voice cut through the criminal banter: "Quiet down, you two! We don't want to attract any attention here at all. I want to set up a perimeter with regular patrols -- so move out! And be quiet about it!" The hired men demurred and headed out.
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Ubu/Kingpin's Leadership roll: 3.
1) Elektra moves (Speed halved) to M20.
2) (free - Brotherhood TA) Toad moves (Speed halved) to Q19.
3) Fanatic "Karsten" moves to Q15.
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Hired 'Bodyguards'
Ubu (V Kingpin) (7/7) M23
R Hand Ninja (ranged) (4/4) Q23
R Kobra Fanatic "Heiner" (3/3) J23
R Kobra Fanatic "Karsten" (3/3) Q15 @
LE Elektra (Xplosion) (4/4) M20 @
E Toad (5/5) Q19 @


The Gotham Knights:
Icn Str Batman* (6/6) g2
R HT Robin (4/4) e2
R Batgirl (4/4) e1
R Huntress (5/5) f2
R Black Canary (5/5) f1
*w/ Pounce

HOs: P15, L20,
LOs: L18,
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I hope it's alright that i started even though you haven't placed objects yet. As i understand these online games, if choices are made for Player 1 (i.e. the winner of Initiative), then the next step simply moves up, so to speak. Since the map was pre-selected and the sides were pre-selected, the first step would be setting up, which you did (correctly, having won Initiative). So i move first? Is that right?

not sure who would go first

kinda new

but i dnot mind if you go first

(1)
batgirl to d5

robin to d10

---- "lets move gang"



Hired 'Bodyguards'
Ubu (V Kingpin) (7/7) M23
R Hand Ninja (ranged) (4/4) Q23
R Kobra Fanatic "Heiner" (3/3) J23
R Kobra Fanatic "Karsten" (3/3) Q15 @
LE Elektra (Xplosion) (4/4) M20 @
E Toad (5/5) Q19 @


The Gotham Knights:

Icn Str Batman* (6/6) g2
R HT Robin (4/4) d10@
R Batgirl (4/4) d5@
R Huntress (5/5) f2
R Black Canary (5/5) f1

*w/ Pounce

HOs: P15, L20, d11
LOs: L18, p12, u13