F5 Turn 15

"You squaj! You freaking little squaj! We were home and dry but for you!"

1. Tharok pushes to attack Wildfire, 9 AV on a 10 DV. 6+4 = 10 The impervious roll is a 3. Wildfire is KO'd. I think that's my highest roll of the game. Coulda used that earlier.

2. Killer Frost pushes to re-erect the ice sculpture.

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Legion of Super Heroes (home)

[2 SA 5 AST] R Cosmic Boy (2/5) I-8 @
[2 AST] R Brainiac 5 (0/4) KO
[1 SA] R Huntress (4/5) N-6 (stealthed)
[1 SA 1 KO 1 AST] R Science Police Officer (2/4) K-6 @@
[1 AST] R Chameleon (0/4) KO
[2 SA 2 KO] V Wildfire (0/9) I-4 (injured) KO
[4 SA 1 KO] R Supergirl (6/8) J-7 @

All members of the LoSH TA will be copying the Bat Ally TA unless otherwise noted.

vs

Fatal Five (visitor)

V Emerald Empress*KO
* w/ Extended Range 10 pts
[3 SA][2 KO]V Validus KO
[3 SA 2 AST 1 KO]R Omac aka Tharok (5/6) 59 pts J4 @@
R Killer Frost (4/6) 32 pts P8@@
R Lexcorp Battlesuit (0/4) KO
R Intergang Agent KO (Injured)

HO - R19
LO - B20, E20,
Rubble - N6, N7
Barrier - O7, P7, Q8, R7

Map: Marvel 4

http://www.creationmatrix.com/forum/board.php

BFC: Assembled

When a force has more than four characters on it with the same team symbol but different names, each character gets +1 to their attack value when adjacent to a friendly character with the same team symbol.

LoSH Turn 15

"Drake....NO!!!!" Kara screams as her heat vision strikes Tharok in the chest.

Cosmic Boy floats over to Invisible Kid who is in shock over the loss of Wildfire. Invisible Kid fires off a shot but it misses Tharok and hits the trucks.

"Another day Legionnaires....you may have defeated SOME of the Fatal Five now, but we will meet again and the Fatal Five will be victorious!" Tharok sneers and disappears in a light. The bodies of the fallen Fatal Five disappear in the same light.

"Monsters!" Kara shouts, fighting back tears.

"Um Kara," Chameleon quietly says over the comlink, "Drake is up here with us. Brainy used some sort of telemundo beam...."

"Thoracian Gamma Level Particle Beam. It is quite simple technology, once the atoms have dispersed it..."

"Yeah, whatever he just said got Drake's energy before Tharok struck. Drake is a little worse for wear and will need a new suit, but other than that, he is fine."

"What?" Kara says incredously, "That is fantastic! Oh I could kiss you Brainy!"

"Well, we should not...I mean...it would not be...." Brainiac-5 stutters.

"Let's go home Legionnaires," Cosmic Boy pipes up, "Before Brainiac-5 has a short circut."

And the Legion of Superheroes disappear in several flashes of light.

END SCENE!

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1) Kara pushes on Tharok. + 2 AV from Cos and SPO. 10 + (2,5) = 17 vs. 16. Hits for 2, minus 1 for toughness. Kara takes 1 for pushing. She gets an SA. Cosmic Boy gets the AST.

2) Cosmic Boy pushes and floats on to O-5.

3) Invisible Kid range attack on Tharok. Cosmic Boy copies the PD TA to give +1. Tharok gets +1 to DV b/c of Hindering. 9 + (4,3) = 16 vs. 17. Miss.

And that's all she wrote. Good Game Glen!

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Legion of Super Heroes (home)

[2 SA 6 AST] R Cosmic Boy (1/5) O-5 @@
[2 AST] R Brainiac 5 (0/4) KO
[1 SA] R Huntress (4/5) N-6 (stealthed) @
[1 SA 1 KO 1 AST] R Science Police Officer (2/4) K-6
[1 AST] R Chameleon (0/4) KO
[2 SA 2 KO] V Wildfire (0/9) I-4 (injured) KO
[5 SA 1 KO] R Supergirl (5/8) J-7 @@

All members of the LoSH TA will be copying the Bat Ally TA unless otherwise noted.

vs

Fatal Five (visitor)

V Emerald Empress*KO
* w/ Extended Range 10 pts
[3 SA][2 KO]V Validus KO
[3 SA 2 AST 1 KO]R Omac aka Tharok (5/6) 59 pts J4 @@
R Killer Frost (4/6) 32 pts P8@@
R Lexcorp Battlesuit (0/4) KO
R Intergang Agent KO (Injured)

HO - R19
LO - B20, E20,
Rubble - N6, N7
Barrier - O7, P7, Q8, R7

Map: Marvel 4

http://www.creationmatrix.com/forum/board.php

BFC: Assembled

When a force has more than four characters on it with the same team symbol but different names, each character gets +1 to their attack value when adjacent to a friendly character with the same team symbol.

LoSH Final Stats for the game:

[2 SA 6 AST] R Cosmic Boy
[2 AST] R Brainiac 5
[1 SA] R Huntress
[1 SA 1 KO 1 AST] R Science Police Officer
[1 AST] R Chameleon
[2 SA 2 KO] V Wildfire (injured)
[5 SA 1 KO] R Supergirl

Updated stats for the LoSH

MSU's Legion of Super Heroes

V Wildfire* 145 pts
SA [12] KO [1] AST [0] DFD [0]
R Cosmic Boy 45 pts
SA [10] KO [2] AST [9] DFD [0]
R Supergirl 108 pts
SA [16] KO [4] AST [0] DFD [0]
R Huntress 18 pts
SA [9] KO [1] AST [0] DFD [0]
R Shadowlass 44 pts
SA [8] KO [4] AST [1] DFD [6]
R Chameleon 30 pts
SA [2] KO [3] AST [1] DFD [0]
R Gotham Policeman 11 pts
SA [4] KO [2] AST [2] DFD [0]
R Brainiac 5 40 pts
SA [4] KO [1] AST [8] DFD [6]
R Live Wire 22 pts
SA [1] KO [0] AST [1] DFD [0]
R Science Police 14 pts
SA [1] KO [1] AST [1] DFD [0]

Siphon Power 20 pts
* w/ Armor Piercing 10 pts

507

Recruit Pts 32 + 5 for win = 37

I would like to upgrade Kara to her E version using the SAs.

Good game Glen! By far my toughest opponent to date. Your team is nasty! Love it! Validus is a beast with amazing stats. Considering using him in tournament play with a barrier piece.

Back to you, MSU. You're a good player and a great Legion fan! I've never felt so painted into having to make finesse plays in a game before. Granted, the decisions were still up to me, but somehow you managed to make the higher potential damage plays look like the wrong options. Particularly the Force Blast, LOL. I still think that was the right way to go, no second guessing there. The ramifications of missing an attack roll by Empress on Brainy just scared the dickens out of me. The only real problem was the FB was too good (6 spaces) and that based Brainy with Validus. A roll of 1-5, and I'd have been able to attack Supergirl for big damage and still OW Brainy's OW for that round. Wish we still had the option of natural damage value on FBs. I know the rules change is pretty popular, but so far it hasn't been advantageous for me in any scenario.

I coulda/woulda/shoulda handled that wall busting manuever better, too, by using Validus' reach advantage to knock down the wall below the one I did knock down instead. Would have protected Empress better.

I dunno if any of that would have helped against your team and your play. All seven figures used to great potential.

The Fatal Five Challenge!

During the course of MSU's Legion of Super Heroes' thrilling victory over my Fatal Five, I sprinkled quotes by the villains directly from the comics, spanning roughly 40 years of Legion lore. The 11 quotes come from 10 specific issues. Do you know which ones?

Through the end of Wednesday, Dec. 27,** I will take PMs from people listing as many of the issues as they can. The submission with the most correct issues is the winner. If there's a tie, a roll-off will be used to break the tie.

Don't have that many Legion comics? Give it a shot anyhow, or find someone who is a big Legion fan to help you out. I'll compile all the quotes into one post on the main Fantasy League thread.

Prize? Oh yeah. A grab bag of 15 Heroclix nons and the full contents of the Horrorclix starter set (plus four more HrC figures) are yours.

**The deadline could be negotiable. I wanted to allow at least a few days after Christmas to allow people to get back home.

And here are the quotes! And yes, the exact spelling of Validus' "RAAAAARRRGGG!" is in an actual comic. It shouldn't be too hard to find though. It's a notable enough of a storyline.

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1) Tharok: "Because of my superior brain ... half human, half robot ... I'll take command!"

2) Emerald Empress: "I'm beginning to wonder if Tharok is truly worthy of leading us, Validus."

3) Validus: "RAAAAARRRGGG!"

4a)Validus: "Now, we kill them?"

4b) Emerald Empress: "Don't be so eager, Validus. Their time will come! Tharok has plans for all the Legionnaires, I'm told."

5a) Validus: "We should kill them now!"

5b) Tharok: "Really, Validus, you should try to control your more destructive tendencies! I have a far more imaginative fate in store for these hapless Legionnaires!"

6) Tharok: "No one suspects that by a special hook-up in his cabinet, I have put Validus under my mental control! Now I command him!"

7) Emerald Empress: "No one -- No one does that to me! Not only have you dared interfere with my plans -- but you have assaulted my person!"

8) Emerald Empress: "When the ideal fails, one must settle for the reliable."

9) Mysterious voice: **Tharok!**
Tharok: "Eh?"
**What's happening? Why haven't you finished the Legion yet?**
"We've had a few setbacks... There are more Legionnaires than we expected."
**What?! I have other important tasks for the Fatal Five! Don't let the Legion capture you!**
"No one is going to capture us! With Validus back in action, we're unbeatable!"

10) Tharok: "Good timing, Validus, you mindless savage."

11) Tharok: "You squaj! You freaking little squaj! We were home and dry but for you!"

Thanks Glen! To tell you the truth, I thought you were going to go after Huntress/Invisible Kid and get rid of my stealth to give Validus a better opportunity to start KOing the smaller guys. I was SO confused by the FB on B-5 move....I thought to myself - why not just KO him and get it over with with Empress and let Validus smash on Supergirl. Of course, then B-5 went squish and I thought to myself, "Ah, get rid of B-5 in one more....good stuff".

I had a few mistakes though - misplacement of figures, not knowing the rules about Giants (sorry bout that!). I have no regrets through the game although I wish I had NOT pushed Wildfire to crit miss (but what can you do?). You made me rack my brain thinking of things though. Not an easy opponent.

Forgot to keep track of Killer Frost's DFD points during the game. Looks like she would earn a pair from Turns 10 and 11, so I've added them here.

Glen Quagmire's Fatal Five (updated stats)

R Persuader 96 pts
SA [9] KO [4] AST [0] DFD [1]
V Emerald Empress 102 pts
SA [14] KO [1] AST [0] DFD [0]
V Validus 152 pts
SA [10] KO [5] AST [0] DFD [0]
R Omac 59 pts
SA [7] KO [3] AST [7] DFD [1]
R Lex Corp Battlesuit 27 pts
SA [3] KO [2] AST [0] DFD [0]
R Intergang Agent 18 pts (injured)
SA [1] KO [0] AST [0] DFD [0]
R Killer Frost 32 pts
SA [3] KO [0] AST [0] DFD [4]
R Trickster 31 pts
SA [0] KO [0] AST [0] DFD [0]

Extended Range 10 pts

527

Recruit Pts 20

EDIT: requesting Emerald Empress be upgraded, using SA points, and fitted with Nova Blast.

Emerald Empress with Nova Blast, here she comes.

And I am glad I am done with this team so I don't have to face that!

Truth be told, I hadn't really considered NB for the Empress as the card seems to be such a risk. But then I looked at who I was facing in Game 5 (Thawmus' stealth-heavy Batman enemies) and it seems like that's the way to go. Stealth is just too much of an Achilles heel for the Fatal Five.

It's definitely a risk, and ideally one you can mitigate through PC and Perplex. Plenty of the latter can be found on the Batman Enemies (run by Thawmus, actually), though good luck getting him to lend you some in trade.

It's official, the Legion of Super Hereos win this one

Win - LOSH (494 pts)

Loss - Fatal Five (306 pts)

Yeah, you get Thawmus' Batman Enemies (not my Secret Six, who also have a number of former Batman Enemies on the team).

His team is very stealth-heavy, but it's also extraordinarily adaptable. If he thinks you're going to waste point going 'anti-Stealth', then he's going to go the opposite direction.