"Nightwing," Oracle said, "Executioner's definitely their biggest threat. You'll need to hit him hard and fast."

"Can do," Nightwing agreed. "Any suggestions?"

"He's a brute, pure and simple," she replied. "Kind of like Blockbuster, only tougher."

"That's a comforting thought. Well, I've got an idea..." Nightwing threw a small sphere at the Asgardian. It hit home, covering him with a liquid that burst into flame on contact with the air.

"I have fought Surtur's fire giants," the Executioner boasted. "I barely feel this."

"Maybe," Nightwing acknowledged, "but I'm not done yet." Immediately he threw a second item, which struck on the ground in front of Skurge, and released a cryogenic spray. "A quick change from extreme heat to extreme cold will weaken anything, and I'm betting that includes you." Even as he spoke, Nightwing was throwing a nightstick at his enemy. Where it struck, the Executioner's armor shattered and Skurge grunted in pain under the relentless assault.

Wow, I really didn't pay much attention to placement.

Whirlwind to K13

Vertigo to O13.

Vanisher V J10
Whirlwind V @K13
Vertigo E @O13
Executioner V (3) Q13
HO N12; LO P15, J14

Whirlwind spins up to Nightwing, "It's a good thing the big guy can take a little punishment. Can you say the same?". As he lifted his blades Nightwing readied for an attack.

Well, you force me into it. Nightwing pushes to attack Whirlwind with the Incap/Stunning Blow combo. AV10 on DV16, needs 6. Gets 7. Whirlwind takes 3 flat out damage, plus 1 for the push. Nightwing takes 1 for the push.

Spider-Man Outwits Vanisher's Super Senses, then attacks Vanisher, Perplexing up his damage to 3. AV10 on DV15, needs 5. Gets 4.

LE Peter Parker (Ult) (ICWO) @ J11
V Nightwing (ICWO/Stunning Blow) @@ J12 (1 click)
U Oracle (on card)

HO N12, F15, K17
LO P15, J14, M9

"From you?" Nightwing asked, delivering a series of punches to Whirlwind's nerve centers. "Guess we're not going to find out now, are we?"

"Stand still, will ya?" Spider-Man pleaded as his attempts to connect with Vanisher met with empty air. "You're making me look bad. Nightwing's doing all the work and here I'm stuck fighting Captain Whack-a-Mole."

Vanisher attacks Spider-Man. Needs 8, rolls 8 (2 4s). 2 to Spidey plus kb to H10. Not really what I wanted to do...

Executioner to K10.


Vanisher V@ J10
Whirlwind V (3) K13
Vertigo E O13
Executioner V (3) @K10
HO N12; LO P15, J14

"Captain whack-a-mole? How about calling me Mr. Raid," Vanisher says taking out a gun and zapping the wall crawler back.

"Okay, okay," Spider-Man says standing up after the hit, "Why don't you try a little of that vanishing right now?".

Actually, Peter wouldn't take knockback from Vanisher's attack. It would have knocked him back in a straight line, J10>J11>J12>J13. Except that Nightwing's in J12, so that'd stop him.

So if Spider-Man stays in J11, do you still want to put Executioner in K10?

No, I'm good. I'll keep the move as is:


Vanisher V@ J10
Whirlwind V (3) K13
Vertigo E O13
Executioner V (3) @K10
HO N12; LO P15, J14

I suppose I'd be asking for it not to push Spidey. So I will. Outwits Executioner's Invulnerable, Perplexes his damage to 2 and ICWOs it further to 3. AV9 on DV16, needs 7. Gets 8 (and better yet, 4+4), so Executioner takes 3 more AND knockback to M8 (though by this time his Invulnerable has been replaced by Toughness, which is not Outwitted so he takes no further damage for hitting the wall. Spidey takes 1 more click.

LE Peter Parker (Ult) (ICWO) @@ J11 (3 clicks)
V Nightwing (ICWO/Stunning Blow) J12 (1 click)
U Oracle (on card)

HO N12, F15, K17
LO P15, J14, M9

"Oh, my you ARE a big one aren't you?" Spider-Man said as the Executioner strode up. "Mind if I 'ax' you a question? Are you compensating from something, carrying that big honkin' thing around?"

"Insolent spider," Skurge growled. "I'll silence your waggling tongue." He raised his axe above his shoulder, poised to swing. Spider-Man leapt with superhuman quickness onto the upraised weapon. He shot a spray of webbing the Executioner's feet and used it to pull his feet upward while exerting all his weight on the axe. All done in a second's time, it was enough to overbalance the Asgardian. Spider-Man leapt back to the ground and using his own strength and Skurge's momentum, lifted him off his feet and tossed him into the high wall some 15 feet away.

"Gosh, ain't leverage great," Spider-Man joked.

"Nicely done," Nightwing spared a moment from his own battle to compliment Spider-Man's move.

"Yeah, amazing what the application of a little high-school physics will do."

Poor Executioner, he's not doing too much for me in this game.

Vertigo perplexes Whirlwind's damage to 2. Needs 9, rolls 11. 2 to Nightwing.

Vertigo will roll to incap Spidey and give a token to Nightie. Needs 4 and 5 respectively, gets another 11. Hmmmm....guess Spider-Man gets nothing and Nightwing just the token. A waste of a good 11, I guess.

Vanisher V J10
Whirlwind V @(3) K13
Vertigo E @O13
Executioner V (6) M8
HO N12; LO P15, J14

Whirlwind slices through Nightwing's suit. Only his superb reflexes saved him from being torn in two.

"Careful...Mr. Gilette plays for keeps," Spider-Man says.

"According to Batman they're probably responding a bit more aggressively than usual. They're under Psycho-Pirate's emotional influence."

"Psycho who?".

"Psycho Pirate. Long story, that's why both you and Batman have been fighting unusual enemies pretty much non-stop over the last few days."

"Wonderful as if I don't have my own long list of baddies wanting to smash a spider, a neglected wife and no more sick time on my job...now I 've got a guy with an eye-patch and a ship out looking for 'booty' on my tail. THIS I so don't need."

"No it's not exactly like that..."Nightwing starts to explain and realizes even if there were time to explain the truth, it really wouldn't sound much better.

Spidey and Nightwing are both stealthed on the hindering, so Vertigo can't target them. Want to give her another action?

Oh, right. Then Vertigo to K12 so no one is stealthed. Darn that useful Batman ta.

Vanisher V J10
Whirlwind V @(3) K13
Vertigo E @K12
Executioner V (6) M8

HO N12; LO P15, J14