Seems a bit wasteful, but I'll push the Surfer to HSS to R14 to hit Black Tom. AV10 on DV15. Gets 8. Black Tom takes 3 for the KO. Surfer ends in M13

Spectrum TKs Namor to N11

Clea Phases to Q13, Outwits Mastermind's Chimera.

Sub-Mariner to Q14 to attack Mastermind. AV11 on DV16. Gets 5. Too close for comfort, that was. 6 to Mastermind for the one hit kill.

Strange Phases to O8

Well, I took down two good pieces there, but I left myself pretty open to a counterstrike. We'll see if it was worth it.

E Dr. Spectrum @ H15
Namor (SI) @ Q14
LE Sentinel of the Skyways @@ M13 (1!)
E Dr. Strange (FF) @ O8
LE One Who Knows K14
Clea @ Q13
E Beast (XP) Q16 (1!)
Yondu J14

HO R13, M10
LO R14, R15, O11
Broken Wall I11/J11

"Magneto's the most powerful, that's for sure," the Beast said, "but until we get rid of Mastermind, we'll never be sure of whether what we're fighting is real or an illusion.

"Then we must eliminate Mastermind first," the Surfer said, flying off to do just that. As he had last time, Mastermind used Black Tom as a dupe, casting an illusion showing the two villains in reversed places. Unwittingly, the Surfer fell into his trap, finishing off Black Tom with ease, but leaving Mastermind unscathed.

"Oh now see, that's just what I was talking about," the Beast shook his head.

"Allow me to cast a spell that will dispel his illusions," Clea said, appearing in the foyer, next to Mastermind. "Now hurry. The spell will not hold for long!"

"I does not need to," Namor said flying at Mastermind with all his might. For all his mental powers, Mastermind was no combatant and went down in a single hit from the Sub-Mariner.

"I just hope you didn't kill him," Clea said.

"I pulled my punch enough. He should survive. Not that I would lose any sleep over it had I misjudged," Namor said.

"Be careful, Clea. You've left yourself exposed to the Brotherhood," Dr. Strange said, entering the room ready to defend his lady love.

I know it got confusing there but Tom barriered Q11-14. I think all of your moves would be invalid unless I'm missing something.

Hm, you did have Tom do the Barrier in your first turn that I made you redo. You didn't actually have him do it in your second turn. But the intent was there, I'm sure and you just forgot to repost it when I forced a do over.

All right. Let me go back and look over that turn again. Pity to lose such a good turn there. I think I may still be able to pull this off somehow.

We'll start with Clea Phasing to R12 to Outwit Tom's Barrier.

Strange will Phase to Q13 instead and he'll Outwit Mastermind's Chimera so that Namor can attack him.

With those minor corrections, the rest of my attacks should all still be valid.

E Dr. Spectrum @ H15
Namor (SI) @ Q14
LE Sentinel of the Skyways @@ M13 (1!)
E Dr. Strange (FF) @ Q13
LE One Who Knows K14
Clea @ R12
E Beast (XP) Q16 (1!)
Yondu J14

HO R13, M10
LO R14, R15, O11
Broken Wall I11/J11

With the position changes, Namor can now share his 18DV with Strange, as Namor's my most expensive figure.

Your re-do came out better than mine did.

Fabian rolls 2 for perplex. Normal kind.

Let's see about that counter-strike.

Unus tks Dark Beast to R13.

Dark Beast on Doc. Fabian ups his av to 11. Needs 7, rolls 5. Destiny rerolls 6. He'll outwit Strange's defend.

Sage outwits Clea's esd and attacks. Needs 7, rolls 7. 2 to Clea.



Destiny V U13
Unus @ W11
Magneto AW W10
Sage E @ W9
Dark Beast @ R13
Avalanche V X12
Fabian Cortez W13
Victor Creed W12



HO R12 LO R13, R14

Dark Beast charges in between Namor and Strange. The two Defenders ignore him fully.

"How are things in Atlantis?" Stephen asks.

"Quite well. And life for Master of the Mystic Arts?".

As Dark Beast runs into a magical shield he replies, "Never better."

Only 2 to Clea, that could have turned out a lot worse.

Wow this is a real logjam of a map here. Not much I can really do with all those guys in the foyer.

Beast to M14

Clea pushes to Phase to R14

Starhawk will taxi Yondu. Starhawk to P9, O10 for Yondu. And that's going to be it for me this turn.

Strange will Outwit Dark Beast's Outwit.

Namor can share his DV with Strange and Clea both now.

E Dr. Spectrum H15
Namor (SI) Q14
LE Sentinel of the Skyways M13 (1!)
E Dr. Strange (FF) Q13
LE One Who Knows @ P9
Clea @@ R14 (3!)
E Beast (XP) @ M14 (1!)
Yondu O10

HO R13, M10
LO R14, R15, O11
Broken Wall I11/J11

"Clea, my love, are you well?" Dr. Strange asked in fear.

"Please Stephen, I am not a child," Clea said, teleporting to a somewhat safer position. "I am the queen of he Dark Dimension you know. I can take care of myself."

Fabian rolls for perplex: 2.

You're right about it being tight up there.

Gotta push Dark Beast on Namor. Fabian ups his av to 11. Needs 7, rolls 4. Destiny rerolls 6. 1 to DB.

Sabretooth to S13 attacking Clea. Needs 8, rolls 3.

Magneto will rs to V8 going for Strange. Needs 6 + 2, rolls 3. Not a damn good roll in the bunch.

Destiny V U13
Unus W11
Magneto AW @ V8
Sage E W9
Dark Beast @@ (1) R13
Avalanche V X12
Fabian Cortez W13
Victor Creed @ S13



HO R12 LO R13, R14

"Attack my Brotherhood, show these Defenders what it means to be a mutant," Magneto says thrusting his force at Dr. Strange.

"I believe I know something of power," Strange says as he deflects Magneto's blast with a mystic shield.

"Not a fan of these magic types," Sabretooth says as Clea does the same to his assault.

Strange on Dark Beast, Outwitting his Super Senses. AV10 on DV17. Gets 4. Rerolls for Starhawk, gets 10. 3 to Dark Beast.

Surfer RS to P11, taxiing Beast to P10, takes a shot at Dark Beast. AV10 on DV15 +1. Gets 6. Destiny's got LOF. Rerolls a 3.

Yondu RS to Q11, takes his own shot at Dark Beast. AV9 oN Dv15 +1. Gets 3. My rolls aren't much better than yours here.

Namor - breakaway? Gets 1. Nope. He tries for Dark Beast then. AV11 on DV15 +2. Gets 3.

I don't want to hear you complain about your dice in this game after this. Three 3s in a row? We're both jinxed, but at least we're equally jinxed.

Dr. Spectrum to O11

Namor continues to use his DV on Strange and Clea.

E Dr. Spectrum @ O11
Namor (SI) @ Q14
LE Sentinel of the Skyways @ P11 (1!)
E Dr. Strange (FF) @ Q13
LE One Who Knows P9
Clea R14 (3!)
E Beast (XP) P10 (1!)
Yondu @ Q11

HO R13, M10
LO R14, R15, O11
Broken Wall I11/J11

"You are a warped vision of a good man, and a good friend," Dr. Strange said to the Dark Beast. "For his sake, I will gladly take you out of this fight." Magic coursed from Strange's hands and into the Dark Beast's body. The Dark Beast's hairs all stood on end on his body. He struggled against the sorceror's grasp, and his superior strength won out.

"A good try magician," Dark Beast told him, "but I'm tougher than you thought. I've got a good deal of fight in me yet."

"Then allow me to finish you," the Silver Surfer said, throwing a cosmic bolt at him, but with his uncanny agility, the Dark Beast was able to evade not only the Surfer's bolts, but Yondu's arrows and the Sub-mariner's fists as well.

"He is as agile as you area, friend Beast," the Surfer observed.

"Don't remind me," Hank grimaced, his normally jaunty demeanor soured. "I want to vomit every time I see him."

Not much I can do.

Fabian rolls 1 for perplex.

Fabian up's Sage's attack to 11. Sage on Clea. Needs 7, rolls 6. Destiny gives me: 6 again.

Av barriers S11, S12, T13, S14

Destiny V U13
Unus W11
Magneto AW V8
Sage E @ W9
Dark Beast (4) R13
Avalanche V X12
Fabian Cortez W13
Victor Creed S13



HO R12 LO R13, R14

One Who Knows to P12

Strange Outwits Dark Beast's CR.

Beast Charges to Q12 to attack his Dark Counterpart. AV8 on DV15. Gets 6. Rerolls for Starhawk. Gets 6.

Clea on him, AV8 on DV15. Gets 8. Destiny can't help. He's out at long last, taking way more work than it should have.

E Dr. Spectrum O11
Namor (SI) Q14
LE Sentinel of the Skyways P11 (1!)
E Dr. Strange (FF) Q13
LE One Who Knows @ P12
Clea @ R14 (3!)
E Beast (XP) @ Q12 (1!)
Yondu Q11

HO R13, M10
LO R14, R15, O11
Broken Wall I11/J11