"Really? A helmet in August? I guess you're not in it to win best dressed," Northstar says as he rushes in at top speed and takes out Mr. Freeze with a quick punch.

"Where the hell did he go?" the Ventriloquist asks.

"This is not as fun as I'd hoped," Firefly says.

"Oh quit whining, will you?" the Penguin asks.

Freeze isn't out yet. Penguin's Defending him, so his DV is 17 and +1 at range, since he's on hindering. Northstar and Psylocke rolled well enough to hit that. Storm didn't. So he's in and on his last click, for what little that's worth to me. And me, again I got nothing.

Clear.

Ventriloquist makes Penguin's DV18 and Penguin uses it to Defend Two-Face, Ventriloquist and Freeze.

Joker and Riddler, same Mastermind rules as last turn. Two-Face will take the hit himself rather than Masterminding, unless the Ventriloquist is knocked off his Perplex first. Then he'll MM to Ventriloquist.

Man-Bat Assassin W11
Firefly V16
Penguin (AA) N8
Street Thug (AA) K7 (stealth)
Two-Face (AA) M9 (stealth)
Riddler (AA) L7 (stealth)
Red Hood (CR) I6 (stealth)
Ventriloquist N9 (Stealth)
V Mr. Freeze O9 (5)
V Ra's al-Ghul W17
V Joker (IK) W12 (stealth)

HO O9, I17, M17
LO M9, N9, L18

'Crawler ports to N10 attacking Ventriloquist. Needs 8, rolls 7. Dom rerolls 10. 1 to Ventriloquist who is now unstealthed. Kurt ends at J19.

Blink tks Karma to K18.

Karma tries to mc Ventriloquist. Needs 7, rolls 5.

Iceman barriers JKL17, J16.

Xavier boosts everyone's av by +1 save Northstar who's out of his lof.

I fear this might be a one sided game unless things change.



Nightcrawler @ J19
Karma V @ K18
Blink R @ M23
Jean Grey IC R I23
Northstar V H10
Angel DR L24
Cyclops 1st class J23
Domino E L18 (stealthed)
Professor X K24
Iceman First Class @ L23
Storm DR M17 (stealthed)
Psylocke V AW I17 (stealthed)
Wolverine AW N23




HO I17, M17 LO L18

"Guten tag, I like your dummy. In Europe we make many nice marionettes and puppets," Nightcrawler says.

"Leave Scarface alone unless you want your head blown off," he responds.

Nightcrawler grabs the dummy and smashes it repeatedly against the villain. "Sorry mein freund but you are too old to play with dolls. Auf weiderzein!".

This come and get me strategy isn't working with your HSS figures. I fear I've got to come to you, suicidal though it may be.

Ventriloquist Perplexes Penguin's DV up to 18

Penguin taxis Two-Face. Penguin to H13, I13 for Two-Face

Man-Bat taxis Joker. Man-Bat to O17, N17 for JOker.

Firefly taxis Ra's. Firefly to O19, Ras in N18

Joker Outwits Storm's Stealth.

Freeze on Storm, AV7 on DV16 +1. Actually gets the 10. 1 to her and KB to M18

Red Hood to M9

Penguin Defends Two-Face with his 18DV

Riddler MM to Thug. Joker MM to Man-Bat. Two-Face MM to Penguin.

Man-Bat Assassin @ O17
Firefly @ O19
Penguin (AA) @ H13
Street Thug (AA) K7 (stealth)
Two-Face (AA) I13 (stealth)
Riddler (AA) L7 (stealth)
Red Hood (CR) I6 (stealth)
Ventriloquist N9 (1)
V Mr. Freeze @ O9 (5)
V Ra's al-Ghul N18
V Joker (IK) N17

HO O9, I17, M17
LO M9, N9, L18

Never mind. Forgot Xavier's Perplexing. Freeze missed.

"Well what have we here?" the Joker said as the Man-Bat carried him up to the roof. As Firefly came up with Ra's al-Ghul, the Joker grabbed Storm in a headlock and put a pistol to her head.

"You will unhand me," Storm told him imperiously.

"Swwetie honey baby, I'm the one with the gun. I give the orders," Joker said to her, his grinning mouth only inches from her ear.

I do feel for you here. I think you have your work cut out for you. It is, however, a long way before this game is done.

Storm on Joker, of course, needs 6, rolls 4. Domino rerolls 8. Riddler can see her to reroll: 8 again. I forget but does Joker take 4 from rce or 2? I'm thinking it's two. Forgot how the rule plays out with a flier as one of the combatants.

Northstar will hss to M9 and attack Ventriloquist. Needs 7, rolls 11. 1 to him. Jean-Paul ends where he began.

Jean tks Scott to I20.

Cyclops will rs to H19 attacking Ra's. Needs 8, rolls 2. Stinker. I guess not the worst person this could happen to considering his dial.

Psylocke on Penguin. Needs 8, rolls 7.

Wolverine to L23.

Angel carts Wolvie to H12, he's G13.

Xavier gives a +1 to everyone's defense but Northstar, Angel, Wolverine and Cyclops.

Nightcrawler J19
Karma V K18
Blink R M23
Jean Grey IC R @ I23
Northstar V @ H10
Angel DR @ G13
Cyclops 1st class (1) @ H19
Domino E L18 (stealthed)
Professor X K24
Iceman First Class L23
Storm DR @ M17 (stealthed)
Psylocke V AW @ I17 (stealthed)
Wolverine AW @ H12




HO I17, M17 LO L18

"You have a gun, little man, you do not know the meaning of power," Storm says as she calls upon her winds.

The Joker laughs in the face of it. When the storm finally dies down...

"You still stand?".

"Maniacal drive will do that to you. You should try it. Tell me, does my hair have that windblown look?" he asks before falling into laughter.

It's 2 to the Joker. You can't use any ranged attacks when you're based, even if you're a flyer. Only Sharpshooters can do that now, and so far Hitman's the only one of those. And Joker's Masterminding that to Man-Bat

Okay, so that could have been a worse turn. I agree with your assessment of my chances overall though. Definitely an uphill battle, but at least now I've got some people I can hit.

Penguin leads: 4

First Storm takes a Poison click from the Joker, before anything else happens.

Then Joker on Storm, since she's taken damage the Perplex on her is ended. AV11 on DV16. Rolls a 6 for 2.

Ra's on Storm, AV10 on DV14. Gets 9. Well that's one X-Man down.

Ventriloquist Perplexes Red Hood's move to 9.

Red Hood to I11, Outwits Wolverine's Toughness.

Two-Face on Wolverine, AV10 on DV16. Gets 7. Rerolls for Domino and gets 6. 2 to Wolverine.

Riddler to J11

Thug to J10

Man-Bat pushes to Taxi Joker. Man-Bat to H18, Joker to H17

Ventriloquist to Q13

Firefly pushes to attack Cyclops. RS to N18, taxiing Ra's to M17. AV10 (from Ra's) on DV16. Gets 9. 3 to Cyclops.

Penguin Defends Two-Face

Joker MM to Man-Bat, Riddler to the Thug

Joker Outwits Psylocke's Incap

Ra's Outwits Nightcrawler's HSS

Man-Bat Assassin @@ H18 (2)
Firefly @@ N17 (1)
Penguin (AA) H13
Street Thug (AA) @ J10
Two-Face (AA) @ I13
Riddler (AA) @ J11
Red Hood (CR) @ I11
Ventriloquist @ Q13 (2)
V Mr. Freeze O9 (5)
V Ra's al-Ghul @ M17 (stealth)
V Joker (IK) @ H17

HO O9, I17, M17
LO M9, N9, L18

Despite her bravery, the Joker and Ra's al-Ghul managed to take Storm out of the equation quickly. "Oh boy! Now what?" the Joker crowed gleefully. "So many colorful new friends to make!"

The Man-Bat flew him across the building to where Psylocke waited. "And what do you do, aside from having impossibly long legs?" he asked her.

"I am a psychic. I can disassemble your mind from the inside out, you lunatic," she told him.

"Oh I wouldn't go in there, if I were you," he warned her. "It was condemned years ago."

"You think you're a tough guy?" Two-Face asked Wolverine. "Well I'm pretty tough too." Two-Face threw a punch at the feral mutant.

"Yeah, the only difference is, I'm a tough guy with six adamantium claws and a healing factor. All you've got is a little split personality issue."

There are so many figures here I'm totally lost as to what just happened.

Let's start by getting Psylocke out of harm's way. Blink rolls a 6 for break away. She'll tk her to H22.

Nightcrawler to K12 attacking Street Thug. Needs 5, rolls 5. 2 to him. Crawler ends at J18.

Karma tries to mc Two-Face. Rolls 7, it's a hit. Two-Face on Penguin. Needs 7, rolls 11. Penguin takes 2.

Xavier needs something to do, he'll also try to mc Two-Face. Needs 6, rolls 6. Two-Face on Penguin again. Needs 6, rolls 5. Domino rerolls 6 ( 2 3s). Penguin takes 2 more and kb to F13.

Xavier ups everyone's defense by + 1.

Iceman barriers I-L16.

Nightcrawler @ J18
Karma V @ K18
Blink R @ M23
Jean Grey IC R I23
Northstar V H10
Angel DR G13
Cyclops 1st class (4) H19
Domino E L18 (stealthed)
Professor X @ K24
Iceman First Class @ L23
Psylocke V AW H22
Wolverine AW (2) H12




HO I17, M17 LO L18

"They've got Storm!" Iceman yells out, "And they're coming for us!".

"No need to panic, Bobby," Xavier says then he goes telepathic, "Everything will be all right."

Two-Face turns to the Penguin. "What are you doing? Were you going to hit me?".

"What? Are you crazed?" he responds.

Two-Face socks him and the Penguin shutters.

"Penguin," Two-Face says, "They must have some mind controllers in their team. Sorry..." he says reaching out to help him.

Karma then possesses Two-Fac e who again strikes the Penguin.

"What's going on here?" the Riddler says.

Angel and Wolverine laugh. "There are four mind controllers on this team," Warren says, "This may take awhile."

Ra's Outwitted Nightcrawler's HSS

Pass on Nightcrawler.

Nightcrawler J19
Karma V @ K18
Blink R @ M23
Jean Grey IC R I23
Northstar V H10
Angel DR G13
Cyclops 1st class (4) H19
Domino E L18 (stealthed)
Professor X @ K24
Iceman First Class @ L23
Psylocke V AW H22
Wolverine AW (2) H12




HO I17, M17 LO L18