That group photo is so awesome! And I actually think you nailed Emma's look. Although I will say that Strange the Gray is my favorite of everything there.

Funny thing is it's a composite digital sketch--I'd already been working on a more D&D style Doctor Strange variant and when the Gandalf/Strange mashup happened in-game, the linework was already sketched up.

It's hard to see in this version but my favorite might be Nightwing just because of the smirk and body language. Coming up with a pattern for Courtney as a Blue Lantern was fun, too.

"So, what's the plan here?" Spider-Man asked as he nimbly dodged incoming Doombot fire. "Sit them down and talk about our feelings? Because I gotta tell ya, I don't think you all are ready for what I've got to say."

"More or less, Mr. Parker," replied Dr. Strange. "We must make her realize that her place is as a defender of this world, not of a tyrant."

"You all have fun with that," Moon Knight said as he drew several crescent-shaped darts from beneath his cloak. "I'll take care of the Doombots."
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The Changers
ROTK015V Gandalf the White - 195
M10A014 Emma Frost - 114
SFSM049 Spider-Man - 100
JLTW022 Stargirl - 95
-> Construct Trait - 20 (Decoy)
-> Blue Lantern Ring - 4
SFSM037 Moon Knight - 90
GOTG037 Lockjaw - 75
BM008 Nightwing - 72
Total: 765

VS.

Doom's Forces
SMWW053A Supergirl - 190 (The Alien Who Fell)
GG019 Dr. Doom - 169 (The King of Latveria)
IIM005 Hammer Industries Drone - 75 x 4 = 300
AOU015 Ultron Drone - 50
AOU016 Ultron Spider Drone - 50
Total: 759
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Dr. Doom's forces advanced on The Changers, while he and his daughter took up flanking positions. "You dare to challenge Doom?" the Latverian despot roared.

"WOOF!" Lockjaw answered. A portal engulfed him, Emma, Moon Knight and Dr. Strange and they were whisked across the battlefield. Meanwhile, Star Girl grabbed Nightwing and swung him up onto her staff.

"Whoa! A little warning next time!" Nightwing said as he shifted his weight so as not to fall off.

"Don't worry, I've got you," Courtney said with a smile. "Now, c'mon. I have a feeling that you and I need to go talk to her." She pointed at the Sentinel of Latveria.

"Wait up!" Spider-Man yelled as he raced to catch up to them. "If anyone knows about talking to someone who's been manipulated, trapped, or generally stuck somewhere, it's me!"

The Blue Lantern's energy spilled out over the battlefield, fortifying her allies. Emma reached out with her mind to provide everyone with a clear mental picture of the battlefield.

"Finally," Moon Knight said under his breath. He launched himself off of a rooftop and into a large group of Doombots. He became a flurry of darts and punches, each strike connecting with brutal efficiency on the Doombots.

"My child, it is your time," Doom said. "I want you to end these fools for daring to attack our home."

"Yes, Father," Kara replied. She moved faster than the eye could see, faster than Spider-Man's enhanced senses could comprehend and landed a solid right hand directly into his jaw. He staggered back, dazed.

"Well done, Kara," Doom said as he followed up on her attack with a blast of arcane energy. Spider-Man, still reeling from the alien's strike, was unable to move out of its path and was thrown back against a building before slumping over.

"Peter!" Courtney cried out.

"We need to get him out of here," Nightwing said. "He's badly hurt."

The Blue Lantern hesitated before turning back to face Doom and his adopted daughter. "No," she whispered. "He's alive and I can heal him once we've accomplished our mission. He'll pull through. All will be well." She yelled to the Fallen Alien. "We're here for you! You were meant for so much more than what Doom has done to you! You can get this world back on track."

For the first time in her life, Kara hesitated. The conviction in the other woman's words was strong. She truly believed everything she was saying. Maybe she was meant for more...

"Kara, my sweet daughter, there is work to be done," Doom said in a firm but kind tone. The Sentinel shook her head and charged forward.

Meanwhile, the nearby battle raged. Moon Knight was a dervish, striking and striking with seemingly no regard for his own safety as he cut down robot after robot. Lockjaw was bounding around him, creating a perimeter so Moon Knight would not be overwhelmed. Every so often he would dart forward and bring down a stray Doombot before continuing his pacing. Dr. Strange was working feverishly to combat the raw arcane energies that Doom was wielding, and Emma was keeping the team together while tearing through anything that got to close to her with diamond-hard punches.

"Courtney, Dick, have you made any progress over there?" she telepathically asked the pair.

At that moment, Nightwing was preoccupied ducking and dodging Kara's blows, but he was beginning to tire. "Kind of busy right now!" he thought back.

The Blue Lantern suddenly swooped in, intercepting a blow that would have crumpled Nightwing had it connected. Much to the Kryptionian (and Courtney's) surprise, she was still standing and was directly between Nightwing and the Sentinel.

"You...don't have to do this," Courtney gasped as she held her side. She definitely had at least two broken ribs. "We're...only here...to help you."

"What are you doing, daughter?! Destroy them!" Doom shouted as he engaged Dr. Strange in a battle of eldritch power.

Kara remained motionless. "What do you mean, help me?"

Nightwing motioned to Emma Frost. "See the woman over there in the revealing white suit? She's been receiving visions that our world isn't what it should be. We've been trying to find people to help us put our world back on track."

Bright blue light emanated from Courtney's hands, healing her broken bones. "We need to be beacons shining in the darkness. We are this planet's hope for a brighter future. And Emma told us that you have the ability to be a symbol for that better tomorrow." The Blue Lantern held out her hand.

Kara looked down at the outstretched hand. "What would you have me do?"

"Be yourself," the Blue Lantern replied. "I can feel the turmoil within you, but I also sense that you have a pure soul. You will inspire others just by being you."

"Kara!" Doom yelled, "Don't forget who took you in! You are my daughter!"

Kara turned to face the King of Latveria. "No, father, I was only ever a tool to you." The Kryptonian took Courtney's hand and the pair flew off to pick up Spider-Man before moving to where the Changers were finishing up the remaining Doombots.

"KARA! COME BACK HERE!" Doom shouted into the sky. His concentration broken, the Grey Wizard was easily able to dismantle his magical protections.

"Well, now that that's done," Nightwing said from behind Doom. He pummeled the dictator with fist and foot until Doom fell to a knee.

"Nightwing, hold!" Dr. Strange yelled. "We are leaving."

Nightwing jogged over to where the Changers were waiting. Kara looked at her father, a mixture of sadness on pity on her face, before Lockjaw opened a portal and the Changers disappeared.

Dr. Doom shakily regained his feet. He stood for several moments staring at the place that his daughter had stood before turning on his heel and returning to his castle, a single tear falling behind his mask.
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WINNER: The Changers
SURVIVORS: Dr. Strange the Grey, Emma Frost, Stargirl, Moon Knight, Lockjaw, Nightwing
MVP: Dr. Strange the Grey
NOTABLE OCCURRENCE: Dr. Strange the Grey rolled for support four times in this match and healed either 3 or 4 clicks every single time, undoing most of the work that Supergirl did before leaving the fight. Supergirl was apparently super conflicted because she rolled a 2 (which Doom made a 5) and a 1 right in a row. (I used DeGei's rules for Empathy/A Father's Love)

Might I request links to the previous chapters in each chapter going forward? This seems like a cool chapter and I'd like to catch up (and maybe write me some Doom, which I love to do).

I actually meant to add those this time and forgot in the final draft. Adding them to the opening now.

Latveria.

The streets of the old village lit up with Lockjaw's mystical energy as the Changers arrived in Latveria. Strange stepped out onto the cobbled streets as around them, Latverians backed away slowly before fleeing the scene, knowing how their king responded to intrusions...

"You know we're here," he called out to the sky. "You know everything that is to happen, Nathaniel Richards. Or would you prefer a different name? Immortus? King Rama-Tut? Ka-"

A portal opened above the heads of the Changers, cutting Strange off. A floating chair came through it, bearing a blue-skinned man reclining on it, his fingers steepled in the classic pose of supervillains everywhere.

"You may simply call me the Conqueror. And you should know something."

"Oh? What's that?" piped up the Spider-Man. "That you got your degree in villainy from the Syndrome School of Monologuing? That you face-planted into a blueberry patch?"

"No," snarled the Conqueror. "You should know that I have seen all of the possible outcomes of your little venture to change the world. 14 million of them. And do you know in how many you succeed?...One."

"I'll take those odds," whispered Strange.

"Then you'll die with purpose, I suppose," Kang said absentmindedly as he activated something on his chair's armrest. "My son, I require your aid. Ready the Ultron Program and come here immediately...and make sure to put extra guards on the dungeons. This would be the perfect opportunity for our guest to escape..."

As Kang gave his orders, Nightwing turned to the Changers. "Stay close. Try not to hurt the alien, maybe we can get through to him...but I wouldn't show the same restraint for Kang. Take him down."

The Changers





(w/Construct trait and Decoy)


Latveria






The ground shook just as Nightwing finished his speech. The dust cleared quickly, revealing a black-suited man who was the model of physical perfection, beautifully-muscled and possessed of the face of an angel. He was followed by several robotic drones, all with the features of iron-masked-and-armored humans. The robots spread out as the Fallen Alien lunged forward, moving at speeds that simply could not be matched by the Changers...

...unless, of course, they had some form of super-powerful senses. The Spider-Man leapt out of the Fallen Alien's way purely on reflex, causing the alien to skid to a halt some ways away, glaring at Peter with murderous intent.

"Hey there, big guy!" the Spider quipped as he shot a web at the alien, which he dodged with an almost bored ease. "What's your name? Mine's...uhh, maybe not a good idea to give you that...you can just call me your, uhh, friendly...neighborhood Spider-Man. Yeah, that's it! And now that you're distracted by banter..."

He lunged forwards to deliver a gut-punch to the Fallen Alien...who didn't dodge, use his super-speed, or even move at all. Spider-Man's punch landed with a THUD and an awful cracking sound.

"SSSONOFABISCUIT!" Pete moaned/cried out as he crumpled to the ground, clutching his broken hand. "Oh, oh, oh jeez, that's gonna hurt later..."

"Good job," the alien said, seemingly impressed. "I actually felt that one...of course, that means it's time to end this quick and help Father...sorry."

Meanwhile, the other Changers had their hands full. Kang's chair had been brought down by the combined efforts of Moon Knight and the Blue Lantern, but the Conqueror had emerged from the wreckage and started blasting away with futuristic weaponry, cackling as he pinned down the Changers.

Courtney Whitmore, in other universes known as Stargirl, kept tossing blasts of blue energy towards the Conqueror, only to be distracted by his robotic security forces. "Hope shines bright in the darkest of tyrannies," she muttered to herself as she attempted to multitask and defeat the drones of the Ultron Program, but her distraction left her open from behind. The alien grabbed her from behind, one hand around her neck and the other gripping her arm, applying just enough pressure to make things painful without breaking any bones. Something in him whispered that this was wrong, but he ignored that little voice...until he realized it wasn't just his little voice.

"You've got to listen to us!" shouted Dick Grayson over the din of battle. "This isn't right! Kang's a tyrant!"

The alien turned to face Grayson, with a brief look of hesitation...but then he blinked, and Kang's influence reasserted itself. "He's my father...he's always treated me well. These people are safe, happy...he says. You just don't know the truth, the real story. You are the tyrants here, trying to impose your vision on those who don't want it." He snapped Courtney's arm with just a small twist of his hand, causing her to scream out before tossing her to the side. "I will defend my country against you. Test me at your peril."

Nightwing's pleading, hopeful expression turned into something more akin to a snarl as he charged the alien, pulling out his escrima sticks and laying into him with them. One broke on the alien's mighty skin, but another delivered its electric charge to his neck, causing him to grunt in pain and take a step back. The advantage gained by Dick was temporary, however, as the alien's fist lashed out and narrowly missed removing Nightwing's head from his shoulders. "We know the right path, you just have to trust us. His domination will not work forever!"

As Nightwing spoke, Strange crept closer to Kang's position. Veiled by mystical spells, he was unseen until he was right next to the overlord...

...and then he lunged forward with his sword, Glamdring, the Foe-Hammer, which pierced through one side of Kang's chest and out the other, stained blue with his blood. The Conqueror's expression froze in horror as he realized what had happened in the heat of battle. "...oh...th-this timeline..."

And as Strange tugged his blade free, and Kang pitched off the roof to the cobbled streets below, the alien cried out in an anguished voice, "FATHER!" His eyes burned with rage...and then with a red light. He whirled towards Strange and screamed as the glow intensified...only for Nightwing to slam an escrima stick into the base of his neck, sending him twitching to the ground.

The Ultron drones were easily dealt with soon thereafter, leaving the Changers to tend to their injuries while Strange bound the alien in the Crimson Bands of Cytorrak. "It will not be easy to bring him around to our side..." he muttered. "This has likely caused immense stress and resentment...but there was no other way. Not that I could see. Kang was a maniac, and powerful enough that we could not have contained both."

"I'm still not happy that we ended up with more blood on our hands...but I have to agree with Stephen." Nightwing shuddered. "I hope this doesn't happen again..."

--The Dungeons--

The Ultron drones stood on guard outside the doors to each cell. Their king was decommissioned, but the central processing unit remained intact, so they followed Kang's last known orders. Guard the prisoners. Do not let any escape...especially the man at the end of the hall.

Unit #0042 was on guard when he heard some kind of noise coming from inside the cell of the man who was so important in Kang's mind. It turned, and found him crouched over some sort of circle with a candle inside. The circle blazed with power, setting off warning flags all over the drone's system. It tried to raise the alarm, but the man spat a word out, full of hate and venom, then brushed away one of the lines of the salt circle, leaving an opening directed towards the door.

Said door exploded outwards, slamming into and through the unfortunate drone. The man stood up and examined the wreckage of the drone before bending to pick up its head. From beneath the man's hood, a chuckle came. "Perfect. The weapons of my usurper shall be my armor."

He ripped the machinery out of the drone's head before standing again and donning the now-empty helmet he had made, covering his scarred face once again. As he adjusted his hood, he whispered to himself.
"Latveria shall, once again, kneel before Doom."

The Changers

Force Build 9040552 0
Set	#	Name	Team	Pts	Value
CWSOP	013	Spider-Man		80	SELL
WKM	M-028	Doctor Strange		150	SELL
ADW	062	Moon Knight		110	SELL
WF	037A	Nightwing		75	SELL
AI	006	Moondragon		60	SELL
GOTG	037	Lockjaw		75	SELL
JLTW	022	Stargirl		95	SELL
Force Total:				645	$0.00

20 point construct for the Blue sniper on Courtney.

Vs

Shredder and Superdoom

Force Build 9040552 1
Set	#	Name	Team	Pts	Value
TMNT	021	Shredder		80	SELL
SMWW	059	Superdoom		300	SELL
AI	G003	Kree Sentry		75	SELL
TMNT	006	Foot Soldier (Sai)		30	SELL
TMNT	008	Foot Soldier (Bo Staff)		30	SELL
TMNT	007	Foot Soldier (Nunchaku)		30	SELL
TMNT	009	Foot Soldier (Katana)		30	SELL
TMNT	007	Foot Soldier (Nunchaku)		30	SELL
TMNT	008	Foot Soldier (Bo Staff)		30	SELL
TMNT	010	Foot Soldier (Chain Kama)		30	SELL
Force Total:				665	$0.00

WRITE-UP COMING SOON.

Edit.
RESULTS:
Winners: Changers
Survivors: Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, Emma Frost, Stargirl, Lockjaw, Nightwing
Knocked Out: Moon Knight, Shredder, Superdoom And Foot Clan.
Overview: Because I messed up the rules on DeGei’s rules I replayed the match, much differently than antipated and bad dice rolls.
MVP: Spider-man despite being surrounded by Foot Bots and flurried by Nunchucks, was still able to deliver to KO blow to a VENGEANCE fueled Superdoom. So many Footbots were lost in the battle.

You did note, I made it "Once per Game."

The idea was, The King can play that card once, but more than that and it works against the goal. (You can't keep saying, "I Love You, I would never do X intentionally" while doing said X right there again and again; just proves them right AND that you are a liar).

Weird phrasing but okay. Reading the rules oh dang your right! Sorry about that, can't believe I completely missed that! Might have to redo the match again.

Hey, guys--planning out our mid-week "optional" side-mission and I'm pretty psyched.

One word:

Gotham.

:D :D :D :D :D

Time to break out the JLTWFF Owlman...

Check out Page 1 for this week's optional side-mission: introducing the Robins of Gotham!

awesome!

I plan to get it all in soon.

The League of Robins

Force Build 9041873 0
Set	#	Name	Team	Pts	Value
JW	027	Robin		70	SELL
TMNT3	011	Casey Jones		50	SELL
XXS	026	Jubilee		50	SELL
XXS	015	Skids		40	SELL
WW	009	Raven		40	SELL
AVAS	023	Veil		47	SELL
Force Total:				297	$0.00

Vs


Gotham Lieutenant And Foot Clan Alliance

Force Build 9041873 1
Set	#	Name	Team	Pts	Value
JW	030	Two-Face		65	SELL
DXF	006	Mercenary		35	SELL
JLTW	011	Blackgate Inmate		35	SELL
JLTW	011	Blackgate Inmate		35	SELL
BVS	004	Henchman's Goon		20	SELL
JW	003A	The Joker Thug		10	SELL
TMNT2	020	Alopex		50	SELL
XXS	006	X-Student		25	SELL
XXS	005	X-Trainee		25	SELL
Force Total:				300	$0.00

Force Build 9041873 2
Set	#	Name	Team	Pts	Value
BVS	012	Batman		150	SELL
Force Total:				150	$0.00

Battle coming soon.
As to why these mutant students are in league with Alopex or why Two-Face is seeking aid from outside help. Well that’s all connected to my soon to come writeup Of last weeks “Changers vs the Shredder.”

Stay tuned!!!

———————-
RESULTS: The League of Robins wins the loot!
Overview: With the aid of Raven Casey Jones was able to make the goal, while Veil weekend Two-Faces thugs with her smoke cloud poison.
Survivors: Jubilee, Casey Jones, Raven, X-Student, Mercenary.
KO: Veil, Skids, Joker Thugs, Blackgate inmate, Henchmen’s Goon, X-Trainee, Alopex, Two-Face.
BATMAN BUSTED:
Robin
Blackgate Inmate

Love the variety of young characters you built that Robin team out of--a bit of everything. Very cool.