"There's some telepathic interference stopping me from getting to several of our foes," says Emma Frost.

"Allow me," Saturn Girl says as she grips Ant-Man mentally.

"C'mon Crosby," he tells one of his trusted ants, "Let's show this Lex Luthor fella!".

Luthor's hit by surprise by a swarm of flying ants led by Ant-Man.

"It will only last for a minute but at least our foes are distracted," Saturn Girl notes.

"Yes," Emma replies icicly.

Jericho and Emma boost Saturn Girl's dv to 18, 19 with the psychics thing Xavier's done.

Luthor will indeed do the Protected thing. He will also Outwit Saturn Girl's SS.

Ant-Man Perplexes Hulk's AV to 12.

Hulk on Saturn Girl, needs 7. Gets 9. 2 to her. 1 to Hulk.

Brainiac 5 Outwits Saturn Girl's MC

Terrific Outwits Karma's MC.

Reed to Q11, to Outwit Imra's Telepathic Coordination.

Luthor also picks up on the Batman TA, now that he's lost his own Stealth

Lex Luthor (JL) P13 (1)(stealth)
Reed Richards (SI-Outsmart) @ Q11
Batman (AA) K13 (stealth)
E Wizard (Endurance +1) E10
V Beast (MU-Pounce) F12 (3)
V Ant-Man (Alpha Flight) P12
U Hulk (CM) @ N11 (1)(stealth)
V Mr. Terrific (Dissent) G13
Dr. Sivana (Contingency Plan +2) E11
E Brainiac 5 O11 (stealth)

HO L8, L16
LO G8, K20

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"Your telepathic dampeners aren't working, Luthor!" the Hulk complained.

"You don't think so? With all the psychics on their side, it's the only reason we're not killing each other and bathing in each other's blood," Luhtor pointed out irritably. "If we're limiting them to being able to get one attack through at a time, we're doing well."

"Luthor has a point," Reed admitted.

"I still don't like it," the Hulk grumbled and took a shot at Saturn Girl. Thanks to her mental distortion, what should have been enough to take her out of the fight was just a glancing blow.

I think this will be your game, really. As slippery as mcers are these guys are pretty one note. Didn't help that I got my one figure who sees through stealth koed so early on.

Karma tries to ding Mr. T. Needs 5, rolls 8. He takes 1, she gets her mc back. Not really the best of bargains, I guess.

Pirate to X23.

Xavier perplexes all psychics dv by + 1.

Emma & Jericho make SG's dv 17 (19 to ranged).

Professor X MU W22 (Mental Shields)
Deadman T15 (LMD)
Jean Grey R Ic X22
Karma V @ O23 (Compel)
Cuckoos --Phoebe S23, Mindee (1) S24, Celeste S25
Dr. Destiny W20
Jericho W21
Emma Frost W19 (Mental Shields)
Psycho-Pirate @ X23 (Pummel)
Saturn Girl LSH (2) U18

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"It's getting awfully claustrophic in here," Psycho-Pirate says.

"Trust me, it's better than being out here," Saturn Girl points out as she takes the brunt of the attacks.

Hard to keep track of who has Outwit and who had Perplex on my team. Granted, not the worst problem to have...

Beast to E12

Sivana tries Support on him again. AV10 on DV16. Gets 3. Reroll for Terrific. Gets 7. Support roll is 3. Beast is up 1.

Sivana Perplexes/uses a token to up Terrific's range to 10.

Terrific on Karma, AV9 on DV15 +1. Gets 6. 2 to Karma.

Ant-Man Perplexes Luthor's Damage to 3.

Luthor Outwits SG's ESD and attacks, AV10 on DV17. Gets 9. She's KOd and Luthor takes 1.

Brainiac taxis Hulk. Brainy to R13, R14 for Hulk.

Batman to O14

Wizard to M11. Endurance roll is 4. He's safe.

Luthor will Mastermind to Brainiac first, and then the Hulk.

Lex Luthor (JL) @ P13 (2)(stealth)
Reed Richards (SI-Outsmart) Q11
Batman (AA) @ O14 (stealth)
E Wizard (Endurance +1) @ M11
V Beast (MU-Pounce) @ E12 (3)
V Ant-Man (Alpha Flight) P12
U Hulk (CM) R14 (1)(stealth)
V Mr. Terrific (Dissent) @ G13 (1)(Stealth)
Dr. Sivana (Contingency Plan +2) @ E11
E Brainiac 5 @ R13 (stealth)

HO L8, L16
LO G8, K20

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"I do recommend finishing off Saturn Girl. She is quite the formidible telepath," Brainiac 5 recommended.

"Your own teammate?" Luthor asked, blasting her. "That's pretty cold-hearted."

"It's tactically sound," Brainiac replied. "Sentiment has nothing to do with it."

"I like the way you think," Luthor told him.

"And when Luthor likes the way you think," Mr. Terrific interjected, "then something's seriously wrong."

Saturn Girl's dv was 19. Your hit would've koed her away but you just need to note the dv perplexing doing on.

Another weakness of a team of mcers...no damage. Seriously except for mind controlling they do no damage.

Karma on Mr. T. Needs 7, rolls 2. Carp. Wait, Dr. D can reroll that: 3. Wow, thanks Doc.

Tactically I have no weapon but to try to throw my guys at you. No barrier, limited movement. What was I thinking when I came up with this team again?

So how's this for a plan? Jean tks Pirate to P15.

Pirate perplexes down Batman's dv to 15. Needs 6, rolls 7. Terrific says it's 7. Batman's mced. Can he break away? 6. That's nice. He'll charge to P15 attacking Hulk. Needs 6, rolls 6. Hulk takes 2 after toughness.

Professor tries to mc Batman. Needs 4, rolls 6. He's possessed. Batman outwits Hulk's invulnerable and attacks. Needs 3, rolls 8. 3 more to Hulk. Not sure if I'm helping you or me here...

Emma tries to mc Batman. Needs 5, gets 7. She'll up his damage to 4. Since Hulk's invulnerable is still outwitted Batman needs 6 to ko him, rolls 10. Excellent turn, so far.

Dr. D tries to mc Batman. Needs 6, rolls 6.

Batman to S17. Jericho tries to possess him. He'll up his av to 11. Needs 4, rolls 11. Possessed! He'll charge to Q14 attacking Lex. Needs 7, rolls 8. Lex takes 3 or mms to Reed or Brainiac.

Jericho rolls to keep Batman in possession: 2. Jericho takes a click.

Cuckoos fly out to u16-18.

Wow, I had no concept of what to do during that turn and ended up koing Hulk and getting Batman to join my team. Not bad.


Professor X MU @ W22 (Mental Shields)
Deadman T15 (LMD)
Jean Grey R Ic @ X22
Karma V @@ (3) O23 (Compel)
Cuckoos --Phoebe U16, Mindee (1) @ U17, Celeste U18
Dr. Destiny @ W20
Jericho @ (1) W21
Emma Frost @ W19 (Mental Shields)
Psycho-Pirate @ (1) P15 (Pummel)

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"Seems very quiet over there," notes the Hulk.

"Appropriate given that they are all mind controllers," Mr. Fantastic notes, "I wish the mind dampeners let us read their thoughts as well as slow them down."

Batman approaches Hulk and taps him on the shoulder. "Dampeners not working," he says as he hits him.

"What the hell...did they get to you, Batman?" Hulk asks, "Still you picked on the wrong radioactive powerhouse, friend."

"I don't think I did," Batman says pulling out a dart gun. "I knew we were facing mind-controllers so I brought weapons that could counter a crazy Hulk if I needed to."

"I don't feel anyt---" Hulk says. Suddenly he slumps over. Before long he's Bruce Banner.

"The effects won't last long," Batman says to Banner, "And neither will you," he says as he kos the Doctor.

"Brilliant," notes Brainiac 5. Lex and Reed look at him, "Ummmm...too bad it wasn't for our side."

"Batman's gone rogue. We're going to have to finish him!" Lex says.

Batman leaps at him. "Good luck on that," he says hitting him.

Meanwhile Emma looks at her nails then over to Jean. "Where was that place you get your pedicures, Jean-dear?".

"Lee's on West 86th St," she replies.

"Ah, perhaps you should make an appointment."

Heavens, could that turn have possibly gone any more right for you? Well played, sir. Well played.

Lex will MM to Brainiac.

First things first, Lex will Outwit Jericho's Possession. You'll need to pick a position for Jericho now. Let's see Batman ended in Q14, so Jericho has to be within 4 squares of that and somewhere with LOF to that square.

Doesn't Lex need lof to Jericho to outwit his possession? After all, he needs to outwit the possessee not the possessed, right? Doesn't seem right if he could.

If I'm wrong put him in P18.

Doesn't Lex need lof to Jericho to outwit his possession? After all, he needs to outwit the possessee not the possessed, right? Doesn't seem right if he could.

Your first point is absolutely correct. But going by your post, the last movement Batman did was to Charge to Q14 to attack Lex. This puts him adjacent and thus Outwittable. As for being able to Outwit the Possession, from the power description:
So if I could Outwit the target, Batman, then I can also Outwit the Possession. So P18 for Jericho it is.

Batman Outwits Psycho-Pirate's Super Senses. Wizard Perplexes Pirate's DV down to 17. Bats attacks the Pirate. AV10 on DV17. Gets 4.

Sivana Perplexes Terrific's AV to 10. He'll try for Jericho and Pirate, DV17 +1 and DV18. Gets 7. Rerolls and gets 7 again.

Wizard TKs Ant-Man to O18. Endurance roll is 1. Wizard takes 1 for this push and 1 for his last one.

Ant-Man on Jericho, Perplexing his own AV to 10 on DV17. Gets 5.

Reed to M14, Outwits Jericho's Possession.

Luthor Outwits the Pirate's MC

Lex Luthor (JL) P13 (2)(stealth)
Reed Richards (SI-Outsmart) @ M14
Batman (AA) @@ Q14 (stealth)
E Wizard @@ M11 (2)
V Beast (MU-Pounce) E12 (3)
V Ant-Man (Alpha Flight) @ O18
V Mr. Terrific (Dissent) @@ G13 (1)(Stealth)
Dr. Sivana (Contingency Plan +2) E11
E Brainiac 5 R13 (3)(stealth)

HO L8, L16
LO G8, K20

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"This is frustrating," Ant-Man said. "We can't seem to hit them."

"Probably an effect of their telepathy, blurring our minds, slowing our reactions," Batman said.

"What about the psychic dampers?" Brainiac asked.

"There are about a dozen of them," Luthor snapped back irritably. "The dampers are being pushed beyond their limits."

"Twenty-first century technology," Brainiac sneered. "Might as well be using a stick with a rock tied to the end of it."

So very little I can do this go-round.

Pirate makes Reed's av down + 2.

Xavier ups all psychic keyword figures.

Deadman to T18.

Emma ups her own dv by + 1.

Not every turn can be as good as that last one for me was.

Professor X MU W22 (Mental Shields)
Deadman @ T18 (LMD)
Jean Grey R Ic X22
Karma V (3) O23 (Compel)
Cuckoos --Phoebe U16, Mindee (1) U17, Celeste U18
Dr. Destiny W20
Jericho (1) W21
Emma Frost W19 (Mental Shields)
Psycho-Pirate (1) P15 (Pummel)