Sorry for another hold-up, but the space you charged to isn't adjacent to Emerald Empress. (R17 vs. T17). The placement could make a difference down the line, so I don't want to just assume a spot for Superman. LMK which square you want him in.

In the meantime, thanks for missing for the first time. My bad rolls wouldn't be so bad if my opponents weren't batting .900. It's been like that in my last three games, including one where I'm filling in for JPuffy in the Marvel league; my opponent is only missing with Lockjaw.

A burst of energy crackled through the Fatal Five hideout on 31st Century Ventura, and a frazzled-looking Glorith collasped to the ground, along with an unconscious Mr. Freeze and Killer Frost.

Mano turned from a computer console, stunned. Glorith pointed a shaky finger at him.

"Arrange for Tharok ... to send a time bubble to the 21st Century ... for Sarya," Glorith said.

"Is that where you've been?" Mano asked. "What for? I mean, yes, Lady Glorith, I'll find Tharok immediately. Just curious about your ... "

"Fiasco," Glorith muttered. "All a vainglorious fiasco by the Empress to help her search for revenge on a reality-displaced first love, Superboy."

"What's a Superboy?" Mano asked, but once he was given a stern look by Glorith, he left the room.

Alas, the poor fool doesn't remember yet, thought Glorith. Or will he ever? The multiverse is haphazardly reforming itself in the hearts and minds of simpletons too unsophisticated to remember it properly. Can't blame Mano for not remembering Superboy and the role he played in forming the Fatal Five before I came along and tossed the Boy of Steel out of their reality. How the Empress out of the blue remembered Superboy retrieving her for the Sun-Eater mission, I'd like to know. She should still remember Valor in place of Superboy for that mission.

And for that matter, I wanted a explanation for that Young Superman's appearance. I can't write off that to the multiverse's machinations.

Perhaps if the Empress succeeds, she can bring his carcass back and we'll find out.

Ok. I don't know why I misplaced Empress. My original Intent was for Steel to have based her diagonally--which under the correction would have put him in S16 and Metropolis SCU at T15. Which pusts Superman in S17. However, since the move for Steel was 2 turns ago, I won't fight it if you leave him where he is currently posted. I mean if you had mercy and he could be placed in the position I intended him to be relative to Empress it would be nice, but you don't have to pay for my mistakes.

It's been really good playing against you. Yeah, your rolls have been bad, and I've been suprised at some of them I've made (looks at Maggie Sawyer). Superman has had it easy hitting at DVs where he's had to roll 3s or 4s. If you had made either one of those single target pulse waves against Superman, this game would have gone much differently.

Player 1, Turn 11

1. Emerald Empress attacks Superboy (in S17), 10 AV vs. 17 in close combat. The first attack roll using PBeMNexus is ..... 4,2 for another miss. *shrugs* Well, there's four rounds left...

Given Maggie Sawyer is the only one that could attack Empress next turn, I will not use Protected.

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Fatal Five (home)

V Emerald Empress* (7/7) 102 pts T17 [1 SA 1 KO 1 AST]@
* Protected 8 pts
Glorith (R Circe) (0/7) 67 pts KO [1 SA]
E Killer Frost (0/7) 54 pts KO [1 DFD 1 AST]
R Mr. Freeze (0/5) 49 pts KO[1 SA 1 KO]
R Intergang Agent (0/3) 18 pts KO

298

vs

Superman Allies (visitor)

R Young Superman (4/7) 100 pts S17 @@ [4SA 4KO]
R Steel (OR) (4/7) 112 pts R16 (w/HO) [3SA]
R Beast (XP) (0/6) 42 pts KO!
R Hellcat (0/5) 27 pts KO!
R Metropolis SCU (4/4) 16 pts S15 [1SA 1AST]

297

Superman [2 KO, 2 SA]
Steel [2 SA]
Metropolis SCU [1 SA, 1 AST]


HO:
LO: X8, Q16, I17

Map: Metropolis

http://www.creationmatrix.com/forum/newboard.php

BFC: Deep Shadows

All terrain is hindering terrain for line of fire purposes. Characters with a range value greater than 6 have a range value of 6 instead. Perples may not be used to increase a range value to a number greater than 6. Powers and team abilities that affect characters up to 10 squares away affect charcters only up to 6 squares away instead.

Player 2, Turn 11


Steel moves to S16 taxiing Maggie to T15 and Outwits Empress pulse wave.

Superman clears.


Fatal Five (home)

V Emerald Empress* (7/7) 102 pts T17 [1 SA 1 KO 1 AST]@
* Protected 8 pts
Glorith (R Circe) (0/7) 67 pts KO [1 SA]
E Killer Frost (0/7) 54 pts KO [1 DFD 1 AST]
R Mr. Freeze (0/5) 49 pts KO[1 SA 1 KO]
R Intergang Agent (0/3) 18 pts KO

298

vs

Superman Allies (visitor)

R Young Superman (4/7) 100 pts S17 [4SA 4KO]
R Steel (OR) (4/7) 112 pts R16 (w/HO) @ [3SA]
R Beast (XP) (0/6) 42 pts KO!
R Hellcat (0/5) 27 pts KO!
R Metropolis SCU (4/4) 16 pts S15 [1SA 1AST]

297

Superman [2 KO, 2 SA]
Steel [2 SA]
Metropolis SCU [1 SA, 1 AST]


HO:
LO: X8, Q16, I17

Map: Metropolis

http://www.creationmatrix.com/forum/newboard.php

BFC: Deep Shadows

All terrain is hindering terrain for line of fire purposes. Characters with a range value greater than 6 have a range value of 6 instead. Perples may not be used to increase a range value to a number greater than 6. Powers and team abilities that affect characters up to 10 squares away affect charcters only up to 6 squares away instead.

Player 1, Turn 12

Clearing.

I'll use Protected on the first successful attack not by Maggie Sawyer.


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Fatal Five (home)

V Emerald Empress* (7/7) 102 pts T17 [1 SA 1 KO 1 AST]@
* Protected 8 pts
Glorith (R Circe) (0/7) 67 pts KO [1 SA]
E Killer Frost (0/7) 54 pts KO [1 DFD 1 AST]
R Mr. Freeze (0/5) 49 pts KO[1 SA 1 KO]
R Intergang Agent (0/3) 18 pts KO

298

vs

Superman Allies (visitor)

R Young Superman (4/7) 100 pts S17 [4SA 4KO]
R Steel (OR) (4/7) 112 pts R16 (w/HO) @ [3SA]
R Beast (XP) (0/6) 42 pts KO!
R Hellcat (0/5) 27 pts KO!
R Metropolis SCU (4/4) 16 pts S15 [1SA 1AST]

297

Superman [2 KO, 2 SA]
Steel [2 SA]
Metropolis SCU [1 SA, 1 AST]


HO:
LO: X8, Q16, I17

Map: Metropolis

http://www.creationmatrix.com/forum/newboard.php

BFC: Deep Shadows

All terrain is hindering terrain for line of fire purposes. Characters with a range value greater than 6 have a range value of 6 instead. Perples may not be used to increase a range value to a number greater than 6. Powers and team abilities that affect characters up to 10 squares away affect charcters only up to 6 squares away instead.

Player 2, Turn 12


Superman swings (again) at Empress 9 to 17. 5, 5 for the hit. There goes protected.

Steel outwits Toughness on Empress, 9 to 16. 2, 2 for the miss. Steel takes 1 push.

Maggie fires a shot at Empress, 7 to 16. 5, 2 and a miss.

1 SA to Superman.


Fatal Five (home)

V Emerald Empress* (7/7) 102 pts T17 [1 SA 1 KO 1 AST]@
* Protected 8 pts
Glorith (R Circe) (0/7) 67 pts KO [1 SA]
E Killer Frost (0/7) 54 pts KO [1 DFD 1 AST]
R Mr. Freeze (0/5) 49 pts KO[1 SA 1 KO]
R Intergang Agent (0/3) 18 pts KO

298

vs

Superman Allies (visitor)

R Young Superman (4/7) 100 pts S17 @ [5SA 4KO]
R Steel (OR) (3/7) 112 pts R16 @@ [3SA]
R Beast (XP) (0/6) 42 pts KO!
R Hellcat (0/5) 27 pts KO!
R Metropolis SCU (4/4) 16 pts S15 @ [1SA 1AST]

297



HO:
LO: X8, Q16, I17

Map: Metropolis

http://www.creationmatrix.com/forum/newboard.php

BFC: Deep Shadows

All terrain is hindering terrain for line of fire purposes. Characters with a range value greater than 6 have a range value of 6 instead. Perples may not be used to increase a range value to a number greater than 6. Powers and team abilities that affect characters up to 10 squares away affect charcters only up to 6 squares away instead.

Sorry. About this.

Sorry, time out again.

The Protected gives Empress a token, yes, but she had cleared the turn before, so she'd just have one token and wouldn't have taken push damage. I still need to decide if I want to push or clear for turn 13. I did forget to take her token off the recap, so my bad on the confusion.

WOW. My bad.

Player 1, Turn 13

1. Emerald Empress pushes to strike Steel, 10 AV vs. 16 DV. The roll is 6,1 for the hit for four damage and the KO.

Go ahead and Clear me for Turn 14.

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Fatal Five (home)

V Emerald Empress* (6/7) 102 pts T17 [2 SA 2 KO 1 AST]@@
* Protected 8 pts {USED}
Glorith (R Circe) (0/7) 67 pts KO [1 SA]
E Killer Frost (0/7) 54 pts KO [1 DFD 1 AST]
R Mr. Freeze (0/5) 49 pts KO[1 SA 1 KO]
R Intergang Agent (0/3) 18 pts KO

298

vs

Superman Allies (visitor)

R Young Superman (4/7) 100 pts S17 @ [5SA 4KO]
R Steel (OR) (0/7) 112 pts [3SA]
R Beast (XP) (0/6) 42 pts KO!
R Hellcat (0/5) 27 pts KO!
R Metropolis SCU (4/4) 16 pts S15 @ [1SA 1AST]

297



HO:
LO: X8, Q16, I17

Map: Metropolis

http://www.creationmatrix.com/forum/newboard.php

BFC: Deep Shadows

All terrain is hindering terrain for line of fire purposes. Characters with a range value greater than 6 have a range value of 6 instead. Perples may not be used to increase a range value to a number greater than 6. Powers and team abilities that affect characters up to 10 squares away affect charcters only up to 6 squares away instead.

Well Since it's the Pre-Season and all:


Player 2, Turn 13


Superman pushes to punch Empress, 9 to 16. 1, 6 for the hit. Empress takes 2 after toughness. Superman takes 1 from the push.

Maggie Clears.

1 SA to Superman


Fatal Five (home)

V Emerald Empress* (6/7) 102 pts T17 [2 SA 2 KO 1 AST]@@
* Protected 8 pts {USED}
Glorith (R Circe) (0/7) 67 pts KO [1 SA]
E Killer Frost (0/7) 54 pts KO [1 DFD 1 AST]
R Mr. Freeze (0/5) 49 pts KO[1 SA 1 KO]
R Intergang Agent (0/3) 18 pts KO

298

vs

Superman Allies (visitor)

R Young Superman (3/7) 100 pts S17 @@ [6SA 4KO]
R Steel (OR) (0/7) 112 pts [3SA]
R Beast (XP) (0/6) 42 pts KO!
R Hellcat (0/5) 27 pts KO!
R Metropolis SCU (4/4) 16 pts S15 [1SA 1AST]

297



HO:
LO: X8, Q16, I17

Map: Metropolis

http://www.creationmatrix.com/forum/newboard.php

BFC: Deep Shadows

All terrain is hindering terrain for line of fire purposes. Characters with a range value greater than 6 have a range value of 6 instead. Perples may not be used to increase a range value to a number greater than 6. Powers and team abilities that affect characters up to 10 squares away affect charcters only up to 6 squares away instead.

Player 1, Turn 14


Empress Clears.
_____________________
Player 2, Turn 14


Superman clears.

Maggie moves to T16


(fixed Empress damage in recap.
_______________________________


Fatal Five (home)

V Emerald Empress* (4/7) 102 pts T17 [2 SA 2 KO 1 AST]
* Protected 8 pts {USED}
Glorith (R Circe) (0/7) 67 pts KO [1 SA]
E Killer Frost (0/7) 54 pts KO [1 DFD 1 AST]
R Mr. Freeze (0/5) 49 pts KO[1 SA 1 KO]
R Intergang Agent (0/3) 18 pts KO

298

vs

Superman Allies (visitor)

R Young Superman (3/7) 100 pts S17 [6SA 4KO]
R Steel (OR) (0/7) 112 pts [3SA]
R Beast (XP) (0/6) 42 pts KO!
R Hellcat (0/5) 27 pts KO!
R Metropolis SCU (4/4) 16 pts T16 @ [1SA 1AST]

297



HO:
LO: X8, Q16, I17

Map: Metropolis

http://www.creationmatrix.com/forum/newboard.php

BFC: Deep Shadows

All terrain is hindering terrain for line of fire purposes. Characters with a range value greater than 6 have a range value of 6 instead. Perples may not be used to increase a range value to a number greater than 6. Powers and team abilities that affect characters up to 10 squares away affect charcters only up to 6 squares away instead.

Player 1, Turn 15

Empress attacks Maggie Sawyer for the last round. 8 vs. 14. The roll is 3,4 for the hit for 3 damage, reduced to 2 by toughness.



_______________________________


Fatal Five (home)

V Emerald Empress* (4/7) 102 pts T17 [3 SA 2 KO 1 AST]@
* Protected 8 pts {USED}
Glorith (R Circe) (0/7) 67 pts KO [1 SA]
E Killer Frost (0/7) 54 pts KO [1 DFD 1 AST]
R Mr. Freeze (0/5) 49 pts KO[1 SA 1 KO]
R Intergang Agent (0/3) 18 pts KO

298

vs

Superman Allies (visitor)

R Young Superman (3/7) 100 pts S17 [6SA 4KO]
R Steel (OR) (0/7) 112 pts [3SA]
R Beast (XP) (0/6) 42 pts KO!
R Hellcat (0/5) 27 pts KO!
R Metropolis SCU (2/4) 16 pts T16 @ [1SA 1AST]

297



HO:
LO: X8, Q16, I17

Map: Metropolis

http://www.creationmatrix.com/forum/newboard.php

BFC: Deep Shadows

All terrain is hindering terrain for line of fire purposes. Characters with a range value greater than 6 have a range value of 6 instead. Perples may not be used to increase a range value to a number greater than 6. Powers and team abilities that affect characters up to 10 squares away affect charcters only up to 6 squares away instead.

Well, aside from the rolls, I think the BFC hampered me a bit as well, or at least had more impact than I anticipated. The Empress couldn't get a range advantage, and having hindering on every ranged attack (especially the Pulse Waves) hurt.

In the regular season, I've got the option of playing the BFC of my choice in addition to the one randomly pulled. Not sure what I would have done here. I doubt I'd have OD'd it, just because there's worst cards likely to come.