OK as far as damage goes Phoenix attack will be strictly on Hawkman. 5 clicks to him. If we agree he takes one click for knockback (and I'm cool with this either way) then he's done.

As for Beetle, Quicksilver's attack would still be good so he'd get 3 clicks-1 for toughness, so 2 in total.

Okay, Hawkman's down, Beetle takes 2.

Beetle's going to Force Blast Quicksilver off the hill. Force Blast bumps him to N11.

Magic will Phase up to M12 and take the top of the hill.

Gambit will Perplex up his Damage to 2 and attack Firestorm. AV9 against DV15, needs a 6. Gets a 6 (3+3) 1 click to Firestorm after Toughness and he's knocked back to N13.

Psylocke moves to R11

Magick @ M12
Green Arrow Q12 (2 clicks)
Gambit @ M16 (stealthed)
Hawkman KO
Blue Beetle @ L13
Superman P15
Psylocke @ R11

END ROUND 6

"Ow! Phoenix has really punished Hawkman for attacking Flash! He's down! Nice shot Rachel! Wait a sec! Blue Beetle has used his air-gun thingy to knock Quicksilver off the hill with a concentrated blast of air! And now Magik uses her teleportation powers to grab the coveted spot at the top of the hill! Way to go Illyana! And as the timer hits the halfway mark Gambit hits Firestorm with one of his charged up playing cards. Looks like it took Firestorm off balance, but I'm not sure exactly how much damage it actually did!"

Wow, I thought force blast needed to roll to attack. Good choice of power and good use of the character.

Round 7


Atom attacks Blue Beetle. He perplexes his own damage to 2. Needs 4, rolls 9. 2 more to Beetle and force blast is gone.

Firestorm attacks Illyana. Needs 7, rolls 11. 2 to her.

N11 Quicksilver
M13@ Atom
N13@ (4) Firestorm
L9(1) Beast
M22 Huntress
G14 Phoenix

"Predictable guys, the green team goes in for retribution. Attacking Magik and Blue Beetle for not gaining back their advantage," Kitty says.

"Yep shugah," Rogue says, "They didn't break any new ground this time but it ain't over til the fat lady sings."

"Who would that be Rogue? Psylocke has thighs that go until tomorrow. Huntress' sulty motel good looks are almost as hot as Betsys. Phoenix is anything but fat with those curves..."

Professor X rolls his eyes and lets out a frustrated "Ahem."

The X-girls just laugh in good fun.

Yeah, I remember it being a real revelation when I realized that nowhere in the power description does it say you actually have to make an attack roll to use Force Blast. It's still just sort of a niche power, especially with NAAT, but it comes in handy occasionally.

Gambit will Perplex up Superman's AV to 11.

Magik will push to phase to L10.

Superman will Charge. He grabs the HO again and moves to M12 and attacks Atom, AV11 against DV20, need a 9. Rolls an 8 - so close.

Green Arrow will attack Firestorm, enhanced by Psylocke. AV9 on DV14, just need a 5. Gets an 11. Should have switched the order of my attacks. Would have hit both Firestorm AND Atom. 3 +1 for Enhancement -1 for Toughness is 3 more to Firestorm. He's not out, but he's close.

Magick @@ L10 (1 click)
Green Arrow @ Q12 (2 clicks)
Gambit M16 (stealthed)
Hawkman KO
Blue Beetle L13 (4 clicks)
Superman @ M12
Psylocke R11

END ROUND 7

"And Magik teleports off the hill. She was just holding it for Superman, who now takes possession!"

"Green Team sure has their work cut out for 'em now, huh Kitty?"

"I'll say. With only a few minutes left to go, they've got the Hunk of Steel holding the strategic victory position. They're going to need all their wits to pull this off now - especially now that Firestorm looks like he's really hurt. He's taken another shot from Green Arrow."

"Y'all think the Green Team can come back in time?"

"We'll have to see Rogue. Magik's keeping the Beast busy, but the Red Team's left Phoenix wide open and that little lady could cause them some serious trouble! And the Atom's got quite a brain in his head. He'll be trying to think of a clever way to pull off a win here, too!"

And just a reminder - that as long as Superman has Charge he is immune to knockback himself.

Oi!!! Game is over, darn you. I had it so well worked out until all my moves proved to be illegal.

I thought you couldn't grab an object and then move. I thought I did this before and it turned out to be illegal.

Isn't the hill blocking Green Arrow from hitting Firestorm who's just on the other side of it? You do a straight edge and the hill definitely is in the way. In fact this would affect Gambit's attack on him in post 61 too. Gambit and Arrow are on the edge of the hill, the hill is in lof from either guy. Right? Doesn't effect much but Firestorm's health, you still have Superman in THE spot and he's a tough dude to bring down.

Let me know so we can start round 8. If I'm wrong I've yet again been going on the wrong terrain conceptual.

I can't think why it would have been illegal to grab an object and then move, unless there was some other extenuating circumstances, like needing to roll breakaway or trying to pick it up and attack with it in the same turn. But picking it up is part of a move action. No reason Superman couldn't begin moving, and then still pick it up once he moved into the next square. Of course he missed anyway, so no biggie.

As for Green Arrow and Firestorm, I have Firestorm at N13 and Green Arrow in Q12. I can see where you might say the hill is in the way. This is trickier than I thought. I'll move Green Arrow to M7 instead.

Revised summary:
Magick @@ L10 (1 click)
Green Arrow @ M7 (2 clicks)
Gambit M16 (stealthed)
Hawkman KO
Blue Beetle L13 (4 clicks)
Superman @ M12
Psylocke R11

I take it you agree that Firestorm did not take the 4 hits of damage from the last two rounds then. If not, lemme know.

As for Superman...maybe it's just my memory. We'll leave it since it is quite the moot point right now.

Round 8

Phoenix will move to J12.

Beast to M10. Outwits Superman's impervious.

Atom will perplex down Supe's defense to 15.

Firestorm will push to attack using rce. Needs 7, rolls 9.

Quicksilver will attack Superman. I assume Atom's perplex down one point will stay be in effect but now Supe's defense is 17. So Quicksilver needs 8, rolls 7. Can't complain...

huntress to G14.

N11@ Quicksilver
M13 Atom
N13@@ (3) Firestorm
M10(1)@ Beast
G14@ Huntress
J12@ Phoenix

"And we're seeing some real activity from the green team today. Firestorm and Quicksilver try to give Superman a tough time. Well, at least in Quicksilver's case it's not TOO tough a time," Shadowcat says.

"Loooks like Beast, Phoenix and Huntress got itchy where they were and decided it was time ta move," Rogue says, "Red's still got the advantage question is, will it stay?"

My turn to be confused. If we take off the hits to Firestorm from Green Arrow, where does that put him? I had him on his last click, 7 clicks of damage - if we take away 4 of those hits, he's at 3 clicks, yes? If that's right, then he doesn't have RCE anymore. But I've completely lost track, so check my math, please.

Ok what's the fiar way to do this? Firestorm got 2 clicks damage from Arrow on post 56 that wouldn't apply. Gambit attacked in 62 to add 2 damage that wouldn't have made it. Then of course Arrow's damage in 66 wouldn't apply. So techincally there would be only the 1 click of pushing I just did.

Since this was caught late let's count Gambit's hit since we already said Arrow's wouldn't apply. You might not have tried Gambit's without Arrow's connecting. SOOOOO...Firestorm's damage would be 3 if you agree.