The HeroClix Roleplayers' Society!

HRS Exiles
Chapter 10: What we've been fighting for

Are you tired of brawl after brawl without a story behind it? Have you wanted a bit of plot to go along with your Clix related mayhem? Do you want to help create the rosters for superhero teams and supervillain societies? Do you like weirdly fun mashups between different Clix sets? In the Heroclix Roleplayers' Society, decisions like these are yours for the making! So grab your Clix, your dice, and join the HeroClix Roleplayers' Society!

We invite you to join us for Series 4: Exiles!

Previously in the Heroclix Roleplayers' Society, In series 1 and 2 of HRS 2.0, we followed the Changers as they tried to save a dark timeline from destruction, and later as they repelled a Kree invasion of Earth. But the HRS multiverse is expanding. We just visited Weirdworld for a bit, and now we'll join a new team: The reality-hopping EXILES!

Previously:
Chapter 1: The Magnificent Seven
Chapter 2: The Kids are Alright
Chapter 3: Murder By Numbers
Chapter 4: The Dark Exiles
Chapter 5: The Monster Hunter
Chapter 6: The MacGuffin
Chapter 7: Reinforcements
Chapter 8: Betrayal
Chapter 9: Revenge, rematch

Also available to play through:
Previously in HRS 2.0
A Finer World
Begins here and ends here.

Earth War
Begins here and ends here.

Weirdworld
Begins here and ends here.

Heroclix Roleplayers' Society - A Primer

The Heroclix Roleplayers' Society (HRS) is a large scale role playing game where the story is based on games played by the players, and the events are based on the story. Every other week, a new chapter will be posted that does two things.

First, each posting will start with a story update. These updates will advance the plot of the story, update players on the rosters of active teams, and layout the plot behind the next battle. The story will be heavily influenced by the actions of the players that post their results to the HRS threads. While the overall story is planned ahead of time, huge portions of it will be created by you, the players!

Secondly, each post will come with an event for HRS members to play in. These events will be similar to events run by local venues. They will have point values, team restrictions, and/or special rules that are in affect for the game. These events can be run with a friend, or in a tournament setting if your local judge is running HRS events.

After you have completed a HRS event, simply post an after actions report to the HRS thread, and your game will help determine what happens next!

NOTE: While games played in earlier chapters won't count toward canon, new players are always welcome to play older scenarios and post their results.

And now onto HRS Exiles Chapter 10: What we've been fighting for


The bodies of the dead and dying lay strewn across the battlefield. Exiles and their allies, the Dark Exiles, Spock the Conquerer's forces... none escaped the fight without losses.

This is stupid, Jen Walters thought. We're fighting each other when we need to be at full strength.

Her regret didn't make her hesitate when a Romulan commando got too close to her, though, punching him into next week with a backhand. She watched as Rachel Grey, coached by Hank McCoy, used the Mind Gem in a dual with Gorilla Grodd, two incredibly powerful psionics in a duel of the minds as the world collapsed around them in war. A laser blast evaporated part one of Clayface's arms. She saw Jessica Jones disappear in a fight against a dozen enemy soldiers, maybe more than even she could handle.

And then Jen Walters looked up and saw the stars disappear from the sky.

"Jen--what is that?" Tony Stark said, his voice strained. She'd seen him take a hit that could've killed him if not for his makeshift armor, and he sounded near dead anyway.

"That's what we've been fighting for," Jen said. "That's what we need to stop."

Tendrils came out of the darkness, and at the end of each of those tendrils, a familiar face appeared. Heroes. Villains. Collected from across the multiverse, just as Jen hand collected her Exiles, except in this case, they were not recruited, but enslaved--mind controlled and corrupted by this dark, dimension-devouring entity, this monster, this...

"It's the Hydra, Tony," Jen said. "It absorbs everything it touches. Turns it to a cancerous, nightmarish version of itself. It takes everything good and fouls it."

"What is this you've called down onto us, meddler," Spock the Conquerer said. He strode up to Jen with death in his eyes. Behind him, Jen saw Grodd fall, defeated by the Phoenix; but Rachel herself looked as though she could barely stand.

"This is what we should be fighting," Jen said. "Together. Do you want to be a conquerer, or do you want to be the hero who saved your universe?"

She pointed to the fallen Grodd where the Reality Gem now lay. Rachel had dropped her own gem, the one they'd taken from Spock originally.

"Now is the time, Spock. Save this reality with us. This is what we were put here to do."

Spock studied her, looking for the lie, looking for flaws in her logic. He nodded.

"Together, then," he said, running off to retrieve the Mind Gem he'd lost.

Jen looked at Tony and took in what remained of her forces, of the Dark Exiles, and what they were all up against.

"Tony, you need to go get the other gem if Rachel can't use it," Jen said.

"I'm just a guy in a suit, Jen," Stark said, doubt creeping into his voice.

"You're not just a guy in a suit. You are Iron Man," Jen said. "Now help me save the world."

The Scenario: What we've been fighting for

Build two teams of equal point values determined by both players.

Team One: The Exiles United
Build a team with whoever survived Chapter 9's fight. You can use your own results, or use the suggested roster below (based on a combination of everyone who submitted their survivor lists):
She-Hulk
Tony Stark
Loki
Pyro
Titania
Tesla Coil (Electro)
Spock/Kang
Rachel Grey
Beast
Clayface
Baby Groot
Zatanna

Special rule: Place the Mind Gem and Reality Gem within 3 squares of Team 1's starting zone. Tony Stark and Spock/Kang may spend one turn picking up and equipping a gem, after which point they may use them as normal:
Mind Gem:Character can use Mind Control and Telekinesis.
Reality Gem:Character can use Probability Control, but only during character's turn.

Team 2: The Hydra
Build a team using any characters from ANY reality. The only limit here is the point total. Remember, the Hydra has collected and corrupted heroes from across the multiverse, so be as creative as possible with these force. Designate ONE character as the HEAD of the Hydra.
This team has the Share Through the Hive Mind trait:
Share Through The Hivemind: UNIQUE MODIFIER - Friendly characters within 6 squares with the Hydra keyword modify attack +1 when making a range attack

Special rule: If this character falls, the Hydra's presence in this reality is defeated and falls back, ending the battle. You may choose to continue the battle, but Team 2 loses the shared trait bonus.

Post your results:
Who won?
Who survived?
Was this reality taken over by the Hydra or was it driven back?
If the Hydra wins, who among the survivors is corrupted into the Hydra as well?

As this is the finale of the HRS Exiles arc, I'd like to take a poll for the next series:
Even if you did not participate in this arc or this chapter:
- Would you be interested in a more RPG style campaign where you control one hero or possibly a team or faction?
- Would you like to write a guest chapter or matchup in a future series?

Time to bust out those Hydra pieces I never play!

Also, I'm currently kinda leaning towards the RPG style of yore, where we each kinda control a corner of the cosmos/universe/planet/characters and bounce off each other a lot. I liked writing stories about the Hulk family in space or the arc of Superior Spider-Man and what-not. I never quite figured out how Mikki did it back in the day juggling everybody's cosmic conquest interests by molding actions we submit in secret during the week and creating games out of them.

Same on the RPG front. I had a lot of fun last time when I was controlling the robot faction, vision and Scarlet witch story back in The Overlord storyline.

I am down for either way.

I want to give people more opportunity to personalize their stories for the next arc. I miss those ones as a player, like the intergalactic war and the gang battles. Unfortunately I don't have the game design expertise (or the time) to track strategic moves the way Mikk did for those (I kind of get the feeling that's why he burned out, it was too much to manage) but I DM a ton of DnD and so I feel like I can do something on a smaller, less PVP level that would work.

Space stuff or Earth-based? Any opinions either way?

I’d be down for some space elements. I missed out on the last intergalactic chapter that Mikki hosted.

I'm good with either, although any way to involve GOTG is good to keep SquirrelGirl42 playing.

Although part of the fun of playing this is introducing her to various corners of nerd-land. And she'll probably be okay if we work Doreen in on Earth side stuff, too.

Exiles and Dark unite Team 1

Force Build 11997645 0
Set	#	Name	Team	Pts	Value
SWB	100	She-Hulk		90	SELL
TMT	G003	Groot		200	SELL
XDPS	G010E	Phoenix		350	SELL
WKM	F19-001	Iron Man		125	SELL
ABPI	054	Loki		170	SELL
EAX	044	Clea		100	SELL
JW	058	Clayface		75	SELL
XDPS	003	Beast		50	SELL
ABPI	047	Titania		95	SELL
ABPI	T006	Bearer of the Mind Gem		5	SELL
				5
ABPI	056	Kang, the Conquerer		80	SELL
XDPS	039	Pyro		50	SELL
EAX	024	Electro		50	SELL
Force Total:				1445	$0.00

Vs


Dweller of Darkness’s forces TEAM 2

Force Build 11997645 1
Set	#	Name	Team	Pts	Value
WKM	M19-019	Dweller-In-Darkness		135	SELL
XDPS	G020E	Dark Phoenix		600	SELL
XDPS	G021R	Krakoa		150	SELL
TREKOS	026	Captain Kirk		100	SELL
EAX	055	Hulk		150	SELL
HQ	023B	Big Barda		100	SELL
SWB	034	Iron Goblin		150	SELL
EW	012	Kid Flash (Justice Rider)		60	SELL
Force Total:				1445	$0.00

Went for a monster HIVE team that challenges the more prominent members of the United Exiles team.

Kang/Kirk
She-Hulk/Hulk
Titania/Big Barda
Rachel Phoenix, Beast, Clayface/Dark Phoenix Jean
1880 Tony/Iron Goblin
Electro/Kid Flash
Groot/Krakoa

I dig the mirroring concept!

Hmmm. I'm tempted to go full regular Hydra just to use a box I've been ignoring since actual Nazis became a huge problem again. That old Crazy Mind Control Red Skull and the Earth X Hydra with her enslaved Falcon and Sharon Carter, then a fleet of Dreadnoughts because I like robots, but I should really mix in some legit super enemies.

If we were to go to space I'd like to do something with what I call the Captain Universe Corps. That, or New Guardians of the Galaxy (a mashup of the New Guardians and Guardians of the Galaxy teams). On Earth I'd like to do something with the Outlaws (mashing up both Marvel and DC teams) or a Savage Six incorporating animal-themed villains.

That reminds me that I was brewing something about a Secret Society of Super-Villains that included The Shade, Satana, The Wizard, and The Gentleman Ghost, with more to be named later. Nothing specific planned, but I just wanted Team Top Hat to be together.