[Supers] Enter the Shadowguard - a Marvel Reboot Story

[Phantasm]

Originally Posted by Otaku

Hmm... still enjoying reading these exploits, and as a pretty-poor GM myself, I am additionally intrigued by "redoing" the scene with another player at the helm of "Anna" the PC. Is this something your group has done before or was this the first time?

We've redone or reset scenes in the past, but this was the first time we've had someone take over someone else's char for a redo.

[Phantasm]

Sidebox: The Escape

Fyrebat frowned as she was loaded into the County Sheriff's paddy wagon. Turning her head, she saw Cardinal being loaded into an ambulance, and she smiled sadly. "Soon, love," she whispered.

The officers connected her wrist and ankle shackles to the ring in the floor, sitting on either side of her. "We're in for a long ride," one of them, a black man, told her. "Might as well get comfortable."

As they drove off, the ride turned out to be bumpy; all three of them felt every bump in the road. Soon, however, the truck lurched to a sudden stop in a tunnel.

"What's going on?" the one guard asked.

"Change of plans," the black guard said, standing up and drawing his pistol from its holster. The first guard started standing up, but received a bullet to the head. Fyrebat smiled.

"Took the boss long enough," she commented, as the "guard" undid her shackles. Without warning, the doors of the back of the paddy wagon were ripped off their hinges. A tall Amazonian woman with black hair and wearing the latest in summer slut-wear stood there, tossing the door to one side.

"You coming, blondie?" the dark-haired woman asked in a sultry French accent.

"Don't get your fishnets in a bunch, Fifi," Fyrebat told the other woman. "You got the getaway clothes handy?"

"Right here," the imposter guard said, opening up the bench Fyrebat had been sitting on.

Fyrebat and Fifi quickly changed into regular clothes, leaving Fyrebat's armored costume behind. Then all three ran to a waiting station wagon, driving off in another direction. Not long after, the paddy wagon exploded. . . .

[Kalzazz]

And after I made sure to request extra escorts against just such an eventuality

[Phantasm]

Originally Posted by Kalzazz

And after I made sure to request extra escorts against just such an eventuality

Yeah, but do you really think they had a chance against Le Fille Superiór? :)

[Otaku]

Originally Posted by Kalzazz

And after I made sure to request extra escorts against just such an eventuality

I would have done something similar... but I'm thinking that is a bad idea unless the characters in question have traits that equate to "plot armor". Just how superhero comics in general work. Now, if you're not worried about NPC deaths, you can still do it an hope it sticks, but if there were extra escorts, I'm guessing they are now dead. XP

[Phantasm]

Session 6: Moving Day

Three days after the fight last session, the team was helping Doc move into the Terrors' old ranch house and underground bunker. The news had indicated that Fyrebat escaped police custody with help, with some fatalities and more injuries. Anna had been arrested by the FBI in the intervening time; Anna's brother, Anatoly, was in Chel's custody as a result. But the doom and gloom could wait another day or two...

So, as Doc's truck was being unloaded, up comes this guy on a motorcycle who has tracked the team in order to join them! (Honestly, we could think of no other way to introduce him to the team without it looking like a total coincidence.) After a grilling by Meatshield and Doc, he was tentatively granted membership. As thanks, Dimitri made his way to the kitchen and cooked up a storm.

Also, Mag was bored, so she began rummaging through the stuff the previous residents had left when they got arrested. In the back of a closet, she found Cardinal's and Fyrebat's uniforms. Jawbreaker, her dog, looked adorkable wearing Fyrebat's tinted visor on her head. :) She brought them to Doc and Jim, who agreed the suits could be broken down to make armor for Doc.

Also during her rummaging, Mag found a stash of cocaine and heroin buried in the basement workshop area. Dimitri used psychometry to get details; he saw a woman with short brown hair when he touched the cocaine bag, and a male arm wearing a wrist crossbow shooter when touching the heroin stash.

And then, Doc's wife Valerie showed up in a rental car, having flown out earlier that day. (Physically, with Doc's player's permission, I based Val on Reba McIntyre in her role as Burt's wife in Tremors.) Val immediately settled into being one part Team Mom and one part Team Drill Sergeant, though without quoting R. Lee Ermey in Platoon ... yet. (And Chelsea breathed a sigh of relief, as she could go back to being the Irresponsible Big Sister to Mag as opposed to Mom to Anna and others.)

The session wound down after a bit.

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Okay, this session was kind of a down-time breather. Part of it was that we had a new PC to introduce - Starslayer's psychic, Dimitri - with Anna getting written out because her player quit the game for various reasons. Another part was I needed a breather from the DRAMA! surrounding Anna's player quitting and before diving headlong into the next arc.

[Otaku]

Originally Posted by Phantasm

Also during her rummaging, Mag found a stash of cocaine and heroin buried in the basement workshop area. Dimitri used psychometry to get details; he saw a woman with short brown hair when he touched the cocaine bag, and a male arm wearing a wrist crossbow shooter when touching the heroin stash.

So the latter is probably a Speedy Expy, but now I'm excited because the former is clearly a Snowflame Expy!

...

Okay, so that seems unlikely (awesome, but unlikely). Just a reminder that there's quite a bit I don't know about comic book characters, even though I've learned so many random facts through pop culture osmosis. XD

Originally Posted by Phantasm

Okay, this session was kind of a down-time breather. Part of it was that we had a new PC to introduce - Starslayer's psychic, Dimitri - with Anna getting written out because her player quit the game for various reasons. Another part was I needed a breather from the DRAMA! surrounding Anna's player quitting and before diving headlong into the next arc.

It is always rough losing a player, but even worse when there's a lot of drama involved. You get the extra fun of not only GM bookkeeping but original poster bookkeeping for this thread.

[Phantasm]

Originally Posted by Otaku

So the latter is probably a Speedy Expy, but now I'm excited because the former is clearly a Snowflame Expy!

...

Okay, so that seems unlikely (awesome, but unlikely). Just a reminder that there's quite a bit I don't know about comic book characters, even though I've learned so many random facts through pop culture osmosis. XD

*hands Otaku one cookie, but keeps the other for himself*

Yes, the one is a Roy Harper/Speedy/Arsenal/Red Arrow expy.

Snowflame? No. He might make an appearance himself, but no. :) (And was Snowflame a woman?)

[Otaku]

Originally Posted by Phantasm

*hands Otaku one cookie, but keeps the other for himself*

Yes, the one is a Roy Harper/Speedy/Arsenal/Red Arrow expy.

Snowflame? No. He might make an appearance himself, but no. :) (And was Snowflame a woman?)

I have no idea why DC won't use Snowflame anymore. It may only be a small cult following, but he's got one. Whether played straight - as it was in his lone appearance - or played for laughs or they go the route of the shortlived fan webcomic

http://www.snowflamecomic.com/

he's just too good to pass up. So I was willing to settle for a Distaff Counterpart Expy. ;) What's funny is if the cocaine user (assuming it isn't a fakeout where she really was just holding it for a friend XP) is hard to track down in the time I have available. My search attempts keep bringing up Roy Harper and Snowflame... and no, I didn't try earlier when I jokingly suggested Snowflame. XD

[Kalzazz]

As a note

'I have incredible powers beyond ken and wish to join your fight against evil!'
' . . . . . uh . . '
'I can cook!'
'Welcome aboard!'

Was the high point

Plus the part about kneecaps