Genni

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Hey @Genni. When's the next turn coming up?

@rush99999

Now!

Damn, there's a lot of people in play at the moment. It's getting tricky keeping track of everyone. Luckily the status effect system seems to be working well to keep track of who has what happening to them and when though.

R.A.T.S. - Rapid Assault Tactical Squad - 1 Slot Open

The team are engaging the Hell's Bitches on the bank rooftop.

Lost in her music Thrash beats out the rhythm on her drums, the tempo increasing by the second, punishing the heroes harder for striking down her partner.

Thrash recovers +1 Energy
Thrash is no longer Disorientated!
Thrash is current Beatdown x1!
Thrash uses Crescendo -3 Energy:

Thrash gains a Beatdown status effect
Rocksmith is hit by Thrash's Crescendo, takes 4 Health loss and is now afflicted with Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Bumblebee is hit by Thrash's Crescendo, takes 4 Health loss and is now afflicted with Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Brick is hit by Thrash's Crescendo, takes 4 Health loss and is now afflicted with Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Flare is hit by Thrash's Crescendo, takes 4 Health loss and is now afflicted with Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Heretic is hit by Thrash's Crescendo, takes 4 Health loss and is now afflicted with Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Sigma is hit by Thrash's Crescendo, takes 4 Health loss and is now afflicted with Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Psy-Warp is hit by Thrash's Crescendo, takes 4 Health loss and is now afflicted with Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Deimos is hit by Thrash's Crescendo, takes 4 Health loss and is now afflicted with Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Void is hit by Thrash's Crescendo, takes 4 Health loss and is now afflicted with Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Vex is hit by Thrash's Crescendo, takes 4 Health loss and is now afflicted with Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Nightingale is hit by Thrash's Crescendo, takes 4 Health loss and is now afflicted with Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Psy-Warp's Barrier hit by Thrash's Crescendo, takes 3 Health loss

Psy-Warp's Barrier is destroyed!
Psy-Warp is no longer Shielded!

Vex activates his advanced AI, targeting Thrash

Vex recovers +1 Energy
Vex is no longer Disorientated!
Vex is currently Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Vex uses RETINA -3 Energy:

Thrash is now Tagged for 2 rounds! - Any attacks by Vex ignore half of Thrash's Defence

Ninja Style: bonus 5 XP!

Rocksmith uses his musical talents to try and blow the Cheerleaders away.

Rocksmith recovers +1 Energy
Rocksmith is currently Disorientated! (2/2) - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Rocksmith is currently Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Rocksmith uses an area-effect melee attack on the Cheerleaders:

Cheerleader 1 hit by Rocksmith's melee attack for 3 Attack, 3 Defence, 0 Health loss. Cheerleader 1 is knocked back by the shockwave, Cheerleader 1 is now Staggered for one turn! - -2 Defence
Cheerleader 2 hit by Rocksmith's melee attack for 3 Attack, 3 Defence, 0 Health loss. Cheerleader 2 is knocked back by the shockwave, Cheerleader 2 is now Staggered for one turn! - -1 Defence
Cheerleader 3 hit by Rocksmith's melee attack for 3 Attack, 3 Defence, 0 Health loss. Cheerleader 3 is knocked back by the shockwave, Cheerleader 3 is now Staggered for one turn! - -1 Defence
Cheerleader 4 hit by Rocksmith's melee attack for 3 Attack, 3 Defence, 0 Health loss. Cheerleader 4 is knocked back by the shockwave, Cheerleader 4 is now Staggered for one turn! - -1 Defence
Cheerleader 5 hit by Rocksmith's melee attack for 3 Attack, 3 Defence, 0 Health loss.
Cheerleader 6 hit by Rocksmith's melee attack for 3 Attack, 3 Defence, 0 Health loss.

Rock Hard: bonus 5 XP!

Darting for cover Sigma fires a volley at Cheerleader 1

Sigma recovers +1 Energy
Sigma is no longer Disorientated!
Sigma is currently Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Sigma uses a ranged attack on the Cheerleader 1:

Cheerleader 1 is currently Staggered! - -2 Defence
Cheerleader 1 hit by Sigma's ranged attack for 4 Attack, 1 Defence, 3 Health loss.
Sigma gains 3 XP!

Brick fires his SMG Full Auto at the Cheerleaders.

Brick recovers +1 Energy
Brick is currently Armed! - Base Attack = 6, all hostile targeted abilities disabled
Brick is currently Armoured! - +3 Defence
Brick is currently Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Brick uses Full Auto:

Cheerleader 1 is currently Staggered! - -2 Defence
Cheerleader 1 hit by Brick's Full Auto for 3 Attack, 1 Defence, 2 Health loss.
Cheerleader 2 is currently Staggered! - -1 Defence
Cheerleader 2 hit by Brick's Full Auto for 3 Attack, 2 Defence, 1 Health loss.
Cheerleader 3 is currently Staggered! - -1 Defence
Cheerleader 3 hit by Brick's Full Auto for 3 Attack, 2 Defence, 1 Health loss.
Cheerleader 4 is currently Staggered! - -1 Defence
Cheerleader 4 hit by Brick's Full Auto for 3 Attack, 2 Defence, 1 Health loss.
Cheerleader 5 hit by Brick's Full Auto for 3 Attack, 3 Defence, 0 Health loss.
Cheerleader 6 hit by Brick's Full Auto for 3 Attack, 3 Defence, 0 Health loss.
Thrash hit by Brick's Full Auto for 3 Attack, 10 Defence, 0 Health loss.
Brick is now Out Of Ammo! - Must reload SMG before using it again, Attack reverts to basic level = 3
Brick gains 5 XP!

Psy-Warp generates a telekinetic barrier around Thrash, trapping her.

Void's Void Sphere: Psy-Warp is currently Shielded! - +3 Defence
Psy-Warp is no longer Disorientated!
Psy-Warp is currently Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Psy-Warp uses Telekinetic Barrier -4 Energy:

Barrier is summoned around Thrash with 7 Health and 5 Defence
All characters now receive Shielded status effect when attacked by Thrash! - +5 Defence

TK Support: bonus 5 XP!

Bumblebee flies high above the rooftop before firing a volley of shock bolts down at Discord.

Bumblebee recovers +2 Energy
Float Like A Butterfly: -1 Energy; Bumblebee is Levitating! - Immune to ground-based attacks and effects, +4 Defence
Bumblebee is currently Armoured! - +3 Defence
Bumblebee is currently Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Bumblebee is now Ranged! - May only use ranged attacks and abilities on opponents, may only be targeted by ranged attacks and abilities by opponents
Bumblebee uses Sting Like A Bee on Thrash -4 Energy:

Thrash hit by Bumblebee's Sting Like A Bee for 5 Attack, 10 Defence, 0 Health loss. Thrash is now Shocked for three rounds - -3 Defence

Flight Control: bonus 2 XP!

Deimos relaxes and tries to recover her full potential.

Deimos recovers +1 Energy
Deimos is no longer Disorientated!
Deimos is currently Awakened! (1/2)
Deimos is currently Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Deimos Rests:

Deimos recovers +1 Energy

Heretic calls forth demonic power.

Heretic recovers +1 Energy
Heretic is currently Armed! - Base Attack = 6, all hostile targeted abilities disabled
Heretic is currently Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Heretic uses Demonic Chorus -5 Energy:

Heretic is now Weaponized for two turns! - +1 Attack, attacks cause Bleeding

Hellspawn: bonus 5 XP!

Flare opens fire on Thrash's drumkit.

Flare recovers +1 Energy
Flare is currently Armed! - +2 Attack
Flare is no longer Disorientated!
Flare is currently Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Flare makes a ranged attack against Thrash's Mystically-powered Drumkit:

Thrash is currently Shocked - -3 Defence
Thrash hit by Flare's ranged attack for 5 Attack, 7 Defence, 0 Health loss.
Mystically-powered Drumkit is immune to ranged attack: Indestructible!

Void summons another Void Sphere around the party

Void is no longer Disorientated!
Void is currently Armoured! (1/3) - +4 Defence
Void is currently Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Void uses Void Sphere -3 Energy:

Sphere 2 is summoned with 3 Defence
Sphere is banished as the power is diverted!

Psy-Warp is no longer Shielded!

Void is now Shielded! - +3 Defence
Rocksmith is now Shielded! - +3 Defence
Void is now Shielded! - +3 Defence
Flare is now Shielded! - +3 Defence
Brick is now Shielded! - +3 Defence
Heretic is now Shielded! - +3 Defence
Sigma is now Shielded! - +3 Defence
Psy-Warp is now Shielded! - +3 Defence
Deimos is now Shielded! - +3 Defence
Vex is now Shielded! - +3 Defence
Nightingale is now Shielded! - +3 Defence

Empty Handed: bonus 5 XP!

Charging forwards the Cheerleaders attack the heroes with lead pipes, chains, spiked baseball bats and other improvised weapons powered by the righteous anger of a fangirl enraged, all the while wailing out insane lyrics which seemed to blend in with Thrash's drumbeats.

Cheerleader 1 attacks Rocksmith with a spiked baseball bat:

Rocksmith is currently Disorientated! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Rocksmith is currently Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Rocksmith is currently Shielded! - +3 Defence
Rocksmith hit by Cheerleader 1's melee attack for 8 Attack, 3 Defence, 5 Health loss.
Rocksmith gains 4 XP!

Cheerleader 1's Rhythm's Coming Over Me triggers - Cheerleader 1 heals 1 Health
Cheerleader 2 attacks Deimos with a razor-sharp chain:

Deimos is currently Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Deimos is currently Shielded! - +3 Defence
Deimos hit by Cheerleader 2's melee attack for 8 Attack, 2 Defence, 6 Health loss.
Deimos gains 3 XP!

Cheerleader 2's Rhythm's Coming Over Me triggers - Cheerleader 2 heals 1 Health
Cheerleader 3 attacks Flare with a lead pipe:

Flare is currently Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Flare is currently Shielded! - +3 Defence
Flare hit by Cheerleader 3's melee attack for 8 Attack, 3 Defence, 5 Health loss.
Flare's Blazing Blood triggers:

Cheerleader 3 hit by Flare's heat-based attack for 5 Attack, 2 Defence, 3 Health loss.

Flare gains 7 XP!

Cheerleader 3's Rhythm's Coming Over Me triggers - Cheerleader 2 heals 2 Health
Cheerleader 4 attacks Heretic with a sharpened pool cue:

Heretic is currently Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Heretic is currently Shielded! - +3 Defence
Heretic hit by Cheerleader 4's melee attack for 8 Attack, 3 Defence, 5 Health loss.
Heretic's Unhallowed Presence triggers:

Cheerleader 4 is now Disturbed for one round! - -1 Defence

Heretic gains 4 XP!

Cheerleader 4's Rhythm's Coming Over Me triggers - Cheerleader 2 heals 1 Health
Cheerleader 5 attacks Sigma with a bar stool leg:

Sigma is currently Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Sigma is currently Shielded! - +3 Defence
Sigma hit by Cheerleader 6's melee attack for 8 Attack, 5 Defence, 3 Health loss.
Sigma gains 4 XP!

Cheerleader 6 attacks Vex with a large purple rubber... 'model rocketship':

Vex is currently Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Vex is currently Shielded! - +3 Defence
Vex hit by Cheerleader 6's melee attack for 8 Attack, 5 Defence, 3 Health loss.
Vex gains 4 XP!

Running short on medical supplies Nightingale dodges into cover and pushes herself as hard as she can to quickly produce some more.

Nightingale recovers +2 Energy
Nightingale is no longer Disorientated!
Nightingale is currently Downbeat! - -2 Defence, -2 Attack
Nightingale is currently Shielded! - +3 Defence
Nightingale uses Driven:

+2 Energy, -5 Health

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The entire party are standing on the rooftop in front of the stage covered by a shimmering bubble of void energy. They are surrounded by punk rock cheerleaders.

Thrash is on the stage trapped inside a telekinetic barrier

A helicopter is hovering above the bank rooftop, the down-thrust of its rotors playing around the heroes.

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Callsign: Discord
Real Name: ?

Discord

Role: Flanker
Stats: 0 / 6 / 8
Energy: 2
Power Origin: Magic
Power Set: Heavy Metal Harridan
Abilities:

• Power Cord - Energy Cost: 3
  ^{With a strum of her fingers Discord launches a powerful wave of sonic energy which causes her enemies' armour to resonate, causing them 1/₃ their Defence (rounded down) worth of Health loss and inflicts the Sundered status effect, causing 1/₃ (rounded down) reduction in their Defence. Sundered may stack with itself.}
• <UNKNOWN>
• <UNKNOWN>
• Mindbending Melody - Energy Cost: 6
  ^{Strumming her fingers with the twisted tones of the night Discord takes control of a single Male Heterosexual, Hermaphrodite, Bisexual or Female Homosexual target, inflicting the Mind Controlled status effect for the number of turns difference between her Attack and their Defence, to a minimum of 1 turn. While Mind Controlled any attack or ability the character uses must target one of their own allies.}

Traits:

• Flexible Where It Counts
  ^{Years of performing on stage have given Discord a highly toned and flexible body, allowing her to dodge and weave like a seasoned martial artist. Any time she's targeted by a ranged attack Discord gains +5 Defence.}
• Crowd Control
  ^{Discord revels in controlling the bodies and minds of her audience while performing. Whenever Discord manages to inflict a status effect against an opponent she gains the Energized status effect, gaining +1 Energy Regeneration until the end of the following round. Energized does not stack with itself.}

Race/Species: ?, Human
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Morality: Chaotic; Evil
Motivation: Pleasure

Callsign: Thrash
Real Name: ?

Thrash

Role: Flanker
Stats: 48 / 10 / 3
Energy: 5
Power Origin: Magic
Power Set: Devilish Drummer
Abilities:

• Crescendo - Energy Cost: 3
  ^{Breaking out into a long drum solo Thrash beats out the music so fast her enemies can barely keep themselves from collapsing. Crescendo grants Thrash the Beatdown status effect, inflicts a cumulative Downbeat status effect, which reduces her targets' Attack and Defence by 1, and then causes 2 Health loss for each Beatdown effect currently active. This ability bypasses all normal defenses and is counted as a field-wide effect which cannot be dodged or blocked.}
• <UNKNOWN>

Traits:

• <UNKNOWN>
• <UNKNOWN>
• <UNKNOWN>

Race/Species: ?, Human
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Morality: Chaotic; Evil
Motivation: Pleasure

Callsign: Cheerleader

Hell's Cheer Squad

Role: Blitzer
Power Origin: <UNKNOWN>
Power Set: <UNKNOWN>
Abilities:

• <UNKNOWN>

Traits:

• Rhythm's Coming Over Me
  ^{The Cheerleaders are not only used to hearing the Hell's Bitches play, they actually get off on it. Any turn where either Discord or Thrash have used a special ability each of the Cheerleaders heals Health equal to their own Defence.}
• <UNKNOWN>

Cheerleader 1 Cheerleader 2
Stats: 11 / 3 / 8 Stats: 15 / 3 / 8
Energy: ? Energy: ?

Cheerleader 3 Cheerleader 4
Stats: 13 / 3 / 8 Stats: 15 / 3 / 8
Energy: ? Energy: ?

Cheerleader 5 Cheerleader 6
Stats: 15 / 3 / 8 Stats: 15 / 3 / 8
Energy: ? Energy: ?

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Madison 'Nightingale' Johannson - [LINK]
Energy: 7/10
10 / 6(7) / 6(4)

Action: Driven: Nightingale doubles her energy regeneration for a round, but at the cost of 5 Health

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@rush99999 Rocksmith
@SimplyJohn Bumblebee
@Eklispe Flare
@knighthawk Brick
@GodOfWar Heretic
@Behemoth542 Sigma
@General Scales Psy-Warp
@KabenSaal Deimos
@Shadowman215 Void
@Leolycan Vex

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Recruits anyone for your gang (ps2)
R2, R2, R2, X, L2, L1, R2, L1, down, X

after activating this code, get a weapon that you can lock on to pedestrains, motorcyists (person driving a motorcycle), or biycist(pedestrain riding a biycle) then press "up" then the person you recruit will automatically recieve a rocket launcher(dumb-fire), unless they have a weapon of thier own.

@knighthawk

I'm surprised no-one's noticed all the potential recruits in the street below. They're still very thankful for not getting killed.

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If I can't post in the next couple of days you can auto pilot Vaerin. Currently trying to organize personal affairs at the moment.

@Shadowman215

Is there anything specific you'd like Void to be doing, or should he just auto-attack random targets?

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I might also point out those are not mere fans, we pissed off the groupies which is even worse.

@General Scales

I wouldn't worry too much, it's not like they're armed with RPGs or anything...

Umm... did anyone check whether they were armed with RPGs at all?

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And they are about to watch while a second gets laid out in roughly the same manner.

@KabenSaal

Watch out for Thrash's pet flying shark, it has a laser on its head.

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So these aren't just more mind controlled civilians then?

@rush99999

Since they went to the trouble of repainting a helicopter in the band's colours and dressed themselves up in stupid venue appropriate outfits before heading to the fight, including those oh-so-subtle panties, I think it's safe to say these are hardcore fans of the Hell's Bitches, not just temporary pawns.

Whether or not they've succumbed to the long-term effects of Discord's mind bending music or they're just really impressionable teenaged girls is something you can debate as much as you like, but either way they're fully devoted to their favourite band, and maybe just a little pissed that someone just laid one of their idols out.

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Or get blasted to the floor by Rocksmith's shock wave attack.

@rush99999

I'm sure a bunch of punk rock groupies who've attended countless hardcore concerts have no experience dealing with high intensity sound waves rippling through their bodies.

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@Eklispe@GodOfWar@Shadowman215 The girls are waiting to play, and if you don't post soon they may end up just having to play with each other.

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Well they are magic drum sticks after all so fuck logic.

@General Scales