The Lakelanders #6: Page 6

Regenerate:
Lone Wolf: 4+6 = 10
Baker King of the Seas: 5+10 = 15
Dr. Dementia: 3+3 = 6
Internet Carshaft: 5+10 = 15
Chimera: 2+6 = 8
DoomBot 1: 3+6 = 9
DoomBot 2: 9
DoomBot 3: 9
DoomBot 4: 9
DoomBot 5: 9
House: 9
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Lone Wolf:  These doombots look troublesome.  But then again, so does the size 62 boot that would fit a 30′ tall man.

“Are you going to be able to keep up doc?” asks LW, with a stupid grin on his face, clearly trying to express his physical superiority.

4 stones into close combat – attack

Starting right into the battle, LW drops a thunderous boot into the abdomen of one of the robotic clones.
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Baker King of the Seas:
“Pretty teammate: let your planet’s king show you what true strength is. Remember to be prepared for whatever traps IC has within!”
7 into strength (rip steel), 2 into Close Combat Defense
9 used, 6 remaining
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Dr. Dementia:
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Internet Carshaft:
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Chimera:  Not willing to be smugly shown up by a creature that swims in a pool of his own pee, Chimera decides to show off some of his own skills.

1 stone into ranged combat – He takes his pistol, cocks the action and squeezes the trigger, aimed at nothing in particular except the gigantic vessels they were hurled towards.

“Eat it, fish face,” he quips.   Time to play possum, he thinks to himself before he gingerly steps toward the gaping hole created by the over-sized fish stick.  No one ever really defined the term “playing possum” to Chimera, and since he is a celebrity, people neglect to correct him when he errs.  He would be crushed to find out he is wrong.

3 stones into invisibility

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DoomBot 1:
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DoomBot 2:
DoomBot 3:
DoomBot 4:
DoomBot 5:
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House:
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House

Summon – 2
Sustain – 1
Intel – 4
Strength – 1
Speed – 1
Agility – 1
Durability – 3

Diagnose – 5
– House has the ability to better diagnose if he waits and “thinks.” House’s Diagnose effectiveness equals
– (Stones Spent) x (Consecutive Pages Ability Unused + 1)

Self Defense – 2
– Only Usable if with cane. Cannot be used to attack.

Charisma – -2
– Easily pisses off teammates.

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Regenerate:
Lone Wolf: 4+8 = 12
Baker King of the Seas: 5+8 = 13
Dr. Dementia: 3+2 = 5
Internet Carshaft: 5+10 = 15
Chimera: 2+7 = 9
DoomBot 1:  3+6 = 9
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Lone Wolf: After a brief discussion, Lone Wolf interlaces his fingers and places them on his knee.  With not much more than a nod, Chimera comes charging directly at him, and with a small step, LW launches him towards the dark, waiting unknown.

2 stones into strength – Throw

Next, LW looks not nearly as cordially at Baker, and directs him to do the same.

2 stones into strength – Throw

With his partners headed space-ward, Lone Wolf knows that he is left on this rock with a handicapped partner.

2 stones into grow – “It feels good to stretch out like this”, he thinks to himself.
6 used, 6 remaining
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Baker King of the Seas: Getting manhandled by his former opponent is not exactly Baker’s favorite sport, but it must be allowed for in order to ensure his continued life upon the earth, 2/3 of which belong to him! He allows LW to throw him and springs into flight at incredible speed.
3 stones into Flight

3 used, 10 remaining
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Dr. Dementia:
Worried that about fighting anything wounded, the Dr decides to create a new friend. Perhaps a sarcastic friends who is surprisingly proficient with a scalpal.
2 stones into Summoning to summon House.
2 used, 3 remaining
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Internet Carshaft:
“I’ll pull you bastards out into outerspace and leave you there. It will be a fitting ending for you fools. Doomed to spend eternity talking to each other with nothing particularly interesting to do! It shall be my ultimate glory!”
5 into vehicle operation
5 used, 10 remaining
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Chimera: Having elected to be hurled towards IC and whatever creatures are waiting for him, Chimera is left quip-less.

3 stones into flight
3 used, 6 remaining
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DoomBot 1:
“Whatever you say, Internet. I shall obey!”
3 into vehicle operation
3 used, 6 remaining
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The new temporary teams made, their missions set and their tactics began, the plot is about to thicken…

LW runs over to Chimera and Baker and grabs each of them by the belt. With 1 under each arm he swings back and chucks both of them toward the sky and the rocketship rushing through the sky not too far from them. As they fly across the sky, the bullet like objects fired from the ship toward the mansion wizz by them. Each hero, using the power of their flight, to narrowly avoid being bowled over by the devices heading in the other direction at breakneck speed. As they fly with all their might toward the ship, they get their just before they run out of effort. Each reaches out and grabs for a piece of the ship they can hold onto. At that moment, Chimera knocks on the steel wall of the ship and shouts over to Baker through the face of his spacesuit, “Now what, Fish brain?!”

“What? You can’t punch through Steel? Ha. Why would one such as I team up with such a weakling? I’ll tear through this wall. You be ready for whatever is waiting for us on the other side. Got it?!” Yells Baker, the Strategist of the Oceans, back at his new partner.

Meanwhile…

Lone Wolf and Dr. Dementia look up at the sky and see that their teammates have made it past the incoming attack, but now, that attack is bearing in on them. As LW Grows to 30 feet tall in anticipation (I guess we’re assuming that his space suit can grow with him, for some reason), Dr. D starts waving his arms around as if doing a vogue dance. Suddenly, a window to another dimension opens, and a scruffy looking skinny guy steps through, cane in hand. “What the hell do you two idiots want? Why would you bother me with this rather than simply deal with it?”

And at that exact moment, the four bullets land in the atrium near our heroes. It turns out the 4 bullets were serving as pods. They all open to reveal Doombots within. 4 Doombots, each as evil as the last. Each hellbent on killing everything nearby!! Prepare for a fight!

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When the heroes start to hear the sizzle of the Lobster, Dr. D wanders forward and gently kicks the Electric Eel man into the brine as well. It seems like the advantage is back in The Lakelander’s favor; no longer is Ol’ Momentum on the side of Baker. He looks worried, but not at the aggressors; one invisible in a room above, one blocked by a giant rock monster, and one approaching from behind. He looks worried at the device that he threw at the wall. “It should have worked by now. He said it would work as soon as I threw it and it made contact with the building!”

“Who?” shouts Lone Wolf as he gentily jumps back over the fence dividing. “Are you working with someone?! I thought you were a loner! I thought you didn’t need anyone!”

“BAH! I may not need anyone’s help, but I never look a gift seahorse in the mouth. He promised that if I brought his device here, turned it on and had it make contact with your building, then I would instantly have Ms. Heigl as my wife and queen for the rest of eternity. I would no longer have to fight you fools. She would simply be mine.”

“Looks like you got duped, old man!” says Dr. D while briefly poking his head out from behind Rocky.

“I am never duped! I shall still defeat all three of you if I must.” He shouts from midair, raising his fists as he gently lands on the edge of the diving board to look briefly at his fallen compadres. A small tear falls from his eyes, into the water below. “I shall avenge thee, friends. You have fought with great honor!”

“You have to be kidding, weirdo. First, I carry you to the desert, then you think you can just wander up and magically whisk our friend away to the deep of the ocean. That would never work. We defeated you before and we’ll do it again!”

“You’ve defeated nothing!” shouts Baker. At that exact moment, the ground below them starts to shake. Lone Wolf grabs the fense, trying to hold on for safety. Invisible in his room, Chimera grabs hold of a nearby doorknob to steady himself. Instead of steadying himself, Dr. Dementia is too fixated on the device that Baker threw. It’s no longer leaning on it’s side on the ground. It has jolted itself upright and the lights on both end have grown signficantly brighter. The device seems to be expanding and digging into the concrete upon which it’s laying. The device is what is making the building shake.

Then without any additional warning, the building, the concrete beneath and a swatch of land approximately 100 yards in diameter eject from the ground heading straight up to the sky at incredible speed.

“What have you done?!” Shouts LW at Baker.

“All I wanted to do was have Katherine for my own! I should have known better than to trust that two-bit double crosser, Internet Carshaft! Everyone knows better than to deal with you!” says baker over the shaking and rumbling of the building taking off from the ground. Chimera thinks of joining the conversation, only to realize that The Lakelanders themselves have been duped by Internet Carshaft into working with him in the previous issue.

“Well, I do have a set of space suits inside the building, we could jump inside those?” suggests Dr. D.

“Why do you have space suits?” Asks LW to which Dr. Dementia replies with the boy scout salute. Rocky, liking his boss, gives the salute as well.

At this rate, there’s not much time, at most 2 page before The Lakelanders, Baker, the mansion, the pool and the ground around them is ejected from Earth’s atmosphere and sent into outerspace! There are quite a few options for our heroes… they’ll just have to use their “hyper intelligence” to get out of this one…

Regenerate:
Lone Wolf: 4+6 = 10
Baker King of the Seas: 5+8 = 13
Dr. Dementia: 3+4 = 7
Internet Carshaft: 15
Electric Eel Man: Dead!
Chimera: 2+9 = 11
Lobster Broham: Dead!
Rocky Arbuckle: 4+2 = 6
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Lone Wolf: Although the prospect of taking a cheap shot at Baker is alluring to Lone Wolf, he decides to conserve his energy, and ultimately preserve his life. He runs into the mansion and puts on the largest space suit he can find.

As untrusting as ever, he then questions the still suspicious of Baker.

2 stones into Interrogation to find out what he knows of the situation
2 used, 8 remaining
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Baker King of the Seas: Baker, being a loner and long standing king of the seas, looks around for an attempt to find something to help him attack his doublecrossing former-partner. He overhears Dr. D mention the space suits and decides that, if the four of them are about to end up in outer space, he had better figure out a way to breath. He can breathe under the sea, but that doesnt mean that he can breath wihtout air. He knows at this point that he’s got to get on the good side of the Lakelanders, if its only for now. He puts his mighty King brain to work and devises what he thinks is quite the master plan…

4 stones of intelligence, 1 into leadership in hopes that though the Lakelanders are not sea animals, they will still see his plan to be reasonable.
5 used, 8 remaining
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Dr. Dementia:
“In space, no one can hear your motorized cart hum.” The Dr cruises over to his fancy closet and throws on one of the space suits. “Need to send down the always helpful Rocky until we figure out what is going on here in space.” Dementia waves his hands, and then places one under his chin as he considers their predicament.

3 stones into unsummoning Rocky
2 stones into concentration to learn anything he can about what is happening and what kind of danger they should be on the look out for.
5 used, 2 remaining
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Internet Carshaft: “Hmmm, appears to be far less panic down there than I expected,” he says to himself as he twittles and flicks various knobs at the complicated cockpit display in front of him. “Doombot 1! increase starboard burn 2% and fix the oscillation mechanism to heading 125″ he shouts at the Doombot robot nearby him. The robot follows the orders precisely. “hmmm, Maybe, they don’t comprehend the direness of their situation. Maybe… I should make them comprehend it!” He says as he flicks two switches to his left and turns two knobs to his left. The ship starts whirring and something seems to be firing up. [New Ability Revealed - Vehicle Operation - 5]

Doombots! – Int – 1, Str – 3, Spd – 3, Agl – 3, Dur – 3

Doombots are replicas of Internet Carshaft. They look, sound and act just like him. They can’t come up with plans on their own and they can’t lead other doombots, but if programed correctly by IC, they should be able to conduct the same activities as him. Frighteningly, Internet Carshaft seems to have a limitless supply of them within his Tower of Doom.
Abilities: Same as IC, minus Leadership, Luck, and Power Armor Durability Bonus
Unable to create plans on their own. If disuaded from their mission or defeated, will become lifeless and disintegrate within minutes.

4 into vehicle operation to fly the shuttle and 1 into leadership.
5 used, 10 remaining
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Chimera: “Looks like we’re in for a ride, boys!” chimes Chimera. He swings inside the window of the mansion to grab some more ammunition and a space suit. He then looks for a laser pistol, something more suitable for space warfare.

“Listen, Baker, we’re going to need you on our side for this fight. IC dicked you over just as much as he has us! Can we trust you?”

4 stones into Diplomacy
4 used, 7 remaining
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Doombot 1:
The Doombot follows orders.
3 into vehicle operations
3 used, 6 remaining
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“Of course, I will join with your team (temporarily), as you have asked with such honor and grace, good sir.” says Baker to Chimera as he reaches for a spacesuit and starts to pull it over his scaley body. He’s can feel the air getting thin up here and he knows the team will have to wrok quickly to defeat the evil Internet Carshaft. Chimera’s Diplomacy has worked

“HEY! Before you do anything, jerk, you’re going to tell me what you know!” yells LW as he grabs Baker by the scruff.

“I have no time for arguments! I will tell you what I know, but you must not interrupt me again, you vile beast.” LW’s Interrogation has worked “The device I brought with me is called The Rebounder. It works like a giant magnet and once it’s activated, there’s essentially nothing you can do on this end to get it to let go of what it’s latched on to. IC’s got a staff-sized device which has a button at the end. When he presses that button the two devices pull toward one another with incredible force. I’m guessing he’s got the other end of the rebounder up on that ship. We need to get on that ship and take him out!”

“Now for my plan! Its clear that we need to get over to that ship in order to destroy the Rebounder. It is my belief that we need to send 2 of us up to IC’s ship to attack. He will not be expecting us, and will likely not even know we’re there…”

“How are we going to get there!” shouts LW at his enemy turned friend.

Baker takes a deep breath to relax himself, not being used to being interrupted. “Clearly, the good Dr cannot reach the ship, so that leaves the other 3 of us. You, pretty boy, can fly as well as I can, but at the speed of his ship, I don’t think we could make it there without a boost. You, tubby. You’ll have to throw us at the ship.”

“Good king Baker,” Interjected Dr. D politely, after seeing how poorly he took the last interruption, Dr. Dementia’s Concentration has worked“I think there might be a slight flaw in your plans. I’ve been looking closely at IC’s ship since we took off from the ground and I think that IC has dire intentions for us. His ship seems to be preparing to fire at us. Now, if I know anything about interplanetary spacecraft, It appears as though what he is going to fire is not a gun or weapon, but a low accelleration weapon. This type of weapon doesnt send bullets or rockets, but items. Things you’d intend to land where they are fired. In other words, hes not firing upon us, he’s intending on sending something to us”

“Thank you for the interjection, crippled one. We could attempt to intercept those devices, whatever they may be, but in the interest of time and protecting us from getting too far outside of our atmosphere, I suggest we continue with my course of action. You two staying behind should prepare yourself for a battle. It doesn’t look like the evil one is going to make this easy on us. Lakelanders, do you agree to this plan of attack?”

Meanwhile, IC’s ship has ran its course of manipulation and has began it’s firing methods. 4 shots are taken, headed toward the Mansion. They look like enormous bullets, but thanks to Dr. D’s concentration, the team knows that they are not bullets, but, more likely, bad guys to fight or traps.
Starcraft Operation: Difficulty 8 vs. Vehicle Operation (IC) 4 + Vehicle Operation (DoomBot1) 3 + Leadership (IC) 1 = Success

So… here’s the situation…
You have 2 pages to before you leave earth’s atmosphere. Mind you, with the space suits on, you’re probably not too worried about being in outerspace temporarily. If you destroy the Rebounder in that time, the Mansion will fall back to earth (which I’m not sure is actually the best idea, but whatever). What you’re not sure of is how long it will take Internet Carshaft to complete his dastardly plot once he’s gotten you out into space. Your choice now is to follow Baker’s plan (have LW throw Chimera and Baker at the ship, thus increasing their flying speeds) or come up with a different one before the next page begins.

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Regenerate:
Lone Wolf: 4+2 = 6
Baker King of the Seas: 5+8 = 13
Dr. Dementia: 3+5 = 8
Electric Eel Man: KO’d for 23 more panels
Chimera: 2+12 = 14
Lobster Broham: 4+4 = 8
Rocky Arbuckle: 4+6 = 10
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Lone Wolf:  Disappointed to see that Baker’s power was not immediately drained in the middle of the desert, Lone Wolf trudges back toward the mansion under the white-hot sun. 

During his long walk back, he does manage to realize the strategy of divide and conquer might work best in this situation.  He’ll have to wait until he gets back to find out what is going on though.

Alone, he opts not to use any stones for defense.  Tired, he opts not to waste any more energy rushing back.
0 used, 6 remaining
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Baker King of the Seas:
Baker, infuriated by the attempt to keep him from his efforts and his team, flies back into the fray as fast as he can. When he gets back to the area of the mansion, he reaches down into his speedo, which he wears everywhere he goes, and pulls out a phallic shaped device. The metallic device has a red blinking light on both sides of it and is about the size of a football. He rears back and chucks it with what he thinks is perfect aim at the recently opened window of the upstairs window.

3 into flight, 2 into strength
5 used, 8 remaining
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Dr. Dementia: “Yeowwwwww.” Not really equipped to take a beating, the Dr feels like he has to kick things back a notch and try to defend himself. The Dr cruises behind his rock monster and has him put himself in the way of any attacks the Dr might receive. He won’t be going into full defense, trying to finish up his plan with the pool.
Puts 3 Stones into sustaining Rocky
Puts 3 Stones into Create Elements to bring to the pool to a full boil.

6 used, 2 remaining
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Electric Eel Man: KO’d for 20 more panels
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Chimera:  Despite having only one foe at the moment, Chimera has many options to consider.  Will he gain from invisibility, or is his lofty position enough of an advantage?  What happened in he desert with LW?  Should he wait and see who comes back?

After he weighs the outcomes of each move in his head, he decides to step in for Dr. D.

3 stones into ranged combat – sniper rifle – Chimera reloads and cocks the action back before taking aim through the sight, and squeezing the trigger.  The rifle is aimed expertly at LB’s right pincer. 

“What is the sound of half a claw pinching, jackass!?”  he exclaims as he fires the gun.

2 stones into invisibility – Chimera disappears then jumps back inside the window, peeking over to see any outcome, but not so dumb as to remain in the exact same spot as before.

5 used, 9 remaining
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Lobster Broham:
“Yes! Hurt Dr!” Says the lobster as he makes an attempt to continue his attacks upon the good Doctor. Since there’s no one here to lead him, the Lobster thinks the same attack as last time should do the trick. He swings an attack with his same pinchers, sure of himself that he can break the Doctor’s defenses again.
6 stones into close combat
6 used, 2 remaining
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Rocky Arbuckle: “No hurt Dr!”
5 Stones into Stone Throw at the filthy lobster, with an attempt to knock the Lobster into the pool.
3 Stones into Close Combat Defense to protect Dr Dementia.
8 used, 2 remaining
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Lone Wolf wanders toward the mansion, disappointed that his plan did not work to perfection. He manages to get within a few hundred yards of the mansion before his panel is over. He’s tired, but has definitely gotten close enough to be back in the action on the next panel (which is important to note for what is going to happen on at the end of the page)…

Baker, contrarily, zooms back to the mansion. He pulls the football from his short short trousers and launches it toward the building. Thing is… Baker has no ranged combat skills, so his throw, which he is throwing while traveling extremely fast himself, is not quite accurate enough to go through the window. It hits the outside wall and falls seemingly harmless to the side of the building bouncing off a lawn chair and rolling toward the edge of the pool.

Dr. Dementia attempts to retreat from any upcoming attacks and ups his defenses. But at the same time, he knows he needs to finish the job of heating up that pool to cool the two monsters nearby. He starts his effort toward heating the pool and realizes that it is boiling much sooner than he expected. Don’t want to boil all the water off before he can use it to cook some lobster, so he decides to keep those extra stones for himself! only 1 more stone needed to bring pool to boil. 2 stones moved to magical barrier

Chimera from his perch in the window that Baker just tried to throw a football sized penis through, prepares the sites on his sniper rifle. He aims for the pincher and tries to end the attack of the opponent before he is able to instill more damage upon Dr. Dementia.
3 ranged combat + 3 sniper rifle vs. 1 Lobster Shell = 5 stones of damage
Lobster Broham takes 5 stones of damage

Lobster Broham is sure that his attack will work this time again. He lunges forward to make an attack but the Rock Monster tries to get in the way and block the attack. The defensive maneuver moved Lobster out of position and his pincher attack is no longer able to fully be effective. It glances across Rocky’s chest and
6 close combat + 1 pinchers vs. 3 Rocky Defense + 5 toughness = FAIL!

After successfully taking the pincher right on the chest, Rocky wanders over, grabs a giant rock from the ground and chucks it over at Lobster Broham. “Whoops! I forgot to defend myself” Into the boiling water he goes and out of the heroes life he goes forever.
5 Rock Throwing vs. 1 Hard Shell = 4 stones of damage to Lobster Broham
Lobster Broham has taken 9 stones of damage and is loses 3 health and is KOd for 18 panels (and since you expertly boiled the water, well, i guess he’s dead too

Then suddenly….

The Lakelanders #6: Page 2

Regenerate:
Lone Wolf: 4+6 = 10
Baker King of the Seas: 5+6 = 11
Dr. Dementia: 5+7 = 12
Electric Eel Man: 2+8 = 10
Chimera: 2+13 = 15
Lobster Broham: 4+6 = 10
Rocky Arbuckle: 12
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Lone Wolf:  Clearly now more annoyed that just missing a chance at a swim, an injured Lone Wolf is not a happy Lone Wolf.  He exchanges a series of glances with his fellow heroes to communicate a series of moves with seemless intuition.

Working like a well-crafted machine, this cog is ready to do his part.  Rather than retaliating against the lobster, the team has persuaded him to follow another path…

Lone Wolf grabs the rubber tarp that Dr. D uses to keep bugs out of the pool (because he is afterall afraid of bugs, big and small), and proceeds to wrap up the relatively small Baker, King of the Sea.

1 free stone into teamwork
2 stones into strength - Lone Wolf picks up the wrapped villian and hoists him over his shoulder.
6 stones into speed - Lone Wolf hauls a packaged Baker 2 miles into the desert.
“Hope you brought sun-screen,” mumbles Lone Wolf under his breath as he begins to walk back toward the mansion.

8 used, 2 remaining
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Baker King of the Seas:
Realizing that his efforts are leading toward a victory, Baker continues the tactics. He lets his teammates know what/how they should proceed, and continues from there. He flies up into the air with incredible swiftness to try to follow Chimera into the armory that he had left wide open by breaking through the window. When he arrives there, he intends to finish the job he started last page.

2 into flight, 1 into Leadership
3 used, 8 remaining
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Dr. Dementia:
“This is a very dangerous situation. Although Ghandi’s flight and protection could be helpful here, I don’t think he would appreciate Rocky casting stones.” And he also thinks to himself that he smells dinner in the future . . .
1 free team stone into Team Work
3 Stones into sustaining Rocky
1 Stone into Create Elements to begin heatting up the pool
2 Stones into Magic Barrier around Dr

7 used, 5 remaining
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Electric Eel Man:
Taking his cue from Baker, and knowing the plan that they Baker had set forth to him before they had arrived on the scene, Electric Eel Man moves his attention. He remembers the instructions that Baker revealed told him when they were back in the underwater kingdom: “Remember, when Dr. Dementia brings an additional combatant to the field, turn your attention to the Doctor. The plan I worked out with my ‘partner in crime’ is that we should create as much havoc as possible and disable the brains of their operation.” Electric Eel Man knows what he must do. He lunges forward and prepares to attack Dr. D with his patented SHAKE ATTACK.

4 stones into Close Combat
4 used, 6 remaining
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Chimera:  “Yeeouch! Shocking how much that mother-f’ing hurts.”
Although newly supplied with a scoped high-power rifle, Chimera feels drained from being on the business end of that eel.
Loading the rifle with hollow-tipped rounds that will both penetrate and expand after impact, Chimera unnecessarily uses the scope for such a close target.

1 free team stone into Team Work
3 stones into ranged combat - Chimera fires off a series of rounds aimed directly at the slimey, snake-like creature.

3 used, 12 remaining
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Lobster Broham:

Also knowing the instructions given to him before leaving the ocean for this scummy gross desert Mansion, Lobster Broham knows what is expected of him. Dr. D has to go down. That’s the only way to cause enough havoc in this well oiled machine of a team to disorient them. A Giant lobster claw pincher slam should do the trick.

6 stones into close combat
6 used, 4 remaining
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Rocky Arbuckle:
“No touch the scary eel. Still make him hurt”

6 Stone into Rock Throwing at Electric Eel Man
6 used, 6 remaining
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Acting quickly, Lone Wolf grabs up the tarp from the side of the pool, quickly rolls it out and wraps it around Baker. He grabs him, runs him into the middle of the desert as fast and efficiently as he can. When he gets there, he looks back at the lights of the mansion and guesses that they made it nearly 2 miles away in the matter of a moment. He bends over at the waist, pants a little, and notices that Baker has taken flight, but ever so slightly too late.

With his amazing speed of flight, Baker is able to fly halfway back to the mansion in the matter of a single moment. He isn’t able to help his teammates as he had hoped, and his ability to fight is hampered by being a mile away from the fight, but he’s closer than Lone Wolf is…
No Leadership available, 1 stone refunded

Meanwhile back at da mansion….

Dr. Dementia, careful as always, attempts to defend himself from the incoming attacks from the monsters by his pool. The first attack comes from Electric Eel Man. The Hoverround protects him from a significant portion of the blow, while the magical barrier protects him from a significant additional portion, but there is one tiny part of the attack that he can’t stop… the Electrocution.
4 close combat + 1 electrocute vs. 2 hoverround + 2 magical barrier = success
Dr. Dementia takes 1 stone of damage

As the shake attack takes hold, and the electric eel narrowly injures Dr. D, suddenly a bullet slips through the left arm and into the slimy ribs of the Electric Eel man. From the upstairs window of the mansion, Chimera fist pumps the sky knowing his attack works well, especially from a distance.
3 ranged combat + 3 sniper rifle vs. 0 defense
Electric Eel Man takes 6 stones of damage

Meanwhile, Lobster Broham has his attack all set and ready to go after Dr. D himself. Raising one hand way over his head, he reaches out with the other claw and grabs Dr. D by the nose. He breaks through the barrier and pulls his other claw down on the top of the head of Dr. D, putting a ridiculous dent on the top of his head.
6 close combat + 1 pincher = 2 hoverround + 2 magical barrier = success
Dr. Dementia takes 3 stones of damage, now at 4

As Electric Eel circles the drain, waivering toward falling into the now boiling water of the chlorinated pool. Electric Eel thinks he can manage to stay awake, until a giant boulder of cement is hurled toward him at breakneck speed, connecting with his face and barreling him into the water.
6 rock throwing vs. 0 defense = success
Electric Eel takes 6 stones of damage, now at 12

DAMAGE REPORT
Electric Eel Man takes 12 damage, loses 2 health, KO’d for 24 panels
Dr. Dementia takes 4 damage, loses 2 health

The Lakelanders #6: Page 1

Lobster Broham – Int – 2, Str – 5, Spd – 2, Agl – ?, Dur – 4

With a body in the shape of a man, but the hard shell of a lobster and razor sharp pinchers instead of hands
Abilities: Close Combat – 3 (Strength Bonus)
Pinchers: [+1] Attack
Lobster Shell Skin: [+???] Defense

Electric Eel Man – Int – 2, Str – 2, Spd – 4, Agl – 4, Dur – 4

With a body in the shape of a man, but the head of an Eel and a clear electricity coursing through his body.
Abilities: Close Combat – 2 (Agility Bonus)
Electrocute – [+1] : Injures opponent with Elemental damage at Touch
??? – ???

Regenerate:
Lone Wolf: 12
Baker King of the Seas: 15
Dr. Dementia: 15
Electric Eel Man: 12
Chimera: 15
Lobster Broham: 12
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Lone Wolf:  “No way, no how.  Not in my house,” Lone Wolf screams, clearly pissed that he is missing his long awaited chance of a secluded swim.

Learning from his latest battles, the hero has quickly learned that one element that has helped him to be so successful has been his brute strength, rather than any other tools he developed in the cold Russian tundra.

2 stones into growth – Lone Wolf, at 40′ tall, towers over the seemingly miniature foes, flexes his expanded body.  Ever since he discovered this mutant power, he needs to reacclimate himself to his new skin.

4 stones into close combat – attack – Lone Wolf attempts to kick the soft body of the electric eel man.  With any luck or force, the kick will lift the squishy enemy over the fence around the pool.  This is designed to keep the electric dude away from water, but also his slimey hands might not be able to work the gate.

6 used, 6 remaining. Max energy increased to 18, durability to 6
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Baker King of the Seas:
“Fools! I’ve come to take my revenge on you! You shall not defeat the three of us. We are incredibly powerful and you should know better than to mess with the King!” Baker decides it’s time for him to get into the fight. He can’t miss his opportunity to prove to the humans in front of him that he is not a power to be messed with. So, with that, he decides to attack the newest member of the team first, knowing that he can get to him before he is able to escape…
5 stones into Close Combat – Attack of Chimera

In addition, being the master strategist, he’s always prepared for an attack when he least expects it. Defense must never be forgotten on the open seas. 3 stones into Close Combat – Defense

And, knowing that this fight will be difficult, he takes care to make sure his team is well prepared. He shouts out instructions and encouraging words to the beings that our heroes consider to be monsters. The monsters are emboldened and are better ready for the fight. 1 stone into Leadership

9 used, 6 remaining
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Dr. Dementia:
“I see we are starting right away. And with those ugly beasts over there, I think we are going to need some extra brute strength. Give us a helping hand here Rocky.”
Puts 6 stone into summoning Rocky Arbuckle
Puts 2 stone into Magic Barrier around the Dr.

8 used, 7 remaining
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Electric Eel Man:
With his leader preparing him well, the slimy Electric Eel Man prepares to fight, knowing who his target is supposed to be. He heads to the other side of the pool to attack the strong good looking one. The celebrity and levelheaded one. Chimera! The team knew that he would easily be the most elusive opponent, so they decided to attack him, before he was able to escape via flight or invisibility. The attack is strong, but uncoordinated. Add to the punch his automatic electrocution of anyone that touches him and this is a very strong attack.
4 stones into Close Combat

4 used, 8 remaining
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Chimera:  2 stones into flight – Never one to prefer a one on fight, Chimera flies up to the roof of the mansion.

“Hey Dr. D., I can see your house from up here!” Chimera clearly amused himself by stating the obvious, that he is in fact on top of Dr. Dementia’s house.

Chimera then disappears into an elevated window, fetching a high-powered rifle from the armory.

2 used, 13 remaining
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Lobster Broham:
The lobster man has a different tactic given to him by the fearless sea leader. He intends to take care of some business, but not against Chimera. Knowing that Chimera is likely too fast for him to be able to catch up with, Baker has told Lobster to go after one of the slow ones. Baker’s plan, knowing the weaknesses and strengths of his opponents, does not involve attacking the good doctor. No. Not yet… Instead, he knows that for now, Lone Wolf’s strength is far too formidable to leave to roam free. An attack is definitely in order.
6 stones into close combat

6 used, 6 remaining
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Upon growing to a 40 ft tall being and stretching out his muscles to prepare for the incoming battle, LW runs forth to attempt to punt the Electric Eel man completely out of the fight. Before EE can realize what is happening, he has a size 100 boot caving in his chest cavity. At the exact moment that the overwhelming kick hits the Electric Eel Man’s chest, his innate super-power kicks back, sending a small electrical shock all the way up LW’s foot to the top of his head.
4 close combat vs. 0 defense = success!
Electric Eel Man takes 4 stones of damage, loses 2 health

1 electrical damage vs. 0 defense = Success!
Lone Wolf takes 1 stone of damage

Baker, while shouting orders to the other monsters, runs straight across the water over to where Chimera is standing and proceeds to unleash a ridiculous jump roundhouse kick, connecting with Chimera’s jaw. The kick has such power that Chimera flips through the air from the sheer force of the attack, landing on his back, yards away.
5 close combat vs. 1 Kevlar = success!
Chimera takes 4 stones of damage

Placing the ever important magical barrier around himself, Dr. Dementia swings his arms from side to side, up and down, around in circles, and suddenly, a wild looking portal appears and an old friend comes stepping through, excited to be back in business. “Rocky Arbuckle here, sir. At your service”

Electric Eel man is next to attack and, thanks to Baker’s expert planning, his attack hits home brilliantly. He runs up to Chimera, picks him up over his head and shakes him violently, using his amazing SHAKE ATTACK! In so doing, the electric attack occurs and Chimera is singed to a crisp.
4 close combat + 1 electrical damage + 1 Leadership (from Baker) vs. 1 Kevlar = success!
Chimera takes 5 stones of damage, now totaling 9 stones

Chimera shakes off this double attack and shaking his head to get the cobwebs out. He stands back to his feet and knowing that he can’t stand still any longer, he’s gotta get outta there. Chimera flies to an upstairs window and dives full force into the window, breaking the glass everywhere and entering the room just outside of his hidden armory in Dr. D’s mansion.

Meanwhile, back by the pool, there is still attacking going on. Lobster Broham has an attack all ready to go. His opponent has grown far too large to attack normally, so LB goes after the most effective point on the body he can reach. He swings around behind Lone Wolf and takes a big giant pinch of his Achilles’ heel. “OWWWWWW! That really really hurt!” yelps LW as he hops on one foot.
6 close combat +1 leadership (from Baker) +1 Pinchers vs. 4 Reflexive Dodge = success
Lone Wolf takes 4 stones of damage, now totaling 5 stones

DAMAGE REPORT
Lone Wolf takes 5 stones of damage, Loses 2 health, now at 4.
Chimera takes 9 stones of damage, loses 3 health, now at 2.
Electric Eel Man takes 4 stones of damage, Loses 2 health, now at 2.+

The Lakelanders #6: Mission Intro

The Lakelanders #6: The Diabolical Duo Join Forces!

The team narrowly escapes Internet Carshaft’s Tower of Doom, but they know, they’ll have to deal with that villain once again, soon enough. They head to Midway Airport and charter a private jet for the trip home to Vegas. While on the flight, the team catalogs everything that they learned about the villain and the Tower of Doom that they were in ever so briefly.

The plane touches down and the team, thanks to the french masseuse Dr. D hired to take the flight with them, feels fully refreshed and ready to relax poolside for a bit, waiting patiently for the next Super Villain to take a swipe at them. Luckily enough, they don’t have to wait long.

When the team returns to the mansion, Lone Wolf heads straight for the pool, while the others head to various rooms to unpack. There, by the pool, lounging with two odd looking monsters is an old opponent of The Lakelanders. “Why Hello, infidel!!”

“Oh great” says Lone Wolf sarcastically, “not this guy again.” The team rush to the platform to see Baker: King of the Seas floating easily above the pool. Next to him are two hideous creatures that the team has never seen before. One is some sort of Human-Eel Hybrid, with the arms and legs of a man and the head of an eel. When the Lakelanders walk into the room, the Eel brightens with tiny bolts of lightening up and down it’s arms. On the other side of Baker is an even more frightening being. Some sort of giant grotesque lobster man stands there. Standing there at nearly 9 feet tall, the lobster man has the legs of a man, but the massive muscle-y arms with razor sharp lobster claws at the end.

“What are you doing here Baker!? What do you want from us!?” Yells Chimera, entering the patio with Dr. D in tow.

“I’m here to kill you and take Katherine Heigl with me to be the Queen of my mysterious ocean kingdom! We are in love and you three know it as well as anyone!”

“You must be kidding, the two of you have never met!” yells Dr. D, hoping that Katherine would not be wooed by their opponents good looks. “She’ll never go with you”

“We shall see, shan’t we?”

Primary Mission 1: Avoid Defeat at the hands of Baker and his cronies in the initial fight of this issue.

Primary Mission 2: ??????

The Lakelanders #5: Page 12

With the door open, our heroes and their compadres head out into the hallway. They look both left and right and can’t decide which way to turn. To their left, at the end of the hallway appears to be a glass door leading out onto a balcony of some sort. It’s clear that the team is a few floors off the ground, but it’s hard to tell how far because they are too far away to look down to the ground. To the right, There’s an elevator door and a few doors nearby.

“Bwa-ha-ha! You think you can get away so easily? You think I control only this room. This is my Tower of Doom! You shall never escape with your lives!” says IC as he makes the final tweeks of his device. he presses the middle button and suddenly the tables are turned. The Lakelanders and friends look to the hall where the elevator is and now the distant wall has turned from a simple dead end to horrible spikes! And they seem to be closing in blocking the entire hall way!!! If the team doesn’t watch out, this hallway is going to turn into a giant meat grinder, with them as the hamburger! “Looks like we don’t have a ton of options. Head to the balcony doors!!” yells Katherine to the team…

Regenerate:
Lone Wolf: 5+5 = 10
Dr. Dementia: 5+5 = 10
Internet Carshaft = 4+10 = 14
Chimera: 5+5 = 10
Goodbeard: 4+8 = 12 max
Katherine Heigl: 1+1 = 2
‘Lil Gandhi: 4+9 = 12max
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Lone Wolf:  Lone Wolf walks up to the edge of the window, and knowing that the danger behind him is greater than the fall, he takes off his shirt and wraps it around his fist.

3 stones into close combat – attempts to break the window.

3 stones into acrobatics – jumps out the window.
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Dr. Dementia:
Seeing the open window, the Dr encourages Ghandi to head out the window. Noticing their female friend’s lack of jumping and flying ability, the Dementia grabs her and throws her over his lap. “Get us out that window Lil!”
Puts 1 into sustaining Ghandi
Puts 2 into magic barrier around those on the chair
Puts 1 into Create Elements to throw some ice behind the team to try and slip up Doom if he tries to follow
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Internet Carshaft:
IC, knowing that his chances to kill off his opponents are running out, presses the button hard… He then turns to his opponents and tries to level a blow on one of his former teammates that will end their struggle with him, forever!
1 stone into technology, 5 stones into Ninja Close Combat against Dr. Dementia
6 used, 8 remaining
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Chimera:  Wanting to create a good impression on this newly acquired rival, Chimera turn back to face him once more, and lets some lead fly.

2 stones into ranged combat

Chimera puts extra focus on aiming for his knee.  “Every bad guy deserves a kick ass limp with a story behind it.”

2 stones into flight – Chimera then leaps out the window behind his friends.
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Goodbeard:
Fearing for his life, he follows the rest of the team out the window. He runs full force towards it and jumps with the hopes of landing safely on the ground.
3 into speed, 1 into agility
4 used, 8 remaining
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Katherine Heigl:
laying face down on Dr. D’s limp lap isn’t exactly where a hollywood starlet like Katherine would like to find herself. But safety is better than pride in this situation.
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‘Lil Gandhi:
“I do not care for that man over there! I would like to see us leave him behind indeed!” says our Indian friend. He continues to carry Dr. D and now Katherine and scampters toward the window and outdoors and freedom.
2 into flight, 2 into shield of tranquility
4 used, 8 remaining
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With the Walls crashing in on them Lone Wolf runs over to the window and looks down. It looks like the team is only a few floors off the ground, an easy jump for him and an easy flight for the rest of them. The really weird thing is that the building they are in is surrounded by a giant moat, which is especially odd since they are in the middle of a city (the city being Chicago, btw). A moat the size of a city street surrounds the building, making LW’s jump a little hairy. He breaks the glass and takes the leap, gracefully diving into the waters below.

Suddenly some gators come swimming toward him, with a giant gator hiding behind them only now noticing him in the waters. He punches one gator in the face, reverse elbows another, swims to the far bank and escapes the moat before the giant gator can get close enough to reveal his plans for our hero. He shakes off the water and begins to run away from Internet Carshaft’s Tower of Doom.

At the same time Dr. D and Chimera are attempting to escape through safer flight-based methods. The good doctor grabs the female of the group, puts her on his lap and scurries down the hall trying to escape the incoming attack from IC. He sees that IC is reving up for a super punch of his former teammate. He throws a little ice on the ground. Internet comes barreling forward, wreckless abandon, with his metal laden fist clinched and cocked. Suddenly, he slips on the ice and his punch barrels forward out of control. The fist barrels through the magical barrier and the shield of tranquility, but Dr. D is able to avoid the hit. He slips out of the way only to be hit across the face with the fist as IC clumsily tries to get his balance back. A lucky strike, but a powerful one, nonetheless.
5 Ninja – 1 slippery ice vs. 2 shield of tranquility + 2 magical barrier + 2 Hoverround = fail
LUCK is applied!
5 Ninja – 1 slippery ice + 3 Luck vs. 2 shield of tranquility + 2 magical barrier + 2 Hoverround = success!
Dr. D takes 1 stone of damage, loses 1 health

After taking the attack like a champ, Dr. D flies away thanks to slow moving Lil Gandhi. “This will not stand, ya know, this aggression will not stand, man!” he says as he, Katherine, and Gandhi slowly and tranquilly fly away.

Chimera flips a few bullets back at Internet Carshaft before taking off and heading back to the Lakelanders mansion. The bullets fly back through the room and hit their mark brilliantly, but Internet’s power armor is too thick for the expertly placed bullets to penetrate this time. The power armor makes the bullets glance off and IC continues to go about his business. Chimera, upset that his attack failed, flies out the window, following the rest of his team.

Goodbeard, forgotten by the rest of the good guys tries to fend for himself. He jumps out the window and cannonballs into the moat that Lone Wolf just left. He, however, is not lucky enough to avoid the gators. They bite him many times and the Giant gator wanders over and eats him whole!!! I guess thats the end of good old goodbeard… (?)

The team flies off as IC looks on from the window the team escaped through. “I’ll get you! In time… I’ll get you!!”

ISSUE OVER!!!

The Lakelanders #5: Page 11

Regenerate:
Lone Wolf: 5+4 = 9
Dr. Dementia: 5+3 = 8
Internet Carshaft = 5+10 = 15
Chimera: 5+6 = 11
Goodbeard: 4+5 = 9
Katherine Heigl: 1+0 = 1
‘Lil Gandhi: 4+8 = 12
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Lone Wolf:  Estimating that this has become a fight that would cause more injury than it is worth at the current moment, Lone Wolf has devised a new strategy based on the damage caused by Goodbeard.  In the fight or flight mentality of things, it is rare that we see this hero fleeing, but rational thought has overcome an emotional Lone Wolf.  It is time to escape!

4 stones into close combat attack – the target is no longer the super-villan, but rather the already damaged door. 
4 used, 5 remaining
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Dr. Dementia:
Not liking the look of that device, and knowing he isn’t sitting on anything strong enough to damage the door, the Dr makes an attempt to reset the efforts of IC.

2 stone into Create Elements to send a fireball on the device.
1 stone into sustaining Lil.
3 used, 5 remaining
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Internet Carshaft:
IC really wants to press that button. It would really bring this entire trap together in the way a terrifying villain would always want. Defeating The Lakelanders and not having to throw a punch! The world would kneel at his feet and kiss the ground he walked on and he would have his ultimate revenge! But first, he’s got to get that button working again. Knowing that The Lakelanders intend for him never to be able to use the device, he decides to defend it, rather than himself. While he works to fix the burned circuits, he places his body in between the device and the Lakelanders and prepares for the blunt of an attack…
2 into technology
3 into close combat – defense of the device in his hand.

5 used, 10 remaining
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Chimera:  Clued into the plan by the ambitious attacks on the large damaged door, Chimera pulls out his trusty sidearm and lets loose some lead.

3 stones into ranged combat – Chimera draws his .9mm and expertly fires at the increasingly damaged lock. 

3 stones into close combat – defense – Fearing an attack from an opponent that plenty of free time, Chimera buckles his armor a bit tighter.
6 used, 5 remaining
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Goodbeard:
He might be from the distant past and he might have essentially no powers and the team might be more than willing to leave him behind due to his complete uselessness, but Goodbeard also knows how to team up on the destruction of a door. He turns and puts another shot into the same door the Lakelanders are attacking. He shoots his sawed off shotgun into the door, hoping the destructive force will be enough to enable an escape.
1 into ranged combat + 2 Long Barreled Pistol
1 used, 8 remaining
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Katherine Heigl:
“I suppose I better stay out of the way. Looks like everyone has this situation under control. And I’d better save up some energy in case I have to run in these heels soon.”
0 used, 1 remaining
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‘Lil Gandhi:
“Mr. Dementia, I am proud of thee. You are not attacking the evil man himself, but the devices he intends to use. I enjoy your plan of attack and commend you for it!” He continues to hold Dr. D up and then exudes his shield of tranquility.
1 into flight, 2 into shield of tranquility
3 used, 9 remaining
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Lone Wolf hauls off and roundhouse kicks the door that has been slightly broken. The upper corner of the door is nearly completely folded back. It’s clear that the door is on it’s last legs. Just as this happens, Chimera artfully spins a few bullets past his partner and directly into the lock holding the door closed. With the increased pressure of the kick and a expert shot the door suddenly goes flying off it’s hinges. Goodbeard swings his shotgun around and fires now aimlessly. Since the door is missing, his shot has nothing to hit but the other heroes. He manages to miss, but the close and irresponsible shot made for a little anger coming out of the Heroes eyes.
4 close combat + 3 ranged combat + 3 ranged combat vs. 6 hardness = Success
The door takes 10 damage and is BROKEN!

Dr. D quickly generates another fireball and intends to wreck the crap out of Internet Carshaft’s little device, but he is not quick enough. IC quickly turns and places his body between the device and Dr. D’s attack. The fireball hits IC directly in the back and actually creates some damage. This is important to note. Internet Carshaft’s Doom Gear should have given him automatic protection from the fireball, but for some reason, this did not come into play in this particular instance. Two of IC’s defense is used to protect his device, but he still has enough defenses up to protect himself from a full blown hit.
2 Fireball vs. 1 Defense + 0 Doom Power Armor = 1 damage
Internet Carshaft takes 1 stone of damage. Loses 1 health. Now at 2 health and 4 durability

Wait! That’s interesting too! His durability is 5, and he has max energy of 15, but his health is only 3 at max? Something else weird is going on here! No Power armor defense and less than normal health? how odd!

With the door now open, the team streams out into the hallway before IC can use his now fully operational device…