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==== Fun with spaceships ====

Date: February 6, 2015\\
Characters in attendance: Lady Paladin, 99, Quantum, Shimmer\\
Experience awarded: 1

Hex heads back to his sponsor to get some upgrades to his suit, and the rest of
the team spends some time investigating the landing craft and head up to the
spaceship in orbit. They don't learn too much more about the ship, but it gives
some indication (through a very slow progress bar) that its repairs should be
complete in a couple of months. Quantum learns that the spaceship is from an
ancient race called the Vilani, an advanced race that disappeared about 100,000
years ago. The only remnants of this race had been a few artifacts and books,
but nothing as complete as a spaceship. Quantum learned this information through
his nanites, and is pretty sure that they didn't get the info from the internet.
The team heads back to Earth, with a stop at a Chinese restaurant for take-out.

Soon after, the group gets a report of a supervillain team in Mt. Tabor park,
holding bystanders hostage and assembling some large, dangerous-looking device.
At the caldera of the mountain, set up as an amphitheater, they find a group of
partygoers held by four villains, the Mountain Men. These villains were setting
up some device that would trigger Mt. Tabor to erupt, but it seemed that mostly
they came to Portland to throw down with the world-famous Rose City Five. The
villains were:
* Crag, the leader of the group, who was a large, overconfident brick
* Mesa, a stereotypical cowboy with a pair of six-shooters
* Caldera, a young man who could open up sinkholes and fumaroles under people's feet
* Sierra, a handsome latino with an evil spiked whip and armor

The fight begins, and the heroes have a hard time at first. Sierra has some
really nasty spiked armor, and any punch that lands on him draws blood from the
attacker. After a while, the heroes start winning. Lady Paladin keeps punching
Sierra, even though she takes damage every time she does so. Crag tries to take
out Shimmer, but Shimmer is just too quick for him, and Crag is too far away to
switch opponents. Sierra gives up on Lady Paladin and grabs one of the
civilians, an attractive young woman, with his whip and flings her in the air.
Quantum makes an amazing catch and saves her, and she is SO GRATEFUL. So VERY
GRATEFUL. Sierra grabs another bystander, an old man (the guest of honor at the
party), and attempts to crush him, but strangely has no effect. Eventually all
but Mesa are knocked out, and Mesa is convinced to surrender.

Talking with the bystanders, the heroes learn that the old man is Ralph Compton,
who looks in his late 70's, but is a retired superhero from the east coast (his
ID was Golden Eagle) who came out to Portland to relax. The grateful young woman
was Cheryl, his granddaughter. Lady Paladin asked him to give a talk at one of
her presentations, and although reluctant, finally relented.

==== Lady Paladin's Notes: ====

The Rose City Five explore the space ship, making sure that it is secure and
discovering that it is about three months away from completing its self-repairs.
The Five then head out for Chinese take-out.

Back in Portland, the Mountain Men set up a boring contraption on Mount Tabor. With Hex away on private business, the other four take on:
* Sierra. A spike-themed whipmaster.
* Mesa. A cowboy gunslinger.
* Crag. A brick.
* Caldera. A volcanic villain.

99 and Shimmer gang up on Caldera with their ranged attacks. Crag demonstrates a lack of mobility and ends up outmatched trying to tag a dodging Shimmer. Sierra is faster, but he can't absorb Lady Paladin's blows - LP bloodies her fists and feet on his defensive spikes but Sierra is limited to making attacks on civilians. Quantum makes a flashy save on one of Sierra's victims - a woman he whips through the air - and with 99 and Shimmer takes down Crag and captures the fleeing Mesa. It's a tough fight, but the Rose City Five gets the better of the match-ups.

==== GM's Notes: ====

I had so much fun with this game. It was a straightforward fight, and I had some
great concepts for the villains. I especially liked Sierra's penetrating killing
attack damage shield, that guaranteed that every time somebody punched him, they
would take body damage. Plus, they were all straight 400-point villains. I let
the players investigate the spaceship, but I'm not ready to give it to them yet.
Soon.

Crag
^ VAL ^ CHA ^ Cost ^ Roll ^ Notes ^
| 75 | STR | 65 | 24- | HTH Damage 15d6 END [7] |
| 19 | DEX | 18 | 13- | |
| 20 | CON | 10 | 13- | |
| 10 | INT | 0 | 11- | PER Roll 11- |
| 10 | EGO | 0 | 11- | |
| 10 | PRE | 0 | 11- | PRE Attack: 2d6 |
| 11 | OCV | 40 |  ||
| 8 | DCV | 25 |  ||
| 3 | OMCV | 0 |  ||
| 3 | DMCV | 0 |  ||
| 5 | SPD | 30 | Phases: 3, 5, 8, 10, 12  ||
| 30 | PD | 28 | 30/40 PD (0/10 rPD)  ||
| 30 | ED | 28 | 30/35 ED (0/5 rED)  ||
| 12 | REC | 8 |  ||
| 80 | END | 12 |  ||
| 12 | BODY | 2 |  ||
| 80 | STUN | 30 |  ||
^ Movement ^ Cost ^ Meters ^ Notes ^^
| RUNNING | 0 | 12m/24m | END [1] ||
| SWIMMING | 0 | 4m/8m | END [1] ||
| LEAPING | 0 | 4m | 4m forward, 2m upward ||
| Characteristics Total: 296 |||||
^ Cost ^ Powers ^^^^
| 24 | Resistant Protection (10 PD/5 ED) - END=0 ||||
| 20 | Knockback Resistance -20m - END=0 ||||
| 20 | Mental Defense (20 points total) - END=0 ||||
| 37 | Earth Sense: Spatial Awareness (Unusual Group), Discriminatory - END=0 ||||
| Powers Total: 101 |||||
^ Cost ^ Skills ^^^^
| 3 | Breakfall 13- ||||
| Skills Total: 3 |||||
^ Base Points: ^^ 400 ^^ ^
| Experience: || 0 || |
| Experience Unspent: || 0 || |
| Total Character Cost: || 400 || |

Mesa
^ VAL ^ CHA ^ Cost ^ Roll ^ Notes ^
| 25 | STR | 15 | 14- | HTH Damage 5d6 END [2] |
| 16 | DEX | 12 | 12- | |
| 20 | CON | 10 | 13- | |
| 16 | INT | 6 | 12- | PER Roll 12- |
| 15 | EGO | 5 | 12- | |
| 10 | PRE | 0 | 11- | PRE Attack: 2d6 |
| 8 | OCV | 25 |  ||
| 11 | DCV | 40 |  ||
| 3 | OMCV | 0 |  ||
| 3 | DMCV | 0 |  ||
| 5 | SPD | 30 | Phases: 3, 5, 8, 10, 12  ||
| 20 | PD | 18 | 20/30 PD (0/10 rPD)  ||
| 20 | ED | 18 | 20/30 ED (0/10 rED)  ||
| 8 | REC | 4 |  ||
| 60 | END | 8 |  ||
| 10 | BODY | 0 |  ||
| 60 | STUN | 20 |  ||
^ Movement ^ Cost ^ Meters ^ Notes ^^
| RUNNING | 12 | 24m/48m | END [2] ||
| SWIMMING | 0 | 4m/8m | END [1] ||
| LEAPING | 0 | 16m | 16m forward, 8m upward ||
| Characteristics Total: 223 |||||
^ Cost ^ Powers ^^^^
| 30 | Resistant Protection (10 PD/10 ED) - END=0 ||||
| 12 | Knockback Resistance -12m - END=0 ||||
| 6 | Leaping +12m (16m forward, 8m upward) - END=1 ||||
| 5 | Mental Defense (5 points total) - END=0 ||||
| 28 | Cowboy brawling: Hand-To-Hand Attack +7d6 (35 Active Points); Hand-To-Hand Attack (-1/4) - END=3 ||||
| 4 | Hearing Group Flash Defense (4 points) - END=0 ||||
| 4 | Mental Group Flash Defense (4 points) - END=0 ||||
| 50 | Six Shooters: Multipower, 75-point reserve, (75 Active Points); all slots OIF (-1/2) - END= ||||
| 3f | 1) Normal Shots: Blast 12d6, Armor Piercing (+1/4) (75 Active Points); 4 Charges (-1), OIF (-1/2) - END=[4] ||||
| 3f | 2) Killing Shots: Killing Attack - Ranged 3d6, +2 Increased STUN Multiplier (+1/2) (67 Active Points); 4 Charges (-1), OIF (-1/2) - END=[4] ||||
| 3f | 3) Fast Draw: Killing Attack - Ranged 3d6, Invisible Power Effects (Inobvious to [two Sense Groups]; +1/2) (67 Active Points); 4 Charges (-1), OIF (-1/2) - END=[4] ||||
| Powers Total: 148 |||||
^ Cost ^ Skills ^^^^
| 9 | +3 with a small group of attacks ||||
| 3 | Breakfall 12- ||||
| Skills Total: 12 |||||
^ Cost ^ Talents ^^^^
| 17 | Combat Sense 14- ||||
| Talents Total: 17 |||||
^ Base Points: ^^ 400 ^^ ^
| Experience: || 0 || |
| Experience Unspent: || 0 || |
| Total Character Cost: || 400 || |

Caldera
^ VAL ^ CHA ^ Cost ^ Roll ^ Notes ^
| 20 | STR | 10 | 13- | HTH Damage 4d6 END [2] |
| 16 | DEX | 12 | 12- | |
| 20 | CON | 10 | 13- | |
| 10 | INT | 0 | 11- | PER Roll 11- |
| 10 | EGO | 0 | 11- | |
| 10 | PRE | 0 | 11- | PRE Attack: 2d6 |
| 8 | OCV | 25 |  ||
| 8 | DCV | 25 |  ||
| 3 | OMCV | 0 |  ||
| 3 | DMCV | 0 |  ||
| 5 | SPD | 30 | Phases: 3, 5, 8, 10, 12  ||
| 20 | PD | 18 | 20/30 PD (0/10 rPD)  ||
| 20 | ED | 18 | 20/30 ED (0/10 rED)  ||
| 10 | REC | 6 |  ||
| 80 | END | 12 |  ||
| 10 | BODY | 0 |  ||
| 60 | STUN | 20 |  ||
^ Movement ^ Cost ^ Meters ^ Notes ^^
| RUNNING | 0 | 12m/24m | END [1] ||
| SWIMMING | 0 | 4m/8m | END [1] ||
| LEAPING | 0 | 4m | 4m forward, 2m upward ||
Characteristics Total: 186 |||||
^ Cost ^ Powers ^^^^
| 2 | Life Support (Safe in Intense Heat) - END=0 ||||
| 4 | Hearing Group Flash Defense (4 points) - END=0 ||||
| 30 | Resistant Protection (10 PD/10 ED) - END=0 ||||
| 12 | Knockback Resistance -12m - END=0 ||||
| 30 | Physical Damage Reduction, Resistant, 50% - END=0 ||||
| 30 | Entangle 4d6, 2 PD/2 ED - END=3 ||||
| 81 | Caldera Powers: Multipower, 81-point reserve - END= ||||
| 8f | 1) Knockdown: Blast 8d6, Area Of Effect (8m Radius; +1/2), Double Knockback (+1/2) (80 Active Points) - END=8 ||||
| 8f | 2) Explosion: Blast 13d6, Area Of Effect (16m Radius Explosion; +1/4) (81 Active Points) - END=8 ||||
| 6f | 3) Darkness to Sight and Smell/Taste Groups and Active Sonar 10m radius (60 Active Points) - END=6 ||||
| Powers Total: 211 |||||
^ Cost ^ Skills ^^^^
| 3 | Breakfall 12- ||||
| Skills Total: 3 |||||
^ Base Points: ^^ 400 ^^ ^
| Experience: || 0 || |
| Experience Unspent: || 0 || |
| Total Character Cost: || 400 || |

Sierra
^ VAL ^ CHA ^ Cost ^ Roll ^ Notes ^
| 40 | STR | 30 | 17- | HTH Damage 8d6 END [4] |
| 13 | DEX | 6 | 12- | |
| 18 | CON | 8 | 13- | |
| 10 | INT | 0 | 11- | PER Roll 11- |
| 10 | EGO | 0 | 11- | |
| 10 | PRE | 0 | 11- | PRE Attack: 2d6 |
| 8 | OCV | 25 |  ||
| 7 | DCV | 20 |  ||
| 3 | OMCV | 0 |  ||
| 3 | DMCV | 0 |  ||
| 7 | SPD | 50 | Phases: 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12  ||
| 25 | PD | 23 | 25/30 PD (0/5 rPD)  ||
| 25 | ED | 23 | 25/30 ED (0/5 rED)  ||
| 9 | REC | 5 |  ||
| 60 | END | 8 |  ||
| 10 | BODY | 0 |  ||
| 60 | STUN | 20 |  ||
^ Movement ^ Cost ^ Meters ^ Notes ^^
| RUNNING | 4 | 16m/32m | END [2] ||
| SWIMMING | 0 | 4m/8m | END [1] ||
| LEAPING | 0 | 4m | 4m forward, 2m upward ||
Characteristics Total: 222 |||||
^ Cost ^ Powers ^^^^
| 15 | Resistant Protection (5 PD/5 ED) - END=0  ||||
| 12 | Knockback Resistance -12m - END=0  ||||
| 45 | Spike shield: Killing Attack - Hand-To-Hand 2d6 (3d6+1 w/STR), Area Of Effect (1m Surface; +1/4), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Penetrating (+1/2) (67 Active Points); OIF (-1/2) - END=0  ||||
| 16 | Hand-To-Hand Attack +4d6 (20 Active Points); Hand-To-Hand Attack (-1/4) - END=2  ||||
| 13 | Deflection (20 Active Points); OIF (-1/2) - END=2  ||||
| 4 | Sight Group Flash Defense (4 points) - END=0  ||||
| 34 | Sawtooth Whip: Multipower, 60-point reserve, (60 Active Points); all slots OIF (-1/2), Limited Range (10 meters; -1/4) - END=  ||||
| 7v | 1) Telekinesis (40 STR) (60 Active Points); OIF (-1/2), Limited Range (10 meters; -1/4) - END=6  ||||
| 3f | 2) Entangle 4d6, 2 PD/2 ED, Takes No Damage From Attacks All Attacks (+1/2) (45 Active Points); OIF (-1/2), Limited Range (10 meters; -1/4) - END=4  ||||
| 3f | 3) Blast 12d6 (60 Active Points); OIF (-1/2), Limited Range (10 meters; -1/4) - END=6  ||||
| 2f | 4) Killing Attack - Ranged 4d6 (60 Active Points); 3 Charges (-1 1/4), OIF (-1/2), Limited Range (10 meters; -1/4) - END=[3]  ||||
| Powers Total: 154 |||||
^ Cost ^ Skills ^^^^
| 3 | Breakfall 12-  ||||
| 15 | +3 with a large group of attacks  ||||
| 6 | +3 with any single attack  ||||
| Skills Total: 24 |||||
^ Base Points: ^^ 400 ^^ ^
| Experience: || 0 || |
| Experience Unspent: || 0 || |
| Total Character Cost: || 400 || |