Sentinels Shattered Storyline Saga Episode 7, London Calling. Final story added.

July 4, 1944

London, England

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force

Anthony looked around, the park was overrun with soldiers, barricades, tents, jeeps, you name it it was there.  Otherwise, it would probably be very beautiful.  If Tyler Vance was correct, General Eisenhower would be in Normandy and Paul Parsons VII will be here for a secret meeting about some suspicious happenings that would turn out to be the launch of Fyodor Romonat's War-Zeppelins.  This is where Ivan Romonat, mistaken to be Fyodor's cousin would murder Parsons, and supposedly create the world he had grown up in.  If Parsons lives, Romonat is stopped, and Parsons' son is around to lead them against Voss.

The mood was noticably lax on the base.  Anthony looked around, trying to get an eye on Parsons.

Instead he saw approaching one of the smaller tents three men, one in some kind of shiny metal suit, another one, he was huge and wearing some serious armor, even if it did look pretty beat up, the last one was a freaking cowboy, with one arm?

"What the heck. . ." Anthony got up and started to follow them.

Looking around the edge of the tent he could see them, and what looked to be Parsons, they were arguing.  None of them looked like Romonat.

Suddenly he heard a yell "You won't live that long old man!" and then an explosion.  They were attacking Parsons, Anthony ran around the tent, trying to get over on Parsons side, as he arrived a man in an armored suit ran by him to check on Parsons.

He ran up behind him and as he did he could feel the air around him feel warp, things seemed really wierd, like it had in the portal.

"The generator is operational, this time will be fixed." the shiny metal man stated.

"What?" Parsons asked as he got up.

"He means that when you die here, now, you die everywhere." The cowboy added.

"And with you dies your son!"

EPISODE 7:

PVP Match

Number of Heroes:  6

Team 1:  Omnitron-X, Crono Ranger, Bunker EOW

Team 2:  Greatest Legacy, GI Bunker, The Argent Adept

Environment:  Time Cataclysm

How the round works:

Omnitron-X and Greatest Legacy are captains, after all heroes have players they will report the order of play to me through a PM.  The Environment will go first, Team 1 will have their first hero play, then Team 2 will have their first hero play, then Team 1 2nd, Team 2 2nd, T1 3rd, T2 3rd, start over.

How the mechanics of PVP will work:

The team you are on count as hero targets for your cards.  The other team count as villain targets for your cards.  Cards that destroy villain ongoing cards may destroy equipment or ongoing cards.  Cards that affect the environment affect the environment.  Environment cards treat both teams as heroes and villains.  Cards like Crushing hallway can be destroyed by anyone from either team.

If a hero plays a card that destroys a card, the hero playing the card chooses what to destroy.

If an environment destroys a card your team chooses, anyone can choose for their team if others are taking a while to get back on.

Further environment card clarifications:

Main computer room will play the top card of the environment deck instead of the villain deck.

Marsquake will destroy one card from each team, and one from the environment (instead of one villain, one hero, one environment)

Other Issues:

Don't feel that there is a right or wrong side to play on, this match doesn't make a huge impact in the story line, but it brings two of the original six possibilities back together and lets us rebuild a team.  Do your best to crush the other team, and don't take it too seriously, PVP is not balanced.

This hopefully will go quickly, gang up on people, fight as dirty as you can, and be polite.

Any issues/questions as to how things work will be resolved by me.

So, first come, first serve, lets see what the future holds!

If you don't think you would like PVP play anyway, I need six people to play this match so we can get back to the normal games and standard matches.  This is the only PVP match we will see.

If you want more on your characters rational and backstory let me know, I'm happy to share.

Feel free to communicate by PM, there are spies from both teams watching this thread.

EDIT:  The environment is going to go first, I normally do this, just forgot when I was making the instructions.

I'll take Adept.

Looks like fun, but I'll have to sit this one out, as I'm busy over the coming week.

I'll take Chrono

Sitting out the PVP.

Omni-X can destroy "Equipment cards" for damage, does that include the other team's equipment?

Greatest Legacy, please.

No.  Anything like that is relegated to your own teams cards.

I'll go with Engine of War Bunker.

Starting hand: Drawn, but privy to the GM and Team Future only! 

So far we have:

Team 1

Omnitron-X:

Crono Ranger:  cmschex

Bunker EOW:  PlatinumWarlock

Team 2

Greatest Legacy:  BlueHairedMeerkat

GI Bunker:

Argent Adept:  grysqrl

GI Bunker and Omnitron-X still available.

I'll leave this open for another 6 hours, after that we'll just have to go ahead with 2v2.  

If you get 1 more, I’ll round it out to 6. I’ll be traveling the rest of the weekend, however.

Cool, we just need one more then!

Well I really don't like the PVP aspect, but I have been wanting to play Omnitron-X, so okay.

I guess that makes me GI Bunker!

Yeah!

Thanks everyone for signing up.

Team 1

Omnitron-X:  Envisioner

Crono Ranger:  cmschex

Bunker EOW:  PlatinumWarlock

Team 2

Greatest Legacy:  BlueHairedMeerkat

GI Bunker:  dpt

Argent Adept:  grysqrl

If you want to PM each other, or however you wish to communicate.  I need to know the order for each team, and then team 1's first player can start.

If we don't want to post our hands for everyone to see then for your turn you don't need to post hands or draws, otherwise use the same format.  If we do this I'll need everyone's opening hand, and then any cards drawn.

You may want to post an effects summary at the end of your turn posts, since things will be a little chaotic.

There will be a cut-off point for the fight if it gets locked in a defensive battle, but I'm not telling when that is, since the heroes don't know it, just giving you a head's up so you won't be caught off guard.

It has been suggested that I should perhaps play first.

The order:

Time Cataclysm

(1)Omnitron-X:  25

(2)GI Bunker:  27

(1)Chrono Ranger:  28

(2)The Argent Adept:  24

(1)Bunker EOW:  27

(2)Greatest Legacy:  30

Oh, and (H)=3

The world around them twisted, and it looked like they could see many versions of this place, some with different people there, others with a bombed out camp, and others. . .

"What are you doing?  You can't tamper with time like this!" Anthony yelled, as he grasped what was happening.  They were forcing the timelines together, creating a fixed point, this fight wouldn't just alter one timeline, this fight would write history across every timeline, if Legacy died here, Voss, on every Earth, across all of time and space. . .

Stephen Graves watched the timelines intersecting.  He smiled.  When this man, this Legacy died, the Tyrant died with him.  No Earth would see that day, No Earth would be ruled by one sadistic super human, "Not if we get the job done."

TIME CATACLYSM

In Play:

Trash:

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card:  Rift in Time

End of Turn:  Filter Spy [5] is played (Rift), Filter Spy deals Chrono Ranger 2 toxic Damage (26)

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In Play:  Filter Spy [5]

Trash:

Status:

Team Future:

Omnitron-X:  25

Chrono-Ranger:  26

Bunker EOW:  27

Team Past:

GI Bunker:  27

The Argent Adept:  24

Greatest Legacy:  30

In a flat monotone voice obviously generated by speakers, the featureless blue humanoid spoke a single word:  "Initializing...."

THAT GUY FROM THE TIME CATACLYSM, AKa OMNITRON-X

HP:  25

Hand:  4 cards

In Play:

Trash:

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card:  Technological Advancement.  Put Ablative Coating into play from deck, shuffle deck, and draw a card.

Use a Power:  Timeshift on Bunker the Engine of War.

Draw a Card:  Okay boss!

End of Turn: 

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HP:  25

Hand:  5 cards

In Play:  Ablative Coating

Trash:  Technological Advancement

Effects:  Melee, projectile, and toxic damage to O-X are -2.  EOW Bunker puts the top card of his deck into play unless he doesn't want to, in which case it's trashed.

Bunker EOW flips an Auxilary Power Source, which enters play.

GI Bunker

HP: 27

Hand: 4 cards

In play:

Trash:

[hr]
Start of hero turn:

Play a card: External Combustion. 2 fire damage to GI Bunker (25), 3 fire damage to Omnitron-X (22), Chrono-Ranger (23), and Bunker EOW (24).

Use a power: Panzer-Buster. Damage to Omnitron-X is irreducible until start of my turn.

Draw a card: 1 card.

End of hero turn:

[hr]

HP: 25

Hand: 4 cards

In play:

Trash: External Combustion

Additional effects: Damage to Omnitron-X is irreducible until start of my turn.

"That there singer seems to be the leader...ain't never been a musical fella"

Chrono Ranger

HP:  23

Hand:  4 cards

In Play:

Trash:

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card:  Sudden Contract.  Bring By any Means out from deck and play next to Argent Adept, deal AA 2 Projectile damage (22)

Use a Power:  Quick Shot Argent Adept for 2 projectile damage (20)

Draw a Card:  Done

End of Turn: 

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HP:  23

Hand:  4 cards

In Play:  By Any Means on Argent Adept

Trash:  Sudden Contract

Effects:  Damge to Argent Adept is +1

Argent Adept

HP: 20

Hand: 4 cards

In Play:

Trash:

Effects:

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Start:

Play: Arcane Cadence

Hand: Cedistic Dissonant

Top: Inspiring Supertonic

Bottom: Inventive Preparation

Trash: Polyphoric Flare

Play: Counterpoint Bulwark

Power: Vocalize: Perform Counterpoint Bulwark - damage to Argent Adept and Legacy is reduced by 1 until Argent Adept's next turn

Draw: One card. I wonder what it is.

End:

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HP: 20

Hand: 5 cards

In Play: Counterpoint Bulwark

Trash: Polyphoric Flare, Arcane Cadence

Effects: Damage to Argent Adept and Legacy is reduced by 1

Bunker: Engine of War

HP:  24

Hand:  4 cards

In Play:  Auxiliary Power Source

Trash:

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Start of Turn:  I destroy Auxiliary Power Source to use a second power this turn.

Play a Card:  Grenade Launcher

Use a Power:  Grenade Launcher:  Deals net 2 damage to Argent Adept [18], net 2 damage to G.I. Bunker [25] and net 0 damage to Greatest Legacy [30]

Locomotion:  I discard Recharge Mode to destroy Counterpoint Bulwark.

Draw a Card:  Will do!

End of Turn: 

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HP:  24

Hand:  3 cards

In Play:   Grenade Launcher

Trash:  Auxiliary Power Source; Recharge Mode

Effects:  

America's Greatest Legacy

HP:  30

Hand:  4 cards

In Play:  

Trash:

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card:  Surge of Strength

Use a Power:  Gung-Ho! AA regains 1HP [19] and can sing a little ditty.

Draw a Card:  Yes please

End of Turn: 

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HP:  30

Hand:  4 cards

In Play:   Surge of Strength

Trash:  

Effects:  Increase damage dealt by Legacy by 1.

Reduce damage dealt to Legacy by 1 (until AA's next turn).

Adept doesn't have any songs, so he can't do anything, you can change targets if you want.

None of us have useful powers, and I want to give AA the healing.

Argent Adept does some mime work. Omnitron X's head explodes.

Ok, since voting will take a ton of time, I'm going to arbitrarily decide that this rift in time is fully random and at the start I will roll to see what is destroyed.

Other effects I will go with:

Crushing Hallway will be by volunteer basis, I would like each person to post on the secret posts if they will discard, if there are multiple people I will roll to see who does it.  The rest are pretty easy to work out.

TIME CATACLYSM

In Play:  Rift in Time, F.I.L.T.E.R. spy [5]

Trash:

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Start of Turn:  Spy is sucked back into the rift.

Play a Card:  Giant Mutated Species [5]

End of Turn:  Rift in time is played [rift], Giant Mutated Species deals 1 toxic to G. Legacy (null) and GI Bunker [24], Surprise Shopping Trip enters play!!

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In Play:  Rift in Time, Giant Mutated Species [5], Rift in Time, Surprise Shopping Trip

Trash:  F.I.L.T.E.R. Spy

Status:

Team Future:

Omnitron-X:  22  Melee/Projectile/Toxic-2 (all damage taken irreducible until GI Bunker's turn, so he'll take damage on his turn from sst)

Chrono-Ranger:  23  

Bunker EOW:  24

Team Past:

GI Bunker:  24

The Argent Adept:  19 Takes +1 damage (By Any Means), takes -1 damage (Adept's turn)

Greatest Legacy:  30  takes -1 damage (Adept's turn)

Whenever a card enters play each target takes 1 melee.

"Buffalo Bunkers Buffalo Bunkers buffalo buffalo Buffalo Bunkers," the metal man babbles, as he attempts to dislodge both a panzer-buster shell from his chestplate and Argent's dissonant whistling from his audio inputs.

OMNITRON-X

HP:  22

Hand:  5 cards

In Play:  Ablative Coating, in theory.

Trash:  Technological Advancement

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card:  Bio-Engineering Beam.  1 damage to everyone except Legacy.

Use a Power:  Bio-Engineering Beam.  Destroy Surprise Shopping Trip, deal 2 net damage to Argent Adept [16].

Draw a Card:  Whatever you say....

End of Turn: 

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HP:  21

Hand:  5 cards

In Play:  Ablative Coating, Bio-Engineering Beam.

Trash:  Technological Advancement

Effects:  Melee, projectile, and toxic damage to O-X are -2 except not so much actually.

GI Bunker

HP: 23

Hand: 4 cards

In play:

Trash: External Combustion

[hr]
Start of hero turn:

Play a card: Heavy Plating

Use a power: Lob another Panzer-Buster shell at Omnitron-X.

Draw a card: 1 card

End of hero turn:

[hr]

HP: 23

Hand: 4 cards

In play: Heavy Plating

Trash: External Combustion

Additional effects: -1 damage dealt to GI Bunker. Damage dealt to Omnitron-X is irreducible until the start of my next turn.

"Well, if they're pullin' out the big guns, might as well do the same..."

Chrono Ranger

HP:  22

Hand:  4 cards

In Play:

Trash:

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card:  Eye on the Prize Draw a card Play Compounded Bow Do 1 Projectile damage Adept (15)

Use a Power:  Compounded Bow does 1 and 1 damage to AA (13)

Draw a Card:  Done

End of Turn: 

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HP:  22

Hand:  4 cards

In Play:  By Any Means on Argent Adept, Compounded Bow

Trash:  Sudden Contract. Eye on the Prize

Effects:  Damge to Argent Adept is +1

Argent Adept

HP: 13

Hand: 5 cards

In Play:

Trash: Polyphoric Flare, Arcane Cadence, Counterpoint Bulwark

Effects:

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Start:

Play: Musaragni's Harp

Power:

Draw: One card

End:

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HP: 13

Hand: 5 cards

In Play: Musaragni's Harp

Trash: Polyphoric Flare, Arcane Cadence, Counterpoint Bulwark

Effects:

"Nice antique, old man.  How about a good look at what real armor looks like?"

Bunker: Engine of War

HP:  23

Hand:  3 cards

In Play:  Grenade Launcher

Trash:

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card:  Heavy Plating

Use a Power:  Grenade Launcher:  Deals net 3 damage to Argent Adept [10], net 2 damage to Greatest Legacy [28] and net 0 damage to GI Bunker [24]

Draw a Card:  Will do!

End of Turn: 

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HP:  23

Hand:  3 cards

In Play:   Grenade Launcher; Heavy Plating

Trash:  Auxiliary Power Source; Recharge Mode

Effects:  Damage to Bunker: Engine of War is at -1

Greatest Legacy is up.

So I am! Sorry.

America's Greatest Legacy

HP:  28

Hand:  4 cards

In Play:  

Trash:

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card:  Fortitude

Use a Power:  Gung-Ho! GI Bunker regains 1HP [25] and Panzer-Busts his counterpart.

Draw a Card:  Why thank you!

End of Turn: 

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HP:  28

Hand:  4 cards

In Play:   Surge of Strength, Fortitude

Trash:  

Effects:  Increase damage dealt by Legacy by 1.

Reduce damage dealt to Legacy by 1.

Nice shiny armor you've got there. Pity about the dent..

TIME CATACLYSM

In Play:  Rift in Time, Giant Mutated Species [5], Rift in Time

Trash:  F.I.L.T.E.R. Spy, Surprise Shopping Trip

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Start of Turn:  Rift in time 1 collapses in on itself, Giant Mutated Species is sucked into the second rift.

Play a Card:  Charging Triceratops [8]

End of Turn:  Marsquake! is played [rift], Marsquake deals each target 2 melee damage.

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In Play:  Rift in Time, Charging Triceratops [8], Marsquake

Trash:  F.I.L.T.E.R. Spy, Surprise Shopping Trip, Rift in Time, Giant Mutated Species

Effects:

End:  Rift in time plays an environment card, Marsquake deals eacy target 2 melee

Start:  Rift in time destroys an environment card.  Triceratops deals the target other than itself with the second lowest HP 3 melee damage.  Marsquake destroys 1 card from each team, then an environment turn.

  (will need volunteers if this card isn't destroyed)

Status:

Team Future:

Omnitron-X:  19  Melee/Projectile/Toxic-2 (all damage taken irreducible until GI Bunker's turn, so he'll take damage on his turn from sst)

Chrono-Ranger:  20  

Bunker EOW:  21  -1 taken (Heavy Plating), (irreducible until GI Bunker's turn)

Team Past:

GI Bunker:  24  -1 taken (Heavy Plating)

The Argent Adept:  7 Takes +1 damage (By Any Means)

Greatest Legacy:  27  -1 taken (Fortitude)

Whenever a card enters play each target takes 1 melee.

Surprise Shopping Trip is gone, right?

Sorry about that, fixed.

(Is GI Bunker speaking or just thinking?  If speaking, is he addressing his counterpart or O-X?)

OMNITRON-X

HP:  19

Hand:  5 cards

In Play:  useless Ablative Coating, Bio-Engineering Beam.

Trash:  Technological Advancement

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card:  Innervation Ray

Use a Power:  Bio-Engineering Beam.  Destroy Marsquake and deal 3 net damage to the Argent Adept [4].

Draw a Card:  If you insist.

End of Turn: 

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HP:  19

Hand:  5 cards

In Play:  Ablative Coating, Bio-Engineering Beam, Innervation Ray.

Trash:  Technological Advancement

Effects:  ST:  Restore 1 HP to each of up to three targets.

Melee, projectile, and toxic damage to O-X are -2 except not so much actually.

If O-X takes 5 or more damage in one turn, destroy all his Components.

I was speaking to Mr. Flashy in his shiny suit. But your armor is looking a little banged up too, isn’t it, now?

GI Bunker

HP: 23

Hand: 4 cards

In play: Heavy Plating

Trash: External Combustion

[hr]
Start of hero turn:

Play a card: Ammo Drop

Use a power: Panzer-Buster. Damage to Omnitron-X is irreducible until my nextturn.

Draw a card: 1 card

End of hero turn:

[hr]

HP: 23

Hand: 4 cards

In play: Heavy Plating, Ammo Drop

Trash: External Combustion

Additional effects: -1 damage dealt to GI Bunker. Whenever a Team Future card is destroyed, draw a card.

"Doesn't feel right, these ain't no monsters" Jim muttered as he took aim at the weakened singer.

"Remember what happens if Legacy lives, Jim.  Remember the greater good," Con said in his ear

Chrono Ranger

HP:  20

Hand:  4 cards

In Play:

Trash:

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card:  The Masadah

Use a Power:  Compounded Bow does 2 and 2 damage to AA (Incap), By Any Means goes to my trash, GI Bunker draws

Draw a Card:  Done

End of Turn: 

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HP:  20

Hand:  4 cards

In Play:   Compounded Bow, The Masadah

Trash:  Sudden Contract. Eye on the Prize, By Any Means

Effects:  

My bad, didn't realize the card draw was for by any means, I had my bunkers confused.

He'd get the card, though, for By Any Means being destroyed, which happens when AA is incapacitated.

Yes, I draw one card for the destruction of By Any Means.

While the fighting pauses to discuss card draws, the seemingly incapacitated Argent Adept sneaks up behind EoW Bunker, ties his shoelaces together, and collapses again. Yes, that suit has shoelaces. Also, Team Past's melee damage is boosted by 1 until my next turn.

"One down, two to go..."

Bunker: Engine of War

HP:  21

Hand:  3 cards

In Play:  Grenade Launcher

Trash:

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card:  External Combustion:  I take net 1 fire damage [20], while dealing net 2 fire damage to Greatest Legacy [25] and GI Bunker [22] 

Use a Power:  Grenade Launcher:  Deals net 1 projectile damage damage to Greatest Legacy [24] and GI Bunker [21]

Draw a Card:  Will do!

End of Turn: 

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HP:  20

Hand:  3 cards

In Play:   Grenade Launcher; Heavy Plating

Trash:  Auxiliary Power Source; Recharge Mode; External Combustion

Effects:  Damage to Bunker: Engine of War is at -1

America's Greatest Legacy

HP:  24

Hand:  4 cards

In Play:  

Trash:

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card:  Thokk! OX for 5 melee [14, no more Innervation Ray]. Draw a card.

Use a Power:  Gung-Ho! GI Bunker regains 1HP [22] and Panzer-Busts his counterpart.

Draw a Card:  Another? Wonderful!

End of Turn: 

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HP:  24

Hand:  5 cards

In Play:   Surge of Strength, Fortitude

Trash:  Thokk!

Effects:  Increase damage dealt by Legacy by 1.

Reduce damage dealt to Legacy by 1.

Destruction of Innervation Ray should give GI Bunker another card, as well.

I now have 6 cards in hand.

TIME CATACLYSM

In Play:  Rift in Time, Charging Triceratops [8]

Trash:  F.I.L.T.E.R. Spy, Surprise Shopping Trip, Rift in Time, Giant Mutated Species, Marsquake

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Start of Turn:  Rift in time collapses in on itself, Charging Triceratops deals Chrono 3 melee damage [17]

Play a Card:  Tendrils of Madness [7]

End of Turn:  Tendrils of Madness deal Greatest Legacy 1-1 Infernal Damage, Damage from G. Legacy is increased by 1 till the environment turn start.

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In Play:  Charging Triceratops [8], Tendrils of Madness

Trash:  F.I.L.T.E.R. Spy, Surprise Shopping Trip, Rift in Time, Giant Mutated Species, Marsquake, Rift in time.

Effects:

End:  Tendrils deals 1 infernal to highest HP target, that target deals +1 damage until start of next env. turn

Start:  Triceratops deals the target other than itself with the second lowest HP 3 melee damage.

Status:

Team Future:

Omnitron-X:  14  Melee/Projectile/Toxic-2 (irreducible until GI Bunker's turn)

Chrono-Ranger:  17

Bunker EOW:  20  -1 taken (Heavy Plating), (irreducible until GI Bunker's turn)

Team Past:

GI Bunker:  22  -1 taken (Heavy Plating)

The Argent Adept:  INCAPACITATED

Greatest Legacy:  24  -1 taken (Fortitude)  (+1 to damage dealt from Tendrils)

CR will take the Trike damage

Ugh, Ammo Drop is really borken in pvp.  And I knew I shouldn't have played a Component.  He didn't even have to Gung Ho.  (Where exactly did he get the second +1 to the damage?  One was from dead Argent I know.)

"I wear no armor, {insert rank and first/middle/last name of Bunker suit pilot circa WW2, extracted from ostensibly-encrypted government databases}.  You may have a Fullmetal Jacket, but I am the Real Steel."

OMNITRON-X

HP:  14

Hand:  5 cards

In Play:  Ablated Coating, Bio-Engineering Beam.

Trash:  Technological Advancement, Innervation Ray.

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card:  Rocket Punch

Use a Power:  Bio-Engineering Beam.  Destroy the Triceratops and deal 1 net damage to GI Bunker.

Draw a Card:  My pleasure!

End of Turn: 

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HP:  14

Hand:  5 cards

In Play:  Ablative Coating, Bio-Engineering Beam, Rocket Punch.

Trash:  Technological Advancement, Innervation Ray

Effects:  Melee, projectile, and toxic damage to O-X are -2 except not so much actually.

There's much worse, Fanatic has a lot of them, as does Tempest.

I have my turn ready to go whenever you decide which environment card to destroy.

Post has since been updated–the Triceratops was destroyed.

GI Bunker

HP: 23

Hand: 6 cards

In play: Heavy Plating, Ammo Drop

Trash: External Combustion

[hr]
Start of hero turn:

Play cards: Upgrade Mode enters play.

Gatling Gun enters play.

Use a power: None.

Draw a card: 1 card

End of hero turn: Discard Heavy Plating for Gatling Gun.

[hr]

HP: 23

Hand: 4 cards

In play: Heavy Plating, Ammo Drop, Upgrade Mode, Gatling Gun

Trash: External Combustion, Heavy Plating

Additional effects: -1 damage dealt to GI Bunker.
Whenever a Team Future card is destroyed, draw a card.
You may play 2 cards. You may not use powers.
ST: Deal one target 2 projectile damage. ET: Discard a card or destroy Gatling Gun.

"He ain't the only one with a fancy gun..."

Chrono Ranger

HP:  17

Hand:  4 cards

In Play:

Trash:

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card:  Dead or Alive on Greatest Legacy

Use a Power:  The Masadah does 1 irreducible energy damage to GI Bunker (22)

Draw a Card:  Done

End of Turn: 

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HP:  20

Hand:  4 cards

In Play:   Compounded Bow, The Masadah, Dead or Alive (on Greatest LEgacy)

Trash:  Sudden Contract. Eye on the Prize, By Any Means

Effects:  

Argent Adept's corpse augments Team Past's projectile damage by 1.

(Prepare for thrown Harps :D)

I was actually thinking of loading up the tuba-uchet. Harps work too, though.

Bunker: Engine of War

HP:  20

Hand:  3 cards

In Play:  Grenade Launcher; Heavy Plating

Trash:

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card:  Flak Cannon

Use a Power:  Flak Cannon--deals net 2 projectile damage to GI Bunker [20]

Draw a Card:  Will do!

End of Turn: 

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HP:  20

Hand:  3 cards

In Play:   Grenade Launcher; Heavy Plating; Flak Cannon

Trash:  Auxiliary Power Source; Recharge Mode; External Combustion

Effects:  Damage to Bunker: Engine of War is at -1

America's Greatest Legacy

HP:  25

Hand:  5 cards

In Play:  Surge of Strength, Fortitude

Trash: Thokk!, Back-Fist Strike

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card:  Back-Fist Strike OX for 4 melee [10].

Use a Power:  Gung-Ho! GI Bunker regains 1HP [21].

Draw a Card:  Sick.

End of Turn: 

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HP:  25

Hand:  5 cards

In Play:   Surge of Strength, Fortitude

Trash:  Thokk!, Back-Fist Strike

Effects:  Increase damage dealt by Legacy by 2 (Surge, Tendrils).

Reduce damage dealt to Legacy by 1.

That would be net 4 melee damage. O-X was not Panzer busted, as GI Bunker is in Upgrade Mode. For that matter, he can’t Panzer Buster me either, as he can’t use powers.

This is true, I will hold off for Greatest Legacy to fix before I go on with Environment.

Fixed.

TIME CATACLYSM

In Play:  Tendrils of Madness [7]

Trash:  Charging Triceratops, F.I.L.T.E.R. Spy, Giant Mutated Species, Marsquake, Rift in Time(2), Surprise Shopping Trip

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card:  Main Computer Room

End of Turn:  Tendrils of Madness deal Greatest Legacy 1-1 Infernal Damage, Damage from G. Legacy is increased by 1 till the environment turn start.  Main Computer room plays Fixed Point.

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In Play:  Tendrils of Madness [7], Main Computer Room [9], Fixed Point

Trash:  Charging Triceratops, F.I.L.T.E.R. Spy, Giant Mutated Species, Marsquake, Rift in time(2), Surprise Shopping Trip.

Effects:

Static:  All cards but Fixed Point are indestructible (Fixed Point)

End:  Tendrils deals 1 infernal to highest HP target, that target deals +1 damage until start of next env. turn

          Play the top card of the Environment Deck (Main Computer Room)

Start:  Triceratops deals the target other than itself with the second lowest HP 3 melee damage.

           Each Player may draw a card (Main Computer Room)

          Destroy Fixed Point (Fixed Point)

Status:

Team Future:

Omnitron-X:  10  Melee/Projectile/Toxic-2 (irreducible until GI Bunker's turn)

Chrono-Ranger:  17

Bunker EOW:  20  -1 taken (Heavy Plating), (irreducible until GI Bunker's turn)

Team Past:

GI Bunker:  19  -1 taken (Heavy Plating)

The Argent Adept:  INCAPACITATED  (+1 to team projectile damage)

Greatest Legacy:  24  -1 taken (Fortitude)  (+1 to damage dealt from Tendrils)

"You are a prisoner in your antiquated machinery, a relic from a barbarian age which exalts destruction over creation, unable to escape the consequences of your earlier rashness.  I will demonstrate the error of your ways, while you remain helpless to breach my defenses or damage my perfected mechanisms."

OMNITRON-X

HP:  10

Hand:  5 cards

In Play:  Ablative Coating, Bio-Engineering Beam, Rocket Punch.

Trash:  Technological Advancement, Innervation Ray.

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card:  Electro-Deployment Unit

Use a Power:  Timeshift on Chrono-Ranger.

Draw a Card:  Fear not, I shall.

End of Turn: 

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HP:  10

Hand:  5 cards

In Play:  Ablative Coating, Bio-Engineering Beam, Rocket Punch, Electro-Deployment Unit.

Trash:  Technological Advancement, Innervation Ray

Effects:  Melee, projectile, and toxic damage to O-X are -2.

If Omnitron-X takes 5 or more damage, destroy all his Components.

Chrono Ranger reveals Displaced Armory, which is used to locate and play Temporal Grenade and deal 1 projectile damage to Tendrils of Madness

Something went wonky with my HP calculation. I agree with the moderator that I’m at 19 HP.

GI Bunker

HP: 19

Hand: 4 cards

In play: Heavy Plating, Ammo Drop, Upgrade Mode, Gatling Gun

Trash: External Combustion, Heavy Plating

[hr]
Start of hero turn: (Gatling Gun) Deal 2+1 projectile damage to Chrono-Ranger (14).

Play cards: None.

Use power: None.

Draw a card: 2 cards.

End of hero turn: I do not discard a card, but Gatling Gun is not destroyed.

[hr]

HP: 19

Hand: 6 cards

In play: Heavy Plating, Ammo Drop, Upgrade Mode, Gatling Gun

Trash: External Combustion, Heavy Plating

Additional effects: -1 damage dealt to GI Bunker.
Whenever a Team Future card is destroyed, draw a card.
You may play 2 cards. You may not use powers.
ST: Deal one target 2 projectile damage. ET: Discard a card or destroy Gatling Gun.

[hr]
EDIT: Updated to reflect the impossibility of destroying Upgrade Mode.

So...isn't Upgrade Mode still in play due to Fixed Point?  How does that interact with Turret Mode??

Even if it's still in play until Fixed Point is gone, its benefits are exhausted for this turn anyway--two cards were played.  

I think it's safe to move onto C-R's turn.

I know this really sucks, but I'm going to disagree.

Cannot overrides can.  That is official.

With both Turret Mode and Upgrade mode in play you would have all three of your phases banned.

Upgrade Mode says "You Cannot use Powers"

Turret Mode says "You may use an additional Power during your power phase"

Cannot overrides the can, and you would not be able to use powers, or for that matter play cards or draw cards (once Turret entered play)

I am sorry for this, but you need to redo your turn dpt.

I did not think about Fixed Point when I first saw your post.

Oops! That's right. I'll edit this in a bit. EDIT: My turn is now updated.

"Fancy armor ya got there"

Chrono Ranger

HP:  14

Hand:  4 cards

In Play:

Trash:

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Start of Turn: CR gains 1 HP (15)

Play a Card:  Eye on the Prize draw a card.  Play Ranger's Mark, bring By Any Means from discard and place next to Bunker, deal 2-1 projectile damage to Bunker (18).  Deal 2-1 projectile damage to Bunker (17)

Use a Power:  The Masadah does 3 irreducible energy damage to GI Bunker (14)

Draw a Card:  Done

End of Turn: 

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HP:  15

Hand:  4 cards

In Play:   Compounded Bow, The Masadah, Dead or Alive (on Greatest LEgacy), By Any Means (on Bunker), Temporal Grenade

Trash:  Sudden Contract. Eye on the Prizex2, Displaced Armory, Ranger's Mark

Effects:  Cr gains 1 HP at the beginning of his turn (Dead or Alive), +1 damage dealt to Bunker (By Any Means)

Adept continues to augment Projectile damage.

"Looks like your suit is running out of juice..."

Bunker: Engine of War

HP:  20

Hand:  3 cards

In Play:  Grenade Launcher; Heavy Plating; Flak Cannon

Trash:  Auxiliary Power Source; Recharge Mode; External Combustion

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card:  Adhesive Foam Grenade--Environment Cards may not be played until the start of my next turn.

Use a Power:  Flak Cannon--deals net 3 projectile damage to GI Bunker [11]

Draw a Card:  Will do!

End of Turn: 

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HP:  20

Hand:  3 cards

In Play:   Grenade Launcher; Heavy Plating; Flak Cannon

Trash:  Auxiliary Power Source; Recharge Mode; External Combustion; Adhesive Foam Grenade

Effects:  Damage to Bunker: Engine of War is at -1; Environment Cards may not be played until the start of my next turn.

America's Greatest Legacy

HP:  25

Hand:  5 cards

In Play:  Surge of Strength, Fortitude

Trash: Thokk!, Back-Fist Strike

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card:  Thokk! CR for 5 melee [10]. Draw a card.

Use a Power:  Gung-Ho! GI Bunker regains 1HP [12].

Draw a Card:  You don't have to tell me twice!

End of Turn: 

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HP:  25

Hand:  6 cards

In Play:   Surge of Strength, Fortitude

Trash:  Thokk! x2, Back-Fist Strike

Effects:  Increase damage dealt by Legacy by 2 (Surge, Tendrils).

Reduce damage dealt to Legacy by 1.

TIME CATACLYSM

In Play:  Tendrils of Madness [7], Main Computer Room [9], Fixed Point

Trash:  Charging Triceratops, F.I.L.T.E.R. Spy, Giant Mutated Species, Marsquake, Rift in Time(2), Surprise Shopping Trip

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Start of Turn:  Fixed Point is Destroyed, All players draw a card.

Play a Card:  bah

End of Turn:  Tendrils of Madness deal Greatest Legacy 1-1 Infernal Damage, Damage from G. Legacy is increased by 1 till the environment turn start.  

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In Play:  Tendrils of Madness [7], Main Computer Room [9]

Trash:  Charging Triceratops, F.I.L.T.E.R. Spy, Fixed Point, Giant Mutated Species, Marsquake, Rift in time(2), Surprise Shopping Trip.

Effects:

Static:  Reduce all damage by 1.

End:  Tendrils deals 1 infernal to highest HP target, that target deals +1 damage until start of next env. turn

          Play the top card of the Environment Deck (Main Computer Room)

Start:  Triceratops deals the target other than itself with the second lowest HP 3 melee damage.

           Each Player may draw a card (Main Computer Room)

Status:

Team Future:

Omnitron-X:  10  Melee/Projectile/Toxic-2 

Chrono-Ranger:  10

Bunker EOW:  20  -1 taken (Heavy Plating)

Team Past:

GI Bunker:  12  -1 taken (Heavy Plating)

The Argent Adept:  INCAPACITATED  (+1 to team projectile damage)

Greatest Legacy:  24  -1 taken (Fortitude)  (+1 to damage dealt from Tendrils)

Didn’t EoW Bunker throw a Foam Grenade?

sorry, fixed.

"You saw those machines, yes, gentlemen?  A glimpse of what the future holds...glorious technology for the storage and processing of vast quantities of information, without which all your efforts can only be feeble, ignorant, and likely to do more harm than good.  Though, of course, I can't let them fall into your uneducated hands...."

OMNITRON-X

HP:  10

Hand:  6 cards

In Play:  Ablative Coating, Bio-Engineering Beam, Rocket Punch.

Trash:  Technological Advancement, Innervation Ray.

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Start of Turn:  Electro-Deployment Unit plays an Innervation Ray, which heals each member of Team Future by 1.

Play a Card:  Defensive Blast

Use a Power:  Bio-Engineering Beam.  Destroy Main Computer Room and deal 1 net damage to G.I. Bunker [11].  "This makes us even, Buster...."

Draw a Card:  With relish!

End of Turn: 

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HP:  11

Hand:  5 cards

In Play:  Ablative Coating, Bio-Engineering Beam, Rocket Punch, Electro-Deployment Unit, Innervation Ray, Defensive Blast.

Trash:  Technological Advancement, Innervation Ray

Effects:  Melee, projectile, and toxic damage to O-X are -2.

If Omnitron-X takes 5 or more damage, destroy all his Components.

By Any Means is still on GI Bunker, which means you deal net 2 damage and GI Bunker is at 10 hp.

GI Bunker

HP: 10 (using PlatinumWarlock’s correction)

Hand: 7 cards

In play: Heavy Plating, Ammo Drop, Upgrade Mode, Gatling Gun

Trash: External Combustion, Heavy Plating

[hr]
Start of hero turn: Gatling Gun: Do 2+1 projectile damage to Chrono-Ranger (8)

Play a card: Play Flak Cannon.

Play Turret Mode. Upgrade Mode is destroyed.

Use a power: Panzer-Buster. Damage to Omnitron-X is irreducible.

Flak Cannon. 3+1+1 projectile damage to Chrono-Ranger (3).

Draw a card: Nope

End of hero turn: Discard Ammo Drop for Gatling Gun

[hr]

HP: 10

Hand: 4 cards

In play: Heavy Plating, Ammo Drop, Gatling Gun, Flak Cannon, Turret Mode

Trash: External Combustion, Heavy Plating, Upgrade Mode, Ammo Drop

Additional effects: -1 damage dealt to GI Bunker.
Whenever a Team Future card is destroyed, draw a card.
ST: Deal one target 2 projectile damage. ET: Discard a card or destroy Gatling Gun.
+1 damage dealt by GI Bunker. You may use two powers, and may not play cards or draw cards.

Chrono Ranger

HP:  3

Hand:  4 cards

In Play:

Trash:

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Start of Turn: CR gains 1 HP (4)

Play a Card:  Sudden Contract brings The Ultimate Target next to GI Bunker, deals net 2 Projectile damage (8)

Use a Power:  The Masadah does 5 irreducible energy damage to GI Bunker (3)

Draw a Card:  Done

End of Turn: 

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HP:  4

Hand:  4 cards

In Play:   Compounded Bow, The Masadah, Dead or Alive (on Greatest LEgacy), By Any Means (on Bunker), The Ultimate Target (on Bunker) Temporal Grenade

Trash:  Sudden Contractx2. Eye on the Prizex2, Displaced Armory, Ranger's Mark

Effects:  Cr gains 1 HP at the beginning of his turn (Dead or Alive), +1 damage dealt to Bunker (By Any Means), CR does +1 damage to Bunker (Ultimate Target)

Argent Adept gives Greatest Legacy a power use.

I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that Legacy will use Gung-Ho! on me. GI Bunker gains 1HP (4) and uses Flak Cannon on Chrono-Ranger (X), incapacitating him before he has a chance to do retaliation damage.

"You're gonna pay for that.  Jim, I'm comin', buddy..."

Bunker: Engine of War

HP:  20

Hand:  4 cards

In Play:  Grenade Launcher; Heavy Plating; Flak Cannon

Trash:  Auxiliary Power Source; Recharge Mode; External Combustion

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card:  Maintenance Unit

Use a Power:  Flak Cannon--deals net 2 projectile damage to GI Bunker [2]

Draw a Card:  Will do!

End of Turn: 

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HP:  20

Hand:  4 cards

In Play:   Grenade Launcher; Heavy Plating; Flak Cannon; Maintenance Unit

Trash:  Auxiliary Power Source; Recharge Mode; External Combustion; Adhesive Foam Grenade

Effects:  Damage to Bunker: Engine of War is at -1

America's Greatest Legacy

HP:  25

Hand:  7 cards

In Play:  Surge of Strength, Fortitude

Trash: Thokk! x2, Back-Fist Strike

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card:  Flying Smash; deal net 5 melee to OX [6, and components go smashy; GI draws two cards] and net 4 melee to EoW [16].

Use a Power:  Gung-Ho! GI Bunker regains 1HP [3] and, presumably, Flak Cannons OX for net 4 projectile [2].

Draw a Card:  Cheers!

End of Turn: 

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HP:  25

Hand:  7 cards

In Play:   Surge of Strength, Fortitude

Trash:  Thokk! x2, Back-Fist Strike, Flying Smash

Effects:  Increase damage dealt by Legacy by 2 (Surge, Tendrils).

Reduce damage dealt to Legacy by 1.

Indeed, I draw 2 cards and blast Omnitron-X again.

I'd like to know what everyone thinks of this PVP fight, just for my own curiosity.  Would you PVP again, or is this probably a one time thing?  There won't be anymore fights like this in the story line, so don't worry about that.

TIME CATACLYSM

In Play:  Tendrils of Madness [7]

Trash:  Charging Triceratops, F.I.L.T.E.R. Spy, Fixed Point, Giant Mutated Species, Main Computer Room, Marsquake, Rift in Time(2), Surprise Shopping Trip

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card:  Atlantean Throne Room

End of Turn:  Tendrils of Madness deal Greatest Legacy 1-2 Infernal Damage, Damage from G. Legacy is increased by 1 till the environment turn start.  

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In Play:  Tendrils of Madness [7], Atlantean Throne Room

Trash:  Charging Triceratops, F.I.L.T.E.R. Spy, Fixed Point, Giant Mutated Species, Main Computer Room, Marsquake, Rift in time(2), Surprise Shopping Trip.

Effects:

Static:  Reduce all damage by 1.

End:  Tendrils deals 1 infernal to highest HP target, that target deals +1 damage until start of next env. turn

Start:  Each player may draw a card, if none do destroy Atlantean Throne Room

Status:

Team Future:

Omnitron-X:  2  Melee/Projectile/Toxic-2 (irreducible until GI Bunker's Turn)

Chrono-Ranger:  INCAPACITATED

Bunker EOW:  16  -1 taken (Heavy Plating)

Team Past:

GI Bunker:  3  -1 taken (Heavy Plating)

The Argent Adept:  INCAPACITATED  

Greatest Legacy:  25  -1 taken (Fortitude)  (+1 to damage dealt from Tendrils)

AA's not boosting projectile right now and Omni has been Panzer-Bustered.

I told you guys that I needed to not play Components until GI Bunker died.  Thanks a lot. :(

> PVP is definitely crap.  And I'm not saying that just because I got pancaked.  The game just isn't balanced for it; it doesn't work at all well.  And in particular, the need to keep our hands secret is meaning that I can't easily remember what was in mine anymore.  Fortunately I did recall the card that matters most

"I regret only that I have technically zero lives to give for my technically zero countries."

OMNITRON-X

HP:  2

Hand:  5 cards

In Play:  Ablative Coating, Bio-Engineering Beam, Rocket Punch.

Trash:  Technological Advancement, Innervation Ray x2, Electro-Deployment Unit.

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Start of Turn:

Play a Card:  Disruptive Flechettes.  0 net damage to anyone but I destroy Fortitude and Heavy Plating.

Use a Power:  Bio-Engineering Beam.  Destroy Atlantean Throne Room and deal 2 damage to G.I. Bunker [1].

Draw a Card:  Whatever good it does.

End of Turn: 

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HP:  2

Hand:  5 cards

In Play:  Ablative Coating, Bio-Engineering Beam, Rocket Punch, Defensive Blast.

Trash:  Technological Advancement, Innervation Ray x2, Electro-Deployment Unit, Disruptive Flechettes.

Effects:  Melee, projectile, and toxic damage to O-X are -2 on a strictly theoretical basis.

You can destroy Heavy Plating with the Disruptive Flechettes, which will bring your damage to GI Bunker to 2 [1 hp remaining].

As mentioned in our thread, you can destroy Heavy Plating as well as Foritude

(I'm waiting in case Omnitron-X's turn gets revised to destroy any of my Equipment.)

It does.  And now Chrono-Ranger gets to be the GLADoS to your Chell…

Not to make you re-edit, but I believe Bunker would now be dead and Legs down 2 HP since the Flechettes destroy the ongoing/equipment cards then deal damage.  Bunker would take 2+2 on his turn

It’s been a good run, Paul. Take the last bastard out for me!

Previous turn deleted. Instead, assuming I have the standard incap powers, Greatest Legacy may take a card from the trash to his hand.

Legacy would only be down 1HP, but otherwise yeah, that.

Yeah, standard incap powers.

So it is now Chrono's Turn right?

Mr Bunker may use a power

I think Legacy should declare which card he takes back first?

Back-Fist Strike.

On C-R’s turn, I Flak Cannon Legacy for 3 (21).

AA restores 1 HP to Greatest Legacy.

I'm actually going to recommend we call the game now.  Team Past has two major options right now:  let Legacy play out of his hand or to cycle Back-Fist Strike with GI Bunker's incap ability.  Using the latter strategy.  That deals me net 4 damage per round, with Legacy gaining 2 (one from AA, one from his own Gung-Ho), killing me in 4 rounds. If Legacy plays cards, his damage cycle slows down much further and delays any potential victory for Team Past. On Team Future's side, I can deal straight-up 9 damage per round, which would take down Legacy in 3 rounds--less, if I get a Turret Mode or an Auxiliary Power Source.

For the sake of entertainment, though, I'm perfectly fine with the comic book trope of the two heroes squaring off and finally deciding to talk, rather than beat each other in the face.  If you'd like to continue the game, though, we can do so.

Phantaskippy--I'll see about putting together a critique of the PvP mechanics and send them your way as soon as I can finish them.  Probably by the end of the week.

Bunker: Engine of War

HP:  16

Hand:  4 cards

In Play:  Grenade Launcher; Heavy Plating; Flak Cannon; Maintenance Unit

Trash:  Auxiliary Power Source; Recharge Mode; External Combustion

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card:  Adhesive Foam Grenade

Use a Power:  Flak Cannon--deals net 3 projectile damage to Legacy [19]

Draw a Card:  Will do!

End of Turn: 

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HP:  16

Hand:  4 cards

In Play:   Grenade Launcher; Heavy Plating; Flak Cannon; Maintenance Unit

Trash:  Auxiliary Power Source; Recharge Mode; External Combustion; Adhesive Foam Grenade (x2)

Effects:  Damage to Bunker: Engine of War is at -1; Environment Cards cannot be played until the start of my next turn.

"I'm not done yet, Fright Train."

America's Greatest Legacy

HP:  19

Hand:  8 cards

In Play:  Surge of Strength

Trash: Thokk! x2, Flying Smash,  Fortitude

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card:  Back-Fist Strike; thus ends Omnitron-X.

Use a Power:  Gung-Ho! Legacy regains 1HP [20].

Draw a Card:  Merci.

End of Turn: 

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HP:  20

Hand:  8 cards

In Play:   Surge of Strength

Trash:  Thokk! x2, Back-Fist Strike, Flying Smash, Fortitude

Effects:  Increase damage dealt by Legacy by 2 (Surge, Tendrils).

It all depends on what cards Legacy has to play.

This is why I think people shouldn't play the front of a promo with the back of a normal hero.  Bunker's trash-cycling ability is VERY strong, and I don't think it's right that Panzer-Buster Bunker should have access to it.  GI Bunker has a much more effective power than Initialize, so more damage is dished out that game, and normal Bunker's incap abilities may well prove too good along with it.

On Team Future's side, I can deal straight-up 9 damage per round, which would take down Legacy in 3 rounds–

If you were assuming that you could get a power on O-X's incap turn, you can't.  I have "draw a card", "play a card", and "one target gains DR 1".  And I'd prefer I got to offer those options at least once before we called the game.

Con was nervous.  The fixed point generator wasn't a tested technology, and the field wasn't stable.  It became impossible to keep track of all the variant timelines they were dragging into this event, and it was pretty certain that there would be some sudden drastic changes in some of them.

If only they would hurry, if the field failed before they finished the fight then all this work would be lost, and with so much determined they might not be able to make a second attempt.

ROUND EIGHT

TIME CATACLYSM

In Play:  Tendrils of Madness [7]

Trash:  Atlantean Throne Room, Charging Triceratops, F.I.L.T.E.R. Spy, Fixed Point, Giant Mutated Species, Main Computer Room, Marsquake, Rift in Time(2), Surprise Shopping Trip

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card:  Foam!  Ah!

End of Turn:  Tendrils of Madness deal Greatest Legacy 1 Infernal Damage [19], Damage from G. Legacy is increased by 1 till the environment turn start.  

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In Play:  Tendrils of Madness [7]

Trash:  Atlantean Throne room, Charging Triceratops, F.I.L.T.E.R. Spy, Fixed Point, Giant Mutated Species, Main Computer Room, Marsquake, Rift in time(2), Surprise Shopping Trip.

Effects:

Static:  

End:  Tendrils deals 1 infernal to highest HP target, that target deals +1 damage until start of next env. turn

Start:  

Status:

Team Future:

Omnitron-X:  INCAPACITATED

Chrono-Ranger:  INCAPACITATED

Bunker EOW:  16  -1 taken (Heavy Plating)

Team Past:

GI Bunker:  INCAPACITATED

The Argent Adept:  INCAPACITATED  

Greatest Legacy:  19 (+1 to damage dealt from Tendrils)

Bunker salvages some of Omnitron-X's futuretech from the robot's broken wreckage to create an Auxiliary Power Source.

Paul scrounges up some of the Bunker suit for some make-shift armor. Reduce next damage to Legacy by 2.

Jim hands Bunker his six shooter to take another shot at Legs.  Bunker can use a power now

Ah, good timing!

C-R points out the Tendrils, and Bunker EOW fires the Grenade Launcher.  Legacy takes no damage (but exhausts his DR shield), and Tendrils are now at [5].

I could have sworn there was a turn sometime back when Chrono-Ranger shot the Tendrils for 1 because he couldn't get through DR by hitting anything else....

You are correct, I missed that.  Tendrils at 4.

Adept increases Legacy's melee damage by 1.

All right, old man.  You and me.  Let's do this.

Bunker: Engine of War

HP:  16

Hand:  3 cards

In Play:  Grenade Launcher; Heavy Plating; Flak Cannon; Maintenance Unit; Auxiliary Power Source

Trash:  Auxiliary Power Source; Recharge Mode; External Combustion

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Start of Turn:  I destroy Aux. Power Source and can use two powers this turn.

Play a Card:  Maintenance Unit (again)

Use a Power:  Flak Cannon--deals net 3 projectile damage to Legacy [16];

Grenade Launcher--deals net 2 projectile damage to Legacy [14] and to the Tendrils [2]

Draw a Card:  Will do!

End of Turn: 

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HP:  16

Hand:  3 cards

In Play:   Grenade Launcher; Heavy Plating; Flak Cannon; Maintenance Unit (x2)

Trash:  Auxiliary Power Source (x2); Recharge Mode; External Combustion; Adhesive Foam Grenade (x2)

Effects:  Damage to Bunker: Engine of War is at -1;

You sure you want to keep hitting the Tendrils?  They might end up helping you, now that Legs has decreased in HP and you're the only side that has DR.

It depends what Legacy plays, basically.  If he plays the BackFist Strike that he has in hand, I'll be below him again, so he'll get it again this round.  Beyond that?  We'll see.

America's Greatest Legacy

HP:  14

Hand:  8 cards

In Play:  Surge of Strength

Trash: Thokk! x2, Flying Smash, Back-Fist Strike, Fortitude

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card:  Motivational Charge

Use a Power:  Gung-Ho! Legacy regains 1HP [15] and uses Motivational Charge, dealing net 4 melee damage to Bunker [12] and regaining 1HP [16].

Draw a Card:  Woo.

End of Turn: 

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HP:  16

Hand:  8 cards

In Play:   Surge of Strength, Motivational Charge

Trash:  Thokk! x2, Back-Fist Strike, Flying Smash, Fortitude

Effects:  Increase melee damage dealt by Legacy by 3 (Surge, Tendrils, AA).

Con didn't notice it right away.  Several milli-seconds went by before he realized what was going on.  A temporal displacement, and it seemed outside of the Fixed point field.  Con checked the signature, it matched. . . but if that was the displacement they were following. . . quickly analyzing sensor logs, Con tried to message Jim. . . noresponse.  He tried the Robot. . . no response.  Con was angry, angry at himself for missing it, for following that first displacement without checking the signature.  This changed everything. . . what if they were wrong, what if they were after the wrong target?

ROUND NINE

TIME CATACLYSM

In Play:  Tendrils of Madness [2]

Trash:  Atlantean Throne Room, Charging Triceratops, F.I.L.T.E.R. Spy, Fixed Point, Giant Mutated Species, Main Computer Room, Marsquake, Rift in Time(2), Surprise Shopping Trip

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card:  Oppressive Smog

End of Turn:  Tendrils of Madness deal Greatest Legacy 1 Infernal Damage [15], Damage from G. Legacy is increased by 1 till the environment turn start.  

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In Play:  Tendrils of Madness [7]

Trash:  Atlantean Throne room, Charging Triceratops, F.I.L.T.E.R. Spy, Fixed Point, Giant Mutated Species, Main Computer Room, Marsquake, Rift in time(2), Surprise Shopping Trip.

Effects:

Static:  Reduce all HP recovery by 2

End:  Tendrils deals 1 infernal to highest HP target, that target deals +1 damage until start of next env. turn

Start:  One player may discard one card to destroy this card.

Status:

Team Future:

Omnitron-X:  INCAPACITATED

Chrono-Ranger:  INCAPACITATED

Bunker EOW:  12  -1 taken (Heavy Plating)

Team Past:

GI Bunker:  INCAPACITATED

The Argent Adept:  INCAPACITATED  

Greatest Legacy:  15 (+1 to damage dealt from Tendrils)

Bunker borrows some Plating from O-X's corpse and gains DR 1 for the next round.  Panzer-Bust that, I dare you.

Legacy may play a card.

The Legacy Ring enters play.

This is C-R's turn, not Bunker EOW's.

Bunker's metallic voice echoes through the smog.  Suddenly, Legacy feels much less "motivated".

I use Locomotion, discarding a Recharge Mode and destroying Motivational Charge.

AA boosts Legacy's melee damage.

Don't tell me you're going to try to rub your magic ring and wish for invulnerability.  That was the first trick that I learned how to deal with once your tyrannical descendant took over.

Bunker: Engine of War

HP:  12

Hand:  2 cards

In Play:  Grenade Launcher; Heavy Plating; Flak Cannon; Maintenance Unit; Auxiliary Power Source

Trash:  Auxiliary Power Source; Recharge Mode; External Combustion

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card:  Nope.  Not this time.

Use a Power:  Grenade Launcher--deals net 2 projectile damage to Legacy [13] and to the Tendrils [dead]

Draw a Card:  Will do!

End of Turn: 

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HP:  16

Hand:  3 cards

In Play:   Grenade Launcher; Heavy Plating; Flak Cannon; Maintenance Unit (x2)

Trash:  Auxiliary Power Source (x2); Recharge Mode; External Combustion; Adhesive Foam Grenade (x2)

Effects:  Damage to Bunker: Engine of War is at -1;

"Sorry to disappoint, but..."

America's Greatest Legacy

HP:  13

Hand:  7 cards

In Play:  Surge of Strength, The Legacy Ring

Trash: Thokk! x2, Flying Smash, Back-Fist Strike, Fortitude, Motivational Charge

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card:  Next Evolution

Use a Power:  Gung-Ho! Legacy regains 0HP becomes immune to projectile damage.

Draw a Card:  Cheers, big-ears!

End of Turn: 

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HP:  13

Hand:  7 cards

In Play:   Surge of Strength, The Legacy Ring, Next Evolution

Trash:  Thokk! x2, Back-Fist Strike, Flying Smash, Fortitude, Motivational Charge

Effects:  Increase melee damage dealt by Legacy by 3 (Surge, Tendrils, AA).

Con scanned the area, the crude equipment from this time had nothing he could interface with.  How could he get a message to the front?  He scanned again, both Chrono and the Robot were out of communication, he couldn't even get a data upload.  But the other, the armored one, there was a still active HUD in that suit, even if the brute wasn't using it.  If only he could modify his signal to get through. . .

" tzzzt - wrong target, you need to stop, repeat:  you're after the wrong target."

Graves could hear the voice, but he tuned it out, he needed a one-track mind and that talking box wasn't going to cost him this opportunity.

"Get out of my ear!" he barked.

"Stop, there was a mistake, you're fighting the wrong man."  Con was desperate, if they let the other one get away this could all be for naught.

Graves chuckled, "Wrong man?  No.  I know exactly who I'm here to kill."

ROUND TEN

TIME CATACLYSM

In Play:  Oppresive Smog

Trash:  Atlantean Throne Room, Charging Triceratops, F.I.L.T.E.R. Spy, Fixed Point, Giant Mutated Species, Main Computer Room, Marsquake, Rift in Time(2), Surprise Shopping Trip, Tendrils of Madness

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Start of Turn:  Greatest Legacy gets to discard and destroy Oppressive Smog.

Play a Card:  Crushing Hallway

End of Turn:  Either Bunker EOW or G. Legacy may discard their hand to destroy Crushing Hallway  

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In Play:  Crushing Hallway

Trash:  Atlantean Throne room, Charging Triceratops, F.I.L.T.E.R. Spy, Fixed Point, Giant Mutated Species, Main Computer Room, Marsquake, Oppressive Smog, Rift in time(2), Surprise Shopping Trip, Tendrils of Madness

Effects:

Static:  

End:  One player may discard their hand to destroy Crushing Hallway

Start:  Crushing Hallway deals each target 4 melee damage and destroys all ongoing cards.

Status:

Team Future:

Omnitron-X:  INCAPACITATED

Chrono-Ranger:  INCAPACITATED

Bunker EOW:  12  -1 taken (Heavy Plating)

Team Past:

GI Bunker:  INCAPACITATED

The Argent Adept:  INCAPACITATED  

Greatest Legacy:  13 

Question.  In a normal game, Crushing Hallway destroys villain ongoings (I think?) but doesnt' destroy Equipment.  How will that be handled with the "anything that destroys ongoings can also destroy equipment" ruling for PVP?

Bunker may either play a card or get DR 1 again, his choice.

Environment cards normally target heroes and say equip or ongoing, so we go witht he text as written, just ongoings will be destroyed.

I'll take the DR again, thank you.

Oh, no equipment destruction? In that case I think Legacy shall discard his hand to get rid of that, since ongoings make me not die...

OK, then GI Bunker will let Greatest Legacy get a card back from the trash. (Legacy, you should probably declare what you discard.)

Danger Sense (two of 'em, if you count my discard for Smog), a couple of Bolster Allieses, Inspiring Presence, Superhuman Durability, and Take Down. And he takes Motivational Charge back from the trash.

On C-R’s turn, Bunker uses Locomotion, discarding an Upgrade Mode and destroying Next Evolution.

[grysqrl has sporadic internet at present.] The Argent Adept gives us heroes a melee damage boost.

Con?  What is it?  I've got him in my sights and he's dead to rights.  If you don't want me to pull the trigger on this sucker, now's the time to speak up!

Bunker: Engine of War

HP:  12

Hand:  2 cards

In Play:  Grenade Launcher; Heavy Plating; Flak Cannon; Maintenance Unit (x2);

Trash:  Auxiliary Power Source (x2); Recharge Mode; External Combustion; Upgrade Mode; Adhesive Foam Grenade (x2)

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card:  Turret Mode

Use a Power:  Maintenance Unit--Bunker EOW regains 2 hp [14]; 

Other Maintenance Unit--Bunker EOW regains 2 hp [16]

Draw a Card:  No can do.

End of Turn: 

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HP:  16

Hand:  1 cards

In Play:   Grenade Launcher; Heavy Plating; Flak Cannon; Maintenance Unit (x2); Turret Mode

Trash:  Auxiliary Power Source (x2); Recharge Mode; External Combustion; Adhesive Foam Grenade (x2)

Effects:  Damage to Bunker: Engine of War is at -1; Damage dealt by Bunker EOW is +1; Bunker EOW may not draw or play cards, but may use 2 powers on his turn.

America's Greatest Legacy

HP:  13

Hand:  1 card

In Play:  Surge of Strength, The Legacy Ring

Trash: Thokk! x2, Flying Smash, Back-Fist Strike, Fortitude, Next Evolution, Danger Sense x2, Bolster Allies x2, Inspiring Presence, Superhuman Durability, Take Down

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Start of Turn:  

Play a Card:  Motivational Charge

Use a Power:  Gung-Ho! Legacy regains 1HP [14], Charges Bunker for 2 melee damage [14] and regains 1HP [15].

Draw a Card:  Woo.

End of Turn: 

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HP:  15

Hand:  1 card

In Play:  Surge of Strength, The Legacy Ring, Motivational Charge

Trash: Thokk! x2, Flying Smash, Back-Fist Strike, Fortitude, Next Evolution, Danger Sense x2, Bolster Allies x2, Inspiring Presence, Superhuman Durability, Take Down

Effects:  Increase melee damage dealt by Legacy by 2 (Surge, AA).

Motivational Charge only deals me 1 melee damage--O-X gave me another DR point this round.  Bunker EOW is at 15.

Jim Brooks felt like the steps at the old Stable after the Hayes boys had run through town.  He looked at his side, the bleeding had stopped thanks to all that metal tech Con had stuck in him, but the skin hadn't repaired yet and he looked a mess.  Those metal suits packed a punch, he'd have to talk to Con about getting something to blast through armor like that, or maybe some of that armor for himself.

He looked aroung him.  That Legacy guy they were after was still standing, and the fight seemed over.  Part of him worried about the consequences, the tyrant.  Mostly though he was relieved, that guy was a soldier fighting for America, not some monster.

"Con, status." Jim coughed.

. . .

Anthony laid back and closed his eyes.  Legacy was alive, he had done it, Legacy was still alive.  Baron Blade was still out there, but this first attempt on the Legacy line had failed, and he would be here for any others.  He just needed to rest.

. . .

Omnitron-X looked over his process log, errors were made.  Errors due to innacurate information.  His systems had not fully rebooted when the second temporal disruption had occured, the inteligence known as Con was inferior, but the logs were clear.  He would need to gather data on the timeline changes, errors were not something he was programmed to tolerate, let alone repeat.

. . .

The metal man was gone, just vanished.

"Con, that robot disappearred, track him." Jim ordered, he wasn't about to lose track of that thing.

Con replied, but Jim was busy, he had questions that needed answers.  One thing he had gotten used to in time travel, it didn't matter when you left, you still arrived at the same time.

. . .

"Alright soldier, on your feet."

Anthony wasn't a soldier, and he didn't need to stand; the speaker pulled him upright anyway.  It was him, it was the great big hero, Legacy, right there in front of him.  A handsome man with a warm smile and a grip like a steel vice.

"We've got a lot of stories here, and I'm thinking yours just might help tie all of this mess together."  Legacy had a suprisingly gentle voice, but his smile and posture were straight up Alpha Male, Anthony was looking at the epitome of a man's man, but inspite of himself, he liked him.  He couldn't help feeling that everything was going to be OK, and he couldn't help telling everything he knew.

Thanks for playing the PVP everyone!

Here's your question:

I found the PVP to be

A. horrible

B. fun if not balanced, good for a one-time thing

C. meh

D. would do it again

E.  I loved it!

For me, it's somewhere between B and C.

Part of the biggest issue is the ability for players to actively target one hero and hammer them into the ground.  Team Future did that early on to make Argent Adept a non-factor, while Team Past did much the same (though it took longer) with Chrono-Ranger.  Eliminating heroes early makes things un-fun for those players.  I imagine that if I were one of those players, I'd have checked out almost entirely.

I felt the game really went overlong, particularly when it was myself and Legacy sitting back and staring at one another--him playing Next Evolution, then me countering and destroying it, over and over.  I do feel like cards that prevent damage entirely (Next Evolution, Hypersonic Assault, etc.) really are powerful in this setup, as they can effectly shut another team down.  My biggest worry on Team Future was the Next Evolution/Lead From The Front combo (which, obviously, never materialized), as Team Future was so dependent on projectile damage.

Honestly, I can't say I'd be interested in playing another PvP scenario.  I'm eager to get back to beating up on villains.

Yeah, I'd say B, but it went too long, I dont mind those PVP variants in person but not for PBF

B for me. I kind of enjoyed it; there were serious balance issues, though. You could maybe have ended it a round or two earlier.

Somewhere between B and D... fun, and possibly something I'd do again (if you find anyone else who wound :P) but like the others have said it did go overlong.

C.

Yeah, it is often hard to know where to stop it, because often one timely card can turn the match.

Again, thanks for playing, I needed that match to tie two storylines together.

They were all together in the officers mess tent, discussing the details with Legacy, Lt. Matthews from the metal suit, and someone from Eisenhower's staff.  Legacy had managed to convince him of the potential threat of temporal destabilization and they had erected a 30yd. security perimeter around the tent, and were playing a Bing Crosby record to cover their voices.

They were discussing Baron Blade and his father Fyodor when they heard some shouts from outside, the robot Anthony now knew was called Omnitron-X had returned.  Omnitron explained that the future had changed quite a bit, apparently Blade had abandoned a quick srike, and in different timelines would attack allied command posts, make another attempt on Legacies life, or attempt to join his father and be killed.

No matter what happened there would be serious consequences, if he was allowed to attack the allied command infrastructure the push into Germany would bog down and the Soviets would conquer most of Germany.  Stalin would take the move as a sign of weakness and start a third world war that would be fought with atomic bombs and super weapons created by Ivan and Fyodor Romonat.  The end result would not be good for anyone.

In other lines Baron Blade lies low, bides his time and kills Legacy and thePresident of the United States in the early 60's, still before he would have a son.  The resulting whitch hunt would create paranoia and Super Humans would be hunted and the end result was Voss ruling the Earth.

If Blade was allowed to attempt to join his father, Fyodor would have him killed, convinced he was a spy.  Convinced others knew of his plans he would ally with certain powers in the Communist Party and there would still be a third World War, in the early 80's with a nuclear shield protecting certain cities in the Soviet Union while the rest of the planet burned.

There was one point Omnitron could lock down in Blade's actions, he would be heading to Paris to plan his next move.

Stay tuned for Episode 8: Paris when it Sizzles (and booms)  I think I'll hold off on posting he next episode for a bit.  With Christmas here and new years, and then I'm gone to Magfest from the 2nd to 5th.  So after I get back I'll start the new episode, around the 6th or 7th.  If someone else wants to run a game go for it, since I think we are down to one game going on right now.

Thanks again for running these. I think I'm somewhere around a B. A few thoughts:

• Ongoing/equipment destruction is super-powerful. When creating teams, I think it would be important to balance ongoing destruction (everyone on Team Future has it, but only one on Team Past). Maybe the person doing the destroying doesn't get to pick what gets destroyed? It could be random or the destroyee could choose.
• Alternating play order seems to give a slight benefit to the team that goes first. You might consider revising the order to A1, B1, B2, A2, A3, B3 instead of A1, B1, A2, B2, A3, B3.
• The environment was more annoying than anything; especially in situations where destroying the environment card benefits everyone on both teams but one person on one team has to pay the price to get rid of it. This might be worse for some environments than others - Silver Gulch (with Lost in Time removed) would probably be OK.
• Echo PlatinumWarlock - it's a little less fun when one player gets focused down and eliminated right off the bat. Maybe make it so that players don't get incapped - you have to get everyone on the other team down to zero HP, but individuals who are at (or below) zero keep their cards and keep on fighting. It might be appropriate to start with less HP to keep the game from dragging out.

I will say this match was really hurt by Adept being sent back, he is terrible at PVP, and focusing him down actually allowed Team past to be better than they should have been, focusing down bunker would have ended the match much faster, but then no one knew that because there isn't a lot of PVP experience going into this, and as a villain focusing Adept would be ideal, but PVP is different.

I Like the idea of all heroes stay in the game until all are at 0, that takes the least balanced part of PVP (incap abilities) out of the equation and really changes the game.  I will try it.

Some rules tweaks would have to be made (Legacy can't redirect damage to himself if he's at 0hp being an easy one), but it is worth looking into.