The Nightmare of SIDE

[Dodgeson]

The dome went down and it was showtime! Sure the elementals were big and everything but they'd beaten them before and he had no hesitation that they could do it again. As far as he was concerned the biggest threat was the summoner himself, kicking up the dust beneath his feet Avery barrelled towards the nearest nearest window, throwing himself through it in a shower of glass to bring him face to face with Daryll.

"End of the road Daryll." He announced as he came to a stop "Between Brava, that big gravel pit of yours and your fake girlfriend at Adaros, we're three for three." Technically the Taskforce was 4 for 4 but Avery for the life of him couldn't remember the name of that guy from the hospital.

"Speaking of Adaros, wanna know what blunt force on the back of your girlfriend's head sounds like? I've been working on an impression."

Yeah he was probably pushing Daryll's buttons but that was the whole point, Avery could take a hit better than most so if he could get him to focus on him so much the better. Without wasting any more time Avery reached behind himself and pulled his mallet out of nowhere and swung hard at Daryll, sure it wasn't exactly a fridge but Avery never said it was a good impression.

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Move: to AB34
Free: Set Hammer Space to 'Acme Mallet' Damage 11 Linked to Affliction 11 (Dazed&Impaired/Stunned&Disabled, Fort)(Cumulative, Extra Condition)(Limited Degree)
Standard: All-Out/Power Attack +5 at Daryll (1d20+11)[15] DC31 Toughness Save & DC26 Fortitude Save vs Dazed&Impaired/Stunned&Disabed if that hits

HP 3
Condition -5 Defence

[Arlin]

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Too tired, but don't want to hold up the game further. Will fill in writing later.

Move: Portal Stepping to AH35.

Standard: Destructo Disks on Flame Elemental and Darryl, AoA 2. Hoping to set Darryl on fire by attacking with open portals.
-Darryl: (1d20+9)[17]
-Flame: (1d20+9)[21]

Extra Effort: Do it again.
-Darryl: (1d20+9)[12]
-Flame: (1d20+9)[21]

Status: -2 Defenses, Fatigued next round.

[Quellian-dyrae]

Round 1

Wraith's fists and feet passed right through the air elemental, seeing as how it was, you know, nothing but air. However, the Universe totally forgot whether or not Wraith actually had to make solid physical contact to deliver the effects of his powers or if he just had to make general contact to do it, and as was often the case when the Universe forgot how things worked around Wraith it just assumed the answer was in his favor. The air elemental promptly forgot Wraith was a factor in this fight despite having been punched and kicked by him not half a second ago. But I'm sure such a lapse wouldn't hinder it all that much...

Meanwhile!

Darryll kinda scoffed at Prophet's call. "I hardly see how it could have possibly ended any other way!" he called back with sardonic calm. "But I shall make you all the same offer. Release the blocker and withdraw, and I shall not be forced to kill you all here!"

The divinely-augmented, expertly-piloted ACV's lightning blast tagged the fire elemental. When coherent energy met coherent energy the forces keeping them coherent tended to be...reactive. Fire and electricity sprayed outwards, leaving the elemental just a bit diminished.

When Avery swung his mallet at Darryll...well. The master summoner didn't even move. But a golden-haired, bearded transparent figure, huge and heavily muscled enough to have been Brava's younger brother, just kind of materialized in the same space as Darryll occupied, and halted Avery's swing with one hand. Darryll raised an eyebrow. "So...you are saying I have nothing to worry about, then?" he asked.

The fire elemental dodged Kate's portals, fast as a flickering flame. Darryll himself briefly faded into transparently, momentarily entering a spirit form to allow them to pass right through him.

Hayseed barrelled into the house, crashing through one of the windows and racing around to flank Darryll. It was worth noting, this was probably the first time anyone in the Task Force had seen Hayseed since Darryll's attack on their loved ones. Hayseed had gone into hiding with her family, so that she would be right there if anything else threatened them. She had not left the base they had been placed in since, until today, for this mission. And um, Avery could see her face over Darryll's shoulder and...well. Hayseed had...she had never really looked quite like that. Normally, even an angry Hayseed was, you know, cheery. Terrifyingly cheery in a way that has been known to give ghosts nightmares, but still. Cheery. And, you know, expressive.

But right now, Hayseed's face was utterly still, utterly expressionless. No wild smile. No manic dancing in her eyes. She was as still and cold as a statue carved from ice. But even that stillness still managed to communicate...something. It was in how she was looking at Darryll. The stare was utterly flat, but still intense enough to melt steel. To say there was murder in the IN-SIDE agent's eyes would be giving it too much credit. Murder was a far more involved and complicated process than what was in Hayseed's eyes. Murder involved setting it up to look like an accident, covering things up in the aftermath, making sure no inconvenient questions got asked later, and then filling out a bunch of really boring paperwork in a really dark room. No no, Hayseed was not going to do Darryll the service of merely murdering him. Because in Hayseed's eyes, Darryll Harrens was no longer a person. He was no longer a human being. He was no longer even an enemy.

Darryll Harrens was a threat to her family.

So you know what? **** Hayseed. Cassie McCrae came running up behind him, waited for just the right moment when his little spirit guard was occupied with Avery's hammer, and swung her staff full force for the back of his head. Again. And again! AND AGAIN!

The fire elemental flickered into the room, though, shielding its master, ignoring the disruptive energies of the staff. The room got...very, very hot. Cassie hissed out an angry breath and threw down a smoke bomb, vanishing elsewhere into the house to plan her next strike in peace.

Darryll sighed and cast a spell, summoning up guardian spirits to seek out his enemies for his elementals to destroy, while channeling power into his personal guardian to strike out at Avery with a crushing blow of his massive fist.

The fire elemental pointed hands at both Avery and Kate, and filled the air around them with a storm of searing fire. The wind elemental, following the guidance of Darryll's summoned spirits, unleashed a volley of wind crescents at Wraith, the full power of a tornado packed into a razor-thin package. The earth and water elementals, clearly directed to put a stop to Prophet's supportive powers as swiftly as possible, double-teamed the Seeker, the earth elemental rushing him with a devastating slam and the water elemental straight leaping over the building to attack with a breathtakingly agile martial arts kata for such a large creature.

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Darryll 1:
Move: Begin casting a spell.

Guardian Spirits: Enhanced Perception 4 (Quirk [Only applies against characters that attacked himself or an ally last round; downgraded from Limited due to Variable]), Senses 11 (Extended Vision, Vision Counters All Concealment, Vision Penetrates Concealment, Radius Vision, Quirk [Only applies against characters that attacked himself or an ally last round; downgraded from Limited due to Variable]), Feature 1 (All characters mentally communicating with him are aware of the position of enemies that he is aware of), Feature 2 (Any defensive penalties taken intentionally by characters also penalize their Stealth checks against Perception checks enhanced with this power), Feature 2 (Any defensive penalties taken intentionally by characters also reduce their Concealment defense bonuses if their positions are revealed due to this power); Immunity 2 (Own Summons' Powers); Damage 14 Linked Affliction 14 (Dazed/Stunned/Incapacitated; Fortitude; Cumulative); Accurate 7, Reach 3.

Wraith take a Hero Point, because you didn't know this feature was possible when you chose your initial actions. That said, let this be a warning to all: taking defense penalties on yourself may actually make you easier to attack even with cover-ups in play! Who'da thought, right? (You guys are of course allowed to use features like these yourselves if you are concerned about NPCs using such tricks against you.)

Standard: Attack Avery with Guardian Spirits at (1d20+14)[25]. On a hit, Toughness DC 29 vs. Damage, Fortitude DC 24 vs. Cumulative Dazed/Stunned/Incapacitated. Hit

Darryll 2:
Move: Active Perception check rolled in the OOC (the -2 is because I was originally gonna buff his Perception to the max and then remembered my cap of 5 for variable skill boosts). That detects Wraith but, even after the -10 for her AoA and self-inflicted Vulnerable, still barely misses Hayseed this round due to her crit.
Standard: Is busy controlling the elementals.

Spirit of the Raging Flame:
Reaction: Interpose for Darryll. This is before he gave himself immunity but it was on Summoner's Trap so it's Selective. Also Selectively avoids destroying the house, so for the moment only the people in the room are affected.
Reaction: Convection triggers, attacking Avery, Kate, and Hayseed since she's still in the room at the time. On a hit, Toughness DC 24 vs. Damage.
Avery: (1d20+19)[28], Deflected at (1d10+21)[25]. Hit
Kate: (1d20+19)[31], Deflected at (1d10+23)[28]. Hit
Hayseed: (1d20+19)[24], Deflected at (1d10+23)[31]. Toughness: (1d20+10)[13]. Thankfully Deflected
Move: It's fine.
Standard: Attack Kate and Avery with Firestorm. They're not quite in range of a single cloud so it'll have to Multiattack for 2. On a hit, Toughness DC 29 vs. Damage, and if you don't leave the Cloud Area you'll take it again next round.
Avery: (1d20+12)[25], Deflected at (1d10+21)[28]. Deflected
Kate: (1d20+12)[16], Deflected at (1d10+21)[23]. Deflected

Spirit of the Wild Winds:
Move: It's fine.
Standard: Wind Crescents on Wraith at (1d20+12)[24] (-2 for Impaired, but thanks to Darryll's Feature, your Concealment penalty against this attack gets eaten by your intentionally-taken defense penalty), Deflected at (1d10+23)[33]. On a hit, HAD (including your intentionally-taken defense penalty) DC 29+Multiattack vs. Damage. Spirit of the Wild Winds is Deflected at 1d10+24. Deflected
End of Turn: Recover from Affliction (DC 25, -2 for Impaired): (1d20+12)[27]. But recovers

Spirit of the Impassive Mountain:
Move: Into W40.
Standard: Attack Prophet with Earth Slam at (1d20+14)[23], Deflected at (1d10+23)[29]. On a hit, Toughness DC 29 vs. Damage, Strength or Dodge DC 24 vs. Grab, Fortitude DC 24 vs. Cumulative Dazed/Stunned/Incapacitated Affliction. The Dream

Spirit of the Pitiless Sea:
Move: Into AC39.
Standard: Attack Prophet with Fluid Strike at (1d20+14)[24], Deflected at (1d10+23)[25]. On a hit, Toughness DC 29 vs. Damage, Strength or Dodge DC 24 vs. Grab, Prowess vs. Cumulative Dazed+Vulnerable/Stunned+Defenseless/Incapacitated. The first conditions of each tier are limited to physical actions, although they will (albeit only partially) cumulate with the above. Protects Him

All PCs are on turn.

[Hyperbolic sine]

Aidan wasn't sure whether to be happy the elementals had utterly ignored him: everyone else was actually overall tougher than the ACV, to be honest, but at the same time letting the summons gang up on Prophet wasn't really optimal.

He maneuvered the ACV so as to reach ground level and line up with the Earth and Fire elementals again (there was a chance the door would hold, but he'd just have to take it), and again fired the electricity blaster before regaining altitude...but he boosted the thrusters' output so as to get it all done just quicker enough to allow him to also fire on the former with the incendiary machineguns before it could react.

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Move: AB43->V45 (ground).
Standard: Electricity Blaster on Earth, door and (if Breached) Fire. Dodge DC 20 for half, Toughness DC 25/20 vs Damage, Fortitude DC 20/Can't fail vs Vulnerable/Can't fail more than that.
Move-by: V45->T39 (100' up).
EE Standard: Incendiary Machineguns on Earth at (1d20+10)[15], Toughness DC 25+Multiattack vs Secondary Effect Damage.

[Dorni]

"It only came to this because you remained set on your path, but no one is so far gone that they cannot change. Even Brava's realized the madness that Tara's gone to." Prophet stood his ground, radiating the light of the Dream over his allies.

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Move: Lets give this a try. Insightful Feint on Daryll. Insight (1d20+16)[27]. If successful, Set-Up 3 to hand off the benefit to the first 3 to claim it.
Standard: Prayer of Guidance. All allies within Area [Perception: Visual] are Deflected at 1d10+23. Avery gets a Team Attack at (1d20+21)[36] on whomever he attacks.

[Thokk_Smash]

Wraith grimaces when he realizes the Wind Elemental has managed to shrug off his power's influence. Even worse is the damned spirit-things Darryl sent to stalk him. Very rude of the man.

He gives a silent thanks to Prophet as the Dream turns aside the crescents of wind from the Wind Elemental. His karambit knife shifts in his hand as he runs through the air. "Prophet, at this point, I think by this point Darryl's head is firmly up his own a**," he says, lining up with the newly-made hole in the building. He snakes his gauntlet's projected limb through the hole to aim directly at the Flame Elemental and fires off a barrage of projectiles made of his own Spiritual Energy right at the summoned being.

"I think that's the only way to explain this level of willful ignorance to his own situation," he finishes before slipping into the blind spots between the enemies' gazes.

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Move action: AC19->V40 (ground)

Free action: Snake Extra Limb Projection into the house to bypass any potential cover problems.

Free action: Swap to Amnesiac Barrage, Overlooked Options.

Standard Action: Attack with Amnesiac Barrage, Power Attack for 5, (1d20+7)[20] vs DC 30 Damage (Unable to Incapacitate), DC 25 Fort vs Entranced/Stunned/Transformed (Cumulative, Secondary Effect, Limited [First two apply to powers, third can only make Powerless], Insidious [Power detection])

Move-by Action: V40 (Ground)->S45 (80ft up), bringing Projection limb back to his body.

Status: Fine, Stealthed at ((1d20+21)[33]), not Active-Defense-penalized
HP: 4

[Dodgeson]

Avery opened his mouth to snap back at Daryll but stopped himself "I just want you to know I've got a real zinger for you but I gotta deal with your pal here." He informed the summoner, tilting his head at the fire elemental "Unlike you we don't void people's security deposit just to prove a point."

In an instant Avery had discarded his mallet and was holding the business end of a fire hose.

"Jerk."

Okay, maybe he hadn't quite gotten over the loss of his apartment just yet, but this was shaping up to be pretty good therapy. So without wasting any more time he let loose, blasting an enormous jet of water right at the towering flame monster.

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Move:Dazed
Free: Set Variable to 'Fire Hose' Perception Damage 11 (Area:Line)(Limited:Must emanate from Avery)
Standard: Attack Spirit of the Ranging Flame DC26 Toughness Save
Extra Effort: Do it again!
End of Turn: Fortitude Save to Recover from Dazed (DC17) (1d20+11)[14] & Regeneration heals a bruise

HP 2
Condition Dazed (DC17)/Fatigued

[Arlin]

Kate gritted her teeth and ducked through a portal as the flames shot out, but jumping to the other side only put her slightly farther away. She idly hoped she still had eyebrows as she sent another set of portals at him. "You're really resorting to 'You're making me do this' as an excuse? It doesn't work for domestic abuse, it doesn't work for you either!" she spat.

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Move- Portal Step to U32.

Standard- Destructo Discs on Darryll (Crit 31+): (1d20+12)[28] Hits, I think On hit, DC 24+Multiattack HAD vs. Damage.

EE- One more time (Crit 31+): (1d20+12)[32] Crit! On hit, DC 2429+Multiattack HAD vs. Damage.

Spending a Hero Point to avoid further fatigue.

Status: Fatigued.

[Quellian-dyrae]

Round 2

The earth elemental ignored the lightning bolt - come to think of it that might have had something to do with grounding - but once again the coherent blast of energy proved effective on the similar substance of the fire elemental, sending much of its flame scattering and leaving it momentarily open.

"And you clearly did not listen at all when we met," Darryll responded to Prophet, at the suggestion that he didn't fully understand that Tara's plan was wrong and probably crazy.

However, Prophet felt his power take hold on the Earth elemental. He wasn't in full control yet, some power of Darryll's had a direct controlling influence on the elemental, and Prophet's hold was still only tangential. But he was making good headway.

Wraith capitalized immediately on the fire elemental's vulnerability, blasting it with his spiritual energy until it forgot how to fire. I don't mean, it forgot how to fire projectiles at people. I mean forgot how to fire! The elemental flickered and wavered, seeming to shrink in on itself.

Giving Avery the chance to blast it full-force with a fire hose. Now you might think, come on, a fire hose? This thing is a 60' tall living inferno! And, not to put too fine a point on it, but it doesn't actually have any fuel that it would care about being wet! So unless you're planning to output enough water to completely cut it off from all of the oxygen, that's not going to do anything! And that would be a fair assessment, if not for three things:

1) This was Aranth.
2) This was a Dreamer.
3) This was AVERY!

The laws of physics didn't even raise a hand. There was nothing left of the fire elemental but steam! ...And a little incongruous stream of gray smoke.

Kate's portals went whipping for Darryll, aimed true, but the wind and water elementals rushed to defend him faster than he himself could dodge, knocking him from their paths. They got some of their own mass teleported elsewhere, but it was nothing they couldn't take.

"Hmm...no," Darryll answered Kate, seeming unperturbed. "I concede, I misspoke. I did not mean to suggest my actions and choices here would not be my own responsibility. However, it was your decisions to force this personal conflict in a way that rather requires it go to a final conclusion. If I were able to withdraw, my tactical options would be more flexible. But as things stand, given my own decision to put killing all of you on the table, I am hardly in a position to anything else at this point, from a strategic perspective." ...Ya'll probably weren't here for a lecture on ethics (or an appalling lack thereof, as the case may be). But evidently that's what you get when you face Darryll Harrens.

However, Darryll's pontificating gave Hayseed the perfect opportunity to sneak back in and suddenly reveal herself in the best way possible. With copious amounts of fire! Twin energy pistols in her hands, she fired shot after shot, unloading both guns rapid-fire and with quick-twitch aiming, every pull of a trigger launched a focused red bolt of compact fiery energy at Darryll or one of his elementals.

"AHHHH-H-H-H-H-H-H-"

And she was screaming, screaming like a banshee with every-

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

No, no wait, that wasn't screaming, that was laughing, laughing maniacally as-

"HAHAH-H-H-H-H-H-H-HAHAHAHAHAHAH-H-H-H-H-H-HH!!!!!!!"

It was...it was both...she was both screaming madly and laughing maniacally as she unleashed enough fire to build a whole new giant elemental out of and actually she might have been crying just a little bit too...

...

...When the guns' safety systems enforced a cooldown, it turned out that only the wind elemental seemed to have been damaged at all, and even then not really that much.

"[IT IS A VERY GOOD THING MARSHA AND JULIE ARE NOT IN THE ROOM I WILL TELL YOU THAT!]!!!!!"

Hayseed rushed back out of immediate line of sight, but the water elemental gave chase, seeking to neutralize the threat that had unleashed fire upon it with extreme prejudice. It drew upon the extra power its master had invested into it, and unleashed a torrent of water on Hayseed, aiming to hammer her with the full force of the sea, erode her defenses, and trap her in its body to drown her!

Wind swirled around Darryll, and he flew from the house, over to the earth elemental. He laid a hand upon it. "No," he said, as spirits of water flowed into his minion, seeking to purify and free it of Prophet's control.

The Earth elemental raised up its arms, and the ground tore free, huge clods of earth rising up, up, up into the air, and coming crashing down on Aidan and Prophet.

The Wind elemental gestured at Kate, sending a bolt of lightning at her. The bolt chained over to Avery, from there out of the house towards Prophet, and then arcing up at more-or-less where it remembered Aidan's ACV being.

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Spirit of the Pitiless Sea:
Move: Into Z20.
Standard: Summoner's Trap on Hayseed at (1d20+14)[29]. On a hit, Toughness ((1d20+10)[11]) DC 29+Multiattack vs. Secondary Effect Damage, Defense ((1d20+5)[8]) DC 24+Multiattack/29 vs. Weaken Toughness and Grab. Hit. Full Multiattack due to AoA. DCs 34 and 29. Hayseed'll definitely reroll those.

Darryll 1:
Move: Begin casting a spell.

Invoke Wind and Water: Flight 14; Healing 14 (Restorative, Limited [Rebalanced Healing]) Linked Nullify Afflictions 14 (Broad, Simultaneous, Effortless, Reduced Range [Close], Limited [Counters Only], Limited [Each Affliction Nullified uses up one degree of Healing]).

Standard: Ready an action to cast Invoke Wind and Water on Spirit of the Impassive Mountain when in range. Healing: (1d20+14)[22], Nullify: (1d20+14)[16] opposed by (1d20+11)[14]. Darryll's going to reroll his Nullify check; it passes in itself but if he doesn't do so now he can't if Prophet chooses to reroll his opposed roll. Prophet take a Hero Point. The seven remaining points get halved rounded up to 4 since it failed a resistance check vs. Weaken last round, so four points of the Weaken go away; this will become six points if the Counter ends up failing.

Darryll 2:
Move: Into Y39.
Standard: Controlling elementals.

Spirit of the Impassive Mountain:
Move: Actually would still lose this from Compelled if it isn't Countered, but doesn't really have anything for it anyway.
Standard: Move Earth. Prophet and ACV, Toughness DC 29 vs. Damage. Aidan, if the ACV is Breached, you take it too.
EDIT: It also removes a point of Weaken, I'll hold off on rolling against Progressive until I know if the Affliction's still there.

Spirit of the Wild Winds:
Move: Dazed.
Standard: Chain Lightning on Kate, Avery, Prophet, and the ACV. Aidan if the ACV is Breached and the attack against it hits your own Defense, you take it too. On a hit, Toughness DC 29 vs. Damage, Fortitude DC 24 vs. Dazed+Vulnerable/Stunned+Defenseless.
Kate: (1d20+14)[16], Deflected at (1d10+23)[30]. Deflected
Avery: (1d20+14)[17], Deflected at (1d10+21)[25]. Deflected
Prophet: (1d20+14)[30], Deflected at (1d10+23)[25]. Hit
ACV: (1d20+9)[28] (-5 for Total Concealment relative to the elemental). The ACV can't perceive Prophet so it isn't Deflected. However, if it's Breached, Aidan is Deflected at (1d10+23)[26]. Hit, and hits Aidan too if ACV Breached

All PCs are on turn.

[Thokk_Smash]

Wraith sends his projected arm out, curling in winding formations and into Darryl's blind spots. "And if you were able to run, tail tucked between your legs, thousands could suffer for it," Wraith yells in anger. "I'm curious, does Tara even appreciate how far removed you are from what you once were?"

He strikes out with his karambit knife, now a bright sky blue blade springing from its hilt. Any magical abilities Darryl possesses, the knife seeks to sever. And though it causes Wraith low-grade, persistent pain, the magic won't return until Wraith falls or switches focus.

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Move action: Rolled to Trick in OOC.

Free action: Switch to Dreamer Disruption, change it to Magic Malfunction

Standard action: Attack Darryl with Magic Malfunction, AoA/PA for 5, critting on a 26+: (1d20+10)[29] vs a Sustained Nullify Magic effects Crit!

Edit: Nullify rolled in the OOC

Status: Fine, Vulnerable, -5 Defenses
HP: 4

[Hyperbolic sine]

The rain of rocks battered the ACV, overloading the forcefield just enough for the lightning bolt to breach it and hit the flame blaster: the sudden power surge was more than the protections systems could handle, and a couple of power nodes violently exploded inside the cockpit.

The ACV remained still for a moment as damage control rebooted several systems and Aidan himself regained his bearing, but then the laser cannon powered up and fired an energy bolt at Darryll.

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Move: Dazed.
Standard: Attack Darryll 2 with Laser Cannon, Toughness DC 25 vs Damage.

[Dodgeson]

"Hayseed!"

Now don't get Avery wrong, out of all the people in the building, the SIDE agent was still the one that scared him the most (if she wanted you dead the first time you'd know about it would be when you were coughing up blood, compared to that Daryll's warning shot was practically sporting) and she definitely had moves but at the end of the day she wasn't a Dreamer. Which was why he was floating inside the clutches of the water elemental.

"Bubble! Glub bubble bubble glub glub!" He admonished Hayseed around the snorkel he was wearing, flailing expressively before he slipped from summon's grasp. Of course he still had his manners and left the water elemental something to remember him by, the real question really was where he even found a sea mine....

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Free: Power Stunt of off Hammer Space 'Teleport 1 (Precise)(Increased Action: Standard) Linked to Damage 11 (Secondary Effect) Linked to Weaken Toughness 11 (Resisted by Toughness)(Secondary Effect);Accurate 5
Move:Dazed
Standard: Teleport to in to Y22 & All-Out/Power Attack +5 at the Water Elemental (1d20+11)[12] DC31/26 Toughness Save if that hits Obviously a dud
End of Turn: Recover a point of Toughness, Regeneration removes a Bruise & Fortitude to Recover from Dazed (DC17) (1d20+11)[27] Recover

HP 1
Status Fatigued/-1 Toughness/-5 Active Defense

[Dorni]

"No. Its you who haven't been listening," Prophet answered. His tone was firm, like the nimbus that surrounded him as he floated to the ground. "Don't mistake my compassion for weakness in the same way you've confused love and servitude. Anyone can change, and I won't reject anyone who wants to try. But all of us are responsible for what we do with our Gifts. That those who abuse them need to be held responsible. You will answer for your crimes."

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Move: To ground at AB38
Standard: Prayer of Guidance. Avery/Kate/Wraith/ACV are Deflected at 1d10+23. First person to claim it gets a Team Attack against Daryll at +21, Damage 6
Extra Effort: Ready to Counter Daryll's next use of his power at +11.

[Arlin]

Kate opted not to speak further- Darryll clearly wasn't going to listen in any case. She found herself jerking back as the Dream's influence warned her of the lightning bolt that nearly struck home. Then Kate resumed the offense, hoping to bring down the summoner before he could call his elementals anew.

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Move- Nah.

Standard- Destructo Discs on Darryll 2 (Crit 31+): (1d20+11)[18] Nope On hit, DC 24+Multiattack HAD vs. Damage.

EE- One more time (Crit 31+): (1d20+11)[21] Still nope On hit, DC 29+Multiattack HAD vs. Damage.

Spending a Hero Point to avoid further fatigue again.

Status: Fatigued.

[Quellian-dyrae]

Round 3

Wraith's projected blade passed right through Darryll...but it struck his magic squarely. The portion of Darryll's Spiritual Energy that seemed to shift into different shapes, Wraith struck and sundered, blocking its flow. There was more to it, Darryll's was a powerful spirit fueled by an uncompromising will. The shapes of his elementals seemed to flow away from Wraith's strike, and the monsters didn't vanish. But Darryll wouldn't be able to both maintain them and cast spells while Wraith's power lasted.

The...problem with that was that Wraith had kinda left himself open, while making himself a massive priority target.

But, you know...it would probably be fine!

Darryll managed to dodge just as Aidan's laser powered up, only taking a graze. Even without active magic, he moved with wind-blessed speed to avoid Kate's portals.

Back inside, Avery's sea mine did exactly what sea mines do! That is to say, float harmlessly in the water waiting for something solid to blunder into them. Hayseed rushed the elemental that had, not to put too fine a point on it, nearly destroyed her home, hurt her dog, and THREATENED HER FAMILY with precisely zero regard to her own safety. She didn't even waste the breath to thank Avery for shielding her, something she had pretty much never failed to do before in even the most heated of battles. That's right folks, you heard it here first, Hayseed's fury was so great that it transcended basic politeness. Repeated whacks of her disruptor staff caused only minor damage to the enormous elemental, but it did weaken its powers a bit as well.

"She does, in fact," Darryll answered Wraith. There was a tension in his voice. He was not as calm as he may have outwardly presented himself. But with two of his elementals already down and his active magic neutralized, how could he be? "She has told me more than once that I did not need to be a part of this. Even that I should not. But she needed my help, and so I offered it freely." Looking to Prophet, he added, "I am not sure what you are trying to convince me of. I have never questioned your rightness in seeking to bring us to justice. I merely question your ability!" With that last word, there was a flash in Darryll's eyes.

And his remaining elementals went berserk.

They flowed back outside, taking up shielding positions before their master, and cut loose. The air elemental sent a blast of lightning chaining among Wraith, the ACV, Prophet, and Kate, and then followed up with razor-thin crescents packing the full power of a tornado within them. The water elemental lashed out at Wraith, Prophet, Hayseed, and Avery with hydraulic tendrils of eroding water. Lightning crackled between the two elementals, as the elements of the storm came together to unleash their fury upon the heroes.

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Darryll 1:
Move: Into AC 43.
Standard: Yep, he has it. Inspire 5. It does not apply to his second track, and his second track doesn't have a separate use. The party gains a floating Hero Point.
Extra Effort: Grant his water elemental a standard action.

Darryll 2:
Move: Nah.
Standard: Defend.
Extra Effort: Grant his air elemental a standard action.

Spirit of the Wild Winds:
Move: Into Y39.
Standard: Chain Lightning on Wraith, the ACV (and Aidan if it Breaches), Prophet, and Kate. All Out Attack for 5, +5 for Inspire. On a hit, Toughness DC 29 vs. Damage, Fortitude DC 24 vs. Dazed+Vulnerable/Stunned+Defenseless.
Free: Swap to Wind Crescents.
Wraith: (1d20+24)[27], Deflected at (1d10+23)[31]. Deflected
ACV/Aidan: (1d20+24)[28], Aidan Deflected at (1d10+23)[33]. (Aidan can see the Perception Area, the ACV can't). Hits the ACV, VERY Deflected for Aidan
Prophet: (1d20+24)[40], Deflected at (1d10+23)[26]. Hit
Kate: (1d20+24)[35], Deflected at (1d10+23)[26]. Hit
Standard: Wind Crescents on Wraith, the ACV (and Aidan if it Breaches), Prophet, and Kate. All Out Attack for 5, Multiattack for 4, +5 for Inspire. On a hit, Defense DC 29 vs. Damage.
Wraith: (1d20+20)[24], Deflected at (1d10+23)[27]. Deflected UNLESS Prophet is Vulnerable from above
ACV/Aidan: (1d20+20)[24], Aidan Deflected at (1d10+23)[24]. Hit
Prophet: (1d20+20)[21], Deflected at (1d10+23)[28]. Miss
Kate: (1d20+20)[37], Deflected at (1d10+23)[30]. Hit

Spirit of the Pitiless Sea:
Move: Into AC39.
Standard: Erode on Avery, Hayseed, Prophet, and Wraith. Avery and Hayseed get no cover since it can get around it with its Elongation. All Out Attack for 5, Multiattack for 4, +5 for Inspire, -2 for Powers Impaired. On a hit, Toughness DC 29/24 vs. Damage Linked Weaken Toughness.
Avery: (1d20+18)[28], Deflected at (1d10+21)[28]. Hit
Hayseed: (1d20+18)[25], Deflected at (1d10+23)[25]. Hit
Prophet: (1d20+18)[23], Deflected at (1d10+23)[30]. Deflected UNLESS Vulnerable from above
Wraith: (1d20+18)[25], Deflected at (1d10+23)[26]. Deflected UNLESS Prophet is Vulnerable from above
Standard: Erode on Avery, Hayseed, Prophet, and Wraith. Avery and Hayseed get no cover since it can get around it with its Elongation. All Out Attack for 5, Multiattack for 4, +5 for Inspire, -2 for Powers Impaired. On a hit, Toughness DC 29/24 vs. Damage Linked Weaken Toughness.
Avery: (1d20+18)[30], Deflected at (1d10+21)[29]. Hit
Hayseed: (1d20+18)[27], Deflected at (1d10+23)[33]. Deflected UNLESS Prophet is Vulnerable from above
Prophet: (1d20+18)[25], Deflected at (1d10+23)[32]. Deflected UNLESS Prophet is Vulnerable from above
Wraith: (1d20+18)[24], Deflected at (1d10+23)[28]. Deflected UNLESS Prophet is Vulnerable from above
End of Turn: Secondary Effect triggers. Avery Toughness DC 34 vs. Damage.

All PCs are on turn.

[Thokk_Smash]

Okay, Wraith really needs to treat Prophet to, like, an all day spa treatment or something. At least a night of rounds at the Task Force's favorite bar. He feels the Dream's nudge guide him to dodge the incredible attacks from the elementals.

"Our ability?" Wraith calls out, letting some anger slip into his voice. "I feel like there's a clear tilt to the battle at this point, Harrens. And I know I--and Agent Hayseed--are quite looking forward to taking you into custody. I have it on good authority that she has outdone her already vastly-creative mentalities with regard to these kinds of things. As for me, well...I know there are things you would rather not forget. Memories you cherish. I cannot wait to strip them from you, piece by piece, until you look at Tara with a pit in your heart you don't even know why it's there."

The pure venom in Wraith's voice is tangible. At the end of his tirade, Wraith slips into their blindspots once more. With a grimace of effort he waits for the moment when the spark fades from the water elemental. In that split second, he strikes, aiming for the shapes within its Spiritual Energy to strip it of its magical abilities.

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Standard action: Demoralize Darryl, Track 1, +5 for Wraith's Reputation: (1d20+25)[28]

Move action: Hide in Plain Sight with Master of Stealth, (1d20+21)[28]

Extra Effort: Ready an action to strike the water elemental with Magic Malfunction when its Inspire runs out, AoA/PA for 5, gritting on a 16+: (1d20+10)[28] vs an opposed Nullify roll of (1d20+17)[37] Crit! ...on both accounts So the attack crit is used to change the descriptor Nullified to "Summons"

Status: Fine, -5 Active Defenses as of enemy turn, Vulnerable, Fatigued next round
HP: 4

[Dorni]

Prophet staggered back from the Elemental's blow. The Dream had mostly shielded him from the blow, but not completely. "Wraith, No." Prophet choked out.

The pure venom in the man's voice was unmistakable. Even as he called on the Dream's restorative power, the venom in the agent's voice disturbed Prophet. That it came from a member of the Task Force made it all the more so. "We need to stop Daryll, not become like him. Two wrongs don't make a right."

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Free: Set Powers Array to Prayer of Protection
Standard: Prayer of Protection. All allies within Perception[Visual] are Deflected at 1d10+23, gain Evasion 2, and are Healed at (1d20+3)[10] 1 Degree. Recover 1 Bruise.
Move: Set Powers Array to Blessing of Healing
Extra Effort: Blessing of Healing on himself. Prophet is Healed for (1d20+10)[21]. This effect carries a Secondary Effect at 1d20+7. 3 Degrees. Recover 1 Bruise and Staggered. to negate exhaustion.

Current Status: 0 Bruises, Fatigued. Deflected at 1d10+23

[Hyperbolic sine]

The ACV must have been outfitted with a faulty batch of surge protectors, because the lightning snaked its way through the circuitry again - and this time, it found the energy core. With a loud explosion, the thrusters died togehter with the rest of the systems, the emergency protocols barely able to slow the fall before the auxiliary batteries gave up too.

A moment later, Aidan disintegrated his way through the windshield and closed in on Darryll. "You are a fool, Harrens."

He let loose an uppercut, then followed it with a kick to try and sweep the summoner's legs out from under him. "You will both rot in prison, and your 'love' will have accomplished nothing." he added, grimly, before retreating to cover.

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Move: T39 -> AC 44
Standard: Corrosion Punch on Darryll 1, at (1d20+10)[25], crit on 26+, Toughness DC 25/20 vs Damage Linked Resistances Impaired/Disabled/Transformed (Cumulative, Secondary Effect) and Strength DC (1d20+20)[39] vs Trip.
Move-by: AC 44 -> AL37

[Dodgeson]

Avery was hammered by the water elemental's tendrils, sending him sprawling to the ground, but he wasn't out yet. Hacking up seawater he pulled himself to his feet and pulled his faithful mallet out from his sodden hat, on the plus side he was already drenched from his brief trip inside the elemental so he wasn't that bothered this time.

"You're getting sloppy Hayseed, get your head in the game! I get Daryll crossed the line but if you slip up here who's gonna protect your kids then?" Avery said, hoping he could get through the SIDE agent's murder frenzy "You need to calm down and get back to doing all the sneaky stuff you do that scares the hell out of me."

He was pretty sure that Hayseed wasn't going to listen but he had her back anyway, watching out for anything that might come their way.

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Move: Dazed
Free Action: Set Variable to 'Acme Mallet' Damage 11 Linked to Affliction 11 (Dazed&Impaired/Stunned&Disabled, Fort)(Cumulative, Extra Condition)(Limited Degree)
Standard: Ready an action to attack the first enemy that comes in reach.
End of turn: Regenerate a Bruise & regain a point of Toughness

HP 1
Status Bruised/-3 Toughness/Fatigued

[Arlin]

Kate was done dealing with a delusional maniac. Wordlessly, she stepped through a portal to get outside, creating more to keep harrying Daryll.

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Move: Portal Step to AO45.

Standard- Destructo Discs on Darryll 2 (Crit 31+): (1d20+11)[17] Nope On hit, DC 24+Multiattack HAD vs. Damage.

EE- Krillin's gotta be jealous (Crit 31+): (1d20+11)[14] At least HE could aim. On hit, DC 29+Multiattack HAD vs. Damage.

Burning them Hero Points to fend off fatigue. Clearly the best policy.

[Quellian-dyrae]

Round 4

Wraith's threat...was not one that even Darryll Harrens could lightly ignore. He didn't really really react outwardly, but you could see it in his eyes, the flicker of uncertainty, of deadly hesitation.

Aidan came in hard with a disintegrating strike, but the air elemental whirled into the way. It was...kinda hard to tell if there was an effect, 'cause you know, made of air, and all, but the spirit did seem to waver some.

Kate hurled a barrage of portals at Darryll, but the shaman moved with wind-blessed speed, allowing him to avoid the attacks. Hayseed gritted her teeth when Avery spoke, but she swapped her staff for her guns before racing out, unloading a bombardment of radioactive blasts at the shaman and his elementals. The water spirit shielded Darryll, but even it couldn't block every blast, and Hayseed used the opportuning to ghost out around the house.

And then...the water spirit was just gone. And it was frankly hard to recall if it had ever actually been there. (Granted, it would have been the most plausible explanation for why Avery was soaking wet but frankly not the only one. Maybe he had paid a visit to Matt earlier today. You don't know!)

One elemental left, but it wasn't giving up easily, hurling another flurry of wind crescents at Wraith and Prophet. Darryll waved his arms through a sweeping series of complex gestures, making a low humming noise that built into a great cry. Of a sudden, the air elemental was gone.

And in its place, nearly thirty spirit warriors stood ready around the summoner.

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Spirit of the Wild Winds:
Move: Dazed.
Standard: Attack Prophet and Wraith with Wind Crescents, All Out Attack for 5, Multiattack for 2. On a hit, HAD DC 29 vs. Damage.
Prophet: (1d20+17)[29], Deflected at (1d10+23)[26]. Hit
Wraith: (1d20+17)[30], Deflected at (1d10+23)[33]. Deflected
Extra Effort - Additional Standard Action: Do it again. Darryll 1 takes the fatigue.
Prophet: (1d20+17)[36], Deflected at (1d10+23)[26]. Hit
Wraith: (1d20+17)[37], Deflected at (1d10+23)[30]. Crit. DC becomes 34.

Darryll 1:
Move: Meh.
Standard: Defend.

Darryll 2:
Extra Effort - Power Stunt off of Shamanism.

Instant Spirit Army: Summon 8 (Heroic, Multiple Minions 5, Horde, Concentration).

Move+Standard: Horde summon Instant Spirit Army. Three of the summon slots are already down, a fourth takes over the air elemental's conditions. Darryll 2 is Vulnerable this round.

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[Hyperbolic sine]

Aidan reacted at the summon shift with mixed feelings: on one hand, the spirits were much easier to deal with than the elemental...on the other hand, they were almost 30 instead of one. However, they also were packed tight.

"How nice of you, Harrens." he murmured, then dashed towards the group and, halfway there, took off from the ground, soaring over the summons while gathering energy - which, once above Darryll, he released as a powerful, two stage burst, before retreating to cover.

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Free: Switch Advanced Mobility Suit to Flight. Routining Mobility for 30 because I'm not sure Speed 4 is enough by itself, and I'm too lazy to count the squares.
Move: Above Darryll.
Standard: Disrupting Burst, reducing radius to not hit Prophet. All enemies Dodge DC 20 for half, Toughnes DC 25/20 vs Secondary Effect Incurable Damage.
EE Standard: Do it again.
Move-by: Back.

Deflected at 1d10+22.

[Dodgeson]

Even though he rushed after her Hayseed quickly gave him the slip, she'd listened to him! That was a weight off his mind and the timing couldn't have been better because now it looked like Daryll had an army. Good for him. Avery took in the scene in front of him and blinked a couple of times before breaking out in to a grin and pulling off his hat.

"Fire in the hole!" He yelled, zippo in one hand and a shiny black bomb with a lit fuse in the other before hurling the explosive towards Daryll, quickly fishing another one out from the depths of his bowler hat.

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Move:Move to AC35
Free Action: Set Variable to Ranged Damage 11 (Area:Burst, Precise)
Standard Action: Attack Daryll and his Summons, shrinking the range to keep Prophet out of it. DC21 Dodge Save and DC26/20 Toughness Save.
Extra Effort for a Standard Action: Do it again!
End of Turn: Regeneration heals a Bruise and Recover a point of Toughness

HP 1
Status -2 Toughness/Fatigued (Exhausted next round)

[Thokk_Smash]

Wraith sees the crescent of wind coming, and knows he won't be able to dodge in time. Even with the Dream guiding his movements, the wind unerringly zeroes in on his body. There's a flash of light from Prophet, and when the wind impacts, it's somehow not as deadly as it seemed.

It's still wicked deadly, though. Seriously, the crescent of wind was as long as Wraith is tall. And he takes the full brunt of it.

A deep gash is carved on his chest, biting easily through the reinforced exosuit to gouge out his torso. His concentration broken, he enters freefall as he mentally staggers in pain. He manages to shift his body so he doesn't land on his head--nonetheless, he feels several rather important bones creak from the impact.

"Man, I thought I didn't hit my head, but I'm seeing double...quadruple...octuple...ah, crud," he says when he raises his head to view the spirit army. Arch-damn summoners.

His exosuit whirs and he grunts in exertion as he rolls back onto his hand and springs back; once on his feet, he continues to move further back before he begins to walk on the sky once more. "I'm gonna take a quick break while I keep Darryl's magic tied up, guys," he calls out before vanishing into thin air. Once hidden (hopefully) he takes a second to catch his breath and push back the pain. The adrenaline won't last too long, but it'll hopefully be enough.

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Move action: Staggered

Standard action: Use various movements: Leaping to handspring 7.5ft west, Speed to move a dozen or so feet further back, then his Platform Flight to move into N38 (30ft in the air), spending a HP to power Ultimate Effort (Stealth) for a Stealth of 41.

Extra Effort: Recover off Staggered.

Status: Bruised 2, Fatigued, Exhausted next round
HP: 2

[Dorni]

Prophet blinked at Daryll's sudden army, but the golden light of the Dream didn't waver. This wouldn't be enough to avoid justice. The Dream would ward them.

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Move: Dazed
Standard: Prayer of Protection. All allies within Perception[Visual] are Deflected at 1d10+23, gain Evasion 2, and are Healed at (1d20+3)[20] 1 Bruise

[Quellian-dyrae]

Round 5

It was, just...a slaughter.

Don't get me wrong, Darryll's spirit warriors were no weaklings. Any one of them was more than a match for a single normal SIDE agent. They weathered Aidan's disintegrating blasts with only one vanishing, although most were damaged, some of them badly. Avery's follow-up bomb blew away a few more and left most of the rest hurt to varying degrees. Then Hayseed came combat-rolling out with her new pistols in hand, her eyes wide with a terrible glee and a slasher's grin huge across her face as she lay down a full-auto firing spread of energies of all varieties, bolts of practically every color you could think of firing from her weapons fast as the eye could see as the infuriated SIDE agent screamed, "DARRRRRRYLLLLLLLL!" Already injured, over a dozen of the spirits burst into ectoplasm under her assault. It was immensely satisfying.

When the bombardment ended...Darryll stood unharmed. In that massive barrage, Hayseed hadn't launched a single bolt his way.

Once the chaff was cleared out a bit, though, she met his eyes, stared him down, raised her weapons, and put a blast of pure energy right into each of his knees.

"Bwahaha!" she cackled before ghosting around behind the house.

It was good to enjoy your job.

From the opposite side, Kate saw her chance, hurling a pair of portals, one on either side of Darryll. If he didn't move, they'd slice through under his ribs - a serious injury, but not a mortal one. If he tried to dodge to either side, though, they'd cut him in half. Darryll raised a shield of wind, but even the magical gale couldn't turn them aside, and he cried out as he was slashed badly, staggering and almost dropping to one knee.

In the aftermath of the heroes' assault, there were only ten spirit warriors left, all of them hurt, several badly. They wouldn't be able to withstand another assault like that.

Darryll didn't need them to. He just needed them to output as much damage as they possibly could right now. The spirits unleashed a barrage of energy blasts on every enemy they could still see, trying to overwhelm them through sheer weight of numbers.

Then they vanished, because they weren't going to be of any further use anyway, and Darryll whelmed his magic in preparation to engage personally.

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Spirit Warriors:
Move: None of 'em have one.
Standard: Spectral Bolts on Avery, Prophet, Kate, and Aidan. Avery and Aidan have Cover (of probably varying degrees but I'm gonna be lazy and just figure it to average out to Cover). All Out Attack for 5, Multiattack for 4. For each hit, Toughness DC 23 vs. Damage.
Avery: (1d20+7)[14] vs. (1d10+21)[26], (1d20+7)[14] vs. (1d10+21)[31], (1d20+7)[11] vs. (1d10+21)[25], (1d20+7)[15] vs. (1d10+21)[28], (1d20+7)[21] vs. (1d10+21)[31], (1d20+7)[16] vs. (1d10+21)[25], (1d20+7)[9] vs. (1d10+21)[25], (1d20+7)[8] vs. (1d10+21)[31], (1d20+7)[13] vs. (1d10+21)[24], (1d20+7)[12] vs. (1d10+21)[30]. ...NOTHING!
Prophet: (1d20+9)[10] vs. (1d10+23)[27], (1d20+9)[19] vs. (1d10+23)[26], (1d20+9)[15] vs. (1d10+23)[27], (1d20+9)[26] vs. (1d10+23)[27], (1d20+9)[14] vs. (1d10+23)[30], (1d20+9)[24] vs. (1d10+23)[29], (1d20+9)[10] vs. (1d10+23)[24], (1d20+9)[18] vs. (1d10+23)[26], (1d20+9)[18] vs. (1d10+23)[31], (1d20+9)[27] vs. (1d10+23)[25]. One hit!
Aidan: (1d20+7)[23] vs. (1d10+23)[27], (1d20+7)[16] vs. (1d10+23)[32], (1d20+7)[21] vs. (1d10+23)[28], (1d20+7)[23] vs. (1d10+23)[33], (1d20+7)[21] vs. (1d10+23)[24], (1d20+7)[23] vs. (1d10+23)[31], (1d20+7)[15] vs. (1d10+23)[26], (1d20+7)[26] vs. (1d10+23)[30], (1d20+7)[20] vs. (1d10+23)[31], (1d20+7)[27] vs. (1d10+23)[32]. One hit due to a natural 20. Deflect prevents crit.
Kate: (1d20+9)[17] vs. (1d10+23)[31], (1d20+9)[17] vs. (1d10+23)[28], (1d20+9)[26] vs. (1d10+23)[31], (1d20+9)[22] vs. (1d10+23)[26], (1d20+9)[21] vs. (1d10+23)[29], (1d20+9)[16] vs. (1d10+23)[27], (1d20+9)[26] vs. (1d10+23)[31], (1d20+9)[13] vs. (1d10+23)[28], (1d20+9)[14] vs. (1d10+23)[33], (1d20+9)[18] vs. (1d10+23)[33]. NOTHING!!!

Darryll 1:
Move: Staggered.
Standard: Recover from Staggered.

Darryll 2:
Free: Swap to Shamanism.
Move: Begin casting a spell.

Whelm Power: Healing 23 (Burst Area, Quirk [Darryll Only], Limited [Rebalanced Healing]) Linked Nullify Counter-Magic 24 (Reduced Range [Close]) Linked Deflect 14 (Burst Area, Quirk [Darryll Only], Reduced Range [Close]).

Standard: Whelm Power. Both receive Rebalanced Healing at (1d20+21)[22]. Darryll 1's Nullify is Countered at (1d20+22)[27] vs. (1d20+11)[24]. Both Darryll's are Deflected at 1d10+22 after Exhausted penalty. ...Both heal a Bruise. That counters on its own but Darryll's rerolling his anyway because he won't have an opportunity to if Wraith does. Wraith take a Hero Point.

All PCs are on turn.

[Dorni]

The Spirit Warriors' counter-barrage met the warm light of the Dream... and nothing happened. As in, the energy blasts were turned aside or stopped cold. The sudden absence of Daryll cutting off the barrage left only Daryll facing down the Task Force, with the steady golden light of the Dream radiating from Prophet and coalescing around the Task Force. From the midst of that light, Prophet didn't say anything. His disappointed and resolute eyes told all that he felt needed to be said.

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Move: Meh
Standard: Prayer of Guidance. All PCs within Area [Perception[Visual]] are Deflected at 1d10+23. First PC to claim it gets Team Attack on Daryll at (1d20+21)[22]. Base effect rank 6. Edit: Should be 1d10+21

[Thokk_Smash]

Wraith feels his control over Darryl's magic shatter in an instant and the agent snarls in frustration. Words are a luxury he doesn't allow himself; instead, he uses Tai's projected limb to harry Darryl to open a path for Hayseed to attack.

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Move: To the ground.

Standard: Aid, Accurate Attacking for 2, (1d20+12)[25]. If Hayseed uses a targeted attack he'll Aid her. If not, whoever wants it gets it. +5

Free action: Swap to Forgotten by the World

End of turn: Regenerate 5/10

Status: Exhausted, Bruised, Concealed from all senses
HP: 3

[Dodgeson]

Avery grinned a little bit further than ear to ear as Caleb effortlessly deflected the Spirit Warriors' attacks, Daryll didn't stand a chance. With the path clear he rushed towards the summoner, ditching his explosives for his trusty mallet.

"Once we've got this shmoe behind the bar first rounds on me!" He hollered, swinging the heavy wooden implement wildly whilst he got right up in Daryll's face.

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Free Action: Spend Avery's last HP to turn Exhausted in to Fatigued
Free Action: Set Variable to Damage 11 Linked to Affliction 11 (Dazed&Impaired/Stunned&Disabled, Fort)(Cumulative, Extra Condition)(Limited Degree)
Move Action: Move to AC42
Standard Action: All-Out Attack +5 at Daryll (1d20+16)[18] DC26 Toughness & DC21 Fortitude Save if that hits.
End of Turn: Recover a Point of Toughness

HP 0
Status -1 Toughness/Fatigued

[Hyperbolic sine]

Between his own skills and Prophet's protection, Foxglove managed to avoid all of the blasts aimed at him...except one. Now, it wasn't anything strange - sheer numbers can overcome any defence - but, whether due to (un)luck or a mistake on his part, the one bolt that threatened to strike true was going to do so right in the face. He summoned a disintegrating bolt to cancel it out, but barely in time.

And then Darryll broke throught the power that kept part of his magic sealed. Aidan clicked his tongue in disappointment, but he knew it had only been a matter of time.

"You're almost out of tricks, Harrens. Just surrender." he whispered to his foe after closing in, delivering his trademark punch+roundhouse kick combo.

Then, he jumped back, tumbling through a window to take cover inside the house.

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Move: AL37->AD43.
Claiming Wraith's Aid if possible, and if so also Prophet's Team attack. Otherwise, I'll leave those to Hayseed.
Standard: All-out attack Darryl #1 at (1d20+15)[22], crit on 31+, Toughness DC 25/20 vs Damage/Resistances Impaired/Disabled/Transformed (Cumulative, Secondary Effect) and Strength DC [roll]1d20+20[roll] vs Trip.
Move-by: AD43->AI37.

-5 active defences this turn.