Dane's Classics: Knightfall

[Erik-El]

Jan 17, 2013 1:05:14 GMT -5 Dane said:

Jan 17, 2013 0:20:43 GMT -5 Erik-El said:

Nice Dane. My only questions are whether Harada can cut vibranium (I thought only adamantium could stop his tachyon field) and whether or not Sabretooth slashing in several different directions might eventually catch along the grain.

But then again, you are faster than both of them so I don't even know why I brought it up lol.

Well, it's also why I brought the Ebony Blade along. If it cuts through Iron Man armor and Adamantium (along with everything else, ever.) then I figure it probably cuts through Harada's Katanas.

Normally I would agree but Harada's blade is never exposed while using his powers. It is covered in protective tachyon energy, which is why Wolverine was never able to cut the swords, despite them being standard swords.

[Erik-El]

I would feel more at ease if you knew of an instance where the Ebony Blade carved its way through a supposedly invincible force field?

[Erik-El]

Also, I don't disagree with the outcome. Batman alone could probably take out Harada. Now Batman with Zealot's stats?

[Dane]

Jan 17, 2013 1:42:35 GMT -5 Erik-El said:

Jan 17, 2013 1:05:14 GMT -5 Dane said:

Well, it's also why I brought the Ebony Blade along. If it cuts through Iron Man armor and Adamantium (along with everything else, ever.) then I figure it probably cuts through Harada's Katanas.

Normally I would agree but Harada's blade is never exposed while using his powers. It is covered in protective tachyon energy, which is why Wolverine was never able to cut the swords, despite them being standard swords.

Worst case scenario, I can cut his hands off.

[Dane]

Dane - Agent of the Bat


Powers: Zealot
Abilities: Bruce Wayne
Special Items: Black Panther's Vibranium Suit, Ebony Blade, Energy Daggers, Anti-Metal Claws, Kimoyo Card.
Regular Items: Flashbang Pellets, Grapple Gun.
Trainer: Iron Fist to teach me unique kung fu styles.

Prep:
I'll probably leave my Ebony Blade back at my hideout again. I'll probably need the mobility for this one.

Day 3

Tombstone's Territory
Information: Tombstone, a natural gangster of himself has rallied much of existing gangs of Gotham under himself and hired some dangerous allies. He can be found in an abandoned movie theater.
Enemies:
100 Thugs armed with an assortment of lead pipes, knives, chains and bats.
Mr. X (Dual Katanas)
Hush (Dual Colt .45s)
Tombstone (AK-47)

Solution:
I'm going to call Nightwing in for this one. It might not seem like the most difficult territory at first glance but it kind of is. 100 thugs with melee weapons on their own frankly aren't concerning. But with Mr. X and Tombstone on their field it's 100 potential distractions that get you sucker punched or killed. It'll be much better odds with Dick pitching in.

If I focus quickly on taking down Tombstone and Hush with energy daggers (neither have very good dodge feats) then I can keep much more focus on Mr. X as Nightwing and I take down the thugs. Then we can 2v1 Mr. X and split his focus, greatly reducing the effectiveness of his telepathy.

Red Skull's Territory
Information: The Red Skull himself has taken up residence in a high rise building. His loyal bodyguards stand ready to deal with any who would stand in the Skull's way.
Enemies:
20 Mercenaries armed with submachine guns.
Sin (MP5, Throwing Knives, Combat Knife)
Crossbones (Wrist-mounted Crossbow, Wrist Blades, Colt .45, M16)
Red Skull (MP40)

Solution:
This should be pretty clean-cut. None of them are enhanced to the degree I am, or anything close, and none of them have the kind of fighting skills I do. Crossbones and Red Skull can hold their own against Cap and that's impressive. But I'm not Cap. I'm well above him in every physical category and skill grade. This ends in a Nazi beatdown.

Mr. Freeze's Territory
Information: You can find Mr. Freeze breaking into a bank in an attempt to acquire more diamonds.
Enemies:
10 Goons with Pistols.
Mr. Freeze (Standard Suit and Gun)

Solution:
The key to taking Freeze down is to do it fast and up close. Giving him range is stupid and unnecessary. If I can close range with stealth, I can use my anti-metal claws to disable his suit's weaponry and take him down. The thugs from there are just fodder, if they even stick around to fight.

Mr. Zsasz' Territory
Information: Mr. Zsasz is holding the medical center run by Leslie Thompkins prisoner and trying to draw out Batman. He'll have to make do with you. If you do not take Zsasz down within 3 days he will grow bored and kill all of the patients and Leslie. Whilst he won't be holding a human shield, he will be patrolling around the center and will be within a few feet of dozens of innocents at any given time.
Enemies:
Mr. Zsasz
Reward: Leslie will offer you some of her own scarce medical supplies. You may choose 2 first aid kits as a reward for saving them or let her keep them for injured citizens.

Solution: Same deal as Freeze honestly. The key is to get in close. Although for Zsasz, it's because you don't want to give him time to take a hostage or kill anyone before you take him down. His fighting skills and general senses aren't enough to keep me from using Batman's stealth to drop him before he knows I'm there.

I'll ask Leslie to distribute the medicine to the people who need it most.

Taskmaster's Territory
Information: Tasky is hanging out at an apartment on the nice side of town. He doesn't really care much about the turf war going on but he ran the gangs out of his block just 'cause.
Enemies:
Taskmaster (Desert Eagle, Broadsword, Shield)
Rewards: Tasky had a fresh New York pizza, a Soda and a bottle of Orange Juice in his crib.

Solution:
Now fighting someone as skilled as Taskmaster last for the night might seem very odd. But with my healing factor and enhanced stamina I should have healed up and be fighting fit from earlier encounters since the previous 2 shouldn't have been too much of a strain.

I should generally win for the same reasons I've had previously close encounters: I physically outmatch him and our fighting skills are either too close to call without the enhancement different or I outmatch him. Personally I think Bruce is a match for Taskmaster even before my Iron Fist kung fu training and my physical enhancements. More than that, it's gotta be hard for him to hurt me with my equipment. Regular steel isn't going to do much against Vibranium and Anti-Metal.

Honestly? I'll probably eat the food myself. How many people is one pizza going to help? I mean a crate of salmon can go around plenty, but one pizza isn't going to save anyone's life and I'm probably sick of rations by now. Come at me, Tony's pepperoni.

Progress:

[Erik-El]

Jan 17, 2013 4:04:53 GMT -5 Dane said:

Jan 17, 2013 1:42:35 GMT -5 Erik-El said:

Normally I would agree but Harada's blade is never exposed while using his powers. It is covered in protective tachyon energy, which is why Wolverine was never able to cut the swords, despite them being standard swords.

Worst case scenario, I can cut his hands off.

BOOM! And just like that, my concern is made irrelevant.

[Erik-El]

Two Face's Territory
Information: Two Face has taken up headquarters in the Court House. He's gone more batsh#t than usual and has kidnapped Jim Gordon and Renee Montoya. He will execute them in 2 nights if they are not rescued.
Enemies:
25 Thugs armed with an assortment of lead pipes, knives, chains, pistols.
Clayface
Razor Fist
Two Face (Dual Colt .45s)

Solution
I continue to swing along, straight towards Two-Face. He is a full 3 miles away so it takes 3 minutes to get to the Court House. Once on the roof, I make my way in, quiet and through the vents. I'm nothing but a shadow. While in the vents, I make note of every room accessible to me and make sure all bad guys are accounted for. The majority of them are all holed up in the main court room with 2 men patrolling in random patterns and 3 men making set patrols. That leaves 20 thugs and the main baddies in the main room.

I make my way back to an empty room and exit the vents. Only it's not empty this time. A criminal is amusing himself by urinating on the wall. Crawling along the ceiling, I silently ready my attack. I drop behind him and break his neck before my feet even touch the floor. Before he can even crumple to the floor, I scoop him up and pull him out of the way. Now I'm committed to my present course because if Two-Face finds out his men are mysteriously disappearing, he might start flipping coins.

I rely on my speed now, running through the halls to the main court room. Bursting through the double doors with a jump, my momentum carries me past the 2 men stationed at the door and right into the middle of the main pack of thugs. From there, it is super strength strikes enhanced by super speed, multiplied by Cassandra's own brand of "super strength". Every strike is intended to be lethal so those that don't die might wish they had afterwards. It takes mere seconds to mash through the thugs. They were too close and too slow to even counter attack. I'm not so lucky with Razorfist.

He springs at me, swiping his bladed stumps at me like a blender. Despite his skill, he is only slightly more to deal with than all the thugs combined, which is nearly nothing to me. I kick his legs out from under him, breaking them in the process and when he tumbles to the ground, I pull his arms off.

By now, Two-Face has flipped a coin on my fate and started firing at me. My spider sense easily contorts my body around the bullets. His 4 remaining thugs arrive to back him up but I throw my lovely tomahawks and put them to bed.

Clayface lumbers into the game at about this point but I have been saving something special for him. While dodging gunfire, I lure the golem to one of the windows. Then I grab my frag grenade, jam it into him with a little charge courtesy of Rex-Splode's implant, then grab the flooring under him and roll him out the window. Boom! If he survived a kinetic explosion from inside him, he is at least done fighting for a while.

Which brings me to Two-Face. He has reloaded his guns by now and started blasting away again. This time though, his shooting is panicked from frustration due to his inability to land a hit. I zig zag my way to him and give him a powerful kick to the chest. The kick is so hard, his back explodes through his clothes. The court room is the stage for a massacre but they were clean kills, just kills.

Gordon doesn't think so though and expresses his opinion openly. Were the entire city not at risk of nuclear attack, he probably would try to arrest me the moment I freed him. The rage in his eyes burns with judgment and frustration because now that his hands are literally freed, they have become tied figuratively.

I take my leave without so much as an argument because part of me wishes I could afford to hold onto the morals and values he holds so dear but this is war. Rules change in war.

Elapsed time:
3 minutes to reach location.
1 hour to observe and learn patterns.
15 seconds to take down thugs and Razorfist.
43 seconds to take down Clayface and Two-Face.

[Dane]

Erik-El sweet!

[Erik-El]

Tombstone's Territory
Information: Tombstone, a natural gangster of himself has rallied much of existing gangs of Gotham under himself and hired some dangerous allies. He can be found in an abandoned movie theater.
Enemies:
100 Thugs armed with an assortment of lead pipes, knives, chains and bats.
Mr. X (Dual Katanas)
Hush (Dual Colt .45s)
Tombstone (AK-47)

Gear Update
- 1 glock
- 2 spare magazines
- 1 flashbang
- 1 grapple gun
- 1 deck of cards
- 2 small tomahawks
- 1 combat knife

Time Update
Total elapsed time - 86 minutes

Solution
Tombstone is located 1.5 miles away from my last combat zone so only 1.5 minutes to reach him. I would take some time to scope out the building and I could see that stealth on this one will be useless, there are simply too many thugs around that I need to get through. I head back to base to get my katana. That is 13 minutes both ways but I stop to eat a small amount of food to refuel. All said and done, it takes me an hour to get back to Tombstone's location.

I start in on the 100 thugs right away. First I blast away with charged bullets from my glock, which are like grenades all by themselves. 33 grenades with a wide spread unloaded all in 2 seconds. That takes out quite a bit of the thugs in my first salvo. Those that are not dead or too injured to fight are stunned by the blasts, which makes them easy targets for my combination of sword slashes and tomahawk swings.

Hush, Mr. X, and Tombstone don't waste any time coming to meet me. They attack me all at once. Tombstone is the major threat here as he is fast enough to actually get me. Hush is the weak link here so while evading the attacks of Tombstone and Mr. X, I but my tomahawk into Hush's head.

Mr. X is a very skilled opponent and has a power to anticipate my moves. But I have a spider sense that essentially does the same thing, just as much if not more skill and I have stats that just make me too fast to match, even with his power. He is basically standing still for a guy with my skill going all out. I take him out quickly while Tombstone is chasing me around.

Tombstone is all that is left. Now I have Spider-Man's strength, which means I can hit hard enough to hurt Tombstone but it usually causes Spider-Man a great deal of pain to do it. But I also have Cassandra's skill. Her skill adds to my striking force. So I imagine a strike from me will hurt Tombstone at least as much as it will hurt me, possibly less because I do have my reinforced tactical gloves. I avoid some hits but unfortunately, not all of them. He is just too fast so taking a few shots is expected. I give him some in return but I hold them back since I don't want him aware of how much power I have. I want him comfortable, maybe even lazy. Then, I give him one to the gut as hard as I can, using all my strength and Cassandra's skill and the shock of being hit by someone as strong as me would surprise him. With his eyes bulging, I let loose my flashbang right in his face.

The flashbang does its job and he is lying helpless on the floor. This is where I take my combat knife, put a charge on it and plunge it into one of his eyes. The mere threat of being stabbed in the eye was enough to get him to surrender to Deadpool so it is clearly a vulnerable area. Putting a charge on the blade will also fragment it inside his skull. He is done.

The trade of blows has left me in a great deal of pain so I head back to base to lick my wounds.

Time to complete objective:
1 hour, 1.5 minutes to reach location.
3 seconds to launch my initial attack.
20 - 40 seconds to slay all the remaining thugs.
5 seconds to drop Hush.
12 seconds to drop Mr. X.
3 mintues of trading blows with Tombstone.

Total time - 65.5 minutes

[Erik-El]

I have decided that a character with Spider-Man and Gambit powers and abilities is pretty much the coolest combo in the world of street level characters.

[Dane]

Gambit is pretty much hyper-ballin'

[Erik-El]

It's a good thing I knew about Tombstone's eye vulnerability or I would have had no way to beat him other than reading blows with him, which might have left me with something broken.

[Erik-El]

I remain certain I would have beaten him that way though, just my ability to perform in future fights would have been in question.

[Erik-El]

Viper's Territory
Information: Lady Viper wants to establish a HYDRA foothold in this new world. She and her goons have taken over docks. She will be in a dockside warehouse on pier 42.
Enemies:
30 HYDRA Agents with submachine guns. Yes, they will yell "Hail Hydra!" if they see you.
Silver Samurai (Dual Katanas)
Black Widow II (Yelena, Dual Silenced Pistols, Widow's Bite)
Viper (Desert Eagle)
Reward: You may take a crate of Atlantic Salmon from the docks or distribute the fresh fish to local citizens.

Gear Update
- 1 glock
- 1 spare magazines
- 1 grapple gun
- 1 deck of cards
- 1 Katana

Time Update
151.5 minutes from the start of the mission to present.

Solution
I am not significantly injured from the fight with Tombstone but I am tired and key parts of my body are stiff and sore so I head back to base at half speed. After reaching base at 12 minutes, I take a rest to sleep off some of those sore spots. Spider-Man powers do afford me accelerated healing so stiff muscles can be taken care of much faster than in a normal human. I don't have time to sleep away all of it though as some of the villains are time sensitive. Whatever sore spots are left after a 6 hour sleep will just have to be worked out until they are loose again.

For Viper's team, I prep with my glock, 2 spare magazines, my grapple gun, deck of cards, and my katana. I can still perform at 100% without too much effort now but just the same, I don't push it on my way there. 2.5 miles over 5 minutes. 30 Hydra agents... normally not really a problem but the submachine guns gives me a moments pause. All by themselves, it would be pretty easy but Viper isn't an idiot and wont wait for me to wipe out her goons before she tries to gut me, nor will Harada and Yelena.

Ah... they are all in the warehouse. That would give me the chance to test the limits of my charging device. Rex-Splode's charging device works exactly the same way classic Gambit's power worked, the bigger the object, the bigger the boom. But in order to get that big boom, you had to put in a lot more time on the charge. I don't want Hiroshima though. I want a relatively minor explosion. Gambit was able to put a charge on an entire bullet train and Rex-Splode was able to nuke a building by charging a pipe connected to it a few miles away. So I know the chargers can handle it at least. I put a small charge on the warehouse, just enough to make it collapse rather than cause a giant explosion.

Boom! Everything goes according to plan and the explosion causes the warehouse to crumple like a house of cards (pun intended). The 30 Hydra goons will be pinned under building rubble but I suspect Harada, Yelena, and Viper will have found a place to hide in the chaos. As they stagger and stumble out of the building, I am on them immediately. Harada is the main threat with his swords so while he is getting the dust ouf of his eyes, my blade crosses the flexors on his forearms. I am greased lightning and right after the fluid strokes through Harada, my blade finds Viper as I open her up from navel to nose. I have a great deal of respect for Harada so I only aimed to disarm him rather than kill him. Without the flexors functioning on his arms, he cannot hold a blade so the threat he normally would provide is completely neutralized without having to permanently harm him or kill him. Viper is just evil so killing her wont cause me any pain. Hell, her husband Wolverine would probably thank me.

Yelena is the fastest one here but she is no faster or more skilled than Natasha and Natasha couldn't touch me on her best day. My spider sense keeps me safe from the widow's bite and I take her down with the hilt of my sword to her temple.

Total Time
12 minutes to reach base.
6 hours sleep.
5 minutes to reach Viper.
16 seconds to defeat Viper and her team (seems like a short time but I was actually counting at human speed so it really would be much faster lol).

[Dane]

Erik-El Not bad at all dude. Went pretty hardcore on them

[Erik-El]

I am starting to think I am too overpowered for this scenario. Looking at the villain roster, I could probably think of a different way to clear out the entire thing within a few days without much injury. I already took out one of the hardest baddies here and while Sabretooth is a scary baddie for most, my power combo makes him nothing to me.

The only fight that might give me some trouble is the final fight (sorry, I peeked lol).

[Erik-El]

Honestly, I am having a harder time figuring out a unique way to kill my enemy than I am of actually winning lol.

[Dane]

Erik-El the scenario was made so long ago people were generally less adept at making characters and it was originally posted of comic vine where people had a bad habit of choosing their favorite characters instead of thinking things through.

I'd be happy to come up with a new scenario in a similar vein. Since my internet is still down (posting from a phone), I could prepare something in the meantime.

[Beatboks]

Jan 23, 2013 15:20:41 GMT -5 Erik-El said:

Tombstone's Territory
Information: Tombstone, a natural gangster of himself has rallied much of existing gangs of Gotham under himself and hired some dangerous allies. He can be found in an abandoned movie theater.
Enemies:
100 Thugs armed with an assortment of lead pipes, knives, chains and bats.
Mr. X (Dual Katanas)
Hush (Dual Colt .45s)
Tombstone (AK-47)

Gear Update
- 1 glock
- 2 spare magazines
- 1 flashbang
- 1 grapple gun
- 1 deck of cards
- 2 small tomahawks
- 1 combat knife

Time Update
Total elapsed time - 86 minutes

Solution
Tombstone is located 1.5 miles away from my last combat zone so only 1.5 minutes to reach him. I would take some time to scope out the building and I could see that stealth on this one will be useless, there are simply too many thugs around that I need to get through. I head back to base to get my katana. That is 13 minutes both ways but I stop to eat a small amount of food to refuel. All said and done, it takes me an hour to get back to Tombstone's location.

I start in on the 100 thugs right away. First I blast away with charged bullets from my glock, which are like grenades all by themselves. 33 grenades with a wide spread unloaded all in 2 seconds. That takes out quite a bit of the thugs in my first salvo. Those that are not dead or too injured to fight are stunned by the blasts, which makes them easy targets for my combination of sword slashes and tomahawk swings.

Hush, Mr. X, and Tombstone don't waste any time coming to meet me. They attack me all at once. Tombstone is the major threat here as he is fast enough to actually get me. Hush is the weak link here so while evading the attacks of Tombstone and Mr. X, I but my tomahawk into Hush's head.

Mr. X is a very skilled opponent and has a power to anticipate my moves. But I have a spider sense that essentially does the same thing, just as much if not more skill and I have stats that just make me too fast to match, even with his power. He is basically standing still for a guy with my skill going all out. I take him out quickly while Tombstone is chasing me around.

Tombstone is all that is left. Now I have Spider-Man's strength, which means I can hit hard enough to hurt Tombstone but it usually causes Spider-Man a great deal of pain to do it. But I also have Cassandra's skill. Her skill adds to my striking force. So I imagine a strike from me will hurt Tombstone at least as much as it will hurt me, possibly less because I do have my reinforced tactical gloves. I avoid some hits but unfortunately, not all of them. He is just too fast so taking a few shots is expected. I give him some in return but I hold them back since I don't want him aware of how much power I have. I want him comfortable, maybe even lazy. Then, I give him one to the gut as hard as I can, using all my strength and Cassandra's skill and the shock of being hit by someone as strong as me would surprise him. With his eyes bulging, I let loose my flashbang right in his face.

The flashbang does its job and he is lying helpless on the floor. This is where I take my combat knife, put a charge on it and plunge it into one of his eyes. The mere threat of being stabbed in the eye was enough to get him to surrender to Deadpool so it is clearly a vulnerable area. Putting a charge on the blade will also fragment it inside his skull. He is done.

The trade of blows has left me in a great deal of pain so I head back to base to lick my wounds.

Time to complete objective:
1 hour, 1.5 minutes to reach location.
3 seconds to launch my initial attack.
20 - 40 seconds to slay all the remaining thugs.
5 seconds to drop Hush.
12 seconds to drop Mr. X.
3 mintues of trading blows with Tombstone.

Total time - 65.5 minutes

Now this was the territory I was absolutely certain the only way I was clearing with my character was complete self sacrifice. The reason I was planning to do it last ever since I first started this on CV

[Erik-El]

When I make my characters, I make them winners.