Marcus Impudite Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Gomer is a lowlife stick-up man that your character's been tailing ever since he got out on parole after his last epically-failed robbery attempt. Of course, the stick, as well as his head, are up someplace else. Looks like he's gonna give it another shot. His target: a local jewelry store. After throwing a ridiculous-looking fishnet stocking over his head, he draws his gun and promptly enters...the wrong store. Very wrong. Turns out the jewelry store was right next door to, of all places, a gun shop. Not too long after the words "This is a stick up!" leave Gomer's lips, and before he truly realizes his grave mistake, the store owner and his patrons all draw their weapons and train them on him. No one has fired a shot yet, but it's clear that if the lead starts flying, Gomer's history. WWYCD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfergus Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Re: Greased Is The Word Volt would point out that firing is not necessary if the perp is not firing or about to. Then leave it up to the police and local DA to work out. Olorin. Laugh and do what Volt does. Black Tiger. Didn't see anything, had something in his eye. Oh well, the police can handle this. Leadman - see Volt's response. Futurian - (supressed laugh) "Oh wow. Darwin award candidate." Then totally forget about it unless reminded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steamteck Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Re: Greased Is The Word Oh well, no more residivism. Not sure what to do really. I suppose a Green lantern type could throw a force globe on him and arrest him but you kind of dig your own holes sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Hawk Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Re: Greased Is The Word Shadow Hawk: would try to fly far enough away so no one can hear him laughing. Goliath: doesn't follow people. No stealth. People tend to notice the 7' tall blue man with the mentality of a 4 year old. Steel Panther: Use a flash/bang to blind/deafen all the shooters. Capture Gomer. Explain to gun store inhabitants what the words "excessive force" mean. Wait for police. Provide police with recording of incident. El Mago: not the type to follow criminals. If he saw the incident, would probably slap a force wall behind Gomer, to prevent bullets from hitting innocent bystanders. The Mad Ninja: Teleport between Gomer and shooters, blocking bullets with his body (I mean using secret ninja techniques). Knock Gomer out by clubbing him over the head (I mean using ninja secret nerve pinch). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Re: Greased Is The Word Me: Smack the GM for using the campaign to offer a strawman argument for/against concealed carry laws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcan Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Re: Greased Is The Word If the bystanders have already opened fire, there is precious little most supers can do. Someone with superspeed could try to DEX vs. DEX the bullets, or someone with Force Walls/Barriers could attempt to protect Gomer. Other than that, even bulletproof heroes need time to get there... which extreme speed of bullets has already denied them. Besides... this goober soooooooo needs to die. Improve the gene pool and all that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper-Man Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Re: Greased Is The Word No matter what character I'm playing he/she would probably attempt to make a Grab-by or Dive-For-Interception to save Gomer. Superspeed helps but is not a requirement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Re: Greased Is The Word What Hyper-Man said. Captain Wonder might be fast enough to save Gomer. Captain Justice would have to settle for busting the shooters for whatever exactly they are guilty of. If the courts rule it as self-defence, that's fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Re: Greased Is The Word Gomer is a lowlife stick-up man that your character's been tailing ever since he got out on parole after his last epically-failed robbery attempt. Looks like he's gonna give it another shot. His target: a local jewelry store. After throwing a ridiculous-looking fishnet stocking over his head, he draws his gun and promptly enters...the wrong store. Very wrong. Turns out the jewelry store was right next door to, of all places, a gun shop. No sooner do the words "This is a stick up!" leave Gomer's lips that the store owner and his patrons all draw their weapons and open fire. WWYCD? Has a certain little demon been watching 1000 Ways to Die? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Re: Greased Is The Word In any case Badger who might be able to save him, wouldnt be there, he wouldnt waste time on a small fry. Frosty Bob- nothing he can do but return fire. Probably wouldnt bother following a small fry either. Recon bores him anyhow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Re: Greased Is The Word My characters would all realize how horribly, horribly wrong this is about to go as soon as he went past the jewelry store towards the gun shop, and prevented him from going inside, so thus the rather ridiculous 'everybody present is armed and loaded and psychotically triggerhappy' part would never have come up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusterBoy Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Re: Greased Is The Word I think it's more likely that Gomer would take one look at where he'd wound up, excuse himself and walk out - hurriedly. And I don't buy that the people in the gunshop would draw down and open fire without warning like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Mackinder Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Re: Greased Is The Word I think it's more likely that Gomer would take one look at where he'd wound up' date=' excuse himself and walk out - hurriedly. And I don't buy that the people in the gunshop would draw down and open fire without warning like that.[/quote'] Mind control, perhaps? Maybe we're missing something in the way these events have unfolded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Re: Greased Is The Word Me: Smack the GM for using the campaign to offer a strawman argument for/against concealed carry laws. This is actually inappropriate. It's only a straw man if the players think it is. It might (Hopefully) have the characters, not the players have a serious discussion about the issue. And that's fine. If the discussion is roleplayed in character, that's GREAT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Re: Greased Is The Word All: Save the perp. Millennium, Iron Will: Throw a force field around him. Cheeta: Use superspeed /missile deflection to catch any bullets in mid aid, cussing as he does so. Snow Leopard, Dolphin: Knock Gomer to the ground and cover him. All: Hold Gomer for the police. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Impudite Posted January 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Re: Greased Is The Word OP edit. Slight change of plans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Hawk Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Re: Greased Is The Word Shadow Hawk: No change, would try to fly far enough away so no one can hear him laughing. Goliath: no change, doesn't follow people. No stealth. People tend to notice the 7' tall blue man with the mentality of a 4 year old. Steel Panther: Changes. Explain to gun store patrons that you have things under control. Provide police with recording of incident. El Mago: Changes. Still not the type to follow criminals. If he saw the incident, would probably slap a force wall behind Gomer, to prevent bullets from hitting innocent bystanders, and use TK to disarm him. The Mad Ninja: Change. Teleport behind Gomer. Knock Gomer out by clubbing him over the head (I mean using ninja secret nerve pinch). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Re: Greased Is The Word El Mago: Changes. Still not the type to follow criminals. If he saw the incident, would probably slap a force wall behind Gomer, to prevent bullets from hitting innocent bystanders, and use TK to disarm him. Wouldn't a Force Wall in front of Gomer accomplish the same thing? Either way, the bullets aren't getting past it into the street. Just sayin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Re: Greased Is The Word Only change in my characters is that Cheeta will first disarm Gomer, then stand by to catch any bullets fired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hfergus Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Re: Greased Is The Word After change - Volt -Put a barrier around Gomer to protect him. Once Volt wakes up (side effect) he would take Gomer in. Olorin - to Gomer- "If you want to live, drop the gun. If you want to become swiss cheese, go ahead and fire." If he drops the gun, take him in. If not, well, he was about to fire, wasn't he? Black Tiger - Take Gomer down to the floor and call the police. Leadman - "Drop the gun or I'll let them shoot.' (See Olorin) Futurian - "Wow man, I'd drop the gun. Unless you want suicide by stupidity," (See Olorin) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethernaut Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Re: Greased Is The Word Wouldn't a Force Wall in front of Gomer accomplish the same thing? Either way, the bullets aren't getting past it into the street. Just sayin'. Not quite; force wall in front of Gomer would also protect Gomer, in case someone takes a shot at him. Perhaps El Mago doesn't want to protect him? My current character Sage might Switch places with the person Gomer attempts to shoot and thus take Gomer's target out of harms way. She wouldn't try to protect Gomer. I guess our campaign is a bit too Dark Champions/Hero for Champion boards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcan Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Re: Greased Is The Word Vigil still thinks he's still a goober and needs to be removed from the gene pool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clonus Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Re: Greased Is The Word Try to think of a reason why my character is tailing a small-time stick-up artist fresh out of prison in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Querysphinx Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Re: Greased Is The Word Nightwatch [brandishing badge] "Freeze! This is the LAW!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizza Man Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 Re: Greased Is The Word Hmmm Black Falcon is not the grim crime-fighter type. She doesn't obsess enough over the release of small time hoods to even notice he is out of prison. She would never have tailed him to encounter this situation. Other members of her team are this obsessed, but BF has a life. She wouldn't even remember Gomer's name. --For the sake of argument, she would let Darwin's law take effect. Psidestep would likewise laugh it off. Certainly there is no reason this needs to end in death, The patrons of the store have him in a stand off and likely no one will move until the cops arrive. Looks like the situation's well in hand. if Gomer is fool enough to try and fight his way out, then he deserves the consequences. --legal precedent shows that the store owner and patrons will not be charged. ---While everyone is busy, Psidestep will switch the Jewelry and Gun Store signs back. He's such a funny guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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