Harrowed Halls

Evil Mike as the GM: evil, cruel alien being from another planet.
Ben as Mr. Smith: able to duplicate himself with ease. (Lord help us!)
Lee as Mal “Hex” Hexington: can go insubstantial at will and packs a powerful punch when substantial.
Shaun as Viridian: greatest Atlantean scientist ever! (Just ask him.)
Steve as Strike: produces and controls lightening at will.
Mike as Arc-Light: a super sorcerer and a handy guy to have around.

Once again Dr. Destruction contacted us. There is a power source deep under Star City created by a now-dead super, Terron. Terron had created this power source for his super lab. The exact location is unknown, but Dr. Destruction has faith that we’ll find it. He also gives us some hints on where to look. But before we went power source hunting, we went to the warehouse to pick up something—a power relay.

At the warehouse we met Arc-Light, a super sorcerer that Dr. Destruction thought might be handy to have around. Since we had lost what’s-his-name in the last adventure, we gladly accepted Arc-Light’s help. Then we had the problem of how we were going to carry this 600 pound power relay device. Mr. Smith suggested we use a fork-lift. There were several problems with this idea and spared no details telling them all to Mr. Smith. Using his sorcery, Arc-Light was able to carry the power relay.

(A note about Arc-Light: Mike’s other character, whose name escapes me, was quite worthless. He couldn’t even absorb a few (hundred) bullets. Arc-Light on the other hand was quite handy to have around. Let’s hope he lives through this episode.)

We ventured underground looking for the elusive lab of Terron. There was a group of humans living down here called the undergrounders. We hoped we would run into them and then ask them if they knew where this lab was. Instead of finding undergrounders, we found mean and ugly G’roks. G’roks are big, tough, and have a lousy attitude towards guests. They quickly injured Arc-Light and Mr. Smith. Arc-Light again summoned his super sorcery only to critical fail the roll. He lost his powers for two hours! Holy G’rok lunch Batman! After some pleading Hex became material (he travels around insubstantial) and killed the G’roks with his mighty super melee attacks.

We waited two hours for Arc-Light’s super powers to return so he could heal himself and Mr. Smith. Another G’rok attacked us. I blame the GM. Arc-Light managed  to heal most of the wounds.

We found a small partially hidden tunnel and followed it until we came upon the undergrounders. We were honest with them—a strange tactic for all of us. In return for some food and medical supplies, they told us the location of Terron’s lab.

The lab was guarded by one of Terron’s trademark robots. We had forgotten to ask if Terron has any trademark items of destruction, so we were taken by surprise. Mr. Smith and Hex surrounded the mammoth 8’ tall iron monstrosity. Strike got the joker and decided to go first by casting his lightning at the thing. It should be pretty susceptible to lightning. Sadly, both Mr. Smith and Hex were in the lightning’s blast radius. Strike didn’t care. Arc-Light and the power relay were safely back with him. Once the robot was dealt with they could easily hook it up and then escape to garner the praises of Dr. Destruction. Hex and Mr. Smith could be replaced. Strike hit the robot with his lightning and roll 3d6 damage. Each dice rolled a 1! That’s a total of 3 points of damage, plus 2 for the joker, for a total of 5 points! Holy crap. Hex and Mr. Smith would survive after all.

The robot was destroyed. The power relay was hooked up and turned on. Then we all returned to the lavished praises of Dr. Destruction.

Steve “The Chronicler” Todd