New Gladiators #12b: Pawns of Time

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New Gladiators
Episode 12b:
"Pawns of Time"
Played on 05/13/2023
Inspired by:
"War Heroes" (V&V Sourcebook by B.K. Adams)
"Monster Manual" (1st Edition AD&D Manual by Gary Gygax)
"Gamma World" (1st Edition Rulebook by James M. Ward and Gary Jacquet)

Roll Call:
Claw Master
The Dude (with Donny Kerabatsos)
Hulk
Sonic Boom
Walter Sobchak
Weather Wizard


Chasing the renegade sorceress Morgana down a long tunnel, the heroes found themselves suddenly outside in a wintry landscape. There was evidence of a recent battle, with damaged buildings and many dead and injured civilians. A survey of their surroundings led them to realize they had been somehow transported to Belgium in the year 1945, specifically the Siege of Bastogne. The team soon found themselves facing the remaining German forces, including several superhumans:

Augenblick
[Experience Levels, Heightened Agility, Heightened Defense, Heightened Expertise, Knowledge, Special Weapon (Blade), Speed, Super Speed, Compulsion (Liar, Inferiority Complex)]

Blood Valkyrie
[Adaptation, Armor, Companion (Wolves), Heightened Expertise, Natural Weaponry, Physical Ability (Ambidexterity), Size Change (7'), Special Weapon (Axe, Sword), Compulsion (Loyal), Low Self-Control (Loves to fight), Distinctive]

Blacktail & Grey-Eye
[Adaptation, Heightened Senses, Natural Weaponry, Size Change (10'), Speed, Distinctive, Vulnerability (Energy)]

Kaustic
[Adaptation, Chemical Abilities, Darkness Control, Energy, Heightened Expertise, Compulsion (Greedy)]

German Elite Soldiers
[Armor (Helmet), Heightened Expertise, Power Blast (Grenade), Power Blast (Sub-Machinegun), Special Weapon (Knife), Compulsion (Aryan superiority), Subject to Orders]

German Heavy Tank
[Armor, Density Increase, Power Blast (Main Turret, Machinegun x2), Radio]

[Loot Drops: Blood Valkyrie's Axe (Special Weapon), Kaustic's Cape (Chemical Body)]

After defeating the German "Ubermenchen", the Gladiators spotted another tunnel leading down into the Earth. This time, they were lead to a stone-walled underground complex...a dungeon, of sorts. Within the halls were a number of monstrous creatures, which attacked on sight:

Beholder
[Armor, Arsenal (Death Touch, Disintegration Ray, Emotion Control, Healing, Telekinesis, Transmutation), Heightened Expertise, Siphon (Abilities, Suppress), Physical Disability (no hands)]

Black Dragon
[Armor, Chemical Blast, Flight, Natural Weaponry, Size Change (30')]

Marilith Demon
[Arsenal (Darkness Control, Dimension Travel, Emotion Control, Heightened Senses, Illusion, Shape Shift), Heightened Expertise, Physical Ability (Ambidexterity, Extra Limbs), Special Weapon (Sword x6)]

Mind Flayer
[Arsenal (Dimension Travel, Flight, Mind Control), Heightened Defense, Mental Blast, Telepathy]

[Loot Drops: Beholder's Eyeball (Siphon), Mind Flayer's Tentacle (Mental Blast)]

Having successfully cleared the dungeon, a tunnel lead them once more to an outdoor area. If Bastogne had been battle-damaged, this city was battle-devastated, as if by a nuclear war. Here, they finally caught up with the fleeing Morgana and the mastermind behind the schemes, another former hero named Chronicle. A time-traveler from the 35th century, Chronicle had briefly worked with the Gladiators while secretly plotting to conquer the entire timestream. The team prevented him from retrieving Doctor Apocalypse's ashes and Hourglass' time-shifter, thwarting his scheme, and now the only thing left for him was revenge. He had tamed several of the weird mutated creatures native to this irradiated landscape, and sent them against his foes:

Chronicle
[Dimensional Travel (Time Travel), Disintegration Ray, Electrical Field, Ice Armor, Life Support)]

Morgana
[Absorption (Energy), Arsenal (Flame Blast, Ice Blast), Heightened Agility, Super Speed]

Hisser
[Adaptation, Size Change (10'), Sonic Blast, Special Weapon (Club, Slug-Thrower)]

Hoop
[Armor, Size Change (8'), Special Weapon (Slug Thrower), Transmutation]

Obb
[Flight, Invulnerability (Energy), Power Blast (with Devitalization Ray Carrier), Size Change (3')

Warbot
[Arsenal (Flame Blast, Gear Control, Paralysis Ray), Flight, Laser, Size Change (10'), Physical Disability, Unliving]

[Loot Drops: Chronicle's Time Chariot (Re-do any roll), Hoop's Ears (Transmutation), Obb's Eyeball (re-roll an Ability)]

With Chronicle and his minions defeated, the Gladiators were able to backtrack through the tunnels back to the 21st century, sealing the tunnel with Chronicle's own time-device. For better or worse, the past, present, and future were still intact.

[The characters received 3 Character Points, giving them each a total of 151]