<strong>Hero Points:</strong>2 (Romana);<strong>Conditions:</strong>None<br/><br/>More shouts and gunfire continued behind Romana as she retreated. Most of them seemed preoccupied with the monster, so she didn’t have any immediate pursuers and reached her car without incident.<br/><br/>A sudden force from behind tore up out of the ground when she tried to start up the engine, causing the car to slide forward. Another crack in the earth ahead revealed the likely source: thick greenish-brown plant roots, too big to be that of normal flora, began shooting up from beneath the ground like spikes.<br/><br/><em>Roll your choice of Dodge or Vehicles (don’t forget -4 Agility) vs DC 18. Failure causes Romana to get knocked about a bit as she drives away, resulting in one injury (-1 to future Toughness saves).</em><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Romana gains 1 Hero Point for surviving the spirit's awakening.<br/><br/>Romana Toughness 21 vs DC 22, failure (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=152745)<br/><br/>Given Romana’s retreat I won’t roll for the spirits and men. Presumably the men also retreated, but the spirit’s now a bit worse for wear (3 injuries for -3 Toughness).</div></div><br/><hr/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Emerald City, Metropolitan Area</span></span><br/>(https://i.imgur.com/iI6ITmD.jpg?1)</div><br/>Driving her car back onto a primary thoroughfare, it was clear that the rest of Emerald City was not faring any better. A trio of blaring sirens sped past her, although by the direction they were going it seemed they weren’t heading to the shootout with the spirit but towards some other catastrophe. It seemed that wherever she turned some kind of problem was occurring: a miniature tornado the size of a statue spun through the busy streets, a panicking person spinning in place on top of it while speaking in tongues; an animal, no, a woman running on all fours, screamed as a pair of insectoid wings erupted from her back. She took flight, only to collide with a nearby sign which was now dangerously teetering from the impact. Crowds of people alternatively rushed for cover, stood frozen in place, or recorded as much of the chaos as they could on their smartphones.<br/><br/>All the while, Romana’s own smartphone was abuzz; if she glanced for even a second she’d spot partial texts from one friend and acquaintance after another asking for the assurance of her safety.<br/><br/><em>Romana has a few options. She can easily leap for the woman on the sign to rescue her, or try to get at the seemingly possessed man directing the tornado, or look through her texts on the chance that someone sent her useful information. If a DC is needed DC 15 Acrobatics or Initiative for the winged woman, DC 17 attack/grab/athletics for the tornado-rider, and DC 20 Investigation for smartphone messages. Feel free to roll as few or as many dice as seem appropriate, plus any other rolls for other actions you can justify.</em><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">DC 20 Perception</div><div class="spoiler_body">The woman who grew wings is Amy Rogers, one of her students at William O. Douglass High School. She appears to be undergoing some lycanthropic transformation. You might be able to suppress this with proper research, but you’d first need to reach her.<br/><br/>In regards to Romana’s Name Sense power, she’s a bit far from her usual social circles range-wise (1.8k feet) for her power to trigger at the moment.</div></div>