Day of the Octopus

[Thane of Fife]

Something in the Shocker's hardened criminal mind seems to tip him off to Sleeper's tricks (or maybe Sleeper isn't able to get quite close enough to those very loud gauntlets), and he doesn't seem to be impacted - at least not yet - by Sleeper's gas.

Moments later, however, he and Mysterio are bowled over by Hercules in a long length of pipe. Shocker recovers faster than Mysterio does - protected by his padded suit, no doubt - and is in time to see Hercules's pipe ram into and shatter against the incredible strength of the Rhino.

"RRARRGGH!" bellows the big man. "You think you're strong?! You're no match for the Rhino!" He lowers his head and charges at Hercules. Even as he charges, his image seems to split into two. No, three! It must be Mysterio playing tricks on Hercules's eyes. But which one is the real Rhino?!

Above them, Electro seems to have decided that, even if he can't see Sleeper, if he electrifies enough of the steel structure, he's sure to hit the hero eventually. And below Sleeper, the Shocker seems to have hit on the similar idea that he can try to bring the whole structure down on his head.

As Sleeper and Hercules contend with these four, they are too preoccupied to notice the battle between Kaine and Doctor Octopus carrying those two away from the construction site.

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Spending a die from the doom pool to add a third die to Shocker's total to help him resist Sleeper.

Rhino is attacking Hercules with a 15/D12 (!).
Electro is attacking Sleeper with a 17/D8.
Shocker is targeting Sleeper with a 14/D8, but the D8 will go to the doom pool if he succeeds.

Electro is at D6 physical stress.
Mysterio is at D6 physical trauma and D8 physical stress (you can spend a plot point to step this up to D10 physical stress).
Shocker is at D8 physical stress.

Doom: 3D8, 1D10