Last night’s Homecoming dance episode of our Masks RPG was lit. We decorated for the “Arctic Bliss” theme, made a playlist of high school dance classics, and then had our teen superhero characters attend Homecoming. What could go wrong?
While the others picked out their outfits, Torque (The Outsider) was busy faking his death. Panic (The Delinquent) saw his robot body turned into paper clips by his alien overseers. It was tragic! But…
…he showed up at Homecoming in his new, much-more-human body. Hooray!
Of course it turned out his powers had transferred too, and were much more unstable, which we discovered when he accidentally reversed gravity. Oops. (Playbook change: Outsider —> Nova)
Sonia (The Soldier) was asked to the dance by Kevin, and, suspiciously, her Forge handlers gave her permission to go. Furnace turned up and they had a heart-to-heart, and even shared a brief kiss. But it turns out the Forge somehow got a tracker on Furnace!
Captain Bowmaster (The Beacon) had a full night: dealing with his mom chaperoning, flirting/fighting with Red Cent and Katya (who may or may not be the same person…). Oh, and he was crowned Homecoming Prince!
Halfpenny (The Protégé) struck out with his date, Katya, by dropping her on a dip.
In response to a crisis at the dance (punch spiked with superpower drug Invictus) he took drastic action: ingesting some Invictus and the Bad Penny, he transformed into a monstrous new form! (Playbook change: Protégé to Transformed)
The day was saved, but the ramifications of the Salvatores’ actions are bound to be major. But no one can deny this was a Homecoming night to remember!