Rumblers League 3: Week 11, D2, Match 3 - DragonMaster v Estrecca

[WyldCard4]

Rumblers League 3: Week 11, D2, Match 3 - DragonMaster v Estrecca
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[WyldCard4]

My strategy is based on dived and conquer.

Apocalypse VS Alpha the Ultimate Mutant

The two most powerful mutants, will go toe to toe, Apocalypse will win the battle. This is because of the reality gem, with it’s power Apocalypse can counter anything Alpha can do. Apocalypse also has mind protection so Alpha can’t read what he is about to do. Drop a big rock on Alpha’s head followed by changing alpha into a mouse, what on second thought reverse that, mouse then rock. So on and so forth.

Harkness is going to cheat, and charm the lovely Giselle Villard and Ms. Martian.

Harkness is a charmer, two girls in one night will not be a problem. If they fuse good twice the desperateness, if they split cool more girl for him to impress. He will offer them drinks (from a bar made by Apocalypse a the start of the match) then he will work on charming them. Given Giselle Villard has had other boyfriends, and Ms. Martian want to be understood, the right word could easily distract, and seduce.

Aragorn Elessar and Agatha Heterodyne VS John Matrix, King Fuhrer Bradley and Daleks

Aragorn Elessar and Agatha Heterodyne seem weak enough to die if shot in the back a bunch. Matrix can shoot, while Bradley is ripping holes with the claws and shooting from different angles. If an easy opportunity shows itself he will us the portable hole to drop, one or both in to the heart of Mount Doom.

Bender VS Rand al'Thor

Goxavier will see that bender’s heart is as black as coal, and convince bender that he needs more rings to give him more power. Bender will see Rand al'Thor( already a puppet of Sauron do to the One Ring) and the battle will commence. If Bender wins he is enslaved by Sauron. While fighting Sauron’s mind, Goxavier will steal the one ring and blow bender apart.

Edward Elric, Dark Raven Gundam, and the Genesis Ark.

Dark Raven Gundam and Elric will help as needed, Elric may need to steal the One Ring if bender is invisible.
The Genesis Ark will fly over Mount Doom and release Daleks.

When anyone on my team defeats an enemy, they will move on and help others that might be having trouble.

Problems

Harkness may not convince the two girls to stop fighting and drink and have fun. If this unlikely event happened then Edward Elric, Dark Raven Gundam, and Harkness would run distractions until the other could help.

Magic attack from Giselle Villard, Rand al'Thor, or magic items. All magic that would affect my team is absorbed by the Amulets.

If bender will not atack his partner then Goxavier and Edward Elric could stop him. Goxavier attacks and Elric transmutes Bender to wood and burn him, Or something like that.

Middle Earth was left to the mercy of the Exterminators, and was EXTERMINATED

All Characters will act as wisely and deadly with all their competence and all their powers.

Following any new strategy they think might work better including improvising as the situation requires.

[WyldCard4]

OMEGA, THE ULTIMATE MUTANT FORMERLY KNOWN AS ALPHA: From behind the protection of his energy shields, Omega uses telekinesis to take the Reality Gem out of Apocalypse's hands and tries to turn every member of the Exterminators into blue jello with transmutation. If this isn't enough to take out En Sabah Nur (not terribly unlikely, considering his powerset), Omega will just knock him around with telekinesis until somebody else can handle him. If Gohan (or Goxavier) can keep fighting despite the transformation (I'm thinking about Vegetto in jawbreaker form), he will be teleported to a random distant point in space.

MISS MARTIAN PRIME: Tries to destroy the Doctor's hand with her eyebeams, before it can be used to activate the Genesis Ark; one of the enemy Potara Earrings, if the Ark comes pre-activated and there is no way to stop the release of the Dalek horde; or simply blasts Apocalypse to distract him while Omega is stealing the Reality Gem, if both the Ark comes pre-activated and the fusion happens before the start of the fight. If the fusion happens, she will go invisible and engage in close quarters combat, while countering Goxavier's TP with her own mental abilities to the best of her ability and avoiding the more dangerous attacks with phasing/shape-shifting. If the fusion doesn't happen, however, she will take the form of Videl to throw Gohan off-balance.

BENDER: He spawns a clone construct that is sent directly against Apocalypse with orders to grab the Reality Gem, if Omega failed to get it, then starts spamming Evil Pacmans of Doom that he sends against the weaker members of the enemy team (John Matrix, Edward Elric, Jack Harness) whom he will use as templates for a bunch of constructs that will be sent to help Miss Martian in the fight against Gohan/Goxavier. Orange light will be used to keep Magneto's helmet glued to Bender's head and he will order that active shields be raised if one of the major enemies is attacking him. Oh. And if Elric is invisible and cannot be located using the Orange Ring, Bender will fly up, before Edward can try to use his alchemy against Bender's body.

GISELLE: She raises a shield that also blocks incoming teleportation around herself, Rand and Agatha, then triggers a rainstorm to activate Miss Martian's curse and puts on her earring to fuse with the clone (who will put on Miss Martian's). The resulting Martian Mystic will then turn the Gundamtron into so much scrap metal and try to transform the Genesis Ark (and the Daleks who have managed to escape at this point) into something harmless. If she can't do this for some reason and Rand fails to destroy it on his own, she will teleport the Ark to the astral plane and then do the 'transform Daleks into something harmless'. Once the Dalek threat is dealt with, she will help put down Goxavier by undoing the Potara fusion with her magical abilities.

ARATHOR: Throws Mjolnir in the general direction of King Bradley, aiming it so that even if he misses (or Mjolnir is dodged because of the prediction eye) the hammer will impact near the dude and Bradley'll be hurt by the shrapnel created this way. After this, he'll recover the hammer and go help Omega in fighting Apocalypse. He is also going to fry the ass of any orcs who so much as try to get close to the battlefield.

AGATHA HETERODYNE: Uses her telepathy to counter Xavier and Apocalypse's psi-powers, going on the offensive if one of these enemy powerhouses is taken down. She'll also disintegrate with the Tactigon (in whichever way the weapon deems most effective) any enemies who manage to get close enough to attack her directly.

RAND AL'THOR: Keeps his single hand tightly closed to prevent the One Ring from abandoning him (since the Mind Blank effect protects him from the corruptive effects of the Ring, the only danger posed by Sauron's proximity is that of the Ring deciding to leave Rand like it did with Isildur) and after empowering Giselle's initial spells with his staff, he'll gate to a position a kilometer above the battlefield. After using Folding Light to make himself even more invisible, Rand will attack opening miniportals to blast those fighting at ground level without giving away his position, starting with the Genesis Ark (which he'll balefire with enough power to erase from the battle any Daleks released since the beginning of the match).

PRIORITY TARGET LIST:
Reality Gem
Goxavier
Gohan
Charles Xavier
Apocalypse
Genesis Hark
King Bradley
Gundamtron
Edward Elric
Jack Harness
John Matrix

STANDARD CONTINGENCIES: People who get killed will be resurrected by Giselle if possible. People who are dimension dumped by the enemy will be brought back if it can be done. Bender will loot anything that can be looted using his Orange light tentacles, if doing this is feasible and doesn't compromise his primary goals. I also reserve the right to mention logical, in-character moves that I might have forgotten to include in the strategy.

'F@&K YOU, SAURON' CONTINGENCY: After the fight is over, Rand will drop the One Ring inside Mount Doom. This should create some interesting fireworks. For good measure, right after doing this he'll go to the location of the Barad-dur and balefire the whole thing. It is likely that this will lift Aragorn's spirits considerably.

'F@&K YOU, WORLD' CONTINGENCY: If everything else goes wrong for me, for some reason, Rand will draw as much power as he can with Archemus' Staff and the One Ring boosting him and release it all in a single blast, delivered via portal from a safe distance. This should be enough to turn Mordor into a glass field and ought to be enough to take out all enemies short of Gohan/Goxavier (who can then be balefired while he wonders WTF just happened). And if even this isn't enough, Rand will try to get a MAD draw by doing what he was about to do at the end of The Gathering Storm.

[Estrecca]

Originally Posted by WyldCard4

Apocalypse VS Alpha the Ultimate Mutant

The two most powerful mutants, will go toe to toe, Apocalypse will win the battle. This is because of the reality gem, with it’s power Apocalypse can counter anything Alpha can do. Apocalypse also has mind protection so Alpha can’t read what he is about to do. Drop a big rock on Alpha’s head followed by changing alpha into a mouse, what on second thought reverse that, mouse then rock. So on and so forth.

Emphasis mine.

The bolded statement is true. That's why Alpha/Omega is taking away the Gem first thing of all.

Harkness is going to cheat, and charm the lovely Giselle Villard and Ms. Martian.

Harkness is a charmer, two girls in one night will not be a problem. If they fuse good twice the desperateness, if they split cool more girl for him to impress. He will offer them drinks (from a bar made by Apocalypse a the start of the match) then he will work on charming them. Given Giselle Villard has had other boyfriends, and Ms. Martian want to be understood, the right word could easily distract, and seduce.

Emphasis mine, again.

If Apocalypse wastes his first wish creating a bar, he is losing the gem for sure.

Also, it is true that Giselle has had relationships with charmers like Harkness. Many. And each and every one of them ended badly, with the last boyfriend (actually an evil godling in disguise) betraying her and joining a demon queen in an attempt to destroy Giselle's world to make themselves more powerful.

Even ignoring the fact that the Eye of Odin makes her far more vicious than normal, if Harkness tries this stunt he is going to be turned into something uglier than the Face of Boe.

Aragorn Elessar and Agatha Heterodyne VS John Matrix, King Fuhrer Bradley and Daleks

Aragorn Elessar and Agatha Heterodyne seem weak enough to die if shot in the back a bunch. Matrix can shoot, while Bradley is ripping holes with the claws and shooting from different angles. If an easy opportunity shows itself he will us the portable hole to drop, one or both in to the heart of Mount Doom.

Hmm...

Aragorn has Mjolnir.

Agatha has been turned into an Exemplar (Bedlam, the previous Exemplar of Ikonn was unharmed after being blasted by Iron Man's repulsor beams into a giant piece of machinery) and has the Tactigon (a device that allowed a single clone of MVP to beat the crap out of every superhuman in Camp Hammond).

Bender VS Rand al'Thor

Goxavier will see that bender’s heart is as black as coal, and convince bender that he needs more rings to give him more power. Bender will see Rand al'Thor( already a puppet of Sauron do to the One Ring) and the battle will commence. If Bender wins he is enslaved by Sauron. While fighting Sauron’s mind, Goxavier will steal the one ring and blow bender apart.

1- Ring of Mind Blank: Rand is protected from mind affecting effects.
2- Willpower: Rand's power source is extremely addictive and those without enough willpower to resist the lure, end killing themselves by overload. Rand has the willpower to wear the One Ring in Mordor without Sauron taking him over, particularly because others have done the same thing (Sam and Frodo, for one).

Magic attack from Giselle Villard, Rand al'Thor, or magic items. All magic that would affect my team is absorbed by the Amulets.

I added the Amulet of Samarkand to the list. I know the limits of its power. Rand could probably overcome one in base level and with the Staff and the Ring boosting him, there are no doubts about it.

If bender will not atack his partner then Goxavier and Edward Elric could stop him. Goxavier attacks and Elric transmutes Bender to wood and burn him, Or something like that.

Elric can do that? I thought that he had no great skill in organic transmutation.

In any case, Bender can still work even after being given a wood body and the Ring protects him from burning, so the point is moot.

[DragonMaster]

Originally Posted by Estrecca

Emphasis mine.

The bolded statement is true. That's why Alpha/Omega is taking away the Gem first thing of all.

Emphasis mine, again.

If Apocalypse wastes his first wish creating a bar, he is losing the gem for sure.

Just because it takes the time to make one extra wish doesn’t mean that he will lose the gem. The gem is in the hand of Apocalypse, both super strength, telekinetic defenses protect it. Before anyone can claim that since he was not expecting it, that the gem would get away, he was said to counter Alpha and that would count.

Originally Posted by Estrecca

Also, it is true that Giselle has had relationships with charmers like Harkness. Many. And each and every one of them ended badly, with the last boyfriend (actually an evil godling in disguise) betraying her and joining a demon queen in an attempt to destroy Giselle's world to make themselves more powerful.

Even ignoring the fact that the Eye of Odin makes her far more vicious than normal, if Harkness tries this stunt he is going to be turned into something uglier than the Face of Boe.

Really? Did she swear of seeing men? I think that her track record speaks volumes, bad boys are cool, Harkness would appeal to her. He is older and more worldly a tempting combo. Also I’m unconvinced her power could overcome the amulet defenses.

Originally Posted by Estrecca

Hmm...

Aragorn has Mjolnir.

Agatha has been turned into an Exemplar (Bedlam, the previous Exemplar of Ikonn was unharmed after being blasted by Iron Man's repulsor beams into a giant piece of machinery) and has the Tactigon (a device that allowed a single clone of MVP to beat the crap out of every superhuman in Camp Hammond).

Originally Posted by WyldCard4

ARATHOR: Throws Mjolnir in the general direction of King Bradley, aiming it so that even if he misses (or Mjolnir is dodged because of the prediction eye) the hammer will impact near the dude and Bradley'll be hurt by the shrapnel created this way. After this, he'll recover the hammer and go help Omega in fighting Apocalypse. He is also going to fry the ass of any orcs who so much as try to get close to the battlefield.

First Agatha’s Tactigon that is a fancy gun right?
What changed her to an Exemplar??? A What?

Next Aragorn throws Mjolnir at Bradley. Bradley was already making portals with the claws if he foresees it coming he will open a portal to behind Alpha. THUD…

Originally Posted by Estrecca

1- Ring of Mind Blank: Rand is protected from mind affecting effects.
2- Willpower: Rand's power source is extremely addictive and those without enough willpower to resist the lure, end killing themselves by overload. Rand has the willpower to wear the One Ring in Mordor without Sauron taking him over, particularly because others have done the same thing (Sam and Frodo, for one).

The Ring of Mind Blank might work if the ring was not on his hand but from the sound of it the ring is on his hand affecting his mind. Will power is not what will win the fight but ambition, Rand has ambition and lots of it. The ring will twist the desires until Sauron controls him, Gandalf had Willpower but could not wear it for fear of corruption.

Originally Posted by Estrecca

Elric can do that? I thought that he had no great skill in organic transmutation.

In any case, Bender can still work even after being given a wood body and the Ring protects him from burning, so the point is moot.

Your right I was hasty when I said that. I was thinking of the Futurama show when he turn to wood, Elric would more likely change him in to a pile of metal that could not move.

[DragonMaster]

Originally Posted by WyldCard4

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[B]Bender VS Rand al'Thor[/B]

Goxavier will see that bender’s heart is as black as coal, and convince bender that he needs more rings to give him more power. Bender will see Rand al'Thor( already a puppet of Sauron do to the One Ring) and the battle will commence. If Bender wins he is enslaved by Sauron. While fighting Sauron’s mind, Goxavier will steal the one ring and blow bender apart.

I miss typed when I was typing my strat. I meant to say seal the Orange Power Ring.
Whatever You guys think is cool just thought I correct that.

[WyldCard4]

I think you missed that Aragorn has the Hammer of Thor at his command, being shot in the back is kind of a non-issue.

[WyldCard4]

I thought I added the Amulet of Samarkand.

I may be wrong, going to check.

Could have sworn it was me.

[DragonMaster]

The pont is, it isn't going to hit Bradley, and if Aragorn is not careful it could hit allies.

[WyldCard4]

Hm...

Actually leaning DragonMaster on Apocalypse vs Omega. I think that sicing Bender on Rand was also a pretty good idea.

I think he made some major miscalculations though, he vastly underestimated Aragorn, I had no idea that Agatha had amped durability either, and the picking up the girls is just kind of a bad idea.

[DragonMaster]

Originally Posted by WyldCard4

Hm...

Actually leaning DragonMaster on Apocalypse vs Omega. I think that sicing Bender on Rand was also a pretty good idea.

I think he made some major miscalculations though, he vastly underestimated Aragorn, I had no idea that Agatha had amped durability either, and the picking up the girls is just kind of a bad idea.

I thought it was so IC for Harkness. I might have underestimated Aragorn but if Bradly can mess with where the hammer is going, I think, I have the advantage on him. If Agatha is superpowerful I might need to destract and get more of my team helping. But I wouldn't count the Daleks out.

[DragonMaster]

If I have miss judge how much power the hammer will give Aragorn, then I might have to have Goxavier help after his chat with Bender. Ki blast, Daleks guns, and the hammer missing is mark should leave Aragorn dead. If this tactic is adopted Goxavier can also Ki blast Agatha as well.

[Estrecca]

Originally Posted by DragonMaster

Just because it takes the time to make one extra wish doesn’t mean that he will lose the gem. The gem is in the hand of Apocalypse, both super strength, telekinetic defenses protect it. Before anyone can claim that since he was not expecting it, that the gem would get away, he was said to counter Alpha and that would count.

He is also distracted, wishing for something foolish while Alpha begins with the telekinetic theft. And since Alpha's telekinesis is quite impressive...

...let's just say that I can easily see Alpha being successful in his task.

Really? Did she swear of seeing men? I think that her track record speaks volumes, bad boys are cool, Harkness would appeal to her. He is older and more worldly a tempting combo. Also I’m unconvinced her power could overcome the amulet defenses.

1- Apocalypse has to create the bar first, then Harkness has to start with the retarded pickup lines. Miss Martian can operate about as fast as a kryptonian, so he cannot do a thing before she uses her martian vision and disappears to attack Goxavier. Likewise, Giselle (who has Sandals of Hermes) will have raised the anti-teleport shield

2- Yes, after her last boyfriend (for a change, a decent guy) decided that Giselle's older sister was actually a better pick, Giselle pretty much swore off men. There is actually a scene that pretty much shows this.

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/1705/castigator101.jpg

This is a description of the Castigator 101, a magical gun loaded with bullets that make the target feel every regret it has ever experienced in life.

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/912...igatorshot.jpg

This is Giselle being blackmailed into shooting herself in the temple with the Castigator.

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/2...toreffects.jpg

This is the frivolous socialite that Giselle used to be at the beginning of her comic series, assaulted by regrets and phantoms of her past lovers and "friends".

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/390...mescastiga.jpg

This is the more mature, superheroic part of Giselle telling the "party girl" bye-bye and that she won't repeat the mistakes of the past.

In addition to this, there is the part about her having the Eye of Odin which "corrupted the personality of its wearer, turning them cruel and evil".

First Agatha’s Tactigon that is a fancy gun right?
What changed her to an Exemplar??? A What?

The Tactigon is a LOT more than a fancy gun. It essentially allowed the mad clone of a peak human guy to kick the ass of the entire Initiative, wreck War Machine and was kicking the collective ass of the Avengers and the New Warriors (including Slapstick) when he was finally taken down by CIS.

As for the Exemplars, Agatha became one with the purchase of the Ivory Idol of Ikonn. She is now to Ikonn what Juggernaut is to Cyttorak.

Next Aragorn throws Mjolnir at Bradley. Bradley was already making portals with the claws if he foresees it coming he will open a portal to behind Alpha. THUD…

1- Not a tactic described in your strat.

2- If Doctor Strange's powers weren't enough to break through Alpha's autoshields, a casual throw of Mjolnir isn't doing the trick either.

The Ring of Mind Blank might work if the ring was not on his hand but from the sound of it the ring is on his hand affecting his mind. Will power is not what will win the fight but ambition, Rand has ambition and lots of it. The ring will twist the desires until Sauron controls him, Gandalf had Willpower but could not wear it for fear of corruption.

...

Gandalf feared that he would be tempted to claim the One Ring and that to master it, he would have to become like Sauron. Not that wielding the Ring would turn him into Sauron's slave. Slight difference there.

Also, the Ring of Mind Blank protects Rand from any influence that the Dark Lord tries to push through his link to the One Ring. The spell description is quite thorough.

Originally Posted by Mind Blank

The subject is protected from all devices and spells that detect, influence, or read emotions or thoughts. This spell protects against all mind-affecting spells and effects as well as information gathering by divination spells or effects. Mind blank even foils limited wish, miracle, and wish spells when they are used in such a way as to affect the subject’s mind or to gain information about it. In the case of scrying that scans an area the creature is in, such as arcane eye, the spell works but the creature simply isn’t detected. Scrying attempts that are targeted specifically at the subject do not work at all.

[Estrecca]

Originally Posted by WyldCard4

I think that sicing Bender on Rand was also a pretty good idea.

The problem is that he tries to turn Bender against me using Goxavier, who can only do this with telepathy.

Let's be generous. Let's ignore that Bender has Magneto's helmet. Let's ignore that Miss Martian is attacking Goxavier physically and mentally and that the only tactic used to deal with her is 'Captain Jack offers the lady a drink' (never mind that M'gann's passive telepathy would pick his intent at once).

Goxavier's telepathy is being countered by Agatha who pretty much does nothing else, unless personally attacked. And Bedlam (the only canon individual to be empowered by the Ivory Idol of Ikonn) was quite capable of fighting Xavier in a mental battle.

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/2...pwnsxavier.jpg

Her mere presence in the Juggernaut's mind is enough to kick Xavier out of there.

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/2...dpwnsironm.jpg
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/9...randironma.jpg

She attacks Iron Man, Spiderman and Thor at the same time, but that leaves her exposed to Professor X's own telepathy. Even with the element of surprise in his side, she manages to stalemate him, although she has to release her previous targets and Iron Man manages to blast her away.

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/1...tralxavier.jpg

At the end of the Eighth Day, Xavier tries to help the Juggernaut with his telepathy through astral projection. Bedlam forces him to return to his body with extreme prejudice.

I had no idea that Agatha had amped durability either, and the picking up the girls is just kind of a bad idea.

Concerning durability...

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/315...chesbedlam.jpg

Bedlam was punched by the Juggernaut. She returned to the party a couple pages later, essentially unharmed.

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/9...randironma.jpg
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/2...stpwnsjugg.jpg

Iron Man sends her flying into the God Machine with a particularly powerful repulsor blast. At the end of the issue she shows up again, undamaged and capable of taking down both Carnivore and the Juggernaut.

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/6...astsbedlam.jpg

Iron Man repulsor blasts her. Again. Zero damage. Again.

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/9...chesbedlam.jpg

Crushed by Giant Man. With exactly the same effects of all the previous attacks.

If this doesn't prove enhanced durability, I don't know what does.

[DragonMaster]

Originally Posted by Estrecca

He is also distracted, wishing for something foolish while Alpha begins with the telekinetic theft. And since Alpha's telekinesis is quite impressive...

...let's just say that I can easily see Alpha being successful in his task.

Yes but he is powerful, but he is trying to steal from Apocalypse. I need some time to find feats to show he won’t be beat that easily.

Originally Posted by Estrecca

1- Apocalypse has to create the bar first, then Harkness has to start with the retarded pickup lines. Miss Martian can operate about as fast as a kryptonian, so he cannot do a thing before she uses her martian vision and disappears to attack Goxavier. Likewise, Giselle (who has Sandals of Hermes) will have raised the anti-teleport shield

2- Yes, after her last boyfriend (for a change, a decent guy) decided that Giselle's older sister was actually a better pick, Giselle pretty much swore off men. There is actually a scene that pretty much shows this.

You are probably right about the to slow to really pick up the girls, but hey it is so IC had to try. I still think that Miss Martian could relate to him. If Party girl can’t play then that’s sad.

Originally Posted by Estrecca

The Tactigon is a LOT more than a fancy gun. It essentially allowed the mad clone of a peak human guy to kick the ass of the entire Initiative, wreck War Machine and was kicking the collective ass of the Avengers and the New Warriors (including Slapstick) when he was finally taken down by CIS.

As for the Exemplars, Agatha became one with the purchase of the Ivory Idol of Ikonn. She is now to Ikonn what Juggernaut is to Cyttorak.

I understand the gun, the Ivory Idol of Ikonn makes her really powerful telepath. Right?

Originally Posted by Estrecca

1- Not a tactic described in your strat.

2- If Doctor Strange's powers weren't enough to break through Alpha's autoshields, a casual throw of Mjolnir isn't doing the trick either.

Really the Idea is to redirect the hammer, not to kill or “break through Alpha's autoshields” just to mess with your team.

Originally Posted by WyldCard4

All Characters will act as wisely and deadly with all their competence and all their powers.

Following any new strategy they think might work better including improvising as the situation requires.

Means that if King Fuhrer Bradley sees a hammer coming at him he can improvise and hit another person with it.

Originally Posted by Estrecca

Gandalf feared that he would be tempted to claim the One Ring and that to master it, he would have to become like Sauron. Not that wielding the Ring would turn him into Sauron's slave. Slight difference there.

Also, the Ring of Mind Blank protects Rand from any influence that the Dark Lord tries to push through his link to the One Ring. The spell description is quite thorough.

Maybe… I don’t know, sound iffy.