LoreMaster GM's SFS Into The Unknown (Inactive)

Game Master vlaovich88

To make it easy for me to fill in the chronicles, could you please provide for the character you want to credit this to...

Chronicle: What chronicle number will this be for your character?
Player name: Your name, as you want it to appear on the chronicle
Character name: The name of your character
Organized play #-#: Your society play and character numbers
Faction: Characters Faction slotted
XP: Your starting XP
Fame: Your starting fame
Credits: opening credits before purchases
Day job: Your day job skill and roll.
Reputation: Which factions you have reputations with (and how much) before participating in this scenario.
Boons: Any boons you have slotted. (you may change these after the briefing)
Purchases: Any purchases you wish to make from your initial funds, before the start of the game.

Please introduce yourself in gameplay.

There is starship combat in this adventure, also give your preferred role in the ship and your associated skill bonus.

Scratch the part about boons. This adventure does not allow you to slot any boons (besides your faction reputation boon).

Chronicle: 2
Player name: philipjcormier
Character name: Alzandre Dufau
Organized play #-#: 55792-701
Faction: Wayfinder
XP: 1
Fame: 2
Credits: 820
Day job: profession(archaeologist): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
Reputation: (not sure) wayfinder (2)
Purchases: none.

SKILLS: computers(7); culture(4); engineering(8); life science(7); mysticism(4); physical science(7); piloting(8); profession(archaeologist)(7).

soo....anywhere is pretty much good I think.

You are correct, your reputation with the wayfinders is 2.

Chronicle: 2
Player name: Caro Cogitatus
Character name: Friye Leekay
Organized play #-#: 106336-708
Faction: Second Seekers
XP: 1
Fame: 2
Credits: 755
Day job: (None)
Reputation: Second Seekers 2
Boons: None
Purchases: None

Chronicle: 2 (The first is the race granting boon)
Player name: Sedoriku
Character name: Vyviane Isafira
Organized play #-#: 108507-704
Faction: Wayfinder
XP: 0
Fame: 0
Credits: 0
Day job: Corporate Recruiter: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12
Reputation: None (at least with this identity. There is a rumor woman bearing a similar name stealing the antidote to an Aspis Consortium posion a few years back... an antidote that was on the market not 3 months later)
Boons: Legacy Heritage (allows for the creation of a legacy race character and can be used due to offcial errata here)
Purchases:

Vyviane as captain makes for a smooth running ship! Vote Vyviane for Captain! :P

Forgot to mention starship combat.

Friye is best as Engineer or Science officer, is a competent Pilot, an okay Gunner, and a Captain who is likely to get talked into letting Kitty fly the ship (in case it's not obvious, this would be a Bad Idea). Her bonuses are in a spoiler in her header.

Might be best suited as the captain.

Will add other information later tonight.

Chronicle: 2 (first is race boon)
Player name: Michael Knauer
Character name: Buscador
Organized play #: 262720-706
Faction: Datafiles
XP: 0
Fame: 0
Credits: 91
Day job: Profession (Mercenary) : 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (17) + 12 = 29 (+5 from clothes and tool kit)
Reputation: None
Purchases: None
Spaceship role: Back-up gunner? Bad cop captain? Intim +4, Diplo/Bluff/Piloting +0, Comp/Eng na

Chronicle: 3
Player name: TriShadow
Character name: Captain Quentin Dexter Hawthorn
Organized play #-#: 151777-702
Faction: Wayfinder
XP: 2
Fame: 4
Credits: 1478
Day job: Profession, Actor: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
Reputation: Wayfinders (4)
Boons: TBD
Purchases:

Howdy - This is my first PbP game. I've filled in my character on my profile, and if anyone has questions or suggestions, I'm all ears. And if someone can tell me where I need to go to get a image set, I'd love to know - my hunting around the site has come up empty.

My image is from the standard pathfinder set. Pretty sure he's an alchemist or something like that.

I was able to add an image to my main alias, but can't figure out where to do it for these characters. It's not an option under the profile.

At the top of the screen, there is the "My Account" button. When clicked, it opens a drop down menu. CLick "Account Settings". On the middle left side of the page, there will be a list of all your character. Click edit next to Buscador. On that page, there will an option to edit the "Avatar Image".

I am hoping to get our last player completely set up to play tomorrow, but at the latest Friday and then we will get this going. Thank you all for coming in!

If you go to the "Organized Play" under the "My Account" tab and log in there should be message stating your organized play number (and an option to download a card with the data as well, if you want something physical) right below that is a list of your organized play characters. If you click on the 'edit' button next to the character info it'll let you edit Organized play characters. For some reason those profiles are treated differently than main/general aliases.

At the top of the screen, there is the "My Account" button. When clicked, it opens a drop down menu. CLick "Account Settings". On the middle left side of the page, there will be a list of all your character. Click edit next to Buscador. On that page, there will an option to edit the "Avatar Image".

And this is how you edit the general aliases! If your Alias posts with a green name such as Vyviane here, it'll be under the organized play tab.

If you go to the "Organized Play" under the "My Account" tab and log in there should be message stating your organized play number (and an option to download a card with the data as well, if you want something physical) right below that is a list of your organized play characters. If you click on the 'edit' button next to the character info it'll let you edit Organized play characters. For some reason those profiles are treated differently than main/general aliases.

LoreMaster GM wrote:

At the top of the screen, there is the "My Account" button. When clicked, it opens a drop down menu. CLick "Account Settings". On the middle left side of the page, there will be a list of all your character. Click edit next to Buscador. On that page, there will an option to edit the "Avatar Image".

And this is how you edit the general aliases! If your Alias posts with a green name such as Vyviane here, it'll be under the organized play tab.

However if it's pink...

Vyviane Isafira wrote:

If you go to the "Organized Play" under the "My Account" tab and log in there should be message stating your organized play number (and an option to download a card with the data as well, if you want something physical) right below that is a list of your organized play characters. If you click on the 'edit' button next to the character info it'll let you edit Organized play characters. For some reason those profiles are treated differently than main/general aliases.

LoreMaster GM wrote:

At the top of the screen, there is the "My Account" button. When clicked, it opens a drop down menu. CLick "Account Settings". On the middle left side of the page, there will be a list of all your character. Click edit next to Buscador. On that page, there will an option to edit the "Avatar Image".

And this is how you edit the general aliases! If your Alias posts with a green name such as Vyviane here, it'll be under the organized play tab.

However if it's pink...

...or blue then you go to account settings.

Got it. Thank you!

Chronicle:3
Player name: Maliky
Character name: AK
Organized play #-#: 291296-701
Faction: Dataphiles
XP:1
Fame: 2
Credits: 1720
Day job: NA
Reputation: Dataphiles 2
Boons: NA
Purchases: TBA

engineering +10

I am hoping to finish this adventure by the time the Gameday starts. I am going to run a game for Gameday and I am thinking The Solar Sortie . I am going to open it up to anyone in this game before it becomes public. Give it some thought on if you are interested in that one!

I'll let you know when I figure out my game for the 2nd part of Gameday.

Solar Sortie is a good one, but I'm only able to play the repeatable scenarios at this point.

Solar Sortie sign up

This is the sign up for my next game. Please sign up if you are interested before I make it public.

I will bot Dex if he does not post by tomorrow morning. From that point forward (unless he checks in) I will bot him if we are waiting for him to post again.

Generally that will be my rule of thumb for botting. You will have about 2 days (maybe more if it is a weekend) to post before you get botted and you will stay as botted until your next post so if someone disappears for a week for one reason or another, we are not waiting again.

This adventure has two starship combats so I do not want to get tied down too long at any one point. Does this policy seem fair to everyone? If you dislike the policy, let me know what you think will work as a more fair that issue.

I will adopt that policy as my own.

Seems fair enough to me. I would expect nothing less if it were me absent.

Sorry team, it has been a rough couple of days. I should be back on track moving forward.

Again: SKILLS: computers(7); culture(4); engineering(8); life science(7); mysticism(4); physical science(7); piloting(8); profession(archaeologist)(7).

Pretty sure I can handle all of the spaceship positions.

Relevant ship skills
Bluff (Cha) +7
Computers (Int) +2
Culture (Int) +5 +1d6
Diplomacy (Cha) +7
Intimidate (Cha) +7
Medicine (Int) +5
Perception (Wis) +4
Sense Motive (Wis) +4 +1d6

Looks like we have our Captain?

Vyviane is also a great contender for captain.

Diplomacy: +8
Bluff: +10
Intimidate: +8

She also has a +3 Dex for shooting.

Either of you would make a great captain. Absent anyone insisting on it, my vote goes to the higher stats, Vyviane.

Friye is happy to take Science or Engineering, her best skills. I'm happy in any position except Captain myself, so if you have a preference speak up.

This is a preliminary list. I am developing this based on high stats alone. Anyone can make claims to adjust.

Captain- Vyviane (Dex can switch here for a little decrease to the checks but increase to gunner as he has good skills for captain as well)
Pilot- Alzandre
Science Officer- AK
Engineer- Friye
Gunner- Dex
Back up gunner- Buscador

Thoughts?

Hmm, I'd be willing to say that having a higher rank in a gunner seat than in the captain's chair is more important. If she was to just use her +10 bluff to taunt the enemy ship(s) and then give up the seat to Dex would that work?

In between sections we can make changes to our characters like they were in between scenarios, right? Vyviane needs to sell somethings to get a disguise kit (The halfling all built around disguise doesn't have one? Blah!) While in there she could easily trade out her rank in Computers for piloting (its kind of been bothering me that I didn't take one earlier). It should help with her shooting.

You can definitely do shopping, but not sure if you can do character rebuilds between parts. I will look into it and let you know!

Ah ha ha... Vyviane doesn't have any credits left so the only way she can buy anything is through the level one character rebuild rules allowing for sale of items at full price...

Well... you have a few dead bodies of loot to sell here. I can add up how much money that is worth.

Happy to try and shoot, but no promises.

I looked into it and it looks like you can do the first level rebuilds between parts.

This is a preliminary list. I am developing this based on high stats alone. Anyone can make claims to adjust.

Captain- Vyviane (Dex can switch here for a little decrease to the checks but increase to gunner as he has good skills for captain as well)
Pilot- Alzandre
Science Officer- AK
Engineer- Friye
Gunner- Dex
Back up gunner- Buscador

Thoughts?

Let's swap AK and Friya, since AK has the better Engineering.

Friye is not trained in computers so she could not make any checks in the science officer seat.

Friye is not trained in computers so she could not make any checks in the science officer seat.

She's got a +8 in computers (listed as +8 Science on her ship skills)

Most assuredly trained in computers.

+*Computers +8 (INT +3, Ranks +1, Class +3, Bypass +1)

my bad! I was going off the starship spoiler as did not put it together that the computer was the science check. I feel dumb now haha

Not dumb, just human.

Happy to try and shoot, but no promises.

Dex, I really don't mind giving up the chair! I've played through the next combat and it can take forever, especially if you don't have a good gunner! Just as a warning, Vyviane will likely complain about it in character but ooc I think she should probably be shooting.

On a slightly related note, Vyviane is ready to go for the next part; I sold her serum of healing for a disguise tool kit and 20 feet of titanium alloy cable (I misinterpreted the rules on the sword cane as including it in the base price of the cane,) and traded the rank in computers for a rank in piloting. She now shoots with a +4 (3 dex plus 1 rank piloting in place of BAB.)

No worries here. I feel like I'm still new to everything, so I keep double checking stuff.

And speaking of - looks like our Drake info is from the old version, which had some errors. AC and TL should both be 12, and we should get +1 to any two checks per round.

This is a Pegasus not a Drake, but I can look into it and see if there have been revisions. This was the first published adventure, so it is possible.

Also, if anyone has suggestions on running space combat over the way I am, I am all for hearing it. I have only run one before and played in 2.

Space combat seems designed to make PbP difficult. Everyone has to wait on both pilots to complete their actions before deciding which weapons to fire, and PC's often forget to use the Mono/Duo/Trinode ship bonuses (I suggest they go automatically to the gunners unless stated otherwise).