For starship battles, Dethara would prefer to be a Science Officer (+4) but she can also be a gunner (+2) or a psychotic and aggressive captain (+4 intimidate, +0 diplomacy).
Male Human Envoy 2 | SP 10/14 | HP 16/16 | RP 4/4 | EAC 12, KAC 13, CMD 21 | Fort +1, Ref +4, Will +3 | Init +1 | Perception +5 | Conditions:
My boons are Exo-Guardians Champion and Basic Hireling Access (Culture, Medicine, Survival).
(Mechanically,) Zapp would make a good captain (Diplomacy/Intimidate +7), a reasonable science officer or engineer (Computers/Engineering +5), or a mediocre gunner (+1).
Male Half-orc Icon Solarian | SP 32/32 HP 34/34 RP 4/4| EAC 14 KAC 15 F +4 R +2 W +4| Init +1 | Speed 30 feet
Acquisitives Champion and Half-orc Admittance are my only boons.
Dalinar could either captain with a +6 Diplomacy or gun with a +2 attack. We should probably put Zapp at captain(hopefully he won't kill us all like his namesake) and me on guns.l
Male Half-orc Icon Solarian | SP 32/32 HP 34/34 RP 4/4| EAC 14 KAC 15 F +4 R +2 W +4| Init +1 | Speed 30 feet
Acquisitives Champion and Half-orc Admittance are my only boons.
Dalinar could either captain with a +6 Diplomacy or gun with a +2 attack. We should probably put Zapp at captain(hopefully he won't kill us all like his namesake) and me on guns.
I've added a link at the top of the page to the map(s)
I've been told that some people prefer google slides over google paintings because it's easier to view on mobile devices.
If nobody here uses a mobile device and would prefer to go back to some other format let me know and we'll go with what's easiest for the majority.
Can everyone check to see if they can view the map and let me know if there are any issues with it?.
I still haven't figured out a better way to indicate where the ship is and what direction it is facing than using arrows so we're stuck with using that unless someone has a better way to do it.
You guys are the red arrow (since the Pegasus is red)
Your enemy is the blue arrow (since it's sort of grey-blueish)
@Qip; some helpful person converted all the pregen info to a pbp format you can find that here; Link
If you copy&paste that in your alias profile (in the correct places - it mentions where certain things have to go) it's easier to track what's going on with your character
I just realized you said first Starfinder game and not Play-by-post game so feel free to format it in another way if that works beter for you/you are used to that
If you have any questions; just ask. If you are not sure if it works..either ask or just try to do it - if it doesn't work someone will tell you.
Starfinder from what I can tell so far (I've only played tier 1-4 scenario's so far and mostly low lvl) is pretty forgiving on how you build a character with 1 exception - Space combat. You'll want to have at least 1 skill you can use during space combat (engineering/computers should be fine for that).
So when you build your own character just build/take what ever you feel will be the most fun to play.
Seems we need to switch some stuff around since Mec-01 took on engineering as well. You are currently without a pilot..which you can do within the rules but it means you are drifting around a bit.
Jack mentioned being an adequate pilot so maybe Jack wants to take a seat behind the wheel next round?
Some posts don't seem to stick, no clue why some do and some don't *(die roller maybe?)..but next round of combat is delayed since I can't make my other post stick...
Glad to hear I was able to describe what I was going for ;)
And all though I made it a bit more obvious with giving them names than the scenario does it's all in there so I must not have been the only one who has been trying to go for the Biker Mice from Mars reference.
Male CN death-touched half-orc (Starfinder forerunner archetype) operative 8 | Speed 40ft | Active conditions: none |
I am heading out to a convention early tomorrow afternoon. I will be returning Monday. I expect to be able to get in a few short posts until then, but if not, feel free to bot me.
Maybe medicine is to help with the stone in his side?
Yeah..but the scenario specifically mentions;
They are badly injured by the storm, and their leg is caught under a collapsed piece of the building.
Safely freeing the native from the debris requires a PC to succeed at a DC 13 Engineering or Medicine check
So by the wording you can use medicine to free him from a leg trapped by a piece of the building. Maybe it's just me, but the first thing I thought off when I read this was amputation....which seems a bit drastic.
I don't think we've rolled for the chance to win a gameday boon yet.
Everyone can roll. On a 19 or 20 you get a player boon (roll a d2 to see which one you get)
And you need to supply me with the email adres you'd want to have your boon mailed too if you end up winning one
I'll start on your chronicles, I hope to have them out by Satuerday
Great game, thank you for running.
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Can you please make the welcome to Starfinder boon my first chronicle?
Found here: http://paizo.com/include/WelcomeToStarfinder.zip
Would be great, thank you.
Anything for factions to roll or to do? Quip will at least report back to them. Just wondering.
Male N Android Roboticist Mechanic Starfinder Data Jockey 5 SP 35/35 HP 34/34 | RP 6/6 | KAC 21 EAC 21 | Fort +5; Ref +8; Will +2 | Init: +4 | Perc: +12, SM: -2 | Speed 30ft | Active conditions: None.
Oh, I had the welcome boon since a long time. So this welcome boon is my first chronicle. The one for this game will be the second one. I didn't say because until now the players had to write down the number of their chronicles.
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Can you please make the welcome to Starfinder boon my first chronicle?
Found here: http://paizo.com/include/WelcomeToStarfinder.zip
Would be great, thank you.
Anything for factions to roll or to do? Quip will at least report back to them. Just wondering.
You get to pick one faction for which you get a free membership boon - you only get reputation for a faction for which you have a faction boon slotted (and sometimes a scenario gives you an extra faction reputation for a fixed faction).
You can buy other/more/better faction boons with the reputation you earn and when you multiple boons you can choose which faction to champion for that scenario by slotting the boon you want
Harrowed Jack; I think I have everything needed for reporting. Do you want me to mark that you checked a box for True Savior of Tash on your chronicle somewhere?
Dalinar: I'm missing your SFS number, I know it's -705 but I can't find what's in front of that
Pete Zero; needs to pick a faction
Zapp Branigan: Unless I'm overlooking it somewhere I can't seem to find your SFS number
Mec-01; I think I have everything needed for reporting
Dethara; Unless I'm overlooking it somewhere I can't seem to find your SFS number
Unless someone has a profession/dayjob they want to roll for?
I've started with sending out PM's to people for which I have all the info and managed to finish it with a link to the chronicle.
If you notice something that isn't filled in correctly please let me know and I'll fix it (I've been known to make an copy&paste error in the past here and there)
From the guide (page 22)
FACTION BOON SLOT
Every faction offers unique boons that allow a character to
champion that faction. As described in Appendix 1: Character
Creation, characters receive a champion Faction boon for one
of the five major factions during character creation. The name
of these boons is universally [Faction Name] Champion. These
boons allow the character to earn Reputation with the associated
faction after successfully completing a scenario. Throughout a
character’s career, she can purchase additional faction champion
boons to allow her to champion additional factions.
This is part of Gameday VII and will run in the first session. Startday will be August 15th.
This is a couple of days after the start of Gameday VII to get the initial rush out of the way.
A Starfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1-4.
When a major Pact Worlds organization approaches the Starfinder Society about investigating an abandoned outpost in Near Space, the PCs get assigned to the case. Travelling to a distant world, surmounting dangerous threats in the void of space, and meeting new alien cultures—this mission is about everything the Starfinder Society embodies.
Ashes of Discovery is a replayable scenario designed to help introduce players to what it's like to be a member of the Starfinder Society. With randomized mechanical and story elements, when you play this scenario, you'll never play the same scenario twice.
Scenario Tags: Repeatable, Starship
Expected posting rate will be roughly once a day with me reserving the right to NPC your character in if you haven't posted in 24 hours since the last post made to keep the flow going and the game moving forward.
Let me sign up with the pre-gen Obozaya, if that is ok. Posting will be iffy the first days, as I am still on holidays then and travelling, but fine from the 17th on.
Much as others might wish him death-touched, he isn't...even Pharasma doesn't want him anywhere near her. May I present Zapp Brannigan, the Man with no Name!
Zapp is a level one envoy with an adventure under his belt. He comes complete with Kif and his personality can be toned down on request.
Ok, decided on an mechanic, stats to follow, but am on holidays. Will probably just use the pre-gen stats of the Ysoki mechanics. On holidays and not so much access to internet....
Welcome everyone, by my count that makes..4, right?
Feel free to dot into discussion and gameplay if you haven't already so you'll see any updates/have a reminder on where to go once the game starts
Just for my information; did anyone already play this scenario? (and if yes, could you post a spoiler block with what you remember as having already encountered so I can filter those options out. I assume that people would prefer to meet something new.)
I have played it with the installation being from the Skyfire Mandate, the aliens were dragon like and very musical. Uh... The space battle was against a creature we never managed to identify. I think they respected the space creature. If I missed any variables let me know.
Thank you. I should inform you that I will be perhaps away on the 15th and 16th August because of PFS/SFS conv here. Let's see if I manage to connect anyway.
I don't know how to appear in the players and characters cases.
To appear on the character and player list, and to have this campaign show up in your 'Campaigns' tab, just scroll up to the top and click on the 'Gameplay' thread. Then make a post as the character you'll be using. (It can be anything). If it's an introductory post you can leave it there. If it's gibberish, just delete it afterwards.
I wanted to start a few days after the start of the gameday so that everyone (including me) would get the initial rush out of the way, but if PeteZero and Mec-01 both are going to be less available till the 17th I'll just relax my 1 post a day expected posting rate till say..the 18.
We'll still start and if everyone can post that's great..but otherwise we'll just start of more relaxed and wait for everyone to catch up before going ahead full steam (or nuclear power - whichever the case might be)
Well, I've to go to a wedding on the 18th. I know, it's a bit busy these days. But I think I can post on the 13th, 14th, perhaps 15th and/or 16th, 17th. The 18th will be difficult.
Then I should be able to post in the evening (I'm in Europe).
Cool thanks. I have also played this before. I remember
Spoiler:
We started off with a starship battle against a giant shark thingy. On the surface we met a bunch of 7 legged aliens who told us where the clanholding was and that they had exiled one of their people recently. We walked across an area with stone rain and found the guy who was exiled. We think anyway, we weren't able to communicate well so he may have just been one of them who wasn't exiled. Inside we fought a few rock creatures and another one of the aliens, who may have been the exile. We discovered that the original owners of the place were killed by some creature that they set free on accident. They somehow got it back into its hole and re sealed it.
This PC is awaiting a chronicle, which will make him 2nd level. I expect to have it in hand soon, so he should be ready to go.
GM:
I have played this scenario four times previously, although this PC has a few tricks that my PCs in the prior run didn't have access too--okay, just one trick mainly, the vampire voice necrograft, which allows him to Intimidate without language barriers.
He also doesn't wear armor, which will likely be an issue in this scenario (although he has the blackheart necrograft to help with that).
This PC has the AbadarCorp Annoyance boon, although they may a non-issue.
Finally, I am scheduled to play a scenario with this PC in October, in case that is an issue.
With October you mean scheduled for the second part of the gameday? I expect to finish before then..but that will depend mostly on the posting rate of the (other) players (and dice rolls..if you guys don't manage to hit anything for 3-4 rounds in a row it does tend to slow down the game a bit ;) . I do tend to finish a scenario in 4-6 weeks...so I expect to finish before the second half of the gameday, but I can't give a 100% certainty.
If you want to switch this character out for another one, make a new one/play a pregen or even if you want to drop out of the game....I'm fine with any of those. And otherwise we'll just do our best to finish on time.
