Tinker 7 |
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Ok, and with that last email having been sent, my Christmas/New Year Holiday begins!
There will be family, and friends, and out of state travel, so I will do my best to post, but at least during the Monday-Friday of next week, it might get a bit tough.
GM, feel free to bot me as necessary.
Happy Christmas to all!
GM Wolfspirit |
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If it's Hanukah or Kwanzaa
Solstice, Harvest or December Twenty-Fifth:
Peace on Earth to everyone
And abundance to everyone you're with!
GM Wolfspirit |
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Happy New Years, everyone!
Should old adventures be forgot
These specters of our minds?
Will all our stories be for naught
Our journeys lost to time?
I raise a toast to all my friends
In person and online
I'll treasure all our memories made
For auld lang syne.
GM Wolfspirit |
By the way, I completely understand people being busy, I'm getting swamped by work myself. Still carrying on strong, but it's just... a lot of work..
GM Wolfspirit |
Ok. So, you've exhausted all diplomatic opportunities. On the other hand, your testimony that she admitted to killing Durovar while working for Astral Extractions is sufficient "evidence" without outright combat. You might miss out on loot (temporary, not end credits) though.
Pangea-Epsilon |
I will "pass" on my vote, since I've run this.
I am as fine w. moving to fight - or calling it a success in having this confession.
Thomagar Dayana |
Dear all, I must apologise. I got completely turned around and thought we were with the Level 21 Crew, when we were actually with the Downside Kings. Sigh. That's why Thomagar was so willing to talk... I'll roll with it in roleplay, but I'm fine either way.
GM Wolfspirit |
So, question for you all: There's a minor intermission where you can meet with representatives for the two corporations that the module even says doesn't impact the plot. Is there a strong feeling for running the RP, or getting to more action?
Pangea-Epsilon |
I abstain from the vote
(I've run this before so do not mind that much whatever is chosen)
Thomagar Dayana |
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I'm actually keen to experience it, if it is not too long. Like the full experience, so to speak. :)
GM Wolfspirit |
And now for the dubious prospect of Starfinder PbP: Starfighter Combat!
While people have the opportunity to respond to the factions, it would be good to lock in what everyone's planned role is, and I'll post some "handout' materials unless I can snag them from someone.
Pangea-Epsilon |
Pangea Epsilon is proud to say that whatever role it takes, the Android will shine equally well bad!
Captain
-1 Bluff
-1 Diplomacy
-1 Intimidate
Engineer
— Engineering
Gunner
+1 Gunnery
Pilot
+1 Piloting
Science Officer
— Computers
RZMR |
Decent engineer and scientist, mediocre pilot
Thomagar Dayana |
Thomagar would be best as a captain (+10 bluff for taunt, +10 diplomacy for encourage). Second best would be gunner (+3). Worst case scenario is science officer (+4 computers).
GM Wolfspirit |
So I added a chart for ship assignments people can drag their portait and add your modifier (for botting clarity) on the game sheet.
Here is what I'm proposing for the flow, to stream line spacecombat. It's a variation of what I've seen other PbP GMs use:
<pre- step 1>: Determine the positions everyone will use for the upcoming round.
<pre- step 2>:Determine where bonuses are going to be allocated for the upcoming round (including Captain Aid and computer bonuses)
Combat!: GM rolls Pilot Initiative and Enemy Initiative.
Party acts simultaneously for all Starfinder actions, including but not limited to:
Pilot moves the ship appropriately and uses any stunts
Captain Action rolls
Engineering Action rolls
Gunning Action rolls, etc -- There are only two guns, so you can do "Rolls attack if in firing arc for Forward gun, otherwise, assist gunner"
Finishing combat step: Please suggest changes to bonuses / positions in your post / before the last party member posts.
Round 2: start from "Combat!"
Does anyone have other suggestions?
GM Wolfspirit |
Also, this looks like it's potentially a really short space combat. Assuming the gunners can hit ;)
RZMR |
Sounds like a solid plan for combat. Do we have our ship stats somewhere?
Pangea-Epsilon |
Pangea can skip having a position if there is a better gunner.
GM Wolfspirit |
Unless someone objects, I'm going to have Thomagar as Captain and Cestkion as Engineering.
I also added some +1s that can be assigned to a check, you can move them onto the icon of the player. The +2 is the Captain's Encourage, if that is used that round.
If everything is set (most importantly bonus to initiative), I'll start things off.
Thomagar Dayana |
Dear all, really sorry. A crisis came up at work this week and things are a bit crazy right now. I just got home from a 16hr day today, and things don't look like they will improve just yet. I believe the situation will improve past this weekend. Please bot me freely.
GM Wolfspirit |
I ran this AP over the weekend as a tabletop, and the NPCs contributed a sizeable amount of the damage, heh.
Thomagar Dayana |
Sorry would be away for a short vacation til 18 Mar, Sun. Still have access to Internet but posting might be slow. Please bot where necessary.
Jadzia Bainbridge |
I'm going to a convention this weekend that starts tomorrow and runs until sunday night. This afternoon and evening i need to finish off my prep for Solstice Scar multi-table special, so i'm going to be very busy from now until monday.
Please feel free to bot my character and i'll be pack posting around monday lunchtime UK time. See you all then!
GM Wolfspirit |
And it turned out to yes, be over surprisingly fast. Some good rolls on your part, bad on his, and a tanky level 2 apparently make a big difference (when I ran this tabletop with all level 1s, they were about a turn away from a TPK)
We're coming up to the conclusion!
GM Wolfspirit |
And that is largely it! As we're wrapping up, I need the following from everyone:
PFS ID
Faction
Day job
Thanks to everyone for sticking through this. It went a bit longer than expected, but the "mini dungeon crawls" always take a lot longer in PbP than they do tabletop. If anyone has any thoughts or critiques, let me know. I'm more than likely going to run this again sometime.
Pangea-Epsilon |
ID: SFS #101218-705
Faction: Acquistives
Day job: 46 Credtis (Profession Chaplain: 13 + 10 from take 10 = 23 x 2 = 46 Cr.)
Thank you!
Jadzia Bainbridge |
PFS ID: 9249-703
Faction: wayfinders
Day job: Profession Orator: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
Thank you for GMing for us! :)
Thomagar Dayana |
PFS ID 215076-703
Faction Exo-Guardians
Day job profession(sculptor), toolkit, prof clothing: 1d20 + 8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 8 + 4 + 1 = 23 i.e. 46 credits
I thought the length was fine. Modules run longer in my experience so I expected it. GM, any chance you'll be running part 2? :)
GM Wolfspirit |
GM, any chance you'll be running part 2? :)
I'll probably do it at some point, but given my uncertain schedule I'm not going to commit to a 3+ month commitment until things settle down. Having to manage expectations and all ;)
I'm more likely to run this again before running part 2, as I made sure to get the prep-work done a lot so I can re-run it.
RZMR |
108716-703
Dataphiles
Profession(psychologist): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21
Thanks a lot for the game!
Thomagar Dayana |
Sorry but can I check on the progress of the chronicles? I'm waiting on that for another game starting soon.
GM Wolfspirit |
Sorry, it's been a long few nights and I'm trying to get them together tonight. No worries for asking :)
GM Wolfspirit |
And Posted.
Drive Link
Let me know if I'm missing anything or anything is off. Thanks again, everyone!