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Well, there is a single 11-14 scenario in seasons 3,5 and 6.
Then there are the Adventure Paths as well. But in general, it is very hard to get beyond 13th and there are no society scenarios that support play beyond 14th. You are not alone. I've one 2x level 10s, 1x12 and a nine. They are all pretty much retired now.
I made that conclusion about six months ago. But with SFS v2 coming out next year... I was also thinking I might save my character ideas. Actually, thinking about v2 I was wondering about making characters based on my SFSv1s hirelings... and then when they get hirelings, using my SFSv1 characters as them :-)
The issue here is not the spell level, but the caster level. It is my understanding that while you can artificially lower your caster level (though for most purposes there would be no point), you can't lower it to below the minimum level to cast a spell. You can cast a spell at a lower caster level than normal, but the caster level you choose must be high enough for you to cast the spell in question, and all level-dependent features must be based on the same caster level. So you cannot make a scroll or wand of fireball cast at CL level 4 for example. If the fireball is an Enlarged fireball (spell level 4), the minimum level a caster could be to create it would be 7th. All that said... there are already specific rules for creation of Riffle scrolls.
I'll mark the session inactive in rpgchronicles after this weekend, to give everyone a chance to check things out. I'll do the same with the game thread. My pleasure GMing for you all. The swarms gave you a hard time, but everything else you handled quite easily. The last encounter would be much harder without incredibly suboptimal tactics inflicted on the big boss.
Option, I'll have you T10 on your prof(archeology) skill for a 24 result. Your chronicles are now available. Thank you all for playing. The reporting for this may take some time as it goes through the event, rather than me directly.
With a final nudge Twila-5 gets the third mask to disgorge sheets of lighting. The storm fells the few remaining giroth in the area. It is chaos. But Starfinding is almost always chaos. The team can take a very, very well earned break as they start to work out exactly how to embellish the tales they are going to tell about this particular expedition.
Jekcedo thinks back to the knowlege of the rituals that Murthed told you about. That knowledge together with a nudge here and there from Ears is enough to activate the Founders Face of Fire. It's eyes start to glow and the team has to jump back as raw flame from the elemental plane spills from its mouth. With a bit of practice Jek is able to direct it at groups of giroth. Over a minute or so it seems to "learn" the targets he is after, and takes on a more self directed role, blasting individuals and groups that get within its range/ Dhomer meanwhile starts ranting at another mask. It feeds off his emotional energy and darts of liquid metal start emerging at a staggering speed, taking out more groups of giroth.
Although their leaders are defeated, the minions fight on, raining devastation down on Starfinders from above. What is needed is a concentrated and powerful, ideally magical, attack to deal with them once and for all. Twila-5 recalls seeing various "faces" carved into the walls around the bulwark. Surely these must have some latent magical elemental energy that could be harnessed for the purpose. There are six different faces, each of which is tied to one of the elemental planes. Four of these you have learned information about during your earlier efforts (see above). The six "faces" and an associated skill check.
Twila fires, and the sound of her pistol shot seems to reverberate through the mighty Ulgaran, eliciting another scream of pain. Missiles of force fly from the fingertips of Option and then Jek .... shares the pain. With a cry of surprised frustration, the last giroth falls to the ground. Still. The massive stone figure lumbers toward the spire, breaks off a massive chunk of it and throws it to the ground. Then it starts to climb... Status: round 4. bold may post Harrying fire: available
The starfinder team, battered by the scream feels better as Jekcedo brings out his healing powers. Unfortunately the last giroth also benefits from his largess. The ungrateful creature takes a quick shot at Ears as it flaps back up to the cliff face.
Status: round 3. bold may post Harrying fire: available
Ears backs up quickly, taking a quick shot that barely misses the close giroth. Dirk channels his inner pain as he slams his mote into the pink creature. The pink grioth leans in to try and bite Dirk. It is painful and he starts to see things that... wern't there before...
The green one closes on Dhomer and tries to do the same.
The blue one flaps to the edge of the cliff and fires at Jek
The one with orange fur closes on the edge of the cliff, firing at Dirk.
Perhaps more worryingly a massive multiheaded giant of stone and voidglass pulls itself from the lake behind you. As it emerges it lets forth a scream of fury and heart wrenching sorrow. The giroth seem affected by it shrieking in pain.
All of them, apart from their leader, drop dead from the sound. Status: round 3. bold may post Harrying fire: available
Jek winces in pain. Twila is made of sterner stuff. She shares the pain with the pink bat. Dhomer meanwhile trades shots with the green giroth, winging it in the wing. Option resists the worst of the mental assault, but can't make his own shot count. Status: round 2. bold may post Harrying fire: available
Ears realises these bat link creatures are probably vulnerable to sonic attacks, but their fur will render them immune to cold attacks.
"Two can play at that game" they snarl, unleashing their own mental scream.
They then step forward to flank Ears. Status: round 2. bold may post Harrying fire: available
Option fires off a quick shot, but the distance is too much and Orange laughs horribly as they are missed. Dirk then plugs the blue one with his hand cannon, it whimpers in pain for a moment. The one with pink fur flaps down from the rise As it does so, Ears, Jek, Twila and Dirk start to feel a familar throbbing pain build up behind their eyes.
The green one flaps down as well, also sending out mental screams of anquish toward Dirk, Dhomer and Option
The creature with blue fur takes a shot at Dirk
While the one in orange shoots at Dhomer
Status: round 2. bold may post Harrying fire: available
Ears boosts Twila-5's pistol and then heads toward Jek. Dhomer drops to the ground, must be a doughnut there... and then takes a cheap shot at one of the grith who he remarkably hits. Twila-5 shoots... and scores. She is pretty sure that no static arc pistol in the history of static arc pistols has packed a whomp like that before. The grioth roars in rage.
Status: bold may post Harrying fire: available
The leader screaches and flaps down toward the isolated figure of Jek. Status: bold may post Harrying fire: available
Conditions
Individuals
Impaired - Con track poison damage, as weakened, plus..:
As one the Starfinders sweep toward the Bulwark's Heart. The Bulwark’s Heart is lit by artificial lighting, the luminescent glow of the cenote, and the sinister glow of the Voidglass Spire and other voidglass deposits. The ceiling in is 100 feet high. Around the edges of the Voidglass Spire (all spaces above the voidglass platforms), which has pierced through the upper floors of the Bulwark, the ceiling is instead 200 feet high. This space is massive, with hundreds of Starfinders and grioth soldiers engaged in chaotic battle. The battle for Sangoro’s Bulwark rages in a beautiful cavern, marred by the Voidglass Spire and damaged by the gunfire, shrapnel, and magical attacks. To the north, the ground drops away to a glowing cenote, its waters churning violently. To the south, the lower reaches of the Voidglass Spire emerge from the ground, rising into the air and puncturing the ceiling in its quest for the sky with no regard for the damage caused to the ancient architecture of Sangoro’s Bulwark. All around, Starfinders and grioths engage in heated combat. Emerging from the enemy throng are two formidable grioths who bark orders to the surrounding soldiers: Lieutenant Ulgaran, muscular and fierce, with white fur and a bellowing voice that spits curses and insults as often as he swings his voidglass sword; and General Itharris, terrifying in a metal and crystal containment suit, wielding a plasma sword and rifle. General Itharris raises her sword and bellows at the top of her lungs. “Come to your death, Starfinders! I am that which gnaws and consumes! The terror in the dark! The corruptor of souls! Face me and embrace the Void!” Her voice reverberates with psychic power, tearing through the mind and leaving behind an ominous weight. A telepathic din rises in response, as the soldiers cheer for the coming bloodshed. Lieutenant Ulgaran snarls. “You heard the General, maggots! Show them our strength! Draw out their fear! Tear apart the Starfinders!”
Status: init, if you beat a 19 you may act: Harrying fire: available
Conditions
Individuals
Impaired - Con track poison damage, as weakened, plus..:
Jek manages to sever the connection from the transducer to... He senses a name... General Itharris. But the general is definitely aware and is already trying to reinitiate the connection. You have only a short time in which to shut the device down fully. There is still some lingering psychic energy, so failure here may still be painful.
Woith the whole team - and I do mean the whole team - cooperating together, you narrowly manage to disable a rather nasty trap that surely would have flooded the room with planar energies, doing all kinds of unspecified nastiness to you all. Already battered from the previous battle, that would have been inconvenient at best for you. Faced with the control room that is now safe, you must somehow work out how to shut down the psychic transducer.
You are just about to head in when the sharp eyed Dhomer notices a doughnut on a plate. Reaching for it he pauses... that is perhaps too convenient. Do grioth even eat doughnuts? Holding up his hand the team freezes. Under the doughnut there is a mystical rune.... surely something bad would have happened if he had got any closer too it.
You have a couple of options to deal with the rune, you could try to deface it (engineeing) or try to nullify the planar forces that are gathered around it (mysticism, easier) Status: Spire control center Harrying fire: available
Conditions
Individuals
Impaired - Con track poison damage, as weakened, plus..:
Jekcedo starts to attune to the odd wall of force. With the help of his stone he starts to disassemble it. Dhomer, joining in, finds his will badly tested.
With the barrier defeated you proceed to the control room, which looks vaguely like the interior of a geode - sharp voidglass shards point in all directions. Scattered among these growths are things that must be control panels. Status: Spire control center Harrying fire: available
Conditions
Individuals
Impaired - Con track poison damage, as weakened, plus..:
After a quick rest you check your coms units. There is a message from Ixthia. “Thank you for accepting this mission. We’ve identified a control center at the pinnacle of the Voidglass Spire. It is our belief that this is the core of the psychic transducer, which transmits thoughts and psychocorporeal foes across the battlefield via shadow beams. Investigate this control center and shut down the psychic transducer. If our luck holds, this will render their greatest weapon useless—the Voidglass Spire will be a hollow shell. Good luck, Starfinders. Our hope goes with you.” Following your directions you arrive at an entrance... one that is covered by a shimmering barrier of solidified will!
Status: Spire control center Harrying fire: available
Individuals
Impaired - Con track poison damage, as weakened, plus..:
The battle is really heating up. Dhomer hauls wounded Starfinders to dressing station, but gets a rock to the back of his head for his trouble.
Seeing this Twila-5 ensures that particular projection won't be bothering anyone again, cutting it in two with her overcharged turret. Ears realises the entanglement of psychic and life powers might be short-circuited with an appropriate application of recently freed up life forces. Twilia-5s victim is the perfect candidate and she starts to short-out the incoming waves of grioths. It's good, but not enough. That is when Jekcedo realises that the fifth principle of mystical harmonization would dictate that the energy coefficient of the released life force must be countered by the reciprocal mystical forces. He nudges them in just the right manner. Dirk tosses a rock. It hits one of the grith at just the right time, knocking it off the bridge. As it falls it grasps for another, who grasps for another. All up five of the creatures fall in what would in other situations be an almost comical display of ... something. Option tries to shore up the barrier, but as he is working, another grioth creeps up hind him, smashing him over the head.
The fight grows desperate as the enemy forces begin to capture portions of the wall and even the fiercest Starfinder counterattacks are unable to drive them back. Just as all seems lost, the Starfinder Hammer arrives, crashing through the domed ceiling in battle mechs and devastating the rear of the grioth forces in a flurry of gunfire. Under this onslaught, the grioths panic and break ranks, scattering as they flee.
But not much time. "Still missions avaialble inside the spire Starfinders..." Status: Recovery Harrying fire: unavailable;
Conditions
Individuals
Impaired - Con track poison damage, as weakened, plus..:
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