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Gideon identifies identifies the spheres as an alloy of the rarest starmetals in the galaxy, adamantine and horacalcum, the latter of which has properties that warp space‑time around it on a quantum level.
He quickly realizes that the terminals next to him are non-functional, but it seems like the next pair of terminals just past the first blast zone would allow him to shut the first pair of doors, and so on.
That spell is literally perfect for this encounter. You can cast it on the first set of terminals to bypass the first hazard and so forth. Give me a few Computers or Engineering checks.
The creature is uninterested in shots from Rex, but she does seem more interested in Tiny and Gideon. She gets really excited when Gideon discharges electricity. That is a +2 to your roll!
You are able to guide the hexolin back to Fullbridge, then, using the footage from Gideon's bodycam, you find a shortcut to get back to the same place.
Unfortunately, you soon reach a dead end. As you retrace your steps, you see passages that definitely weren't there the first time. However, you do see more of the pink marks from the missing engineer.
This new path follows steeply down for several hundred feet, then opens into a massive cavern. You feel light on your feet as you enter into low gravity.
This dark cavern is lit by stalactites that protrude from the ceiling hundreds of feet above, each pulsating with a faint cyan glow, and a lake of indeterminate depth taking up most of the chamber’s floor. The gentle sound of droplets hitting the lake is audible every so often, causing its liquid to luminesce in gentle blues, greens, and purples. Some of these drops illuminate another figure crouched at the lake’s edge.
You see a lightly armored jubabnan--a human-sized toad who stands on one leg--at the edge of the lake. He looks at you very nervously, and you realize that you are a little bit scary as an armed adventuring party, and he probably thinks that you're gang members.
You can try to ease his fears and get him to share information with Bluff, Culture, Diplomacy, Mysticism, or Sense Motive.
Vic is aware of dangerous groups such as the Strong Absalom movement and the Bulkhead Bruisers gang, and hopes to teach able-bodied community members how to protect their own. She welcomes the assistance from Tiny and Calisst. Tiny tries to lead combat drills but gets distracted when a pack of children tackle him as they do Vic. Calisst has more luck leading observation exercises.
Rex goes to find the medical facilities, such as they are. Nizrixy Vaylamra has bright blue hair with jagged yellow streaks. She was waiting at Absalom Station’s spaceport for her flight home to Verces when the Drift Crash occurred, following a failed job interview. Nizrixy has spent time working as a hairdresser, a tattoo artist, and an assistant at a specialist eye-augmentation parlor. Shockingly, she’s the closest thing Fullbridge has to a medic, and against her initial judgement, has found enjoyment in helping others. Rex is able to take on quite a few of the waiting patients, and Nizrixy is quite grateful.
Mehzidig worked remotely as tech-support for a holographic interface company in the Marixah Republic before the Drift Crash severed communication with their home. Unable to afford rent near Bluerise Tower, they moved here and are the only thing Fullbridge has resembling a trained electrician. Gideon tries to help, but as soon as he touches one wrong wire, Mehdizig grabs the tools from his hands, with a grim warning about what happened to their predecessor.
Yeah, it would need to be someone who hadn't succeeded yet. It's a pretty tough combat to avoid, but I wanted to make sure I gave y'all a fair chance at it!
Female leshy (pine) thaumaturge 1 | HP 17/17 | AC 18 | F +6 R +6 W +5 | Perc +5 | Stealth +6 | Speed:25 ft | Active Conditions: ---
Hollifyr's eyes start leaking a little sap as well. "Agnes is right! There are so many amazing things to experience out in the world. You could guard a castle! You could save a princess! Or a prince! Or fight a dragon! Or save a dragon! Who knows what you could out there!"
We are looking for half the party to succeed on the social skills to get them to back down, and I'm afraid you only got one success. I'll pause in case someone wants to use a reroll mechanic, otherwise we will go into combat.
That seems like a success! I'll proceed assuming that, and I can retcon if it's not.
"I heard about you from a Nutcracker friend! I know your weakness! Ballet shoes!" With her bell hand, she draws a ribbon that seems to have come from a pair of well-worn ballet shoes.
Hollifyr moves a little closer and pulls a star-shaped ornament from another of her branches. She hurls it at the rat.
If the White rat attempts a strike, Hollifyr will use her Ring Bell reaction.
Ring Bell:
Trigger The target of your Exploit Vulnerability makes a Strike or Casts a Spell that would affect you or one of your allies.
Requirements You are holding your bell implement, and the triggering creature is within 30 feet of you.
Your implement sings out abruptly, disrupting your foe. The piece played depends on whether the trigger was a Strike or Spell, and it applies to the triggering Strike or Spell, except where noted otherwise.
Distracting Cacophony The trigger is a spell. You create a musical crash of sonic energy that assails the target and breaks its concentration. The target must succeed at a Fortitude save against your class DC or become stupefied 1 until the end of your next turn (stupefied 2 on a critical failure). The target doesn't have to attempt a flat check to avoid losing the triggering spell, but the discordant ring does lower the spell attack roll or spell DC of the triggering spell from stupefied.
Disrupting Harmony The trigger is a Strike. You create a strangely discordant harmony that sinks into your foe's mind and throws its movements off. The target must succeed at a Will save against your class DC or become your choice of enfeebled 1 or clumsy 1 until the end of your next turn (enfeebled 2 or clumsy 2 on a critical failure).
N female anadi (polychromatic anadi) bard 12 | HP 140/140 | AC 30 | F +18 R +19 W +22 | Perc +22 (spiritsight) | Stealth +4 | Speed:30 ft | Active Conditions: ---
Wisps puts on her best pompous look. "We must see the students now. We have our own lesson for them. Where are they?"
Female human (skilled) druid 3 | HP 41/41 | AC 19 | F +9 R +6 W +11 | Perc +11 | Stealth +1 | Speed:25 ft | Active Conditions: ---
Aella gives her grudging approval. "Well, I'll hand this one to ya. You found a much better way to surprise your teacher with opossums. I've known a lot of opossums in my time, and they're bigger than you think they are. These could be young opossums that you've done here, but I'd make the next batch 50 percent larger."
With Prism's careful work, the device immediately and permanently ceases drawing power from the aeon orb. The orb shines brightly and consistently again, and the spring at the base of the tower once again produces clean water. You all gain the resonant reflection of the aeon orb!
Reflection of Water
Your body is infused with the essence of water and becomes adapted to its presence. You gain a swim speed of 10 feet and can breathe underwater. In addition, you can also focus this affinity to gain an additional effect.
Activate [two-actions] envision; Frequency once per day; Effect You cast control water as a 5th-level innate divine spell. The area of water you control increases by 10 feet in length and width for every 2 levels you have beyond 10th level.
N female anadi (polychromatic anadi) bard 12 | HP 140/140 | AC 30 | F +18 R +19 W +22 | Perc +22 (spiritsight) | Stealth +4 | Speed:30 ft | Active Conditions: ---
Wisps puts her mask on, with huge spider eyes and flames rippling at the edges.
I'm trying to balance making sure that everyone gets to ask all their questions with also making sure that the game doesn't drag on for too long, so if anyone needs to retcon a question at any point, please feel free to do so!
Hey folks! I'm sure many of you know out of character what this creature is, so I wanted to let you know that I'm tweaking it a bit. I've never really liked golem anti-magic, since it's very unclear, and I really like how the Brass Bastion in Rage of Elements handles a similar thematic ability. So instead of immunity to magic, which is vague, these creatures will have resistance to damage from spells, except for the types of spells that always affected it. I'm being a little vague on the last bit, since which elements affect them how really needs a Recall Knowledge check, but hopefully the overall principle is clear!
Linda, it has been a pleasure working with you over the years. I remember on the first scenario I wrote working with you, Beneath Unbreaking Waves, hearing your story of doing a dramatic reading with the placeholder NPC names: "Death could not stop Steve!"
You have certainly left your mark on Organized Play, and I know you'll excel at whatever you do next. And I hope we haven't seen the last of your Queen Abrogail cosplay!
I’m so glad you all are enjoying the new grenades! That is the section I worked on. With so many grenades already in the system, I got to be creative about other things grenades could do.
And thank you, Shifty! While my break from both freelance writing and doing Org Play was for a good reason (I had a baby!), I'm pretty glad to be dipping my toe back in. I stayed on top of all my Gameday games as a player, so I'm feeling good about GMing again!
Hey folks! I haven't been around in a while, but I am looking forward to catching up on all the SFS that I missed! That includes running the scenario I co-authored with my husband, 5-13 Finding the Forgotten! This is a 7-10 scenario with the Faction (Second Seekers [ Ehu Hadif], Wayfinders), Metaplot (Redemption's Rise), and Starship tags.
If there are more than six players interested, I will run a lottery Thursday morning to choose players, so sign up by Wednesday night.
I don't have an exact starting date, but it will be after the SFS Gameday special ends, so you can definitely bring a character who is currently playing in the special.
When my husband and I first started playing PFS at one of the venues that Pirate Rob discussed and Painlord wrote that linked thread about, the “everyone GMs” culture was very clear to us right away. I think I played for over two months before I had the same GM twice. Dennis and I had both GMed at home, so we stepped into GMing for PFS pretty easily. When that culture is present, it does a lot on its own.
This isn’t a silver bullet, but I have found that an important step is to tell someone to stop the behavior in clear, direct language. Even if it seems obvious to you that XYZ is annoying the other players, it really might not be obvious to them. Hinting may not get through. “I need you to stop doing XYZ.”
It doesn’t always work, but it does sometimes! At the very least, it’s a good place to start. And their response can help you suss out if someone is just unaware of how their behavior affects others or deliberately provoking people.
CG female goblin (charhide goblin) wizard 9 | HP 78/78 | AC 26 (fire resist 4) | F +16 R +18 W +15 | Perc +12 | Stealth +13 | Speed:25 ft | Active Conditions: ---
Xanno seems impressed. "They must be very tough knights to have mounts as monstrous as horses!"
As Uirch is the most patient, Xanno peppers him with questions as he goes about his duties. "Have you killed an undead before? Is it still killing if they're already dead? Have you been to Freedom Town before? Have you ever been to the Darklands? It's not very nice there."
CN female leshy barbarian 3 | HP 53/53 | AC 20/19 when raging | F +9 R +6 W +8 | Perc +8 (low-light) | Stealth +1 | Speed: 25 ft | Active Conditions: ---
That's not true! Sometimes they also lie about everything.
NG female human-ish witch 2 | HP 26/26 | AC 18 w MA | F +6 R +6 W +6 | Perc +4 | Stealth +2 | Speed:25 ft | Active Conditions: ---
Done! I realized I should mention one more funky thing: the rune witch focus cantrip discern secrets gives a +1 bonus, so I will always cast that to make a recall knowledge, seek, or sense motive roll (unless I've already cast it that combat and am currently immune or something). What's funky is that the target of the spell isn't necessarily myself, so I can cast it and have someone else make a recall knowledge roll on my action. I might do that if Jaware hasn't rolled his own knowledge check on his turn, for instance, but I know his knowledge of religion is much better than mine. It's doesn't otherwise mess with the normal rules of recall knowledge.
NG female human-ish witch 2 | HP 26/26 | AC 18 w MA | F +6 R +6 W +6 | Perc +4 | Stealth +2 | Speed:25 ft | Active Conditions: ---
Filentsa is shopping in a market in Absalom when the message arrives. She seems oddly well-practiced at destroying the note and subtly glancing around her to make sure that no one is watching.
She books passage on a ship, entertaining the children aboard with her clockwork devices, but never ever removing her tall, pointed hat. She transfers to a carriage to take her over land.
She makes small talk with the other passengers. "Ah, hello! I am so happy to be traveling to Kyonin. It has been some years since my last visit!"And quite a few more years in your time than mine she thinks to herself.
NG female human (undine) perfection seeker monk 1 | HP 19/19 | AC 19 | F +6 R +9 W +5 | Perc +3 | Stealth +5 | Speed: 25 ft (Swim 10 feet) | Active Conditions: ---
”That’s great news. I’ll have to tell the other undines at the House of Unbreaking Waves!”
N female anadi (polychromatic anadi) bard 12 | HP 140/140 | AC 30 | F +18 R +19 W +22 | Perc +22 (spiritsight) | Stealth +4 | Speed:30 ft | Active Conditions: ---
N female anadi (polychromatic anadi) bard 12 | HP 140/140 | AC 30 | F +18 R +19 W +22 | Perc +22 (spiritsight) | Stealth +4 | Speed:30 ft | Active Conditions: ---
Wisps wakes up and immediately heals herself, using the power of her mask.
