[SFS_Aerondor] 01-12 Ashes of Discovery 2018B (Inactive)

Game Master Aerondor

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.
Starship role: This scenario has starship combat. Please nominate the role you would like on the ship and include your relevant skill bonsues.

Please introduce yourself in gameplay.

Please add an icon for your character to the first page of the map.

Room for one more? I am hoping to level up a PC before Game day, who is currently in another game, so I'd be playing a pregen.

Did I make it in time to get in?

Chronicle: 2
Player name: Dax Thura
Character name: Domak
Organized play #-#: 33973-704
Faction: Exo-Guardians
XP: 1
Fame: 2
Credits: 68
Day job: N/A
Reputation: Exo-Guardians 2
Boons: Exo-Guardians Champion (faction), Marked Field Agent (slotless)
Purchases: None
Starship role: Pilot +7 Captain +5

Looks like I'm first on the waiting list? Good luck to everyone playing.

And a bonus question for folk. Does your character have the AbadarCorp Acquaintance boon.

Caro, if you want I'll run it with seven. That may make it run a bit faster too.

All, for this game I'll NPC folk after 24 hours, as we are on a tight timeline. Please include bot-me instructions if you think you will be not posting for a day.

@All you may also want to have an OOC discussion about your preferring starship. Pegasus or Drake.

Chronicle: 2
Player name: meloriel
Character name: Ferradei
Organized play #-#: 276820-705
Faction: Exo-Guardians
XP: 1
Fame: 0
Credits: 7
Day job: N/A
Reputation: 0
Boons: Faction (Exo-Guardian Champion), Personal (Alien Archive Admittance (ryphorian))
Purchases: None
Starship role: Science Officer +7, Engineer +7

Chronicle: 1
Player name: PikaPool
Character name: Regalion
Organized play #-#: 340980-702
Faction: Exo-Gardians
XP: 0
Fame: 0
Credits: 20
Day job: Profession (Exporer) +8
Reputation: None
Boons: Exo-Guardians Champion (faction)
Purchases: None
Starship role: I'm new to Starfinder and I don't know how to determine these yet

Hey, Regalion, Welcome!

I just looked at your character sheet, and thought I'd let you know that your skills would make you a good Captain. They can encourage their crew, and taunt their enemies. The skills they use in starship battles are Diplomacy (you have a +4) and Intimidate (you have a +8). When it gets closer to the battle, I'm sure we'll all have more advice to offer you about Starship combat. But for now, that's really all you need to know.

Chronicle: 2
Player name: CoreBrute
Character name: Jazzy Sewstringer
Organized play #-#: 141913-701
Faction: Characters Wayfinders
XP: 1
Fame: 2
Credits: 541
Day job: Profession [Musician] +11
Reputation: Wayfinders-2
Boons: Personal [Halfling Admittance], Faction [Wayfinder's Champion], Slotless [Welcome to Starfinder Society]
Purchases:
Starship role: (Don't know which roles require which skills but here's what my highest skills are) Acrobatics 9/Bluff 7/ Diplomacy 7/ Perception 6/Piloting 8/Stealth 9. I think my skills lean towards pilot but I'm happy to take a different role.

Side question, you mentioned a time limit. When do we expect this game to finish? Or when are we required for this game to be finished?

EDIT: Because I would like to bring this character to Paizo Con in the UK (which is on the 20th) so if this game is likely to last longer than that, I'll probably use a different character for this game.

Is Paizo con the 20th of July or 20th August?

If July, it will certainly go on longer than that. If August, I'm intending to wrap up by August the 13th come Hellknights or Waterworlds. That is to release characters for the online gameday which starts on August the 13th.

Could I get you to add an icon to your character profile?

Chronicle: 4 (but 6 XP overall)
Player name: Lysle Kapp
Character name: K'Klacklun (but will be playing pregen)
Organized play #-#: 909007-2
Faction: Wayfinders
XP: Will be 5 XP
Fame: 8 (ish)
Credits: Playing pregen
Day job: pregen
Reputation: pregen
Boons: pregen
Purchases: N/A.
Starship role: Depends
Please introduce yourself in gameplay.

Without all PCs checking in, it is hard to tell who to play. With starship, we will definitely need a pilot. Iseph works for that and is pretty versatile for other roles too, so they are the most likely candidate at present. I will dot in with Iseph just to get this on my campaigns.

Is Paizo con the 20th of July or 20th August?

If July, it will certainly go on longer than that. If August, I'm intending to wrap up by August the 13th come Hellknights or Waterworlds. That is to release characters for the online gameday which starts on August the 13th.

Could I get you to add an icon to your character profile?

July. Dang, in that case I will go with a different character. I think to make things simple, I'm gonna play with the level 1 Envoy Pregen Narisa for this. Is that alright, or would you rather I bowed out of the game?

Also, I have no idea how to add an image to this allias. I can add one to my main account, but when I go to edit profile there's no option to add a picture.

Chronicle: 2
Player name: Fabien
Character name: Kato Oomsphere
Organized play #-#: 338402-701
Faction: Way fairer
XP: 1
Fame: 0
Credits: 48
Day job: He is a scientist-explorer. Physical Science: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
Reputation: 0
Boons: None

Purchases: TBD
Starship role: Pilote

Okay, seems like Pilot, Science, and Engineering are all covered. So, I am going to go with the Mystic-Keskodai.

How are you all determining your bonuses in the different Starship roles? i.e. Captain +?, Science Officer +?,... I have been looking through both the Starfinder and Starfinder Society CRBs and I can't seem to find where these numbers are calculated.

CRB, pages 320 (Gunnery) and 322-325 (Others). Gunnery is calculated as BAB + ranks in Piloting skill + Dex. Others, are just straight equating of skills Science=Computers, Engineer=Engineering. Presumably, "Captain"=Diplomacy skill, although the Captain with the proper skills can use those specific skills to encourage specific actions.

Also, be sure to check out the FAQ as DCs for many of the starship actions in the CRB have been errata'd.

Well it looks like, as Ferradei said earlier, I'm Captain material, or at least that's my highest for skills.

Is there one more slot open?

Chronicle: 1
Player name: MrStr4ng3
Character name: Bagit Steelskin
Organized play #-#: 335915-702
Faction: Exo-Gardians
XP: 0
Fame: 0
Credits: 0
Day job: Bouncer +3
Reputation:
Boons:
Purchases:
Starship role: Gunner/Engineer

Gunnery is actually BAB or ranks in piloting skill (which ever is higher) plus dex.

With Jazzy dropping out, that makes the crew (I think)
Ferradei
Regalion
Kato
Keskodai (Valen)
Domak (Dax) and (TBC)
Caro (TBC)
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@Bagit, I'll leave you wait listed in the event that one of the others doesn't turn up.

So sorry, good gamers. I didn't realize we'd already started.

INFO CORRECTION

Player name: Lysle Kapp
Character name: K'Klacklun (but will be playing pregen, Keskodai)
Organized play #-#: 90900-702

Chronicle: 4
Player name: Caro Cogitatus
Character: Serrarra Ina
Organized play #-#: 106336-703
Faction: Wayfinders
XP: 3
Fame: 6
Credits: 1225
Day Job: None
Reputation: Dataphiles +1, Wayfinders +2
Boons:
Ally Envar's Attention
Social Faction's Friend
Starship Solar Powered Weapon System
Purchases: None
Starship role: Captain +9/+11/+9, Pilot or Engineer or Science +5, Gunner +2

Thanks for squeezing me in! I didn't expect to play so I wasn't watching the thread closely. Apologies for being late.

Drake stats for reference:
STARFINDER SOCIETY DRAKE TIER 2
Medium transport
Speed 8; Maneuverability average (turn 2); Drift 1
AC 12; TL 12
HP 70; DT —; CT 14
Shields light 50 (forward 15, port 10, starboard 10, aft 15)
Attack (Forward) coilgun (4d4)
Attack (Aft) gyrolaser (1d8)
Attack (Turret) high explosive missile launcher (4d8)
Power Core Arcus Heavy (130 PCU); Drift Engine Signal Basic;
Systems budget medium-range sensors, crew quarters
(good), mk 1 trinode computer, mk 2 armor, mk 2 defenses;
Expansion Bays cargo hold, escape pods
Modifiers +1 to any three checks per round;
Complement 4–7

I suggested we "dedicate" the +1 bonuses each turn to the Pilot and two gunners each round (perhaps moving the gunner bonus to Engineer if we start taking on damage).

"Gunners get the bonuses unless stated otherwise" usually works pretty well in my experience. And Pilot is probably a good use of the third.

Did we ever, as a group, decide for sure on starship roles? Can I get a list?

Just grab a role that has not already been taken, or can have multiple people in it. So far we already have a forward gunner and a pilot. That leaves lots of options open for you- though captain looks like it may be your best fit.

Sorry for the delay in my actions, I am currently just trying to figure out what exactly I can do to help. The only position I really have skills for is Captain, but Serrarra is even better suited for that job than me. If anyone has any suggestions on where I could be of some help don't hesitate to let me know, but until then I think I might be stuck as a passenger buckling in and cheering on the rest of the crew.

Keskodai can take Science station next round and Regalion can cover the secondary gun. Though, if we are just trying to maximize firepower, we may want Regalion in Captain's chair and Seerara, the far better gunner, at the firing controls. If Regalion inspires her, she has a +4 gunnery rather than +2.

Yeah, it seems that Solarians are deliberately screwed over on starship combat skills.

We only have two weapons that can fire on any given turn, so a third gunner will mostly be a passenger too.

I'm a passable engineer or science officer, and we can always use more of those.

I think there's one stunt (Flyby) that might allow both Forward and Aft gunners to fire, and if we do that I'll jump into the unused weapon for that turn. For now I'll bounce between Science and Engineering as needed.

All Hail Captain Regalion!

So I just read into the description of my Stationwear again just to find out that it has environmental protection built in so all of those horrible Fort Saves were pointless and unnecessary. So how can I do to correct this since we've moved on passed this point and apparently I feel like crud in game?

I wasn't sure where to ask this question, but there are a lot of experiences SFS and PFS players here, so I figured it would be a good place.

I was just finishing up my purchases from my last scenario and I felt like I had too many credits after selling off the equipment I found. I'm sitting 3,000 credits after my first chronical. That seems a bit high since that allows me to buy some level 5 items while my character is still level 1.

Here is a link to my inventory.

I don't have time to glance at it right now, but for starters in Starfinder you sell everything at 10% value, not half like in Pathfinder, which might throw off your calculations.

Also, you don't get all those items on the chronicle. That is a list of things available for your character to purchase (up to character level +2 unless otherwise noted). All other items have an availability of character level +1.

Ok that make more sense. I will make those corrections.

Also, you keep the chronicle sheet and can come back and purchase items from it as you level.

Once you have access to the items, you never lose access. However, you don't gain access to items you did not gain access to when you got the sheet. In this case, the subtier 3-4 items. You can gain access to them later from another scenario.

The same holds true for any boons, though boons really don't repeat.

I think that's both correct and all of it.

Ok thank you for the clarification. Now that I re-read the SFS guide it makes more sense.

Can I buy anything else though? Like serums? Do we have access to all the level 1 items in the CRB?

You can buy anything on your chronicle, and anything with an item level up to your level +1 (assuming you have not acquired any infamy).

@Regalion I guess you are suddenly feeling better from the bracing air.

I have an idea, but I'm not sure if it's legal. If I went up to the door would I be able to use my Limited Telepathy to "probe" 30' into the next room and see if I can "hear" any lifeforms on the other side. The abilities description only says that I can communicate with other creatures whom I share a language with, but if I'm just trying to sense them it doesn't matter if I understand what their thinking just that there are thought there.
I guess what I'm asking is if I would be able to use this ability to sense the presence of minds within 30' of the other side of the door.

I think you would need to know they were there somehow to begin with. Or "shout" out. But not just listen in. Limited Telepathy doesn't let you do tht.

Detect Thoughts will do that, though. But only once a day. #ItsGoodToBeLashunta

I will be camping this weekend and won't be able to post from friday to monday. Feel free to bot me. Kato just does a trick shot using the survival check. The roles are in my sheet.

Thanks for the game everyone. One of my personal peeves is situations that you have to fight to make a scenario work. In this case I think it makes a lot of sense to be able to avoid that.

I'll try to get chronicles cut for you all tonight or over the weekend.

Chronicles are now available.

I've based them on what you have provided above, but some of the figures look a little odd. Please double check the starting xp, fame and cash (and that chroncile number). If you can confimrm if they are okay or need changes that would be much appreciated.

Thanks for playing.

Mine looks all good.

Thanks for another great scenario. Let me know when you are running another one and Kato would love to come along.

@ GM Aerendor - Thanks for the fun game! I also really appreciate the opportunity to come up with creative solutions and alternative resolutions (especially peaceful ones), particularly in a replayable scenario. Thanks again!

Also, sorry to do this to you, but I've since been told that I can't apply credit from a pregen to a character that I am currently playing in another scenario. erefore, I will need to apply the credit to another PC. Would you please prep a revised chronicle?

Applicable info follows:

Chronicle: 2 (My 703 PC already has 1 chronicle applied to it)
Player name: Lysle Kapp
Character name: Sev-
Organized play #-#: 90900-703
Faction: Dataphiles
XP: 1
Fame: 2
Credits: Playing pregen
Day job: pregen
Reputation: 2 Dataphiles
Boons: pregen
Purchases: N/A.

My chronicle has one error. It says I started with 1 XP, but I started with 0 XP. Thanks!

All looks good on mine, with the minor exception that the hiring organization was left blank. I'm happy to fill in "Skyfire Legion" on my own, unless GM would prefer to update/reissue the chronicle.

Thanks for a great adventure, GM! Would definitely recommend having you try to kill me again.

Mine looks good. Thank you for running.

@Feradai - fixed. Your 1xp was one of the oddities I was wondering about.

@Valen no worries - updated.

@all - all chronciles have been updated to call out the skyfire legion.