GM Dinketry and the Dead Suns AP (Inactive)

Game Master dinketry

August looks over at Diamaante and nods slowly.

"Yes, shadow cat-dogs get dead and we loot ship. What did you and Garpok find while you were here? And was there anyone else with you?"

”Garpok and Eloolly. Eloolly in room next door.” Jagjug points towards the room that Idar had been in, obviously unaware that Eloolly’s brain had had a date with the kasatha’s bullet. ”We get Eloolly and go find more stuff like boom-blasts and big booms like we found.”

Diamaante conceals her frown at the mention of the other goblin. "I don't think his companion survived us. Should we tell him the truth or try to cover it up?" she asks Telion telepathically.

"He doesn't seem that smart, you could probably convince him that the akatas tore her up when we got here. Sounds like they're here for an illegal salvage operation?" Telion replied to Diamaante.

Diamaante frowns down at the goblin. "Actually, we took a look in that room. Sorry to say, but I think one of those blue monsters got your friend. It looked pretty gruesome. My friend Idar was forced to put a bullet in his head to make sure the body didn't change into one of those long-tongued zombie things. I'm sorry for your loss. We should get moving, though, before more of those things find us."

Bluff: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (8) + 0 = 8

Jagjug doesn’t look fazed in the least by Diamaante’s words. ”Oh, you shot Garpok!” Jagjug walks to the wall between the two sleeping rooms and bangs on the wall, calling out through a vent you all can see near the ceiling. ”Eloolly! You come out! Longshanks help us loot ship and honour Tech Boss!”

He turns back to the crew with a smile on his face. ”Eloolly a girl goblin. She no get bit by shadow cat-dogs!” He continues to cheerily pound on the wall, calling for Eloolly to come out.

Try, try again...

Diamaante gives the others a helpless shrug. She doubts she can tell a more convincing lie.

The crew finds way to tell Jagjug that he's the only goblin left on the Acreon. The mechanic takes it in stride.

"Sad that Eloolly dead. She told good stories about Big Tech Boss." His sad expression melts away instantly, replaced with a toothy grin. "More loot for Jagjug!" He looks amongst the crew sheepishly. "Oh, yeah, and you bosses, too."

Jagjug's Character Sheet

I'll post it at the top of the page as well.

He walks over to Diamaante and looks at your armour. "You know, Jagjug could do upgrade to your armour," he says, fingering the envoy's greaves roughly. "Boost to life force! Want work done?" He seems to be doing goblin figures in his head.

Telion flashed a smirk to the envoy.

"Jagjug, maybe you can make it more form fitting? I mean, aerodynamic?"

"I am not putting a boob window on this thing, sorry to say," Diamaante says, giving Jaxom a pointed look. She turns to Jagjug, glad that he is not upset by the other goblin's death. "I would love an upgrade, Jagjug. If you can do it quickly, you can upgrade it now. Otherwise we should wait until we make sure this ship is clear of threats."

August thinks about possible armor changes for Diamaante.

"Have you thought about cutouts on your legs?"

"I've thought about a lot of things. Why my legs, specifically?" the lashunta asks August.

Jaxom looks sternly at August, ”yeah! Why her legs?”

Jagjug looks confusedly at both August and Jaxom. "Yeah! Why you want cut-outs of her armour?! That won't help against bad nasties! That stupid idea!"

He turns back to Diamaante, extending five fingers on one hand. "Jagjug need three minutes, tops! You like!"

Unless anyone prevents him from doing so, Jagjug will begin 'upgrading' Diamaante's armour. It takes him about four minutes.

GM roll: 1d100 ⇒ 77

Picture of Jagjug

Engineering: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

”Errrr, slow your roll there Jagjug! What you are doing there could kill her!”

”Kill? Ha! Jagjug do same to his suit! I fine!”

Jagjug will stop if the crew insists. Let me know.

Diamaante holds up her hand. "It's fine, boys. I'll take the risk. What's life without a little adventure, right?"

"Well, she's the boss, have it it then Jagjug."

Engineering: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

August grunts.

"You have nice legs?"

Engineering: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25

"Oh." Diamaante was expecting something a clever retort from the android. She wouldn't have pegged him for a leg-man. She waits for the goblin to finish his work.

Jagjug completes his rewiring job, steps back, and claps his hands. "All done. You upgraded!"

The upgrade does not reveal anymore of Diamaante for causal viewing.

Where to next?

"All right Jagjug, do you know what's behind this door? The ship seems to be crawling with the shadow cat-dogs, so we're checking every compartment."

When everyone was ready, Telion readied his graviton fist and opened the door before him.

Jagjug shrugs. "I no know. I not go in front, though. Shadow cat-dogs scary." Jagjug insists upon being behind Telion as the solarian opens the door.

As Telion opens the door on the storage chamber, a jury-rigged laser blast fires into him!

Ranged Attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 283d6 + 1 ⇒ (5, 5, 6) + 1 = 17 17 hp fire dmg, Telion!

I have Telion below 0 hp and dying.

A massive laser blast from an overloaded pistol sears into Telion's chest, dropping him instantly to the ground!

"See?!" Jagjug says to the others, pointing at the smoking form of Telion on the ground. "Shadow cat-dogs scary! Big lasers scary, too!"

No initiative roll necessary, but everyone gets one move action and one standard action before Telion loses a RP (he has 2 RPs).

I messed up a wee bit - I forgot stamina points. August, you're free to change over your actions.

Telion takes a massive blast to the torso, but doesn't drop. The one-off trap seems to be permanently discharged.

Sorry, y'all. Blame it on me just coming back from vacation? Telion is at 0 SP and 9 HP.

I guess it does! Deleting post.

August looks at Telion in concern.

"Damn, that was a big hit - you all right?"

He peers around the corner, leading with his weapon.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

Well that went well.

”Holy mother of Weydan!”

The remainder of the chamber contains the crew’s personal mining and prospecting tools and other supplies in lockers and cabinets. Another collection of resinous fragmented noqual shards sits in a plastic bin in the corner (worth another 500 gp), but no stalking shadow dog-cat appears to accompany it. The crew finds a portable medic kit, containing two mk 1 serums of healing and three medpatches. Lastly, the crew finds a fusion seal squirrelled away in one of the lockers.

"Yikes! Let's be more careful from now on," Diamaante says, glad Telion isn't worse off. When the group is ready, she suggests searching the next door to the north before letting somebody else open it.

Does anyone besides August have a bludgeoning weapon?

You mean aside from the big, glowing energy fist?

Engineering: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

"Oww, why would someone sabotage their own... oh, medbay? Looks like they might have had a problem with someone stealing the drugs I guess? Toss me one of those serums, if you don't mind, I need a few minutes."

I'll resolve hit points/stamina after we sort numbers out in the discussion thread, but either way I think it'd be wise to rest up to regain stamina again. Plus it will let Diamaante use inspiring boost again I think?

Mk 1 Serum of Healing: 1d8 ⇒ 2

Oh well. Resting for 10 minutes and marking off a resolve. Only 1 left after this, so hopefully no more exploding.

Does anyone besides August have a bludgeoning weapon?

What damage does this pistol you gave me do?

Engineering: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

Oh! Now I see why the bludgeoning question.

Jaxom examines the fusion seal. ”How interesting! This piece of gear, magical it is. It will aid one against the undead, such as Eoxians, but only when applied to a blunt instrument.”

It's piercing but I believe the fusion has to be used on a melee weapon.

Disruptive Fusion property

As you'll see in the link above as well as in the previous link, a disruptive weapon fusion seal can only be added to a bludgeoning weapon. It doesn't specify melee vs ranged. It can be added to ammunition, but the seal is destroyed when the ammunition is used. The seal must be placed for at least 24hrs before the special weapon property takes effect, It requires no specific skill in order to place it.

Diamaante has a cestus battleglove that we can apply the fusion seal to, though I don't know if she's the best choice since melee is bad for her health.

"Interesting," Diamaante says in a disinterested tone when Jaxom explains the seal's function. She waits while Telion recovers from the trap, then gently suggests the group move on to the next room.

Scenarios don’t give you stuff like that unless you’re likely to need it! May I suggest we apply it to something and give it to someone who will use it?

I'll put it in the cestus if nobody else has an appropriate weapon.

August has his baton and since it's an operative weapon he can Trick Attack with it.

Sounds like a good idea to me!

Sounds good, I don't think I can apply fusions to my solarian weapon until I get a little crystal upgrade thing to go in it.

August it is! So, how do we do it? It's like anyone with the right skill, or something, right?

It requires no specific skill in order to place it.

"We go loot ship now, yes?" Jagjug looks between the five crew members who seem to have gone silent for too long.

"Yes, Jagjug. We let the big guys lead the way so they can get shot in the face instead of us," Diamaante says, half-jokingly. She moves down the hall but waits for somebody else to open the door.

As Diamaante makes her way down the corridor (followed by Jagjug), she notices that the fore side of the corridor opens up into the crew galley. The galley appears vacant, foodstuffs and supplies scattered throughout the wide open shelves and gleaming metal counters. An open and upended container of preserved rations attracts Jagjug's interest, and the goblin wanders over to investigate with his mouth. After a few seconds of squeezing formless goo into his mouth, Jagjug spits it out in disgust. "Yucky protein paste. Bleaaah."

Starfinder Difference: Goblins are not voracious over-eaters in Starfinder given the relative scarcity of foodstuffs in space. They're still orally-fixated, however, and usually 'explore' things first with their mouth.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17

"Hey, we can make salt water here!" Diamaante calls to the others. "It will be useful if more of those aliens are lurking about."

Diamaante will fill as many vials as she can with salt water.