GM_Foxy's Incident at Absalom Station (Inactive)

Game Master Foxy Quickpaw

Everything in combat is more or less simultaneously. So you all can give your actions and I sort through it when I resolve it.

The only thing of strategic interest is the piloting roll and the action depending on the order. And only because the enemy has a narrow window where they can hit us. So to not play with myself I would need a piloting Roll from Allison and what she wants to do with it.

Its all been diplomatic stuff lately so Boreal hasn't had much to input.

I also haven't looked at the boards properly in 2 days really so I will catch up now

And only because the enemy has a narrow window where they can hit us. So to not play with myself I would need a piloting Roll from Allison and what she wants to do with it.

I'm a 34 year old dude sitting behind a desk and I sniggered at that waaaay too much.

Its all been diplomatic stuff lately so Boreal hasn't had much to input.

I also haven't looked at the boards properly in 2 days really so I will catch up now

Eh, you could still chime in with appropriately aggressive and brusque statements. It would keep us all engaged in a little roleplay at any rate.

Foxy Quickpaw wrote:

And only because the enemy has a narrow window where they can hit us. So to not play with myself I would need a piloting Roll from Allison and what she wants to do with it.

I'm a 34 year old dude sitting behind a desk and I sniggered at that waaaay too much.

Well, pun intended. And if it made you laugh - mission accomplished :D

GM, what phase are we in, who are we waiting on, whats going on?

Starship combat has three phases.

1. Engineering (Engineer - EH-RK)
2. Helm (Pilot, Science Officer - EH-RK, Allison)
3. Gunnery (Gunners - Tannhäuser, Boreal)

As that is a circle of 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, ... and according to the rules everything is resolved as simultaneously the only thing of interest is the order of the pilots. And this is only interesting because both ships have front mounted weapons. If both had weapons on all sides or only a turret then this would also be irrelevant.

So to set up a round I need
- a piloting roll for the enemy pilot
- a piloting roll from Allison
- whoever gets the lower roll moves the ship
- the other one moves the ship
Once that is done, all others can decide on their actions.

So my question about that is: Would it be ok if I simply roll both pilot rolls? And depending on who wins either
- you get to shoot with both weapons
or
- you get to shoot with the turret and the enemy with their front laser

Because Allison doesn't seem to have access to the map and it would mean I and her need three to four posts to synchronize just that for every round prolonging the combat without any benefit. This ruins the fun of piloting a bit, but as we're not sitting around a hex map at a table the fun of that is a bit limited anyway. Some piloting actions are still available, like the evade to increase AC.

What do you say?

Since the only piloting stunt worth doing is Evade, yes, you can roll for me.

Manteca, ship is behind us, so I literally can't shoot it until we get behind them.

Huh? According to the map the ship is dead ahead of us. We are blue, right??

That doesn't gel with the last post. If the enemy ship piloting beat ours they will pit themselves behind us to bring their front facing gun to bear

@GM I guess whatever works best for you. I just felt like no one knew what was going on.

Boreal is right. I didn't care to update the map if half the team can't check on it when posting. I'll be more clear next time. But at the moment you have the interceptor aiming at the shuttle from any side but the front. I would take that encouragement for Tannhäuser, but the roll is too bad to fix that with a +2.

I'm waiting for EH-RK. As Science officer he could push the aim that one point that is missing.

And Allison could try and evade. But I can give the shot first to see if that +2 AC make a difference.

Not rolling init?
Are we just doing all of us and then it, and then all of us again?

"Ah," Tannhäuser lets out before looking down at the Akata. "You were just looking for a place for your babies." she says while gently petting the corpse's head.

Just 100% burst out laughing at work over this line.

lol sorry, but it is true :3

I wonder what biting into a space suit does to you in vacuum. Anyone saw something in the rules?

Space Suit Although this high-tech suit offers little protection against attack, it does provide all the same environmental protections as a suit of armor (see page 196). Unlike armor, a space suit is not designed for the rigors of combat. Whenever you take damage while wearing a space suit, you must succeed at a Reflex saving throw (DC equal to the damage dealt) or the space suit’s life systems suffer catastrophic failure, gaining the broken condition and losing all environmental protections in 1d6 hours unless the suit is repaired. If you fail such a saving throw while the suit already has the broken condition, you lose all environmental protections in 1d6 minutes unless the suit is repaired. You can’t wear a space suit while also wearing any type of armor, even if that armor is broken.

So our armor should keep us safe unless the bites do something to break it, as armor provides environmental protections.

To be honest I had not thought of slides.
How is it easier to keep multiple going?

You can have each "slide" be one map.

This is an example, even though I only have one map currently. It's not difficult to hit, add slide and then copy/paste my fight info over and put a new map in the slide.

I have that with the sheets. Each sheet is a different map

Yeah, have you tried copy/pasting between the sheets?

Also, the Slides (and drawings app) allows you to do all sorts of nifty things like
1) Change transparency on items to show underneath
2) Order the layers so that some items show above/below others, assisting in map quality
3) Create on the fly shapes/arrows to indicate movement, burst templates, radii etc.

Really, Slides/Drawings is in almost all ways superior to sheets for this product.

GM, I've made a Loot Log can we get it stickeyed up at the top of the page

I thought the content of Allison's Bag of holding is the loot list :P

Tell me when you had enough with the akatas. Because: open a door, fight akatas might get boring after a while.

I will try transition to sheets tomorrow

Hi there. Looking over all threads I found that It's three days since the last post. I don't think it's my turn. So, anyone agree or disagree with Allison on taking a rest? Allison handing over the bottle or not?

Sorry, I was just waiting to move along I guess.

How exactly does the space zombie virus work?

You are healthy now but caught the bug. You roll once per day your fort save. If you fail you proceed down the road:

If you make your save you stay where you are. If you make two consecutive saves, you're cured of the disease. Which means you're back to healthy.

As an alternative you could get a mystic casting Remove Affliction on you. There might be technological ailments, but I haven't checked that thoroughly.

If you manage to roll shitty enough to end up dead, you'll raise as a void zombie. If you manage to end up dead for other reasons you also raise as a void zombie.

This is very good fun :p

^w^

I am trying to now figure some stuff out and cant find the info.

Also on a completely unrelated note I got alien archive.
I want a pet crest eater

I want a pet crest eater

O.O

Havent you read the bit where they can grow up and bond with other creatures?

How progressive do we rate Vesk society is? I find myself drawing lots of comparison's to Rome when I read about the Veskarium.
Thoughts?

I also read the part where they hunt Kasatha :3

You're gonna have to be more specific on "progressive".

I find it hilarious that the 2 int 8 characters are involved in this massive philosophical debate on the differences in language and culture.

I wonder how accepting Vesk are of gender fluidism, and such things.
I am trying to decide if Boreal would feel at odds developing attraction to a different species, and same gendered creatures.
It is not an aspect of her that I had fleshed out so I now need to start asking these questions.

They do hunt Kasatha, yes, and in a rather brutal manner to be fair. However, they are possibly for me the most epic looking creatures in the book.
Also why is the Hesper not a playable race?

You seem to know a lot about the lore in general, judging by your involvement in a bunch of other threads.
What is your thought on that Rysky

lol yeah

Hmm, in the race writeups and Obozya blog it didn't mention if they operate with biases towards those topics, and with Paizo if they don't mention that sort of thing then that culture doesn't exhibit it. As for non-Vesk I don't think that would be a point of contention, seeing in how Vesk go about dealing with other races (Skittermander example, they didn't enslave them, they gave them jobs). It would vary from Vesk to Vesk I would assume though.

They do look cool.

Because Doctor Manhattan is OP? XD

Edit: heh, ya posted again while i was typing and looking stuff up :3

I was just thrown with the Hesper because almost EVERY other CR2 can be played as a PC.

To me the Vesk really do seem like Rome. We will conquer you, but pretty much leave your culture alone so long as you swear fealty and pay your taxes.

If we extend the Rome comparison homosexuality and the like are non issues.
I think also with serums of gender change being so cheap (750 credits I think) gender is just generally not a big issue in the setting.

If you cant figure out why this is all an issue now...

It is really awkward that I actually cant find a description of Tannhauser, so all I have to go on is the profile pic

Oh, I hadn't even ntoiced that they were only CR 2, my guess then would be because of the mutating touch.

"gender is just generally not a big issue in the setting."

Yeah, pretty much.

"If you cant figure out why this is all an issue now..."

Hehehe ^w^

I also note that you have kicked the charm up a notch.

EDIT
On the hesper, I think perhaps that may be it. But there are other races that have similair abilities with themselves though.

And a bunch of races that just simply lose abilities as they become player races.

It is really awkward that I actually cant find a description of Tannhauser, so all I have to go on is the profile pic

Ah, sorry, since she wears robes and a veil i hadn't really bothered describing her. Here's the first post that goes into it a little bit.

Other than that she has Talavet's sacred symbol tattoed over her face and crest.

I also note that you have kicked the charm up a notch.

EDIT
On the hesper, I think perhaps that may be it. But there are other races that have similair abilities with themselves though.

And a bunch of races that just simply lose abilities as they become player races.

:3

*nods*

I figured all robes do leave arms and the like visible.

Is she tall, short, slender, chubby...

It seems that by default they are leen, yet muscular.

I figured all robes do leave arms and the like visible.

Is she tall, short, slender, chubby...

It seems that by default they are leen, yet muscular.

Ah I see.

And yeah with those extra arms their midsections would be lacking in fat (if they even mainly store fat their normally like humans do), none of the females depicted seem to have notable breasts.

Looking at the size charts I'd say she's 7ft tall. And with high strength and low constitution I'd say she's a very muscular lean.

A monk's physique to Boreal's powerbuilder physique.

I imagine Boreal as muscled, but more through practical use. If that makes sense? It's not muscles for the sake of muscles.

We have managed something I never thought possible, we made Foxy complain about too much posting.
Congradulations

I imagine Boreal as muscled, but more through practical use. If that makes sense? It's not muscles for the sake of muscles.

*nods*

Is why I said powerbuilder instead of bodybuilder.

We have managed something I never thought possible, we made Foxy complain about too much posting.

Congradulations

woohoo!

"They remind me of flowers, or paintings, they're vibrant and pretty colors that remind me of vibrant and pretty colors. The scarlet does recall blood, but that's not necessarily bad. You said I flow? In battle you dance to your own beat with your doshko, and when the blood is splattered on you and flows in the grooves of your scales... it's actually rather evocative."

Not at all what I was expecting

O.o

So... Many... Posts...

I was caught up when I went to sleep! Now there's 50 new posts!

Most of them is outrageous flirting between the two front liners.