Welcome all!
This is the discussion thread for my Outpost run of the Starfinder Society scenario The First Mandate. It is a tier 1-4 scenario.
I am on holiday until March 5th, so we will probably start on the 7th and not right out of the gate.
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Hey there, everyone. So, I've signed up as a level 4 because I will be level 4 by the time we start. I'll update my character on the forums when I officially am.
Full disclosure, there was a society number in the spot that I took, but there was no player name nor character name, so I don't know if they still wanted to play. If I've done process of elimination properly, the player who I replaced is not currently in the campaign. In the interest of honesty, I have the society number along with character number in the event we would like to contact the player and see if they still want to play. Though I suspect they just neglected to empty every field from the recruitment sheet.
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Alright, I am all ready! Just leveled up to 2! I don't think this scenario has space combat but I do have the Sunrise Maiden boon if we want to use it.
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Piggy Longbottom
240237-702
Forgoing Dayjob check to add to my Instructor Boon
Faction: Second Seekers (Luwazi)
Starship: Hero of the Stars
Social: Instructor (8/40)
Slotless: (Claimant to Salvation), Starfinder Insignia, Digital Presence
Some Chronicle Sheets notes:
Please add a note saying that I used my Downtime to add my fame to the Instructor boon. Also, please add a note that I get 1 Fame and 1 Reputation for the Dataphiles.
Twitch, I can understand that. See you around the boards!
I have started gameplay. Would you all be so kind as to put your initiative and perception modifiers on the slideshow I use for maps?
Thanks!
As players we have:
Cadence: technomancer 2
Mavrik: mechanic 1
Piggy: mechanic 2
Reynold: envoy 2
Saeron: mystic 1
Telwyn: operative 1
That is a full roster and we are clearly in tier 1-2!
@Piggy, can you get me the text of your instructor boon? I am unfamiliar with that one.
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The boon is from the Guild Guide! For the Second Seekers.
Instructor, Social Boon (8/40): At the end of every adventure you have this boon slotted, record the total amount of Fame you earned. You can expend your Downtime at the end of an adventure to increase the amount of Fame recorded for this boon by 1. Once you have accrued 40 Fame with this boon, your student has come into his or her own and is ready to become a full-fledged Starfinder (a new character). Have your GM mark the Chronicle sheet where you accomplished this, and keep a copy with your new character. When your new character reaches 5th level, instead of choosing four ability scores to increase, you can choose five. Otherwise you follow all other rules for leveling up. This bonus only applies at 5th level.
Piggy, thanks! I assume you are tier 1 with the Dataphiles and this is the first time you earn additional fame and reputation from the digital presence boon?
All: this scenario does not have the Starship tag.
And to keep my life simple, could you all post:
PFS ID:
Starting reputation with factions
Starting fame
Boons you want to slot for this scenario
-Ally
-Faction
-Personal
-Promotional
-Social
-Starship
Slotless boons the GM should be aware of
From Piggy I have most of this (except starting reputation and fame)
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Piggy, thanks! I assume you are tier 1 with the Dataphiles and this is the first time you earn additional fame and reputation from the digital presence boon?
You are correct! This is my first time.
240237-702
Second Seekers (Luwazi) Reputation: 4
Tier: 0
Dataphiles Reputation: 5
Tier: 1
Exo-Guardians Reputation: 1
Tier: 0
Current Fame: 6
Faction: Second Seekers (Luwazi)
Starship: Hero of the Stars
Social: Instructor (8/40)
Slotless: (Claimant to Salvation), Starfinder Insignia, Digital Presence
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PFS ID: 292557-701
Acquisitives starting reputation 4
Boons Slotted:
Ally:
Faction: Acquisitives Champion: Reputation gains go to Acquisitives
Personal:
Promotional:
Social:
Starship:
Slotless: Starfinder Society Care Package (Tattoo of the Starfinder): After big hit or crit from spell or supernatural, gain 10 temp HP for 1 minute and regain 1 RP
Slotless: Star Sugar Heartlove!!!
I will be at a convention this weekend, we will resume the action on Monday.
While some scenarios have the mechanic "take the highest roll of the PCs and treat the other rolls as aid another" this is normally not allowed. You have to specify whether you roll for your own success or for aid another before you roll.
Take care Mavrik.
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I just wanted to say that even though Saeron's rolls have tended toward (mostly the lower) extremes and she's generally having a rough go of things, I'm having an absolute blast playing through this mission!
Keep up the great work everyone - I'm thoroughly enjoying everyone's characters and the npcs.
@Saeron: I appreciate that you post this. It is important to me that everybody is enjoying themselves at my table. Bad dice are part of the game, but in PbP it is hard to see if that has a significant impact on your enjoyment of the game.
About traps
That you see or experience the effects of the trap does not mean that you have the information to be able to disable (or circumvent) it. You first need to find the trap (which could be gone after a single discharge).
No problem Saeron, rather than picking one symbol I thought you would use everything so it would be clear to everyone your satchel is for healing purposes. I thought about adding the symbol of Sarenrae, as she is the deity of healing, but decided against it since you have another deity on your profile.
"Here, let me tend to her. I can at least get her stable." Mavrik says pulling out his medkit.
Fair point. But I guess it also depends who gets to act first in initiative, since in your turn you would either spend a RP to stabilize or loose one RP at the end of your turn (and still be dying). The trap obviously acted in the surprise round.
It seems Mavrik was to act before you, and he easily made the DC15 check, so you are at 3 RP after your 10 minute rest.
Thanks for asking, this allows me to learn something.
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What a surprise, Saeron rolled the lowest initiative!
Thanks GMG. Since we weren't in combat mode at the time, I hadn't thought of the initiative order. Appreciate the explanation.
I hope my questions don't become a nuisance - this is only my second time playing Starfinder (both pbp), so I'm bound to have a couple more before we're done. :)
I hope my questions don't become a nuisance - this is only my second time playing Starfinder (both pbp), so I'm bound to have a couple more before we're done. :)
No problem at all. Asking questions is how we learn, and I also learn from your questions, so please ask away!
Each round on your turn, after you have acted, your drone can take either a move action or a standard action to attack (your drone doesn’t make a separate initiative roll). You must be able to issue simple commands to your drone, but you don’t have to spend actions to issue these commands. To receive these commands, your drone must be able to see or hear you or be within range of your custom rig. If you become unconscious or otherwise unresponsive, or if your drone is ever out of range, your drone cannot take any actions until you are again able to command it or it is once more within range.
As a move action, you can directly control your drone. This allows the drone to take both a move action and any standard action this turn (one from your control, and one from its limited AI). If you also take a swift action, your drone can take a swiftaction as well, or it can combine its actions into a full action.
Your drone must be able to see or hear you, or be within range of your custom rig, for you to directly control your drone.
You can take a single move action or standard action each round, but not both, nor can you take full actions. You can still take swift actions, but not reactions.
What happens when a drone (without Expert AI) is staggered?
My understanding is that nothing happens until the mechanic uses Master Control. Normally the drone can only take a single move or standard action from limited AI and this is also what Staggered does. When the mechanic uses his Master Control the drone can normally take a move and a standard action, but it then can only take either it's move or standard action from being staggered. So that would be a waste of the mechanic's action.
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Sorry about the long delay in posting.
I have been a little busy the past few days and only quickly refreshing the gameplay page on my phone - it looked like it hadn't updated, but I hadn't realised it had reached the bottom of the page and started a whole new page until I looked on my computer now!
Did you miss my DR 1? By my count, Porker is at -8, not -10.. unless I didn't get DR against those energy bursts?