GM Khaoz - GD.VII - SFS 1-99 The Scoured Stars Invasion (Inactive)

Game Master KhaozKnight

You say dino, I say yes saur.

BTW, it made me so happy to the 6 posts waiting for my return. With no forum-eating goblins in sight.

Apologies for not being with you, but with the goblins eating the paizo servers and our 30 year wedding anniversary, left little time for play.

Hey! congrats, Zoicoluu. Hope you had a good celebration.

And don't worry. No apology needed. Let's just hope play goes smoothly from now on.

I think we are on the Dinosaurs mission, I suggest we abandon that and try another recon mission, like the Ancients mission ...

We need to get more missions open to then start the evacuation missions ......

I'm confused. Dinosaurs is completed, but a new one opened? I'm good with City of the Ancients or Lifeless Spaces.

Is there any way to know which other ones might be close to being finished?

Sometimes when tables reach a number of successes at a certain mission, it closes.

This is how specials work. I'm guessing a lot of tables gravitated towards "graveyards" and dinosaurs because they sound exciting.

Actually looking them over; I'd be interested in the Bastiar-7 one; "The Third Kind". People might be avoiding it because its labeled as starship/persuasion. I think we could easily handle it though.

Brief explanation without any spoilers. The first set of missions are Recon missions. You receive a partial bit of the story for that system. As enough tables determined by the scenario complete that mission then that location closes.

As Part 2 has kicked off as long as the recon mission has been completed then it opens up that systems Evacuation mission which is what has happened with Planet of the Dinosaurs and now Graveyards.

Though with this special those missions don't just abruptly end as it still counts towards a future successes.

I think City of the Ancients might be better, as an investigation isn't so turn orientated as starship manoeuvring and combat. As I'm less likely to be online at the same time as everyone else (being UK based), then Zoicoluu might hold up the speed of the recon adventure.

Happy with either, but ought to make a decision very quickly, so we can start as soon as possible.

Just to be clear here.

Though with this special those missions don't just abruptly end as it still counts towards a future successes.

We don't need to move just yet, like I explained on Gameplay, we have two choice, truck on with the mission and the possibility of an extra success, OR R-TEP to a new location.

I also added the next bit on Gameplay, just in case you choose to stay, so we don't get stuck there while we contemplate our options.

On another note, just because Zoicoluu brought it up (and Congrats! by the way) I'm supposed to be in UTC-6 but I do keep some weird hours... So I'm usually able to check the forum from 2PM - 4AM local time xD (from the time I settle in to work, 'til I get to bed)

I think we might as well finish the dinosaur mission and then decide from there.

Onwards....

Going to be away for a couple of days. Please bot me as appropriate. Ella will use a couple of her Magic Missile spells for a full round action to try and take down the dinos.

I had a twenty on that attack and the server ate it... had to repeat the post.

Deep, deep, deep, deep sigh.

Available Missions

Apologies for the delay, but I'm here now, up there you'll find a link to the Handout that has the currently available missions. As a note, you have already completed the Recon Missions for Evacs Lost Outpost and Cracked Mirros, just in case you want to follow up on them.

Dinos -> Outpost
Graveyard -> Mirror

I'm good for the Cracked Mirror to follow up the first recon mission, or Sands of Oblivion....

I'm up for Cracked Mirror, though Ella probably won't have much to contribute. I like the idea of continuing the ones we've gone through to see how they evolve.

Agreed.

Same here

Hey, guys. Sorry about my silence. Been kinda busy latley. But I'll be back to posting regularly again tomorrow.

We're getting to the final stretch here, and now you've got another choice.

Do you want to fight the jinsuls on your home turf, inside the carriers? Or do you want to bring the fight to them, shooting with pew-pew starships?

I'd say I'd have a slight preference towards fighting inside the carriers, but I don't feel strongly either way.

Does taking the fight to them mean starship combat? Because that takes a long time and seems less engaging for each character.

I agree with Ella.

Yes, taking the fight to them IS Starship Combat. And it appears we have reached an agreement, carrier fight it is. =)

Do we get a 10 minute break between the boarding and the end of the last mission? I just ned to know, as it depends whether I can use inspiring boost on Umbral Dawn again?

Between the R-TEP and the Jinsul assault you don't get a 10 minute break.

Just wondering what we can do with the aid token?

We should use it immediately on the next encounter.

I've posted the Aid Token info in Gameplay, I'll also be botting in the morning any missing actions to kill the Jinsul, if it's still alive.

Sorry if I jinxed your rolls Umbral Dawn!

Quick post here, I wasn't planning on botting you guys just yet, we're. Ery close to our finish line and want to rob you of it. With that said, I do need to ask you for one more roll, a d20 right here in Discussion, not Gameplay. This one's to see if you're a Boon Winner!

Boon?: 1d20 ⇒ 19

Boon: 1d20 ⇒ 10

Boon: 1d20 ⇒ 19

Bunch of 19's... are we rolling a dagger, or is it a longbow?

C'mon 6ix, this is Starfinder after all... We are rolling a Science Officer-Targeted dice. Don't be so primitive =P

(Because archaic is a keyword that means something else.)

This is discussion thread. But for realsies, is it 5% or 10% chance? Are we high-low or 19-20?

And a roll from me ... 1d20 ⇒ 8

For realsies? It's a 10% and by HMM's guidelines 19-20 wins a Con Boon, that's the reason behind the "Science Officer-Targeted dice", starships critical hit on a 19 with a good science officer =P

We've got 2 winners so far, AND you just beat that dude with the highest AC I've seen on a T1-2 table.

Woo! I like boons and so rarely play sfs.

Boon Roll: 1d20 ⇒ 19

"Ha ha, The Umbral Dawn triumphs!"

Just to do things in order, it seems you all agreed to not jump to starship combat for one day. And the rest of the House agreed with you, finishing up their tables as well, so Tyranius has called our early victory.

Centian showed up for the kill steal, and forgot to roll for boon. Boon rolls, Centian; Me: 1d20 ⇒ 51d20 ⇒ 13

Three boon winners, not bad. =)

I'll be rolling to select a boon for the winners, in the order of posting, that's Dax Thura, 6ix, Umbral Dawn. 1 or 2?: 1d2 ⇒ 11d2 ⇒ 11d2 ⇒ 1 Now, to find out what those 1's mean...
Winners, can you send me your e-mail address via PM? This is so you can receive your Emergency Resupply (Starship Boon) from the Con Organizers.

Next... A message from our Overseer.

To help make the Specials even better in the future please take the time to fill out this after action review of what you think went right and what went wrong during this Special. If you think that there is something to improve on please put that in as well.

Please be as open and honest as possible. Only myself and the Venture team will be able to see the results and it is completely anonymous. Please also pass this link along to each of your tables for your players to fill out as well.

Thanks for everything folks. This was definitely a hectic Special due to the several outages and you all did fantastic keeping everything back on track. I really appreciate it.

Special After Action Review Form

A-HA! Surprise post, just to let you know that I'll be marking the Campaign as inactive next Saturday. So you can reach me here until then for any CS correction, question or anything. And I'll still be available via PM after that =)

Keeps on hating on that BBEG