Hey all..just to advise I have to be offline for a day or two due to a couple of real life commitments this weekend that have come up (nothing serious this time, just intermittent net coverage that may not coincide with time to post). I’ll try and get a post out tomorrow my time on my break at work before I am offline.
I just found out my neighbourhood won't have power tomorrow, so I won't be online. Bot me if necessary! Thanks!
Hey guys, I won't have power again tomorrow. Bot me if needed. Thanks.
Nothing is jumping out at me on the equipment list that I don't already have. Orlam is ready to go!
Interesting... an Eoxian ship with a living (as opposed to an undead) crew member on board?
Yup, that is correct - the scan detected one living creature on board the ship :) though not exactly popular among the majority of races in the Pact Worlds due to their design, Eoxian ships like the Necroglider are still available for use by anyone who doesn't mind the sensation of open space on their skin thanks to the lack of any sort of enclosed cockpit.
Because of ship combat being a little bit more finicky and less linear in regards to the choices made between people, I am happy for you to discuss anything you need to in the gameplay thread. This appears to be a fairly straightforward fight with very little in the way of reactions outside of if one side or the other moves through the other side’s hex and provokes an attack of opportunity, so we will see how we go :)
Hey all, very big apologies for being 24 hours later than I said I was - after the heinous work week I fell unwell and am just getting back on feet. Post will be incoming shortly.
No worries at all, loving the pace of this adventure!
This is one of the fastest moving pbp games I've been a part of. Maybe the fastest. No worries indeed.
Thank you all for understanding - whole weekend was spent recovering from the flu. I'm back now though, so hopefully we'll get back on track now :)
As posted in the gameplay thread, everyone is now level 2 :) go ahead and level your characters. Material from Alien Archive and Pact Worlds is available for you to choose, and if you want to take an archetype that has a level 2 ability, go ahead and do so. Feel free to discuss your leveling with each other in this thread if you wish to.
Excellent, level 2 means Valius gets his first Stellar Revelation! I was thinking Stellar Rush, since being able to avoid charge penalties seems great, in addition to being able to bull rush for fire damage. I'm also adding ranks in Perception and Sense Motive since they are class skills and will probably help to have later. Any suggestions from the party?
I've seen stellar rush in action. Charging with no penalties is pretty good, that would be a fine choice.
I'm thinking of taking Jack of All Trades for my operative exploit.
The great thing about Stellar Rush is not that you can charge without penalties, but that you can charge without penalties as a standard action. So you could move once and then charge, moving a total of 90' in one round. Or you could charge and then move again. Or use some item or ability that takes a move action to start.
I'm thinking of taking Jack of All Trades for my operative exploit.
Jack of all trades is nice at low levels. But because the DC of things scales based on 1.5 x our level, or monster's CR, or ship tier, Eventually the ability to make untrained checks becomes pretty useless. The fact that Operative's Edge is doubled is nice, but as an example, when we are 10th level your DC for a relatively routine task will typically be 10 + 1.5 x Level = 25. Your Diplomacy (assuming no ranks) will be +5.
See the problem? DCs rise at an accelerated rate so the ability to make checks untrained becomes useless after a while. Though like I said it is decent at low levels.
If you want to change, I figure holographic clone is one of the better ones, but I also like combat trick and alien archive.
Good points. The thing I liked about it was being able to roll the knowledge type skills untrained at all. I haven't put any skill ranks into those but I have a high int. At level 10 my life/physical science and engineering will be about +11 with no ranks in it.
There's not a combat feat I needed and without ranks in the sciences alien archive wouldn't do much good(though I could put some ranks in them) but holographic clone was the other one I was looking at. Of course I could take jack of all trades now and buy one of those retraining things later when it's not as useful maybe.
FYI I'm going out to the country for the weekend (for my brother's wedding) and probably won't have net access. I should be back on track Monday.
Congratulations to your brother - enjoy the wedding! :)
To keep things easy and flowing as you explore the Acreon, can you please discuss and agree on a basic marching order and any sort of door-opening process you want to follow should you come across a closed/locked door within the ship?
This will help me follow your basic process unless something else is required by you as required :)
Orlam should probably take the lead in the marching order and open doors both, putting himself in harm's way first. Heck, with four hands he can use one to open the door and have his doshko ready to attack with, and his rifle nearly so (swift action to ready it with both hands, I think?), so he's ideal for the job! :)
I'm totally fine with Orlam going first.
Mysterra's nosy, so she'd like to look at doors and things, but she's also contemplative and slow to make decisions. She'd prefer to go second or third, but I'm totally fine with her in any position. She's probably more useful near the front so she can deal with any mechanical hazards.
As mentioned in the gameplay, since there's no sound right now, we should try to keep someone in a good position to watch the area we've just left and the one we're entering next. They're positioned to help if needed, but can also make sure nothing sneaks past us while we're otherwise busy. Someone who can fight at range, preferably. Any volunteers?
Valius is better at melee like Orlam, so he'll take up the second position. Plus his solarion manifestation allows him to keep up the light so we can watch out. He'll also have more of an opportunity to charge into enemies if only Orlam is in front of him, which is part of his charm.
Have I mentioned how much Stellar Rush reminds me of playing Vanguard in Mass Effect?
I believe that the solar manifestation only sheds dim light, rather than improving light by one step, so it would still be dim light. I can’t find anything in the corebook under Vision and Light that says that light levels stack, so I default to only the highest light level applies for any given area, which seams to be the default given that items like flashlights specifically state they increase the light by 1 step within their area. But the solar manifestation will be useful should the emergency lighting fail for any reason... ;)
That said, I ruled in my home game that the subdermal implant still works even if wearing armour, as the environmental protections are a mixture of faint energy forcefields that keep a thin shell of atmosphere around the character for the armours rebreather to work, magic, and pressurised/airtight seals built into the armour.
So Orlam and Valius can use the subdermal implant to increase the light in a 5-foot circle around themselves, while the rest of the area remains dim.
And yes, Starfinder reminds me so much of Mass Effect (solarian. Soldiers, and mechanics/operatives particularly) - haven’t gone back to play that in so long due to time constraints.
So many of my hobbies take a not- insignificant amount of time to partake in, that it’s hard to schedule all of them around work, lol. Even on the forums here, there are times I get the itch to run another AP, until I remind myself that I sometimes barely keep up with posting to the two Starfinder games I already run, let along trying to add a 3rd to that line up :)
I figured that if flashlight and other tech light sources increase the lighting level, the solarion manifestation would have done the same. Still your call GM, though at least this means that Valius always has a source of mood lighting should he ever find himself seducing blue skinned aliens.
We'd have to start referring to Valius as Captain Kirk, at that point... :)
Hope your weeks ahead are much better than the one you just endured, GM!
Thank you - I hope so to. Doing 10+ hour days because colleagues are off sick/on leave during the school holidays when a number of our field staff are also on leave is not my idea of a fun week. But everything should return to normal from Tuesday and I can go back to my regular sleep patterns and routines :)
Do the rest of our attacks in Round 2 go off before Eye's ranged attack? If we're lucky, maybe we finish off the creatures before Eye gets takes the AoO?
Moving to discussion:
Do the rest of our attacks in Round 2 go off before Eye's ranged attack? If we're lucky, maybe we finish off the creatures before Eye gets takes the AoO?
As we are running in a block/group initiative, people's actions are resolved in posting order as this helps cut down on the confusion between who's turn it is and what actions people are taking and whether or not someone who posts later but goes earlier invalidates the actions of those who posted earlier but go later in initiative. So the AoO against Eye has already occurred.
Thanks for the clarification, GM - I'd forgotten about the block/group initiative thing.
Hey all .. apologies for going off the grid for the past few days. My partner surprised me with some time away, and ive only just gotten back into mobile data range. When i get home, an update will be incoming.
Surprise trips are always good! Hope you had fun, and welcome back! :)
Thank you :) it was nice and relaxing to get away from everything for a couple of days, though I'm glad to be back all the same :)
Just letting you know I’m currently suffering from an intense bout of vertigo. I’ll try my best, but I might not manage to keep up with posting over the next few days. Feel free to bot me if needed. Sorry for any potential hold up. And thanks for understanding.
Just a heads-up that I'll be on a week-long vacation beginning tonight. I will endeavor to check this thread every couple days or so on my smartphone and post if needed. If you need a response from me and I've not done so within a day or two, feel free to bot me. Thanks!
I think I'll drop this one off my radar, as the GM has been gone for almost two months now. Too bad, I was enjoying this campaign. :( I think I'll make Orlam one of my official SFS characters though and maybe I can get him into an official Dead Suns campaign at some point.
Enjoyed playing with you all, I do hope our paths cross again!