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Player Name: Chris Marsh
PC Name: Dokushisoka "Doku"
PFS#: 1824-705
Day Job: N/A
Perception and vision/senses: +8 (Blindsense: Vibration 30')
Initiative: +2
Starship Combat Job: Captain (and middling at best)
Boons Slotted this Adventure :
Ally:
Faction: Second Seeker Champion
Personal:
Promotional:
Social:
Starship:
Slotless:
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Player Name: Lysle Kapp
PC Name: Aegis-9
PFS#: 90900-704
Day Job: Profession(poet) +7
Perception and vision/senses: +0 (low-light vision, darkvision)
Initiative: +2
Starship Combat Job: Captain (Diplomacy +6), Piloting +6, Gunnery +3
Boons Slotted this Adventure:
Faction: Exo-Guardian Champion
Slotless: Alien Archive
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Player: B Viggers
PC: Gunnz
PFS: -100387-702
Day job: dancer (takes ten for 17 and 34 credits)
Perception & Vision: Normal, +5
Init: +4
Starship combat role: Pilot (+11) or gunner (+5)
Boons Slotted:
Faction: Dataphiles
Ally: Envar
Social: Faction's Friend or Friend of the Ghibrani
Starship: Solar powered weapons (+1 damage to one laser weapon) or Automated Defences (reduce tracking speed of missiles for one round)
Slotless Marked Field Agent; Star Sugar Heartlove;Society Contract; Claimant to Salvation; Ghibran linguist;
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Haven't heard a word from Dakka. I sent off a message. I am going to recruit for 1 more day in the recruitment thread. If nothing by that time then we will run with the three and a pregen to make it a legal table. You guys have waited long enough.
LEGAL TABLE SIZE
The minimum table size for a Roleplaying Guild Organized Play
session is four players. The recommended maximum is six players.
In cases where you simply cannot seat four players, you may run a
table of three players, and play an appropriate level pregenerated
iconic character in order to meet the minimum table size of four
PCs.
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I may be mistaken, but I was waiting for piloting to fly us into position, so I know what the target options are, i.e try turret or perhaps two weapons at a penalty.
If we already moved into position, I apologize. I will wait a couple more hours as I get the kids off to school and get to my office, then post Aegis' rolls.
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Nope that is understandable Aegis. Just pushing for posts :)
I appreciate the pushing. : )
As I contemplate Aegis' move, a question has occurred to me.
If the "Fire at Will" Gunnery action is used, do you only gain the benefit of the "Encourage" Captain action for the first attack or do you get it for both?
In other words, if Aegis fired the coilgun and the laser cannon in the same turn, would it each attack be at -2 (-4+2) or just the first, with the second being at -4?
I suppose this is mostly an exercise in speculation, since Aegis-9's gunnery is so low that he would likely do more damage only using the coilgun and not taking any shot at a penalty, but I was curious.
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I'll be off camping Friday until Tuesday.
Gunnz will try to get around to the flank of the other ship where possible.
Generally she will try to evade (DC13, makes it on a 1) to provide +2 to AC&TL on any given turn, unless she needs to use a different manoeuvre for some reason.
Forgot about this above. Looks like Gunnz can be botted. Since the duel rules do not allow shots to rear arc, is it fair to assume that Gunnz would likely Evade while flying forward 3-4 hexes and then turn to bring the forward arc to bear against the Honorbound's starboard arc?
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I'm happy to have a go at the laser cannon - but if I've read the rules right, the ships are currently 8 hexes apart so my roll would take a -14 hit?!
Page 320: For every range increment beyond the first, the gunnery check takes a cumulative -2 penalty.
Sorry if I've missed something - this is my first starfinder and therefore first starship combat!
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I'm happy to have a go at the laser cannon - but if I've read the rules right, the ships are currently 8 hexes apart so my roll would take a -14 hit?!
Page 320: For every range increment beyond the first, the gunnery check takes a cumulative -2 penalty.
Sorry if I've missed something - this is my first starfinder and therefore first starship combat!
First of all--Welcome to Starfinder! Further, no need to apologize, I'm still learning rules too (and since the system is less than a year old I suspect many others are as well!)
I have been playing face-to-face SFS games since last September, but this is only the second PbP SFS game that I have been in.
To address your question, the range for weapons(i.e., the number of hexes between ships) for the gunnery phase is not calculated until after the helm phase. So while ships may currently be 8 hexes apart, that is only because the opponent's ship has already moved. The PC's ship has a chance to move before the gunnery phase. With a speed of 10, the Pegasus can easily get within an optimal firing range for the laser cannon.
Once the Helm phase is over, then the range is determined. The laser canon is a short range weapon. Short range is defined as 5 hexes. So, as long as the Pegasus is within 5 hexes of the Honorbound, there is no range penalty. If there is a distance of 6-10 hexes between the two ships, there is a -2 penalty to the attack roll/gunnery check. Beyond 10 hexes, there is a -4 penalty to the attack roll (it is not clear to me whether the laser would continue on indefinitely through the depths of space beyond 20 hexes or if it would effectively dissipate at 20 hexes, but I think such effects unlikely to be an issue in this, or most, combats.
The above is my understanding, although I have been wrong in the past. The GM is final interpreter of such rules.
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I'm happy to have a go at the laser cannon - but if I've read the rules right, the ships are currently 8 hexes apart so my roll would take a -14 hit?!
The choice to switch or not is entirely up to you. My characters will give advice in character, but you should know that they are fallible .
If Catchy stays in Engineering, then go ahead and take his action.
If Catchy moves to Gunnery, then it is up to GM whether to bot Gunnz (presumably to bring the Pegasus alongside the Honorbound's weakened starboard side) or to just hold tight until Gunnz gets back.
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I started to enjoy them more when I realised what a difference the pilot can make. Initiative is vastly important in space combat. Apart from the first round (and sometimes even then) in normal PF or SF initiative is of minimal importance - so that was a major change to sink into me.
I can't wait for a version of improved initiative that applies to space combat.
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If Catchy took 10, then I believe that his Computer check result would be a 22 = 10(Take 10)+8(Skills)+2(Aid Another)+2(Modifier from Pegasus). His explanation for not doing so makes sense, so I can see the result going either way.
Since the primary mission is to retrieve data from the damaged ship, I suspect that the PCs will be making additional Computer checks. I don't know what is coming ahead, but if it makes sense to you, GM Tyranius, it may be helpful to let us know in a particular situation, how many people (if any) can use Aid Another on any given Computers check.
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Sorry. My daughter has been ill today. Will post GMT morning. Apologies
I hope she feels better. I know it can be hard on a parent, emotionally and physically, to deal with a sick one.
I have three kids (enough for their own legal SFS table!) aging 3 to 10 (okay, it will be a few more years before they are likely to all stay sitting at their own table). Caring for just one of them when they are sick can be a full-time job (and trying to keep the others from getting sick too adds a second job on top of that!)
That being said, I wouldn't trade away being a dad for anything!
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Mine have just started playing PFS (9,10 and 12) over the last six months. With a generous GM (:-) they have so far made it to level 3.
I am looking forward to those days, though I don't want them to grow up too fast.
My 10-year-old daughter has expressed interest in PbP when she sees me playing. I've invited her to face-to-face PFS game days, but she doesn't (yet?) want to spend 4-5 hours playing the *same* game.
PbP may be a way to introduce her to SFS/PFS before the others get older, but since I am fairly new to it myself, I want to get a feel for it before I unleash her into one of the cyber-realms.
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I was in 6th grade when I started playing, so 11. (It was Basic Edition D&D and 1989 though.)
That was about the time when I first played, but it was just occasionally with one friend and his older brother. I didn't really start playing regularly until college.
My 10-year-old and 8-year-old have from time-to-time gone to a local game club and played Hero Kids, Pokémon Adventure game, and Tails of Equestria. I've even a number of the Hero Kids games there. Games run about 45-90 minutes. It is at the library and about half the time they prefer not to play and instead just read or play on the computers.
My daughter has run some Tails of Equestria at home for her brother and I (what I dad won't do for his daughter...), which they enjoy, so I think they may be ready for organized play soon. The three-year-old has some ways to go though (understandably).
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I am all for doing what I can to help move things along. Aegis-9’s primary goal is to rescue any survivors, followed by grab the data, and then get off the ship. Depending upon what he finds in the next room, he may want to go back for the big gun the Vesk gave us as all Aegis-9 has is a pulsecaster pistol (used all his credits on armor).
If Aegis-9 can figure out where the blood source went, he will proceed there with all haste and signal for the others to join him.
If he cannot figure out where the blood trail is headed, he will go down the corridor and join Gunnz.
Establishing a “standard door opening protocol” may be a good idea. Perhaps something like this (assuming no time constraints_:
The player with the highest perception searches the door by first listenining and then checking for traps. (usually by Taking 20).
Next, if necessary, the person with the highest Engineering disables the trap (usually Take 10, plus possibly some Aid Another’s if anyone else can auto succeed).
Finally, repeat the previous step but to unlock the door (ie T10
Engineering plus AA’s).
If everyone takes 20 or 20, then no rolls are needed.
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Hi guys and gals - Just wanted to say that I'm really enjoying this, thanks for all of your efforts!
I'm going to be travelling from the UK to India tomorrow and will be there a week. I have no reason to think that i won't be able to get on WiFi in the hotel but my posts are likely to be fewer for a few days. Please feel free to bot me if needed.
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Okay, so three rooms we can reach:
Mess Hall = inaccessible without rerouting power which we don't have time for
Captain's Quarters? = Inaccessible without key card
Which leaves one more room that.we can reach,but haven't tried.
GM, did we know from sensors or visual before we boarded about the hull breach?
I suppose our Percption protocol before openning the door may tell us if it has depressurized.
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You could tell the definite damage but from readings in the Scan it didn't actually look to be breached as pressure seemed stable.
As for the Mess hall- you know rerouting power would take too long but if you reread the description to the room it states that the Batteries are dead that are currently hooked up.
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Hi folks - about to get on a long haul flight to India so do feel free to bot me if i’m Quiet for a couple of days as I;m not sure what my internet connection will be like. I’m wondering two things: whether we can get the training robot to talk, or whether as GM suggests, we should do something with the batteries in the engine room. Speak soon fellow starfinders!