Lol!! That's hilarious but I feel for you
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A more perfect Bot Post has never been made. Thank You Painlord for that amazing rendition of The Zane.
Long work day scheduled. May not be able to post until late tonight.
Checking in :D
Damn! It's uncanny how Vetch posts a throw-away comment about Zane loving a cat. I wanted to make the "Fluffy" thing canon, so I posted a follow-up.... BANG. The very next encounter is with an animal trainer.
I LOVE THIS GAME.
Throw away comment?!
That was my A+ material. I don’t have much, man...
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Yes, we ALL know how limited your material is. You certainly pulled that one out of your.....
(LOL)
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So I discovered this singer, Laura Brehm, a few years ago and wherever she comes out with a new song I get super excited. *This* is her latest collab. She's the first singer.
Whaaaaat? Draka should be level 8?! I gotta get on that. I swear I live half my life in la la land D: unintentionally. I've always enjoyed the roleplaying and story 10x more than the number crunch but I know that's no excuse
Sorry, I am level 8, but my sheet still says 7. I'll fix. :)
Dash is updated.
Zane updated.
Do you all like Pathfinder or Starfinder more or equally? I like the setting of Starfinder but I like how much material Pathfinder has available
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I’m a bigger fan of Pathfinder rules and setting. If it wasn’t for this group, and the excellent roleplaying and gamemastering, I wouldn’t play it.
On another note: the playtest for Pathfinder 2.0 seemed to draw a lot of inspiration from Starfinder, which I think is a mistake. I hope they change some direction in the final version.
I enjoy the game a lot. I am totally fine with the rules and settings, but I have to +1 Dash's comment in that it's the GM, the other players, and the exceptional roleplaying that are unrivaled anywhere else I have been able to play.
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I agree with you Draka. I like the setting but like that Pathfinder has much more content available for character building and development. With just the core classes they each feel somewhat the same. I think it is due to the way feats are now as there is little way to focus on any one thing to make it your niche. I have really only been able t do it successfully with a couple of characters in PFS. Maybe it is the watered down spells that seem to fail their DC 80% of the time.
Though three new classes will be coming out in the near future which may help with that. This opening adventure was definitely good at teaching the ruleset which was insanely different. Though the first four books are a bunch of Cat and Mouse chasing with the undead and cultists always being one step ahead. Though that will all come to a close and all mystery will be revealed in Book 5 and 6. Those two are definitely far more climatic!
Though overall I enjoy both as I mainly play for the story and I am definitely enjoying the story on both sides, especially after that last Special.
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Yeah, Starfinder feels a little flat to me, and somewhat dull - save for the excellent folks I'm playing with on this one. This is a very good game, but I suspect a more average group would have me looking for the door out, and I'm unlikely to play Starfinder again soon.
I'll give it some time to season and maybe play again in the future.
Checking in. Tyranius, you seem like you're pretty involved in the lodge
Oh my goodness. Has it really been a year since I joined this campaign?! April 18th was my first post on Draka. Crazy, haha
Happy Anniversary! You have been an unrivaled spark to this campaign Draka. Keep up the great work, as you mold and morph Draka into the Starlet you saw her as from day one.
@ GM- Wow, the bad guy actually has +22 to hit with a sword? The campaign has only dropped armor as hefty as 25 or 27 (Draka has that).... so this tells me that Starfinder saw with play testing that the main bad guy can only possibly miss the most armored person with a roll of 4 or less?
That's fairly bad play-testing. I don't mind tough battles, and I think we have a significant advantages in numbers of characters... but not being able to statistically miss me (22 plus 1 is my KAC) is where I call shenanigans.
They should have lowered the stats on the Main bad guy and added more minions or something.
Maybe this is overcompensating for the static HP's they give out and how quickly a Soldier like Zane can just "get his 80 points of stamina back"... but what about the other softer shelled character classes?
Just my two cents. No real full throated complaints, as I like the story and PBP of Starfinder and this campaign.
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I'd say that The Zane is the unrivaled spark! You go out of your way to create images that correspond to the story and are the comedic relief to moments that would otherwise be super serious. But thank you
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It may just be this guys as well. His stats were all kinds of messed up. I had to scour the boards because written in the book his AC is:
That was nuts and you guys would have literally missed nearly every shot as you would need a 17+ to hit. Some of you a 19-20.
I scoured the boards and Jason Keeley corrected himself a bit as this first AP was written while the rules were being finalized.
Not only that but they seemed to have kept Starfinder itself pretty hush hush. It was not publicly playtested as far as I am aware. Instead they showed it off at various cons and used that feedback along with selected groups.
Good research GM, and Special props for seeing that AC in advance! You have impressed me even further. Exceptional GM job .
That character did seem a bit too strong but I chalked it up to BOSS FIIIIIGHT~!
I've had a personal emergency and I won't be online. Maybe for a week.
I hope things are okay Draka, your posts will be missed.
If okay with others, take the armor Abe.
Zane wants the sword. That thing is Beasty Boys Tricky.
Someone can have my 2D8 damage sword if it helps them.
Male human icon soldier (starfinder forerunner) 9
LN Medium humanoid (human)
Init +12; Perception +0
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Defense SP 90 HP 67 RP 8
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EAC 20; KAC 23
Fort +10; Ref +10; Will +8
Defensive Abilities armored advantage; DR 9/—; Resist cold 5, fire 5
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Offense
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Speed 40 ft.
Melee bleeding ultrathin longsword +14 (4d8+14 S; critical bleed 2d6; analog)
Ranged aphelion artillery laser +15 (3d8+9 F; critical burn 1d6; penetrating) or
shock grenade I +14 (explode [15 ft., 1d8 E, DC 14]) or
shock grenade II +14 (explode [15 ft., 1d12 E, DC 16]) or
shock grenade II +14 (explode [15 ft., 1d12 E, DC 16]) or
shock grenade II +14 (explode [15 ft., 1d12 E, DC 16]) or
shock grenade II +14 (explode [15 ft., 1d12 E, DC 16])
Offensive Abilities primary fighting style (blitz), charge attack, secondary fighting style (guard)
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Statistics
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Str 20 (+5); Dex 18 (+4); Con 14 (+2); Int 10 (-1); Wis 10 (+0); Cha 15 (+2)
Skills Acrobatics +14, Athletics +17, Bluff +7, Culture +4, Diplomacy +5, Engineering +3 (1 ranks), Intimidate +14
Feats Barricade, Enhanced Resistance, Improved Initiative, Step Up, Step Up And Strike, Toughness, Weapon Focus (heavy weapons)
Languages Castrovelian, Common, Kasatha, Kish
Other Abilities armor training, celebrity, field fix, keep fighting (2d6+9 stamina), ready for anything, theme knowledge, trained for trouble
Combat Gear medpatch, mk I serum of healing, mk I serum of healing, mk I serum of healing, mk II serum of healing, shock grenade I, shock grenade II, shock grenade II, shock grenade II, shock grenade II, sprayflesh; Other Gear freebooter armor II (upgrade: mk 1 thermal capacitor), aphelion artillery laser with 1 high-capacity battery (40 charges), bleeding ultrathin longsword, shock grenade I, shock grenade II, shock grenade II, shock grenade II, shock grenade II, engineering tool kit, flashlight, industrial backpack, manacles, mk 1 ring of resistance, personal comm unit, personal comm unit, credstick (3,140.5 creditscredits); Augmentations mk 1 synergizing symbiote (dexterity), mk 2 synergizing symbiote (strength), respiration compounder
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Starfinder and associated marks and logos are trademarks of Paizo Inc., and are used under license.
+7 Stamina (63), +6 HP (58)
+9 Skill points (4+4 int+1 race) (Athletics, Computers, Engineering, Medicine, Perception, Physical Science, Piloting, Sense Motive, Stealth)
+1 Feat (Enhanced Resistance (kinetic 6))
+1 Will save
+1 Bypass bonus (+3) (Computers, Engineering, & Perception)
Override (Ex): Your overload class feature now affects androids, drones, robots, and creatures with the technological subtype, which must succeed at a Will saving throw (DC = 10 + half your mechanic level + your Intelligence modifier)(18) or be dazed for 1 round. If the target fails its saving throw by 10 or more, it is not dazed and you can dictate its actions for 1 round, though these actions can’t be obviously self-destructive. Once a creature has attempted a saving throw against this attack (regardless of the result), it is immune to this attack for 24 hours.
Messalina
+10 HP (90)
+1 BAB (7)
+1 AC
+1 Feat (Slippery Shooter)
+1 Mod (Manipulator Arms are back baby!)
Great work as usual ABE! I love the starship upgrades you have geared up.
I'm back and we're good to go! Give me a day to read and catch up. Thanks again.
Vetch has been upleveled.
Chose Agile Casting as my feat.
Man I feel like magic sucks in Starfinder. Anyone have a suggestion for which lackluster 3rd level Dash should take?
Haste seems really awful now that it only adds a movement action, but it’s still the front runner among other less effective spells.
Props to the GM!
Alright! Space Combat! I'm ready to crush some Devourer cultists. I hope they choke on the vacuum of space.
Finally got around to updating Dash.
+1 Level Technomancer
HP +5
Stamina +7
Skills (8)
+2 bluff
+1 intimidate
+2 mysticism
+3 physical science
Abilities
Magic hack - magic negation
New spell - slow
Swapping microbot assault for make whole
@ GM - quick question on the rules. I think the damage gets dolled out all at the same time, so if that's right-and Draka hits, do we enact/get the critical effect right?
We haven't done space combat recently, and I may play Starfinder at the upcoming convention.
Thanks!
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@ GM - Great work, that last post by the Evil captain killing his own crew and getting a bonus to their actions was AWESOME! I laughed so hard.
I saw an episode last night of a TV Comedy Series called Last Man Standing, and in the episode, the star Quarterback of the High School Football team talks about himself in "the Third Person".
The Zane and Draka talk in the third person was better (of course), but now The Zane is totally angry that the writers of the show read this PBP and STOLE HIS LIKENESS!!!
Those Death Cultists better watch out. Zane's now really upset AND his Intellectual property stolen. Two people have now been added to The Marked For Death List:
End of World Cultists
Writers of TV show- Last Man Standing.
Wait until Draka hears about this. Can people be double killed?