LIAM OUTPOST SFS 1-04 Cries From The Drift (Inactive)

Game Master Liam

Donovan Borde wrote:

Donovan Borde is quite stressed as this is his first real space battle. All the commands are slightly confusing but he aims and shoots!

GM or Spunky (whoever is first), I am not sure which modifiers I need to take into account. Can you please make the shot for me? ;-)

D.Taar took the computer bonus again, so you don’t have a bonus except your own +2

[dice=gunnery turret]1d20+2
[dice=turret damage]4d4

The projectiles slam into the Honorbound's unprotected hull.

Crit threshold - I was having problems getting this to work

Crit Roll: 1d100 ⇒ 12 sensors - 2 to all science officer rolls.

PENDING: flyby shot to close out Round 3

ON DECK: Engineering and Captain declaration are on deck for Round 4

Here’s your chance Borde, hit them again, same bonuses, choose a facing that we’ve hit before, front I think.”

Donovan is a little insecure but at the same time super excited that Kai and the crew really achieved the impossible - another shot at the opponent!

gunnery turret: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18
turret damage: 4d4 ⇒ (1, 1, 4, 1) = 7

His fingers are still trembling when he sees the shot strike and when he wants to shout out to the crew only a "Ohhh ... chhhh ..." sound comes out as he was so exited that he forgot to breathe and swallow.

"A shot well placed,
but the fight goes on.
With our guns,
make them feel humility."

Captain action, aid gunnery
gunnery aid: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (9) + 0 = 9 d'oh, missed by one, again

Captain’s action chosen, proceeding to full engineering phase

”That shields connection has to be around here somewhere. Keep up the great piloting and gunnery assist, computers” Spunky rummages around for the right connections.

divert to shields dc13: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Port (4) and forward (1) shields repaired, remainder to aft(2)

+1 piloting maneuvers, +1 to one gunnery

I think some of the DCs are incorrect on the sheet, as in not updated to 10+(1.5*tier) rather than 10+(2*tier). And I can distribute as I see fit.

We have to take them out quick but power to shields as he fires again
1d20 ⇒ 13
2d4 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6

We have to take them out quick but power to shields as he fires again

1d20
2d4

I already have the third shot, so you can hold this for this gunnery round four if you want

Engineering and Captain Round 4

Captain Yuluzak eyes his tactical display and then speaks "Hey pilot on the Limitless. What's your name? I may have a job opening after we get done with this duel. Smooth flying there. Pilot, can you PLEASE not get so close to the explodable rocks?!. Engineer! Get that power core unglitched or something"

Captain Enourage Engineer: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12

Engineer Unglitch Power Core: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20

"Engineering reporting Cap'n, Power Core Nominal again"

Initiative Round 4

Limitless: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (4) + 14 = 18
Honorbound: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

I will move first

Honorbound move - Limitless move on deck

Limitless your move and science Round 4 - Gunners on deck

Kai pulls the ship around in a long loop that ends with it straddling the rear and starboard arcs of the Honorbound.

"Remember, only target their starboard side!"

piloting, EVADE: 1d10 + 12 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 12 + 1 = 17

Kai pulls the ship around in a long loop that ends with it straddling the rear and starboard arcs of the Honorbound.

"Remember, only target their starboard side!"

nice move

Pending Limitless Science Round 4 - Gunnery Round 4 - Engineering and Captain Round 5 on Deck

Honorbound Starboard shield - Limitless Front shield

small laser cannon 1 hit: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19 DC: 16 HIT
small laser cannon 1 damage: 2d4 ⇒ (4, 3) = 7

small laser cannon 2 hit: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24 DC: 16 HIT
small laser cannon 2 damage: 2d4 ⇒ (2, 1) = 3

Your target AC is 14 for return fire

I know it doesn't make a difference for this combat but don't Kai's 2 ranks in piloting bump up our AC and TL?

I know it doesn't make a difference for this combat but don't Kai's 2 ranks in piloting bump up our AC and TL?

10 = base AC for all ships

I have two gunners with a +6 gunnery, but smaller weapons than what the Limitless has. I'll explain the fight when it is over in the discussion area. If I explain it now it'll spoil it. I have seen the right ideas in the game so far.

The Dead Suns book 1 ships are smaller and have higher ACs because of that.

I have seen low level ship combats go both ways. You guys are clearly winning this one despite how often I hit.

Captain’s action chosen, proceeding to full engineering phase

”That shields connection has to be around here somewhere. Keep up the great piloting and gunnery assist, computers” Spunky rummages around for the right connections.

[dice=divert to shields dc13]1d20+7
Port (4) and forward (1) shields repaired, remainder to aft(2)

+1 piloting maneuvers, +1 to one gunnery

I think some of the DCs are incorrect on the sheet, as in not updated to 10+(1.5*tier) rather than 10+(2*tier). And I can distribute as I see fit.

yeah I thought I updated them all. I made a new one with the correct DC's

I thought the Pegasus had a base of 14 before Pilot skill and Evade. I guess I remembered wrong.

I thought the Pegasus had a base of 14 before Pilot skill and Evade. I guess I remembered wrong.

There's a misprint of one in the Quests. It has a higher AC And TL.

Sorry, can I get our current shield values? They just hit us twice in front shields,but I'm not sure if it's better to rebalance our shields or divert shields from one side to the front, because I don't know what our current values are. Please and thanks!

"Rebalancing shields, Captain! Complex!"

Computers: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6 Failing horribly!

"Confused!"

After back reading, I think our current shields are: Starboard 10, Port 10, Aft 6, and Forward is either 3 or 0, I couldn't quite tell. Is that accurate?

"Rebalancing shields, Captain! Complex!"

[dice=Computers]1d20+5 Failing horribly!

"Confused!"

After back reading, I think our current shields are: Starboard 10, Port 10, Aft 6, and Forward is either 3 or 0, I couldn't quite tell. Is that accurate?

yeah, I was trying to figure that out. I think we should use something like this

5
5 40 5
5

to designate the current shields on the slides. I made a prototype in the slide deck. I was pondering this earlier and I think it might work. Take a look and let me know what you think. I've asked folks what they use for PBP space combat and mostly I hear "don't run space combat missions"

You guys can go ahead and get your gunnery done and we'll pause till Spunky finishes the trials of the wilds and get the real values

That looks great, actually. Thanks.

you should ask GM Tyranius how he does it. Kai has piloted a ship in scenarios run by Tyranius at least once and it was pretty smooth. Fast, even.

you should ask GM Tyranius how he does it. Kai has piloted a ship in scenarios run by Tyranius at least once and it was pretty smooth. Fast, even.

I'll do that. Anyway, I hope folks are having fun even though it's been a bit weird

I'm having a great time! I don't think you've found the most efficient way to run space combats yet, but that's not a complaint. They're very tricky in PbP and I'm still having a great time.

I'm having a great time! I don't think you've found the most efficient way to run space combats yet, but that's not a complaint. They're very tricky in PbP and I'm still having a great time.

Great, you guys having fun is my primary concern :)

"Rebalancing shields, Captain! Complex!"

[dice=Computers]1d20+5 Failing horribly!

"Confused!"

After back reading, I think our current shields are: Starboard 10, Port 10, Aft 6, and Forward is either 3 or 0, I couldn't quite tell. Is that accurate?

I looked through, and realized I didn’t get as many points to the front when I should have, so yes, we are at:

And I think they are at:
10
0 56 10
10

Though some of the repairs might have missed for them, so they could be worse off than that.

Gunners up, +1 to one of your shots, make sure it’s into their starboard.

Donovan shifts the turret in place and shoots at the starboard section of the opponent.

gunnery: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
gunnery damage: 2d4 ⇒ (4, 2) = 6

someone want to bot the last shot?

gunnery small lasers: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
gunnery damage: 2d4 ⇒ (2, 4) = 6

misses, I'm sure

Donovan shifts the turret in place and shoots at the starboard section of the opponent.

[dice=gunnery]d20+3
[dice=gunnery damage]2d4

That'll miss.

PENDING Gunnery round 4 last limitless shot (coilgun) and ON DECK Engineer and Captain for round 5 on deck

bot it if you have to I guess - should be at +2 and 4d4 damage

He cant use the +1 so that he would hit?

D T'aar is +2 (1 rank in piloting and +1 dex = but the Honorbound has a 14 AC and TL currently so even with that it misses

Engineering and Cap'n Round 5

"Hey, guys, they didn't hit us...we must have done something right. Let's keep that up," says Captain Yuluzak *muffled communication with someone* "that right?" *mufflemufflemuffle* "Well, we're still in this then. Hey Limitless, I just want to take this moment to thank you for the fight" *more muffled talking* "yeah, see what you can do with the shields...you're doing ok, keep it up. Also, see about those sinuses when we're done, I can barely hear you. Yeah, I know they broke the air filters..."

Capt Encourage Engineer: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17

*mrphlemrphlemrphle*
engineer divert shields: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24 + 2 = 26

*muffled cheering then some coughing*

channeling my inneer allergy demon for some rp

"Shoot,
the Honorbound.
Respect our might,
they will."

The gunners were quite off target, so Qaru thinks they could use some encouragement. Unfortunately, he feels like his words are not truly sinking in.

Captain action: encourage gunnery
Gunnery aid: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (9) + 0 = 9

If I was using physical dice, this is the time where I would start digging for another d20 from my dice bag :D

"Computers, I need one of the nodes helping me with fixing the shields, other on getting those guns firing straight. If I didn't need to keep fixing up the shields, I'd be trying my hand at that captain's chair thing, Qaru. No one needs power to the popcorn machine, right?" Spunky pulls a cord from the wall and adds it to the mess of cables and tape.

+1 piloting, +1 to one gunnery
engineering divert to shields, DC13: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 7 + 1 = 28

+7 all going to the front, try to aim our sides at them, and get on their port, we're at
7
10 51 10
6

Oops, meant +1 engineering, +1 guns

Initiative Round 5

Limitless: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (4) + 14 = 18
Honorbound: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

I'll go ahead and move first

I also updated the ship tracker on the ship slide

Piloting and science round 5 - on deck gunnners round 5

piloting maneuver: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22 DC 18

Maneuver makes turn rating 1 better from 2 to 1 in my case

Limitless move and science round 5 on deck - round 5 gunnery

"Shoot,

the Honorbound.
Respect our might,
they will."

The gunners were quite off target, so Qaru thinks they could use some encouragement. Unfortunately, he feels like his words are not truly sinking in.

Captain action: encourage gunnery
[dice=Gunnery aid]1d20 +0

If I was using physical dice, this is the time where I would start digging for another d20 from my dice bag :D

make sure you add your diplomacy to that roll - that makes it a 14 - you still failed but just by 1 instead of 6

"Keep our side to them. Got it." Kai jets the Pegasus forward and then pulls a little loop so that the port side of the honorbound is exposed to the starboard guns of the limitless. "Go to work!"

piloting, evade: 1d20 + 12 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 12 + 1 = 23

"Diverting aft shields to forward shields, Captain!"

Computers: DC 13: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 2 = 13

Moving three shield points from the aft quadrant to our forward quadrant. That brings our forward shields up to 10 and leaves our aft shields at 3.

"Success! Pride!"

Gunnery Round 5 - Engineer and Captain Round 6 on deck

Limitless port shield DC 16
Honorbound starboard shield DC 14

pew pew

small laser cannon 1 hit: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18 HIT
small laser cannon 1: 2d4 ⇒ (2, 1) = 3

small laser cannon 2 hit: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8 MISS
small laser cannon 2: 2d4 ⇒ (2, 2) = 4

3 Points Limitless port shield

Pending Limitless Gunnery Round 5 - Engineering and Captain Round 6 on Deck

Donovan hears the commands and sees the power level for the turret weapon fluctuate. He aims and follows the lead of the pilot and shoots at the port side of the honorbound.

Gunnery: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

I hope I understood that correctly and the modifiers are correct. Otherwise please adjust. :-)

@GM:I'm not using diplomacy for gunnery (or piloting) - I'm using "same skill", so the DC is only 10. Engineering or Computers I couldn't try untrained, so there I would need to use diplomacy with DC 15.
@Donovan Borde:I think you got the bonuses right. You could type the dice tag with bonuses separated, for easier reading, e.g. dice=Gunnery, computer bonus]1d20 +2 +1...

Shots are being delivered back and forth, but seems like neither ship has suffered any major damage. Inexperienced as he is, Qaru has difficulty to tell who's winning, and what they should be doing. But more firepower cannot be bad, so he keeps encouraging the gunners.

Captain action: Encourage gunnery
gunnery aid: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (7) + 0 = 7

@GM:I'm not using diplomacy for gunnery (or piloting) - I'm using "same skill", so the DC is only 10. Engineering or Computers I couldn't try untrained, so there I would need to use diplomacy with DC 15.

@Donovan Borde:I think you got the bonuses right. You could type the dice tag with bonuses separated, for easier reading, e.g. dice=Gunnery, computer bonus]1d20 +2 +1...

Shots are being delivered back and forth, but seems like neither ship has suffered any major damage. Inexperienced as he is, Qaru has difficulty to tell who's winning, and what they should be doing. But more firepower cannot be bad, so he keeps encouraging the gunners.

Captain action: Encourage gunnery
[dice=gunnery aid]1d20 +0

yeah, piloting/gunnery is untrained. carry on.

and Qaru is right either 1d20 + (2+1) or 1d20 +2 +1. Other than that you are doing fine. You can also do your damage along with it so you don't have to edit so much. I post mine all at once and go back and mark the hit and miss items. Editing will not change your rolled values unless you change the dice entry.

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