LoreMaster GM's SFS Into The Unknown (Inactive)

Game Master vlaovich88

piloting check for initiative: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

"Miss Isafira, fire at will! We do not want the same drawn out conflict we had last time. As I call, we replaced that gunner."

Encourage Vy ROUND 2 (Diplomacy vs DC 15): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15

Buscador takes a shot at the pirate ship.

Forward Heavy Laser Cannon: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6 4d8 ⇒ (4, 4, 5, 7) = 20

Friye continues to target the enemy weapons systems.

Target System: Weapons: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16

ENTER VYVIANE BOT

Vyvaine finishes up her makeup and wardrobe change just in time to see an opening to take a shot at the enemy ship. She spins the turret and shots!

High explosive missile (TL): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
Damage (Starboard): 4d8 ⇒ (5, 8, 5, 4) = 22

There is a HUGE explosion when as the missle blows through the shield. Weapon Arc (Start forward and go clockwise): 1d4 ⇒ 3 When the explosion settles, the aft guns are damaged. Thanks for the help Ak, but doesn't seem like I needed it!

Well that went well for a bot haha. I will post as my ship shortly. I meant to post this morning but the site was down.

EXIT VYVIANE BOT

AK seeing the big hit on his screens WOOOOOO!!! Nice shot my caption VYVIANE You are right you didnt need my help AK messes with a few more buttons and some wires. Joker how about a little kick to the engines? Engineering: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12 Right then sparks start to shower out of a panel on the wall. Crap! Crap! crap!, a Small delay on that boost

Just pointing out the following

Round: 1

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Vyviane (Turret Gunner), + 1, 1s become 2s on damage rolls, crit on 19-20
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ENTER VYVIANE BOT

Vyvaine finishes up her makeup and wardrobe change just in time to see an opening to take a shot at the enemy ship. She spins the turret and shots!

High explosive missile (TL): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23

So, that was her shot from Round 1. Not certain who you want to roll the extra damage. For Round 2, I made the Diplomacy roll to give her a +2 to her next roll.

Critical Damage (just in case): 4d8 ⇒ (7, 5, 5, 6) = 23

No extra damage for a crit in space - just the automatic damage to one of their systems.

Buscador is correct, no extra damage, but an extra crit effect

Buscador takes a shot with the big heavy canon, but misses. He is still getting used to the size of the weaponry of this new ship.

Vyviane on the other hand is a quick study with a great shot to the starboard side of the enemy ship. Her missle blasts through the shield and even damages the aft weapons. Crit Effect: 1d100 ⇒ 40 Which weapon (1=forward): 1d2 ⇒ 2 In fact, the blast seemed so powerful, it even is making the aft weapons malfunction.

The enemy ship then does an evasive semi-circle around you, leaving their aft facing you.

Ship status: Fw:20/20 Pt:15/15 Sb:15/15 At:20/20 Hull:85. No criticals.

Last known ship status: Fw:15/15 Pt: 5/5 Sb:0/5 At:5/5 Hull:53/70. Criticals: Aft weapons(x2).

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Round: 2
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Alzandre Normal movement; Take not that you have lower maneuverability in this ship

I used the "Turn in place" stunt. No piloting check needed. Ship has "average" maneuverability so no penalties.

"Where do they think they are going?"

Now that Vyviane is settled in her gunner seat, she hears the encouragement form Dex which will help her blast the enemy ship again.

Friye successfully locks on to the enemy ships weapon again, hoping to cripple them even more.

Ak accidentally crosses a few wires causing some things to short but he is able to fix them promptly before anyone notices, but it also means he is unable to boost the engines this round.

Alzandre swings the ship around to face the enemy ship so you are facing the aft of them.

Suddenly, the enemy ship releases a powerful shot from the coilgun that looks like it is going to cause some real damage. Then Alzandre manages to swerve out of the way of the shot making it completely miss. Making me roll twice on coilgun shots made me lose my 20 and miss completely. Nice work. Then another surprise shot comes from the gyrolaser on the aft their ship, but it also fails.

Those boosts from the clues throughout this adventure are really helpful.

Ship status: Fw:20/20 Pt:15/15 Sb:15/15 At:20/20 Hull:85. No criticals.

Last known ship status: Fw:15/15 Pt: 5/5 Sb:0/5 At:5/5 Hull:53/70. Criticals: Aft weapons(x2)

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Round: 2
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Vyviane (Turret Gunner), + 3, crit on 19-20
Buscador (Forward Gunner). + 1, crit on 19-20
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Round: 3
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Ak (engineering)
Fryie (Science officer)
Dex (captain)
Alzandre (roll piloting check, if you roll lower than 23, you take your action now) Take not that you have lower maneuverability in this ship

They haven't touched us yet, so I'll continue Targeting.

Target System (Weapons): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

Go, gunners, go! Take out their weapons!

Nice flying, Alzandre!

Buscador takes another shot at them.
Forward Heavy Laser Cannon: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 4d8 ⇒ (7, 1, 1, 8) = 17

Blast it! Still cannot get the hang of these cannons.

piloting for ship initiative: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20

[dice=piloting "Evade"(DC=16)]1d20+8[/dice]

AK fiddles with some wires and the sparks stop shower out of the panel. One More try here goes nothing Engineering : 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16 There we go hold on to your hats boost coming your way joker
speed +2 this round

"Alright! Great shooting crew. Well, looks like you all have this covered. Keep firing while I top off my cup in the galley."

Diplomacy vs DC 15 to Inspire Vy: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
Man, sometimes I really wish I could Take 10.

ENTER VYVIANE BOT

Vyviane responds well to the new captain as she locks onto the enemy's aft side. With that, she launches the second missile at the pirates.

High explosive missile (TL): 1d20 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 4 + 3 = 19
Damage (aft): 4d8 ⇒ (7, 7, 8, 6) = 28

There is another HUGE explosion as the missile blows through the aft shields causing lots of damage to the ship. Wahhhooo! Did you see that explosion?

Man, I know how to bot Vyviane haha. Sorry for this last weekend. I am back to my twice per day posting schedule now!

EXIT VYVIANE BOT

Buscador is still struggling with the heavier weaponry and sends another shot into a random asteroid but Vyviane is having much better luck! She sends a missile right into the enemy ship, really injuring the hull of the ship.weapon? (Forward=1): 1d2 ⇒ 1. This time, her missile blasted the pirates front facing weapons, making them even harder to use.

Ak manages to recover from his blunder from a moment ago and give the engine a nice boost of energy, making the whole ship speed up.

Friye targets the already injured weapons of the enemy ship, hoping to finish off the guns to disarm the hip completely.

Captain Dex is happy to see the damage Vyviane has done and tries to continue to encourage her to do better, but it doesn't seem to get through to her this time.

Lastly, Alzandre zooms right up against the enemy ship, but does so in an evasive way to make you harder to target.

The enemy ship looks like it is going to fly away from you but suddenly, it flips over in space to face towards you. As in finishes it's flip, the weapons it has come online to attack! Alzandre's trick is unable to fool the pirates a third time as he tries to quickly move out of the way of the coilgun but gets blasted by it! But the blast does not quite make it through the forward shields of your ship. 8 damage to your forward shield. The pirates also release a heavy torpedo at you but that misses your ship.

Ship status: Fw:12/20 Pt:15/15 Sb:15/15 At:20/20 Hull:85. No criticals.

Last known ship status: Fw:15/15 Pt: 5/5 Sb:0/5 At:0/5 Hull:30/70. Criticals: Aft weapons(x2); Forward weapons (x1)

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Round: 3
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Vyviane (Turret Gunner), + 1, crit on 19-20
Buscador (Forward Gunner). + 1, crit on 19-20
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Round: 4
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Ak (engineering)
Fryie (Science officer)
Dex (captain)
Alzandre +1 to your actions (not the initiative roll) (roll piloting check, if you roll lower than 10, you take your action now) Take not that you have lower maneuverability in this ship

ship initative: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

Rerouting shields, Captain...

Rebalance: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

Shields 17/15/15/15

Hold still!
Forward Heavy Laser Cannon: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
Damage (Forward): 4d8 ⇒ (1, 3, 3, 6) = 13

"Careful Mr. Dufau, their pilot seems wily. Miss Isafira, finish off that enemy ship!"

Diplomacy {DEMAND} vs DC 18 (Vy): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19

Feeling the ship shake from the damage to the shield AK goes to work. Let me tweak this here, Add some power through this Engineering: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29

ENTER VYVIANE BOT

Man, I am really making short work of this ship! Lets hope for another one! Vyviane shoots the 3rd missile at the enemy.

High explosive missile: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 4 + 1 = 23
damage: 4d8 ⇒ (6, 6, 1, 3) = 16

Another huge explosion on the enemy ship as the missile finds it's mark! The shot breaks through the shield and damages the ship but it is still in fighting condition.

EXIT VYVIANE BOT

Buscador continues to struggle with the new ship. But he might be helping to clear the asteroids! On the other hand, Vyviane is giving the ship a pounding! which weapon? 1=foreword: 1d2 ⇒ 1 Causing the foreword weapons to look just as mangled as the aft ones.

Friye stops targeting the the enemies crippled weapons and instead works on balancing the shields. Ak helps with that by also diverting some energy to the injured shields, making them in almost purfect shape. 20/15/15/19

Dex demands that Vyviane finishes the fight and the way she has been aiming, it is possible!

The enemy ship backs the ship up, trying to keep you in its front facing direction.

Ship status: Fw:20/20 Pt:15/15 Sb:15/15 At:19/20 Hull:85. No criticals.

Last known ship status: Fw:0/15 Pt: 5/5 Sb:0/5 At:0/5 Hull:24/70. Criticals: Aft weapons(x2); Forward weapons (x2)

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Round: 4
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Alzandre make your move, +1 to checks. Take not that you have lower maneuverability in this ship

Alzandre moves the ship forward keeping it nose-to-nose with the enemy.

Your ship flies right back into position in front of the enemy ship. Don't forget to fly evasively when you are just moving.

The mangled guns in the front of the ship ready to fire at you again! But the malfunctioning guns are completely and utterly ineffective against you.

Ship status: Fw:20/20 Pt:15/15 Sb:15/15 At:19/20 Hull:85. No criticals.

Last known ship status: Fw:0/15 Pt: 5/5 Sb:0/5 At:0/5 Hull:24/70. Criticals: Aft weapons(x2); Forward weapons (x2)

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Round: 4
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Vyviane (Turret Gunner), + 5
Buscador (Forward Gunner). + 1
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Round: 5
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Ak (engineering)
Fryie (Science officer)
Dex (captain)
Alzandre +1 to your actions (not the initiative roll) (roll piloting check, if you roll lower than 23, you take your action now) Take not that you have lower maneuverability in this ship

piloting for ship initiative: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27

Round 4
Buscador continues firing in silence.

Forward Heavy Laser Cannon: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21
Damage (Forward): 4d8 ⇒ (7, 4, 7, 1) = 19

Yes!

ENTER VYVIANE BOT

Nice shot Buscador! Their ship is falling apart! Vyviane fires the 4th missile... Only one left guys...

High explosive missile (TL): 1d20 + 4 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 4 + 5 = 28
damage (forward): 4d8 ⇒ (6, 1, 1, 1) = 9

This must of been a dud of a missile, as it lands solid against the enemy ship but doesn't hurt the hull as bad as expected.

Ohh no... the enemy ship is left with 2 hp! So close!

EXIT VYVIANE BOT

I know it won't get us any closer to those last 2 hp, but they should also take a critical effect from my shot since it did hull damage.

AK feeling VYVIANE has the fight under control just plays with a few more wires and gauges Engineering: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24 All the tinkering boots VYVIANE gun for her last shot.

Buscador finally gets the hang of this new ship as he blows through the enemy's shield and damages the ship! crit: 1d100 ⇒ 52 which weapon? (1=forward): 1d2 ⇒ 1 The powerful attack completely destroys the forward facing weapons, leaving them completely useless. crit: 1d100 ⇒ 25 The blast also seems to of messed with their sensors.

Vyviane's shot was a weaker hit than normal but still finds her mark! The enemy seems to be on her last legs!

The enemy ship, knowing it is in a bad place, attempts one of the most risky moves in a pilot's arsenal; fly by attack. It flies right at you, hoping to pull away at the last second but the moves apears to be too tricky for this pilot for he doesn't open the enemy ship for an attack as he flies over and in fact, leaves him wide open! Vyviane gets a free attack to any quadrant.

Ship status: Fw:20/20 Pt:15/15 Sb:15/15 At:19/20 Hull:85. No criticals.

Last known ship status: Fw:0/15 Pt: 5/5 Sb:0/5 At:0/5 Hull:2/70. Criticals: Aft weapons(x2); Forward weapons (x3); sensors (x1)

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Round: 5
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Fryie (Science officer)
Dex (captain)
Alzandre +1 to your actions (not the initiative roll) Make your normal move. Take not that you have lower maneuverability in this ship

simple going to rotate the ship this round. No check, no penalties, no movement forward.

Shields are looking good, Captain. Targeting their power core...

Target System (Power Core): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

"Alright, enough playing around. I don't think I need to remind you that those pirates are responsible for the murder of our brothers and sister whose bodies we have just recovered. Someone, anyone, SHOW THEM THE PRICE FOR FIRING ON STARFINDERS!!!"

Diplomacy vs DC 15: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12 SPACE POOP!!!

Space Poop? You mean Ass-troids?

I think he meant "Planeturds".

Ak tinkers with the weapons system to make the guns more powerful, hoping to avoid another dud of a missile again!

With the hull as destroyed as it is, Friye finds it easy to target the power core of the enemy ship!

Dex gives an impassioned speech but it is toned out by the warnings and chirps coming from the computer. It did not seem to really motivate any one.

Lastly, Alzandre pivots the ship to face the enemy, putting you in a good place to end it!

The enemy ship misses it's chance to attack while flying by you and apparently, that mistake cost them a lot as the coilgun shot from the enemy ship misses by miles. The Gyrolaser gun does land a shot against you but fails to even break your shields. 3 damage to your forward shields

Lets end it here team! Vyviane even gets a bonus shot this round!

Ship status: Fw:17/20 Pt:15/15 Sb:15/15 At:19/20 Hull:85. No criticals.

Last known ship status: Fw:0/15 Pt: 5/5 Sb:0/5 At:0/5 Hull:2/70. Criticals: Aft weapons(x2); Forward weapons (x3); sensors (x1)

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Round: 5
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Vyviane (Turret Gunner), + 1, crit on 19-20, get a free second attack
Buscador (Forward Gunner). + 1, crit on 19-20
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Round: 6
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Ak (engineering)
Fryie (Science officer)
Dex (captain)
Alzandre +1 to your actions (not the initiative roll) (roll piloting check, if you roll lower than 25, you take your action now) Take not that you have lower maneuverability in this ship

piloting for ship initiative: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

Alzandre moves forward...

[dice="Evade"(DC=16)]1d20+8+1[/dice]

Let's finish them!

Target System (Power Core): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17

Round 5
Buscador takes aim, and lets fly another blast from the heavy laser cannon...

Forward Heavy Laser Cannon: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
Damage (Forward): 4d8 ⇒ (8, 7, 6, 8) = 29

and a mighty blast flies past the enemy ship...

Vyviane giddy over her massive blasts against the Lawblight and how well they are doing in combat, jumps on the chance to shoot twice! "This ends here! Let's blow them up everyone!"

Turret attack #1: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Turret attack #2: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20
I'm not sure if Vyviane can fire the rocket launcher twice still or even once, so I'll roll damage for both possibilities
Damage 1: 4d8 ⇒ (4, 6, 5, 5) = 204d4 ⇒ (2, 3, 4, 2) = 11
Damage 2: 4d8 ⇒ (5, 8, 3, 8) = 244d4 ⇒ (2, 4, 1, 3) = 10
Extra d4: 1d4 ⇒ 2

You had 1 missile let to use, which you missed with, but the coilgun is enough to finish the ship off!

Buscador missed the enemy ship again with the heavy gun. Vyviane takes the opportunity to shoot as the enemy is flying by but she also misses, not being used to attacking at a target on top of her. She notices the missile tank is empty, so she switches to a powerful coilgun and lets a shot fly that blasts right into the powercore! There is a huge explosion as the Lawblight is no longer a threat. The ship is nothing but space rubble now!

End of combat!

In just a few days time, you get back to the station with your newly gained information from the Unbounded Wayfarer. Venture-Captain Arvin greets you with a warm smile as you disembark. You can undergo the tedium of a complete debrief later. First, I’ve arranged for you all to enjoy a few days’ downtime in Kemanis, at the high-end clubs, theaters, and VR parlors. You’ve earned it. But, he warns, with a sly twinkle in his eye, after that, it’ll be time to put you back to work.

THE END

Woo-hoo! Nice work, everyone!

Nice work, GM!

Thanks everyone for a great adventure. Vary well done AK gives Vyviane his patented wink and a slight bow Its been a pleasure My Caption Vyviane AK scurries off disappearing into the crowd. Thanks all its been fun

Thanks everyone for an enjoyable first PbP experience!