[PbP Gameday VII] GM Mjolbeard's SFS 1-12 Ashes of Discovery (Inactive)

Game Master Mjolbeard89

Welcome and thanks for signing up for this Gameday VII run of "Ashes of Discovery" folks!

First off, I'd like to introduce myself a bit to those of you who haven't played with me before. I'm GM Mjolbeard. I've been playing SFS since its debut last year, much of which has included PBP as a venue. I highly value the game, and love to do as much as I can to throw in a lot of role-play with my roll-play, as the saying goes. With that in mind, here are a few expectations that I will hold for myself as well as my players in this game:

1) Please try to maintain a posting rate of 1+ post/weekday. Weekends are almost always busier for me than weekdays in one way or another, so I may or may not post during that timeframe. I'd accept the same from you. Within those posting rates, I'd love to see as much role-play from each of you as you feel comfortable with. Particularly good role-play can potentially earn things like circumstance bonuses on various rolls.
2) Please list important information about your character in the Classes/Levels section of your stat block. Please also have your full character sheet available in your character's profile. If you're at all unsure what I'm talking about, feel free to take a look at my SFS characters for some examples.
3) I'll roll initiative for combats and perception for potential surprise situations. I'll also provide information for knowledge checks in spoilers with the DCs listed. Please refrain from reading the spoilers unless you make the DC with the appropriate skill check.

That's it for the most part. As far as start date goes, this game will be run during Session 2 of PbP Gameday VII, which starts on October 1, 2018. That will be quite a wait, but it does give us all plenty of time to gear up for the game. For now, please provide the information for your character requested below using the template I've provided. You can also dot in on the gameplay thread with your character of choice.

Player:
Character:
SFS#:
Starting XP:
Starting Fame:
Starting Reputation/Infamy with Selected Faction:
Starting Credits:
Day Job:

With all that out of the way, all that remains is for me to say thanks again for joining me, and happy gaming!

Player: meloriel
Character: Zez'ka
SFS#: 276820-703
Starting XP: tbd
Starting Fame: tbd
Starting Reputation/Infamy with Selected Faction: tbd
Starting Credits: tbd
Day Job: N/A

Hi, I'm thrilled to be joining you! I'll be bringing my Shirren Operative Zez'ka. She'll probably get some GM credit before we start, so I'm not quite sure what some of her details will be right now. She'll be either level 1 or 2 by the time we play.

Thanks!

Player: Rhanloi Ehlyss
Character: Chirrk Do'Tak
SFS#: 83583-702
Starting XP: 4
Starting Fame: 6
Starting Reputation/Infamy with Selected Faction: 6 / Second Seekers
Starting Credits: 154
Day Job: True Savior of Tasch

Looking forward to the opportunity!!

I'd like to sign up. But seeing how this is still 3 1/2 months away I can't specify which character will be available by that time. It will most likely be a lvl 1 character that I'll have made to play with one of the new races I've got access to now

Player: Eric / Revvy Bitterleaf
Character: TBD
SFS#: 13475-70?
Starting XP: tbd
Starting Fame: tbd
Starting Reputation/Infamy with Selected Faction: tbd
Starting Credits: tbd
Day Job: tbd

Hey Mjolbeard! Nice to meet you again!

Player: kuey
Character: Davrin Emalon
SFS#: 215076-704
Starting XP: tbd
Starting Fame: tbd
Starting Reputation/Infamy with Selected Faction: tbd
Starting Credits: tbd
Day Job: tbd

Davrin is a ghost operative. Like the others, he'll will likely be getting some chronicles on him before the start of the game, so will fill in the other details then. In fact, there's a chance I might be starting a new character by then instead.

Hey folks! Welcome! I'm excited to have you all on board.

As a general note, it should be no problem for you to add a chronicle or two to your characters before we get started. I know this is a long way off. I just wanted to make sure I got the game up right away.

@Revvy - This is fine. Feel free to pick whatever works for you when we get closer to the date.

@Kuey - Hey there! I'm glad I can finally get you in one of my games, especially after the lottery didn't include you in my Wrath's Shadow game! I definitely owe you a game or two after the great adventures you've taken my characters through in the past, so welcome aboard!

I would also like to throw my hat in the ring for this, I also have no idea which character I'll be playing but I can say it will likely be one of the following:

Verthani Cyborg (if I like it from Armory)
Elven Corporate Agent ExoCortex Mechanic
Quest for Sky Marbleheart Dwarf
Witchwyrd Priest of Abadar
Half-Orc Eoxian reality show survivor

If we're going low, it will likely be the witchwyrd, so

Player: Shawn G.
Character: Lord Seapro
SFS#: 34831
Starting XP : tbd
Starting Fame: tbd
Starting Reputation/Infamy with Selected Faction: tbd
Starting Credits: tbd
Day Job: tbd

Player: Jimbles the Mediocre
Character: Cournae (Ysoki mystic 1)
SFS#: 330168-702
Starting XP: tbd
Starting Fame: tbd
Starting Reputation/Infamy with Selected Faction: tbd
Starting Credits: tbd
Day Job: N/A

This is my first experience is anything like Gameday VII; signing up for a game so far in advance feels weird. Cournae is playing in her very first session right now and is also signed up for another day during the first session, so all them details will likely be in flux until the end of September.

Excellent! Looks like we've got ourselves a FULL TABLE. I'm looking forward to playing with you all when October finally rolls around. In the meantime, feel free to dot into the gameplay thread.

Hey Mjolbeard! Nice to meet you again!

Player: kuey
Character: Davrin Emalon
SFS#: 215076-704
Starting XP: tbd
Starting Fame: tbd
Starting Reputation/Infamy with Selected Faction: tbd
Starting Credits: tbd
Day Job: tbd

Davrin is a ghost operative. Like the others, he'll will likely be getting some chronicles on him before the start of the game, so will fill in the other details then. In fact, there's a chance I might be starting a new character by then instead.

This was Davrin Emalon, aka kuey.

Yup, I went ahead and created a new character which I'm going to bring in for this game come Oct. (Turns out Davrin is likely to hit level 3, and would like to keep things in tier.) Meet Speck, the cyberborn ysoki technomancer / divine champion.

Hey folks! As you may have seen in the Flaxseed Station discussion, the scenarios for Gameday have arrived. I've been reading over the ones I'm prepping, and reading this one over reminded me to make sure you all know this scenario has the Repeatable and Starship tags. So make sure you bring someone with skills they can use in a starship combat!

I'm looking forward to gaming with you all in a couple months!

I had accidentally signed up for someone's Duskmire Accord when I meant to sign up for this Ashes of Discovery. All my bad. However, I wanted to put my interest down as an alternate if a seat happens to open up (hopefully not, hopefully you all have a great game, but just in case). Thanks. :)

Hey guys, just wondering if there is a spot still open for one more player. I would love to bring a lvl 1 mystic to the table. Let me know if there is room still available.

If possible, I'd like a spot or waitlist.

Hiya folks!

Wow, looks like there's still some interest in this game. We are creeping towards October, and it seems the site has leveled out for a while (*knocks on wood*), so it's nearly time to start getting things sorted out here.

Since we have so many folks interested, I'm thinking about opening up a second table so everyone can play. At the moment, we have 9 players interested, so we could have a table or 4 and a table of 5, which works nicely.

Before I just arbitrarily split the tables by sign up order, though, did anyone sign up specifically because they wanted to play with another player or character? Or does anybody have any preferences about party make up they want (for example, "I want to be the only Envoy so no one steals my spotlight" ;D )? Let me know, and we can start getting things in place.

Our originally anticipated start date is a mere 3 weeks away! I look forward to playing with you all!

- Mjolbeard

If I may...

Operatives
Zez'ka - Daredevil - lvl 2

Mystics
Uafluozhaheeed - Xenodruid - lvl 2
Emissary-to-Him - ? - lvl 1 As I don't know what type you are, I will say that Devastator is not SFS legal (just in case)
Mordin Gimhargruest - healing - lvl 2
Cournae - Akashic - lvl 1

Technomancers
Speck Zezener - lvl 1

Solarians
Chirrk Do'Tak - Armor - lvl 2

Soldiers

Evoys

Mechanics

TBD
Shaudius
Revvy Bitterleaf

Eth is an Overlord, as are the ones she serves...

Is there room for one more?

I can try to add a soldier (assuming his current game ends on time). I also have a Solarians and Technomancer available.

Is there room for one more?

I can try to add a soldier (assuming his current game ends on time). I also have a Solarians and Technomancer available.

Absolutely! That'll bring us to two even tables of 5.

Go ahead and post your soldier's info that I requested above. If you need to change to one of your other characters, you can just give me the new info. Welcome aboard, Wolfflauer!

Woot!

Player: Mike Knauer / Wolffauer
Character: Asterion Neleus (Nuar Spacefarer Soldier (Blitz) 2)
SFS#: 262720-702
Starting XP: 3
Starting Fame: 6
Starting Reputation: 6 / Acquisitives
Starting Credits: tbd
Day Job: tbd

Any idea on the start date GM? And are we going with two tables, or just the one?

Start date will be early to mid next week, aiming for Wednesday, 10/3, at the latest.

In answer to your second question, part of what I'll be doing in preparation for the start date is creating the second table and assigning folks to one or the other.

Thanks for checking in, ETH! I'm looking forward to playing with you all very soon!

Looks like you have room for two more, bringing in my Alien Archive Soldier.
Player: DoubleGold
Character: Frinke
SFS#: 135676-709
Starting XP: 0
Starting Fame: 0
Starting Reputation/Infamy with Selected Faction: 0, Aquisitives
Starting Credits: 329
Day Job: archaelogist: 10 + 1d20 ⇒ 10 + (17) = 27

Sweet! Welcome aboard, Frinke!

Player: kuey
Character: Speck Zezener
SFS#: 215076-705
Starting XP: 3
Starting Fame: 0
Starting Reputation/Infamy with Selected Faction: 7 - Second Seekers (LE)
Starting Credits: 35
Day Job: lab tech: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (13) + 14 = 27

Player: Saashaa
Character: Uafluozhaheed
SFS#: 7886-705
Starting XP: 3
Starting Fame: 6
Starting Reputation/Infamy with Selected Faction: 6, Wayfinders
Starting Credits: 329
Day Job:

Player: meloriel

Character: Zez'ka
SFS#: 276820-703
Starting XP: tbd
Starting Fame: tbd
Starting Reputation/Infamy with Selected Faction: tbd
Starting Credits: tbd
Day Job: N/A

Hi, I'm thrilled to be joining you! I'll be bringing my Shirren Operative Zez'ka. She'll probably get some GM credit before we start, so I'm not quite sure what some of her details will be right now. She'll be either level 1 or 2 by the time we play.

Thanks!

Just updating the missing details of my information for you.

Starting XP: 3
Starting Fame: 6
Starting Reputation/Infamy with Selected Faction: Exo-Guardians 7
Starting Credits: 723

Sweet, a table of 7 and 6, though if the DM wants a hard cap of 6 and 6, I'll bow out. Unless I miscounted and it is 6 and 6.

Player: Mike Knauer / Wolffauer
Character: Asterion Neleus (Nuar Spacefarer Soldier (Blitz) 2)
SFS#: 262720-702
Starting XP: 3
Starting Fame: 6
Starting Reputation: 6 / Acquisitives
Starting Credits: tbd
Day Job: tbd

Starting Credits: 129 (after purchasing Personal Upgrade Mk.1 (Dex))

Ready

My apologies..for some reason it registered in my head as the 10th of October instead of it being the 3th day of the 10th month and I thought I had about a week more to upload a character.

My plan is to play a lvl 2 Solarion (Newly rescued) but I still need to upload his info for pbp play.

Okie dokey folks! It's go time!

I've made some (admittedly arbitrary) decisions about who goes where, and have decided that this table--"Table 1"--will consist of the following PCs:

Zez’ka
Cournae
Mordin
Chirrk Do'Tak
Speck
Asterion

"Table 2", then, will consist of the rest of you, which includes:

Emissary-to-Him
Uafluozhaheed
Revvy Bitterleaf
Frinke
Shaudius

The Discussion thread for Table 2 can be found HERE. Go ahead and jump in over there and dot into the Gameplay thread as well. You can start regular posting whenever you're all set.

Same goes for the folks staying here at Table 1: the kick-off post is up, and we can get our game started.

As a reminder to everyone, this scenario has the Repeatable and Starship tags, so make sure you're aware of those things. Let's get started and have some fun!

Player: Jimbles the Mediocre

Character: Cournae (Ysoki mystic 1)
SFS#: 330168-702
Starting XP: tbd
Starting Fame: tbd
Starting Reputation/Infamy with Selected Faction: tbd
Starting Credits: tbd
Day Job: N/A

This is my first experience is anything like Gameday VII; signing up for a game so far in advance feels weird. Cournae is playing in her very first session right now and is also signed up for another day during the first session, so all them details will likely be in flux until the end of September.

Cournae is almost finished with her first session game - she'll join the muster the minute she's free.

Hello everyone. This weekend is Thanksgiving so I will very likely be unable to fit in a post. Please bot me if needed. I’ll be back to regular posting on Tuesday. Thanks for understanding, and I hope you have a great weekend!

Slotted Boons

Ally - None
Faction - Exo-Guardian’s Champion
Personal - None
Promotional - None
Social - AbadarCorp Augmentations
Starship - Hero of the Stars
Slotless - Starfinder Insignia

Hero of the Stars (Starship Boon; Limited Use): You defeated the dreaded Besmaran pirate ship, Lawblight, showcasing your determination during an intense starship combat. This boon activates anytime your starship is reduced to 0 or fewer Hull Points. Your starship immediately regains a number of Hull Points equal to its tier × 5. A starship can never regain more than 30 Hull Points in this manner. A starship can never have more than one of these boons attached to it. When this boon activates, cross it off your Chronicle sheet.

Hi all,

Thanks for running two tables, Mjolbeard.

Mordin's level 3 now, if that makes a difference in the table he's assigned to.

Player: Tim M (Blake's Tiger)
Character: Mordin Gimhargruest
SFS#: 230524-704
Starting XP: 6
Starting Fame: 12
Starting Reputation: 14 total / 13 2nd Seekers (Luwzi)
Starting Credits: 927
Day Job: Forgo to add +1 fame to Instructor pool

Faction: Second Seekers (Luwazi)
Personal: Legacy Race (dwarf)
Starship: Mystical Guidance System Upgrade
Social: Instructor

Player: Jimbles the Mediocre
Character: Cournae (Ysoki mystic 1)
SFS#: 330168-702
Starting XP: 2
Starting Fame: 4
Starting Reputation/Infamy with Selected Faction: 6 total; 4 w/ Dataphiles
Starting Credits: 1,462
Day Job: N/A

SLOTTED BOONS
Faction: Dataphiles Champion
Social: Honorary Spider (Sense Motive)
Starship: Solar Powered Weapon System

Cournae will purchase a set of graphite carbon skin armor (CRB pg. 197) for 1,220 credits.

Based on what's been declared so far and my looking at the character sheets, this is what I'm proposing. Everyone ok with that?

Mordin: Gunner +3 (?) (Don't know what the Mystical Guidance System Upgrade does)
Cournae: Engineer +7
Speck: Science +11
Zez'ka: Gunner +5
Chirrk Do'Tak: Captain +7
Asterion: Pilot +8

Also, can I also suggest that the two gunners take the two +1 bonuses by default? The pilot already gets a +1 bonus from the ship (and the science officer a +2).

All of it looks good to me, though we not heard from Chirrk since we started.

Mystical Guidance System Upgrade: Makes one of the weapons mystical. When calculating his gunnery bonus, a gunner using a mystical weapon can use ranks in Mysticism in place of his base attack bonus or ranks in Piloting, and his Wisdom modifier in place of his Dexterity modifier.

Right, so that gives me a +6 in Gunnery. If that's the highest Gunnery, I'll apply it to the turret.

I'm back and ready to get rolling! Thanks for your patience.

As for starship roles: Yup! I'll take secondary gunner and man whichever of the three side guns has line of sight. You can have the turret, Mordin. I'll use one of the floating modifiers each turn as per Speck's suggestion.

Is there a way to remove a character from a table? I posted from the wrong alias (edited the post to correct it), and now that character shows up here when I look at my current campaigns.

That's something I can typically do for you, Asterion, but the site is giving me an error message when I attempt to go into the required screen. I'll keep trying. What's the name of the character you want removed, just so I remove the right one?

Thanks. Looking to remove Gulkyn.

I'll be away this weekend on a hiking trip. Would only be on mobile and signal would like be iffy so not likely to post. Please bot Speck however appropriate. He'll not really take part in the social encounters, but if necessary, he can attempt the piloting. (Waiting for those with better piloting to try first.)

No, I just forgot about the second roll. Thanks, Mjolbeard.

Hey guys, I’m going to have a crazy busy weekend. It’s unlikely I’ll be able to post Saturday, and I definitely won’t be able to post Sunday. Sorry if I hold up the game. Feel free to bot me if needed.

Thanks!

Hey folks! We're just wrapping up the final formalities for this scenario, but you've done all the dangerous parts, so the rest is pretty much flavor, except for one engineering check you might want to do.

In the meantime, it's time to roll for boons! Please roll a flat d20. On a 19-20, you win a boon! Roll a d2 to determine which boon you earn. For example, here are my rolls.

Boon?: 1d20 ⇒ 3
Which one?: 1d2 ⇒ 2

Boon?: 1d20 ⇒ 20

Woot! First one this GD. :)

1d2 ⇒ 1