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Keskodai ducks the creature's attack then fires off another mind trust at the thing... things... whatever
Quig and Scout creep along the warehouse floor until Quig pops up and fires at the two-headed monstrosity as he fires his pistol into a pile of crates creating a nice round hole in one of them
Obozaya descends and fires another shot toward the giant her shot almost hitting inspired by Navasi as she is but the crates in the way prevent a nice clean shot, moving close enough that she'll be able to pull out her beloved doshko
As Quig moves closer the not so focused head seems to blink a few times in quick succession as it mumbles
"..Livewire?"
before the angry looking head yells:
"Smash this one in front of us!"
at which the other head replied in a monotone voice as it's eyes glace over once again.
"Yes brother"
He then tries to slam both big sparking and humming gauntled hands down on top of Roanalt
(Bludgeoning and Sonic)
(Bludgeoning and Sonic)
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"Livewire? It thinks Quig's the other ysoki! It's like the one head's controlling the other!" Obozaya rumbles. "Maybe we should be trying to knock them out, not just kill them!"
She lets her rifle drop and continuing to move forward, leaps onto the crates and uses her claws to try to disable the ettin.
Iseph doesn’t move a muscle.
"Obozaya might be right! He mentioned Livewire" He places his blade up to defend himself and then shouts out. "Livewire says she misses her 'Hairless Monkey'."
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Oboyaza lets her rifle drop and continuing to move forward, climbs onto the crates and uses her claws to try to disable the ettin..but her claws fail to connect hard enough to deal any sort of damage to the ettin.
Iseph doesn’t move a muscle
Navasi encourages everyone to keep it up while firing herself but her shot only hits one of the crates
Raonlat places his blade up to defend himself
As he mentions a hairless monkey you see the eyes on one of the head light up
and then the head shakes itself a few times as if trying to clear up some spiderwebs inside his brains
"What's going on? Brother..you cast a spell on me?! How could you?!"
He tries to headbutt the other head but as he starts to move to do so..
Keshkodai tells him to halt
and he does...mid swing.
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Iseph finally shakes off the paralyzing effects of the spell, at the same moment that his companions seem to be approaching some sort of truce with the two-headed giant. Unsure what to make of it all, he keeps his gun at the ready and waits to see how things play out.
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As Quig tries the diplomatic approach; one of the heads asks (all though in a rather loud tone of voice)
"Who are you guys?! What's going on? I'm ok with not fighting..but I don't think my brother is!"
At which the other one responds "We need to crush them!"
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Finally able to move, Iseph shakes his head in annoyance at the idea of trying not to kill this thing. Guess we've got a job to do though, might as well do it right. Aiming to wound rather than kill, he aims his pistol at the two-headed creature, which is clearly of two minds as well. Sadly, Iseph's muscles are still fighting him a bit, and his shot misses by at least a vesk's length.
"Help us stop your brother, he doesn't know what he's doing!" He shouts out.
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Oboyaza tries to knock out the mean head with a fist punch.
and ends up delivering a solid punch
Quig takes out a club and thinks about using it
While Raonalt tries to knock the air out of at least one of the heads
but he can't replicate Oboyaza's hit
Bago tries to put his hand in front of Bogor's eyes to distract him and it takes Bogor precious seconds to look past and aim his fist at Oboyaza
but his brothers distraction causes him to slam his fist straight into the crate Oboyaza is standing on instead of into the Vesk
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Raonalt again tries to knock out the Bogor and Bago.
Iseph succeeds in shooting the wall once again! Poor thing never saw it coming.
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Raonalt again tries to knock out the Bogor and Bago but it seems that knocking someone out isn't working out for the Solarian
Navasi throws a Stickybomb Grenade 1 at BogorBago causing him to become all sticky and slowing down his movements a bit.
Keskodai fires again, hoping for a glancing blow and his shot hits a glob of glue on the side of the giants shoulder knocking him to the side
Iseph succeeds in shooting the wall once again! Poor thing never saw it coming.
Quig puts his club to good use, but even though the giant is a bit easier to hit now that he's sticking to the floor and parts of himself the attack still doesn't connect hard enough to deal any sort of damage
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Oboyaza tries to smash her fist into the top of the mean head once again
and it looks like the head will dodge to the side to avoid the approaching claw but it's movement is slowed down just enough by the sticky stuff that came out of the grenade that it get's a glancing blow to the side of it's head.
Bagor kicks his brothers (and it's own? not sure how this works with Ettin) shin with his (their?) other leg and all though it makes a sucking sound as the goo get's stretched it connect solidly enough to make him(them?) jump in pain
Bogor tries to hit Oboyaza back with a round-house swing
sending a teeth rattling large fist into the side of Oboyaza skull who sees stars and is almost knocked clear of the crate she's standing on
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Iseph makes a feint left, then a juke right, his weapon switching from hand to hand with dazzling speed, before shooting the same damned spot on the wall!
Frustrated with his misses, he curses to himself as Oboyaza takes a big hit, then he takes a deep breath and swings again.
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The shirren marvels at the amount of hits the two-headed giant seems to be absorbing. This is a tough one! How much more punishment can it take? Maybe the vesk needs to scream louder?
Per p 181 of the CRB: The DC of such a saving throw is typically equal to 10 + half the weapon’s item level + one of your ability modifiers. Unless stated otherwise, the ability modifier corresponds to the ability score you’d normally use to make an attack with that weapon.
10 + 4/2 + 1 (Dex mod = 13
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Iseph makes a feint left, then a juke right, his weapon switching from hand to hand with dazzling speed, before shooting the same damned spot on the wall!
Navasi once again points out various targets that could take out the enemy without killing them and takes a non-lethal shot with her Semi-Auto Pistol but it hits the same spot as Ispeh is targeting for a while now.
Roanalt is getting frustrated with his misses, he curses to himself as Oboyaza takes a big hit, then he takes a deep breath and swings again and strikes his target right between the eyes
Inspired by the sight of his enemy getting hit Keshkodai manages to land a very lucky blow at the exact same location as Roanalt just hit whom can actually see the lights of one of the heads fade out and the giant topples over on the floor.
Bago provides no resistance and even helps to bind and gag his brother’s mouth. He happily accepts any form of restraints.
"Please tell me, do you know what happened to my shipmate? A female Ysoki with kind eyes, her name is Livewire"
He seems to be talking a little louder then he should, but he doesn't appear to be deaf.
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"We met her," Obozaya says. "She's locked up right now, but might be able to be freed under the right circumstances. How about you tell us what happened here first, though? You're obviously of two minds about the situation."
She starts collecting the loot, making sure he doesn't have any secreted weapons.
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As Bago hears that Livewire is alive by locked up he asks for forgiveness and begs you to take him to Absalom Station so he (and his brother) can take her place . Borgor begrudgingly remains docile, not wanting to risk angering.
He also explains that the goblins captured him and his brother and that he managed to overpowered his captors, killed the goblin leader, and quickly assumed control of the Exhaust Drinkers tribe.
He had access to the doors due to the pair of eyes on a string he took from the goblin leader except for the place the goblins call the "Spirit hole" which he thinks is an access hatch. But they haven't been able to open it.
Hearing Bago's tale, and ready to find the answer to the puzzles of this place, Iseph joins Navasi in examining the hatch.
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The electric hum of a powered computer console echoes throughout the bowels of this recessed chamber. A series of thick cords attached to the console connect to a large, gore coveredhatch. The hatch firmly seals against the room’s rough stone floor. Several vents surround the hatch, each spewing forth gouts of miasmic exhaust and emitting angry whistles at irregular intervals.
The computer console’s screen rapidly scrolls through a series of blueprints, plans, and schematics that hint at a larger substructure beyond the closed hatch.
As Iseph tries to override the computer to give you access to the hatch he remembers that you have a link to the computer upstairs ..and with the added processing power he manages to over ride the lock on the hatch.
When you look in the hole that's below the hatch you see 2 bodies. The remains must be of Snips and Xalak-don, their gear fell into
the exhaust port when the goblins scarified the former Archer crew members.
The melted remains of the two crew members still contain their equipment.
Searching through this mess of melted bodies you find a credstick containing 1,500 credits, three mk 2 serums of healing, a carbon steel curve blade with an entangling fusion seal (6th level), and a mk 2 ring of resistance.
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Keskodai tends to the half-unconscious, half-awake ettin with some bewilderment. "Are you... two... going to be okay? Your brother doesn't seem to like you very much."
After ensuring the better "half" of the ettin is stable, he joins the others and makes a sound of resignation. "So, that mystery is solved. May their passage to the Boneyard have been blessed with the grace and peace that eluded their deaths."
That done, he tries to recall what he can of their mission. "We were asked to determine if this 'moon' was worthless or if there was something of value for the Society to announce... Do the schematics give any indication of the function of this installation? A way to access it? I'm no engineer, sadly."
Iseph nods, remarking, "We were given a job to do, let's call it done."
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As you contact your employer your orders are to return to Luwazi Elsebo at Absalom Station. Luckily, the Starstone makes for a quick return trip. Luwazi graciously thanks you for your efforts on Salvation’s End and beckons them to return to Absalom Station for debriefing, indicating that future exploration of the moon needs to wait.
Luwazi then adds that your payment can be claimed upon your return. Luwazi heaps praise upon you for a mission well done and is excited
to discuss future opportunities with you, if you so desire.
If you bring Bago and Bogor with you back to Absolom station so allows you to submit Borgor as a replacement for Livewire, and the Starfinder Society grants Bago clemency by downloading his consciousness into an appropriate receptacle, thus freeing him from his vile brother.
"We will take you with us Bago, your brother might be a problem but we can't leave you here." He then turns to the others as they look over the bodies down the hatch. "It seems we are done... We can it in and head back to Absalom Station."