Forum goblins appear to have eaten my post last night. I was trying to comment that Clank is going to be taking a level of Soldier at some point, though it wouldn't make sense if we aren't going back to the Station (since it'll mostly involve him getting some different gear.)
Go go soldier / Technomancer (Divine Champion) Goblin carrying a weapon as large as he is!
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Everything looks great! And no, you won't make it back to Station until Level 3, so conserve your money and gear! I'll give us another post tomorrow to start us moving again. If any one isn't done by then, just let me know.
EDIT: Huh. In all the times I've seen/played/GM'd this first book, I've never seen anyone not go directly to the rock. But... there's not a ton of rush. Since there is a 98% chance the crew is dead after weeks in the Drift and Quarantine. SO, back to Station we go! I'll draft up a post tomorrow, but feel free to plan your purchases accordingly.
The group I GM'd took 2 days off between the Acreon and the Drift Rock in order to recover from Void Death. I think pushing forwards with Void-Death'd PCs is a surefire way to get killed/TPK'd! h
SP: +7
HP: +6
Ranks:
FORTITUDE: +0
REFLEX: +1
WILL: +1
BAB: +1
As a standard action, you can signal an ally within 30 feet who has taken damage from any attack made by a significant enemy at any point after your last turn ended. That ally regains a number of Stamina Points (up to his maximum) equal to twice your envoy level + your Charisma modifier; at 15th level, this increases to three times your envoy level + your Charisma modifier. Once an ally has benefited from your inspiring boost, that ally can’t gain the benefits of your inspiring boost again until he takes a 10-minute rest to recover Stamina Points.
At 6th level, you can spend 1 Resolve Point to add your envoy level to the number of Stamina Points regained.
How many credits have we acquired at this point? I should be all set up by tomorrow morning.
Did we loot the 3 laser rifles from.the "trap"?
If we did I'd take the spare batteries from them, as I'm gonna be overcharging a lot now.
Else I'll buy a couple more spares
I dont much need anything else in the loot list, we should pick through and sell the rest.
I don't think we managed to get the green shards ID'd.
If nobody objects I'll snag the spare battery on the list. 3 charges per shot is gonna burn through em quick!
Clank got it August 21st. It was in the middle of all the Site Shenanigans, heh.
Clank got it August 21st. It was in the middle of all the Site Shenanigans, heh.
Yep, immediately disproved my snarkastic remark.
I also snagged a point in life science
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Unfortunately, the trap didn't have any batteries, oddly enough.
I haven't been keeping track, but you should have received about 1250 each. Without selling any of the loot on Slide 2.
Also, at least one more of you should put a point in Life Science during your level up. lol.
That, and an additional 500 UBPs, or are you counting that? (not that it matters I guess, I've just been updating my total along the way and I cannot quit remember where specific amounts came from now :) )
Ok, perfect! Thanks, Clank! Then you each get an extra 700 credits from the sale of the Noqual shards.
Awesome! Clank saves our wallets :>
Yeah... I was thinking about that as I was statting out what the "Soldier Dip" Clank would be, and it seems like it would make sense for SFS, but for a long term game having him pure technomancer might be a better fit. Also Clank Technomancer 2 was a lot easier to level up ;)
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Was trying to get equipment and realised I'm quite confused about the credits. :P
In my records, I received 300 credits sometime mid-June, and 365 in mid-Jul. Does the 1250 GM mentioned include or exclude this?
But I've leveled up Davrin, so I think he is ready to go. (Unless we have combat right away?)
Hmm, with the extra scratch I'm going to consider and armor upgrade, I'll have to post in the morning when I get a chance to look over my book.
I'm travelling yet until tomorrow, then I should be back to posting normally.
FYI, given the nature of the tunnels I'm delaying a bit until there's room to move in.
With half movement Clank can only go 35' this turn as a double move, so he probably won't get a standard action.
One "pseudo physics" question: Where would the move stop at? Would he go floating deep into the room or stop as far as his movement takes him? In the past in zero-gravity open rooms I had movement continue until a solid surface was hit, but I'm not sure if that's right.
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I read it the same way.
As a move action, you push off and move half your distance. If you hit something, you stop moving. If you don't, you will continue floating on your next turn. (Unwillingly using up your move action, I guess?)
Now, you can expend your standard action to extend your movement in two different ways.
1. You can push off harder and move your full distance. (Effectively taking two move actions)
2. If you landed on a wall after your Move action, you can kick off again. (Using your standard as a second move action.)
Or, you could perform a normal standard action while you are floating.
Hopefully that makes sense!
Makes sense, though where did everyone go?
Ewok, I laughed out loud at the ooc comment on the camera ;)
Yeah, it's the small details that get forgotten, especially this long in.
Hey, you make Pop-culture references, I'll break the fourth wall occasionally. :) (that was perfectly (ill-)timed.
So how is the force field supposed to work? I've seen this come up a couple of times, but I really don't think it works the way the story implies and wonder if it got changed late in Starfinder's development but too late to change the AP :) 5 Temp HP probably wouldn't faze the Slobber Monster ;)
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Clank, I've asked myself the same question. This mechanic is seen in both this AP and in a Starfinder Scenario. Both of which were pretty early and might relate to changed rules.
Cries in the Drift.
I don't think the rules say that incorporeal beings can't shift through force fields. But the scenarios say they can't. The rules don't say the beings can't damage force fields. But the scenarios imply they can't.
So, yeah, you're right. Both situations don't quite make sense with the rules-as-written.
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Also, here we are! The boss fight! It all led up to this incredibly deadly fight. Have fun and be thankful nobody has void death still.
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Assuming you all survive the fight, I'll get the second book prepped! A few questions:
1. Has anyone played or GM'd the second book before?
2. Does anyone want a real-life break between books? (A few days or a week?)
3. What character & player/character number do you want on your chronicle sheet? And what is your dayjob roll?
1) Since you last asked this question last, my players have advanced into the second book of Dead Suns. I've prepped the first section of it and have read through the whole thing.
2) I'm fine with no break. I live and breathe PbP at this point (Playing half a dozen games :>), so break or no break, I'll be here.
3) I'll have to work that out. I had a character lined up to get credit, and then accidentally leveled them out of the bracket. Oops! It might be my -704 that ends up getting credit, but let me get back to you on that one.
1. Nope
2. Nope
3. I'll go with Jan, whom both you and Cellion have met, looking at my sessions list. Interesting :) 239098-701
For day job I'd like to go with the true savior of tasch if possible.
Also, I was under the impression that everything from the metallo-ceramic hallways onwards had gravity (I at least ran it that way when I ran this fight). Rereading it now, I'm not too sure...
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Also, here we are! The boss fight! It all led up to this incredibly deadly fight. Have fun and be thankful nobody has void death still.
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Assuming you all survive the fight, I'll get the second book prepped! A few questions:
1. Has anyone played or GM'd the second book before?
2. Does anyone want a real-life break between books? (A few days or a week?)
3. What character & player/character number do you want on your chronicle sheet? And what is your dayjob roll?
1. nope
2. don't specifically need one3. I hadn't considered this. Since we level up through the AP anyway, it's probably beneficial to level up another character?
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Huh! Apparently my fear of the Garaggakal is larger than the creature itself!
And you're right! I totally forgot about that. It's mentioned in the general notes for the Drift Rock on page 30.
Pippimi, your group is doing the whole thing? Awesome! And you can help keep me honest in the second book. ;) Also, wow, a year! And more than double our posts! Crazy! I'm pretty happy with our pace and post quality. But if anybody has any tips or preferences please let me know!
Lenny, you can apply this to any level 1 or 2 Society character. And you don't have to apply them all to one character, you can spread them out if you want. (I don't think there's a capstone boon if you put them all on one character.)
1. I have not.
2. I am fine either way.
3. I think Altorin would be the recipient. I am really fond of my Ryphorian. 54329-705
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Pippimi, your group is doing the whole thing? Awesome! And you can help keep me honest in the second book. ;) Also, wow, a year! And more than double our posts! Crazy! I'm pretty happy with our pace and post quality. But if anybody has any tips or preferences please let me know!
Lenny, you can apply this to any level 1 or 2 Society character. And you don't have to apply them all to one character, you can spread them out if you want. (I don't think there's a capstone boon if you put them all on one character.)
Gotcha, thanks! I'll probably apply them to my currently-sidelined technomancer: Sefel Lamunesh. I might apply one to my operative hacker, Darkrunner-42.
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1. Nope
2. Just a couple of days to level up, I think.
3. My (SFS) Davrin (215076-704) will receive the credit. And I'll stick with (campaign mode) Davrin for now. Yeah, going to be confusing at some point, but I'll avoid playing (SFS) Davrin in SFS scenarios to manage this. So the chronicles for each book is to be applied for L1-2, L3-4, L5-6, etc? I might have a problem when it hits the 3rd book then. :P
So we can do day jobs in campaign mode?