[SF] Dead Suns AP - GM Ewok (Inactive)

Game Master EwokBanshee

Right you are. They really souped up swarm defenses for Starfinder...

Pippimi lets out a cheer as the charred mold shrivels up. She rolls over and stomps a few times on the remaining clumps to make sure they're extra dead.

"That not Pippimi's idea of good teambuilding exercise! Bleh."
She drops to the ground and spends some time feeling like she must be harboring exactly two deadly diseases.

How come so many things can get through our suits...

Lenny sits down where he is, feeling low on energy.

He looks up at the server. Did we get what we came for?

10m/1RP

"Yeah, no matter how much we upgrade the seals never work properly. I feel disgusting." Zoran adds sitting down next to Lenny to rest as well.

"I hope so. With how much of this white gunk covers this place I am worried there are more of those things." he sighs.

10 Minute Rest.

Zulu swaps a fresh battery into his plasma rifle and kneels down to examine the charred mold.

"Fascinating. Aggressive. Coordinated. Intellegent? No. Take sample? No, too dangerous for the ship."

Looking over his crew with a critical eye, "might still get samples later. Some of you look bad."

At the mention of more molds, he offers up his grenades to the rest of the crew. "Seemed to work better than lasers, my plasma also is effective."

I have 2 frag I, 2 frag II and 2 shock I. Don't think my flash Is will be useful.

Davrin looks mildly abashed. "Sorry I wasn't of much help. But woah, never encountered such creatures before."

But seriously, did we encounter swarms before?

Alright, more author cruelty coming your way in 3...2...1...

CRACK! A giant chunk of roof falls to the floor, interrupting everyone's rest period. More cracks begin appearing in the roof. If seems like the mold swarm must have been holding up the structure of the building after millennia of aging. The building is coming down!!!

Alrighty...this happened 1 round after the mold swarm died.
So you don't get your ten minute rest, unfortunately. Everybody take one round of actions. :)

Status!
Clank SP: 33/49, Latent Writher Infestation
z45719 SP: 30/47
Davrin x2 SP: 49/49, HP 27/44
Zoran SP: 29/57, Latent Nejean Rabies
Lenny SP: 23/63, HP: 45/53, Latent Writher Infestation
Pippimi SP 39/56, Latent Nejean Rabies, Latent Writher Infestation

perception: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (9) + 16 = 25

Davrin takes a quick look around the room to see if there's anything of importance, before he starts sprinting for the exit.

I don't know that we can make the exit in one round. It's the building collapsing, right, not just this room. So I presume we need some form of safe shelter...

Lenny's quick look is to see if... there's a window with reach double move or a sturdy structure to shelter under (e.g., the server rack?)

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

"Ah! Not good! Go go go! Pippimi stay in back and hold up roof if needed!" Like any good team leader, Pippimi puts the well being of her team ahead. She hurries everyone out of the room and back toward the front door.

Not sure of the distance to the front door, but I suspect Pippimi may take quite a few move actions to get there. She has 25ft speed. She can also pop her hurry racial to get one extra move action if it looks like it'll be close.

Alright, I probably should have set this up better. How about this: I'll move everybody's pieces, so just let me know what you'd like to do.

Davrin doesn't see anything of value and heads out of the room with the rest of the group. Lenny looks for windows, remembering most of the rooms don't have any. The group runs out of the server room, through the outer engineering bay, and into the hallway.

Who's Slacking Behind: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Pippimi waits for everyone where she stands outside the door, but is forced to jump aside as the floor crumbles just as Davrin hops out. Zoran is left on the other side as the roof continues to crumble above him! If he doesn't get out soon he'll be buried alive! Zoran, please give me a DC25 Athletics check to jump over the pit! If you fail, you fall 30 feet to the bottom and will have to find a way out! Your alternative is literally getting buried alive. :)

Pippimi looks nervously at the roof above them, seeing cracks beginning to form in the Engineering Bay walls. This room has a bit longer than the server room, but will collapse sooner rather than later.

Out in the hallway, Davrin is able to round the corner where he sees that much of the hallway has collapsed already! Zulu turns to look at the door into the office area, noticing it seems to have been jammed by the collapse. That door will take a Strength check to open.

Alrighty! Where too? The door to the southern room is open, the southern door to the office area is closed but not jammed. (one action to open.) The eastern door to the office area is closed and jammed. And Zoran is probably going to need help getting out of the server room.

Status!
Clank SP: 33/49, Latent Writher Infestation
z45719 SP: 30/47
Davrin SP: 49/49, HP 27/44
Zoran SP: 29/57, Latent Nejean Rabies
Lenny SP: 23/63, HP: 45/53, Latent Writher Infestation
Pippimi SP 39/56, Latent Nejean Rabies, Latent Writher Infestation

Ah crap! Also no faith!

Athletics: 1d20 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 4 = 8 Beautiful!

Zoran steps back and starts to attempt a leap over the pit but stumbles headfirst into it.

"So this is what gives me my true death...ANYONE STILL UP THERE? TOSS ME DOWN A CABLE." he sighs before calling out.

Damage: 3d6 ⇒ (3, 4, 1) = 8

Lenny, hearing his cries runs back to help Zoran (though, he's not yet sure how).

[double move] 45'

Zoran, are you okay? I can climb down there and help you up if you need it!

He squats down, bracing himself and thrusts his arm into the pit.

If someone has a cable to lower my climb DC I will attempt that on my next round. Is the likely way for me to get out...if the dice cooperate.

/Looks at character sheets/ Pippimi is still standing by the hole.

Pippimi, your rope, quick! Should just be a move action to get it out.

Pippimi springs into action to save the workteam. She grabs her cable line from her pack, drops the loose into the hole next to her and ties the other end around herself (Standard action?). Leaning into her hyper skittermander energy, she rolls around the table and gets to a spot where she'll be braced against the table once Zoran starts climbing.

So again, move action -> retrieve cable line, free action -> drop end into hole, standard action -> tie cable line to self, swift -> hyper racial for extra move action and move 25ft .

Davrin hears the commotion with Zoran but knows that even with his jetpack, he can't lift the borais so he focuses on finding a safe path out for everyone. He races to the southern door to the office area and throws it open, hoping to find a way out.

Interesting, Davrin actually has higher speed on foot then flying so he'll stay on the ground. However, if it begins to get difficult terrain, he'll fly instead.

/Looks at character sheets/ Pippimi is still standing by the hole.

Pippimi, your rope, quick!

I don't know why, but this cracked me up.

... but stumbles headfirst into it. ...

Also, this. :)

Davrin runs into the southern room, followed closely by Clank. The meeting room is much the same as when the group explored it earlier, with the large glass windows on the southern face. The moss that covers the walls, and every other surface, is beginning to lose it's pristine white coloring as the life form slowly dies. That, combined with the cracks slowly spreading through the ceiling, makes it evident that the building won't be standing much longer. Davrin guesses that the windows could be broken rather easily and then leapt through. Strength check or damage to break them. Then an acrobatics check to get through without getting cut.

CRASH!
The server room's ceiling and walls begin to crash down, collapsing as the mold colony that provided structural integrity finally dies. Dust flies into the engineering bay, coating Lenny, Pippimi, and Zoran. Pippimi and Lenny get on one end of the rope, tossing the other to Zoran. Zoran is thirty feel below in the pit, surrounded by concrete foundation, ready to climb up. DC 10 Athletics to move upwards at half speed! So you can move 20 feet per Move Action, so you should be able to get up next round.

Zulu, still out in the hallway, hears scattered noises of rubble falling from the area in the center of the building as the blockage expands slightly. Feel free to take two turns, Zulu. Otherwise I'll just assume you followed Davrin.

Status!
Clank SP: 33/49, Latent Writher Infestation
z45719 SP: 30/47
Davrin SP: 49/49, HP 27/44
Zoran SP: 21/57, Latent Nejean Rabies
Lenny SP: 23/63, HP: 45/53, Latent Writher Infestation
Pippimi SP 39/56, Latent Nejean Rabies, Latent Writher Infestation

engineering: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

The engineering bay has about twelve seconds left! There's a very real chance a bigger chunk falling could kill one of us!

Lenny holds the rope tight with Pippimi and starts a New-Year's style countdown.

Twelve, eleven, ten, nine... this is helping, right Zoran? five, four, three...

Zulu follows Davrin.

Pippimi readies to roll. "OK Zora-zora. Time to grab!" She grabs a hold of her end of the cable line and as soon as Zoran starts to climb she starts hauling him up as well.

(Not sure how this would work, since I'm not sure how the bulk of hauling up an ally would be handled. Here's an athletics check if needed. Maybe it just ends up being an aid another?)
Athletics: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16

If Zoran gets back up to the ground floor, Pippimi drops the cable line and starts rolling toward the northwest.

Pulll!

Lenny urges on Pippimi as they hoist up Zoran.

athletics: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32 That should do it...? Feats of strength like it's Festivus.

Athletics: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

"Glad you heard me." Zoran says while slowly climbing up.

Athletics: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12

He reaches the ground floor and thanks the others quickly before looking at the next obstacle he will fail at.

Clank shuffles along rapidly, hoping feats of Athletics aren't really required.

With a Herculean effort on behalf of gym rat Lenny, with some help from the nearby management professional, Zoran is able to climb 30 feet up the wall in no time at all! The trio stands near the hole, listening to Lenny's extremely helpful and not-at-all annoying countdown towards their doom. "Eight...Seven...Six..."

A room away, Zulu joins the other two up against the window. Looking at safety beyond the half inch of tempered glass, the trio tries to find a way through. You can try a DC 12 Strength check to break it, or use a weapon to apply 10 points of damage and break it. Then each of you needs to perform an acrobatics check to get through it without getting cut.

Status!
Clank SP: 33/49, Latent Writher Infestation
z45719 SP: 30/47
Davrin SP: 49/49, HP 27/44
Zoran SP: 21/57, Latent Nejean Rabies
Lenny SP: 23/63, HP: 45/53, Latent Writher Infestation
Pippimi SP 39/56, Latent Nejean Rabies, Latent Writher Infestation

"I owe you both one when we get out of here." Zoran says dusting himself off before hustling to catch up.

Double-Move.

Lenny and I assume Pippimi jogs along with Zoran to catch up to the group. double move

Nah, we don't leave anybody behind. If you ran out of the door first you'd have come back for e.

"Hm hm! This how work team work. Taught just like this in Vesk proving school! Even life threatening situation feel nostalgic." Pippimi rolls forward with the rest of the group, managing to get into the meeting room by following their voices.

Double Move

Well, just for dramatic effect. And also 'cos I don't think trick attack works with objects.

Davrin whips out his disintegrator pistol just as he turns on his jetpack. "AAAAAHHHH!" he screams as he flies full speed into the window, firing upon it as he does so.

disintegrator pistol vs EAC: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24 acid dmg: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
Then attempts to crash through the window. Not sure how to compute damage for that.

acrobatics: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (6) + 21 = 27

Pow, pow, pow!

CRASH!

Davrin's shoulder bursts through the window weakened by the sonic blast. He rolls on the landing, making it through the window unharmed. The rest of the party looks on, seeing the large glass shards sticking out of the window frame that he managed to avoid. Everybody make a DC 16 Acrobatics check to get through the window without getting sliced!

CRUNCH!

Lenny looks over his shoulder and sees the engineering bay's roof collapse in a pile of girders and concrete slabs. Holding up the rear of the group, he can see the roof shaking as the building continues to fall apart. The mold around him slowly fades from white to a dead gray color.

Status!
Clank SP: 33/49, Latent Writher Infestation
z45719 SP: 30/47
Davrin SP: 49/49, HP 27/44
Zoran SP: 21/57, Latent Nejean Rabies
Lenny SP: 23/63, HP: 45/53, Latent Writher Infestation
Pippimi SP 39/56, Latent Nejean Rabies, Latent Writher Infestation

Zulu continues following Davrin, though much less theatrically.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19

Pippimi does her best action move roll through the window! She turns to the others "Jump through, Pippimi catch."

Uh oh!

Lenny jumps.

acrobatics, DC16: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14

Yeeouch! I... might have sliced myself up a bit. Everybody else through!

He puts his hands over some of the wounds while briskly walking away from the window to make room for the next jumper.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

"I will take the bleeding over getting crushed." Zoran says while managing to maneuver past the shards.

Alright, I lied. Failing the Acrobatics check means you don't make it over the window. Here's botting the last couple rounds for Clank.

Clank, Acrobatics: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
Clank, Acrobatics: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17

Clank struggles to get up and over the window, but is able to make it over before Lenny makes it to the frame.

Most of the group flips up and over the window frame, most of the group displaying a feat of agility while leaping. Lenny and Zoran make it to the window as the building continues to shake.

CRASH

The roof in the hallway falls in, burying the exit in rubble. The pair look at each other briefly, now trapped in the long-abandoned meeting room. Zoran goes first, up and over the window sill. Lenny tries to follow, but his armor weighs him down and he is unable to make it up high enough!

CRUNCH!

Falling Rubble: 8d6 ⇒ (1, 3, 6, 2, 4, 4, 5, 5) = 30

Unseen by Lenny, a patch of mold on the ceiling dies quickly, moving to a dead black color. The concrete it was holding up falls down, striking Lenny on the back! He manages to stay standing, but realizes he has only a dozen more seconds until the building falls around him! Lenny, take another shot at the Acrobatics check to escape. DC 16 means you pass and escape. Failure means another tile will fall on you. The rest of the party is welcome to try and help with creative methods.

Status!
Clank SP: 33/49, Latent Writher Infestation
z45719 SP: 30/47
Davrin SP: 49/49, HP 27/44
Zoran SP: 21/57, Latent Nejean Rabies
Lenny SP: 0/63, HP: 38/53, Latent Writher Infestation
Pippimi SP 39/56, Latent Nejean Rabies, Latent Writher Infestation

Pippimi runs back to the window and slashes at the glass shards with her axe to open the window up more and make it easier for Lenny to get through.

Assault Kishaxe: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (7) + 14 = 21
Assault Kishaxe damage (S, archaic): 2d10 + 7 + 6 ⇒ (1, 7) + 7 + 6 = 21

Don't know if that helps, but hopefully it might count as an aid?

Acrobatics, DC16: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8 Uh oh

"Lenny!" Zoran calls out while climbing back onto the newly-cleaned window sill with a leg on each side regardless of the pain it may cause. Reaching down to grab him.

"Everyone, hold on to me...I will help him get in." he says back.

Zulu rushes to assist Zoran.

Davrin flies back to the window, pulling out his alloy cable. He flings one end to Zoran and Lenny, yelling, "Guys, grab on!"

The group bands together on the other side of the wall, ready to help. Pippimi jumps up and down, reaching out to smash out a few of the glass shards on the high windowsill. Zoran hops up, trying to get up on the sill to help Lenny. His arms make it just over the ledge, just out of reach of Lenny's outstretched arms. Then Davrin tosses his rope over, Lenny grabs onto it, and he tries to parkour up the wall. But his armor clashes together with a clang, and he falls onto his butt!

SQUISH!

Falling Rubble: 8d6 ⇒ (5, 2, 4, 1, 2, 1, 3, 3) = 21

Another section of mold dies out and a metal girder falls onto Lenny's leg! Blood starts to fill his suit as the gym owner's body begins to fail. Lenny breathes heavily, standing back up on shaky legs. Behind him, parts of the room collapse further. Lenny looks around, tense, realizing he only has one more chance before the building collapses down around him. Time slows down and his heartbeat fills his ears. Alright! With the rope, I'll let Lenny use Acrobatics OR Athletics to get up and over the window. Others can assist from the outside with Athletics.

Status!
Clank SP: 33/49, Latent Writher Infestation
z45719 SP: 30/47
Davrin SP: 49/49, HP 27/44
Zoran SP: 21/57, Latent Nejean Rabies
Lenny SP: 0/63, HP: 17/53, Latent Writher Infestation
Pippimi SP 39/56, Latent Nejean Rabies, Latent Writher Infestation

Ouch! Ug. Do we, uh... have vacation time coming up? Seems like it's been a while.

He lethargically grabs at the rope and begins slowly pulling himself up. He has a more visibly beat-up and tired look about him.

athletics: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15

Pippimi drops her axe and grabs a hold of Lenny's hands to bodily haul him out the window. "Hold on Lenny! Vacation waiting after all this!"

Athletics aid: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19

Athletics (Aid): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Davrin wraps the cable around his waist and flies away again, hoping that despite his small bulk, the jetpack might provide sufficient thrust to pull Lenny out.

Acrobatics, aid: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24

Lenny crawls up the rope, just like the gym... just like the gym..., his arms start shaking as he gets within an inch of the window. One more rep...one more rep... Lenny's fingers grasp the window sill when his muscles give out!

"And...PULL!"

The team pulls on the rope, heaving Lenny's body up over the wall. He collapses on top of the group in a heap as the building comes down in a cloud of smoke.

Wow! That was WAY TO CLOSE! Great job! Time for a ten minute rest and some well deserved deep breaths?
Clank SP: 33/49, Latent Writher Infestation
z45719 SP: 30/47
Davrin SP: 49/49, HP 27/44
Zoran SP: 21/57, Latent Nejean Rabies
Lenny SP: 0/63, HP: 17/53, Latent Writher Infestation
Pippimi SP 39/56, Latent Nejean Rabies, Latent Writher Infestation

Thanks folks... that was rough... Now, finally, I am going to sit here for a bit an and collect myself. Surely this floating island won't collapse or drop out of the sky now...

10m rest, 1RP, all SPs
Glow of Life, 1RP for 14hp, (twice, using up his last 2 RP)

As he sits near the building resting, the party notices a warm glow of solar energy being emitted from his form as he conducts accelerated healing processes. Bruises from the collapse begin to lighten and most disappear completely. His solar mote is restored from a faint, dull glow to it's usual more-noticeable brightness.

The power of the universe does many useful things...

He pops back up with renewed energy.

Should now be at SP 63/63 HP 45/53

So... that roof collapse would have been 10d10 bludgeoning damage (Reflex DC 18 half). Then another 3d6 bludgeoning damage per minute (Fortitude DC 18 half) from being crushed by the roof.

The group enjoys the beautiful view, with the soft pink and orange clouds floating by. You have the admin keys to the side door of the Foundry in your pocket, and blood staining your armor. Some yours, some from the wildlife of the planet. Alrighty, where to now? You can head straight to the Foundry, go back to the rebel base (with Herald Tzayl), or back to the ship!

Clank SP: 33/49, Latent Writher Infestation
z45719 SP: 30/47
Davrin SP: 49/49, HP 27/44
Zoran SP: 21/57, Latent Nejean Rabies
Lenny SP: 63/63, HP: 45/53, Latent Writher Infestation
Pippimi SP 39/56, Latent Nejean Rabies, Latent Writher Infestation

Pippimi drops to the ground next to Lenny, happy to take a breather after that harrowing experience. (Spending 1 RP to restore SP)

"Phoo. Good thing team not in business of demolishing buildings, and instead focus on much safer business of defeating undead and cult armies! This not something Pippimi want to repeat."

Once everyone is ready, she pipes up with "Want to check Foundry? Lenny looking much better."

"It did look a bit dicey there at the last moment. I wasn't ready to die or let you die either." Zoran says laying back to rest with the others.

He puts a hand on the symbol of Pharasma on his armor when Pip talks about the undead.

"Yeah, I much prefer putting the Corpse Fleet to rest myself. Killing wildlife and diving into pits doesn't have the same impact. Foundry sounds good to me."

1 RP to regain SP.