[SFS_Aerondor] 01-06 A Night in Nightarch (Inactive)

Game Master Aerondor

Id works his way over to one of the computers (A5c) and sets to work.

Computers: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20

Id heads into an office (A5c). The computer in here appears to be broken. After a moment or two, he realises that someone appears to have hit it, repeatedly with a blunt object. Next to the computer there is a large black spider plush toy. The toy has some writing on it.

Id cocks his head in confusion and annoyance, and scans the room for anything useful.

Perception: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (4) + 15 = 19

Aside from the broken computer and the plush toy Id sees nothing of particular note in the room. That is, A5c; There are computers in a and b as well, and you have not had a hack at yet. And you have not gone into the room that your earlier investigations indicated there may be a guard yet.

Twik lends his advice to all of Id's efforts with the various computers.

Computers A/A: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
Computers A/A: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
Computers A/A: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
Computers A/A: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19
Computers A/A: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

Use as many as needed in order.

"Aha, how very whimsical! " Sovyal picks up the spider plush and tosses it into the air casually. "Makes you think that there must be some baby drow somewhere. Hard to imagine, eh?" He sets the spider back down on the broken computer.

He leads the way into rooms A5a and A5b to see if the group can retrieve any more info from those two computers.

Aiding Id's Computers checks vs. A5a: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
Aiding Id's Computers checks vs. A5b: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18

As the spider lands from being tossed into the air there is a loud crash of Nano-Plasma-Guitar chords. To say it is discordant would be an injustice to all the rest of the discordant music in the universe. A localised wireless burst of communications appears on each of your devices. "Download Abysshead's latest albumn now!" - along with a link for the free download.

Computer rolls for Id for 5a and 5b
Id computers 5a: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 11 + 2 + 2 = 27
Id computers 5b: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 11 + 2 + 2 = 25

On the computer in 5a you find a message from Villyth sent to someone called Ellandail a week ago. "Ellandail, make sure everyone is ready to roll. Stealing the guns and selling them to someone else makes that old fool Xicton look like a real #%&. No one disrespects Villyth Zeizerer and gets away with it!” Language filters have been applied to any mail received from Villyth.

On the computer in 5b you find an unsent messsage from someone called Beidnach to Villyth in which Beidnach professes his love for Villyth.
Futher in depth analysis shows that the message has been edited and saved in a draft form 234 times.

Hudathan jumps at the cacophony of "music". "Hmmm... We're not so good at being sneaky, are we." He nods in understanding as the Ellandail email is read aloud. "Makes sense. We certainly have incriminating evidence, should we need it."

Then, Hudathan smirks at the unsent letter and pushes the mouse over the "send" key. "Anybody feel like playing Cupid?"

Magnus nods in approval at Swarmbait. "Lets check the last few rooms before taking the elevator down."

stuff: 1d20 ⇒ 13
The team opens the last of the office doors, and finds themselves confronted with an armed Drow!

init: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

Anyone beating a 24 may act.

init: 1d20 ⇒ 13

As he clears away the plush spider's burst of advertising, he looks back at the toy with a gleam in his eye. "Now this... this is a grenade I like! Let's see if we can't drive some Drow mad by throwing one of these."

At Huda's suggestion, he hits the send button without delay. "Ah, my good deed for the day done. Perhaps Villyth will find true love, and have something to distract her from stealing our weapons?" He grins, happy to be a troublemaker.

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When the drow appears, Sovyal pops in with a "You wouldn't happen to be Beidnach, would you?" in Drow.

Initiative: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21

Initiative: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15

Init: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

Init: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17

Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Initiative: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23 Gahhhhhhhh

Hudathan looks through the room and catches the edge of the drow in his vision. "Vyllith? We have your rose!"

The drown scowls at you and tosses a grenade into the centre room.
tohit: 1d20 ⇒ 15
damage: 1d8 ⇒ 1 ef DC 14 for half

Status, bold may post:
Hudathan 8 damage (ref DC14 to reduce to 4)
Id-Sinitis 8 damage (ref DC14 to reduce to 4)
Krombopulos 8 damage (ref DC14 to reduce to 4)
Twik 8 damage (ref DC14 to reduce to 4)
Mobius 8 damage (ref DC14 to reduce to 4)
Sovyal 8 damage (ref DC14 to reduce to 4)
Magnsu 8 damage (ref DC14 to reduce to 4)
Drow

Reflex: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17

Magnus moves into action as the grenade bounces into the room. He starts to glow as he engages the drow swing with his axe.
He will provoke as he moves behind the drow. Don't forget about coordinated shot.
Kinetic Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24 damage: 1d6 + 1d4 + 7 ⇒ (5) + (2) + 7 = 14

Reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

ARGGH that hurts!

KM rushes in and takes a shot at the Drow,

laser vs EAC: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 7 + 1 = 91d8 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

CURSE THESE DICE!

only to realize his rifle battery was not clicked in all the way.

Ref. save: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

Mobius is able to react to the blast but gets a few scrapes here and there.

Mobius rushes in, rifle at the ready and commands his exocortex to track the enemy drow. "I want all info regarding that creature, M.I.C.H."

Wait, is that grenade for 8 damage, or for 1 damage per your roll Aerondor?

Reflex: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12
Sovyal raises a hand to protect his mustache from the blast, only for his clothes to get a thorough toasting. "Well that was hardly polite little boy."

With Magnus grabbing the drow's attention, Sovyal dashes into the room and then draws away with a swirl of his suit's coat-tails. With a spin of his pistol, he delivers a quick shot at the drow.

Trick Attack (Bluff): 1d20 + 13 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 13 + 4 = 36
Az. Laser Pistol vs. flat footed: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16
Az. Laser Pistol damage (F); d8 is trick attack damage: 1d4 + 2 + 1d8 ⇒ (1) + 2 + (2) = 5
If Trick Attack is successful, enemy is flatfooted until my next turn.
Challenge (Demoralize): 1d20 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 14 + 1 = 17
If enemy is shaken, the shaken penalty also applies to their weapon damage rolls. Also, they are off-target for all attacks except those made vs. Sovyal for the same duration as shaken.

Regardless of the outcome, he begins speaking in a low, gloating voice "I wonder if you'll cry in your last moments like the others..."

Wierd. I'm sure it said 8 the first time I edited that post. The boards are sometimes a little funny like that, but this is the first time I've seen this for a while. I'll chalk it down to GM error this time, so 1 damage on a fail and none on a save.

The drow lashes out at Magnus, as the starfinder moves past him.
AOO: 1d20 ⇒ 5
But the Lashunta is wise to him and easily avoids the attack. His own axe has no such problems, opening up a large wound.

Krombopulos looks on with envy, as he checks his battery pack. Mobius rushes up. Sovyal lines up a cheeky shot, leaving the drow seriously worried about his position.

Status, bold may post:
Hudathan 1 damage (ref DC14 to reduce to 0)
Id-Sinitis 1 damage (ref DC14 to reduce to 0)
Twik 1 damage (ref DC14 to reduce to 0)
Drow 19 damage; shaken; off target except vs Sovyal.
Magnus
Krombopulos 1SP
Mobius
Sovyal 1 SP

Reflex DC 14: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Id fires off another trio of shooting stars at the dark elf.

Full-action cast magic missile

Force Damage: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (4, 2, 2) + 3 = 11

Reflex Save, DC 12: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

Hudathan dives out of the way of the grenade blast, hiding behind some office furniture. He laughs, "Ha! Puny drow arms. You throw like a skittermander!" He moves into the room, pulling an ancient longsword from his back. He swings in a broad arc at the drow, but gets caught on the desk!

Longsword @ Drow: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
DMG@KAC: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Twik bounds out of the way of the grenade shrapnel before zig zagging into the room and launching into a leaping roll before firing a pot shot at the drow when he comes to a stop.

Reflex: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15

Acrobatics to Avoid AoO if need: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19

Trick Attack (Bluff) vs 20+CR: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (6) + 16 = 22
If the Trick Attack succeeds, the attack roll is vs flatfooted KAC and the bonus damage is applied
Trick Attack - Pistol vs KAC: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
TA Damage (Piercing): 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
TA Bonus Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 8

Between Twik and Id, the drow goes down in a most painful manner. A quick check shows they have a credit stick on them, another grendate, a set of spare batteries for their laser rifle. And a taclash.

There is a computer, somehow unharmed, at the drows desk.

Mobius moves over to the computer and checks it out. Let's see what we have here.

Computers: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29

The computer was just about to auto-lock when Mobius lept to its holographic interface. On it is a recent message from Villyth: “Malindeil! The new half-orc mercs are terrible! I hope you didn’t pay a lot for them. I love what the boys down in the caverns did to Grimillak, though!”

Hidden beneath the interface he also finds another credit stick.

Sovyal sniffs. "More names that don't give us anything useful. But then..." He spirals one end of his mustache "'Down in the caverns' it says? The elevator must go down to the caverns, and Grimillak, whoever or whatever that is. And a cavern is a fine place to store your weapons, and load your vehicles..."

He spins away from the computer and smiles slyly. "I think it's high time we cleaned out the last guard up here and then headed down that elevator."

He strides through the office rooms towards A3. After checking the door for any alarms or traps, he opens it and proceeds into the larger room.

Perception; checking for any traps, alarms: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25

Magnus moves over to the over door with Sovyal. "Shall we see if Beidnach is behind door number 3?"

Twik follows behind them and waits at doors with pistols at hand.

"Beidnach? How can you tell them apart? They all look the same to me!"

Hudathan lumbers over to the desk and sets his leg on the chair, for stability. He nods, ”Ready to breach.”

KM has his rifle trained on the door, waiting for Sovyal to breach.

Moving things along - you head into A3.

You carefully open the door to an open plan office.
However it does not appear to be heavy used... The desks and computers in the large room are covered in afaint layer of dust.

And then, put your plan into effect in A4, where you suspect guard may be located?

Yep! I was just concerned that the guard had wandered. If you need new perception checks:

Perception for door into A4: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19

KM rushes in and presses himself against the corner, rifle ready as for next room.

Magnus nods to the rest as he readys to rush in.

Twik gives a thumbs up as he eyes the door through his pistol sights.

perception vs passive stealth and door: 1d20 ⇒ 8

The door opens and the Drow looks up, this time with no weapon in hand.

init: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
Anyone equaling or beating this may act.

Initiative: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

Are those bookshelves that provide cover?

Hudathan looks into the room, deciding if he should drop his favored weapon and draw his forefather’s longsword once again.

INITIATIVE: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

"Ah, there you are. Sorry it took us so long to get here, my friend." Sovyal spins the pistol in his hand, then fires away at the drow guard.

Trick Attack (Bluff): 1d20 + 13 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 13 + 4 = 29
Az. Laser Pistol: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24
Az. Laser Pistol damage (F); d8 is trick attack damage: 1d4 + 2 + 1d8 ⇒ (1) + 2 + (2) = 5
If Trick Attack is successful, enemy is flatfooted until my next turn.
Challenge (Demoralize): 1d20 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 14 + 1 = 28
If enemy is shaken, the shaken penalty also applies to their weapon damage rolls. Also, they are off-target for all attacks except those made vs. Sovyal for the same duration as shaken.

Sovyal dashes into the room after his attack, opening up a clear line of fire for his allies.

Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22

Id rattles off his third shooting stars, having now expended half of his magical reserve for that level.

Full action cast magic missile.

Force Damage: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 3, 4) + 3 = 11

Init: 1d20 ⇒ 17

Magnus starts to glow as he moves in and takes a swing at the drow with his axe.
KAC: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17 damage: 1d6 + 1d4 + 8 ⇒ (5) + (4) + 8 = 17

Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

KM darts in at extreme speed, squeezing his trigger the moment he sees the drow.

Pew: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 272d8 + 6 + 1d6 ⇒ (6, 8) + 6 + (1) = 21

well I guess these rolls make up for everything else so far haha

Well. The drow looked surprised for about half a second. Then the combind force of the ready starfinders descends on him, or maybe it was a her. From what remains it is pretty hard to tell to be honest. Miraculiously the awsome starfinder shooting managed to avoid the computer that the the formerly living drow was working on.

A quick glance at the computer shows that it is an unsecured system displaying air guality and temperature readings for the facility.

Twik perches next to the computer to wait for their resident expert - ready to lend his experience to the hacking / info gathering effort if need be.

Computers A/A: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27

Id also lends the main hacker his ally’s talents.

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

With the computer unsecured, Sovyal merely looks it over rather than trying to hack it. In particular, he tries to find if there are air quality and temp readings for the basement, and if there's any addition information that might give a hint on what to expect down there.

"Time to go downstairs? We've done well so far just using the element of surprise. I'd hate to lose it by moving too slowly."

"I'm good to continue on down," states Magnus as he moves towards the elevator.