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

Game Master Aerondor

will: 1d20 ⇒ 7
The pink half orc clutches at... well, he doesn't really have a head any more, but at the odd spot where his tentacles origiate from.

Status, bold may post
Hudathan
Id-Sinitis 15
Twik
Magnus 12SP
Krombopulos 1SP
Mobius
Sovyal 5 SP
Half orcs
(pink has tentacle) 25 damage;
Id-Sinitis 15

Mobius hears the noise of combat and runs to aid his allies.

Double move

Twik passes around the corner and fires on the already wounded pink orc.

Trick Attack (Bluff) vs 20+CR: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (14) + 16 = 30
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 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12
TA Damage (Piercing): 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
TA Bonus Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 4

Sovyal notes his allies firing to the south and dashes down that way, bringing his own pistol to bear against the tentacled orc. Or if he's down already, Sovyal attacks the red-tinted fellow behind him.

Trick Attack (Bluff): 1d20 + 13 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 13 + 4 = 33
Az. Laser Pistol: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10
Az. Laser Pistol damage (F); d8 is trick attack damage: 1d4 + 2 + 1d8 ⇒ (3) + 2 + (5) = 10
If Trick Attack is successful, enemy is flatfooted until my next turn.
Challenge (Demoralize): 1d20 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 14 + 1 = 34
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.

"Come now, tentacles and drow? This is far too passe! You're getting to old for this, orc, allow me to retire you!" He sweeps a cocky bow.

KM fires his rifle at the yellow orc,

Laser vs EAC: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 131d10 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

I count 5 hostiles!

Fire flares from Magnus's axe as he swings it at the orc in front of him.
KAC attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 Fire Damage: 1d6 + 1d4 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (1) + (3) + 8 + 2 = 14
Continue in Photo Mode. Move Action to activate Plasma Sheath, Standard Action to attack

Mopbius dashes closer. However as Hudathan closes, he too encounters a mass of tentacles that lash out at him.
damage, ref DC14 for half: 6d6 ⇒ (3, 4, 6, 4, 6, 6) = 29

TWix pulls out a surprising move, but it is not enough to land a shot on the wierd tentacled orc. However the odd creature does seem shaken by Sovyal's challenge. The Star-Knights own attack is however woeful.

Krombopulos lines up the yellow orc, and plugs him. The orc screams in pain. Magus gets close, but not close enough.

Status, bold may post
Hudathan 29SP (14 on DC 14 reflex save)
Half orcs
(pink has tentacle) 25 damage; Shaken 3r; (also applied to damage); off target except vs Sovyal;
Yellow 8 damage
Id-Sinitis 15
Twik
Magnus 12SP
Krombopulos 1SP
Mobius
Sovyal 5 SP

Reflex, DC 14: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26 So I take 14, or 7?

Hudathan grunts as he dodges the worst of the tentacles. He looks around the corner and fires at the yellow-shirted orc. "Stand down, chump!"

Corona Laser @ yellow: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21
DMG@EAC: 2d10 + 4 ⇒ (6, 8) + 4 = 18

Hudathan took 14 with that save

The Vesk shows why their race is so feared in battle, as the orc he aims at literally explodes.

Mr Tentacles charges the worrying Sovyal, but can't quite manage to land his horrible attack. Maybe becuase he is missing a head? Who knows how these things work.
attack,shaken: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (6) - 2 = 4
The orc in the green shirt fires at Mobius
attack: 1d20 ⇒ 6
While the red and blue ones fire at Magns, winging him slightly.
attacks: 2d20 ⇒ (14, 1) = 15
dmaage: 1d4 ⇒ 4

Status, bold may post
Id-Sinitis 15
Twik
Magnus 16SP -may make an AOO on pink
Krombopulos 1SP
Mobius
Sovyal 5 SP
Hudathan 14SP
Half orcs
(pink has tentacle) 25 damage; Shaken 3r; (also applied to damage); off target except vs Sovyal;
Yellow 8 damage

KM scans the battle, trying to pick out the best target. A headless, tenacle-ey orc seems about right. KM glares down his scope, taking his time before firing,

Rifle vs EAC: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 272d10 + 6 ⇒ (9, 1) + 6 = 16 and a critical too, whoohoo!

without his usual preference of a head to shoot at, KM opts for a direct heart shot!

Move action to steady, extending range to 250', and standard action to fire on pink.

Magnus swings at the orc as it moves past him.
AOO: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26 Fire Damage: 1d6 + 1d4 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + (4) + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 18

Magnus becomes fully attuned in Photon Mode. He moves towards two of the guards. A burst of flame emits from Magnus.

Supernova 10' Radius Ref DC 15: 5d6 + 1 ⇒ (4, 2, 2, 4, 2) + 1 = 15

I'm going to assume 33 additional damage on pink is enough to down him. If not, redirect the actions below towards pink instead.

Sovyal sniffs at the tentacled orc as he dashes past it. "Goodbye drow-pet. You won't be missed."

He brings his laser pistol to bear against the two burning half-orcs, spinning it in the air before firing off a quick shot at the red one.

Trick Attack (Bluff): 1d20 + 13 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 13 + 4 = 29
Az. Laser Pistol: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18
Az. Laser Pistol damage (F); d8 is trick attack damage: 1d4 + 2 + 1d8 ⇒ (2) + 2 + (3) = 7
If Trick Attack is successful, enemy is flatfooted until my next turn.
Challenge (Demoralize): 1d20 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 14 + 1 = 35
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.

"More flames where those came from. I'll give up if I were you, little orclings~"

Mobius spots an enemy from the corner, tracks it with his exocortex and fires his laser rifle.

Laser Rifle vs Green EAC: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19
Fire Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Indeed, the formidable tentacled horror vanishes in a blast of fire and lightning. The body falls to the ground, shaking with horrific spasms.

Magnus closes on the other orcs, and tries to imitate the explosion that took out the tentacled horror.
ref: 2d20 ⇒ (19, 2) = 21
The orc in the red shirt drops dead No surprise there While the blue stays on his feet, although his clothes are mostly burned away. Sovyal adjusts his aim, and within seconds, the blue orc isn't standing either.
Mobius joins in the sharp-shooting lesson, winging the orc in the green shirt.

Status, bold may post
Id-Sinitis 15
Twik
Hudathan 14SP
Half orcs
(pink has tentacle) 59 damage; thrashing about on the ground...
green 8 damage
Magnus 16SP
Mobius
Sovyal 5 SP
Krombopulos 1SP

Hudathan laughs as the half-orc comes around the corner. "Like fish in a barrel." Overcome with cockiness, he fires the large energy cannon twice in a row.

Corona Laser @ Green: 1d20 + 11 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 11 - 4 = 20
DMG@EAC: 2d10 + 4 ⇒ (5, 8) + 4 = 17

Corona Laser @ Green: 1d20 + 11 - 4 ⇒ (8) + 11 - 4 = 15
DMG@EAC: 2d10 + 4 ⇒ (3, 2) + 4 = 9

Alas and alack, the last of the half orcs is quickly reduced to ...being somewhat less than half an orc. Maybe one hundredth... honestly its hard to tell. The bits left are kind of small. If you picked them up and weighted them...

But no, keen eyed and quick fingerd Starfinders that you are... such academic thoughts are soon put aside as you continue you search of the room for your stolen weapons.

A quick check of the robot shows it loaded with crates, and a check of the crates indicates a good match with your missing weapons. There is even a friendly "start" button marked up in Drow, Orcish and Common.

"Righto we found our weapons. And even a way to get them loaded. The problem is.... loaded into what? Will they all fit into our ride over here?"

Id nods at the weapons stash. We should look inside and make sure the goods are all there. Should we try to track down Vyllith, or just scoop the merch and skedaddle?

Perception (search the weapon crates): 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (16) + 15 = 31

"Best we head out since we are getting close to our 24 hour window."

Id checks the crates. They are the missing weapons. The robot looks to be a good fit for the elevator - almost as if designed to get goods from it to the shelves.

Hudathan moves down the row and inspects the two ashy piles left by his weapon. Hmmm... terrible aim. Perhaps that can be corrected with a bipod. Yes, a bipod... The vesk moves up to the robot and pauses before hitting the button. "Uh... Maybe somebody better with robots should go first." He steps back and takes watch.

Once the Fight is over KM will stow his sniper rifle and draw his azimuth rifle before heading down to regroup. That was a fun little scuffle, anyone terribly wounded?

"Just a burn mark here and a hickey here where that tentacle orc got a little fresh with me. Nothing that a little rest won't fixed."

The crates are far too big and heavy to move by hand...

I got a free chance to post :)

"Why, our hosts are quite thoughtful! All the weapons we wanted to retrieve, and a means to get them out."

Sovyal sizes up the controls on the forklift to see if he can drive it or program it to go back to the elevator. Once he has a feel for the controls he hits the start button.

piloting, if needed: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (12) + 14 = 26

No piloting needed

It appears the robot has already got a route towards the elevator programmed into it. It starts slowly rolling toward the lift shaft... Just as you are getting your hopes up that this might be a relatively easy extraction...

The forklift robot generates mighty thudding sounds as it starts walking toward the elevator. Suddenly, the sounds are drowned by a shrill screech as ceiling-mounted speaker systems come online. A woman starts speaking, her voice distorted by the voice amplifiers. “You just had to try and steal my guns tonight, of all Elysium-damned nights? If it weren’t for you, I’d still be at this a-maz-ing party…” She pauses abruptly, lets out a resigned sigh, and continues, “Oh, just kill them. Yes, you stupid halforcs, kill the offworlders who are trying to steal my guns! And stop—but don’t destroy—that blasted forklift bot!”

init: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Roll for init, anyone equalling or exceeding 6 may act

Status, bold may roll init and post if they beat a 5.
Id-Sinitis 15
Twik
Hudathan 14SP
Magnus 16SP
Mobius
Sovyal 5 SP
Krombopulos 1SP
new baddies
Robot and end of round 1

Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Id shuffles away from the incoming bogies and projects another mental spear at it.

Move to square, standard cast mind thrust II at pink enemy.

Mental Damage (Will DC 17 half): 4d10 ⇒ (6, 7, 5, 2) = 20

sorry, you got in before I updated the map. New baddies have just come out of the lift.

Init: 1d20 ⇒ 12

Magnus starts to glow as he forms his axe and moves down the aisles.

start photon mode and double move.

Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

KM quickly moves to take cover, then fires on green, who it looks like I just barely have a shot on.

Fire vs green: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 191d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

initiative: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21

Hudathan heats the elevator doors open and sprints across an aisle way. He turns, watching the aisle and waiting for another orc to appear. Readying to shoot the first enemy to appear.

Corona Laser@: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20
DMG@EAC: 2d10 + 4 ⇒ (10, 1) + 4 = 15

Mobius moves toward the hulking Vesk and readies his rifle as well, shooting at the first hostile creature that comes into range.

Laser Rifle vs EAC: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
Fire Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Twik advances up the center alley and waits for an enemy to show himself.

Readied Attack - Pistol vs KAC: 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 8 - 2 = 16
TA Damage (Piercing): 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

init: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27

Sovyal looks up towards the source of the voice and scowls. With his pistol out, he heads eastward and then north to back up Twik.

Double move. Ouch on the wasted crit!

Okay, with the map change Id can't reach a target with mind thrust, so he'll cast magic missile at pink instead.

Force Damage: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (3, 2) + 2 = 7

@all Can you remember to leave movement traces on the map, as it may be important

Magnus refocuses and closes on the incoming guards. Kromb snaps off a quick shot, catching the guard in the green shirt in his arm. It never pays to be at the front.

Mobius and Hudathan take cover, reading their weapons for whoever is foolish enough to close on them. Twix and Sovyal are just behind. Id sends a bolt of magic at the orc in the pink shirt. He deserved it for his taste in clothing if nothing else.

The guards split into two groups, heading down a couple of the aisles. Mobius punishes the orc in the burning pink shirt. Neither shirt nor orc will never see the light of day. Not that there is much light in Nightarc, now you think about it. Hudathan does the same to its friend. Maybe they will go into the afterlife together, hand in hand.

The elf behind, somewhat more cautious, snaps off a shot at Mobius.
attack: 1d20 ⇒ 9
But the stress of the situation must have got to him, as the agile Mobius ducks at the last second.

The second team coming down the middle aisle also takes fire, with Twix dropping the green orc Aren't all orcs green?

The second orc and elf fire back and him and Sovyal.
attack Twix: 1d20 ⇒ 5
attack Sovyal: 1d20 ⇒ 1

But their aim is put off by the sound of smashing boxes as the robot crushes the crates that were in its path as it starts to slowly move toward the lift.

Status,
Id-Sinitis 15
Twik -
Hudathan 14SP -
Magnus 16SP
Mobius -
Sovyal 5 SP
Krombopulos 1SP
Rapidly depleting number of baddies
Robot and end of round 2

Magnus continues to power up. He moves to engage two of the enemies.

Photon mode goes to 2; double move between the drow and orc. Magnus grants at +1 to hit on red and blue due to coordinated shot.

Hudathan takes a small step forwards, looking around the corner into the adjacent aisleway. ”Go home, thief.” He fires a single shot of hot plasma at the drow.

Corona Laser @ yellow: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22
DMG@EAC: 2d10 + 4 ⇒ (8, 6) + 4 = 18

Id scuttles closer to the attackers and unleashes another bout of psychic energy.

Move along purple line, standard cast mind thrust II on red.

Mental Damage (Will DC 17 half): 4d10 ⇒ (7, 8, 4, 5) = 24

KM steps along the packages before zeroing in on the blue Drow and taking a shot,

laser VS EAC: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 272d8 + 6 + 1d6 ⇒ (4, 8) + 6 + (3) = 21CRIT!

Twik dashes forward with a zig zag before firing on the nearby orc.

Trick Attack (Bluff) vs 20+CR: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (11) + 16 = 27
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 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12
TA Damage (Piercing): 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
TA Bonus Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 5

Magnus closes in, while Hudathan pops the drow in the yellow party-shirt. This one is tougher than the orc though, he just winces.

will: 1d20 ⇒ 15
The red-shirt clutches his head and screams, falling to the floor.

KM lines up the drow in blue, and drops him with a single shot. With no orc left, Twik does a tricky shut through the shelving, potting the last of the drow, who drops in a hurry.

You can hear the sound of the lift returning to the basement... You figure you have three or four rounds.

Four to be precise, move yourselves to where you want to be, I've moved the robot.
Status, interlude, four rounds of activity if you want them.
Hudathan 14SP -
Magnus 16SP
Id-Sinitis 15
Twik -
Mobius -
Sovyal 5 SP
Krombopulos 1SP [/b]
Robot and end of round 6 (robot has already moved)

Hudathan moves forward, peeking around a box at the elevator with his cannon out.

Id hustles up to the platform opposite the elevator and conjures a mirror-like shield around himself and mote of light over the entryway.

Four rounds to move to his position and cast reflective armor and wisp ally, indicated by the red-and-yellow sun, on the second-to-last and last round, respectively. This expends all his remaining 1st-level spell slots.

Magnus moves to behind some crates.

If we are still in combat rounds he will be max in Photon Mode.

KM will prepare for the next wave by rushing up back to the scaffolding he was previously on, drawing his sniper rifle again and sheathing his azimuth rifle, he then drops prone and begins to survey the elevator doors.

round 1: double move, round 2: double move, round 3:sheath rifle, draw other rifle, round 4: drop prone, take aim.

I'm unable to access google slides right now. Could someone please move my token next to Hudathan.

Mobius follows suit and moves next to his vesk ally as they prepare their laser rifles.

I'm unable to access google slides right now. Could someone please move my token next to Hudathan.

Mobius follows suit and moves next to his vesk ally as they prepare their laser rifles.

** spoiler omitted **

Done.

No readied actions. You are not actually in combat, and both sides know of the other, so the folk in the lift could just as easily ready their own actions. I think this one is best just as a plain initiative roll.
Those who have not done preparations, we can retcon if required.

init: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19

The lift doors open, revealing another half dozen or so people.

Status, round 7 - initiative, anyone beating a 19 may post actions.
Hudathan 14SP -
Magnus 16SP
Id-Sinitis 15
Twik -
Mobius -
Sovyal 5 SP
Krombopulos 1SP
Robot and end of round 7 (robot has already moved)

Twik uses his time to setup shop on higher ground hidden, prone and with his sniper rifle at the ready.

Initiative: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
Stealth: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 17