[SFS] GM Mjolbeard's "Into the Unknown" Quest Series (Inactive)

Game Master Mjolbeard89

Tchisk doesn't do any special maneuvers this time, only a couple of turns.

Flint fires at the target one more teim

Flint Coil Gun, Computer, Aid: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 5 + 1 + 2 = 24
Coil Gun Damage: 4d4 ⇒ (4, 1, 4, 1) = 10 12 with diverted energy to weapons

Dusty targets their power core again.

Computers: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 7 + 2 = 15

Tchisk keeps the Loreseeker close on its opponent's tail, and Dusty tries to target the Threnody's power core. The targeting attempt is unsuccessful, as is Master Filament's shot with the light laser cannons, but Flint's shot with the rail gun connects powerfully, sending a surge of energy rippling up the port side of the ship and misaligning the weapons on that side of the vessel.

The engineer aboard the Threnody ignores the glitching weapons, however, and moves energy to the engines to enable the ship to move more quickly as it flees from its final doom!

INITIATIVE
Loreseeker: -11 HP, Shields 40 (F:13, A:9, S:9, P:9)
Endless Threnody: -84 HP, power diverted to engines (+2 speed)
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Loreseeker Engineer
Pilot roll initiative
Loreseeker Helm (Science Officer, Pilot maneuver roll and movement)
Gunnery

"Bah! They're trying to flee! Power to the engines!"

Engineering, Divert to Engines, DC 13: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

Piloting: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29

HELM

With his speed temporarily enhanced, the pilot of the Endless Threnody moves the ship away, weaving back and forth in a vain attempt to extend its existence. Meanwhile, the ship's science officer fruitlessly toggles switches in an attempt to scan your ship and better understand who it is that will bring the ship down before too much longer.

INITIATIVE
Loreseeker: -11 HP, Shields 40 (F:13, A:9, S:9, P:9), power diverted to engines (+2 speed)
Endless Threnody: -84 HP, power diverted to engines (+2 speed), evade (+2 AC/TL)
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Loreseeker Engineer
Pilot roll initiative
Loreseeker Helm (Science Officer, Pilot maneuver roll and movement)
Gunnery

Tchisk follows the obviously fleeing ship.

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Next Initiative
Piloting: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29

Flint fires to the finally take out the Necrovite

Flint Coil Gun, Computer: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 5 + 1 = 17
Coil Gun Damage: 4d4 ⇒ (3, 3, 2, 3) = 11

Dusty targets the engines.

Computers: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 7 + 2 = 28

"Given my last performance, Captain." Master Filament intones as he tries to line up the gun sites on the aft section of the undead vessel, "I would not be opposed to some encouragement. Indeed, the greater the mass--the stronger the gravimetric pull."

After an encouragement attempt...

The ysoki notices an illuminated switch next to the firing controls. When he flicks it, a message appears on his screen. "Would you like to initiated computer-assisted targeting?" it reads.

"Why, yes. Indeed, I would!" Master Filament responds.

@GM - Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!

It appears that one of the floating +1 duonode bonuses has not yet been used this round.

A flurry of activity spreads through the Loreseeker as its crew begins to smell the blood of its fleeing prey in the water. Another expertly aimed shot from Flint opens up the engines to a final attack, then, with the targeting assistance of his science officer, Master Filament finally strikes the balance he has been seeking throughout this fight. He lines up the shot perfectly, finds the hole created by Flint's shot, and fires.

As the laser blast connects with the Endless Threnody, the Corpse Fleet ship lists to one side and its power core overloads, covering the ship with coruscations of negative energy. As you survey your own ship’s damage, you can congratulate yourselves on dispatching a wounded—though active—threat to living creatures everywhere.

The Corpse Fleet ship still contains valuable information to the Starfinder Society, however, so, following your victory, you should already begin preparing to board the drifting wreck.

END OF QUEST 2!

BEGIN QUEST 3!

The Endless Threnody drifts just outside the forward viewport. The enormous Corpse Fleet starship bristles with bone spurs, and a baleful red lens at its fore resembles a swollen and bloody eye. Crackles of dark energy leap across the bone spurs, discharging from the ruined ship’s necromantic power source.

With a burst of static and a flash, a blue-hued hologram of Venture-Captain Arvin appears at the Loreseeker’s communications station. “Excellent work. The Endless Threnody is incapacitated, but not pulverized. I need you to board that vessel, access the main computers at the bridge, and recover the coordinates of the missing Starfinder vessel’s crash site.

“That energy signature looks dangerous, and those discharges can damage your hull. Dock at the cargo bay at the rear of the ship and make your way forward to the bridge. Wear space suits if your armor can’t protect you from vacuum—there are a few suits in a storage locker aboard your ship. Eoxian ships do not have life support and are often exposed to space. Any questions?”

"Shoot our way to the bridge and recover ship coordinates. Got it! No questions from me!"

Kaiole is ready to go!

"My kin is correct. The mission would appear rather straightforward." Master Filament replies. Suddenly feeling a bit underdressed, the ysoki makes his way to a storage locker and retrieves a space suit, which he promptly dons.

Ready to go!

Tchisk makes sure that the Loreseeker made a record of his piloting skill before going to gather his gear and a space suit.

Flint takes his rifle out its case. Spends a few minutes tweaking and cleaning it one more time. Once satisfied he puts on his dusty worn coat and tattered cap.

"Check and ready"

Dusty checks the environmental protections on his second skin, powers up the azimuth laser pistol he plucked from the ghoul's corpse back on Absalom Station, and nods to his allies. "Ready to go!

"No questions then? Good! Let's get you on your way. There's no telling what's become of the Starfinders that lost their insignia at this point, so the sooner we can get you to them, the better! Now, as I said, watch out for the necromantic energy aboard the ship, and make sure you're prepared to move and fight in the vacuum aboard the Eoxian's ship. Best of luck to you, Starfinders!" With another flash, the communication channel closes, and the image of the venture-captain disappears.

With your objective clear, you return to your stations and begin making your way toward the Endless Threnody. As you draw closer, you continue to see the pulses of energy radiating along the outer hull of the ship, and the large bone and metal spurs jut out menacingly, making your approach treacherous. It will require some skilled piloting to navigate safely to the ship's cargo bay, where you intend to board.

Tchisk, please give us one more demonstration of your impressive piloting skills!

Can I Take 10 for 20 total?
Otherwise Pilot: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 9 + 1 = 30

I would say yes since you have the time to approach cautiously, not that it matters with your rolls! How many nat 20s is that for you?! I gotta get you out of that pilot seat and show you who's boss around here. Haha!

With absolute precision, Tchisk moves the Loreseeker nimbly past the Threnody's boney spurs and easily pulls up to the cargo bay. After taking a moment to gather in the ship's airlock, you hear the hiss of the room depressurizing and opening to the vacuum in the undead-run ship.

Moving into the ship's cargo bay, you find it mostly empty, as the crew already used their few supplies to patch up their ship after the pirates’ attack. Three wide openings lead to the ship’s central passages. Near the cargo bay's loading ramp, you find a computer terminal, the cursor blinking idly on the ready screen.

Map updated! Feel free to place yourselves in the entrances on the left side of the map to show how you're moving into the ship's central corridors.
If anyone wants to check out the computer, please give me a Computers check.

Not having darkvision, Dusty stays near the middle of the ysoki group, holding his laser pistol in one hand and a flashlight in the other.

Flint has no ability with the computers and enters from the lower entrance to keep an eye on as much as possible from that corner.

Master Filament, unskilled with the machines, walks past the computer terminal. He approaches through the middle entrance, next to the halfling. "You need not rely on your technology for
illumination." The ysoki notes, pointing at Dusty's flashlight.

"In the likely event that we encounter opposition, my stellar mote will provide you with a source of light as I enter into photon mode. Until then, I chosen to prevent the light from shining so as not to give away our position." Master Filament notes.
Position updated on map.

Once activated, stellar mote provides dim light in 20 ft. radius

Dusty looks to filament, looks back at the lamp in his hand, then shrugs. ”Sounds like you got it under control!” He stows his flashlight and takes a crack at the computer.

Computers: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

Dusty types a few commands into the computer and waits expectantly for some information to populate on the screen. After a moment of a small, multi-colored pinwheel spinning on the screen, his waiting is finally rewarded, as the screen fills with text in a strange language.

Culture: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27

"I can't read this language, but I recognize the layout from work. This is a cargo manifest. Looks like the inventory has been depleted to keep the ship up and running."

"Is there a record of their flight path? There has to be more here!? Let me take a look."

Culture to understand what Dusty was looking at: 1d20 + 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (2) + (2) + 6 = 10
Computers to find new information: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

"Venture-Captain Arvin informed us that the information we seek would be on the bridge of this vessel. I do not believe that we are yet there, my kinsman." Master Filament says in response to Ningth's questions. "But then, such instruments are not my area of expertise."

"Yup, I'm ready to proceed forward when everyone else is!"

Kaiole is ready to move forward towards the bridge but will stay behind Master Filament as we advance

"I don't need light to see." Tchisk begins to move cautiously up the corridor.

Stealth: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18

Ningth is unable to decipher the language on the screen, but Dusty seems to have a very good grasp on the format of the text at least. Master Filament reminds the crew of their objective aboard the ship, and everyone begins to fall in line to make their way toward the bridge of the Corpse Fleet ship.

The branching corridors inside the Endless Threnody are not made of solid bulkheads of metal and plastic, but of a lattice of enchanted bone and steel. A metal grating on the floor provides stable footing, but the walls have gaps large enough to fit a fist, providing largely unobstructed views out into the void. The passages split and recombine in a manner eerily reminiscent of being inside a giant rib cage, held together by the pulsing energy you see rippling along the walls of the otherwise lightless corridors.

Tchisk attempts to move forward silently, but he is unsure of how to hide himself in this unfamiliar terrain. Perhaps it is the pulsating light of the necromantic energy in the walls, or perhaps its the sight of the computer terminal about halfway along the central corridor that distracts him, but he loses focus for just a moment, and is spotted by a member of the skeletal crew who is coming down the hallway right toward him!

Sorry, no surprise round!

INITIATIVE
The Haunted Corridors - Round 1
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Tchisk
Dusty
Skeleton crew (orange)
Flint
Filament
Skeleton crew (purple)
Skeleton crew (yellow)
Skeleton crew (red)
Skeleton crew (green)
Skeleton crew (blue)
Kaiole
Ningth

Dusty flips his azimuth pistol into his shooting hand with dextrous style and takes a shot at the red skeleton.

Acrobatics, DC 20+CR: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30
Trick Attack vs. EAC (azimuth laser pistol, flat-footed): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14
Damage (F): 1d4 ⇒ 2
Trick Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4

@Dusty and everyone, don't forget these corridors are unlit, meaning you need to either have a source of light or darkvision and stand within the range of the light/vision to attack without concealment. Dusty, I'll go ahead and roll your total concealment.

Total Concealment, Miss<51: 1d100 ⇒ 92

Despite the darkness, Dusty daringly fires into the corridor, finding his mark skillfully and bringing the first of the undead crew down.

INITIATIVE
The Haunted Corridors - Round 1
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Tchisk
Dusty
Skeleton crew (orange)
Flint
Filament
Skeleton crew (purple)
Skeleton crew (yellow)
Skeleton crew (green)
Skeleton crew (blue)
Kaiole
Ningth

Tchisk takes aim at yellow skeleton as he takes a few steps down the hall.
Semi-Auto Pistol: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20 Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6

*BLAM*

And another skeletal crew member falls to a pile of bones as Tchisk steps cooly forward and fires off a single shot to destroy it. As he steps further along the corridor, however, the necromantic generators holding the ship together let off another pulse of energy with a deep thrum, and Tchisk feels some of his life force depleted.

Tchisk suffers 1 point of cold damage as the necromantic energy radiates through the walls beside him.

Meanwhile, one member of the skeletal crew rushes toward Flint, raising its clawed, bony hands into the air, threatening to attack the ysoki, if only he were close enough.

Orange double moves

INITIATIVE
The Haunted Corridors - Round 1
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Tchisk
Dusty
Skeleton crew (orange)
Flint
Filament
Skeleton crew (purple)
Skeleton crew (green)
Skeleton crew (blue)
Kaiole
Ningth

Flint Fires twice at the one that is closing in on him.

Rifle attack 1: 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (20) + 5 - 4 = 21 v KAC
Rifle Damage 2: 1d8 ⇒ 4 P

Rifle attack 2: 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (19) + 5 - 4 = 20 v KAC
Rifle Damage 2: 1d8 ⇒ 1 P

Photon mode 1
Master Filament concentrates and he is covered in a glowing form of armor. Move action

With his tactical pike in hand, he moves towards the nearest skeleton to threaten it.

Move action

@Flint, unless I'm missing something, that first shot was a crit, meaning you would get to roll damage twice on that shot. With that, you'd roll at least 1 more damage and destroy your target.
@Filament, let me know if you want to adjust your movement since Flint destroyed his target.

Flint swiftly destroys the crewman that had come charging toward him out of the darkness, leaving nothing behind but a pile of bones. Master Filament calls upon his stellar node and forms his solar armor, drawing his pike as he does so in order to back up Flint. Instead, he only finds the collapsed crew member and is suddenly overwhelmed by the bone-deep cold emanating from the wall he stands beside.

Another skeleton (green) begins to move toward Flint out of the depths of darkness toward the front of the ship, while Tchisk sees another member of the crew begin to move toward him as well. Unseen to everyone, a third crew member moves toward the starboard corridor.

INITIATIVE
The Haunted Corridors - Round 1
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Tchisk (-1 stamina)
Dusty
Skeleton crew (orange)
Flint
Filament (-1 stamina)
Skeleton crew (purple)
Skeleton crew (green)
Skeleton crew (blue)
Kaiole
Ningth

Kaiole moves up and takes cover around the corner of the corridor then fires off a laser pistol shot at purple.

Laser Pistol vs EAC: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Fire Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2

But his aim is way, way, waaaaaay off....

I am fine with the move staying as is. I suspect that this battle won't be long enough for the move to make a difference.

Flinching from the intense cold, Master Filament is reminded of the chill of the depths of space. "My allies, there seems to be a considerable cold energy emanating from this wall. I suggest that you maintain your distance." The ysoki warns.

Ningth joins Tchisk and takes a shot at the blue skeleton with his rifle.

Laser Rifle, Azimuth: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
damage: 1d8 ⇒ 6

If that is a crit, the skeleton gains the burning condition and 1d6 damage on their turn.

Tchisk takes a quick shot at the approaching purple skeletal crewman.

Semi-Auto Pistol: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10 Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Ningth, I'm going to assume you were targeting purple. Blue is around the corner from you, so you don't have a shot on him. With that shot, you destroyed your target!
Tchisk, since Ningth took out the skeleton you targeted, I'll allow you to retcon your turn.

Kaiole and Ningth move into position and take shots at the purple crewman. Kaiole's shot is far wide of his mark as he shoots from cover, but Ningth's aim hits the skeleton squarely in the chest, reducing it to smoldering pile of ash. Both of them now stand closer to the chilling walls of the ship's corridors and feel the icy energy stab into them, causing small patches of their fur to appear almost frostbitten.

INITIATIVE
The Haunted Corridors - Round 2
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Tchisk (-1 stamina)
Dusty
Flint
Filament (-1 stamina)
Skeleton crew (green)
Skeleton crew (blue)
Kaiole (-1 stamina)
Ningth (-1 stamina)

Good! Since what I really want to do is get to that computer terminal and try to determine what happened to the starfinders and see if I can stop that nega-pulse from hurting me again.

Computers: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20

Dusty retrieves and powers up his flashlight, then rushes in toward the terminal.

Move to draw flashlight, move to space.

Photon mode 2

Master Filament heads toward Flint and then toward the skeleton before him. Move action

I missed seeing the crit. Still would have continued shooting at a second target. However, just leave it as it stands now

Flint takes a bead carefully shoots twice around Master Filament.

The sharpshooter ability reduces cover penalties by 2

Ranged attack, Full 1, cover (reduced): 1d20 + 5 - 4 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 5 - 4 - 2 = 19
Damage Shot 1, Crit: 2d8 ⇒ (5, 8) = 13

Okay now I see my crit

Ranged attack, Full 2, cover (reduced): 1d20 + 5 - 4 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 5 - 4 - 2 = 13
Damage Shot 2: 1d8 ⇒ 7

Tchisk moves toward the computer terminal in the central corridor and executes a few rapid commands to open up the Power Core command screen and bring the power level down to its minimum setting. As he does so, the pulsing energy suddenly fades out. Now the cold seeping through the Starfinders' armor and spacesuits is just that of the vacuum of space, rather than the deadly chill of necromantic energy.

Success! You powered down the engines. You did not find the information you were looking for, however. It looks like that information is in the terminal on the bridge.

With Tchisk at the computers, Dusty moves forward to provide any assistance he can.

Master Filament moves into a tactical position to strike the skeleton before him if it should advance any further, but before it has a chance to move, Flint fires off another incredibly accurate shot and destroys the skeleton.

The last member of the Threnody's crew moves quickly around, assuming his companion will be there to help flank the hapless Starfinders aboard their ship.

INITIATIVE
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