SFS PbP Fugitive of the Red Planet (Inactive)

Game Master Psyblade

"Let's take care of Talbot first, and then explore other things."

0x320 will follow along, keeping his weapon handy and covering Twitch as he advances.

to the right (green spot) A passageway from the west leads into this rectangular chamber with rough-hewn walls. A metal mine-cart track runs parallel to the passage and enters the room before ending abruptly. A mine cart in an obvious state of disrepair lies adjacent to the tracks. Tools cover a table against the east wall, while a pair of metal lockers stands in the southwest corner.

To the left there is an intersection of several passageways with a square ceiling support. The passage to the south is unfinished construction.

Twich, make me a perception roll, no take 10/20

Twich's perception: rolling several in case they are needed at the different indicated locations.

perception: 1d20 ⇒ 10
perception: 1d20 ⇒ 12
perception: 1d20 ⇒ 7

Can those who are walking around with Twich roll too?

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

Twich moves towards the purple dot (on the map) and is about to put his feet down as he is being pulled back by the warning words of Taeon. Seems like the Ysoki missed a trap that is acting like a pressure place

Trap outline on the map

Twich barely restrains a scream as she almost steps into the trap. Instead, the others hear a harsh indrawn breath. She steps back slightly to allow someone with skills to take care of the trap.

"Careful, you fool!" Taeon points at the trap and pulls Twitch back. "You don't know what that might have done. It could be a simple laser trap or it could bring the whole mine down!" He searches for more parts of the trap to see how it's rigged and disarm it. His exocortex engages and begins to highlight various mechanisms.

Engineering: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20

With a bit of luck, tinkering and Taeon manages to disarm the motion sensors of the trap, showing that there was a mounted laser ready to go off on anyone stepping on it. With the motion sensor disabled people can move freely over it.

"Very clever trap, it seems. Thanks to you two for discovering it and disarming it," Ru nods, as she carefully steps over the device and continues behind the others.

Twich continues her careful exploration, accompanied by the others.

Current position, then green, then purple.

perception, current: 1d20 ⇒ 7
perception, green: 1d20 ⇒ 12
perception, purple: 1d20 ⇒ 19

The moment Twich turns around the corner (moved twich to where) he turns and looks A passage heads west and then turns north into a T-shaped room. The ceiling is higher than other chambers, cut to fifteen feet in height. Permanent light fixtures set in the ceiling provide brighter light. The minecart tracks that have run throughout this mine hug the south wall, turn north, and run along the west wall before coming to a dead end at the north end of the room. A single mine car stands on the tracks. Across from the cart is a small office fashioned from two out-of-place plastic walls set into the stonework. An open door provides access to the room within a room. And all of a sudden Twich sees 3 figures standing in the middle of the room, 2 with weapons drawn and letting a burst go at the ysoki.

Miner (red) Shooting @ Twich: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Miner (pink) Shooting @ Twich: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Initiative Ru: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (3) + 0 = 3
Intitiative Ceolor: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16
Intitiative Osskalessk: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
Intitiative 0x320: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23
Intitiative Taeon: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
Intitiative Twich: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
Intitiative Miners: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Intitiative Talbot: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

** Initiative - Bold can act **
0x320 (22) -
Miners (22) -
Twich (21) -
Ceolor (9) -
Osskalessk (8) -
Talbot (7) -
Taeon (7) -
Ru (3)

** Active Conditions **

** Rolls needed **

Ceolor hangs back and watches the rest of the group as they find and figure out the trap, not able to do anything to help them. As Twich pushes on ahead, he does whisper, "Twich, you might not want to go ahead alo..." before the small ysoki is found and the sounds of laser fire echo down the hallway.

Do the miners appear to be wielding melee weapons to threaten spaces?

Covering point, 0x320's defensive measures trigger, firing at the first (red) threat.

Light Reaction Cannon: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
damage: 1d10 ⇒ 10

One of the miners takes a full hit in the chest, seems to stagger for a moment but then in anger drops his pistol, draws a club and moves up to the Ysoki and tries to hit him on the head. Meanwhile the other 2 miners take a shot at the Ysoki.

Shooting (pink) @ Twich: 1d20 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 1 - 2 = 0
damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
Shooting (Orange) @ Twich: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16
damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
Melee (red) @ Twich: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18
damage (Bashing): 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

** Initiative - Bold can act **
0x320 (22) -
Miners (22) -
Twich (21) -
Ceolor (9) -
Osskalessk (8) -
Talbot (7) -
Taeon (7) -
Ru (3)

** Active Conditions **

** Rolls needed **

Twich has dropped down below 0 HP. She had 5 SP and 7 HP.

Ceolor takes a moment to drop into his stellar alignment, regaining the blaze in his eyes. He gives a whistle and holds out his hand as his gun appears in it while surging forward, taking a tactical position behind the unconscious body of Twich. He takes a second to aim before firing at the man that brought the ysoki down.

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And the red miner goes down in a blaze of glory, shot into whatever second life they believe in on Akiton

** Initiative - Bold can act **
0x320 (22) -
Miners (22) -
Twich (21) -
Ceolor (9) -
Osskalessk (8) -
Talbot (7) -
Taeon (7) -
Ru (3)

** Active Conditions **
Twich is down, do you want to spend the RP to stabilize or roll?)

** Rolls needed **

Twich will spend one RP to stabilize. She will then have 4 left, and will spend one to stay in the fight at the start of next turn, if there are bad guys left.

Osskalessk springs ahead and swings his doshko at the miner in front of him, roaring at him as he brings his blade down on his head.

Attack roll: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Aw, man. It feels like the dice are really against me on this one.

Twich and Osskalessk see someone in one of the mining carts tinker with it and all of a sudden that begins to move, in the flash of seeing the person they recognize it as Talbot who is now moving with the mining cart down the track, they can see him raise his pistol and take a shot at Ceolor.

trick attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (7) + 15 = 22
Attack (EAC): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18
damage: 1d6 + 2 + 1d4 ⇒ (4) + 2 + (4) = 10

** Initiative - Bold can act **
0x320 (22) -
Miners (22) -
Twich (21) - stabilized
Ceolor (9) - SP: 0/7 HP: 8/11
Osskalessk (8) -
Talbot (7) -
Taeon (7) -
Ru (3)

** Active Conditions **
Twich Stabilized

** Rolls needed **

Taeon draws his pistol and steps up to guard Osskalessk from behind. He fires at the miner in blue. "Give him up! It's not worth your lives!"

Attack: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 2 + 1 = 22
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Missing that free 5 foot step.

Ru moves 10' to the left and tries to cure Twitch to get him back in the fight.

Mystic Cure 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

"Targeting irrelevant red shirt. Expected outcome: target will be able to access his entrails through his nose."

Light Reaction Cannon: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
damage: 1d10 ⇒ 5

Aiming at blue. If only 0x320 had intimidate...

0x320 his shot is on target as he hits talbot (blue). Meanwhile one of the miners drops his pistol and makes his way to Osskalessk and takes a swing at him together with the pink miner.

Melee (pink) KAC: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Melee (orange) KAC: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

** Initiative - Bold can act **
0x320 (22) -
Miners (22) -
Twich (21) - stabilized
Ceolor (9) - SP: 0/7 HP: 8/11
Osskalessk (8) - SP: 7/9 HP: 13/13
Talbot (7) -
Taeon (7) -
Ru (3)

** Active Conditions **
Twich Stabilized

** Rolls needed **

Thanks to the mystic cure, Twich is at 7 HP, 0 SP and is conscious but prone. She casts magic missile from prone at blue.

damage: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (3, 1, 1) + 3 = 8

"Guys, don't kill him, we need to take him to AbadarCorp!"

Ceolor gives a grunt as the he get tricked by the very man they were hunting and takes a burning hot shot across the chest. He narrow his eyes and brings his rifle up to point at the man in the cart. "Talbot, stop or I will shoot you!" As he warns the man he steps over the prone Twich to be able to take a clear shot at the man.

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Fire lazer rifle: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14
Burn baby Burn!: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
If we knock him down to zero, we can still heal him up, right? Or would he die and we be SOL? If it is option two, then Ceolor will fire at one of the miners instead unless no one has a nonlethal weapon.

In Starfinder, it's entirely GM fiat whether enemies die immediately at 0 HP or not if the damage that takes them there is lethal. I would think we get the benefit of the doubt if we try, considering we were asked to bring him in alive.

Ossk is facing two miners now, so he decides to... split the difference, so to speak. He swings at the (orange) miner right in front of him.

Attack roll: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

And groans in exasperation as he hits nothing but air once again.

The cart with Talbot moves and seems to go straight for 0x320

Cart damage: 4d4 ⇒ (2, 1, 4, 1) = 8

** Initiative - Bold can act **
0x320 (22) -
Miners (22) -
Twich (21) - stabilized
Ceolor (9) - SP: 0/7 HP: 8/11
Osskalessk (8) - SP: 7/9 HP: 13/13
Talbot (7) -
Taeon (7) -
Ru (3)

** Active Conditions **
Twich Stabilized

** Rolls needed **
Reflex DC 12 save for 0x320 for cart damage, if succes no damage taken

Taeon races after Talbot. "Don't let him get away!" He fights through the others and shoots at the man with his pulsecaster rifle.

Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Ru takes out her club and tries to bash the blue enemy.

Attack 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11
Damage 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

0x320 you still have an action :)

** Initiative - Bold can act **
0x320 (22) - SP: 1/9 HP: 11/11
Miners (22) -
Twich (21) - stabilized
Ceolor (9) - SP: 0/7 HP: 8/11
Osskalessk (8) - SP: 7/9 HP: 13/13
Talbot (7) -
Taeon (7) -
Ru (3)

** Active Conditions **
Twich Stabilized

** Rolls needed **

What would it take to shoot the wheels on the cart to stop it from moving with Talbot? Just in case:

Light Reaction Cannon: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

0x320 no information given about that in the book, roll me damage and I will figure something out

Taeon takes a shot at talbot and hits him square in the shoulder as Ru misses her shot. 0x320 his shot rocks the cart and seems to slow it down as the wheel moves a bit more ragged and is rocked off balance. Meanwhile the 2 miners take another swing at Osskalessk

Melee (pink) KAC: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Melee (orange) KAC: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

** Initiative - Bold can act **
0x320 (22) - SP: 1/9 HP: 11/11
Miners (22) -
Twich (21) - stabilized
Ceolor (9) - SP: 0/7 HP: 8/11
Osskalessk (8) - SP: 2/9 HP: 13/13
Talbot (7) - 17/??
Taeon (7) -
Ru (3)

** Active Conditions **

** Rolls needed **

Twich sees how some of her companions are starting to look badly hurt, and uses up her last spell for today to try to take Talbot down. She hopes that he survives so they can take him to Philt.

magic missile damage, full action: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 1, 2) + 3 = 7

And with Twich his full action talbot goes down on the cart as it slows down

End of Initiative

Twich rushes over to Talbot to try to keep him alive. She will happily yield to anyone who is better prepared to do this, especially Ru. She is also willing to use her healing serum after someone stronger restrains him.

Ru steps Forward to the side of the man and Stabilizes him once the group had him surrounded, using her healing magic. ”You’ve got questions to answer, friend. We are taking you alive!”

Taeon searches the man as Twitch tends to his wounds. He stands up and turns to the other miners. "It's over, back off! We got him. You'd better scatter or there's a whole lot more pain to go around."

Meh, for what it's worth, here's the damage on the cart.

damage: 1d10 ⇒ 10

Seeing the ring leader go down, Ceolor turns on the remaining men, with the burning look in his eye reaching an intensity that it's surprising things aren't catching fire. In a serious voice he tries to convince the men about leaving. "Talbot is down, and his sham of an operation is over! Put your weapons down and leave here and no one has to get hurt."

He then watches them and makes sure they leave the room, as the previous intensity drops from his face. Assuming they leave, he takes a moment to record a memo about the fight in his sleeve voice recorder and then moves to help Taeon and Ru offering use of his rope if they want.
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Diplomacy: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

The miners regard the starfinders for a brief moment and then scamper away as the starfinders tie up Talbot and then make their way back to the settlement. Phitt is waiting there for them and happily takes talbot of their hands. As that happens the starfinders can see an angry group of people that are shouting that taking away talbot will ruin their income, some mothers are shielding their little ones from the scene and glare at the starfinders.

Phitt looks at the group and shrugs at it as he motions to the 2 vesk. "Time to take this scumbag away, we are done here..." With that said he turns to the starfinders "Thank you for this, and pleasure doing business with you lot, AbdarCorp is grateful!"

there seems to be a growing resentment for what is happening with Talbot and the fact the town is losing their "income" you have a chance of fixing this...

"What about the people of the town? They did not know about Talbot's deception. Is there any way AbadarCorp could give them work?"

diplomacy: 1d20 ⇒ 12

Ceolor gives a glance to the crowd growing around them, not liking the look of how this is going. "They seemed to work pretty hard under Talbot, and are loyal even after his deception has been proven. They'd probably make a good workforce."

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Diplomacy: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

0x320 just stands there rigidly.

Not going to try an assist with his stats...

Diplomacy assist 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

Ru nods at the gathered crowd. ”Seems like a ready made workforce to me.”

"There's plenty of thasteron in that mine too. AbadarCorp can take it over, employ the miners, and make a profit." Taeon shrugs.