[SFS] The Scoured Stars Invasion - GM Ewok (Inactive)

Game Master EwokBanshee

Survival: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

Survival : 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

Stealth : 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23

Altorin turns to his ally with a smile that shows he loves when others ask about his life.

"Well, my people are from a planet with generation long seasons. I was born between the Winter and Summer which allowed me to see the sun rise on our our beautiful planet. The warmth! The power! It is a wonderful thing, no? A few of the many reasons I try to stay in the glow of a solar being and that means I need to survive the elements!" he continues to wax on often poetically until asked to stop or pointed at something needing a more practical approach.

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Seeing the dinosaurs would be enough to shut him up for a moment...just a moment.

"Hoo boy, those are some big fellas! We just weaving through the slow ones? Good idea!"

Survival: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21

He notices some tracks and holds up a hand...

"Here, we got some tracks and these aren't going to be the nice kind. We can try to sneak up on them but it isn't my specialty so I will take up the flank."

Stealth: 1d20 ⇒ 1 Oh, how fitting! Hopefully you all get close before I come clomping down the way.

Altorin, I feel like that stealth check fits with your character.

As Altorin kindly points out, there are two sets of carnivorous dinosaur tracks heading through the area. It appears there is a nest up ahead! A brief glance through the woods shows that the dinosaurs look like feathered bipedal snakes with rattling frills and two small forelimbs. You can each attempt Stealth checks to approach unnoticed; those who succeed can act in a surprise round.

Sneaky-Sneaks
Darqen

Loud-mouths
Altorin

I'll post sometime tomorrow afternoon, unless people post earlier.

Stealth: 1d20 ⇒ 3 Apparently Regalion is only slightly stealthier than Altorin.

Stealth: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11

As the team makes its way thru and past the herbivores, Jaqweh uses his wildwise to talk to them and keep them calm. He assures them that the team is not a threat with simple phrases of "Easy, there," or "Friends."

As they approach the snake things, he tries his best to move quietly,

Stealth, Sick: 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 5 - 2 = 9

But being stealthy in a swamp was never going to be his forte to begin with, and the light fever isn't helping.

Sorry, those site outages were brutal for me. Site only came back online Friday afternoon my time as I was getting ready to go out with the family for the evening...then Saturday mornings are busy with kids stuff. Only now getting a chance to catch up with threads.I'll just make this bare bones to catch up with the action.

Survival: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (7) + 0 = 7
Stealth: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (8) + 0 = 8

The Prof is savaged by the insects as they walk through the foliage and swamp, becoming sickened to the point where he is constantly wheezing and coughing as they approach the creatures, spoiling any chance of being unnoticed. "Oh dear...<cough>...I say, I don't know...<Achoo!>...I really don't feel all that...<cough>...!"

Surprise round!
Map is updated.
A lone Starfinder sneaks through the jungle, surprising the small dinosaurs!

Those in bold may act. Those who do not post within 24 hours will be botted or delayed.
Darqen

Pink Dino:
Blue Dino:

Regalion
Altorin
The Prof
Ferradei
Jaqweh

Darqen immediately shoots the dinosaur with the blue scales.

azimuth laser pistol attack (weapon focus), Range -2: 1d20 + 5 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 5 + 1 - 2 = 16
azimuth laser pistol flame damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4

Darqen shoots the dinosaur with the blue-dappled scales in the shoulder, eliciting a cry of pain!

The pair of dinos run forwards with frightening speed! It is lucky you saw them first and prepared. The blue raptor ends up in front of Darqen, snarling in his face, while the other raptor backs him up.

Those in bold may act. Those who do not post within 48 hours will be botted or delayed.

Darqen
Regalion
Altorin
The Prof
Ferradei
Jaqweh

Pink Dino:
Blue Dino: 4 dmg

I'm assuming we are going to go off hold sometime in the next 24 hours. So I'll post this here to get the ball rolling as we get back on track with 48 hours for people to post.

Ferradei steps forward and thrusts her gauntleted arm at the dinosaur. The draconic sigils begin to glow with a blue light. Then a line of icy cold air streaks at the blue dinosaur. Casting energy ray.

Ranged Attack vs. EAC: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17
Cold Damage: 1d3 ⇒ 3

The Prof shoots directly ahead towards the pink-scaled dinosaur. "Fascinating creatures, but perhaps a little too frisky!"

Azimuth Laser Pistol: 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 4 - 2 = 14 Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Jaqweh lets the fibers in his throat adjust his vocal cords. He calls out in an animalistic version equivalent to "Stay" attempting to get into the head of the pink dino.

Using his wildwise to speak to the dinos, thus allowing him to use his Diplomacy to Demoralize.

Diplo, Exp, Sick: 1d20 + 10 + 1d6 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 10 + (5) - 2 = 30
DC =Greater of: 10 + Dino's Intimidate bonus, OR 15 + 1/2 it's CR. For @ 5 above the DC, duration of Shaken increases by 1 extra round

"Now then, friends, please focus your fire on the pink hued one. I think I may have thrown it off it's game."

Get'Em on Pink: +1 to attack rolls

As Regalion stands there a suit on black dimly glowing armor manifests itself all around him. He then pulls out his longsword and says "Well I guess this is happening."
Regalion's armor is photon charged.

We're back? Maybe? I'll give Darqen and Altorin about 12 hours to post.

"The pink one? You got it!" he says rushing up to it with his spear.

"Let us stand together and strike these beasts down!" he say thrusting his spear with a wild smile on his face.

Spear, Tactical: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Clearly missing he brushes it off and gets ready to defend.

Altorin will always take the Bodyguard reaction if an allies gets attacked adjacent to him unless he is in critical condition.

Darqen takes a step back and shoots the dinosaur with the blue scales.

Computers for trick attack (DC20+target CR): 1d20 + 10 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 10 + 4 = 16 flat-footed if successful

Trick attack damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

azimuth laser pistol attack (weapon focus): 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 5 + 1 = 17
[dice=azimuth laser pistol flame

Ferradei’s chilling beam strikes the lead dinosaur, the ice crackling over her scales. The Prof stands firm beside her, his laser beam glancing off the shoulder of the dino. Suddenly, a frightening series of growls emits from within the group! A hasty turn of the head reveals that the sounds are not from a third dinosaur but from Jaqweh! Looking back, it appears the slower dinosaur is offended by the sounds, shaking in place.

Regalion’s magical armor hums to life as Altorin steps up to the dinosaur, adjusting his spear so that he can defend himself and his allies. Darqen pulls the trigger on his pistol, his fancy computer tricks unable to distract the dinosaur. As such, it lashes out at him as he shoots off a scale!

Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
Dmg: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

The dino's bite is viscous, ripping off some armor. After it takes Darqen’s shot, the dinosaur snaps at him again! Thankfully, it's mouth is full.

Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12
Dmg: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Meanwhile, Altorin’s dinosaur shuffles backwards. It looks him in the eyes, a reptilian intelligence working. Suddenly, flaps of skin pop up surrounding it’s head and it hisses! Soon it propels a glob of acidic spit right at Altorin’s eyes!

Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15 Give me a Fortitude Save!

Those in bold may act. Those who do not post within 24 hours will be botted or delayed.

Darqen 8/14 SP
Regalion
Altorin Fort save
The Prof
Ferradei
Jaqweh

Pink Dino: 0 dmg Shaken for 3 more rounds
Blue Dino: 9 dmg

Fortitude: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6 Hoo boy! Give me the bad news doc!

GM, did you apply the -2 to attack from being Shaken for Pink's attack on Altorin? I only ask cause I don't see the -2 annotated in your dice roll.

Jaqweh growls again, this time at the one with the Blue frills. He attempts to command it to "Back Off"

Diplo, Exp, Sick: 1d20 + 10 + 1d6 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 10 + (4) - 2 = 16

but isn't sure if it translated correctly.

Shaking his head, he continues to offer advice on how best to attack the Pink one.

Get 'Em on Pink. Hey, Altorin, don't forget to add that whole +1 to attack!

Focused on the blue dinosaur, Ferradei thrusts her gauntleted arm out. The draconic sigils begin to glow with a blue light and a line of icy cold air streaks at the blue dinosaur!

Ranged Attack vs. EAC: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Cold Damage: 1d3 ⇒ 3

But her aim is way off!

Shoot, Jaqweh saves the day! The dino is shaken, which makes the difference! He misses Altorin, saving him that bad Fortitude save! Thanks for pointing that out.

Altorin manages to dodge the spit at the last minute! It sizzles a little on the ground, burning the plant life around it. You still get your turn.

Jaqweh yells at the other dinosaur in some forgotten language, but it seems to work! The dino looks away from Darqen for a few critical seconds!

Unfortunately, the growling coming from her ally throws of Ferradei and her ice beam goes into the ground!

Those in bold may act. Those who do not post within 24 hours will be botted or delayed.

Darqen 8/14 SP
Regalion
Altorin
The Prof
Ferradei
Jaqweh

Pink Dino: 0 dmg Shaken for 2.5 more rounds
Blue Dino: 9 dmg Shaken for 1 more round

WHOO! (Ric Flair voice). Thanks for the save!

Thanks to the distractions from Jaqweh the acid misses...barely! Altorin took the attack personally and stepped back up to the dinosaur to get his revenge.

"Bad move, pinky!" he laughs.

Spear, Tactical: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 + 1 = 18
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

"Don't forget to translate that to the spitting lizard!"

Darqen drops the pistol and takes out his stun baton to attack.

Computers for trick attack (DC20+target CR): 1d20 + 10 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 10 + 4 = 22flat-footed if successful

Trick attack damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3

stun baton: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
damage stun baton : 1d6 ⇒ 6

Altorin and Darqen both act with precision, hitting their targets! It's difficult to tell if the pink-shaded dinosaur is more offended by Altorin's hurtful words or the scrape of the spear more! Meanwhile, Darqen manages to distract the wounded dinosaur even further with a quick reaction using his computer. The blue-dappled dinosaur almost stumbles from the blow, clearly in pain.

Those in bold may act. Those who do not post within 12 hours will be botted or delayed.

Darqen 8/14 SP
Regalion
Altorin
The Prof
Ferradei
Jaqweh

Pink Dino: 4 dmg Shaken for 3 more rounds
Blue Dino: 18 dmg Shaken for 1 more rounds

The Prof moves forward and tries to finish off the blue dinosaur with a shot from his pistol.

"It does seem a shame to destroy such fine specimens...but I suppose we can always stuff them or perhaps take a DNA sample and clone them back in the lab!"

Attack: 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 4 - 2 = 5 Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

The professor’s musings for his next thesis distract him from the here and now, causing his shot to go wide. Regalion, I’m going to delay you. Feel free to take two turns when you come back.

The blue dinosaur, head still ringing from Jaqweh’s words, aims to bite Darqen! His bite lands, severely bruising the ysoki's arm!

Attack: 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 8 - 2 = 25
Dmg: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Acid glands empty, the pink spotted dinosaur snaps at Altorin! He manages to grab hold of Altorin's hand, nearly cutting him!

Attack: 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 8 - 2 = 24
Dmg: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Those in bold may act. Those who do not post within 24 hours will be botted or delayed.

Darqen 2/14 SP
Regalion x2
Altorin 1/5 SP
The Prof
Ferradei
Jaqweh

Pink Dino: 4 dmg Shaken for 2 more rounds
Blue Dino: 18 dmg Shaken for 1 more round

Darqen attacks with his stun baton again and uses his targeting device to calculate the right trajectory.

Computers for trick attack (DC20+target CR): 1d20 + 10 + 4 - 1d6 ⇒ (15) + 10 + 4 - (1) = 28

Trick attack damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4

stun baton: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
damage stun baton : 1d6 ⇒ 1

Ferradei's gauntlet continues to glow as she fires off another blast of ice at the blue dinosaur.

Ranged Attack vs. EAC: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10
Cold Damage: 1d3 ⇒ 3

Regalion moves through the team positions himself between the two dinos and swings his longsword at the blue dino.
Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

If the blue dino is still standing Regalion will attack it again, if not transfer the attack to the pink one.
Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

"Prof, we need to find a way to tame these guys. This one bit ME!" he yells using an upward thrust at the dino.

Spear, Tactical: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 + 1 = 17
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Jaqweh sees an opening in the Pink dino's defenses and directs his teammates on how best to exploit it.

Get 'Em on Pink

He then takes advantage of his own advice and shoots at it.

Attack, G'Em: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 3 + 1 = 19
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2

"Hmmm, yes, they are rather exuberant aren't they? I sort of hate to do this, but when our lives are at stake..."

The Prof foregoes the more mundane means of attack and instead sends off some magical missiles towards the troublesome dinos.

Full action Magic Missile. Starting with pink if it is still alive and then moving over to blue if/when pink is dealt with.

Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Phew, sorry about the late post today. Glad to see everyone is back!

Darqen’s computer beeps again, this time with a perfect targetting array. His baton swings through the air, just barely clipping the chin of the dinosaur. His blow throws the dinosaur off balance, into Ferradei’s beam of icy frost! The beam hits the beast in the eye, causing it’s limp body to fall to the floor.

Regalion, brave as can be, runs between the two dinosaurs as the first falls. His longsword slices through the air, scarring the face of the remaining Ophidiraptor! Nice crit.

crit damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

His longsword swings back a second time, gouging into her scales. Altorin follows with a jab of his spear, pulling it out a bloody mess. Jaqweh’s advice and his bolt hit the fray at the same time, causing further damage to the wounded beast.

The dinosaur wavers in place, about to pass out. But, it gains some resolve and looks about to snap at Altorin! Then, it is interrupted by a flight of three magical attacks sent by the professor. The dinosaur falls to the ground, dead!

COMBAT OVER

Nicely done! That was a crazy round!
Travelling over the precarious bridges, you find the next of the dinosaurs. Within you find bones, destroyed equipment, and other evidence that the Starfinders who left the beacon have long since died. However, the beacon contains information about a larger group of Starfinders
that established an outpost on another planet in the Agillae system. The information is encrypted, and it will require time onboard one of the larger ships to decipher. So you can
now carry on with the other missions while you wait.

Luckily for the group, a landing craft has just become available and can extract you from the site immediately. You do not need to trek back to their starship on foot.

Alright, where do you want to go next? Every area is still open. (See Slide 1)

Current Status
Darqen 2/14 SP
Regalion
Altorin 1/5 SP
The Prof
Ferradei
Jaqweh

Pink Dino: 29 dmg
Blue Dino: 22 dmg

"The Third Kind" on Bastiar-7! Or, if no one likes that, my second choice would be "Starship Graveyard" on Agillae-5.

Darqen spends resolve to regain SP. I am for starship graveyard.

I just looked at the number of missions HMM's table has completed. Let's just say, I'm going with the 1.5 votes for Starship Graveyard and moving us forward!

The transport craft takes you back to the mothership, where you are ushered towards the bridge. Plugged into a nearby communication station, Historia- 7’s eyes blink rapidly as she collates data from many teams across the Starfinder fleet. She snaps out of her technological trance and fully opens her eyes. “Greetings, Starfinders. I have assigned your team to a mission on Agillae-5. Our scans indicate that many Starfinder starships from the previous expedition crash-landed on the same spot on the planet, forming an enormous concentration of wreckage that spreads out for miles on the otherwise barren planet." She turns back to the screens for a few milliseconds, making a multitude of decisions. She then turns back to you, as if there had been no interruption. "Investigate the ships, locate any survivors, and retrieve any useful data from the ships. We don’t know what caused so many ships to crash-land on the planet, so exercise caution during the investigation.”

You all pile into a Pegasus class vessel and head towards the planet. Shortly after you begin the descent to the planet’s surface, you receive a communication request from Venture Captain Whiskan. ”There are…….gravitational anomalies…...Turn back now, friend!”

You may attempt one of the below skill checks. Pay attention to what people rolled before you, you can only attempt this once…

Computers: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

The Prof taps on the keyboard at the ship's console for a moment. "Hmmm, this is rather peculiar. The message sounds rather urgent but it...ah, may have been urgent once but is perhaps now a little obsolete shall, we say. According to the log for this message, it was sent about 9 months ago!"

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11

Ferradei detects nothing strange at all.

Culture : 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

”I recognise Venture-Captain Whiskan as a senior Starfinder who was lost during the original Scoured Stars incident. This is a recording! What should we do?!“ Darqen asks

Sense Motive: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (12) - 1 = 11
Regalion can sense as little as Ferradel.

Sense Motive, Expertise: 1d20 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (20) + 4 + (5) = 29

Intriguing....

Jaqweh calls on his intuition and his training in field interrogations with the Steward Officers to pick out the nuances in the Captain's tone and phrasing.

"Her tone is extremely familiar for such an important warning. And the use of the term 'friend' in the singular leads me to believe that this was intended for someone she knew well."

"Perhaps this answers the how and why of this disaster, but I think we should still investigate. There might be survivors after all."

It didn't specify a gender anywhere. She's a she now, unless someone knows better.

Also, comparing yourself to the pace of HMM is a losing contest for anyone!

"I agree with you! Taking action is the only thing that makes sense here. Especially after the last group didn't make it...we gotta try to save anyone we can." Altorin says somewhat despondent after seeing what was left of the group on the planet of the dinosaurs he shakes if off a moment later and checks his spear.

Just after the message comes through, the ship’s sensors indicate nearby gravitational anomalies. The ship starts gently shaking...

Both of these checks must be completed, but they can be done by different people.

After a few minutes, the ship starts shaking uncontrollably and barely responds to controls.

Perception : 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

”Wait a minute!! This shaking doesn’t feel natural; it’s as if the ship’s own engines were creating the effect!!“ he shouts!

I forgot to mention, you can make two rolls during this "phase".

Computers: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

Ferradei clicks away on the console for a while but doesn't discover anything. A few minutes later when the ship begins to shake she leaps over to the engineering controls.

Engineering: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

And she has no better luck.

She grits her teeth and tries to keep the ship working.

Computers: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15
Physical Science: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

The Prof continues to tinker around with the terminal and reports back to the group. "Hmmm, no this can't be right. If one divides the distance by the square root of the inverse result of the auxilliary calculation then one would get quite a different answer to this! Something is most definitely not right about this sensor scan data. I surmise it must be false. I can most assuredly calculate more accurate navigational information than this...just give me a couple of moments." The Ysoki then continues to mutter under his breath as he runs through the complex calculations.

Everybody gets two more rolls!

The ship is shaking uncontrollably, and barely responds to controls!

Then, the ship’s engines stop working altogether, and the ship starts rapidly losing altitude!!