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This is the discussion thread for #1-12: Ashes of Discovery (Tier 1-4) as part of the Play-by-Post Gameday VII, set to begin on August 13, 2018!
Recruitment for this game is handled through pbpgameday.com with my specific signup sheet located HERE.
Feel free to pop in and say hello if you're part of the game!
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This is the discussion thread for The Dire GM's table of Starfinder Society Scenario: #1-12 Ashes of Discovery (tier 1-4)
My "Table Rules" -
0 - RL > Game. No other rules trump rule 0! :D
1 - I'd like it if everyone posted once a day Mon-Fri. Friday night through Sunday night is eh-whatever (I am in US Eastern Time, for reference). I'll try to post when I can over weekends, but I know people have lives and won't always be online, so no worries.
2 - If you don't post in the middle of an "action" scene for a day, you get skipped once (or botted if your action would be super obvious or you leave a note to me or another player "proxying" your character). If you don't post a second time, you get "botted" by me to do something simple (usually just attack or aid another). If we get into the 3-5 range, I'll probably drop you a line off-list to see what's up. If it goes on too long...well, I hate dropping people from games, but it unfortunately happens :(
3 - When you've got a saving throw to make, roll that first before posting anything else.
4 - Feel free to roll perception and sense motive whenever you want, and if you have a reroll, feel free to use that anytime as well.
5 - Have fun! Rule 5 trumps all other rules! :P
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Also, please post the following information in this discussion thread:
Player Name/Alias:
Character Name:
Character Level:
Organized Play # / Character #:
Perception Modifier:
Initiative Modifier:
What is your favorite color:
What is your quest Day Job (if any) Roll:
After the briefing and initial info/culture checks, I'll ask you about slotting boons and such, but until then - the above is all I need.
Thanks very much, and I look forward to running this scenario for you! :)
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Because this scenario has the "Starship" tag, I also want to post my PbP Starship rules now, so you have as much time to look them over as possible:
Starship combat in PbP! It can be a little nuts, but the last one I ran went surprisingly smoothly so I'm hopeful that it can here too!
I have uploaded Starship role sheets to my PbP Folder on Dropbox. I also uploaded the stats for the Drake and Pegasus-class ships in that same folder, although these stats also appear in the Starfinder Society Roleplaying Guild Guide (pages 37-42).
Let's take a moment here in the discussion tab to figure out who wants which ship role (since you would have two weeks in-game to decide this before anything "happens" en-route to your destination).
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Once you're all set, here's how I like to run ship combat in play-by-post (copy/pasting from my other PbP) -
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Example:
Phase: Helm
Role: Pilot
Action: If our ship is forced to move first, I will attempt the "Evade" maneuver to increase our AC/TL and then try to get around very wide to the "south" of target X, making sure our front arc is facing it. If we can move second, I will instead attempt to increase our maneuverability to accomplish the same thing while making sure to not end up adjacent to the enemy.
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Exception:
Because you all know the DCs that you are rolling for, if you succeed at taking an action that has an effect for a crewmember in a phase of starship combat that occurs after the one you act in, you may edit your post (or make a second post if you'd rather do it that way) to indicate such.
Example: The Engineer successfully diverts power to the shields (let's say +6 shields). The Engineer can post this visibly so that the Science Officer knows how many shield points they have to play with should they decide to utilize the "Balance" action during that Helm phase.
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During ship combat, you will not be able to edit the maps, only comment. For whomever ends up as Pilot, this means that you will need to trust in that I will make the most advantageous moves for you based on what you write (see example above) and I will annotate all movement with arrows. I will keep as close to what you write as possible at all times - doing it this way just helps speed things up, I've found.
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Player Name/Alias: meloriel
Character Name: Julakesh Starfist
Character Level: 2
Organized Play # / Character #: 276820-701
Perception Modifier: +4
Initiative Modifier: +0
What is your favorite color: Red! The colour of the blood Julakesh with make rain upon the battlefield!
What is your quest Day Job (if any) Roll: Julakesh has no day job! Being awesome still takes up all of her time.
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Player Name/Alias: Betty
Character Name: Kima Taligos
Character Level: 2 once we finish up
Organized Play # / Character #: 95342-701
Perception Modifier: +11
Initiative Modifier: +1
What is your favorite color: Me: Purple - Kima: Gold lots of tinkly little gold coins:-P
What is your quest Day Job (if any) Roll: Profession (banker) +7
Mike I have the Level 2 version underneath the current one so you can see it till we switch over. (and I'm not rushed leveling)
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Player Name/Alias: Florent/Ilmakis
Character Name: Gargalus
Character Level: 2
Organized Play # / Character #: 754-706
Perception Modifier: +5
Initiative Modifier: +0
What is your favorite color: Green!
What is your quest Day Job (if any) Roll:
Gargalus is able to fill the roll of Captain or could be a bad engineer (+5)
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]Player Name/Alias: azjauthor
Character Name: Gab
Character Level: 3
Organized Play # / Character #: 108452-701
Perception Modifier: +5
Initiative Modifier: +2
What is your favorite color: Blue
Day Job (if any) Roll:
I usually fill the role of Captain on a starship, though I can be competent in either Engineer or Science Officer, or a gunner if needed.
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Even though we're still waiting for Rafikki to check-in, I'm going to get us started. Sorry for posting so late - I was driving all day Monday but only have a flat tire to show for it :(
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Player Name/Alias: Matthew Vertz/Rafikki the Monkey Sage
Character Name: Rafikki
Character Level: 1
Organized Play # / Character #: 269516-704
Perception Modifier: 6
Initiative Modifier: 0
What is your favorite color: Greenish
What is your quest Day Job (if any) Roll: None
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Slotted Boons:
Ally - Envar's Attention
Faction - Wayfinder's Champion
Personal - None
Promotional - None
Social - Faction's Friend
Starship - Solar Powered Weapon System
Slotless - Gibran Linguist, Marked Field Agent (Society Subdermal Graft Augmentation), Star Sugar Heartlove!!!, Starfinder Insignia
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Slotted Boons:
Faction: Second Seeker (Luwazi Elsebo)
Personal: Scoured Stars Survivor
Ally: Publicist (Diplomacy bonus)
Social: AbadarCorp Augments (although am willing to slot AbadarCorp Respect if it will help)
Starship: Hero of the Stars
Relevant Slotless: Starfinder Insignia, Marked Field Agent, Elixir of Renewal
In addition, I have updated my character sheet to reflect my latest chronicle sheet, which affects my credits and some new equipment.
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For your Starship boons, feel free to state how you're applying them to the Drake (stats can be found linked in my earlier post or by clicking here).
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Since we have more than one of that boon, and it can only be applied to our one gun, I'll slot a different starship boon for mine so it's not wasted. Automated Defenses, can be used by our Science Officer.
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Is it too late to slot a Promotional boon? I just realized I forgot to include it. (If not, I'd like to slot Recordkeeper, but completely understand if it's too late for that.)
Second, how do you run telepathy? Can a non-telepath send telepathic communication to a telepath, or does the telepath have to initiate it? And can she have a group conversation with multiple people, or just 1-on-1 conversations? I've seen it handled a few different ways, and figure it's good to get sorted out now.
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Note - I am currently soliciting for suggestions as to what SFS scenario(s) I should run during Session 2 of the PbP Gameday. I see someone listed Star Sugar Heartlove!!! which is a fantastic scenario...the only problem with me running it in PbP is that I have 3D terrain for it in person, but those of you living on the other side of the country (or across the Atlantic for at least one of you) wouldn't be able to benefit from that any time soon, so I'm willing! :)
Feel free to posit suggestions in the wishlist HERE!
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Ooh, 3D Star Sugar Heartlove terrain ... Let me know when you're doing that one IRL, and I might see if I can swing the drive down to Bloomington for it.
Games on our Warhorn site go visible 2 weeks before they occur, so it's not there yet - but we have it tentatively scheduled for Sunday, September 16th at 12:30pm.
Here's our local warhorn scheduling page, for future reference :)
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Part of me is sad that I didn't roll slightly differently - this scenario has tons of different options for the natives' beliefs, traits, and history. Two of them would have been perfect for Julakesh, but the one I rolled was more fitting for a party that's 1/3 mystics, instead.
Still - I'm loving your RP posts, gang. Reading them made a rough day better, so thank you.
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Just FYI, I've decided that I'm going to run two more SFS PbP games for Session 2 of the PbP Gameday, with an approximate start-date of October 6th. I settled on two scenarios with exclamation points in their titles!
#1-09: Live Exploration Extreme! (tier 1-4)
#1-14: Star Sugar Heartlove!!! (tier 3-6)
Both games are open for signups on my signup sheet - I'll wait a day or two before adding them to the public pbpgameday list, so you can hop on either one (although people who requested them have already been mostly added to the player lists in slots 1-2).
Thanks for your interest! :)
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Heya!
So, I think now is a good time to do player boon rolls! Because this is a big event, there is a 10% chance for everyone to win a boon for each table you play or GM! A roll of 19 or 20 wins, and for SFS tables, a 1d2 determines which of the two boons you earn.
To keep things fair, my modus operendii is to roll for everyone at once, in alphabetical order with myself last. So, good luck to all, and here we go!
Aww, no boons at this table :(
May you have better luck with your in-game rolls than the ones here!
Okay, enough yapping from me for one night. Back to the action! :)