young Halfling lass| SP 12/12 ; HP 14/14 ; RP 5/5 | EAC 15 ; KAC 16 | (+2 vs. Fear) Fort. +1 ; Ref. +8 ; Will +4 | Speed 30 ft. (Uncanny Mobility) | Perception +8 ; SM +5| Active condition(s):
OOC:
LN lvl 2 Operative (Ghost) ; no deity
Pangea watches AMOSU work, as she admires the blood-red glow: "Very cool!"
In case Mysticism is rolled:
Pangea will give some help, or try to: "My granny always used to say that the undead loved to always favor the right side..." Mysticism Aid Another +2:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
AMOSU continues to focus on the panel and output, muttering to his computer's AI about access codes and data transfers...
Computers:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20 +2 if I can steal Pangea's assist
As AMOSU gains access to information it shares what it learns with the group, more out of an absent-minded habit of talking out loud as it works than purposeful education. AMOSU also takes care to assure that all of the files are transferred to its personal computer.
Sharing hidden info.
Once its confident no other information is available, AMOSU turns to the group, "I believe we have located our comrades. We should notify VC Arvin of the coordinates and of the pirate vessel."
Upon receiving word from the party, Venture-Captain Arvin is grateful for the news you provide and is eager to get started on the next step of the quest to find the crew of the Unbounded Wayfarer.
The coordinates of the downed Starfinder vessel correspond to a planet in the Vast, called Ulmarid. Your orders are to leave the Endless Threnody and return to Absalom Station while the Society researches the planet Ulmarid and how best to approach it. In addition with the communique, Arvin has included an alphanumeric sequence with a map of the bridge, which highlights a small panel about four feet to port of the captain's chair.
If you inspect the area of the ship highlighted on the map of the bridge:
You find a concealed panel with a small touch screen.
If you type the alphanumeric code onto the screen:
Spoiler:
The concealed compartment within the Loreseeker opens up, revealing a variety of delicacies within that are suitable to most palates, such as sticks of candied meats. Also within the compartment is a hot-plate and a chilled container holding a greenish concoction--it is chundma (which everyone knows should only be eaten when its piping hot)!
“I know this mission isn’t yet complete,” a holographic image of Arvin appears to explain, “but you’ve earned the right to celebrate a bit on your return trip. I asked the quartermaster to include a few delicacies so you can enjoy being alive—after an encounter with necromancy.”
After your return to Absalom Station, you are once again called upon by Venture-Captain Arvin to continue the search for the missing Starfinders of the ill-fated Unbounded Wayfarer. You are assigned to the Starfinder vessel, Odyssey, and sent to the planet Ulmarid.
The Odyssey, after a considerable amount of travel time, leaves the Drift and approaches the system containing the coordinates for the planet Ulmarid.
Picture and stats for Odyssey have been posted in Slides.
Upon arrival in the system, an automated message activates. Venture-Captain Arvin’s pre-recorded hologram stands on the bridge of the Odyssey, his hands clasped behind his back.
“Hopefully your journey was uneventful. Based on your previous mission, we’ve obtained information about the planet of Ulmarid. The desert world has breathable atmosphere but is devoid of intelligent ivilization. A cloud of asteroids—leftovers from a collision of the lanet’s moons long ago—surrounds the planet, so you must carefully navigate the Odyssey to the surface to find the crashed Unbounded Wayfarer."
“Be sure to bring the Starfinder insignias with you." the holographic Arvin continues, "They will be critical in recovering the information the Starfinders left behind. If you can recover any of the lost Starfinders—alive or dead—please do so as well. Good luck.”
Any PC(s) acting as science officer(s) may scan the planet with a successful Computers check.
Computers (DC 15+):
Ulmarid is a desert planet wracked with sudden and ferocious storms of poisons crystals that scour the surface. A variety of seemingly unintelligent creatures inhabit the planet’s surface as well as subterranean tunnels. A cloud of tumbling asteroids surrounds the planet—filling its upper atmosphere---presumably the result of the planet’s two enormous moons having collided long ago. This makes approaching the planet with large ships difficult.
Traversing the asteroid field down to the planet requires a successful Piloting check made by the acting pilot.
The acting captain may attempt a DC 10 Piloting (DC 10), Diplomacy(DC 17), or Intimidate (DC 17) to assist, encourage, or place demands on the pilot; a successful check provides a +2 bonus to the pilot’s Piloting check.
Any PC(s) acting as science officer(s) may scan the asteroid field to identify and avoid potential collisions with a successful Computers check (DC 15); each successful check provides a +2 bonus to the pilot’s Piloting check.
Since we ended a quest, do we get XP and Fame like last time? I'm perilously close to 2nd level... If so, are we allow to level mid-adventure set?
I apologize for the ambiguity. All XP, Fame, credits, etc. will be rewarded a single time--once all three quests are concluded and the chronicle sheet is issued. There is no leveling up between quests (which is consistent with the fact that the quests can only be played by level 1 PCs).
Pangea is delighted to find the treat Arvin left: "I love the Starfinder society!"
Probably +3 Gunner for Pangea
Sadly I cannot Bluff as Captain!
No starship combat in this quest. So it makes sense for multiple PCs to man the science stations if they wish. No need for Gunnery this quest and only 1 captain and 1 pilot allowed at a time.
Male Vesk Vanguard / 1 | SP11/11 : HP 14/14 : RP 4/4 | EAC 14 : KAC 15 | F +5 : R +4 : W +0 | Init +6 : Perc +6 | STR +1, DEX +2, CON +3, INT +0, WIS +0, CHA +0 | Speed 30 : SM +0
Looks like it is up to our Android companion to make the Computers skill check :)
Valen, if you'll allow it I'll access the database and then pilot.
If I can access the database:
Prior to the launch sequence, AMOSU accesses the ship's planetary database.
Computers:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24
As the information scrolls across the screen AMOSU reads it aloud.
Once all pre-launch systems have been reviewed AMOSU takes the pilot's seat. It utters a short prayer to Triune as it completes the final preparations. As the ship enters the asteroid field it addresses the crew, "It would be wise to activate any and all safety protocols, I shall endeavor to guide us safely through."
Pilot:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
Surprising even itself, AMOSU guides the ship through the asteroids with little to no damage to the ship.
@ AMOSU - Yes, you can access both database and pilot.
The android accesses the database to obtain some information regarding what the party is likely to encounter on the surface of Ulmarid, before expertly navigating the asteroids that surround the planet.
Tracking the distress beacon emanating from the Unbounded Wayfarer crash site makes locating the ship easy. However, the crash site is amid dunes too soft to safely bear the Odyssey’s weight, and the safest place to set down is about a half-hour’s walk away.
As you disembark from an undamaged Odyssey, you find that the surface of Ulmarid is a wind-scoured desert with jagged protrusions of rock thrusting up through the sand. The air has a harsh tang, like burning metal.
About fifteen minutes after you begin your trek to the crash site over barren dunes and swathes of sand, you notice that the once clear sky appear to be changing color rapidly. You realize, rather quickly, that the area you occupy is about to overtaken by a storm! With insufficient time to return to the Odyssey and no natural shelter to be found, you are forced to act quickly.
Each PC may attempt a Survival check.
Survival (DC 15+):
Before the storm overtakes you, you are able to identify the storm as one that produces unusual, airborne crystal formations that are poisonous. You gain a +4 bonus to your saving throws during the storm.
If the result of the check exceeds 17, then you may designate one ally to gain a +4 bonus to your saving throws during the storm.
If the result of the check exceeds 19, then you may designate two allies to gain a +4 bonus to your saving throws during the storm.
If the result of the check exceeds 21, then you may designate three allies to gain a +4 bonus to your saving throws during the storm.
If your result exceeds check exceeds 23, then you may designate four allies to gain a +4 bonus to your saving throws during the storm.
LN Female Athlete Kasatha Biohacker 2 | SP 14/14 | HP 16/16 | RP 4/4 | EAC 13, KAC 15, CMD 23 | Fort +4, Ref +0, Will +3 | Init +0 | Perc +8 | Biohacks 4/4
Survival:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
Watching carefully, Buse notices the dangerous parts of the oncoming storm. It bears down too fast to make more than a mental note. "Be wary of the poisonous crystal showers," she says, not too helpfully.
Male Vesk Vanguard / 1 | SP11/11 : HP 14/14 : RP 4/4 | EAC 14 : KAC 15 | F +5 : R +4 : W +0 | Init +6 : Perc +6 | STR +1, DEX +2, CON +3, INT +0, WIS +0, CHA +0 | Speed 30 : SM +0
Survival:1d20 ⇒ 4
Ukigashk chafes at the dry desert heat as he moves along toward the crash site.
Watching carefully, Buse notices the dangerous parts of the oncoming storm. It bears down too fast to make more than a mental note. "Be wary of the poisonous crystal showers," she says, not too helpfully.
I made an error; the bonus is granted to an ally if you meet or exceed a result of 17. So Doctor, you may choose who will receive the benefit from your cautious words--but you may only choose... one. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
As the storm engulfs your location, pockets of particulates within the atmosphere around you rapidly condense into dense clusters of knife-like crystals that rain upon you.
The storm lasts for three rounds. Please provide a total of three Reflex saves (DC 12) for each PC (one for each round).
@ Doctor Buse Clan-Wahi - You and a PC that you designate receive a +4 bonus to these Reflex saves.
@ AMOSU - As an android, your racial bonus does not apply to these Reflex saves.
PCs that fail one of the Reflex saves:
Some of the sharp, falling shards of crystal slash into you.
You take damage to stamina points in the amount of:1d6 ⇒ 2
You must make a Fortitude save (DC 10) or be fatigued.
If you take one of the bulbs provided by the ysoki in the Vat Garden before attempting this save:
Spoiler:
You find the bulb to be crunchy and bland. You gain a +4 bonus to your Fortitude saves.
@ Doctor Buse Clan-Wahi - You and the PC that you designated receive a +4 bonus to these Fortitude saves.
@ AMOSU - As an android, your racial bonus applies for these Fortitude saves.
If you failed two Reflex saves, you must make a second Fortitude save (DC 10) or be fatigued. In addition, you take additional damage to stamina points in the amount of:1d6 ⇒ 5.
If you failed all three Reflex saves, you must make a third Fortitude save (DC 10) or be fatigued. In addition, you take still more additional damage to stamina points in the amount of:1d6 ⇒ 2.
AMOSU attempts its best to roll and dodge between the falling toxin shards... Avoiding the larger shards, several small embed themselves in his back and leg. That's 6 SP and 1 HP damage. Ouch.
AMOSU quickly chews the bulb given by the Ysoki, hoping that it will prevent further system damage.
Male Vesk Vanguard / 1 | SP11/11 : HP 14/14 : RP 4/4 | EAC 14 : KAC 15 | F +5 : R +4 : W +0 | Init +6 : Perc +6 | STR +1, DEX +2, CON +3, INT +0, WIS +0, CHA +0 | Speed 30 : SM +0
Ukigashk dodges most of the falling crystals, but trips slightly and a few manage to hit him. The crystals burn slightly where they manage to slash him, but no worse than the mid-range toxins of some of the creatures he hunted as a youth.
LN Female Athlete Kasatha Biohacker 2 | SP 14/14 | HP 16/16 | RP 4/4 | EAC 13, KAC 15, CMD 23 | Fort +4, Ref +0, Will +3 | Init +0 | Perc +8 | Biohacks 4/4
I'll give the bonus to Pangea.
Buse's ability to keep safe is mostly decided by her prior warning - she's still rather clumsy. "Pirate, watch for the larger formations," she says curtly amid the danger, extending the shield to Pangea.
young Halfling lass| SP 12/12 ; HP 14/14 ; RP 5/5 | EAC 15 ; KAC 16 | (+2 vs. Fear) Fort. +1 ; Ref. +8 ; Will +4 | Speed 30 ft. (Uncanny Mobility) | Perception +8 ; SM +5| Active condition(s):
OOC:
LN lvl 2 Operative (Ghost) ; no deity
Pangea listens to Dr. Buse's help, and tries to avoid the large formations.
"Oh? Thank you, doctor!"
And, instead of walking right into them, a couple times, she is saved by these wise words.
"Wow! That worked!"
Once the storm passes, the you continue your journey to the
crashed vessel. The landscape before you appears to be composed of little more than rocks and sand.
If the party decides to rest:
You find that you have time as there seems to be no life-forms on the surface of the planet to disrupt your rest.
PCs may rest. Then place your token in the "Start" area on the Map denoted by the green broken outline.
Once you resume your travels, it is not long before you see what appears to be an object sticking out of the sands ahead at, what your sensors indicate, should be the crash site.
Each PC should then give me a Perception check and an Initiative check.
If the party decides to NOT to rest:
You find that you make good as you travel along the surface of the planet. It is not long before you see what appears to be an object sticking out of the sands ahead at, what your sensors indicate, should be the crash site.
Place your token in the "Start" area on the Map denoted by the green broken outline.
Each PC should then give me a Perception check and an Initiative check.
Male Vesk Vanguard / 1 | SP11/11 : HP 14/14 : RP 4/4 | EAC 14 : KAC 15 | F +5 : R +4 : W +0 | Init +6 : Perc +6 | STR +1, DEX +2, CON +3, INT +0, WIS +0, CHA +0 | Speed 30 : SM +0
Sorry, I missed the new action required posts.
Ukigashk pauses and rests with AMOSU. He doesn't really need it, but he takes the time meditate and reflect on the ever moving sand and dunes.
As the group starts to move again, something puts Ukigashk on edge. He can't see or hear what would be causing his unease. But he is sure there is definitely something more sinister happening than just shifting sand on dunes.
He grumbles, "I have a bad feeling about this place."
Pangea alone gets a sense that something large is moving beneath her.
Creature, Stealth (Taking 10)=18
Suddenly, the sand beneath your feet begins to give way as the ground trembles as a long, monstrous creature erupts from the sands between you. Light glistens off of the creatures’s crystal carapace, reflected from the scorching desert sun, as remnants of the sound that once contained it now cascade off the towering beast like tiny waterfalls.
Yet, the most fearsome feature of this monster, at least of those portions of which are now above ground, are its enormous mandibles, which emit a continuous buzzing-like sound as they energetically thrum with anticipation.
Location of creature now on Map
Mysticism (DC 13+):
This creature is a skreebara, a 14-foot-long burrowing beast with six powerful legs. Its carapace is made of thick reflective crystal and it bears enormous mandibles that thrum with sonic energy. The tough, overlapping crystals that make up its carapace are valuable and fetch a sizeable sum of credits if properly harvested. If sufficiently desperate or frustrated, a skreebara may let loose a line of sonic energy, but it can only do so once approximately every six hours.
Sonic Screech (Su) As a standard action, a skreebara can unleash a 30-foot line of sonic energy. Creatures in the line each take 4d4 sonic damage (Reflex DC 12 half). Once a skreebara uses this attack, it must wait 6 hours before using it again, and during this time period, its bite attack does not inflict any additional sonic damage. As a result, a skreebara does not use this ability unless it is desperate or frustrated.
Skreebara, Initiative:1d20 + 0 ⇒ (2) + 0 = 2
AMOSU, Initiative:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 13
COMBAT BEGINS
Surprise Round Initiative Order
PCs in bold may take either a move action or a standard action
Ukigashk
D'Gavin
AMOSU
Dr. Buse Clan-Wahi
Pangea
Creature
Posting now, as I won't get to again until much later this evening.
AMOSU is taken back a step as the creature bursts from the sand in the midst of its companions. bought back to the situation by Pangea's shout, "Skreebara? Intriguing... Adding to data files - indigenous predator, highly aggressive, use of sonics for burrowing and hunting..."
AMOSU readies its Pulsecaster and fires on the creature.
Male Vesk Vanguard / 1 | SP11/11 : HP 14/14 : RP 4/4 | EAC 14 : KAC 15 | F +5 : R +4 : W +0 | Init +6 : Perc +6 | STR +1, DEX +2, CON +3, INT +0, WIS +0, CHA +0 | Speed 30 : SM +0
Ukigashk growls loudly, "Watch yourselves!"
He then draws his sword at swings at the Skreebara, the blade emitting it's eerie black glow as it swings. The swing misses as the creature repositions from it's lunge at Pangea.
Entropic Strike:1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 + 2 = 7Skreebara Flanked, but still missed :(
The android manages to fire an energy bolt past the skreebara's crystalline carapace. The vesk, however, fails to connect with the gigantic beast before him.
First Full Round of Combat Cont'd
PCs in bold may act
Ukigashk
D'Gavin
AMOSU
Dr. Buse Clan-Wahi
Pangea -11 SP
Skreebara -13 HP
young Halfling lass| SP 12/12 ; HP 14/14 ; RP 5/5 | EAC 15 ; KAC 16 | (+2 vs. Fear) Fort. +1 ; Ref. +8 ; Will +4 | Speed 30 ft. (Uncanny Mobility) | Perception +8 ; SM +5| Active condition(s):
OOC:
LN lvl 2 Operative (Ghost) ; no deity
Hit by the creature, Pangea reacts by strengthening her skin...
gaining 1 Entropy Point from the hit, and w. 1 EP in her pool now, she gains +1 AC
She aligns her shield to cover her against the big beast.
move action to get +1 AC
And tries to smash it again.
Entropic Strike vs. KAC:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11 Acid:1d3 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
What's the other object on the map, lower right side?
Oops, I thought I had mentioned it.
Beyond the threatening form of the skreebara, a piece of the wreck half buried in the sand appears to contain the Unbounded Wayfarer’s antipersonnel weapon, a tactical X-gen gun. The reloading mechanism of the heavy weapon looks damaged, but it otherwise appears as though it may still be operational. Affixed to a heavy section of fractured hull and partially covered in sand, it looks as though it cannot be readily moved.
Her skin hardened, the Besmaran woman's shield deflects off of the skreebara's thick carapace.
First Full Round of Combat Cont'd
PCs in bold may act
Ukigashk
D'Gavin
AMOSU
Dr. Buse Clan-Wahi
Pangea -11 SP
Skreebara -13 HP
LN Female Athlete Kasatha Biohacker 2 | SP 14/14 | HP 16/16 | RP 4/4 | EAC 13, KAC 15, CMD 23 | Fort +4, Ref +0, Will +3 | Init +0 | Perc +8 | Biohacks 4/4
Buse loads a serum into her glove as she rushes over. Only as far as D'Gavin by the time it is ready, she uses it on him. The air around the half-elf is filled with a foul odor, fortunately one that he can't smell.
Enemies have a -2 to hit D'Gavin for 2 rounds (this is a poison effect).
The half-elf's shot just barely manages to penetrate the skreebara's thick carapace.
The enormous creature writhes in pain, but its hunger controls it. Seeing a choice of three potential meals within its reach, it remains and tries to gorge itself on Starfinders.
Who to chomp? 1 human, 2 kasatha, 3 vesk:1d3 ⇒ 1 1 human, 2 kasatha, 3 vesk:1d3 ⇒ 3
young Halfling lass| SP 12/12 ; HP 14/14 ; RP 5/5 | EAC 15 ; KAC 16 | (+2 vs. Fear) Fort. +1 ; Ref. +8 ; Will +4 | Speed 30 ft. (Uncanny Mobility) | Perception +8 ; SM +5| Active condition(s):
OOC:
LN lvl 2 Operative (Ghost) ; no deity
Hurt and bleeding, Pangea pretends to drop... before bouncing up and jamming her shield, filled with entropic powers, at the beast that fancies her flesh.
But her feet slip in her own blood, and she never manages to lift her shield.
The critter gives her a look: Really?
I gain a 2nd EP - yay, I have no ability to use them!
AC still @ 16 EAC - 17 KAC
Actions:
• Move action Improved Feint:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11vs. greater of 10+SM bonus or 15+(1,5×CR) to make opponent Flat Footed • Standard action Entropic Strike vs. KAC:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 (if Flat Footed: enemy has -2 AC)
Acid and/or Bludgeoning:1d3 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
