GM Badblood's [SFS] #1-16 Dreaming of the Future - MK I (Inactive)

Game Master Lance K

I'm going to assume that we three do try.

1d20 ⇒ 20

"If my math is right here, I believe the we should focus our efforts at this point right here. You see because the impeding object is acting as the fulcrum..." Istorvir goes on for a couple minutes.

"Yes yes, that's all very good, Professor. Now if you don't mind..." Vindler steps up beside the door, lines up his shield, and gives the door a hard push.

Fortitude: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

Saryn, you'll still need to provide an Athletics check or Fortitude save, as you're the main muscle behind pushing that door open.

[ooc]Pangea, the door they're trying to open is the open in the office, which is the locked room that JJ Oaklie is trying to open.[ooc]

JJ Oaklie easily jimmy's the lock open and slips inside the office. Inside, he can see several small workstations, a sleek, stainless steel desk, and well-stocked bar. Two doors lie on the western wall, with one clearly being a leftover relic from a previous renovation. A door on the
eastern wall is blocked by an open and empty deep-space storage pod. Two doors frame the northern wall.

Oaklie can hear some noise coming from the blocked door and sees that the heavy space pod is moving slightly, as if someone is trying to push it open further.

JJ walks over to the pod and calls out through the door. "Hello"

Happily. I just wasn't sure of the timing.

Athletics: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
Of course

[ooc]Sorry, got mixed up between doors.[ooc]

Pangea heads over to between the Fire-Exit and the other door.
Checking the other door...
Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

Pangea checks the Fire Exit door from the other side. It doesn't look trapped, but he could attempt an Engineering check (and it is safe enough to Take 10 here if you'd like) to disarm the door alarm from this side without needing to make a Stealth check. Pangea can also hear his fellow agents in the office next to him.

Don't worry Saryn, you still barely passed the DC to avoid being fatigued.

With a little bit of help from Istovir and Vindler, Saryn manages to push the huge deep space pod out of the way just enough for everyone to squeeze into the room. Besides the work stations, there doesn't appear to be much of interest in this room. JJ Oaklie is near the entrance of the walk in safe. The door is seamless with no visible latch or hinge. Outside of using an industrial grade mining drill or enough explosives to bring down half of the night club around you, it doesn't look there is any way to mechanically break into the vault. But logically, there must be some way to open the safe.

Pangea tries to disarm the door's alarm Take 10 for 18 and, not having spotted traps on the other door, he tries to open it to join the fellow agents.

Unfortunately, the alarm on the Fire Exit looks a little to sophisticated for Pangea to handle without more effort. Turning away, Pangea finds the door to the main office unlocked. It looks like someone has already tampered with the lock! And even stranger, he can hear voices and noises coming from behind the door.

Looks like everyone is together in Bogdin's office now.

"OK. We're here. Now what?"

"Well, we look around I imagine."

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24
and take 20 (if we can) for a 26, if that isn't enough

Istovir's keen elf eyes notice that a large abstract painting on the wall is sticking a little too far out. Undoing a latch on the side of the frame reveals that there is a sleek black control panel behind the painting. Rather predictably, the control panel appears to be password protected.

"Any of you any good with computers?" Vindler asks the group. "Tell ya what, I'll keep a watch while you lot work in here." He moves to one of the doors leading to the hallway behind the club and peers up and down the corridor sporadically to watch for any guards or for the club owner himself.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27

Pangea goes over to check out with the computer, and see what it gives.

Pangea begins fiddling with the control panel, but then pauses and looks expectantly towards Istovir. The elf knows at him knowlingly, then nonchalantly waves towards the android.

Go on.

Pangea makes quick work bypassing the control console's security and is able to access the system's basic functions. In addition to opening up the vault, this console also controls the strobe lights and smoke machines on the dance floor. More importantly, this console controls the compliance collars worn by the androids working here and can deactivated from here.

It also looks like it might be possible to link the functions on this console to a datapad or computer and activate them remotely.

Pangea shares all it finds: "So, we can open up the vault, controls the strobe lights and smoke machines on the dance floor. And deactivate the android collars.
Let's link this to our datapads, to use this when on the move."

You will need to pass a fairly difficult Computers check if you do want to link the control console to a datapad.

The vault door opens silently and inside there are a number of artifacts and ancient looking art pieces. Standing out among them is the sandstone tablet, which is resting on a purple cushion, waiting for someone to grab it.

Just to speed things up, I'm going to let you know that there is no trap on this item. You just need to grab it and go.

The door on the east wall silently closes shut and there is a soft click as some sort of locking mechanism activates. That door is now inaccessible, leaving only the the front entrance as a viable way out of the building.

Mysticism: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

"Great. Now we've done it. I think we need to move quick here, lads. That seems like it could be some sort of magic alarm on there." Vindler rushes forward and seizes the sandstone tablet and shoves it in his pack, then turns back to the door, drawing his sword and readying his shield as he does so. "Let's move."

"Make sure we deactivate the collars. In fact, let's turn everything off, create some chaos to aid in our escape."

Computers: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (15) + 12 = 27
Istorvir hurries over and, with one hand on his own datapad, places a hand on the console. "Sorry Alpha, we are in a hurry now....That should do it. "

Mysticism: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21
"As Vindler said, someone knows we are here." Istorvir says obviously as he looks at the map of this place on his datapad. "Hmm...we may have to exit out the entrance, which is where whomever received the alarm will likely be waiting. But there are a lot of people out there. As a side note, does anyone have a particularly efficient weapon at going through solid objects? If so, we could just go out the side. Otherwise, I suggest someone particularly adept at not being seen give us some eyes from the northwest door, going to the bar."

"Okay, let's leave."

By skill or accident, JJ Oaklie managed to nail current Vercite upper class fashions. Everyone else, sadly, has been sticking out like a sore thumb.

"JJ you go one way. I'll go a different way. keep a low profile and I'll make some noise."

Standing in the main entrance, back lit by the fluorescent lights coming from the hallway, is a verthani dressed in a sleek black suit. Next to him is a vesk bouncer who has her laser pistol out and keeping anyone from moving past. As the doors open and the party attempts to slip into the crowd, Karelite Bogdin points towards the intruders and shouts something which is lost under the booming bass and shouts of revelry coming from the dance floor. Two other vesk bouncers with pistols in hand turn towards the nearest Starfinders they can see and begin firing.

Until the dance floor clears, the entire night club is considered difficult terrain, as you have to push through a sea of bodies to get anywhere. In addition, everyone is going to automatically have cover against ranged attacks. JJ Oaklie is going to have the additional advantage of getting concealment while he is in the crowd, which means that everyone will have a 20% chance to miss him with any ranged attack and he will always have concealment for making Stealth checks.

I am assuming you released the androids already. I am also assuming that Pangea-Alpha and Istovir both have the remote control settings on their respective devices. Activating the smoke will fill the the bottom third of the map with smoke. Activating the strobe lights can potentially daze everyone on the dance floor, including allies. Like most things, activating these functions are standard actions.

Final note...We'll consider the fight as having started as soon as the doors open...so you won't need to spend a move action opening a door.

Round 1
Istovir
JJ Oaklie
Karelite Bogdin
Pangea-Alpha
Vesk Red
Vindler
Vesk Yellow
Vesk Green
Saryn

Bold can go first

Istorvir activates the strobe lights and crawls along behind the bar.

JJ attempts to hide in the crowd and get around the vesk.

stealth moving at half speed: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30

second move action, stealthing: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28

As he moves, he draws his pistol.

Red Vesk Fort Save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15Dazed 1d4 rds: 1d4 ⇒ 2
Yello Vesk Fort Save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22Dazed 1d4 rds: 1d4 ⇒ 3
Green Vesk Fort Save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14Dazed 1d4 rds: 1d4 ⇒ 1
Karelite Bogdin Fort Save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17Dazed 1d4 rds: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Istovir turns on the strobe lights at full speed, causing a number of the party goers to become disoriented and fall over. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to have an effect on any the gun wielding thugs coming after you.

Istovir, I'm assuming you mean that you are literally crawling, is that correct? It's not a bad idea, because while you're prone, no one would be able to target you.

Karelite sees the lashunta standing in the frame of the door and begins to slowly shove his way through the crowd, firing a laser over the heads of the party goers. The Verthani is a crack shot, and strikes Saryn directly in the chest with a hot blue laser.

Corona Laser pistol: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
Laser, fire: 2d4 + 3 ⇒ (4, 3) + 3 = 10

Istovir
JJ Oaklie
Karelite Bogdin
Pangea-Alpha
Vesk Red
Vindler
Vesk Yellow
Vesk Green
Saryn

Vindler and Pangea, you can both go if you'd like.

"Karelite Bogdin! We were told you're bad news!"...what a face, Pangea thinks as the android moves out into the crowd.
Its exocortex starts tracking Karelite.
move (25 ft, last 20 ft in diff terrain) + move action to track

The vesk near Karelite begins pushing through the crowd, firing her laser pistol at Pangea.

Laser pistol: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10
Laser, fire: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

The vesk's laser shatters a glass bottle of liquour, spraying the two android bartenders who are cowering inside the bar with the neon pink alcohol that was inside it.

The two other vesks's push through the crowd, firing shots at Pangea and Saryn respectively.

Laser pistol vs. Saryn: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12
Laser, fire: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

The vesk's laser shot burns a small hole into the door frame.

Laser pistol vs. Pangea-Alpha: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
Laser, fire: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
The vesk manages to land graze Pangea's bicep with a nasty laser shot. The shot doesn't burn his flesh, but its probably going to hurt in the morning.

ROUND 1
Istovir
JJ Oaklie
Karelite Bogdin
Pangea-Alpha
Vesk Red
Vindler - Can act
Vesk Yellow
Vesk Green
Saryn - Can act

ROUND 2
Istovir - Can act
JJ Oaklie - Can act
Karelite Bogdin
Pangea-Alpha
Vesk Red
Vindler
Vesk Yellow
Vesk Green
Saryn

At the first blasts of laser pistols, the crowd of party goers begin to scream and head towards the door. With only one exit available, it will take awhile for the crowd to disperse.

Pangea curses as it is hurt.
The exocortex asks: "Change target for retaliation?"
"No, no, keep on the boss."

Which one is the only exit? The fire exit where I am standing?

ooc should be used for out of character statements. To answer your question, the main entrance also happens to be the main exit of this place. The patrons are piling up at that doorway and are staying away from the north, south, and eastern doors.

Vindler and Saryn still need to take actions for Round 1. I will bot you both tomorrow morning to keep things moving. Istovir and JJ Oaklie can take their actions for Round 2.

JJ no close enough to the vesk raises his pistol and fires.

trick attack, DC=20+enemies CR: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16
pistol: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 101d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
trick attack: 1d8 ⇒ 8

Istorvir crawls some more and activates the fog on his datapad.

Botting Vindler and Saryn to finish up Round 1

Vindler pushes through the crowd, beating his hook sword on his shield and shouting in Dwarven as he tries to draw attention to himself.

Saryn pulls out Congregate Merthinett's frost rifle as he moves into the room. Seeing the yellow vesk moving towards JJ Oaklie, Saryn fires a blast of cold energy at her.

Zero Rifle: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
Cold Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 2
Despite the cover of the crowd, Saryn's shot manages to graze the vesk's hand, causing frost to painfully climb from her hand up to her elbow.

ROUND 2

JJ Oaklie breathes a little too soon and the shot goes a little high, missing the vesk. Unaware that he was there, she jerks her head towards the human as the shot rings out.

Suddenly, pink and green smoke fill up the dance floor, obscuring everyone in the the bottom third of the main room.

This acts like a fog cloud spell, so it provides full concealment unless you're up close. And another interesting thing is that smoke/fog will completely disrupt laser fire.

As Istovir is punching in the commands to activate the smoke machine, he notices a black eye watching him from the shadows of the bar. He blinks and sees that the vercite bartender is back here with him, huddled behind the bar. He is clearly using his species' chameleon skin to hide during the fight and doesn't look like a threat.

Karelite sees Vindler charging across the dance floor and screams shrilly, "Get that dwarf!". He fires a shot at him with his pistol.

Get Em' on Vindler

Corona Laser pistol: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 9 + 1 = 23
Laser damage: 2d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 1) + 3 = 5

Another lucky shot, as the laser barely connects with Vindler's shoulder. With cover from the crowd, he got exactly what he needed to hit.

Istovir -Gone
JJ Oaklie -Gone
Karelite Bogdin - Gone
Pangea-Alpha
Vesk Red
Vindler
Vesk Yellow -2 HP
Vesk Green
Saryn

Just post your actions for Round 2 if you're ready. We can always retcon something if needed.

Sorry for the delay. Busy weekend and just hadn't had a chance to post this morning! Thanks for botting! I think the move to get the enemies on him is perfect for Vindler. Let's put this Con-based class to the test. :D

"Come on," Vindler shouts as Bogdin's shot pings against his armor and gives his a tiny tiny boo-boo. "If you're gonna shoot someone, at least you could make them feel it!" The dwarf rushes northward, then lunges to his left to slam his shield into the vesk bodyguard attacking from that direction.

Entropic Strike, Improved Bull Rush: 1d20 + 7 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 7 + 4 = 22

If successful, Vindler gains 1 Entropy Point

Pangea moves through the fog through the crowd still difficult terrain?

The crowd won't thin out until the end of Round 3. The scenario calls this out as creating difficult terrain; but I am also providing everyone with cover against ranged attacks until the crowd is gone.

Vindler moves up to the Vesk bouncer and slams her backwards with his shield. He feels the power of entropy entering his body as the inexorable force of his momentum pushes her out of the way.

The two vesks near Vindler unleash a flurry of laser blasts against the dwarven juggernaut. The beams bounce off his armor, with only of the lasers hitting him directly enough to heat his armor up a bit.

Green Vesk Laser Attack 1: 1d20 + 8 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (17) + 8 + 1 - 4 = 22
Laser damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Green Vesk Laser Attack 2: 1d20 + 8 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (6) + 8 + 1 - 4 = 11
Laser damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Red Vesk Laser Attack 1: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 8 + 1 = 28
Laser damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Both of the Green Vesk's lasers miss due to the cover provided by the crowds. The Red Vesk's laser does land though.

Intelligence check DC 10: 1d20 ⇒ 5

The vesk in the fog cloud turns towards the sound of the gunshot and fires a laser blast in JJ Oaklie's direction. The laser beam harmlessly refracts within the smoke cloud, dispersing into a glowing cloud incapable of damaging anything. Seeing that her laser is ineffective, the vesk pushes through the crowd towards where JJ Oaklie fired last. She emerges out the fog, suddenly adjacent to the gunslinger.

Saryn, you still need to take your action for Round 2

ROUND 3

The crowd is beginning to thin out, but there are still enough panicked civilians that the terrain is difficult to move through. The two androids are continuing to cower behind the bar, uncertain whether they want to flee towards an open door or help out their liberators.

Istovir
JJ Oaklie
Karelite Bogdin
Pangea-Alpha
Vesk Red
Vindler
Vesk Yellow -2 HP
Vesk Green
Saryn

JJ takes a guarded step back and fires another round at the vesk from behind his back.

stealth trick attack, DC 20+ enemies CR: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29
attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 51d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
trick attack: 1d8 ⇒ 2

Saryn fires at red vesk as he starts to move toward him.

Zero Rifle v EAC: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12 Cold Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 8

Istorvir crawls to the end of area behind the bar and carefully gets to his feet, but also tries not to reveal his position.
Stealth: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19

Saryn's blast misses, creating a blue patch of frost on the opposite wall.

The area that JJ Oaklie and the yellow Vesk are in is treated as if it was a fog cloud spell. So anything farther than five away is effectively invisible. I should have posted the rules for fog cloud when Istovir activated it, so JJ, if you'd like, you can retcon your action to do something different. You wouldn't have been able to take a guarded step anyways, because the dance floor is still considered difficult terrain due to the crowd.

Karelite sees the laser blasts barely effecting Vindler and shouts to his vesk bodyguards.

"The dwarf! Shoot the bloody dwarf! Like this!

Corona Laser: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 8 + 1 = 20
Laser damage: 2d4 + 3 ⇒ (3, 1) + 3 = 7

Instead of the laser blast hitting Vindler, the blast strikes a fleeing clubgoer, who falls to the ground with a scream.

Even though it doesn't give them any kind of mechanical advantage (cover is cover), Karelite and the bouncers aren't as careful with their shots and are freely firing into the crowd trying to hit you.

ROUND 3
Istovir -Done
JJ Oaklie - Retcon action
Karelite Bogdin -Done
Pangea-Alpha
Vesk Red
Vindler
Vesk Yellow -2 HP
Vesk Green
Saryn

Vindler shoves his way past a the few clubgoers still foolish enough to be between himself and the green vesk. As he does so, the entropic energies that had begun to build within him make him appear as if he is fragmenting and multiple alternate versions of himself. He raises his blade and the disruptive energies flow into the weapon, until he brings it down and they explode out toward the vesk.

Entropic Strike - Hook Sword vs EAC: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15 Damage (A): 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Move 5ft forward and standard to attack with entropic strike. On a hit, I gain a +1 enhancement bonus to AC against melee attacks from my target for 1 round (block weapon special property from entropic strike). I also have a +1 enhancement bonus to AC because I have 1 Entropy point, though I don't think these stack.
Effective EAC 20, KAC 22

Pangea moves out of the fog, and blasts the one in green fighting Vindlér.


Plasma Bolter vs. EAC: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
E & F: 1d10 ⇒ 7

Vindler slices through the vesk's body armor with his hook blades sword. As the blade passes through her, instead of cutting her, the flesh around the wound turns into gray sludge as the molecules in her body begin to decouple into a simpler form of matter. The vesk cries out in pain, and then anger as Pangea's bolt flies by her head. She pulls a knife out of her waistband and slashes at Vindler.

Green Vesk Survival Knife: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 6 + 1 = 17
Slashing damage: 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

The other Vesk unleashes a barrage of laser blasts at Vindler, without any concern for the fleeing patrons running past the dwarf.

Red Vesk laser pistol full attack: 1d20 + 8 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (4) + 8 + 1 - 4 = 9
Laser damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Red Vesk laser pistol full attack: 1d20 + 8 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 8 + 1 - 4 = 18
Laser damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Meanwhile, in the smoke; the third vesk bouncer draws a kukri shaped dagger out of her boot as she hunts for JJ Oaklie in the smoke. Finding him, she slashes at him with the heavy blade.

Green Vesk Survival Knife: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
Concealment 20%: 1d100 ⇒ 56
Slashing damage: 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

All the Vesk attacks miss this round!

ROUND 3
Istovir -Done
JJ Oaklie - Retcon action
Karelite Bogdin -Done
Pangea-Alpha-Done
Vesk Red
Vindler -Done
Vesk Yellow -2 HP
Vesk Green -6 HP
Saryn

ROUND 4
Istovir
JJ Oaklie
Karelite Bogdin
Pangea-Alpha
Vesk Red
Vindler
Vesk Yellow -2 HP
Vesk Green -6 HP
Saryn

Enough of the crowd has finally made it out of the exit that they are no longer providing cover or causing difficult terrain. A few wounded civilians are laying on the ground, burned by rays from the careless laser fire of Karelite and his minions.

From his cover, Istorvir incants a spell he learned long ago. When he finishes, 3 small lights zoom toward Bogdin and collide.

Magic Missile: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 1, 3) + 3 = 8

Saryn takes cover behind the bar and takes another shot at red vesk.

Zero Rifle v EAC: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19 Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 1

I would have just pulled my knife than and still would have missed.

JJ takes another swing with his knife.

trick attack, DC 20+enemies CR: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26
attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 221d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
trick attack: 1d8 ⇒ 6

Saryn manages to graze the vesk with another shot from the zero cannon before diving behind the bar for cover. Saryn notices that the androids are arguing with each other about whether it is better to stay behind cover or to help the Starfinder's fight. Kozmos-13 is the more timid of the two, and tells 14 that if they stay quiet Karelite might be merciful to them.

There is still a 20% miss chance for concealment even in close range, which I did roll for the vesk on her last attack.

Concealment: 1d100 ⇒ 95 Made it! Good thing too, that attack had some good damage on it.

John Joseph and the vesk are engaged in a brutal knife fight in the colorful smoke filling the dance floor. The survivalist backs off into the shadows and when the vesk lunges towards him he darts in and slashes her under the arm, dealing a grievous blow. The vesk continues to chase after him, enraged, but clearly wounded from that skillful slash.

Istovir definitely gets Karelite's attention with his magic missile spell, as the bolts tear through his expensive looking suit and armor. Glaring at the elf, he strides towards the elevated bar on legs that are clearly augmented for speed. Still eying the vesk fighting Vindler down below, Karelite casually aims his chrome plated pistol at Istovir and fires a blast at him.

Corona Laser: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
Laser damage: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (3, 1) + 2 = 6

Istovir gasps at the heat of the laser knocks the air out of his lungs. His armor is singed where the laser hit him in the shoulder.

Karelite is standing behind a small railing. This will give him partial cover (+2 AC) against ranged attacks from below. It's only a few feet up, so moving up to him would be the same as moving over difficult terrain. No climb check necessary.

ROUND 4
Istovir - Gone
JJ Oaklie -Gone
Karelite Bogdin -8 -Gone
Pangea-Alpha
Vesk Red -1
Vindler
Vesk Yellow -14 HP
Vesk Green -6 HP
Saryn