[Outpost II] GM Mjolbeard's 1-10 The Half-Alive Streets (Inactive)

Game Master Mjolbeard89

Welcome and thanks for signing up for this Outpost II run of "The Half-Alive Streets" folks!

First off, I'd like to introduce myself a bit to those of you who haven't played with me before. I'm GM Mjolbeard. I've been playing SFS since its debut, much of which has included PBP as a venue. I highly value the game, and love to do as much as I can to throw in a lot of role-play with my roll-play, as the saying goes. With that in mind, here are a few expectations that I will hold for myself as well as my players in this game:

1) Please try to maintain a posting rate of 1+ post/weekday. Weekends are almost always busier for me than weekdays in one way or another, so I may or may not post during that timeframe. I'd accept the same from you. Within those posting rates, I'd love to see as much role-play from each of you as you feel comfortable with. Particularly good role-play can potentially earn things like circumstance bonuses on various rolls.
2) Please list important information about your character in the Classes/Levels section of your stat block. Please also have your full character sheet available in your character's profile. If you're at all unsure what I'm talking about, feel free to take a look at my SFS characters for some examples.
3) I'll roll initiative for combats and perception for potential surprise situations. I'll also provide information for knowledge checks in spoilers with the DCs listed. Please refrain from reading the spoilers unless you make the DC with the appropriate skill check.

We will begin play at the start of Outpost II on March 11, but in the meantime, please do me a favor and post the information for your character requested below using the template I've provided. This will make things easier for me when it comes time for reporting and putting together chronicles, so this is for your benefit too! You can also dot in on the gameplay thread with your character of choice.

Player:
Character:
SFS#:
Starting XP:
Starting Fame:
Starting Reputation/Infamy with Selected Faction:
Starting Credits:
Day Job:
Special Notes/Abilities: Please describe anything unusual about your character here.

With all that out of the way, all that remains is for me to say thanks again for joining me, and happy gaming!

Dotting in for now. This is a GM Baby, so I need to go ahead and build it. It's up to Level 3 and I'm leaning towards Operative.

Laniakea is part way through a scenario. It is unlikely, but he could die. If that happens, I'll bring one of my other characters.

Hey there folks! Here's a look at our current party (per the sign-up sheet):

GM Red playing Galaxy S9 Plus (Operative 3)
Eric Swanson playing Henry "Hank" Marlow (Solider 1)
Lady Ladile playing Novella-01 (Technomancer 1)
Blake's Tiger playing Laniakea (Envoy 2)
Supersuperlative playing Chk'tarlsh (Soldier 2)
Apoc Golem playing Roddy Glasz (Soldier 1)

So...you folks are gonna blow some stuff up, I think!

We're just under 3 weeks from the kick-off of Outpost II. Let's get ready for some fun!

Woo! So ready to play Roddy again!

Laniakea gained a level since signing up, so he's Envoy 3. :)

Hi everyone. Sorry for being late to the party - for some reason it is not showing new posts for this table on my campaign tab.

Thanks for the kind welcome, GM Mjolbeard. Looking forward to playing with you all.

I will post the requested details shortly.

Hey folks, I know that this is kind of short notice but I've been dealing with some PbP burnout lately and find myself needing to cut back on both GM and player games. As much as I hate to, this is one of the games I've decided to let go of. I'll go clear my name off the signup spreadsheet and hopefully you'll be able to get a new 6th in short order.

I hope everyone has a grand time and maybe I'll be able to play Starfinder with you folks in the future once I'm feeling more energized!

(And when you get a chance GM, please mark me as inactive. Thanks!)

Burnout can be rough. Take care of yourself, and hopefully we see you back to the boards soon!

Sorry to hear that. Take care and all the best with re-energising. Hope to see you about again sometime soon, refreshed!

Thanks for the heads up, Novella. Sorry we won't be able to play with you this time, but we'll all look forward to playing with you again when you're ready to roll again!

OK. Survived the last scenario, so...

Player: Tim M/Blake's Tiger
Character: Laniakea
SFS#: 230524-707
Starting XP: 7
Starting Fame: 14
Starting Reputation with Selected Faction: 15 (Second Seekers)
Starting Credits: 3851
Day Job: Profession (diplomat): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12
Special Notes/Abilities: Diplomatic Training allows me to use Culture in place of Life Science to identify humanoids and monstrous humanoids; Slick Customer allows me to add expertise or re-roll the Diplomacy check after finding out if it is a success or failure

Congrats on your survival, Laniakea! Let's see if we can do something about that in this scenario.

**Rubs hands together menacingly**

Player: Apoc Golem
Character: Roddy Glasz
SFS#: 6269-704
Starting XP: 1
Starting Fame: 3
Starting Reputation/Infamy with Selected Faction: 2 (Exo-Guardians)
Starting Credits: 864
Day Job: Profession (Bounty Hunter): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Special Notes/Abilities: Mining Laser Boon (Not sure if this one was tagged with Starship Combat, I forgot to check). Nothing else special, particularly. Armor Storm archetype, so my punches are a little punchier but that's it.

Player: Eric Swanson
Character: Henry "Hank" Marlow
SFS#: 13977-701
Starting XP: 0
Starting Fame: 0
Starting Reputation/Infamy with Selected Faction: 0
Starting Credits: 1000
Day Job: Profession (architect): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
Special Notes/Abilities: Nothing special, unless you consider Opening Volley a special ability :)

It's in my header, but just to emphasize in case we have any infamous sorts: Laniakea is a Steward (an idiosyncratically chaotic-aligned Steward, make of that as you will).

In the final stages of current scenario. Will post the particulars once I've updated the chronicle details.

Player: Supersuperlative
Character: Chk'tarlsh
SFS#: 274536-701
Starting XP: 5
Starting Fame: 10
Starting Reputation/Infamy with Selected Faction: 10 (Exo-Guardians)
Starting Credits: 1123
Day Job: Profession (Mercenary)/w tools: 1d20 + 5 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 5 + 4 = 18
Special Notes/Abilities: Cursed by Fate: The result of your die roll is inversely proportional to the signifance of the outcome of the roll.
Other than that, nothing particularly noteworthy.

Player: philipjcormier
Character: Tolmu
SFS#: 55792-702
Starting XP: 3
Starting Fame: 6
Starting Reputation/Infamy with Selected Faction: Wayfinders: 6 Dataphiles: 1
Starting Credits: 1141
Day Job: Profession(Counselor): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (4) + 13 = 17
Special Notes/Abilities: Divine Blessing(Sarenrae): first fire effect each round does 1/2 fire and 1/2 holy.
Mystic Strike: Your melee and ranged attacks count as magic for the purposes of bypassing damage reduction and other situations, such as attacking incorporeal creatures.

Needed to adjust Starting Credits. I forgot to buy another healing serum to replace the one I used. Current total listed.

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ACTIVE BOONS
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Ally: Dream Whispers
Faction: Exo-Guardians Champion
Personal: -
Promotional -
Social: AbadarCorp Acquaintance (Respect)
Starship: Automated Defenses
Slotless: Marked Field Agent, Private Vault, Starfinder Society Care Package (Limited Use)

Faction: Wayfinder's Friend
Starship: Solar Powered Weapon System
Social: Faction's Friend(if needed)

Boons Slotted

Ally: Dream Whispers
Faction: Second Seeker (LE) Champion
Personal: Woioko Heritage
Promotional: Promotional Re-roll (shirt)
Social: Contractor's Respect: borrowing Defrex Hide from the Hellknights Order of the Pike

Ope. Forgot boons.

Faction: Exo-Guardians Champion
Social: Friend of the Ghibrani
Starship: Mining Laser

Faction: Wayfinders
Social: AbadarCorp Respect
Starship: Automated Defenses
Ally: Honorbound Allies

FYI: I will be having same-day surgery on 4/10 and unlikely to post that day (at least not coherently).

4/9!

Good luck on your surgery. I hope it goes well and you are feeling better soon.

All the best for the surgery!

Thanks :)

Wouldn't it be easier in PFS and SFS if whoever can try a skill does, the GM takes the highest and the rest are auto-assist attempts?

Just a thought.

That is a convenient way to do it, but it's also pretty game-y. I'd probably go with the person with the highest initial bonus leads the check, and everyone else's rolls are aid attempts. That's probably how it would play out at a table IRL, so it would make sense on PbP as well.

Speaking as a fellow GM (though not in SFS/PFS) I agree. Every group I've ever been in or GM'ed has done it that way anyway, it's just as expedient for PbP, and slightly less metagame (though to be fair, choosing the person with the highest number in a skill is still kind of metagaming). It's all about balancing speed with story, and I think highest-bonus-leads is a pretty good compromise.

Alrighty, folks! We're nearing the end of this scenario, so I'm working on getting stuff put together for reporting. At this point I'm still missing chronicle info from S9, so if you could get that for me, I'll be able to get everybody's chronicles cracking!

This has been a great play experience, folks! Let's finish strong!

Also, because this game is part of Outpost II, it's time to roll for BOONS!!!

For anyone who's not familiar, here's how the boons work. I will roll a flat d20 for everybody, beginning with myself, then going on to all players in alphabetical order. If your roll comes up as a 19 or 20, you win! I will then have YOU roll 1d2 to determine which of the two potential player boons you will win.

Let me tell you right now, folks, the boons for this convention are SWEET! Good luck, everyone!

GM Mjolbeard: 1d20 ⇒ 14
Chk'tarlsh: 1d20 ⇒ 14
Galaxy S9 Plus: 1d20 ⇒ 11
Henry Hank Marlow: 1d20 ⇒ 9
Laniakea: 1d20 ⇒ 19
Roddy Glasz: 1d20 ⇒ 6
Tolmu: 1d20 ⇒ 15

We have a winner! Laniakea, please roll 1d2 to determine which boon you win. Please also send me a PM with an email address I can provide to the con organizers so they can email you your boon.

Congrats Laniakea!

Player: GM Red
Character: Galaxy S9 Plus
SFS#: 205498-703
Starting XP: 7
Starting Fame: 13
Starting Reputation/Infamy Wayfinders 13
Starting Credits: 2518
Day Job: Prof (Maintenance Worker): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28

And thanks for the game, GM!

Congrats Laniakea!

And thanks GM Mjolbeard! I've thoroughly enjoyed this scenario and you've done a fantastic job running it.

Which Boon?: 1d2 ⇒ 2

Thanks Chk'tarlsh. Had a rather dry convention this year. I guess it balances a rather flush year last year. :)

My last attempt at posting in Gameplay never showed up. Just checking that I'm not in some parallel universe where this table is posting but I can't see it.

Message received here in Discussion, but the post in Gameplay didn't show up. Sorry the site's giving you issues!

If it continues to give you problems, I'll allow you to post your actions here in Discussion and will copy them over to Gameplay for you.

EDIT -- Nevermind! Your post just showed up!

I was in a parallel universe!

Hey there, friends!

Well, you did it! Despite my best efforts, you survived Starfinder Society scenario 1-10 The Half-Alive Streets. I've detailed your successes and rewards for completing your mission in Gameplay, but let me also express my appreciation for your successes as players and as a team! This was a blast for me to run, and I hope you all had as much fun playing as I had as your GM.

Now, onto the good part! I have all of your chronicle information, and I am just working on finishing those up for you, but it may take me just a bit to get them back to you. I hope to have your chronicles ready by the end of the day, but if I can't get them to you by then, I may not be able to return them to you until Monday. In the meantime, I will absolutely get this scenario reported, so you can expect your credit for this scenario to show up in your profiles as soon as possible.

Thanks again for making this a great game to run! I look forward to playing with each of you again in the future!

Awesome! Thanks so much GM! I had a blast. One more chronicle sheet and Roddy gets his second level! Woot!

Thanks Mjolbeard!

Profession (diplomat), 1-nova Shirt promotional re-roll: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 10 + 1 = 24

And spend Laniakea's 50 credit share of the augmentation.

Thanks!

Okie dokie, folks! These don't look pretty (forgive my handwriting and crappy work printer/scanner), but here are your CHRONICLES!!!

If there are any major issues with your chronicle, please let me know, and I'll try to address them next week. I've submitted the scenario for reporting, so if I don't hear about any issues by around Tuesday next week, I'll go ahead and inactivate the campaign.

Thanks again for a fantastic game, friends!

It only shows the sheet for Chk'tarlsh for me. Anyone else able to see theirs?

Same here, Roddy.

Thanks a lot for the game, Mjolbeard and everyone else. It was a pleasure!

Same here, I only see Chk'tarish's Chronicle.

Great game, Mjolbeard!

Thanks Mjolbeard! Thanks everyone! Totally enjoyed playing the scenario with you all.

I'm not sure what everyone else is talking about, I can see my chronicle just fine ;)

Weird, I must have just had Chk'tarlsh's chronicle selected when I copied the link. Let's try this again.

CHRONICLES

Okay got it!