Starfinder 1-12 Ashes of Discovery (Inactive)

Game Master DoubleGold

Dot in here.

Should the GM wish, I’ve compiled some GM prep stuff here.
Ashes of discovery GM prep

I have a large number of character options in this range. If others can make sure that your characters are ready I can easily pick an option that will fill any holes we may have.

I’ll warn that Stra-Der may not be well suited to this game. His best Starship roll is captain with +6 intimidate and diplomacy. His next best is gunnery at +3. Also: he is uncultured.

I’m a dex-based combatant, both melee and ranged, and a pilot (also insane, reckless and immature). From what I see, a mystic would be useful, or a solarion.

Should the GM wish, I’ve compiled some GM prep stuff here.

Anything you can give me would be helpful. I'm suppose to get scenario support for this, so waiting for the module to get to me so I can study it. So heads up would be appreciated. I did play this, so I know what's coming.

Tchisk is a Technomancer Pilot. He can work any position except captain.

So you know, I've also played this scenario before.

Hey all. I can cover science or engineer (+9 Eng and Comp). I can back up pilot (+8).

Alright I need everyone to post

Player Name
Character Name and number
Faction
Boons: Remember there is starship combat if you want to slot any of those.
Day job roll
Other stuff I might want to know

Possible starship roles.

Player Name: Anxa
Character Name: AMOSU [Automated Maintenance & Operations Support Unit]
SFS number: 2352348-702
Faction: Datafiles
Boons: Datafiles Champion; Starfinder Insignia; Hero of the Stars
Day Job/Prof (Lab Tech): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18
Other stuff I might want to know: AMOSU is a snappy dresser.

Possible starship roles:
Engineer (+9 Engineering)
Science Officer (+9 Computers)
Pilot (+8 Pilot)
Gunner (+1 Pilot ranks)

Player Name Dax Thura
Character Name and number Tchisk 33973-703
Faction Dataphiles
Boons:
Dataphiles Champion (faction)
Envar’s Attention (Ally)
[ ] Hero of the Stars (starship, limited)
Basic Purchasing Plan (slotless)
Starfinder Insignia (slotless)

Day job roll None
Other stuff I might want to know None

Possible starship rolesPilot, Engineer, Science, Gunner

Player Name: docchicago
Character Name: Esar the Houseless
SFS Number: 227485-701
Faction: Wayfinders
Boons: Dream Whispers (Ally), Defender of the Fleet (Starship), Scoured Stars Survivor (Personal), Honorary Spider (Social), Promotional Record Keeper (Promotional boon)
Slotless boons (Just checking - there's no limit for slotless boons, right?): SFS Care Package (Elixir of Renewal), Star Sugar Heartlove!!! (keeping the album), Marked Field Agent, Private Vault (probably won't need it, but hey)
Day Job: Profession (comedian): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
Other Stuff: Chronically late, unprofessional, a mess, reckless, likes loud music (not Strawberry Machine Cake, what could possibly hint at that? Oh, that album in his backpack? I don't know how that got in there, probably someone elses... *cough*)

Possible Starship Roles:
Pilot (+10 Piloting)
Gunner (+2 Pilot Ranks)

Player Name: Saashaa
Character Name: Spy
SFS number: 78886-709
Faction: Second Seekers Jadnura

Player Name: Vamp by day
Character Name: Stra-Der
SFS number: 132475-705
Faction: Exo-guardians
Boons: Exo-guardians champion, Skittermander boon,
Day Job-Corperate agent (professional promotional Skittermander): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24
Other stuff I might want to know: Female Skittermander Soldier, Shock and Awe discipline. Dressed in a ‘Strawberry Machine Cake’ limited edition version of her armor

Possible starship roles:
Captain: +6 diplomacy, +6 intimidate
Gunnery +3

Stra-Der is wrong in every conceivable way. She should be banned, not from Starfinder Society, but from all existence.

Stra-Der is wrong in every conceivable way. She should be banned, not from Starfinder Society, but from all existence.

Not sure if you are being serious or not

I apologize. I was very much not serious. I mean, I'm sure that the cute little furball strikes quite a terrible figure as she rushes at you with weapons in each hand and mouths ready to bite you, all in her strawberry machinecake armor. She probably even has a perfectly adorable blood-curdling battle cry too.

I'll put together a Shirren Mystic.

I apologize. I was very much not serious. I mean, I'm sure that the cute little furball strikes quite a terrible figure as she rushes at you with weapons in each hand and mouths ready to bite you, all in her strawberry machinecake armor. She probably even has a perfectly adorable blood-curdling battle cry too.

I actually didn’t want her to have intimidate, but the shock and awe style almost requires it. And as that style gets to higher levels, if I get critt; sirens and lights go off in their armor, which I can flavor as playing StarSugar Heart love.

Alright, first post coming up. Good news, you'll be able to bypass the Starship combat entirely, with some very high knowledge rolls. In lameness terms, there is a way to guarantee success.

Edit: Normally I'd roll for this, but this is for the players.
Choose a society that you want to have hired you for this?

AbadarCorp
Church of Desna
Hellknights of the Order of the Nail
Knights of Golarion
Skyfire Legion
Ulrikka Clanholdings
Veylen Enterprises
Xenowardens

I vote for Desna, Stra-Der loves art and music.

Church of Desna it is then, as I was taking the first response for this.

Player Name: Saashaa
Character Name: Helperr
SFS number: 78886-710
Faction: Second Seekers Jadnura

I will be applying this to this character instead I've had it sitting around after GMing the Commencement.

The Besmaran Whelp fight is one of the reasons this is repeatable. Want a way to bypass this fight?
In the offense traits give it Pulsing Bite: The whelp’s bite deals 2d4 damage in addition to the EMP effect.
In the defense traits give it anything, preferrable something useless Tracking Symbiotic Decoys: The whelp gains +2 TL.
In the special traits give it Cybernetics: The whelp has advanced computers and sensors that allow it to take science officer actions, as well as the normal actions from living starship. It counts as having a +5 bonus to Computers checks (+8 in Subtier 3–4).

Now the creature has a speed of 10 and has no ranged capabilities. It also does not understand that it can never catch up to the Pegasus. So pick the Pegasus and not the Drake. Simply let the heroes roll very high skill checks to figure this out. When round 1 begins, assuming you are a good number of hexes away, simply turn you ship around to be facing away from it. Run away from it full speed ahead every round. The gunner, no matter how good or bad of a shot he/she is will eventually hit it in the rear arc. Run away every round and fire. It has a speed of 10 and so does the Pegasus. The chase could last for hours, but it can never reach you. It does runaway when reduced 20 HP or less. Obviously the creature will bother someone else in the future, so it is best to destroy it. Simply chase it, you will lose a few hexes when you turn around, but it won't be any more than 30 hexes away from you. When you hit it, it will turn back around and chase you. Simply run away again and fire in the rear arc until it dies. Similar tactics are applied when D&D characters fight oozes in open spaces. Oozes have speed 20 and characters have speed 25 or greater. Simply run and shoot. Now every once in a while you will have to doublemove, making sure that the ooze is a 50 foot min from you at the end of every round. You will eventually kill the ooze without any threat.

Player Name: GreyWolfXR
Character Name: Tik Carlyl
SFS Number: 340976-703
Faction: Acquisitives
Boons: Acquisitives Champion
Slotless boons: Starfinder Insignia
Day Job: Profession (Professor): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21
Other Stuff: Arnanamirium Sage Technomancer, despite being a professor he has a penchant for playing jokes on others, prefers to find creative resolutions to situations falling back on violence only when necessary preferring to help repair damage to inflict it.
Starship roles: Science Officer, Engineer, Gunner

For those that wanted to buy stuff, you can still do that, I just got a little excited.

Player Name Dax Thura

Character Name and number Tchisk 33973-703
Faction Dataphiles
Boons:
Dataphiles Champion (faction)
Envar’s Attention (Ally)
[ ] Hero of the Stars (starship, limited)
Basic Purchasing Plan (slotless)
Starfinder Insignia (slotless)

Day job roll None
Other stuff I might want to know None

Possible starship rolesPilot, Engineer, Science, Gunner

Update on Boons. Don't know how these were omitted.

Update coming in a few minutes. The main delay here was that this part is a pain, so I was trying to think of a way to get through this part quick and painless.

Game has been reported.

Nice, thanks DoubleGold.

Chronicles still coming?

Yep still coming I had them done, but had trouble with my email the other day.

Chronicles are out, missing emails from Saasha and Amoxo. One of these days I'll starting writing down players emails, so I won't have to ask for them each time. Leaving this thread up for a couple of weeks as I may have to rereport the game.

thepitt1@gmail.com

Boons are out, ya'll
Rolling in Player alphabetically

anxa: 1d20 ⇒ 10
Dax thura boon: 1d20 ⇒ 12
doc chicago: 1d20 ⇒ 6
doublegold boon: 1d20 ⇒ 12
grey wolf boon: 1d20 ⇒ 15
saasha boon: 1d20 ⇒ 6
vamp by day: 1d20 ⇒ 6

I didn't get my chronicle.