Following up on previous intelligence about a broad conspiracy against the Society, the PCs undertake a daring raid against a fortified complex near a city within the Pact Worlds. With only a limited amount of time to breach the site and retrieve valuable data before an automated system scrubs the files, the PCs need to use all their skills in order to complete this mission in a race against the clock.
Content in Data Breach also contributes to the ongoing goals of the Dataphiles faction.
Dot in here!
... and his faithful combat droid drone T771-M4, sometimes referred to as Tilly.
(Still need to update their character sheets.)
The scenario dropped so I'll be getting prepared over the next few days. Can you guys drop the usual info here? Thanks!
Player Name/Alias:
Character Name:
SFS #:
Faction:
Day Job Roll:
Existing Reputation with slotted faction (for your chronicle):
Has your PC played #1-07: The Solar Sortie?
Has your PC played #1-14: Star Sugar Heartlove!!!?
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Player Name/Alias: Chikasa
Character Name: Mjolbeard89
SFS #: 177216-702
Faction: Second Seekers (Luwazi Elsebo)
Day Job Roll: Expending Day Job for Instructor Boon (see below)
Existing Reputation with slotted faction (for your chronicle): 12 Reputation
Has your PC played #1-07: The Solar Sortie? No
Has your PC played #1-14: Star Sugar Heartlove!!!? Yes
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Player Name/Alias: Cellion
Character Name: Sovyal
SFS #: 233690-702
Faction: Acquisitives
Day Job Roll:
Existing Reputation with slotted faction (for your chronicle): 20
Has your PC played #1-07: The Solar Sortie? Nope, played on a different character
Has your PC played #1-14: Star Sugar Heartlove!!!? Nope, played on a different character
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Player Name/Alias: Tim M/Blake's Tiger
Character Name: Hawthorne the Innovator
SFS #: 230524-701
Faction: Dataphiles (Improved Champion)
Day Job Roll:
Existing Reputation with slotted faction (for your chronicle): 26
Has your PC played #1-07: The Solar Sortie? Yes
Has your PC played #1-14: Star Sugar Heartlove!!!? No
>>Greetings. All your com units are belong to us.
>>Just a little ancient Golarion humor.
>>Your com units and datapads are completely fine.
>>...
>>Or are they?
"Apologies, everyone," Hawthorne says. "She's been feeling rather impish since we integrated some recovered kishalee technology into our exocortex."
The image of a cell-shaded woman in an ancient Golarion, formal dress (Chelish design) appears on the screens of your com units and blows a kiss. Animated hearts splash across the screen and then the screen refreshes.
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Player Name/Alias: Lance K
Character Name: Moxie Moon
SFS #: 125869-701
Faction: Acquisitives (Improved Champion)
Day Job Roll: Profession (Actor): Take 10 + 17 ⇒ 27
Existing Reputation with Acquisitives: 22
Has your PC played #1-07: The Solar Sortie? Yes. Well technically GM'd it but Moxie got the credit!
Has your PC played #1-14: Star Sugar Heartlove!!!? Not Moxie.
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List of Less Common Abilities
Tattoo of the Starfinder: 1 time use. Gain 10 temporary hit points as an immediate interrupt when struck by a critical hit or at least 15 points of damage from a spell or supernatural ability (also regain 1 resolve point). Bot instructions: Use to avoid unconsciousness/death otherwise save for a time when RP < maximum.
Remote Hack: Can perform Computers and Engineering checks at a range of 20 ft (observers Perception/Sense Motive to notice DC = 21).
Wireless Hack: Sophia (exocortex) can access computers within 20 ft and perform Computers checks on her own while Hawthorne does other things. Or Hawthorne can assist to double up the actions per round.
Hack Directory: Whenever Hawthorne (or Sophia) fails a check to hack a system, they immediately become aware of all countermeasures triggered and may make an immediate Computers check at the original DC to stop one counter measure from triggering.
Hawthorne has a +18 modifier to Computers/Engineering to hack systems controlling doors or to disable locks.
Thanks for listing those abilities, Hawthorne!
If you've played it, can someone paste the text of the #1-14 'Tip of the Conspiracy' boon from your chronicle for me, please?
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You got it, boss!
Tip of the Conspiracy (Unidentified Boon): You assisted Historia-7 in learning about a growing conspiracy against the Starfinder Society, though the trail of clues seemingly ended at Songbird Station. This boon represents your involvement in thwarting one of the conspiracy's plans. This boon might have repercussions in future scenarios, which you will be told prior to slotting your boons. Future scenarios calling on this boon will specify what boon slot it must be slotted in.
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Ally:
Faction: Improved Dataphile Champion
Personal:
Promotional: Promotional Re-roll (shirt)
Social: Inside Manufacturer (Research & Destruction)
Starship: N/A
Applicable to Chronicle:
Slotless: Digital Presence (+1 Fame, Tier 3)
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Boons slotted (see profile for details)
Faction: Second Seekers (Luwazi Elsebo) Champion
Social: Instructor
Slotless: Marked Field Agent, Starfinder Insignia
The Tip of the Conspiracy boon states that scenarios calling on it would specify which boon slot it should be slotted in. Could you let me know where it should go?
@Hawthorne, doesn't look like the Envar's Attention boon applies here.
@Chikasa, it should go in the Ally slot.
Slight delay here as I haven't had much time to update today - will resume tomorrow... My apologies.
Apologies for the delay, all, I'm working on an update now.
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I'm good with the second row of targets. Will move to within 20 ft of things that need to be hacked or bypassed.
SOP: Sophia will Take 10 for 28 on any Engineering or Computers checks to bypass any locks/doors within 20 ft. She will access any unsecured computer systems with 20 ft to see what they do. If they are secured, then we move on to Hacking, which is circumstantial and outside SOP.
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There's two cloaks. I'm thinking that Chik chik should take one because he does have the lowest HP/STA of the group.
In regards to the drone wearing and using a magical cloak...I'm not the GM but as someone who mostly GMs, I really hate the idea of this. It feels cheesy. And it means pretty much every Mechanic will want to pick up a ring of resistance...because why wouldn't you?
Its another issue entirely, but with the way drone's AI is described in the book, I don't think they even get their own reactions. Not sure everyone would agree with me on that, but note that they don't get any feats that use reaction actions, such as Step Up or Bodyguard.
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Yeah, I couldn't find anything definitive online so really leaving it to the GM. (Not that it would matter much I think since T771-M4 is not likely going to last long in combat.) Drones are considered constructs of technological sub-type, so the question thus is whether constructs can use magic items? My sense is items that require active use, e.g. fusions on weapons, hybrid items, etc should be fine. I mean, a drone should be about to pour a serum down someone's throat - it is essentially an extension of the mechanic. However, wearable magic items become more grey.
Ah, didn't think about the reaction issue but you're right. RAW, no mention that drones have reaction so they don't. Huh, so that makes unweldy weapons so much more attractive now. :) So I guess the cloak issue is moot.
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I feel a little bad, because I'm sounding like a buzz kill here. The reaction thing came up in a game where I was playing a drone mechanic with a melee drone and it was pretty annoying at the time because I had a tactical pike on the drone.
A drone should definitely be able to feed some one a serum...if it has manipulator arms that is.
And in regards to magic items...I was reading through the drone entry again and while it specifically says that drones can't wear armor and they can't use items that increase their states. There are also mods for what kinds of weapons they can use and a mod that lets them use a technological item. But nothing about magic items.
It's kind of amazing they never thought to address what drone can and can't specifically use in a clearer way, especially because in Pathfinder they ended up having to come out with a huge FAQ addressing exactly what items familiars and companions can use.
And you're spot on about unwieldy weapons. I think they're great for drones, especially because they're not great at full attacking either.
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Haha no no not buzzkilling. I tend to be a bit of a rules lawyer so always glad to understand the rules better. The reaction thing was something I never thought about but reading it again, it makes sense. Until level 20, the drone is more of a remote control device than a true autonomous being. For example, if the mechanic falls unconscious, the drone can't take actions. So I can imagine that it would not be able to take reactions either. I guess one could argue that the mechanic could use its reaction for the drone, but I can't quite picture how that works - reactions are very quick responses while I imagine controlling a drone requires more complex actions.
What do you guys think a good marching order would be inside the vault? I'd think Hudathan up front? Can you all drop your pawn in the order you'd like on this slide?
Hudathan, doesn't a Corona Artillery Laser do 2d8 damage instead of 2d10? Or is there something modifying it?
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Yep, should be 2d8. I'm almost entirely sure that there isn't anything in Starfinder yet that could bump it up to a different die type.
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Since I totally failed to mention it ahead of time: Sovyal is centered around combat debuffing (he applies flat-footed, off-target, and shaken (and 2/day entangled) all on the same trick attack). Probably won't matter against these guys, but if we have more dangerous enemies, feel free to let me know if you have a particular target you think needs debuffing and I'll get in there.
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Hmmmm...I was wondering why you went with the Star Knight. I didn't think you did it for the free Heavy Armor Proficiency. I did notice that feinting is also now just sense dependent also. Which is great, because I think robots are by far the most common enemy you face in Starfinder.
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The penalty to damage rolls comes from the Grim Trophies armor upgrade!
I'm looking forward to also picking up the Ferocity Blazon once I scrounge up enough credits to afford it.
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Don't take this personally Sovyal/Mnamae.
Pet peeve: When players (or worse GMs) play out the long gaps between posts in PbP as if the characters are actually standing around dawdling. In game time, it takes Hawthorne all of 42-48 seconds to enter the inner office, pull out the crate, and tell people what's in the crate.
But in player-time, the player updated his other PbP threads, put his son to bed, watched TV with his wife, and then went to sleep before waking up to get ready for the day, change his daughter's diaper and clothes, and then took a recertification exam. For example.
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Yeah, I get that, but I'm reading it is that some of the other players are just chomping at the bit and trying to move the story along.
Not to clutter up gameplay, but some of those weapons are pretty cool and meta game wise...sometimes you get something because you can use it later.
Like maybe Soyval should hold onto those tetrad rings because they deal force damage and he seems to be the only character besides Moxie that uses small arms.
The polarity gauntlets are an odd one...you need two hands free to attack with them, but I don't know if they fill your hands up the way a doshko would, for example, or if you can hold items in them when you're not using them. It'd be a cool weapon for a multi-armed operative though.