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Pan steps away from his allies for a clear shot at the thing.His aim is true but as he sees part of his laser shot deflected by the creatures scales he get's the impression that the impact does less damage then it should.
The creatures roar does little to give Rez pause as he tries to trick the creature but ends up needing no trickery as his shot impacts the creatures head causing him to roar once again..in pain this time
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Nole, Baxter, Yvaine
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D'Vost + all of you again
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As Yvaine realizes they are being attacked, she begins to pulse faintly with an aura matching the system's local sun. Noting the creature's area attack, she dodges to one side to break up the party, Quick Drawing her tactical pistol as she goes. Rolling up into a crouch, she lines up a quick shot but rolling around does not seem to improve her aim as he shot hits the sand somewhere in between herself and her target.
Nole points out what he wants killed as he walks forward, drawing his plasmabolter as he does
Baxter moves to the side drawing his hunting rifle as he goes and takes a shot at the creature
But the creature's though scales proof to hard to be penetrated by the fired round.
Roaring hungerly the creature moves to almost next to Rez as it uses it's large bulk to try to bite down on the tasty looking ysoki
but in it's eagerness to take a nice big chunk of flesh out of his target it closes it's mouth to soon and ends up slamming his teeth into each other instead of into Rez
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D'Vost + all of you again
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D'vost is enchanted by the move of the creature and the trembling of the ground when it moves. You can notice his antennas moving as the beast roars and runs.
Soon shirren shakes his head, and notice his surrounding. D'vost moves forward, towards the beast and pulls out a mostly round object. It seems to be a shell of some small animal that is tied with string and duck taped on the sides. As shirren run, he pushes his finger inside of that contraption which as a result starts glowing and making sounds. Soon after he throws it close to the back legs of the animal.
After landing the shell goes silent for a bit and suddenly explodes spreading a black gooey substance.
http://www.starjammersrd.com/game-mastering/conditions/#Entangled
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D;Vost advances and throws a homemade grenade hoping to slow down the creature
but the creature elegantly raises the legs D'Vost was trying to glue down out of the way of the sticky glob
Thank you for including this.
For next time when you include an link to a web page..you know that you can include url's with formatting so that lazy GM's only have to clink the link and not even have to copy&paste things? ;)
And since it noticed you do this regularly. Distance is in feet not feats. It confused me for a second because I thought you had a feat that worked for grenades
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Pretty satisfied with his position, Pan fires off another shot at the creature, but he ends up changing a small patch of sand near his own feet into glas.
Holding her position, Yvaine squeezes off another shot but the bullet shatters the patch of glass Pan just created.
Rez takes a step back at the clasping maw of the beast, then retreats once more, dodging all the way back. He takes another potshot on the run with his static blaster hitting the creature in the side of face causing it to roar on anger.
Baxter takes another shot with his rifle
but in order to keep up with the rest of the party shoots his round into the sand.
Nole stays where he is after telling everyone to go kill the creature
The creature in response keeps going after Rez trying to bite him clean in half
and manages to take a nice bite out of Rez's
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You guys
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D'Vost walks past Nole and further away from the beast. While walking he grabs his laser cannon and unlocks it. Suddenly he turns around to take aim and fires into where he think the left side of the monster should be but his turn was to sudden and he aims too high firing above the creature.
Not pleased with his last shot, Pan fires again but with almost similar results as his previous shot as he once again hits sand instead of sand monster.
Yvaine's aura burns intently as she angrily focuses her aim on the creature and fires again but luck just doesn't seem to be with your party right now as he shot joins Pan's in the sand.
Rez how ever is able to capitalize on all the luck that hasn't been used yet and manages a solid hit to the creature but not before he comes very close to the creature mouth as it takes a bit at the offered meal before it moves away
almost taking the hand clean of.
Nole continues to inspire everyone while moving safely behind D'Vost" Go get 'em!
Baxter fires another round
but the creatures though scales are too hard to allow the fired bullet to pass through them to the creatures fleshy insides.
Spured on by the taste of Rez the creature pursues
and Rez is starting to feel a bit woozy from the blood he's lost so far
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You guys
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D'vost unsatisfied with how his shooting went so far decides to increase the number of shots fired sacrificing the accuracy. He lifts his gun having a good view of the beast, knowing very well that Rez will not survive for long here. He takes two shots at the monster hoping to end its life. Two big beams of laser cross the air and fly towards the predator
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D'vost unsatisfied with how his shooting went so far decides to increase the number of shots fired the first shot barely missing the large creature while his second shot slams into the creatures reflective scales which causes the creature to shifts it's body and bounce part of the attack towards Rez
which hits Rez straight to the chest
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Rez, Pan, Yvaine, Nole, Baxter
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Yvaine is just about to switch to her laser pistol when she sees the creature deflect D'vost's shot over at Rez. Opting to stick with her clearly defective tactical pistol she squeezes off another futile shot...
Or not! Clearly her hesitation cleared her sights, and Yvaine is finally able to connect .
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Dropping his rifle and pulling his doshko from his back, Baxter rushes in.
With the sandcat in his face, and unable to risk take another chomp while trying to aim his sidearm, Rez ducks down, draws his knife from his ankle holster, then slashes upwards at the beast. He's not going down without a fight and manages to find a nice weak spot between 2 scales to stick the pointy bit of his knife into.
Yvaine is just about to switch to her laser pistol when she sees the creature deflect D'vost's shot over at Rez. Opting to stick with her clearly defective tactical pistol she squeezes off another shot and is pleasantly surprised to see her shot draw blood from a hit to the creatures shoulder.
Nole inspires everyone into feeling a bit better about being in this fight.
Pan decides to let fly and full attacks the cat-looking-thing and with his first shot manages to take out the creatures eye with the shot conditioning into the creatures brain causing it to drop dead.
The sudden move of the creature dropping to the sand causes his next shot to fly past.
Now that you have a second to not only focus on the sand creature and try to catch your breath you notice various creatures watching you from the edge of the bluffs.
They are clearly armed though with strange arquebus-style weapons that incorporate slightly dated energy weapon magazines, but they are not pointing the weapons at you at the moment.
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D'vost was breathing out seeing the creature dying when suddenly he noticed the spectators.
When glancing at them he speaks: "Stay calm, this doesn't need to end in combat. <click> Otherwise they would already attack us. <click>"
D'vost holds his cannon ready but is not aiming it at anyone in particular. Shirren waits for someone with a better outlook and smother voice to greet the newcomers.
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As you hang back without initiating communication they new arrivals eye what you are doing and noticing Pan lowering his blaster to the ground and D'Vost not aiming at them while Rez holsters his gun they seem to assume that you won't blast them where they stand and don't duck into hiding.
One of them - who looks a bit more important then the others -shouts something which you don't understand but seems like it should ring bell somewhere
transmitted by the orbital drone platform, though simpler and more guttural
While at the same time the creature holds up one of her hands and lowers her head to show the flat of her twin mandibles. She straps her rifle to her back and begins to slowly approach your position, continuing to try her greeting but staying at an relative safe distance.
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D'vost seeing the approaching alien hangs his laser cannon on his back as well (and does that slowly). Not being an expert in contacting the alien beings D'vost repeats the gesture of the approaching creature.
Shirren decides to do nothing and wait to see what will happen. He contacts Nole using telepathy: "Nole, do you mind trying to speak to them?"
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D´vost takes a step forward the female, closing the distance to 10 ft. He looks around the natives. Do they look like hunters? Do they have a way of transporting meat with them?
Shirren signs at slain beast showing it with an open hand to the female. Hoping that she will interpret it as an invitation to take the carcass in parts or the whole of it. D'vost shows at the beast and then make a movement as he would eat something, lifting his both hands to his mandibles and chewing on the imaginary food.
He then tries to repeat the sentence using Common and Shirren:
"Peace, friends".
Telepathically he asks Pan: "Do you know how to use that translation thingy?"
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whom you don’t share a language, but it can relate very
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The natives look like hunters if you go by the weapons they are carrying, the only things that could be used for transporting meat are some bags they are carrying. You assume they didn't expect to find a lot of meat.
The female takes a step back as D'Vost comes closer but tilts her head - which you assume is a sign of curious interest.
At D'Vost gesturing in mimicking eating the creature she responds with some gesturing of her own and what looks like she's tossing something away
At the repeating of the words Peace and Friends the leader starts to try to replicate the sounds D'Vost makes before pointing at herself and what sounds after you filter it down to what you think she might be saying with her glutteral clicking sounds to - Dystane
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D'vost follows with his pointing.
When shirren sees the alien gesturing throwing away, he assumes that they mean that this meat is not edible. That's a pity. He looks closely at the aliens.
D'vost tries to repeat the thing that she says hoping that his mandibles will be useful while repeating the sounds.
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Rez manages to stop the bleeding on his arm, and he's pretty sure he can get it patched up to working order, but he makes a mental note to visit the autodoc or a cybernetic clinic once back on Absalom Station.
Someone at the Vat Gardens might have a line on some parts...
He looks over and sees the lead native gesturing to the fallen feline.
"Don't think these guys eat cat, but looks like they still use it for parts, D'vost."
Rez then slinks back, curious to see what transpires.
We gotta get them blabbing for ten minutes for this contraption to work it's magic?
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so go ahead a role play a bit
Shirren looks with confusion at his teammates seeing that everyone is pretending to be busy looking at their boots. D'vost decides to give it a try, after all, Shirrens are into other cultures and diplomacy. Knowing fairly well that his soldier experience might not be of use here but his tracking skills might . After all these are most likely hunters which he did fare share in his life.
He kneels while slowly pulling out his knife and draws on the ground an Absalom station (which given my skills looks more like a turnip with spikes). D'vost draws Starfinder Society emblem (is there one? I hope there is, if not I will use exoguardians emblem) and speaks: "Starfinder Society" while pointing at all of the agents.
Then he draws a spaceship with an arrow from the station to a circle. After drawing the circle he points at the ground beneath his feet speaking: "Planet".
He continuous drawing a spaceship on the ground and next to it drawing 6 figures: 3 small ones with snouts, 1 human, 1 human with antennas and the last one that looks like an insect. The last alien has the most details and at it's back there is an anarchy sign. On which D'vost points at his back and at the other agents.
Shirren moves to the side as he filled the whole space around him and marks a trail that they took toward something that looked to them like a city. He draws a city hoping to include at least one thing that might look familiar to the reality. Somewhere at the middle of a dotted line between the ship and the town he marks an X and points at the monstrosity that lies nearby.
After that, he looks at the alien standing nearby. The soldier then points at himself and speak: "D'vost" after that he points at her.
After being done with the drawing I leave the knife in the ground to not point it around.
No matter what is the reaction he points at Pan and says: "Pan". And then sends him a telepathic message: "Yeah you can try to give them a flashlight. Let us see their reaction."
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The female looks very much interested in what D'Vost in trying to communicate even though she might not seem to impressed by _how_ he's trying to deliver the message. She moves closer to take a look at the drawings but stays far enough away as to not be touched by any of you.
The female once again points at herself and repeats: "Dystane" which by now you summarize must be her name
The female gives a couple of friendly nods and gestures for you to follow her - which in the opposite direction of where you were going towards the city.
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D'vost looks at his teammates and follows her, picking up and hiding his knife along the way.
As we walk Shirren might want to look at the trails on the ground of wild animals trying to bring the attention of Dystane to them if he will encounter one. Basically, he wants to find a common thing with them to make the meeting easier.
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Other then what he assumes are the traces of the hunting party you just encountered D'Vost doesn't spot any tracks that stand out to him
As you follow the hunters for about 10 minutes D'Vost notices more tracks and 10 minutes after that even more tracks until after half an hour or tracking through the sand you arrive at your destination.
Dozens of beetle-like aliens crawl in and out of the many caves that dot the face of this otherwise drab cliff. Most of them are dressed in simple leather frocks, while the few with crude weapons are covered with sturdier armor. A small garden filled with sickly plants is visible off to one side, next to what looks like the opening to a well. A handful of children sits in front of a pair of older aliens, who are both wearing brightly colored necklaces. They appear to be either telling the young ones a story or teaching them a lesson.
A cheer goes up from the caverns as they notice the party's approach which quickly dies down again as they start to notice you among the returning hunting party..
Dystane quickly strides up to two of the biggest beetles and begins an animated conversation involving various clacking mandibles and gesturing in your direction which ends in them gesturing for you to approach.