[SFS] GM kuey's The First Mandate (#1-05) (Inactive)

Game Master kuey

Zo! has cursed your rolls. That sucks

Zo! has cursed your rolls. That sucks

That's what you get for dealing with undead.

I think we may have got them all with Kai yet to act. Zo! is probably the most iffy with the penalty for multiple attempts, if Kai wants to focus his energies there with an independent acro roll (no penalties there yet) or an aid another on athletics.

You have succeeded in influencing all the five guests, with time to spare! Well done!

Course we did, we're a crack team of Starfinders, was there ever any doubt? ...okay maybe I had some doubt we would get them all for a few rounds.

Two nat 20s in a row! Who wants to bet I won't be able to hit the broad side of a barn during combat now.

Grenades attack rolls are with strength? If so I'll take them.

Waiting for the others to signal the approach Theshe asks over group comms:

"How quiet are we approaching? I want to walk up and kick in the door already, throwing a grenade as I do so.
Are there any other entrances to this place? "

I'm all for kick in the door, as soon as we make sure the door isn't going to kick back. It does look like there might be a back door on the map, and it might be a good idea to have someone (or two) cover it. Grenades are thrown weapons so yes to the strength modifier. (A change from PF I'm not sure I exactly agree with but there it is.)

But also take note that the DC for grenades' effects are based on Dex. And since for grenades you would be targeting a grid intersection, it is only AC5 which is quite easy to hit even with poor strength.

Looks like they wanted to make grenades primarily for Dex users, but wanted to keep the same attacking rules as thrown weapons.

Ah, missed that about the DCs, that's fair I guess. I honestly hadn't looked at grenades too closely since they aren't operative weapons. Trick Attack!

I think that during this game we should not get 20. That is due to lack of time. The party is happening now and assassin has the contract to make the kill. Taking 20 assumes that you have sufficient time to try a sufficient amount of time to get the best result. Given that attack can happen any time we would be more rushing ahead and checking the address along the way instead of taking our time while drinking a coffee ;) IMO

Take 20 on Recall Knowledge takes 2 minutes with access to an infosphere according to the rules. GM said it was okay in this case but a good trick to remember whenever any GM asks for Recall Knowledge.

Just a small favor to ask if you go in melee and you have a choice please try to attack from an angle that does is not in the way of those having range weapon ;)

Nicknick, I just noticed that you only indicated 2 x 1st level spells per day. I think you are missing the bonus spells from your intelligence, so it should be 3, not 2.

Just a small favor to ask if you go in melee and you have a choice please try to attack from an angle that does is not in the way of those having range weapon ;)

If that was directed at me I apologize, I'm usually a ranged character myself so I should know better, but because of that I'm not used to thinking about positioning that way in melee myself. Dang immunity.

No worries Stewart, I wrote it in more general terms as we have few melee characters and probably more fights to have.

Tomorrow I will be off for a day. I might have time to post in the evening but I am not sure about it, so please bot me if needed.

There's my low combat rolls.

Well, your dmg rolls went through the roof ;)

Not that it matters if I can't hit anything.

Sigh, I actually had a post out last night before I went to bed but think I forgot to hit submit after previewing. Sigh.

I thought something like that, It looked like the tokens moved.

Aiming to only hit the creatures. I think I can but correct me if I can't.

You can def hit both creatures. I tired to draw what it would look like on the map, but it is a bit difficult to see. Since you threw it before Aazra moved you can do it without hitting us.

I am new to Starfinder and pbp in general. Yet the way how I read it, screamer grenade has 15ft explosive area. Which means that everyone who is 15ft from the place where the grenade is will be hurt. Next, to the map, I draw a circle with radius equal to 15ft (assuming that each square is 5ft wide). I don't see a way to position the circle in such a way that it hits 2 enemies and not you two.

Did I misunderstand something?

I am new to Starfinder and pbp in general. Yet the way how I read it, screamer grenade has 15ft explosive area. Which means that everyone who is 15ft from the place where the grenade is will be hurt. Next, to the map, I draw a circle with radius equal to 15ft (assuming that each square is 5ft wide). I don't see a way to position the circle in such a way that it hits 2 enemies and not you two.

Did I misunderstand something?

It's not TECHNICALLY a circle. Check out the shape on page 269 for what it will actually look like. That being said, I don't see anywhere it can be positioned to get both enemies and not me or Stewart (since we're on either side of one of them.) But, someone could hit the intersection where that blue cylinder to the top right of the orange one is and just miss me and Kai.

If you look closely at the map I drew the shape, but it is difficult to see. The thing you need to keep in mind though is the intersection at the center of the radius in this case is right next to the wall, so it is only a semi-circle. It does encompass Azara's current location, but unless I am mistaken he moved to that square after the grenade was thrown.

Awesome, thanks for the explanation.

Hey guys, I'm heading down to Fnorcon today and will probably get to meet Steve Jackson. But, I won't be back until Sunday.

Feel free to bot me in the meantime. Azara will keep on the assassin (assuming she's not already down.) You can use the formulas below. Just add the first and last brackets.

dice=Stellar Weapon]1d20 + 4[/dice
dice=Slashing plus Insight]1d6 + 2 + 1[/dice

Enjoy, busy weekend for me too, though I hope we can wrap up this encounter by next Fri. I'm registered for a VTT con and want to use this character.

Alright, we are coming to the end of this scenario. Everyone can roll for a boon. First roll, a 1d20. A 19 or 20 wins you a special boon. Then roll a 1d2 to determine what boon you get.

boon?: 1d20 ⇒ 20 Woohoo!
which boon?: 1d2 ⇒ 2

Boon Baby!: 1d20 ⇒ 1

That's a big negatory, Ghost Rider.

Boon: 1d20 ⇒ 14

Boon?: 1d20 ⇒ 3

boo?: 1d20 ⇒ 19 wheeeeee
which boo?: 1d2 ⇒ 1

Boon: 1d20 ⇒ 7

For the next 3 days, I will be away. So I will be able to check the games on my phone only. That can diminish the quality of my posts and potentially length of them. For which I am sorry.

Well, that's all folks! Hope you enjoyed it. I must admit that I took a bit of liberty at the end. The dead man switch was my own addition to the scenario. Otherwise, I felt that would have been one major flaw to an otherwise quite good scenario. Otherwise, the team could just have ganged up on the assassin and not bother with the explosives at all, negating the need to split the team. But if you not dealt with the explosives in time after that, I would still have awarded the full rewards.

@Theshe, could you pm me your email address? So that they can send you the boon.

So I'll get the chronicles out later today. And I get the reporting done once I get Theshe's emaill address.

Hope you guys enjoyed that! You were a great team.

edit: Azara, you SFS number seems to be wrong. I'm guessing it should be -702?

Alright, the chronicle sheets are ready. Please check and let me know if there are any mistakes.

@Azara, please confirm your SFS number above.
@Hellih, noticed your SFS number is 7 digits long. Just want to confirm? Didn't realise they have gone into 7 digits already! :)

Also, I noticed that many of you are playing with your 701 characters. If you have not received the Welcome to Starfinders boon, let me know and I'll prepare them for you.

Thank you for the game !

For the Chronicle, is it right I haven't got any reputation for the faction I slotted the boon?

Yes, you do. You get 2 reputation for the faction you slotted. In addition, you get 1 reputation with the Acquisitives and 1 reputation with Second Seekers (LE).

Anyway, I think I figured out the SFS numbers.

Azara, your 143948-15 seems to be correct, although I'm wondering how you got 15 instead of a 70X.

Hellih, seems there's an extra 0 in your SFS number. It should be 235978-701?

Stewart, I didn't notice that your number has gone into 7 digits, but yours seem to be correct?

Funny story...when I found out that 2E was coming out, I had made up 3 characters that I never played for 1E Pathfinder. I decided to focus on what I HAD played so just scrapped 2 of them. It seemed like a waste to have slots I couldn't use so I asked tech support to convert the last 2 to SFS.

They did but didn't change the numbering system. So...my first 2 Starfinder characters are numbered as though they were my last 2 Pathfinder characters.

Ok...it's not THAT funny, I guess.

Hey GM Kuey

First of all, thanks for the game. I enjoyed it a lot!

Second of all, my number has 7 digits and it includes the 0. I just checked. But thanks for double checking

Much thanks GM. Yeah I was admiring how short some numbers were at the end of my last game. I never played PFS and I only just started SFS early this year. I do have a copy of the welcome boon, though I've never had a GM sign off on it. I did slot Digital Presence for this scenario so I should get an extra fame and rep with the Dataphiles.

Elixir of Renewal

@Hellih, ah sorry for the confusion. Realised it was a typo on my part. Unfortunately, I had submitted without the 0 earlier. Have written to them to amend.

@Stewart, have uploaded a revised chronicle.

boon: 1d20 ⇒ 11

Thanks for running, GM! Unfortunately I can't figure out where my chronicle is supposed to be.

Alright, the chronicle sheets are ready. Please check and let me know if there are any mistakes.

@Azara, please confirm your SFS number above.
@Hellih, noticed your SFS number is 7 digits long. Just want to confirm? Didn't realise they have gone into 7 digits already! :)

Also, I noticed that many of you are playing with your 701 characters. If you have not received the Welcome to Starfinders boon, let me know and I'll prepare them for you.

They're at the link in this post above.

Have also put a link at the top of the page.

Yes, you do. You get 2 reputation for the faction you slotted. In addition, you get 1 reputation with the Acquisitives and 1 reputation with Second Seekers (LE).

Are you sure? I don't see the bonus reputation on any of our chronicle sheets

Look at the bottom of the sub tier 3-4 box. I'm guessing so we can fill out the reputation box ourselves with the correct new totals, at least that's how I did it.

Look at the bottom of the sub tier 3-4 box. I'm guessing so we can fill out the reputation box ourselves with the correct new totals, at least that's how I did it.

Now I see it, thanks.