1-28 It Rests Beneath (Inactive)

Game Master Saashaa

Only 1 pilot and 1 navigation per vehicle.

Though Silver has gotten the hang of driving the enercycle and it only takes the group 1.5 hours to get back to the riverbed, it is beginning to get dark when you arrive back at the location. You arrive to find the tower is tipped and the crest-eater is next to the downed tower.

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Umbro, keys the ignition of the buggy and yells at Ko'Ka and Majko, "Get in here, we are running out of daylight. I need one of you to give me the navigational coordinates back to the first scanning tower."

Piloting: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13

Umbro brings the buggy to a complete stop when he sees the crest eater next to the first scanning tower.

"Unless someone has a better idea we are going to have to take the crest eater out or it will continue to knock over the scanning tower." Umbro says into his comm unit as he chambers a dart in his rifle.

"They can be difficult."
Speak with Animals "Allow me one more try. Don't shoot unless they attack first." True Silver cautiously approaches the crest-eater. "He there. What brings you back here? Why not try other feeding grounds? There's nothing here for you."

Diplomacy: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (9) - 1 = 8
Survival: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

Seeing Silver approaching the crest eater Umbro stealthily moves to the large crater directly north of the crest eater and positions himself along the outer rim where he has cover.

Stealth: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

Taking a prone position along the lip of the crater Umbro deploys the heavy bipod on his rifle. As he feels the dual prongs of the bipod take solid hold of the ground along the perimeter of the crater he activates his comm unit. "I've got you covered Silver. If the crest eater attacks get out of there as quickly as you can. We'll engage the target."

Sasha, I don't know if you will let me do all that before combat starts, but if you do it gives me full cover, prone position and my heavy bipod bonus all before combat even starts. Some GM's I've played with wouldn't allow me to basically buff myself so much before combat even starts.

The map is read only, if you wanted us to use it.

Majko walks along behind True Silver, hands held at her sides, palms up and empty. No weapons here, nope. She whispers into his mind. "I've got you, friend. This time it seems a bit angrier..."

Alright, I fixed the no editing thing. You all should be able to place yourselves and such. Umbro, you can totally set up, but I am unclear how you can have total cover and be able to shoot at enemies.

The crest-eater does not respond well to Silver’s words this time. It growls and attacks.

Darkrunner: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
Majko: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (15) + 0 = 15
Silver: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17
Umbro: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
Zak: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24
Crest-Eater: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18

Zak <- you are up
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Silver
Umbro
Majko
Darkrunner
Ko'Ka

Zak will move behind buggy for cover for now, his weapons have low reach.

Sorry not total cover, just cover since I'm in the crater, but lying inside the outer edge with just my rifle and head peaking out over the rim if that is possible. I guess it depends on how steep the crater's walls are.

Only 1 pilot and 1 navigation per vehicle.

Apologies, I misinterpreted your previous "yes" as to my question about needing the extra rolls to get back over the hills obstacle.

Placed myself on the map. No action taken yet (of course).

bite: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32
om-nom: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
Fort save
The creature charges (not mechanically) Silver and fits its entire mouth over the top half of Silver.

Shocked at the violence and speed of the crest eater's assault on Silver Umbro still reacts without hesitation. The rest of the team hears Umbro's voice on their comm units calmly state in a flat tone, "Going loud."

With the stock of his rifle firmly tucked into his shoulder Umbro squeezes the trigger and feels it recoil twice as he sends darts with their lethal cargo of acid inside downrange.

Full attack against the crest eater

Acid Dart Rifle vs. KAC #1: 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 8 - 2 = 14

Acid Dart Rifle vs. KAC #2: 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 8 - 2 = 8

Piercing/Acid Damage #1: 1d8 ⇒ 6

Piercing/Acid Damage #2: 1d8 ⇒ 7

Darkrunner runs west, getting just in range of the crest easter while punching commands into his datapad. Just as he arrives at his desired vantage point his datapad lets out the incredibly loud roar of a creature that could pass as the crest eater's predator. if there is any such thing, but anyway this is just flavor for trick attack.

Computers for trick attack (DC20+target CR): 1d20 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 11 + 4 = 33 If it succeeds, it is flat-footed
azimuth laser pistol attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7 boo
F damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3
Trick attack damage, on hit and if computers check succeeded: 1d4 ⇒ 4

Majko shakes her head. "Typical. Here we go." She runs to the side of the creature, drawing her singing disk as she goes. Spinning in place like a shotput thrower, she lobs the sharp frisbee at the enemy. With a whistle, she calls it back to her hand.

Singing Disk @ : 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13
DMG@KAC: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

TS screams out in pain and surprise at the crest-eater's attack. He backpeddles and casts Mind Thrust DC 13: 2d10 ⇒ (7, 3) = 10 at it in return.

Back in from a Con, and ready to go!

"I'm comin' True Silver!"

Ko'Ka's tail glows a bright white-blue as it infuses with Solar energy.
Stellar Mode.

I suppose it would be my turn again, as the creature went, and it would be me again top of round 2
Zak moves forward trick attack acrobatics: 16 + 1d20 ⇒ 16 + (18) = 34
Fire flare gun hit: 4 - 2 + 1d20 ⇒ 4 - 2 + (8) = 10 I'm at range 2 cause that is between 30 and 60 feet. vs EAC dmg: 1d3 ⇒ 1 fire

Silver Fort: 1d20 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 1 + 2 = 18
Silver feels a slight weakening from the creature's bite, but nothing beyond that.

Umbro - miss, miss
Dark - Trick, miss
Majko - miss
Zak - trick, miss

Crest Will: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
The crest-eater roars in pain and shakes it's head.

Om!: 1d20 + 13 - 4 ⇒ (4) + 13 - 4 = 13
1d6 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
Nom!: 1d20 + 13 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 13 - 4 = 12
1d6 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
The creature's roar lasts a little bit as it tries once more to savage Silver, but can't seem to pull it off.

Everyone is up!

Sorry I forgot the Fort roll. Thank you.

Umbro thumbs the fire selector switch on his rifle to full auto and unloads a burst on the crest eater.

Full attack against the crest eater.

Acid Dart Rifle vs. KAC #1: 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 8 - 2 = 13

Acid Dart Rifle vs. KAC #2: 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 8 - 2 = 18

Piercing/Acid Damage #1: 1d8 ⇒ 8

Piercing/Acid Damage #2: 1d8 ⇒ 5

Majko takes a step back and hurls the disk. Once again it goes wide, swinging back to her hand.

Singing Disk @ : 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
DMG@KAC: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Zak has no range weapons as his flare gun is out of ammo and spare ammo, so he moves around a bit, so that he will be able to move and hit the creature. He does not want to doublemove into melee with the creature, cause if he enters melee, he will want to attack on the same round, so he sets himself up for a single move towards the creature next round. PS. This guy is a credit pusher, that is why he has so little gear, hoping to save up for the big stuff.

Darkrunner runs to close more of the distance, but still not getting too close to the cresteater.

Hmm, it's not swayed by sounds of a predator. Maybe it can be distracted by the sounds of it's common prey.

He goes back into his datapad for a moment, seeing if he can distract it differently to gain advantage for his next shot.

Computers for trick attack (DC20+target CR): 1d20 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 11 + 4 = 32 If it succeeds, it is flat-footed
azimuth laser pistol attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13
F damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3
Trick attack damage, on hit and if computers check succeeded: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Ko'Ka continues forward, getting closer to the beast but not quite in its striking range, then Ko'Ka throws its spear at the cresteater.

Attack Roll: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Damage Roll: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Silver?

Sorry. I didn't realize it was my turn.

True Silver backpeddles (guarded step) and again casts Mind Thrust DC 13: 2d10 ⇒ (1, 9) = 10

Umbro - miss, miss
Dark - Trick, miss
Majko - miss
Ko - miss

Crest Will: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
The crest-eater roars in pain and shakes it's head. It then moves up to Silver again for another bite.
Om!: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20
1d6 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

Everyone is up!

"This just got annoying." True Silver steps over to flank with Ko'Ka. He draws his knife while he does so.

Ko'Ka moves into melee and stabs at the cresteater with a solar empowered tail!

Attack Roll: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 5 + 2 = 24
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Umbro continues to pour fire down at the crest eater.

Full attack again.

Acid Dart Rifle vs. KAC #1: 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 8 - 2 = 15

Acid Dart Rifle vs. KAC #2: 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 8 - 2 = 24

Piercing/Acid Damage #1: 1d8 ⇒ 1

Piercing/Acid Damage #2: 1d8 ⇒ 4

Move into melee pull out baton
acrobatics trick attack: 16 + 1d20 ⇒ 16 + (9) = 25
hit: 3 + 1d20 ⇒ 3 + (20) = 23 vs KAC
dmg: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
trick dmg: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
crit dmg: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
crit trick dmg: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Majko moves to the side, finally getting a good read on the beast. Her disk spins through the air, cutting into the bone.

Singing Disk @ : 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21
DMG@KAC: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Darkrunner is left, I'll retcon if his action changes the battle

Umbro - miss, hit
Dark -
Majko - hit
Zak - trick, hit
Ko - hit

AOO vs Ko'Ka: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22
1d6 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

The crest-eater swipes at Zak, but stays focused on Silver. It then roars in pain yet again at all of its new wounds and turns to Zak, fury in it's eyes.

Om! vs Zak: 1d20 + 13 - 4 ⇒ (7) + 13 - 4 = 16
1d6 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
With a powerful bite it clamps down on Zak and he drops his weapon and his body goes limp. It then turns back to Silver.
Nom!: 1d20 + 13 - 4 ⇒ (10) + 13 - 4 = 19
1d6 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

Crest Eater -46
Everyone is up!

Umbro's face shows no outward sign of emotion as he sees Zak go down under the furious assault from the crest eater. Calmly he steadies his hold on the grip of his rifle and aims down the barrel before letting loose another burst of fire.

This crest eater is nasty!

Full attack.

Acid Dart Rifle vs. KAC #1: 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 8 - 2 = 26

Acid Dart Rifle vs. KAC #2: 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 8 - 2 = 23

Piercing/Acid Damage #1: 1d8 ⇒ 4

Piercing/Acid Damage Critical #1: 1d8 ⇒ 5

Piercing/Acid Damage #2: 1d8 ⇒ 7

Corrode Damage Critical Effect: 1d4 ⇒ 3 Treat corrode the same as the burning condition, but it does acid damage. It will go in to affect at the beginning of the crest eater's next turn.

From the way it was positioned, all I did was move 5 feet to get into melee.

Zak I think you get to take your turn before the crest eater bites you in half. So technically maybe you can kill it before it kills you.

It's going to be more of the same, always just the fun of RP'ing what exactly a trick attack entails.

I am now fully unsure of how to distract this creature. Perhaps I'm too focused on replicating sounds from nature altogether. Let's make the creature think that it is near a cosmopolitan night club in a dense urban city.

Darkrunner goes back to his data pad and this time dials up some visual light effects to go along with the monotonous dance-club beats, utilizing the "flashlight" function with disco colors and aiming it at the beast.

oonz ooonz ooonz ooonz ooonz...

Computers for trick attack (DC20+target CR): 1d20 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 11 + 4 = 22 If it succeeds, it is flat-footed; but lol, probably not
azimuth laser pistol attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21
F damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2
Trick attack damage, on hit and if computers check succeeded: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Darkrunner, you can take another turn. This one you just did was for last round.

yeah, that was a quick catch up while at work. I’ll get another post in 20m or so

Over here foul beast, pay attention to my device!

Computers for trick attack (DC20+target CR): 1d20 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 11 + 4 = 26 If it succeeds, it is flat-footed
azimuth laser pistol attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
F damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2
Trick attack damage, on hit and if computers check succeeded: 1d4 ⇒ 1

are those damage dice stuck or what?

You need a bigger gun.

Yeah, it's about time I guess

TS slashes at the crest eater.

Survival Knife: 1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 - 4 = 5 Damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7 full attack
Survival Knife: 1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 - 4 = 1 Damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5 full attack

The Crest-eater is taken down by the ext volley of attacks from the Starfinder team.

Operative damage output doesn't really depend on the weapon used. It depends much more on the level of the operative.

The creature has been taken down, what's next for you all?

"Darkrunner and Majko get that scanning tower back up and running."

Umbro swiftly moves to where Zak is lying unconscious. Dropping his backpack to the ground he digs a healing serum mk. 1 out of one of its numerous pockets. Crouching down he injects Zak with the serum.

Healing Serum mk. 1: 1d8 ⇒ 4

Exhausted now that the adrenaline from the encounter has flowed out of his veins Umbro turns to Koka, "You got any more of those peanuts?

True Silver will take the time to utilize his Healing Hands ability to to give Zak 10 hit points. He'll then take a 10 minute rest himself.

Sigh What's to prevent more creatures from undoing our progress further? Do the rest of you want to scout the perimeter for additional threats? I'll get to work now...

He walks over to the tower, first eyeing it for damage from the fall.

Help me stand this up... he says to Majko as they get started.

Engineering, fix the tower: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30

Computers, re-calibrate tower instruments: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31

Now that they've done this a few times it's becoming second nature.

19 and 20? Second nature indeed.

The tower gets set back up and Zak regains consciousness.

"That's two towers, just one more." Mora messages over the comms as the sun gets low in the sky.

Feel free to ret-con in any rest/regroup RP'ing before the drive. This is just to keep us moving.

Who's my navigator for this last stretch?

Darkrunner and team begin the journey to the final tower site.

piloting, drive to the cliffs (final tower): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20 Not as good, but not horrible

Survival: 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 8 - 2 = 10
Piloting: 1d20 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 - 2 = 19
True gets on the enercycle and goes to the last location.