The creature floating in front of Eselar lashes out at the Kasatha with its tendrils.
The first tendril smacks Eselar hard, whereas the second tendril gets caught in the first, and is a totally useless attack.
The tendril leaves cold crystals on Eselar...
15 cold damage
Eselar:
You suddenly "hear" thoughts in your mind. Thoughts without a voice. Without a language.
Primeval thoughts, filled with cold and horror.
Male CN Dwarf Space Pirate Mystic 3 | SP 4/21 HP 24/24 | RP 4/5 | EAC 16; KAC 18; ACvCM 24 | Fort +2; Ref +2; Will +7 | Init: +1 | Perc: +10, SM: +10 | Speed 20ft | darkvision 60 ft | Spells: 3/4 | Active conditions: none
Drak moves towards the rest of the group, although his shorter legs can't take him as far as he would have wished. He will also attempt to identify it once he is able to see the creature.
Desha hurries to rejoin her fellow Starfinders as she hears the battle begin. [i]'Too slow again,'[/b] she thinks to herself, cursing her own failure to join the fight quickly, [i]'Why must I always be so slow?!'[/b] Despite her frustration, she rushes to get into the room and steals a glance at the strange creature as she runs between Starfinder-19 and Eselar.
Mysticism:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19
She has little idea of what this thing is supposed to be though.
Halfling Technomancer 5 SP 0/35 HP: 2/27 RP: 6/6 | EAC 21 KAC 21| F +5 R +7 W +5 | Init +5 Per +2 SM +0 | 1: 4/5 2: 2/3 4
Chass bites his tongue as he examines the creature and smiles.
He isn't certain what properties the creature has but he sees that his allies are struggling with it so he begins to animate some microbots from his back's prosthesis and sends them to cloud over the enemy
Microbot Assault: Harrying Fire + Covering Fire for concentration + 1 rd
Chassarch looks up at the thing, wondering what it is.
@Chassarch &ALL: you can all roll Life Science to ID it
(sorry: Eselar rolled Mysticism to ID, and. w/o thinking. I just went w. that, but it is Life Science)
The cloud of fist-sized hindering microbots fill the air around the thing hindering it.
(put an orange frame to indicate their position
Round 2
BOLD may act
Eselar (15 dam)
Starfinder
? +2 to hit it (it has -2 to hit you)
Drak
Desha
Chassarch
As Eselar strikes, Chassarch sees that the microbots actually manage to hinder the mysterious being.
I linked Incorporeal before. Remember that Corporeal spells and effects that do not cause damage have only a 50% chance of affecting an incorporeal creature.
Thus the creature is bothered and not as defensive, which means that both the first strike, which nearly missed, and the second, that seemed better aimed... hit.
I am quite sure you did not count the +2 to hit from Harrying Fire?
Which gives you 22 and 24
But when Elesar's blade slices into the odd creature... it cuts and slices some, but only some strands and wisps of energy, and is not a nice frank wound.
1/2 damage since Magic weapon vs. Incorporeal ; so 8=7 = 15 damage
When Eselar calls out to about Iomedae, the creature blasts you all with a powerful telepathic message:
@Eselar you did not give me your Will save from your spoiler
From above:
You suddenly "hear" thoughts in your mind. Thoughts without a voice. Without a language.
Primeval thoughts, filled with cold and horror.
C̤̯͉̺̗͕̤̀ọ̱̼̫m̮̝e̖͔̖̩̬̜͝ ͓̙ţ̭̩̖̣̲̘̺o̢̤̗ ̦̘̟̦̳̮ͅm̪͉͕̠̝̣e̴̦̠̬̞͙.͓̬̺̦͉̫͉̕ ̩͚͎̹ͅC̸͕͖̰͖̩̪o̭̱͈̙̜̱̜m̩̹̜e̯̻̼͓ ̶̩͕͉͖͈̱t̥̹̰̘ͅo ̸̳̻̰͚t̻̟̘̜̥ḩ̠͉̹̬̭e̺̦̯̬̺͈ ͔̞̼̺̳V̸̭̻̜̠͖̝o̘̭̰̖̲i̱̙̩̬d.̷̙̲̼̜͍̘͈ ̫E̢̻̟̮̺m̩̗͙͓͞b͝r̳̞͙̖ą̗͓̪͙c͇̫e ͉̙t̙̕h͔͈͕e͓ ̬͔̠̲D̘͍a̠̺̺̼̹r̟̮k͏̯n̹e̫̲̗͓̪̺͓s͞s͍̯͈̲͓̜ ̗̟͓̮̰o̡̮̬̗͇̟̫f̝̺̪ ͝S͏̺͚̞͕̼p͏͔̮̟a̗̯̫̜̭c̫e̱͙̳ͅ.̘̼̬̱̞̬̥ ̴̻̦̣F̦o̴ṛ̤g͟et͎͖̤̝̗̦̲ ͏̙y̵͇̱̞͇̺̲o̺͓̪̙͟u̗͇̜̫̣͇ͅr ̰̕ͅm͔̻͚͕̪i͖nd!̴͈̗̳̩͎
You have the feeling these thoughts are devouring your mental faculties.
DC 17 Will save
Round 2
BOLD may act
Eselar (15 dam)
Starfinder
? (15 dam) +2 to hit it (it has -2 to hit you)
Drak
Desha
Chassarch
Eselar closes his mind and Iomedae warms his Heart... but her presence does not fill all... because the dark voice of the Other Plane still manages to erode your resolve!
Eselar:
No problem, I imagined you missed it.
You lose 1 point of Wisdom (damage, not drain)
For every 2 damage you take to an ability score, reduce your ability modifier by 1 for skills and other statistics affected by that ability.
If your total damage to one ability is equal to your score in that ability, you cease taking damage to that ability score, but you fall unconscious until the amount of damage is less than your score.
You recover from ability damage to each affected ability score at a rate of 1 per day.
Reductions to your ability score modifier from ability damage affect skill checks and ability checks that use that ability score, as well as on the DCs of spells and other abilities based on that score. If you take damage to your key ability score, you also lose 1 RP for every 2 damage you have taken to that ability score. The entries below describe other rolls affected by the reduced modifier.
Wisdom: Will saves.
Yes! I think this is the scenario that got the most complaints about TPKs and being too harsh etc..
Good thing you rested and such, because if you arrive with all the other debuffs, plus this guy (and, OOC, Starfinder-19 also made his save in the room... and still lost 1 WIS! Good thing you didn't go into several rooms).
To reveal: the rooms deal 1d6 STR or WIS damage (your choice) w. Will save for 1/2. So you can get 3 damage w. a save!
Starfinder-19 stands where he is, and cast magic missile on the creature. He will relay everything he knows on it.
magic missiles:3d4 + 3 ⇒ (2, 1, 3) + 3 = 9
Starfinder-19 does not know what creature this is.
But, knowing or not knowing does not change the fact that the force damage of the missiles bashes into it, dispersing part of the incorporeal creature.
Force does full damage
The rhino-faced creature turns towards Starfinder-19, and carefully floats over a bit guarded step, exiting the nanite cloud.
It faces Starfinder-19 and lashes out with one of its tendrils, bashing the android with a freezing blow...
17 cold damage
For Starfinder-19:
You feel the creature sucking at your mental capacities.
DC 17 Will save
The creature blasts you with a telepathic message:
ST͘ÓP̴͝ ĆA͝ŞT҉͏IN̢͝G̵̢͟,͟͞ ͏̴W͞EAK̶͡Ļ̶I̵N̸͢͡G̢͜!̛
As the creature comes to float next to her in its attack on Starfinder-19, Desha feels the pressure of its mind-bending presence on her psyche. She leaps back guarded step and presses back the mental assault, turning the creature's psychic force back on itself.
Desha feels that the creature somehow does not mind reflecting upon itself, and thus manages to reduce the damage.
(rolled a 19, so I imagine it'll make the save, but can you put the DCs for such spells etc.?
Is it that the creature is off guard of tired from resisting some of Desha's attack, or is it that dwarven mental attacks are harder to avoid?
Whatever the case, the aberration is unable to reduce the impact of Drak's onslaught!
12 damage
Chassarch remembers what this is, this unique parasitic creature known as a... void hantu.
It is a, normally evil, incorporeal aberration.
It is totally immune to cold, and to radiation, and is a being of gravity, a natural creature of interdimensional gravity, which, as such, is immune to adverse gravitational effects and can move without hindrance due to gravity.
It has no special weaknesses.
The nanites move forward and surround the target.
Round 3
BOLD may act
Eselar (15 dam)
Starfinder (17 dam)
? (46 dam) 1st attack has +2 ; it has -2 to hit
Desha
Drak
Chassarch
@Eselar: Mind Thrust seems to be doing normal/full damage (full or 1/2 damage if save, but nothing less than in other situations)
"Ow." says Starfinder-19, as he takes a guarded step back. He then casts another magic missile spell, hoping that they can bring the creature down before he dies.
Botting the save since it seems that Starfinder did not react to his spoiler either.
So, posting the above information again:
You feel the creature sucking at your mental capacities.
DC 17 Will save
The creature blasts you with a telepathic message:
ST͘ÓP̴͝ ĆA͝ŞT҉͏IN̢͝G̵̢͟,͟͞ ͏̴W͞EAK̶͡Ļ̶I̵N̸͢͡G̢͜!̛
Starfinder-19's Will Save vs DC 17:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
"Ow." says Starfinder-19, as, besides the cold damage from the blow, he feels the creature somehow suck at his mind, and devour his sentience, pulling away logic, memories, power of thought...
Starfinder-19 receives 4 INTelligence damage
Eselar hits at the void hantu, getting some help from the nanobots that effectively swarm the aberration.
The first blow slashes into the creature, and does some harm, dissipating it some, whereas the second blow does not manage to hurt it.
7 damage
Starfinder-19 steps back and launches a brace of force missiles, that fully damage the hantu, sending parts of it back to the void and out of this plane.
5 damage
The hantu floats forward, out of the nanite cloud and lashes out at Starfinder-19 with one of its tendrils, bashing him in the chest, and sucking more life force away... and it tries to eat away at Starfinder-19's mind even more.
16 cold damage DC 17 Will save
It sends another hateful telepathic message to all of you:
Starfinder-19 is unable to close his mind to this aberration from the void, that is eating away at his sentience...
2 more Int damage
The hantu sends a telepathic message:
Round 3
BOLD may act
Eselar (15 dam)
Starfinder (33 dam)
? (58 dam) +2 for first to attack ; it has -2 to attack
Chassarch
Desha
Drak
@Starfinder 19: -6 INT means you are @ 10 INT I think, so can only cast Cantrips (lvl 0's). Also, be careful, for you are at -3 RP, so only 1 RP left I think
"Just a little tip for you," Desha says as she takes another defensive step away from the creature, "Maybe if you're vulnerable to something your enemy is doing to you...don't keep complaining about it." She touches a few fingers to the side of her head and reaches out with the other hand, pushing the strength of her sick burn into the Void Hantu's mind.
Guarded step then cast Mind Thrust II (DC16 Will for half)
Will Save DC 16:1d20 ⇒ 19
The hantu fights back against Desha's mental attack and resists part of it.
8 damage
And turns its horned-snout towards her.
Round 3
BOLD may act
Eselar (15 dam)
Starfinder (33 dam)
? (64 dam) +2 for first to attack ; it has -2 to attack
Chassarch
Desha
Drak
AFTER Drak has acted we can go to
Round 4
Eselar (15 dam)
Starfinder (33 dam)
Kasatha Paladin of Iomedae 7 EAC20 - KAC22 | SP45/45 HP49/49 RP8/11 | Init +4 | Perc +15 SM +15| F +4, R +2, W +12 | Fortification (20%)
Understanding that his weapon was not the best way to deal with the creature, Eselar takes a step back guarded step and calls for Iomedae's power to bring down his enemy.
May the Inheritor's warm engulf you!
Mind Thrust I:2d10 ⇒ (4, 9) = 13Will DC15 for half
Drak blasts a powerful mental attack, but the hantu is able to resist it somewhat.
9 damage
As it also resists Eselar's mental attack, partially.
6 damage
Starfinder-19 steps back carefully.
note (see below *): it does not have reach
As everybody seems to be blasting away at it mind, the hantu lashes out at Chassarch, swinging its tendrils back and forth to slap him.
The first slap crashes right into the man's face, nearly knocking back... which at least makes the second slap miss.
The freezing attraction of the void sucks the life out of Chassarch--
crit' & miss ; 29 cold damage
--and the icy feeling starts to freeze the man's body--
DC 15 Fort save: or be Staggered (you can take only a single move or standard action and can’t take reactions, but you can take swift actions as normal)
--while at the same time sucking sentience right out of Chassarch's brain.
DC 17 Will save: 3 INT dam' if failed ; 1 INT dam' if save made
The entire encounter is strange, because the creature is entirely built around it having reach (its tactics are: The Hantu uses its gravitic pull attack to pull targets closer so it can make attacks of opportunity with its tendrils.
Quote:
Gravitic Pull (Su) As a standard action, a void hantu can alter the gravity between itself and a target. The void hantu selects a target within 40 feet; that target must succeed at a Reflex save (DC 17) or be pulled 20 feet closer to the void hantu. This movement provokes attacks of opportunity.
But... they dropped its reach!
So it has this thing it is made to do... that does nothing.
"Come on, everyone! It's got to go down eventually," Desha cheers on her companions as she focuses a powerful mental assault against the creature one last time. Even as she hopes that she is right about the hantu being close to falling, she pulls out a healing serum for one of her allies. Just in case...
Cast Mind Thrust II (DC16 Will for half)(this is my final 2nd level spell slot for today), then move action to draw a healing serum mk. 1
Round 4
BOLD may act
Eselar (15 dam)
Starfinder (33 dam)
? (90 dam)
Desha
Chassarch (29 dam)
DC 15 Fort save or be Staggered & DC 17 Will save (3 or 1 INT dam)
Drak
Once again, the Dwarven Magick blasts the hantu hard, as it cannot resist its mind being thrust into.
16 damage
Round 4
BOLD may act
Eselar (15 dam)
Starfinder (33 dam)
? (106 dam)
Drak
Desha
Chassarch (29 dam)
DC 15 Fort save or be Staggered & DC 17 Will save (3 or 1 INT dam)
The hantu is totally unfazed, as Chassarch's spit does not connect at all with the uncorporeal being.
minus 3 INT for Chassarch, so -1 to INT skills, DCs, and -1 RP
Round 5
BOLD may act
Eselar (15 dam)
Starfinder (33 dam)
? (106 dam) +2 for first attack (it has -2 to attack)
Drak
Desha
Chassarch (29 dam)
Kasatha Paladin of Iomedae 7 EAC20 - KAC22 | SP45/45 HP49/49 RP8/11 | Init +4 | Perc +15 SM +15| F +4, R +2, W +12 | Fortification (20%)
Mind Thrust I:2d10 ⇒ (6, 4) = 10
Eselar prefers to use his divine magic to give the warms of Iomedae to the creature, but he moves closer to the creature, hoping to get his ire, rather than his companions.
Eselar's spell fully blasts the hantu, who cannot resist its power.
The aberration's shape is starting to be rather badly battered and is starting to lose some of its presence: it is hurt...
10 damage (can you remember to put your DCs up?
Round 5
BOLD may act
Eselar (15 dam)
Starfinder (33 dam)
? (116 dam) +2 for first attack (it has -2 to attack)
Drak
Desha
Chassarch (29 dam)
Starfinder-19 might be somewhat feebleminded, but he still manages to send his small bolt of energy right through his comrades, and past the enemies defences, nailing him... barely, but barely is enough!
Though slightly feeble, and reduced by the hantu's incorporeality, the electricity does do damage!
1 NL damage
(1 divided by 2 = 0.5 = 0... but min' dam' is 1 NL! Every point counts!)
You also had the +2 from Chassarch
Twin tendrils lash out at Chassarch... but the aim of one of them is hindered by the nanobots!
The other one hits--
16 cold damage
--and sucks power from Chassarch's brain!
DC17 Will save (lose 4 INT if fail ; 2 INT if make save)
Round 5
BOLD may act
Eselar (15 dam)
Starfinder (33 dam)
Void Hantu (117 dam) (it has -2 to attack)
Drak
Desha
Chassarch (45 dam)
