[SFS] 1-04. Cries from the Drift (Inactive)

Game Master therealthom

Steev stares at the creature, eyes wide. "Blimey, you're a special shiela, aren't you!" He activates his merciful fusion and attacks the creature with his doshko.

Doshkoa vs EAC: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14 for 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 nonlethal!

Hellih and Kai give Patterson room to deal with the hostile alien. Kai's first shot goes wide.

Hermena's gun glitches. She tries again, but Patterson's movements make the shot difficult, and she misses.

Patterson provides soft cover and the machine is not marked analog or archaic, so -6 on that attack.

Steev wades into the fight. He steps up beside Patterson and buries the doshko in the floor when his target lightly steps aside.

Alzandre patiently waits for an opening and sends three magic missiles streaking at the target. They start to veer out of control as they near the creature, but still strike its arms and a leg.

Yow, SR at first level. Alzandre draws first blood anyway.

No interference with tech weapons this round.

Initiative, Bold may go
Patterson :
Horror Personified :
HK :
Steev :
Alzandre :
Kai :
Hermena :

Sorry, I did not know they had SR. Then again, we weren't given a chance to try and ID the thing either.

Unlike the vesk, Patterson has no compunction about the use of lethal force. Switching to holding his laser with one hand, he draws his assault hammer and tries to smash his assailant into the deck!

Assault hammer attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Alzandre, it had a surprise round to get close. You are free to try an ID check anytime you want. Just list the order in which you'd like to know things with your roll. (Special defenses, special attacks, vulnerabilities, etc). This one is a mysticism check.

My 'Yow!' was surprise. You don't often see SR at first level. It was foresighted of you to roll SR with the attack.

Patterson hits.

Leaving for vacation. Will try to squeeze its action in at the airport.

Honestly, I didn't remember rolling it. Just habit of doing so with alot of my PBS characters being spellcasters.

Mysticism: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

Alzandre shares what he knows, if anything, with the group.

Special defenses, special attacks, vulnerabilities sounds good if applicable.

Is the glitch on Hermena’s weapon just descriptive for a miss, or was it from the monster? I only ask because the squat machine gun has the analog trait, so a glitch shouldn’t affect it.

Hermena grimaces, trying to get a better angle on the target. In the chaos of the Malay, she decides to use her weapon to help her companions rather than ship the creature directly.

Harrying Fire - Ranged Attack DC 15: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22

Hermena. sorry . I used archive of Nethys and I would swear that it didn't list the machine gun as analog, but rechecking it now -- it does say analog. It was a miss either way.

Alandre recognizes the creature as an immature xill, normally an inhabitant of the etheral plane. As a planar creature it has a natural resistance to magic. (SR 14)

Patterson lands a heavy blow with his hammer.

The creature grabs at him again, and opens its mandibles wide to bite again. The jaws breach the armor covering his thigh and rend his flesh. The man feels a cold chill in his blood.

Bite v Patterson: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (15) + 12 = 27 ... Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Patterson, I need a DC 12 Fort save v paralysis

Xill (15 damage)

Patterson (11 damage)

Everyone is up.

Alzandre moves into the room, throwing his staff down as he goes, saying "Try this!". He then casts Magic Missile again...

Magic Missile vs. Xill: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (4, 3) + 2 = 9
Spell Resistance Check vs. DC=14: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

Purple line is path I took. Purple "X" is the staff for whoever needs.
Damn. good roll for damage, bad for SR, and I haven't purchased anything for SFS re-roll yet.

Kai's fingers flew across a nearby keypad, making the console behind the rill buzz with static. It wasn't enough to distract the creature, though. He opened fire as soon as Alzandre cleared out of the way, still trying to down whatever that creature was.

trickattack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19

attack analog vs kac: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4
ta damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2

DC 12 Fort save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

That's quite an accurate attack!

Patterson easily resists the creature's venom, but the lingering effects impair his accuracy. "Feck! Take this thing down!"

Hammer time (vs. KAC)!: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

Hellih is saying:

"HK blast it to pieces!"

His left eye scans quickly the alien organism locking his tracking on its body

".... I have him ... he will not get away...."

Tracking locked on the enemy

His eye pupil narrows down and Hellih takes aim with a laser rifle.

Shooting vs EAC, exocortex-tracking: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 3 + 1 = 11
Damage, laser: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Steev swings again!

Doshko vs EAC, NL: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 for 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9 damage!

This time Alezandre's magic missile fizzles and swerves away from the creature. Hermena's volley ricochets around the bridge behind the xill. It looks around, giving Kai an opportunity to shoot it in the back. HK, Steev, and Patterson all try to take it down by various means. They all fail.

The xill stops to hiss at you all, its jaws gape wide. Its tongue ends in a needle which waves at you. Looking around, its eyes fasten on Alzandre. It leaps at him with its arms flailing and jaws snapping shut.

Bite v Alzandre KAC: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23 …. damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Keyboard v Alzandre: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 … damage: 1d3 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Pipe v Alzandre: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15 … damage: 1d3 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
And I'll need a DC 12 Fort save v Paralysis. Nice armor you've got there.

Patterson (11 damage)
Xill (21 damage)
HK
Steev
Alzandre (6 damage)
Kai
Hermena
All weapons function normally this round. You are all up.

Kai cursed his luck, then punched the button on his tablet to run the cycle again, firing one-handed at the Xill as the computer station behind it flared to life in a cacophony of light and sounds.

trick attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (15) + 12 = 27 Finally! Target is flat-footed against my attack
attack vs kac: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
p damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2
ta damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

"Feck! How can this thing be so hard to hit?" Patterson continues to flail ineffectually at the xill.

Hammer assault vs. KAC: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Steev nods. "Tricky little shiela, ain't she!" Steev swings again!
Doshko vs EAC: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13 for 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10 damage!

Hermena rolls her eyes as her teammates fire left and right of the monster while she had distracted it. Now that she has a clear shot, she steps up into the door frame and aims directly at the creature. Move action to move, standard action to fire.

Ranged Attack vs. KAC: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
Damage: 1d10 ⇒ 9

Fortitude vs. DC=12: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12

Squeeekk!

Alzandre takes a guarded step away from the creature, grasps his startstone compass, and re-casts Magic Missile...

Magic Missile vs. Xill: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (4, 2) + 2 = 8
Spell Resistance Check vs. DC=14: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Damn.

Hellih takes a step back and again aims his rifle at the small monster

Attack vs EAC: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Damage, laser: 1d6 ⇒ 4

But the heat of the battle and overall chaos caused him to miss this time.

Looks like either I forgot to move the xill last post, or the move didn't take. Thanks to whoever marked the square it should have been in with the X. Steev, I took the liberty of moving you to an attack postion

Kai wings the creature. Patterson smashes the captain's chair, just as it jumps off. Steev's doshko is similarly just a hair behind the quick little menace as it changes direction. Hellih fires well wide, and Alzandre's mystic bolts crumble and fade on impact. Hermena steps in and puts a slug through its thigh.

It squeals, takes a faltering step, and wheels on the sarcesian, lunging forward to attack with a wire whip, pipe, and fangs.

Bite v Hermena KAC: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22 …. damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
Whip v Hermena: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17 … damage: 1d3 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
Pipe v Hermena: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17 … damage: 1d3 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Patterson (11 damage)
Xill (33 damage)
HK
Steev
Alzandre (6 damage)
Kai
Hermena (19 damage) If your header was correct, I believe that leaves you with just 1 hp. And please give me a fort save DC 12.

All weapons function normally this round. You are all up.

There's a picture of the beastie on google docs.

Seeing Hermena taking heavy wounds, Kai stepped up his shooting game, letting his datapad continue the random flashing and sounds directed at the xill. He just aimed and fired.

trick attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18 Pbtbttbbtbt!
attack vs kac: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
p damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4
ta damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Hellih focuses his aim at the enemy and tries again, his hands would be sweaty if he was a human

Attack vs EAC: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Aparently not in this game

The shot goes wide, android was too afraid to harm his allies and the laser went above everyone's head.

Fortitude 12: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

You are correct, Crimson. I'm in rough shape, but not paralyzed.

Hermena shouts in pain as the tiny monster lashes out at her, but kicks it away before a critical dose of paralytic makes its way into her body. She limps back out of the door, dropping the Honorbound machine gun and drawing her starknife, eager to make the beast pay for what it did to her.

Move action to take guarded step back, free action to drop machine gun, swift action to draw starknife (Quick Draw feat), and standard action to attack.

Melee attack vs. KAC: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6 Delightful. At least anyone attacking from the other side of it is now flanking.

Steev swings again, taking heart as the tough Sarceesian still stands!

Doshko vs KAC, NL: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12 for 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6 damage!

Hermena, I made a mistake. Since it moved to get to you, it doesn't get all the attacks. Give yourself 9 HP back, and you may repost. If you choose not to repost, please confirm. (Alzandre, it missed the additional attacks against you anyway so no change to your status. )

Kai nicks the monster again. Purple blood trickles down the creature's legs and begins to pool around its feet. Hellih misses once more. The big vesk's doshko slams into the deck behind the xill.

Initiative, bold to go

Patterson (11 damage)
Xill (37 damage)
HK
Steev
Alzandre (6 damage)
Kai
Hermena (10 damage) repost?

Patterson takes a careful step to put the creature between the Sarcesian and himself before swinging again. The creature continues to be where his hammer isn't, though.

Hammer assault, inc. flank: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 5 + 2 = 15

The purple "X" was where I tossed my staff while I was moving in for others to use.

Alzandre draws his pistol and shoots...

Pistol(semi-auto) vs. Xill: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
possible Piercing damage vs. Xill: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Well, the 'X' worked for me.

Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Patterson plants his assault hammer in the ferocious little creature's spine. It collapses limply. The purple gore continues to ooze from its wounds.

End of combat. Well done.

Alzandre, you may keep the ammo.

With my vacation hiatus, it might be helpful to review the mission statement.

“Here are the coordinates of the distress signal. It is unlikely any of the crew survived, or they’d be here by now. So be on the lookout for bodies. Since the crew is mostly kasathas, it would mean a lot to their extended families if you could bring back their remains or keepsakes to the Idari! Otherwise, salvage any data you can—especially the ship’s log—as it could tell us what happened to Sangoro’s Bulwark. .... Good luck!”

If I recall correctly we took the ship's log, and we took the gifts or remains from the beds of the Kasathas. The is still a power armor which hopefully holds a deadly spirit and a set of bodies that exploded with flesh-eating bugs. Is that a fair summary?

"Did we collect everything that was needed? If so can we go now? That storm is freaking me out."

A very fair summary. You have the ship's log -- your primary mission goal. You have items from each of the 4 kasatha crew members from the beds. I don't believe that you have anything from the android Blue-sky 101, or the captain yet.

Have we come across the android yet? I'm certain the captain's body is in his armor in his cabin, along with whatever is in there with him

I don't think you have seen the android yet.

I also think that you skipped a room.

We went everywhere except the exposed cargo bay.

"All right guys, we've got one more room to check for survivors or bodies, then we need to split. Looks like the cargo hold here on the port aft section (room B5] hasn't been checked yet. then we need to decide what to do about the captain. Let's move!"

No worries, Crimson. Thanks for correcting the attack. It wouldn't have changed my decisions on how to act, so no need to retcon anything.

Hermena picks up her machine gun again and spits at the creature's corpse. "Whatever's in the cargo hold can't be worse than this hellspawn. I am worried about the spirit trapped in the armor, though; any chance we can switch the armor to a portable power source and just bring the whole thing back, creature and all? Researchers at the Lorespire may want to study it."

any chance we can switch the armor to a portable power source and just bring the whole thing back, creature and all?

Engineering: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (14) + 12 = 26 Can we?

"Good question Hermena. Let me think about that."

Hellih checks the battery level on his rifle and follows Kai to B5 room.

Excellent idea. However, ...

Hellih realizes that even a momentary break in the power will probably release whatever is inside the armor and that the entire rig is basically held together with far less than baling wire and spit.

It's extremely delicate. Any disturbance will bring the field down.

"I am afraid that we can't, not without dedicating a lot of time to it. So it is either: unplug it and deal with what is there, or leave it here."

"Let's check the hold first."

"Fine, hold first, then phantasm."

Let's go then

A quick check of the door controls reveals that it has been depowered in the closed position, but a simple touch of one button will restore power, and another will open it.

Any special precautions before opening?

Steev positions himself by the door, and readies his doshko just in case.

"Is there vacuum on the other side of that door? If so, best we all seal our suits and pump down the rest of the ship."

I moved my token next to the room.

Hellih turns on the environmental seal and aims with his gun at the doors.

The door control also shows air pressure on the other side.

Hellih turns on the power and opens the doors...

Certain that the gauge is wrong, Patterson braces himself and grabs onto something solid. "You know that wing had been partly destroyed, right?"

Patterson's very rational precautions turn out to be needless. Despite the hull being open to space, there is only a slight hiss of a small pressure equalization when the door opens.

Don't have the scenario with me. Will post better tonight. I am sure there are no obvious threats. There are a few holes in the hull as you saw from outside. Curious, no?