SFS #1-15 Save the Renkrodas (subtier 3-4) (Inactive)

Game Master Ilmakis

To make it easy for me to fill in the chronicles, could you please provide for the character you want to credit this to...

Chronicle: What chronicle number will this be for your character?
Player name: Your name, as you want it to appear on the chronicle
Character name: The name of your character
Organized play #-#: Your society play and character numbers
Faction: Characters Faction slotted
XP: Your starting XP
Fame: Your starting fame
Credits: Opening credits before purchases
Day job: Your day job skill and roll. (or alternative such as training or true savior)
Reputation: Which factions you have reputations with (and how much) before participating in this scenario.
Boons: Any boons you have slotted. (you may change these after the briefing)

Purchases: Any purchases you wish to make from your initial funds, before the start of the game.
Starship role: This scenario has starship combat. Please nominate the role you would like on the ship and include your relevant skill bonuses.

Please introduce yourself in gameplay.

Please also add an icon for your character to the first page of the map. Ideally this will be the same as the one you post with.

Taken from GM Aerondor

Chronicle: 18
Player name: Chris Wasko
Character name: Reynold Malkin
Organized play #-#: 125136-701
Faction: Acquisitives
XP: 17
Fame: 21
Credits: 10,917
Day job: Instructor Boon
Reputation: Acquisitives 25, Dataphiles 4, Exo-Guardians 3, Luwazi 15, Jadnura 1
Boons: (pre-briefing)

I'm hoping to play Gunnz, who is in (what I think is) the last encounter of her current scenario. I may have to juggle things if it goes on too long, but we have been pretty quick in general.

Chronicle: 12
Player name: kuey
Character name: Poppilo Moraeme
Organized play #-#: 215076-702
Faction: Acquisitives Champion, Improved
XP: 10
Fame: 8
Credits: 3,213
Day job: profession(priest): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (18) + 14 = 32
Reputation:
Reputation with Acquisitives: 21
Reputation with Second Seekers (Luwazi Elsebo): 1
Reputation with Wayfinders: 1
Boons: Will slot after briefing
Purchases: Will purchase after briefing

Sorry, not sure where the link for the map is.

Do we have an approximation on when we will start? If it is before Sunday, I will have a number of level 3 or 4's available right now. If it is after Sunday (around 10 PM GMT-4) I will have a level 5 that would love to save the poor mistreated renkrodas.

Either way is fine with me.

We will start as soon as possible, but we will wait for Gunnz to be free, so I hope before Sunday.
But if you prefer to play your level 5 we can wait for monday to start rolling dice when it matters.

I would prefer to use the nuar technomancer (5), but I don't want to hold it up more than a day or so. So, with that the 3 level 3's (I thought one was four, but I was off), are

Lvl 3 Dwarven Priest Soldier of Iomedae and Torag. Front Line fighter, melee.

Lvl 3 Formian Tempered Pilgrim Solarian, Front line fighter, melee.

Lvl 3 Half-orc Dragonblooded Envoy (Intimidat. Take Diplomat -Diplo and + Intimi from Intimidate). Back line Intimidator--not a healer.

I have a lvl 3 Technomancer and a lvl 4 Envoy available. Depending on when we start, I may have some GM credit to bump one or the other up a level.

Consequently said GM credit is the same scenario that Gunnz is waiting on. I expect it to wrap by sunday, and can give Gunnz a 'preview' of her chronicle so she can make any leveling/equipment decisions.

GM Mjolbeard signing in here. Thanks for jumping in to run this so quickly, Ilmakis!

Chronicle: 9
Player name: GM Mjolbeard
Character name: Chikasa
Organized play #-#: 177216-702
Faction: Acquisitives
XP: 8
Fame: 15
Credits: 2930
Day job: Forgo Dayjob for Instructor boon (spoiler below)
Reputation: Second Seekers (Luwazi Elsebo) Tier 1 | Rep 14
Acquisitives Reputation Tier 1 | Rep 5
Dataphiles Tier 0 | Rep 2
Exo-Guardians Tier 0 | Rep 1
Wayfinders Reputation Tier 0 | Rep 1
Boons: Ally: Field Trainee
Faction: Acquisitives Champion
Personal: Scoured Stars Veteran
Social: Instructor
Slotless: Marked Field Agent, Starfinder Insignia, Ghibran Linguist, Scoured Stars Veteran

Purchases: TBD - I'll have this sorted out in the next couple days.

Chronicle: 11 (TBR)
Player name: Aaron
Character name: Buff-Bot 9000
Organized play 4249-701
Faction: Dataphiles
XP: 10 (TBR)
Fame: 17 (TBR)
Credits: 6950
Day job: Profession (Video Personality): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13
Reputation: Dataphiles 22 (TBR), Second Seekers (Jadnura) 1, Wayfinders 1, Exo-Guardians 1
Boons:
Social: Faction's Friend
Slotless: Digital Presence (Tier 2: 1 additional Fame/Dataphiles Reputation for this scenario)
Several others...
Ally: Envar's Attention
Personal: Scoured Stars Survivor

Purchases: Dataphiles Champion, Improved (4 fame)
Item purchases depend on start date as GM chronicles may change item availability.

Update on Purchases: Reconfigurable Clothing (Formal, Env (heat), Env (Cold), Env (Dust), Everyday) (136 cr)
Tool Kit, Demolitionist's Kit (200 cr)
Tool Kit, Thieve's Tools (200 cr)
Industrial Backpack (25 cr)
Library Chip (Life Science) (250 cr)

I also forgot to put the details for the Instructor boon in my previous post, so here it is now...

@Chikasa : you are missing 1RP (your Int bonus is +4 not +3)
@Buff-bot : can you update your character line to align with your level 4 ? (and don't miss to add another RP to your total!)
@Poppilo I think you miss one language.

Looks like we are missing more of a front line. I will not play the Technomancer (seems we have enough magic).

So....
Formian Solarian lvl 3 front line.
or
Dwarf Soldier lvl 3 front line.

Both are good. I have the Solarian I think 100% ready, the dwarf will just need a bit of cleaning up (he just got level 3, most is updated, but I want to double check).

If people want to look at my alias's and think on it.

Kitkul
or
Baragh Dented Helm.

Either way I will be ready in less than 6 hours (work got crazy this week, so zero free time--even at lunch--to do much).

Right you are! Thanks for catching that, Ilmakis! I must've forgotten to update my RP after I purchased my Int ability crystal.

@Poppilo I think you miss one language.

Not sure which one I missed. Poppilo's got 5 languages now:

@Poppilo ok, I mismatched many thing, wrongly believing that Culture wasn't a class skill for Mystic.
Which one is your homeworld ?

@Poppilo ok, I mismatched many thing, wrongly believing that Culture wasn't a class skill for Mystic.

Which one is your homeworld ?

The Diaspora, as befitting a pirate! It has no native language though so I wasn't sure whether that means I pick any language or that he doesn't get one. Hero Lab suggests the former. What do you think?

The way I understand it (but I could be wrong) is that if your homeworld doesn't have a specific native language you can't pick any specific additional language as the default will be "common".

If I can make an analogy, its like in Pathfinder, if you are Taldan or Chelaxian you don't have a specific language except for common (taldan).

Sure, I'll drop Aklo then. Reading CRB, it does state "...and the language of her home planet (if any)" so I think you're right. Guess can't always rely on Hero Lab. :)

I figure with going to Castrovel, and a gala going on, the Formian was a better call. The Dwarven Soldier from Salvations End that is constantly drunk, and talks like a prize fighter probably wouldn't do well in a gala.

Chronicle: #8
Player name: Jim C.
Character name: Kitkul
Organized play #-#: 56565-702
Faction: Exoguardians Champion, Improved
XP: 7
Fame: 9 (used one to buy the Exoguardians Tier 1 social boon, and 4 for Improved Champion) )
Credits: 610
Day job:Day Job: Profession (Bodyguard)): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17
Reputation: Exoguardians 15, Data 1
Boons:
Ally: Duskmire Allegiance (Yeti)
Faction: ExoGuardians
Personal: Formian Race
Promotional: Shirt Reroll
Social: Either Pact World Defender (most likely), or Contractor's Respect (Hellknights)
Slotless: Sugar Heart Love!!!

Purchases: Already have formal wear. Might get something after full briefing...but it would be small. If it sounds we need something largish, will use Contractor's Respect to get it.

ECD for Gunnz's current game is saturday. I suspect we should probably not go much further than we are now until that is resolved.

I am fine with the slight break. I have the Protectorate Petition to prep to run Saturday, and I am on roll20 for Sunday for Crittercon 2019.

Just killed off BBEG.

Don't have the chronicle yet though. Still, some purchases look to be in order
Elite Stationware 4100cr (early access from a chronicle)
Second skin (250cr)

Gunnz too will also purchase suitable clothing (20cr total)
Formalware
Party (cocktail)
Safari chic (can this count as environmental(heat)?)
and a set of dancers clothes that she seems to have forgotten to pack before :-)

Also a tier-2 computer with five miniturisation upgrades (375cr)
Culture and life science library chips (500cr more total)

And sell her freebooter armour for 375cr

Depending on the credits on my chroncile, I may also get a thermal capacitor upgrade (mk1)

I promise to get Gunnz her chronicle this evening PDT.

I didn't kill her! That hammer only maimed her...

Didn't hurt her dance routine for the day job.

Man, a crit with that would have been dodgy as though.

Right got my chronicle. Hurrah.

Chronicle: 11
Player name: B Viggers
Character name: Gunnz
Organized play #-#: 100387-702
Faction: Dataphiles
XP: Your starting XP 10
Fame: 17 NB Will use digital presence for +1 fame and +1 dataphiles rep. I keep forgetting this.
Credits: 6257
Day job: dancer: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31
Reputation: Dataphiles : 22; Exo-Guardians 2; Second Seekers (LE) 2: Wayfinders 1;
Boons:
(need to double check here, but default load out is)
Boons Slotted:
Faction: Dataphiles, improved
Ally: Heartfriend forever
Social: Faction's Friend
Starship: Computational Savant (+1 node); Solar powered weapons (+1 damage to one laser weapon) or Automated Defences (reduce tracking speed of missiles for one round); or Honorbound allies.
Slotless Marked Field Agent; Star Sugar Heartlove;Society Contract; Claimant to Salvation; Ghibran linguist; Digital Presence ;
Unidentified: Tip of the Conspiracy;

Purchases:
As two posts up. Also 4 fame for improved dataphiles champion boon.

@Buff-bot 9000 you chan chose any location.

Alright, paperwork is taken care of for Gunnz! I think we're all kosher now. Jumping in in force!

Sorry about the slow start, just wanted to make sure we were all clear before getting too far in. Up-to-date info here:

Chronicle: 13
Player name: Aaron
Character name: Buff-Bot 9000
Organized play 4249-701
Faction: Dataphiles
XP: 11 (TBR)
Fame: 19
Credits: 3190
Day job: Profession (Video Personality): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13
Reputation: Dataphiles 24, Second Seekers (Jadnura) 1, Wayfinders 1, Exo-Guardians 1
Boons:
Social: Faction's Friend
Slotless: Digital Presence (Tier 2: 1 additional Fame/Dataphiles Reputation for this scenario)
Several others...
Ally: Envar's Attention
Personal: Scoured Stars Survivor

Purchases: Purchases taken care of on previous chronicle. All good to go.

Updating sheet/header as we speak...type...something

Slotted boons:

Ally: Publicist (Diplomacy +1)
Faction: Acquisitives Champion, Improved
Social: Honorary Spider (Sense Motive +1)
Starship: Mystical Guidance Systems Upgrade
Slotless: Marked Field Agent, Star Sugar Heartlove!!!, Starfinder Insignia, True Savior of Tasch, Protector of the Future, Salvation's Delver, Ghibran Linguist, Private Vault, Copaxi Linguist

BTW, my posting is a bit slow at the moment, swamped with stuff IRL. Bot me if required.

GM. Question. Something I was thinking (but didn't ask this morning). I know that the Supernova will hurt the swarm...but would Stellar Rush if I bullrush into the swarm? It does fire damage to the target if I hit or not hit? Just curious, as honestly this is the first time I have seen a Swarm in SFS. They just are not as prevalent as they are in the PFS scenarios :-)

I don't think so, except if it hurt several creature at once.

Swarm seems as scary in SFS (maybe even more) than in PFS.
A quote from Alien Archive about Swarm Defenses.

SWARM DEFENSES (EX)

Swarms take damage from weapons differently depending on how the weapon targets them.
A swarm is immune to attacks and effects that targets a single creature (including single-target spells), with the exception of mind-affecting effects if the swarm has an Intelligence score and an ability similar to the formian’s hive mind (see page 50).
A swarm takes half again as much damage (+50%) from effects that affect all targets in an area, such as grenades, blast and explode weapons, and many evocation spells.
A swarm takes normal damage from an attack or effect that affects multiple targets (including lines and fully automatic mode attacks). For the purpose of automatic fire, the swarm counts as five targets. For example, if an automatic attack is made using 12 rounds of ammunition, it can attack a maximum of six targets, so it can damage a swarm normally. However, if two other targets are closer to the attacker than the swarm, they must be attacked first, leaving only four attacks to target the swarm, so it takes no damage.
Format: Defensive Abilities swarm defense

Yeah, that was my feeling also, which is why Kitkul just attacked it with the weapon. It didn't know better (no physical science), and never fought a swarm before. So I get to be the entree for them until Round 3, then Supernova will work :-).

This is why I am now going to start carrying grenades for all my characters (as of the end of this game, I will find something for Kitkul to carry)...even if they are a waste in most cases. Also...line weapons, or maybe blast weapons should be given to my characters...hmm.

Yup, there's a reason I decided to keep Overheat on Chikasa's list of known spells. You never know when you're going to run into a crowd or something that requires AoE!

Past Reynold: [hemming and hawing about purchases for the next scenario] I use grenades so rarely and they're so expensive per level, I'm just gonna save my cash for something better.

Present Reynold: Ah nuts.

I think it is probably prudent to buy 4-5 mk1 Frags at this point onward. If SFS starts to use the plot book of PFS season 0-3, swarms will likely be 1 of the 4 encounters of all scenarios. mk1 are cheap......had the single one on Kitkul since chronicle 1.

Oh well..live (hopefully) and learn.

Well, seeing as Season 2 of SFS is called "Year of a Thousand Bites", I'd say stocking up on anti-swarm measures would be wise. :P

It looks like anti-swarm measures are a lot easier though this time around, since full auto weapons and burst weapons are a thing. For me personally I'll probably opt for some grenades though.

@GM thanks for the fix on the will save!

And double post, as I just noticed I seem to be missing from the initiative. That stealth roll was so good even the GM didn't see me!

Just a reminder, free action doesn't exist anymore in Starfinder :)

True, although 'free action' is much more concise than 'thing that happens at the start of my turn that doesn't use an action.'

I agree, but in this case you wouldn't be able to use it while nauseated :P (good improvement IMO)
You can use the "not an action" also ^^

Will use "Not an Action" from here on out then. Since I should at least have some way (besides my info bar) to track when I am ready to go boom in Supernova :-)

Attending a con this weekend, expect some slowness or radio silence until Monday. Bot me if necessary.

Probably best to talk about this on Discussion.

@Chikasa, reading all I could about formians, the warriors are usually the ones that are most likely to break off, as they are given a bit more mental 'leeway' than the workers. And all warriors are supposedly women (which if you know Ants and Bees this makes sense). But all warriors are also supposed to be sterile (only the queen can make heirs). When I first made Kitkul, I found out that IRL thinking "One" and "itself" way to hard, so moved it to PbP.

That makes sense! I made an agender samsaran in PFS that refers to themself as "This One", and I can definitely agree that it would be way too difficult to keep up with that IRL. Anyway, I just wanted to throw some props your way for the cool roleplay. :D

Quick question - do we know what vehicle level the cars are?

My posting schedule is a bit tight just at the moment, and I know the pilot can hold things up. In general if I'm holding things up, feel free to bot Gunnz. I'll add a flavor post as I become available.

By default, Gunnz will (pending finding out the car level and judging its suitability) likely be trying a double move (so at -4) and for each of them using "speed up". So DC 21+vehicle level. With a +15 to piloting, that is a reasonable chance of success. Even better if we get in the lead somehow and get that nice +2.

Of course if the situation changes badly she might try something else, but this is just to give a good chance at botting me/her if necessary.

I don't suppose the vehicles have a computer like starships that can give a bonus?

You know the cars, they are level 4 see here for more informations :)