GM Ietsuna's Skitter Shot 2: Electric Skitter-loo (Inactive)

Game Master Ietsuna

Nako rushes towards one of the new creatures, swinging her doshko down at it. Attacking Yellow

Flame Doshko vs EAC (+Get'Em): 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 7 + 1 = 11
Damage (Fire): 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Gazigaz shoots and misses. Nako has no better luck with her swing as she misses too as she rushes at Yellow.

Any check we can do on the orbs to see what they are and if they can be dispelled/shut down?

"I think the shadow orb things spawn numonsters! Let me see if I can ..."

Some checks if needed

mysticism: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19
perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

Dakoyo moves up to examine an orb. Looking at it he uses his innate mystic knowledge and is able to deactivate it.

The mysticism is the thing that shut it down.

Quonx targets yellow with her exocortex before shooting at it.

azimuth laser rifle, attack, combat tracking, get em: 1d20 + 4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 1 + 1 = 14
fire: 1d8 ⇒ 1

Quonx's shot hits Yellow square in the face.

Both of the enemies make a b-line for Dakoyo. Both provoke from Nako so pick one to strike at.

Combat Round 5 - Bold May Act

Enemies (Yellow -1)
Gazigaz
Quonx
Nako
Dakoyo

Quonx shoots yellow again

azimuth laser rifle, attack, combat tracking, get em: 1d20 + 4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 1 + 1 = 11
flame: 1d8 ⇒ 4

"Oh, I see. You just have to turn them off, like a mystical switch. Hold them off, friends, while I go about turning off the darkness."

Dakoyo moved to the next orb and tried to turn it off as well.

mysticism: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (15) + 12 = 27

"Almost there friends! Let's get that one!"

Gazigaz points out the yellow creature and fires.

C.Arc Pistol v EAC: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 4 + 1 = 15
Dmg(E): 1d6 ⇒ 1

Move: Get 'Em
Standard: Shot at yellow

The second orb goes down with no problems.

Yellow disappears.

Combat Round 5 - Bold May Act

Enemies
Gazigaz
Quonx
Nako
Dakoyo

Nako will have struck out at red as it moved past.

Flame Doshko AOO vs EAC: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18
Damage (Fire): 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

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Assuming that that took out red
Nako readies herself to move up to any shadowy creature that may appear.

Ready Action: move up adjacent to any shadowy creature that appears.

Didn't Gazigaz already act in round 5? If not...

Gazigaz holds their pistol at the ready, waiting to point out any new unfriends to the rest of the group.

Readied action: Get 'Em on first new enemy that appears, priority to closest to Nako

[ooc[ Yeah, Gazigaz did. I am a bit unfocused, sorry. Everyone is up[/ooc]

Two new enemies pop into existence.

Combat Round 6 - Bold May Act

Enemies
Gazigaz
Quonx
Nako
Dakoyo

Having moved up to the shadowy creatures when they appeared, Nako now swings down at the closer of the two. Attacking Yellow

Flame Doshko vs EAC: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25
Damage (Fire): 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

She then steps back slightly, hoping that the remaining creature will either be taken out by her friends or move towards her.

Dakoyo continued his mad dash around the room, extinguishing the shadow spehes as he went. All the while he seemed to be humming a children's song to himself. Skittermander equivalent of "round and round the mulberry bush"

mysticism: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16

Nako hacks through yellow as Dakoyo moves up to a third orb. This time he doesn't quite have the knack of it and the orb continues to pulse.

Combat Round 6 - Bold May Act

Enemies
Gazigaz
Quonx
Nako
Dakoyo

Quonx looks at the last one, targeting it with her exocortex, and then shoots at it.

azimuth laser rifle, attack, combat tracking: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 1 = 11
flame: 1d8 ⇒ 1

Gazigaz moves further in to help his friends, pointing at the remaining new foe. "Almost there! Get it!"

Move: Move into room
Standard/Move: Get 'Em

Two more shadow creepers pop into the room, focusing on Dakoyo.

The green creeper moves to Dakoyo and launches a bit at him. AoO Dakoyo, I know you have the staff ready

Bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25 Damage: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (1, 3) + 2 = 6

Combat Round 7 - Bold May Act

Enemies
Gazigaz
Quonx
Nako
Dakoyo -6

"Dakoyo! Watch out! Allsix to help him!"

Gazigaz points at green seeing it assault his friend and fires.

C.Arc Pistol v EAC: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 4 + 1 = 14
Dmg(E): 1d6 ⇒ 3

Move: Get 'Em vs Green
Standard: Attack Green

Nako cuts down at the closest creature. Attacking Yellow

Flame Doshko: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
Damage (Fire): 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

She then moves up towards another of the creatures.

Dakoyo gripped his staff and swung it had at the shadow creature. Unfortunately, he still had his needler in another hand, and as he tried to pass the staf around the pistol, the barrel, snagged and...well it didn't turn out well.

"Ouch These things bite hard! Take care of them, skitters, and I will keep working on these orbs!"

aoo vs kac: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
b damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4

mysticism: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28

Dakoyo does not manage to take out the creeper that jumps at him, but does deactivate the third orb. The creepers, and the darkness disappear.

Combat over

"Good job, Dakoyo! Let's get back to helping these people and see if we can find Nakonechkin!"

I am less confused about names now that I see that Nako named herself after the boss

"Onward, friends! Nakonechkin must be close now!"

Gazigaz tries the next door and looks into whatever is beyond it.

Beyond the door is a cross-roads of a sort. There is a door to starboard, a door to the fore and a staircase down to port.

Gazigaz steps into the corridor and looks around "So many choices! Nakonechkin! Are you here!?"

He scratches his head with one hand, puts one to his chin, points in each of the 3 directions with 3 others, while the remaining holds his pistol. "I don't think we should go down those until we look in there or there first. What do you think friends?"

"In the absence of true facts, one path is as good as another. Lead on, Gazigaz!"

Happy to go in either direction, with right being the default choice for me.

You hear angry bellowing coming from the room to starboard.

Perception: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (18) + 0 = 18

"That's Nakonechkin! He sounds like he is in trouble, in pain, or otherwise extremely annoyed. We have to head through that door!" Nako then moves up towards the door with all speed and attempts to open.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14

"I hear him too! Let's go!" Gazigaz chases Nako to through? the door.

The tiled walls of this room are colored a soothing sea-foam green. Three cushioned tables occupy the center of the room, each with a plethora of mechanical arms ending in various nozzles, manipulator digits, and other implements. A series of chairs runs along the starboard side of the room, with apertures in the wall behind them. The air is humid and smells of sandalwood.

On the middle table lies Nakonechkin being aggressively pummeled and kneaded by mechanical hands. Soft space-jazz plays through the speakers.

"Nakonechkin!" Quonx shouts. She runs up to the table and sets allsix hands to disabling it.

engineering: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13

Quonx makes an attempt at disabling the massage table, but is unsuccessful. She cannot quite find the correct parts to disable. In the meantime the table to the aft makes a grab for her.

Grab: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (7) + 15 = 22

The manipulator claws snap at air, barely missing her fur.

I am not putting us into initiative just yet.

"Looks like the maggasgers are trying to help a little to hard! Quonx, I can try to cover you attempt to deactivate the one around Nakonechkin!" Nako then prepares herself to jab at any robotic table-arms that attempt to jab her friends.

"We'll cover you! Allsix to it!" Gazigaz uses all of his hands to stabilize his pistol and aims at the arms, ready to fire.

Readied Action: Shoot at the first arm that goes after anyone trying to free Nakonechkin

"Try pulling the power plug! Or reprogramming it! If all else fails, hit it with a rock!"

Dakoyo is just shouting random things he's heard over the years. There really isn't a lot he knows about the techie side of things. He was a priest and a researcher, not an engineer.

Quonx moves away from the other table to focus on Nakonechkin's table instead.

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

Bah, sorry all. I made a post and it seems to have been eaten. I dropped in to see why we had stalled.

Quasar’s light, that machine nearly massaged me to death! Thanks fuzzballs, you saved my tail. Nakonechkin snorts. We aren’t done here, though! If you’re up to it, you should head to the bridge and see if we still can’t bring this hunk of junk home. Trendsetter will probably fork over a sizeable chunk of credits to keep this quiet.

"Then to the bridge we shall go, quick-quick! Let's gather our salvage while we may..."

Dakoyo waved two arms at Nanonchkin and motioned to the hallway with another. As soon as Nako moved into the corridor, Dakoyo followed.

Been there, done that

'Will do boss! Glad you're safe. You're not coming with?"

Once Nakonechkin answers, Gazigaz filters out behind Dakoyo and Nako

The door to the bridge does not open as you approach. The door is locked with a digital lock.

"Oh good, a number pad. That is exactly what all of my years studying biology and physiology have trained me for."

Dakoyo moved tot he lock with a grin on his face and put his stethoscope up to it, listening intently.

"Nope, no heartbeat. I think this one is beyond my ability to save."

He flashed an exaggerated wink at Nako, then moved aside for one of the more technically minded skitters to have at the lock.

Quonx moves up and takes a look at the lock.

Engineering: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13

Quonx steps back, shaking his head. You distracted me Dakoyo. Stop. I am trying to work, gree?

She makes another attempt.

Engineering: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (15) + 12 = 27

This time the door is unlocked.

Since I am botting Quonx I will pass it back to you all to decide what to do about the unlocked door.

"Let's check it out! Then we'll head upstairs."

Gazigaz moves to the door and peers in.

perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14

Inside the bridge a rotting corpse with lines of circuitry visible in various locations around its body and limbs.

Combat Round 1 Bold May Act

Quonx
Gazigaz
Nako
Dakoyo
Enemy

"Oh...there's a body in here. I'll just...IF IT COMES HIT IT NAKO!" Gazigaz uses 3 of his hands to point out the body to the group and then backpedals away from the door.

Move: Get 'Em on the corpse
Standard: Move to make way for the damage dealers

Nako moves into the bridge, readying her weapon to strike at the body if it stands up.

Move Action: move into bridge; Standard Action: ready an action to attack the body if it stands up.

Quonx eyes the thing, letting her exocortex track it's movement, then fires.

azimuth laser rifle, attack, get em,combat tracking: 1d20 + 4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 4 + 1 + 1 = 24
fire: 1d8 ⇒ 4

come on Dakoyo, I was on vacation and I'm posting before you! Ha ha. Should we bot Dakoyo soon? The GM posted initiative last Thursday

Yeah. I had a minor family issue pop up on the weekend. I was still active but did not think to bump this along. Back on deck now. Lets do this.

Dakoyo moves up in support.

The enemy slams into Nako bodily, trying to squish the diminutive fur-ball.

Slam vs KAC: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20 Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

Combat Round 2 Bold May Act

Quonx
Gazigaz
Nako -10SP
Dakoyo
Enemy