[SFS][GAMEDAY VIII] 1-34 GM Zoomba's Heart of the Foe (Inactive)

Game Master Zoomba

One of the jinsul is wrecked by a pairs of sharp shots by the operatives while his nearby partner has Data's missiles strike true. Hissing, that jinsul advances towards Fuunk and tries to bite at him.

Attack v KAC: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13 for damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10

Meanwhile the farhtest alien draws a greande and throws it at the two Starfinders attacking it. A flash erupts around them as both seem blinded as the jinsul advances on them.

Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16

Ref: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Ref: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
1d4 ⇒ 2

Initiative

Quirk
Fuunk
Starfinders (two blinded)
Kohkleim 17 damage
Vixi
Data
Bones
jinsul, yellow 9 damage, blue 11 damage
Bugface
jinsul, red 35 damage and 6 bleed

Bugface aims at the jinsuul that Bugbrain started tracking earlier and tries to finish it off.

Rifle Attack vs EAC: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23
Shock Damage: 1d12 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

I believe it was red you put tracking on

The wounded jinsul seems about to strike at Fuunk, but Biugfaces shot causes it to drop with a cracking sound. That was the one, correct

Across the platform, one of the jinsul rushes towards the plating and leaps across the steel to land near Fuunk and Vixi. Flame rifle out, it spits fire at the halfling, scorching her.

Athletics: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31
Attack v EAC: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31 for damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Your comms spark to life as you hear Jadnura's voice, speaking loud over the noise of a roaring engine behind him.
Starfinders! Secure your postion. We're coming in to retrieve you. Hold on!

Initiative

Quirk
Fuunk
Starfinders (two blinded)
Kohkleim 17 damage
Vixi -5SP
Data
Bones
blue & yellow Jinsul, yellow 9 damage, blue 11 damage
Bugface
green Jinsul

Quirk: your blindsense is juuust able to pick up the demon's location in the thick fog, though you are unable to get a perfect sense of it as it moves about (can know its location, but still full concealment.) I revealed the demon's location due to this, but the rest of you still can't see through the cloud of fog.

Plasma ribbon vs Blue EAC, defensive: 1d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (19) + 10 - 4 = 25
F&E damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Fuunk defensively swings his plasma ribbon at blue and then, crazy as it may seem, guarded steps in between blue and green!

EAC is currently 27

Quirk's antennae twitch as he realizes the demonic creature is approaching the captured Starfinders.

Quirk calmly calls on comms, "The creature is making its way across the top level, toward the Starfinders we're trying to rescue. Moving in to engage!"

With that, he rushes across the top level of the structure until he is right next to the beast. He fires point blank.

trick attack: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (19) + 18 = 37
to hit: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30

magical fire damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
trick attack damage: 3d8 ⇒ (7, 4, 3) = 14

Quirk has Uncanny Shooter, so this attack will not provoke. This does technically count as a ranged attack so please deduct for concealment as you see fit.

CRITICAL! This is very satisfying, as pretty much all of my characters involved in games day play have had some horrible luck with dice

MORE DAMAGE: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
MOAR TRICK ATTACK DAMAGE: 3d8 ⇒ (7, 5, 7) = 19

Woah nice! Is that 52 points of damage? That's insane! But brace yourself! I think you've managed to divert the smoke monster's attention away from the Starfinders and on to you!

Concealment, low good: 1d100 ⇒ 30

As Fuunk slices the jinsul in front of him, Quirk races towards into the fog. The demon's form looms larger as he gets near and the shirren takes aim and fires through the mist. A ROAR emerges as the shot lands and ichorous blood spills out onto the floor around him before quickly evaporating.
Nice crit! And it's only partial concealment (20%) if you are adjacent to it

Perhaps invigorated by the cry, the rest of you see two of the other Starfinders continue to advance towards and fire at the far jinsul. One line of flame hits while the two blinded agents retreat back.

Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16 for damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8 for damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

In the cloud, Quirk sees the demon's partially obscured form retreat backwards - and up. This movement would provoke, but I don't think you have a melee attack at the ready? As his antenna vaguely track its ascent, from out of the cloud a spear of electricity emerges and just manages to strike him.

Lightning v EAC: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24 for Electrical: 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

Initiative

Quirk -11SP
Fuunk
Starfinders (two blinded)
Kohkleim 59 damage
Vixi -5SP
Data
Bones
blue & yellow Jinsul, yellow 15 damage, blue 22 damage
Bugface
green Jinsul

Quirks antennae once again twitch as he ascertains where the demon is.

As he turns, he senses its presence once again.

"You shall not pass, foul hellspawn! Do you hear me? YOU SHALL NOT PASS!"

Just a little Tolkien-esque banter and a confirmation that no, I don't have a melee weapon at the ready. I should consider a gunblade, I suppose.

Magic missile blue dmg: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 3, 1) + 3 = 8

Bones continues his assault on the jinsul below him and fires at green.
Trick: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (10) + 18 = 28
Attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20
Gun Damage: 1d12 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Trick Damage: 3d8 ⇒ (8, 1, 1) = 10

Bones fires back at the jinsul that attacked Vixi, and the ysoki's elevated location helps him score a strong hit. Meanwhile Data continues to damage one of its colleagues with a trio of force missiles.

Initiative

Quirk -11SP
Fuunk
Starfinders (two blinded)
Kohkleim 59 damage
Vixi -5SP
Data
Bones
blue & yellow Jinsul, yellow 15 damage, blue 30 damage
Bugface
green Jinsul 16 damage

Botting Vixi

Vixi takes advantage of Fuunk's valiant stand to blast the jinsul striking at him, striking it down.

Stealth Trick: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (11) + 21 = 32
Attack v blue EAC: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28
Acid: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9 plus trick: 3d8 ⇒ (4, 2, 7) = 13

A ways away, you see one of the last jinsul standing advance menacingly on the blinded Starfinders. It bites at one of them, drawing blood from the still disoriented agent.

Attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27 for damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

Initiative

Quirk -11SP
Fuunk
Starfinders (two blinded, 1 w/ 9 damage])
Kohkleim 59 damage
Vixi -5SP
Data
Bones
yellow Jinsul, yellow 15 damage
Bugface
green Jinsul 16 damage

Bugface starts flapping their wings and flies over to stand on the burning building. Bugface then tries to coax some more power from Bugface's rifle to help the beleaguered Starfinders.

Rifle Attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13
Shock Damage+Overcharge: 1d12 + 6 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 6 + (4) = 13

Using the Overcharge Mechanic trick and shooting at yellow. I don't think that's past one range increment, 70 feet. But I rolled garbage anyway.

Fuunk The fire does not block your movement and I'll say you can charge through it, but the heat from the raging flames is quite high. Being adjacent to it will deal 1d6 Fire damage: going through it will deal 4d6

Bugface tries to draw the far jinsul's ire away from the other Starfinders, but his shot goes quite wide. Meanwhile, seeing the kasatha is well-defended, the other remaining jinsul steps towards the less prtected halfling and bites at her...and misses even worse.

Attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10 for damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

Initiative

Quirk -11SP
Fuunk
Starfinders (two blinded, 1 w/ 9 damage])
Kohkleim 59 damage
Vixi -5SP
Data
Bones
yellow Jinsul, yellow 15 damage
Bugface
green Jinsul 16 damage

"WHAT YOU'RE FEELING RIGHT NOW IS FEAR, YOU FOUL HELLSPAWN! PREPARE TO TASTE MY FIRE AGAIN!"

trick attack: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (12) + 18 = 30
to hit: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13

damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
trick attack damage: 3d8 ⇒ (4, 2, 8) = 14

In that case, Fuunk won't charge. He'll double move instead. With a total of 80' of movement, I think he'll have no problem moving into place avoiding fire and AOOs

"Everyone, take down the green one while I distract yellow away from our fellow Starfinders!"

Sorry for the absence guys. Got real busy, and then got migraines on my one good day for catching back up and had to hide from screens :-/
Should be back to regular posting now :-)
Oh, and not that the 5 stamina's a huge concern, buuut I think her holographic images got missed
Mirror Images (Low is miss): 1d3 ⇒ 2

I did in fact. The earlier strike missed you

As Fuunk rushes to the other teams' aid, the two still-blinded Starfinders retreat further as the other pair fires at the foe.

Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23 for Fire: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12 for Fire: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Quirk's shot in contrast lances through the mist but fails to connect. Instead, an electric arc of enormous size lashes back down at the shirren.

Electrical damage: 10d6 ⇒ (2, 6, 5, 4, 2, 3, 3, 6, 1, 1) = 33
Quirk, I need a DC 17 Reflex save from you. Fail and you take the damage, succeed and you avoid all of it (with your Evasion)

Initiative

Quirk -11SP, need Reflex
Fuunk
Starfinders (two blinded, 1 w/ 9 damage])
Kohkleim 59 damage
Vixi, 1 image left
Data
Bones
yellow Jinsul, yellow 22 damage
Bugface
green Jinsul 16 damage

Vixi watches the crackles of lightning, seeing how they resolve into something of a St. Cuthbert's fire around the mist-shrouded demons and narrows her eyes. Diving around the nearby jinsul she twists, rolls, and pops up with her gun trained on the fiend!

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (8) + 20 = 28

Tricky Stealth: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (17) + 21 = 38
Liquidator: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23
Concealment: 1d100 ⇒ 69
Acid + Trick: 1d10 + 3 + 3d8 ⇒ (2) + 3 + (8, 8, 6) = 27 And 6 bleed

reflex save: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29

Deftly avoiding the blast electricity, Quirk continues to goad his foe. "IS THAT ALL YOU GOT? YOU'RE NOT SO FEARSOME! YOU'RE ACTUALLY SORT OF CUTE!"

Deep down, Quirk wouldn't mind seeing that rescue ship land sooner rather than later though.

Magic missile the green Jinsul dmg: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (3, 2, 1) + 3 = 9

Quirk dodges out of the way of the massive lightning bolt, while outside the fog Vixi fires back into it. Her shot goes through the mist, but she fails to hear the satisfying sizzle of contact. Missed

Meanwhile, Data just focuses on the targets he can see. The closer jinsul gets pummeled once more by force.

Initiative

Quirk -11SP
Fuunk
Starfinders (two blinded, 1 w/ 9 damage])
Kohkleim 59 damage
Vixi, 1 image left
Data
Bones
yellow Jinsul, yellow 22 damage
Bugface
green Jinsul 25 damage

Bones tries to finish off the green jinsul.
Trick: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (13) + 18 = 31
Attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16
Gun Damage: 1d12 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Trick Damage: 3d8 ⇒ (2, 2, 6) = 10

EAC of 26+?!!? Eep o_o

It May have also been the concealment

GM stuff: 2d4 ⇒ (4, 4) = 8

Bones manages to knock what's left of the fight out of his target just as the last jinusl standing tries to bite twice at Fuunk for interfering with the sacrifice.

Attack: 1d20 + 9 - 4 ⇒ (9) + 9 - 4 = 14 for damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
Attack: 1d20 + 9 - 4 ⇒ (14) + 9 - 4 = 19 for damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10

As it fails to connect, a roar form above draws your eyes upwards to see a Starfinder gunship swopping down towards you. Breaking into a hovering orbit, First Seeker Jadnura himself is standing exposed off the side at the controls of a massive machine gun. The kasatha's voice is easy to hear over your comms Thermal tracking active. Get down! right before a stream of bullets is unleashed into the fog. You hear an unholy roar from the demon within as Jadnura continues calling out. We can give you some support, but we need to clear the area before the ship can land. And quickly: on the approach we spotted several more jinsul converging on this location.

Initiative

Quirk -11SP
Fuunk
Starfinders (two blinded, 1 w/ 9 damage])
Kohkleim 69 damage
Vixi, 1 image left
Data
Bones
yellow Jinsul, yellow 22 damage
Bugface

Quirk backs up until he's just out of the smoke (fearing he might get hit with Jadnura's machine gun my mistake!).

"TIME TO SEND YOU BACK TO YOUR OWN PLANE!" Quirk also opens up comms and transmits "Finish off that last jinsul and get these Starfinders in the transport!"

I can't help but think of Schwartzeneggar yelling "Get to da choppa!"

He takes aim as best he can through the smoke and fires at the demon.

trick attack: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (19) + 18 = 37
to hit: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23

magical fire damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
trick attack damage: 3d8 ⇒ (7, 3, 4) = 14

keep in mind the creature will be flatfooted if my trick attack hits.

Oh, I thought it only had regular concealment instead of total concealment since I was only shooting through 5' of it. Is that different in Starfinder or did I misread the map? :-/

Fuunk sidesteps to avoid blocking any shots from his fellow teammates and attacks while keeping his guard up!

Plasma ribbon vs EAC, defensive : 1d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (20) + 10 - 4 = 26
Damage, crit: 2d6 + 10 ⇒ (1, 5) + 10 = 16

Guarded step and attack defensively, putting his AC at 27 this round.

Bugface activates tracking on the jinsuul Bugface just shot at and tries another overcharged shot.

Rifle Attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26
Shock Damage: 1d12 + 6 + 1d6 ⇒ (7) + 6 + (1) = 14

Oh, I thought it only had regular concealment instead of total concealment since I was only shooting through 5' of it. Is that different in Starfinder or did I misread the map? :-/

It is only partial concealment if you are adjacent to/within 5 feet of it. So since the demon is more than 5 feet away from the edge it would have total concealment from you, at least form my understanding of the fog cloud spell. It defintiely was intending to remain concealed within the fog.

Qurik v concealment, low is good: 1d100 ⇒ 75

Quirk's shot seems to be off the mark, but Fuunk's strikes and Bugface's shot combine to drop the final jinsul on the platforms.

The remaining starfinders (two of whom finally recover their sight from the lingering effects of the flash grenade) move into defensive positions on the ground and fire into the fog. Realizing their rifles don't seem to hurt it, the agents instead unleash a stream of attacks to distract the fiend.
They are using Harrying Fire on it. Functionally for all of you

Meanwhile, the kohkleim breaks out of the fog and hovers menacingly above Fuunk and the captured Starfinders. It's crackling eyes look down and a voice echoes out from it

{in Abyssal} Fry in the mist.

Then another fog erupts out around it. Casting another fog cloud

Initiative

Quirk -11SP
Fuunk
Starfinders (1 w/ 9 damage])
Kohkleim 69 damage
Vixi, 1 image left
Data
Bones
Bugface

Bugface flies across the area to land next to Vixi.

Double Move

Data doublemoves to get into an better position.

Fuunk drops the plasma ribbon, pulls out a laser rifle and takes a shot towards the demon!

Laser Rifle vs EAC: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16
Fire Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Concealment: 1d100 ⇒ 92

Apologies, I don't recall the current situation. Am I able to take a shot despite the fog cloud or does the obscured vision prevent Fuunk from even taking a shot?

Once again Quirk steps forward. Though he is worried about running out of ammo, he prepares to fire again. Looking at the rescued Starfinders, he yells "GET AWAY FROM HERE! THE TRANSPORT IS CIRCLING BACK!"

He fires.

trick attack: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (16) + 18 = 34
to hit: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21

magical fire damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
trick attack damage: 3d8 ⇒ (6, 4, 3) = 13

Reminder: the target will be flat footed.

Bones runs up and fires at the demon.
Trick: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (7) + 18 = 25
Attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26
Gun Damage: 1d12 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
Trick Damage: 3d8 ⇒ (6, 6, 2) = 14
concealment: 1d100 ⇒ 53

Apologies, I don't recall the current situation. Am I able to take a shot despite the fog cloud or does the obscured vision prevent Fuunk from even taking a shot?

Normally you would need to guess at a square if the demon wasn't adjacent to you (as is the case now). However, with Quirk's blindsense he is able to at least determine the space though concealment is still total.

Quirk concealment, low is good: 1d100 ⇒ 34

While Data and Bugface move into place, three of you fire into the fog. You hear a single roar of anger from the demon, but several of the shots fail to land.

Initiative

Quirk -11SP
Fuunk
Starfinders (1 w/ 9 damage])
Kohkleim 81 damage
Vixi, 1 image left
Data
Bones
Bugface

Concealment: 1d100 ⇒ 69

Vixi continues firing into the mist, but to no avail!

At Quirk's bellow, the othe Starfinders step back out of the fog, still firing to attempt to distract the demon. Meanwhile, the shirren sense the demon coming to land near him before another massive lightning burst lashes out at him and Fuunk! The charge seems to 'catch' in the unnatural fog, and even Bones finds his fur starting to burn from the residual charge.

Electirictiy damage: 10d6 ⇒ (1, 1, 1, 1, 5, 2, 2, 3, 5, 3) = 24
Quirk and Fuunk, DC 17 Reflex save for half
Bones, you need a DC 17 Reflex save or else take 8 Electircal damage

But that is followed by those of you outside the fog witnessing another barrage of bullets from the gunship firing into the corner of the mist. Jadnura. The first seeker's strikes bounce somewhat off the demon's 'felsh', but eventually it proves too much after its previous wounds and with a final roar the kohlkeim falls.

Combat Over!

Quirk -11SP, need Reflex
Fuunk, need Reflex
Bones, need Reflex

The gunship begins to descend to the north of the altar as Jadnura's voice speaks over the coms. Quick. Everyone get aboard, now! A debrief can wait for the Perfect silence but we need to go before anything else arrives.

reflex: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21

Reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

After taking electric bolt and seeing the demon go down, Fuunk motions to the now-freed Starfinders.

"Boys, the cavalry is here!
"All aboard and grab a beer!
"And while you're enjoying some o' the foam,
"We'll be headin' on home!
"You've all shown a lotta spunk...
"And forever earned a friend named Fuunk!"

Quirk simply adds a deep, bassy

"Awwwwwww Yeeeeeeah"

to Fuunk's platitudes.

Fuunk disco struts over to Quirk and gives Quirk a hi-five!

Reflex: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30
Bones joins the others jumping on the ship.

As soon as the last of you finish boarding the gunship immeadiately launches back into the sky. As it ascends you see several jinsul patrols converging on your position, but none are close enough to stop you as the vessel quickly goes into the atmosphere to rejoin the Perfect Silence. Ekkerah's distractions mean that rather than having more jinusl coming every other round, they were delayed for much longer.

You dock onto the Silence with the starship's drift engine alreayd revving up to jump away from the system. Disembarking, you see Luwazi Elsebo waiting for you with an expression of relief. Thank the gods you got back safe. The nominated Seeker says. She gestures for you to follow her as the four captured Starfinders you saved are ushered towards the medbay. Jadnura follows as well as Luwazi asks. We're jumping out of system before any jinsul ships or fleets might arrive. But was this all worth it? Were you able to find out anything about the jinsul down below?

I believe it was well worth the risk for the intel we recovered. Personally I was able to learn a lot about the tech we discovered along the way. I believe the others have also learned a great deal about jinsul culture that could be relevant. Bones will then go into detail with all the specifics he had learned from his investigations.

Quirk produces the military insignias they came across, as well as any cultural information he ascertained from his time sneaking through the city.

Just went back and skimmed through this adventure. It really was a pretty cool scenario. One of the weaknesses of playing through this sort of thing over the course of nearly 6 weeks is how much you forget! Quirk will add a few things below.

Also, Quirk recalls several of the murals they came across, including one that had an illustration that resembled an artifact the Starfinder Society had come across before--a "tear". The name Dhurus also came up quite a bit a leader of the militant majority of Jinsul.

Quirk also recalls their ally in this fight, and that there is a sect that does not wish to fight needlessly.

Luwazi and Jadnura listens as you present the artifacts you've recovered and report on what you were able to piece together. Luwazi's face narrows in concern at the revelations about the jinsul's reactions to their own golden artifact.

So, the jinsul received their own artifact on this planet as well. But it was only after this Dhurus herald that they became organized in returning.

Not just returning. Jadnura adds forcefully. The jinsul fleets we've seen are well-run, and the fighters we've come into contact with are whipped up into fervors. When I unsealed the God Shield it looks like our Society inadvertently opened the router for them to return to the Scoured Stars system, but the reports we're getting is that they're not stopping with that. The jinsul are trying to bring back all the other species that ever left that system - forcefully if needed.

Luwazi nods. We've already been trying to contact and form an alliance with one of those other groups that originated from the Scoured Stars - the Kreiholm Freehold. I'll continue to step up our efforts there and reach out to the Izalguun to alert them as well. We still have not been able to locate the remaining four civilizations however...

She sighs and looks towards you. Still, it is a start. And the fact you were able to find and interact with non-hostile jinsul forces is promising. We'll send on the data you recovered to Historia-7 to parse anything that may have been overlooked, but your insights have given us a strong lead on how to proceed. If this Dhurus is the force driving them, then confronting him or discovering more about his nature could prove vital. You did excellent work Starfinders! Now rest: I have a feeling we'll need to call on you again before this is all done, but for now enjoy the little victories.