GM Cellion's Dawn of Flame AP

Game Master Cellion

I really appreciate everyone's patience. I'm doing a lot better and I'm ready to get back into it. Might take a minute to catch up but I am here.

I forgot to stop by here yesterday, but welcome back Mari!

Thanks! :)

Everyone okay? I know things got rough over the past couple of weeks, like, all over the world. :(

All good here. Things are certainly quite rough out there though. Hope everyone is doing good, and its just being busy.

I've been well, just busy training at my new job.

Thank you for checking in, though. :)

I am good too…just giving people a chance to chime in with their more mystically-skilled characters…

I got elected!

Still here.

I got elected!

To what?! O_o

I ran for office in my county party. Not a "real" elected office but not nothing, either!

Congrats! Use it to do some good!

We should definitely take that null-space chamber with us -- capable of carrying 50 bulk--and distribute those mark 2 healing serums. That Kasatha Microcord III is pretty good too for people who wear light armor (+9 EAC, +11 KAC) and would support that jetpack upgrade...

We may not be able to help her, Ordyt won't have access to 4th level spells until 11th level thanks to his Soldier dip. Depending on how quickly the blight worsens she might perish before we can get to her to help as well :(

So colour-blight doesn't progress on its own. It'll only get worse if a colour comes back to feed on her some more.

Flint levels up to 8th level! More stamina, hp, rp, and some increased skills and saves, plus the +1 BAB helps. Only significant choice this level was the next Stellar Revelation, for which he chose Glow of Life -- Move action and 1 RP for 24 hp is pretty sweet, even if it is only once between 10 minute rests. The other one I considered was Corona, but that does damage to everyone next to me, although it is pretty sweet otherwise (cold resistance and fire damage to those adjacent who strike Flint).

Yeah, glow of life does some serious work. I was playing with a solarion that had it in a Dead Suns game, and it helps a lot if you've fallen behind on AC and start getting focused.

Oh good, so if we can keep her alive for two more levels Ordyt can cure her :)

Ordyt is taking his 7th Mystic level, which gets him 3rd level spells. Including his Crusader connection that gives him Haste, Dispel Magic, and Mystic Cure III as new spells, plus Seeking Shot as an extra Lvl1 spell.

+6hp, +9sp, and another six skill ranks rounds us out.

+6 SP and HP
+1 to BAB, Fort, and Reflex
1 skill rank each to Acrobatics, Athletics, Computers, Engineering, Life Science, Medicine, Perception, Physical Science, Piloting, and Stealth

I get a Mechanic trick at this level, so I'm taking Invisibility Bypass Processor, which gives me a permanent see invisibility effect.

Sheet is updated, along with my botting section.

Dangit, I wish we'd come across a mnemonic editor...I'm finding cache augmentation may be a better option, but it'd have to replace spell cache...which is first level. T_T

Mnemonic editors don't even let you change things back that far!

That said, I'm OK with you making that switch if you feel like it'd make your character more fun for you.

I've decided to go with it. I even have a way I can flavor it to fit with our experiences!

+6 SP and +5 HP

+1 to BAB and Will

1 skill rank each to Athletics, Computers, Culture, Engineering, Intimidate, Mysticism, Perception, Physical Science and Piloting

1 new 3rd level spell known, which will be displacement again, since I removed it earlier because I'd messed up my number of spells known from my Archetype, but now that's fixed so I have displacement back.

New language from gaining that Culture rank, so I'm taking Akitonian (I've got all the languages I think will benefit us most on our travels, so now I'm just rounding out with the most common Pact Worlds languages).

With the adjustment to Spell Cache into Cache Augmentation, I now qualify for a +1 that I'm placing into Attack Rolls.

I think that's everything correct. Again, please let me know if any math is wrong. And with that, I'm going to post Belmarniss' transformation into a Cache Augmentation Technomancer!

Well, Sammad has been leveled up. +1 to all of his skill ranks, with a nice +20 to Diplomacy now, and +1 to BAB, Ref, and Will.

The only new feature he gains is a new improvisation, so I decided on Improved Get 'Em because I use it more than any other. He now gives +2 to attack rolls, can use get 'em alongside an attack, and can use a Resolve Point to give +2 to attack rolls against all enemies within 60 feet.

That's awesome, Sammad. +2 against an opponent is a big deal in SF!

Nice shot, Ordyt! Any cool critical effects on your weapon, even if the construct is unlikely to take double damage from that critical?

No critical effects for sintered starknives, unfortunately. But their base damage is pretty good so no complaints on my side.

hey gang, losonti/Mari let me know that they have come down with viral bronchitis and so will me out of commission for a bit, they said it's fine to bot as needed.

Awful news. Hope their recovery goes quickly. I'll definitely bot.

Just a reminder, because I think most of us haven't used these abilities yet, but we all gained some one-use solarian revelations:

Glow of Life
Flare
Stellar Rush

Thanks! This'll let Belmarniss kind of be like the Solarian I originally designed her to be! :D

I didn't mention it earlier, but grats all on 5000! posts :)

Do we have any prep we want to do before the fight? Ordyt will cast Reflective Armor on himself but otherwise doesn't have anything to prep. IIRC the CooS doesn't have any ranged attacks so we should dump fire into it until it comes to us, since it seems very dangerous up close.

I just posted for prep. for Flint. I was thinking a Stellar Rush for his surprise round (he can go pretty far hasted), but he can hold off a round of people want to attack from distance first.

I can NOT catch a break in this place! D:<

I will keep my previously listed action, the weapon is magical now so that should help.

With Holy Attack my weapon counts as magical too, right?

Yep, any fusion attached to a weapon makes that weapon's damage count as magical

Oh, COME ON!!! D:<

It's another weird kind of rotten luck that Ordyt is getting all these nat 20s on something that's immune to crits.

I wasn't gonna say anything because the dice roller is a fickle mistress...but yeah :(

Sammad, if you have an unused standard action, you could always use Inspiring Boost for someone who took damage last round...

I'll be vote #2 for going through the darkness. Wait...is that boss fight music?

GM, it's been a bit IRL so I might be forgetting something, but do our characters have any reason to disbelieve the Warden that we could have turned around and left at any time?

I don't believe you have a reason to think that you can't leave, but maybe someone else can correct me.

Well, most of us have been cursed with something that won't let us leave, but that's a fairly recent thing.

It's not that it won't LET us leave, it's that we feel extremely apathetic to the idea of leaving, like it wouldn't be worth the effort. If Ordyt (whom I believe is the only one unaffected), put us all on the ship and had Popoko take us out of there, the effect would wear off.

I can't say this in-character obviously, it'd be metagamey as f***.

My god, every time I try to do something badass with Belmarniss, the dice go and make a fool of her. >:(

It's a bummer when the dice seem to have it in for you, but remember the Colour is also inflicting a -4 on Will for Bel (and almost everyone else except Ordyt). It's probably not a bad idea to be extra careful around Will saves until we get that resolved.

Bel's luck truly does seem to be cursed, her average roll for the past month has been about 6.5, with only a single roll above 10.