[GM Wolffauer] SFS 2-08: The Stumbling Society, Part 2: Sangoro's Gifts (Inactive)

Game Master Wolffauer

Freen pops open the crate to inventory its contents.

As he does so a small device on the latch triggers, and a hologram of a white-furred ysoki woman appears above it. She grins in the direction the crate was opened, and says "Hello there, Starfinders! I see you’ve found my little present. I must say, I’m ever so grateful to the Society for providing me with all these fun weapons to bestow upon those poor species that haven’t developed modern technology yet. Perhaps I’ll have to make that more widely known... It would be a pity if the Starfinders didn’t get some recognition for their role in all this!"

“I hope I get to meet such clever folks one day! Perhaps we can share some food and laugh about all the fun we’ve been having.”

With that, the device self-destructs in a small burst of flame. A variety of weapons, armor, and other technological gadgets rest inside the crate.
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As you begin to review the contents, Saivessa messages you: "Looks like you've got company coming. I'm reading modern weapons, so be careful. Don't hurt the natives if you can help it!"

Two groups are approaching you from opposite directions. While they look to be of the same race, the groups are dressed differently. The group to the north (upper right on the map) are dressed in green, with green paint smeared across their foreheads. The other group is similarly decked out, but all in purple.

As they spot each other, they start taking shots at one another, with you caught in the middle!

Rocket Rifle vs Freen: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26 hit
RR Damage (B): 1d12 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10 minus DR 5

Rocket Rifle vs Kultainen: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14 miss
RR Damage (B): 1d12 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Rocket Rifle vs Red: 1d20 + 13 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 13 - 2 = 17 hit
RR Damage (B): 1d12 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

Freen and Kultainen get targeted by two of the giant moth-like creatures, while the third fires on one of its opposite number.

Arratoi you are up

[u]Round 1[/u]

Kiirinta (yellow)
Kiirinta (green)
Kiirinta (orange)
Arratoi
Kiirinta (blue)
Kiirinta (purple)
Kiirinta (red) - 15 dmg
Lily
Freen - 5 dmg
Sunshine
Kultainen
Faraeon

Are the items in the crate currently on fire? If still on fire, does it appears as though the items are potentially salvageable if the fire is put out?

Not on fire. The fire was small and limited to the hologram projector linked to the latch. That said, the scenario does not give any details of what is stored in the crate, so I assume you are just meant to see that nothing is missing and prepare them for pickup by Saivessa.

Arratoi moves in closer to red then yells, "Get that distended dog-faced mangy banshee-voiced goblin! But... uhhhh... get 'em, errrr... non-lethally?"

Get 'em on red gives everyone +2 ATK against it

Kultanien slips toward one of the groups with her hands in the air.

"Stop !" she says, trying to make out the language they are speaking... as well as give her translator a start on understanding what they may be saying...

Sunshine sighs. "Nonlethal. Okay. Let's see what we can do." He claps his hands together and separates them into a rippling field of white magical energy, which coalesces into a glowing longarm with arcs of electricity running along its barrel.

Full action to spend a 2nd-level spell slot to use fabricate arms, creating a static arc rifle (stun mode) that lasts for 6 rounds.

The group on the other side fires through and at you.

(Purple) Zero Pistol vs Arratoi: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22 hit
ZR Damage (C): 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

(Blue) Zero Pistol vs Yellow: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 9 - 2 = 20 hit
ZR Damage (C): 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

(Red) Zero Pistol vs Orange: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 9 - 2 = 27 hit
ZR Damage (C): 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Crit Damage (C): 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Fort Save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26

Striking Arratoi and two of the green team.

Neither group is speaking, leaving Kultainen's translator nothing with which to work.

[u]Round 1[/u]

Kiirinta (yellow) - 9 dmg
Kiirinta (green)
Kiirinta (orange) - 17 dmg

Arratoi - 10 dmg

Kiirinta (blue)
Kiirinta (purple)
Kiirinta (red) - 15 dmg, Get'em Target

Lily
Freen - 5 dmg
Sunshine
Kultainen
Faraeon

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (19) + 16 = 35

"They're using telepathy, and they're not happy! Can anyone speak telepathically?"

With her weapon already set to Stun, Lily fires at the red-cloaked moth!

Static Arc Pistol vs EAC: 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 13 + 2 = 24 vs FF
Nonlethal, Electricity, Trick Attack: 1d6 + 4 + 4d8 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 4 + (3, 6, 7, 1) + 2 = 24
Debilitating Trick: Hampering Shot

SM: 1d20 + 7 + 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 7 + (3) + 1 = 26

"I think you are right!" exclaims Kultanien.

She continues toward the first group, waving her arms if to try and stop them but keeping her hands away from her weapons.

"What is the problem here?"

SM: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31

Freen closes and locks the crate of weapons.

Hearing the others confirm that the natives are communicating telepathically, Faraeon reaches out with his own limited telepathic abilities as he moves southward in order to get closer to the creatures in that direction. 'Stop, please. You're making a mistake,' he paths to the nearest creature, his mind imploring the native to cease fire.

As he moves, Faraeon draws his own static arc pistol, but he keeps the weapon lowered.

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16

Lily zaps the creature nearest her,. It staggers as sparks dance across its body, before focusing on her.

As Kultainen approaches the other group, one them responds in an unknown language before shooting at her. It then turns to the others who begin circling closer to the crate and shooting at the other group of aliens. Not enough speech to get something from the translator yet, but it is a start

Faraeon receives a short telepathic response, but is unable to understand it.

(Yellow) Rocket Rifle vs Purple: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20
RR Damage (B): 1d12 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
(Orange) Rocket Rifle vs Blue: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24
RR Damage (B): 1d12 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16
(Green) Rocket Rifle vs Kultanien: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 27
RR Damage (B): 1d12 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Arratoi is up

[u]Round 2[/u]

Kiirinta (yellow) - 9 dmg
Kiirinta (green)
Kiirinta (orange) - 17 dmg

Arratoi - 10 dmg

Kiirinta (blue) - 15 dmg
Kiirinta (purple) - 16 dmg
Kiirinta (red) - 39 dmg

Lily
Freen - 5 dmg
Sunshine
Kultanien - 6 dmg
Faraeon

Kultanien does her best to dodge any obvious incoming attacks, but keeps hands clear of weapons.

"Can't we try and talk this through?" she asks.

"There has to be a better solution." she adds, hoping for more words.

diplomacy: 1d20 + 14 + 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 14 + (1) + 1 = 27

"They're pretty intent on killing each other. We're just caught in the middle. As much as I like words, it ain't gonna help at this point... Best thing we can do is put them down without killing em...

"Get the red one!"
Get 'em on red, giving +2ATK to all

Static Arc Pistol: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 9 + 2 = 23
Electric Damage, nonlethal: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Arratoi then drops down prone on the ground.

Arratoi hits the one in red, making them more angry than they already were. With a gesture, they cause some of the undergrowth to sprout writhing vines. The vines attempt to grab Lily and Faraeon.

Reflex Save Faraeon: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16
Reflex Save Lily: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23

But fail to hold either of them. Anyone entering or remaining in the marked area on their turn will need to make reflex saves

(Purple) Zero Pistol vs Yellow: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19
ZR Damage (C): 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
(Blue) Zero Pistol vs Faraeon: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25
ZR Damage (C): 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

[u]Round 2[/u]

Kiirinta (yellow) - 19 dmg
Kiirinta (green)
Kiirinta (orange) - 17 dmg

Arratoi - 10 dmg

Kiirinta (blue) - 15 dmg
Kiirinta (purple) - 16 dmg
Kiirinta (red) - 45 dmg, Get'em

Lily
Freen - 5 dmg
Sunshine
Kultanien - 6 dmg
Faraeon - 7 dmg

Reflex: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (18) + 15 = 33

Lily tumbles through the air and fires again at the red-cloaked moth!

Static Arc Pistol vs Flat-Footed EAC: 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 13 + 2 = 31
Nonlethal, Electricity, Trick Attack: 1d6 + 4 + 4d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 4 + (1, 1, 2, 7) + 2 = 20
Debilitating Trick: Hampering Shot

Faraeon takes to the air for a moment as he steps up on his force soles and gets above the entangling vines. He moves cross the small stream and lands on the bridge before firing his weapon at Red as well.

Trick Attack (Acro): 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (17) + 18 = 35
Anchoring Static Arc Pistol, get em, vs flat-footed: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 9 + 2 = 18
Nonlethal, Electricity: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Trick damage if applicable: 3d8 ⇒ (5, 4, 6) = 15
Debilitating Trick - Off-target

Sunshine pumps another pulse of magical energy into his fabricated rifle, takes aim at Arratoi’s chosen target, and fires.

Move action empower weapon (1st), standard fire at red.

Attack vs EAC (get em, empower 1): 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 8 + 2 + 1 = 19
Damage (E, nonlethal, empower 1): 1d12 + 6 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + 6 + (1) = 9

Freen's helmet cocks to one side as he looks back and forth between the two colored creatures. He seems to ponder for a moment and then hops onto the crate, sitting on it with his feet hanging off. Prone?

Kultanien gets close to the orange creature. "We want to help... what went on here?"

diplomacy: 1d20 + 14 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 14 + 1 + (5) = 21

Red goes down, and with that the green team surges forward.

The one nearest Kultanien emits a shriek of sonic energy. Her body is wracked with painful vibrations.
Fort Save Kultanien: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16 successful save

It then moves away towards the crate. No weapons in hand, so unless you want to take an unarmed strike, no AoO

The other two close in and fire on Freen and Blue.

(Yellow) Rocket Rifle vs Blue: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24
RR Damage (B): 1d12 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
(Green) Rocket Rifle vs Freen: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28
RR Damage (B): 1d12 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

Both mini rockets find their targets.

[u]Round 3[/u]

Kiirinta (yellow) - 19 dmg
Kiirinta (green)
Kiirinta (orange) - 17 dmg

Arratoi - 10 dmg

Kiirinta (blue) - 22 dmg
Kiirinta (purple) - 16 dmg
Kiirinta (red) - unconscious

Lily
Free - 12 dmg
Sunshine
Kultanien - 6 dmg
Faraeon - 7 dmg

"Don't let either side make off with the crate! Get orange, it's closest to our crate!"

Everyone gets +2 ATK against orange

Static Arc Pistol: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 9 + 2 = 27
Electric Damage, nonlethal: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

A zap to orange.

Blue and purple zap Faraeon and yellow respectively.

(Purple) Zero Pistol vs Yellow: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23
ZR Damage (C): 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
(Blue) Zero Pistol vs Faraeon: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23
ZR Damage (C): 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Red shakes off and stands back up before mentally assaulting Lily.

Mind Thrust: 4d10 ⇒ (8, 5, 6, 8) = 27
Lily Will Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20 half

[u]Round 3[/u]

Kiirinta (yellow) - 26 dmg
Kiirinta (green)
Kiirinta (orange) - 24 dmg, Get'em

Arratoi - 10 dmg

Kiirinta (blue) - 22 dmg
Kiirinta (purple) - 16 dmg
Kiirinta (red) - conscious

Lily - 13 dmg
Freen - 12 dmg
Sunshine
Kultanien - 6 dmg
Faraeon - 13 dmg

Red shakes off and stands back up before mentally assaulting Lily.

Did he just spontaneously heal all the nonlethal damage we dealt? I need that info before making taking a turn.

Good point. I'll wait for the answer, too.

@GM: for what it's worth, Lily has +2 saves vs Spells/SLAs, if someone tries to Mind Thrust her again. Her +2 vs Fear and her +2 vs Poison/Disease stack with that as well (say if someone cast a spell that inflicted poison or had the Fear descriptor).

Nope, just a "Stay In The Fight" so far.

Lily - got it. I'd have double checked your bonuses if you didn't beat it outright

Okay, so they have Resolve. Should we leave it alone and hope it flees with 1 HP, or hit it again? The fact that it just cast a mystic spell makes me worry...

Sunshine furrows his brow. "It looks like they're trying to kill each other too. Should we pick a side?" Without further intel, he follows Arratoi's orders and fires another magically juiced shot at the ysoki's chosen target.

Move action empower weapon (1st), standard fire at orange.

Attack vs EAC (get em, empower 1): 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 8 + 2 + 1 = 21
Damage (E, nonlethal, empower 1): 1d12 + 6 + 1d6 ⇒ (11) + 6 + (4) = 21

Remember, in SF, non lethal is the same as lethal, but if you knock someone to zero, they are unconscious rather than dead, but it is not tracked separately like in PF

Warily, seeing the situation not resolving as she had hoped, Kultanien draws her corona pistol and survival knife, before approaching Orange.

"This doesn't have to end this way.." she says hopefully.

Faraeon steps back across the water, or just over it rather, and skirts the edge of the grasping vines to interpose himself between the oncoming group from the southwest and the crate. This had the added benefit of bringing him in range of the person Arratoi had pointed out. He ended his run with a forward roll into a kneeling position from which he could fire.

Trick (acrobatics): 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (16) + 18 = 34
Static Arc Pistol, get em, vs flat-footed: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 9 + 2 = 19 E, NL: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
Trick damage (if applicable): 3d8 ⇒ (8, 5, 8) = 21
Debilitating Trick: Off-target

"A Mystic! Maybe they'll have spells that can help us communicate with them. They're probably NOT going to be very happy, though."

This is officially the first time I've ever Triple Attacked! Targeting [red] until they go down again and then moving on to [blue]

Static Arc Pistol vs EAC: 1d20 + 13 - 4 ⇒ (5) + 13 - 4 = 14
Nonlethal, Electricity: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Static Arc Pistol vs EAC: 1d20 + 13 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 13 - 4 = 12
Nonlethal, Electricity: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Static Arc Pistol vs EAC: 1d20 + 13 - 4 ⇒ (5) + 13 - 4 = 14
Nonlethal, Electricity: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Hahahaha, and now I see why Operatives never Triple Attack ^_^

Lily takes three shots, but they all go wide. While Faraeon and Sunshine both find their target.

[u]Round 3[/u]

Kiirinta (yellow) - 26 dmg
Kiirinta (green)
Kiirinta (orange) - 72 dmg, Get'em, Off-Target

Arratoi - 10 dmg

Kiirinta (blue) - 22 dmg
Kiirinta (purple) - 16 dmg
Kiirinta (red) - conscious

Lily - 13 dmg
Freen - 12 dmg
Sunshine
Kultanien - 6 dmg
Faraeon - 13 dmg

Freen takes another rocket hit, but just looks at the offending shooter. The red gem at the center of his helmet glowing.

"I'm sitting on the crate, no worries."

No actions for me

Total Defense? ^_^

Two of the green team launch mini-rockets at the purple team, while the remaining on turns and swipes at Kultanien.

(Yellow) Rocket Rifle vs Red: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32
RR Damage (B): 1d12 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
(Orange) Claws vs Kultanien: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16
Claw Damage (S): 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
(Green) Rocket Rifle vs Purple: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20
RR Damage (B): 1d12 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14

[u]Round 4[/u]

Kiirinta (yellow) - 26 dmg
Kiirinta (green)
Kiirinta (orange) - 72 dmg, Get'em, Off-Target

Arratoi - 10 dmg

Kiirinta (blue) - 22 dmg
Kiirinta (purple) - 40 dmg
Kiirinta (red) - dying

Lily - 13 dmg
Freen - 12 dmg
Sunshine
Kultanien - 6 dmg
Faraeon - 13 dmg

Lily looks horrified as the target of her nonlethal focus is blasted by a rocket.

"NO! You monsters! Arratoi, can you do anything?"

Nah. If I total defense I'd be harder to hit. If they can hit me it is preferable to them shooting at other people.

Freen's helmet turns toward Lily. Over comms crackles Freen's voice, "Lily..this species is making war with each other, with us in the middle. I think the best thing we can do is prevent them from getting more weapons and wait this skirmish out. Also, it wouldn't hurt to pick up the weapons once they are dropped."

Hearing Lily's plea, Arratoi responds, "Medic on the way!"

Arratoi swiftly pops up onto his feet, moves over to red and attempts first to administer first aid...

Medicine, DC 15: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12

d'oh!

I was thinking Inspiring Boost =P

Freen raises his pistol to point at the creatures to the north while looking toward Lily, "It is a lost cause folks. Until things quite down and shots stop firing, we won't be able to have any sort of conversation."

I was thinking Inspiring Boost =P

Unfortunately, inspiring boost is sense dependent (and language dependent) so it doesn't work on dying, unconscious creatures who cannot hear the inspiring words...

Inspite of Arratoi's best efforts, red expires. The remaining purple team continue shooting, with one of them firing on Arratoi and the other on yellow.

(Purple) Zero Pistol vs Yellow: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17
ZR Damage (C): 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
(Blue) Zero Pistol vs Arratoi: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17 miss
ZR Damage (C): 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

[u]Round 4[/u]

Kiirinta (yellow) - 34 dmg
Kiirinta (green)
Kiirinta (orange) - 72 dmg

Arratoi - 10 dmg

Kiirinta (blue) - 22 dmg
Kiirinta (purple) - 40 dmg
Kiirinta (red)

Lily - 13 dmg
Freen - 12 dmg
Sunshine
Kultanien - 6 dmg
Faraeon - 13 dmg

Faraeon wordlessly hustles back to stand alongside the Freen and the crate. "I think Freen's right, everyone. Let's form up around the crate. Make sure neither side gets a hold of this drop."

With a flourish of his pistol, Faraeon fires at orange.

Trick (acro): 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (11) + 18 = 29
Anchoring Static Arc pistol vs. flat-footed: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23 Damage (E,NL): 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Trick damage (if applicable: 3d8 ⇒ (1, 4, 4) = 9

"I'm with Freen, these critters are gung ho to murder each other and I don't think we'll get a word in edgewise while there's murderin' afoot. Let's just try to blunt some of the bloodshed." Sunshine takes cover behind a tree and juices up his fabricated rifle with a spell from his magic cache, causing it to surge with arcane lightning. "Arratoi, tell me which one to shoot!"

Move to square, standard cast supercharge weapon from devastator cache. 3 rounds of fabricated weapon left.

Lily simply nods and rushes back to the center of the group.

Double Move on Force Soles through the air.

Kultanien's actions will depend on whether Orange is still up, if it is, she will try a non lethal strike with her blade.

Looking around, she calls out "Get that one!"

Get em on the most wounded, likely orange if it is still up

"If we aim for the most wounded, we can maybe stop them dying.."

attack vs kac, Get'em NL: 1d20 + 4 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 4 - 2 + 2 = 12
NL damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Faraeon does indeed drop orange, knocking them unconscious.

Do you want to approach of the others to make a melee attack?

Nope, not just yet,
Kultanien kneels and tries to ensure the creature is stable, calling out to its allies.
"Come, nobody benefits from people getting hurt. Stop this fighting. Let us talk."

"They don't seem to be able to understand us," Freen says as the red crystal of his helmet shifts and faces Kultainen. Meanwhile, he draws a baton from his back as he continues pointing his pistol north.

"Arrotoi, while you are over there, would you mind picking up the weapon that one had?"

"Good thinking Freen. But even if they can't understand our words, they can understand our actions. And maybe tones of voice. Or if they are psychic then our emotions and attitudes may be open to them. "

She looks to see what weapon the orange one at her feet may have had, and tries to secure it.

Kultanien finds a Starfinder rocket rifle.

The remaining green team both hop into the air and flutter their wings. They stir up debris and a cloud of glistening sparkles around themselves. Concealment

From their clouds they fire more mini-rockets.

(Yellow) Rocket Rifle vs Purple: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22
RR Damage (B): 1d12 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
(Green) Rocket Rifle vs Kultanien: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (10) + 13 = 23
RR Damage (B): 1d12 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Striking purple and Kultanien.

[u]Round 5[/u]

Kiirinta (yellow) - 34 dmg
Kiirinta (green)
Kiirinta (orange) - unconscious

Arratoi - 10 dmg

Kiirinta (blue) - 22 dmg
Kiirinta (purple) - 49 dmg
Kiirinta (red)

Lily - 13 dmg
Freen - 12 dmg
Sunshine
Kultanien - 13 dmg
Faraeon - 13 dmg