[GM Wolffauer] SFS 1-10: The Half Alive Streets (Inactive)

Game Master Wolffauer

Hellih tries to stabilize his shaking hand and aims at the more damaged zombie. Carefully pulling the trigger

Attack vs EAC@purple: 1d20 + 4 - 1 ⇒ (3) + 4 - 1 = 6
Damage, laser: 1d8 ⇒ 1

"Damn! Hold on Vyankar!"

the shoot goes wide, and Hellih configures his weapon to deal more damage vs the other enemy (yellow)

D'zyliit takes one more shot at the zombies Yellow before moving and ducking inside the fortified building.

Attack v EAC: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11 for Acid damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3

You shut down the procedures. the shirren doctor broadcasts to his fellow shirren doctors. Which means you knew the danger. Yet no reports, no warnings, no contacts to those already implanted. Instead you just fled.

He raises his telepathic voice as loudly as he can People could have been SAVED from that half-living fate.Responsibility must be taken!

Stephen climbs through the window and begins casting a spell.

There is a popping noise, and the air in front of Stephen shimmers. Just when it seems like this won't be too terribly impressive, a salvo of sharp needles speeds out of the shimmering field and into one of the Shirren (we'll say red).

This is "puncture veil." The target takes d4 damage and gains the bleeding condition for d3 rounds. No save.

piercing damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2
number rounds for bleeding condition: 1d3 ⇒ 2

It looks like they are making for the other exit - I guess we should have surrounded the building after all xD

D'zyliit hits the zombie before ducking inside.

We didn’t know anything was wrong until the first undead showed up!, come a telepathic response. By then it was too late to do anything for the rest! Kinnakt was the doctor, not me or Theskell! The patients were as good as dead already, so the best way to deal with it was to let the zombies come to us and make sure they were destroyed.

Puncture veil is three rounds of bleed 1, no need to roll for that part

The needles strike Theskell who cries out and looks for their source.

Vyankara and Kargarama are still up

[u]Round 6[/u]

Hellih - SP 2/14, HP 20/20, RP 3/4
Stephen - SP 5/5, HP 7/7, RP 3/4
Vyankar - SP 18/22, HP 18/18, RP 5/5
D'zyliit - SP 10/10, HP 14/18, RP 3/4
Modern Body - SP 8/10, HP 14/14, RP 2/3
Kargarama - SP 0/9, HP 7/13, RP 3/4

Vrisken
Theskell - 2 dmg, bleed 1 (3 rnds)
Zombie (purple) - 12 dmg
Zombie (yellow) - 7 dmg

AoO vs Purple; ES vs EAC: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15
Damage, B: 1d3 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

After evading the incoming attack, Vyankar continues pummeling the zombies, chaining his weapons and various body parts in a graceful manner. He catches Hellih shooting at the zombies and shouts back:

"Thanks Hellih!"

Hearing a faint telepathic echo coming from inside the house as Diz raises his voice, he presses the attack.

Seems like trouble in there. Better make short work of these zombies and go help.

Will attack whoever is left standing at this point
Full Attack 1, ES vs EAC: 1d20 + 6 - 4 ⇒ (16) + 6 - 4 = 18
Damage, B: 1d3 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Full Attack 2, ES vs EAC: 1d20 + 6 - 4 ⇒ (17) + 6 - 4 = 19
Damage, B: 1d3 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Vyankar strikes down the first attacking zombie before turning to Hellih's target and making short work of them. Short work indeed

Both zombies explode as their biotech components give out one last burst of energy.

Boom 1: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Boom 2: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Reflex 1: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19 success
Reflex 2: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22 success

Vyankar does his best to dodge the explosions, and comes out with only minor injuries. 1 + 3 damage

[u]Round 6[/u]

Hellih - SP 2/14, HP 20/20, RP 3/4
Stephen - SP 5/5, HP 7/7, RP 3/4
Vyankar - SP 14/22, HP 18/18, RP 5/5
D'zyliit - SP 10/10, HP 14/18, RP 3/4
Modern Body - SP 8/10, HP 14/14, RP 2/3
Kargarama - SP 0/9, HP 7/13, RP 3/4

Vrisken
Theskell - 2 dmg, bleed 1 (3 rnds)
Zombie (purple)
Zombie (yellow)

"We are not here to arrest or kill you, you jerk! Just show us the research, or tell us where to find "Kinnakt", that's all we are here for. I was trying to open the door to escape from your cybernetic zombies - this is not a revenge mission. Stop attacking before I approach, or it will be too late.", Modern Body yells from a corner.

Kargarama gets up (Stand from prone Move Action) from behind the sofa and rushes against the wall (Second Move Action). He calls out, "Better talk with us because there's no escape for you."

Your words seem to fall on deaf ears, as the two shirren continue to attack. Kinnakt is dead you bastards!

Theskell redirects her missiles to D'zyliit.
MM: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (3, 1, 1) + 3 = 8
while Vrisken fires at Stephen.
Static arc pistol: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23
Damage (E): 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Everyone is up

[u]Round 7[/u]

Hellih - SP 2/14, HP 20/20, RP 3/4
Stephen - SP 0/5, HP 6/7, RP 3/4
Vyankar - SP 14/22, HP 18/18, RP 5/5
D'zyliit - SP 2/10, HP 14/18, RP 3/4
Modern Body - SP 8/10, HP 14/14, RP 2/3
Kargarama - SP 0/9, HP 7/13, RP 3/4

Vrisken
Theskell - 3 dmg, bleed 1 (2 rnds)

Stephen moves behind the sofa to gain some cover. He'll fire his laser pistol at one of the shirren (Red).

"You can still surrender! It's not too late! Drop your weapons!"

Don't forget bleed damage on red.

to hit/laser pistol: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14
fire damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4

Maija is alive! D'zyliit excalims as he rushes to the opposite corner from Kargarama and fires at the shirren shooting. Not 'as good as dead already'; alive thanks to actual help. How many of those being laid to rest outside could have been saved the same if you actually cared instead of justifying cowardice to yourselves.

Attack v EAC on red: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10 for Acid damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

“Fine, we are done talking”. With more “shields” in the room, Modern Body moves back into view and tosses his axe at green.

Handaxe versus Green Shireen KAC: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26
Slashing damage: 2d4 + 10 ⇒ (4, 4) + 10 = 18

Now that's some rollin'

Vyankar, having dealt with the zombies, turns around and sprints towards the house where he still hears gunfire and shouts.

Double move

Kargarama moves up and gets right in their faces swinging at the caster, Theskell with the blunt part of his Tactical Pike to deal Non-Lethal damage.

Pike Attack vs KAC: 1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 - 4 = 6
Pike Dmg: Non-Lethal: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

If Theskell casts, he will take an AoO.

Stephen hits Theskell while D'zyliit's shot flies past her.

Modern Body's axe does massive damage to Vrisken, cracking his carapace in several places.

Theskell ducks under Kargarama's attack while Vrisken slashes out at him with a survival knife.
Survival knife: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12 AoO - miss

Hellih is still up

[u]Round 7[/u]

Hellih - SP 2/14, HP 20/20, RP 3/4
Stephen - SP 0/5, HP 6/7, RP 3/4
Vyankar - SP 14/22, HP 18/18, RP 5/5
D'zyliit - SP 2/10, HP 14/18, RP 3/4
Modern Body - SP 8/10, HP 14/14, RP 2/3
Kargarama - SP 0/9, HP 7/13, RP 3/4

Vrisken (green) - 18 dmg
Theskell (red) - 7 dmg, bleed 1 (2 rnds)

Hellih runs towards the broken 'entrance' and raises his rifle looking for target

Attack vs eac@green, augmentation: 1d20 + 4 - 1 ⇒ (12) + 4 - 1 = 15
Damage, laser: 1d8 ⇒ 6

"Kargarama, don't try to knock them out! Hit to kill, we can stabilize them when they fall!" yells android in a not too diplomatic manner.

Move and shoot.

Vrisken falls to Hellih's attack.

Theskell reaches out to touch Kargarama with her pistol.
Touch vs EAC: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18 Jolting surge. Does not provoke
A surge of electricity flows from the gun into Kargarama.
Damage (E): 4d6 ⇒ (3, 2, 6, 5) = 16
Dropping him to the ground.

Theskell turns and runs into the room behind her.
Vrisken stabilizes

Everyone is up

[u]Round 8[/u]

Hellih - SP 2/14, HP 20/20, RP 3/4
Stephen - SP 0/5, HP 6/7, RP 3/4
Vyankar - SP 14/22, HP 18/18, RP 5/5
D'zyliit - SP 2/10, HP 14/18, RP 3/4
Modern Body - SP 8/10, HP 14/14, RP 2/3
Kargarama - SP 0/9, HP 0/13, RP 3/4, dying

Vrisken (green) - 0 HP, unconscious
Theskell (red) - 8 dmg, bleed 1 (1 rnd)

Vyankar, having missed most of the escalation leading to this fight, bursts into the room wide eyed from surprise.

"What is going on!?"

He rushes next to the fallen shirren and Kargarama, exclaiming: "What happen? Where is other one?" the kasatha looks around, keeping his taclash uncoiled.

"There's no escape!" Modern Body double moves into the next room.

Kargarama!

As Modern Body races right past their fallen vesk, D'zyliit pulls out one of his healing serums and injects it into his comrade.

Heal: 1d8 ⇒ 2

They took down Kargarama, after Hellih dropped them. he thinks to Vyankar. For the other, follow the yelling half-elf.

"Would that happen to be... Kinnakt?" the party hears Modern Body ask, slightly shocked.

Cue horror sound track

Stephen climbs over the couch and moves toward the hallway, intending to disarm Vrisken.

Double move. If you'll let Stephen kick away any pistol or knife nearby, he will. Otherwise he may do that next turn.

"Anyone have binders? We need to secure this culprit."

Kargarama comes to and responds, "What happened? Where'd the other one go?" At Stephen's question he pulls out Titanium Alloy Cable from his backpack and hands it over. "Tie them up with this." He slowly gets to his feet.

Hellih moves into the room he scans the surroundings with his rifle as he moves towards his allies. He stops next to Vyankar and turns on his energy shield.

Moving inside and turning on energy shield +5 to SP

Stephen kicks away Vrisken's weapons, while D'zyliit and Vyankar help Kargaram to his feet.

In the other room, Theskell backs into the the far corner of the room and then taps something on the datapad at her waist. The green laser grid blinks out, and an assembly ooze crawls out of the container, extending a pseudopod towards Modern Body.

Pseudopod vs KAC: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9
The pseudopod misses as Modern Body ducks out of the way.

Everyone is up

[u]Round 9[/u]

Hellih - SP 2/14, HP 20/20, RP 3/4
Stephen - SP 0/5, HP 6/7, RP 3/4
Vyankar - SP 14/22, HP 18/18, RP 5/5
D'zyliit - SP 2/10, HP 14/18, RP 3/4
Modern Body - SP 8/10, HP 14/14, RP 2/3
Kargarama - SP 0/9, HP 2/13, RP 3/4

Assembly Ooze
Vrisken (green) - 0 HP, unconscious
Theskell (red) - 9 dmg

Hellih runs forwards going between his allies and fallen shirren. When he stands in front of the doors he raises his rifle and aims at Theskell

Attack vs EAC, possessed augmentation: 1d20 + 4 - 1 ⇒ (20) + 4 - 1 = 23
Damage, laser, critical: 2d8 ⇒ (4, 2) = 6
Burn: 1d6 ⇒ 4

The shot hits Theskell as he begins to burn.

Woooohoooo! My task for possessed augmentation is ticked. Natural 20 :D

Life Science to Identify the Assembly Ooze: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10 (Resistances and… never mind)

Modern Body slashes Theskell as she moves away.

AoO: Junksword vs. KAC: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26
Bludgeoning and Slashing damage: 2d4 + 16 ⇒ (3, 1) + 16 = 20

“Well, right or wrong, I’ll have to end your science research now - if you are Kinnakt and can still understand me… sorry.” he strikes at the ooze.

Junksword vs. KAC: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
Bludgeoning and Slashing damage: 1d4 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

Be careful: the serum only made you mobile. Those injuries will take more time to properly be assessed. D'zyliit tries to warn Kargarama as he rises. Hearing laserfire and yelling ahead, the shirren moves to see what is further going on: only to see Modern Body now engaging a strange ooze-like mass.

The doctor brings up his microlab and scans the new hazard.

Move action to use the Custom Microlab to scan the ooze. this lets me 'take 20' for a result of 29. D'zyliit will primarily be first assesing if it has any resistances or weaknesses, and letting his allies know accordingly so they can use/avoid certain attacks.

Stephen will spend a turn tying up Vrisken.

"Thanks Doc!" Kargarama moves to the doorway to see what is transpiring and calls out, "What the heck is that!" After seeing the ooze attempt to strike out at Modern Body, he uses his pike with reach to attack it back.

Pike Attack vs KAC: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24
Pike Dmg (P): 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Crit Dmg (P): 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

"Kargarama! You're still alive! Good job." exclaims Modern Body, surprised.

The rest of the party can see an imprint of Modern Body's muscular foot on Kargarama's back, from when he stepped over him to get to the boss room

D'zyliit easily identifies the creature as an assembly ooze, a collection of suspended nanobots used to convert raw material into functioning technological devices. Given it construction, you know it is vulnerable to electricity, and immune to anything which relies on sight. With no vital organs and its distributed "life force" it is also immune to critical hits, paralysis, poison, polymorph, sleep, and stunning attacks. Oh, and it can't be flanked.

Modern Body slashes Theskell, wounding her badly before Hellih runs in and shoots her down.

Both Kargarama and Modern Body get solid hits on the ooze.

Vyankar is still up

[u]Round 9[/u]

Hellih - SP 2/14, HP 20/20, RP 3/4
Stephen - SP 0/5, HP 6/7, RP 3/4
Vyankar - SP 14/22, HP 18/18, RP 5/5
D'zyliit - SP 2/10, HP 14/18, RP 3/4
Modern Body - SP 8/10, HP 14/14, RP 2/3
Kargarama - SP 0/9, HP 2/13, RP 3/4

Assembly Ooze - 20 dmg
Vrisken (green) - 0 HP, unconscious
Theskell (red) - 0 HP, dying

Oops my bad, I thought I had acted this round

Vyankar follows the "yelling half-elf" into the room, where he finds the ooze. Without missing a beat, he strikes it with his singing disk.

ES vs EAC: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24
Damage, B: 1d3 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

As Vyankar rounds the corner into the room, the ooze strikes out with its pseudopod. AoO

Pseudopod vs KAC: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
Damage (B): 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

The pseudopod smashes into him, but he recovers quickly and attacks. The singing disk finishing off the creature.

Theskell stabilizes, but remains unconscious.

With your opponents defeated and no zombies on the horizon, you have time to investigate the house.

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From the computers in the workshop you are able to piece together the full tragedy of Renew-You. As a new company they floundered, unable to build their cybernetic augmentations quickly enough to maintain a good income stream. They decided to try and cut costs by purchasing an illegal assembly ooze which someone had smuggled onto the station. Realizing that the ooze would not be able to make the quality of components they needed, Theskell started messing with its programming.

When the new program was brought on-line, it went right to work. First by absorbing a nearby suit of armor - and its occupant, Kinnakt. After that it began producing biotech augmentations rather than cybernetic ones.

Desperate to salvage something out of the horrible situation, the surviving shirrens began to sell the biotech. As you know the success of the augmentations was too good to be true, and without Kinnakt to recognize the problems with them, Theskell and Vrisken sold nearly a dozen augmentations before realizing anything was wrong.

After the first zombie broke into their home and they realized the augmentation were to blame, they closed the shop and barricaded themselves inside. Dealing with the zombies as they showed up, rather than risking arrest and imprisonment.

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From the records you are able to get a list of the remaining customers and pass it along to Philt at Abadar Corp. He and the local authorities will seek them out to save or destroy them as needed.

Theskell and Vrisken are passed off to the Stewards for prosecution.

While Venture-Captain Arvin is disappointed that the augmentation technology isn’t reliable or reproducible, he is glad that you were able to deal with the biotech monstrosities and prevent the creation of any more. AbadarCorp is grateful to be spared negative publicity and gives the Starfinder Society all the prestige associated with solving the missing-persons cases.

Congratulations Starfinders!

I will be putting together the chronicle sheets later today. Thanks for playing! This group was a lot of fun.

As the combat ends, Modern Body swings his junksword, splashing a wall with blood from Theskell and remains from the ooze. During the movement, the pieces of junk spread apart before joining together, and the augment removed from the Maija is clearly visible, embedded in the weapon.
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“Gross. They were installing dead pieces of their colleague into their patients, the sickos.” comments Modern Body, as they investigate the computers. “Hellih, help me remove all modules pertaining to the research and methods used to create the augments. Vrisken was not only a reckless fool, but he also lacked vision. This is an incredibly powerful bioweapon, in the wrong hands. Mass-produce this crap, flood an enemy market, give a couple of weeks for the zombies to pop-up, the rioting begins, and bam! Invade them. Better keep this knowledge restricted to the Starfinder Society.” he concludes.
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“Alright, companions, we had a somewhat rough start, but I’m glad you all came around and helped me complete the mission. Next time, I expect you to fully cooperate right from the start, so we don’t waste any time. See you around!” Modern Body struts away, larger than life.

Vyankar sheathes his weapons and takes a few minutes to clean his robes from blood and remains of the ooze. He makes sure the shirren are stable and restrained before joining the rest of the group. He shakes his head at Modern Body's logic.

"Cowardly and unethical tactics. No honor in subduing enemy by needlessly harming civilians." He takes Vrisken's limp body on his shoulder to bring back to the Stewards. "What we see today should be lesson. Greed and lack of ethics can only lead to horrors like this."

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Vyankar silently listens to Arvin's briefing.
"That why I do not trust augmentations: too much potential for bugs or errors. Own biological systems good enough for me."

The kasatha looks at the half-elf walking away with a look on his face that seems halfway between the frown and the grin. "Interesting fellow. Very skilled and capable agent; shame he lacks honor and patience."

He then turns to Diz, smiling. "Look at old me, rambling again. Been good to see you again, friend." he shakes the shirren's hand vigorously. "Glad to see you still at it despite what happened. Come visit me when you get chance." he laughs for one of the first times since getting the assignment. "Kids been asking where uncle Diz is for while now."

To the rest of the group, he adds:
"Hellih, Kargarama, Stephen; pleasure to meet you. Talavet willing, I hope we meet again someday."

Shortchanging established procedures I can...understand. the shirren admits as he processes the augmenters' records. There are times where one must experiment to discover the new bounds of the possible. But After their own companion was absorbed, to continue to exploit it...

...and to fail to even annonymously report or warn subjects once nature of augments was apparent...

The doctor is at a loss for words. His antennae are twitching with anger for some time.

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After the criminal pair are taken into custody and the party reported back to the Venture Captain, D'zyliit joins Vyankar's gaze as they both watch Modern Body depart. Certainly a curious and memorable sort. Highly competent, results-focused morality. A combination that could make him quite the legend one way or the other.

And I would be happy too join for a meal. the shirren nods before suddenly stopping abruptly and scanning an urgent incoming call on his comm unit. D'zyliit's expression freezes, then he hurriedly gathers his things. But it will need to be another date. There seems to have been an incident nearby. Connected to my... primary field. He turns to the kasatha quickly. Advice: enjoy this evening with your family in a Secured home. then rushes off.

D'zyliit needs to jump right into his GM Credit blob for Illegal Shipment :)

Kargarama agrees with Vyankar, "The pair had no morals or conscience. To bring harm to over a dozen of their clients just to recover their losses is beyond comprehension."

After listening to the briefing overview and Modern Body's departure, he puts both hands to his forehead while shaking his head and says, "Good riddance. Venture-Captain Arvin, if there are ever any missions in which Modern Body is assigned, please reassign me. I would rather be chained to a skittermander for life."

He nods his head at each of the other team members in turn, "Vyankar, D'zyliit, Hellih, Stephen, a pleasure and hope to see you on other missions."

With that, Kargarama looks over his wounds and says, "Time for a long rest and relaxation. I do believe I'll visit that Barber Shop."

Hellih nods to ModerBody suggestion to secure the findings. He helps to disassemble any parts that could be of use, remove hard drives, do the copies of the program. They make sure that whatever is not taken is destroyed.

"Yeah I know of a gang using such ooze to produce weapons from scraps. Creating augmentation like those could be deadly for masses. "

As he analyzes the code that the shirren used to change the Nanites he can't shake the feeling that he would have done a better job with it. As he secures the evidence he takes a sample of augmentation and copies the code. He might experiment with it later in his workshop.

Hellih heads to Lvl 3 and will take healing nanites as a feat ;) Which matches what we dealt with, in here.

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When returning to Starfinder Society android listens to the reports. His cigarette is in his mouth unlit as always in those offices.

When he hears the comment about Vyankar not trusting the augmentation

"Not all of us are so lucky as you are Vyankar, some of us lost parts of our bodies. And some begin their lives without full biological tissue." comments in a monotone voice.

He looks at Modern Body departure with mixed feelings, but he does not say a thing.

"Stephen, D'zyliit, Vyankar I wish you well. If you need a weapon come to my shop in downlow."

Turning to Kargarama he speaks in his tongue, his android voice is still very still but pronunciation is not terrible

Hellih passes the words to Vesk soldier, he does not comment on what he thinks of honor. Sharing his opinions rarely brought anything good. He is glad that he begins to get along with his arm, doing a favor for the ghost may only make it better.