Across the Scoured Stars (Inactive)

Game Master Cwethan

I'm good.

I think I'm good.

Just have to buy gear and I'm good. Sorry for not posting last night. I had to work late and didn't have time to. I'll have Mao done before I go to bed tonight.

Okay, we *might* be done, though there's a very real chance I've missed something.

Also, I'm wondering if Voxey/Yexov are the right names for this character.

What do you think of:

V'xey/Y'xev

Voxey/Xovey

Voxy/Yoxv

Voxey/Yoxey or V'oxey/Y'oxey

Thoughts?

OK, Cwethan pointed me to a thread (THANK YOU!) which led me to this Gear Guide

...and now I'm done, and all my purchases are on this Gear sheet...and my profile is updated with my armored ACs...so now I'm READY TO GO! (or at least ready for a final review.)

And DONE!

Also, after thinking about it, this would be Mao's theme song.

She's gonna be a fun character. :P

Also, I'm wondering if Voxey/Yexov are the right names for this character.

What do you think of:

V'xey/Y'xev

Voxey/Xovey

Voxy/Yoxv

Voxey/Yoxey or V'oxey/Y'oxey

Thoughts?

Depends. What kinda of feel are you going for? Personally, I like what you have or Voxy/Yoxy since you can rhyme it with Moxy.

Mao, I was just reading you over. I may not understand all the advantages of Golemforged Plate, but would you be better off with Second Skin (Light armor) for now? I think--given your DEX--your EAC will go up by +2, your KAC will stay the same, and you won't have ACP and speed penalty.

(Lemme know if I'm missing something as I learn this new system.)

Not missing a thing, I just grabbed what was in the list. I'll get it fixed.

Personally, I like what you have or Voxy/Yoxy since you can rhyme it with Moxy.

It's a PbP so it's not as strong a preference, but I always like shorter names, or names that have a non-silly shortening. But I like the Tomax/Xamot of it all a lot too!

I'm gonna go ahead and kick us off in Gameplay with a very freeform prompt to let you show off a little of your character's recent past - if you're looking for some NPCs or guidance (heh) on what sort of things you might've gotten up to, I tossed a description of some of the main factions among the Starfinders into the campaign info.

Okay, we *might* be done, though there's a very real chance I've missed something.

Also, I'm wondering if Voxey/Yexov are the right names for this character.

What do you think of:

V'xey/Y'xev

Voxey/Xovey

Voxy/Yoxv

Voxey/Yoxey or V'oxey/Y'oxey

Thoughts?

For whatever reason I like Voxy/Yoxv the best.

I'll go with Voxy/Yoxv too.

(not that the guy who named Doc Urmfehrumah Newblossom has any right to weigh in in favor of shorter names.) ;-)

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Meanwhile, I'm thinking through my intro post...and reading through parts of this Starfinder wiki to help ground it (or at least myself) sufficiently in lore.

Might get it tonight. If not then tomorrow.

Armor fixed, post coming in.

I've started and stopped a couple times. In part I'm getting stuck on having just spent 6 weeks with y'all (in a group of 24, so we definitely already know each other).

Thoughts about how you've related to the chipper, brainy, 16 inch tall three year old plant with a PhD who you went through training with?

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EDIT: Should we be coming from separate trainings? Or RP a few vignettes of our 6 wks together?

...actually, I think I can picture it now. I'm imagining a series of vignettes over the last six weeks. I'm fine with RPing a bit of some of them, if folks want to...and equally fine just having them just stand on their own.

If any of yall *want* to RP something from the last six weeks, just holler.

I'm thinking:
1. Day 0, arriving
2. Early, meeting my first humans
2a. Early, meeting (and curiosity about) a joined psychic being
*could be same time as meeting one or more humans. Maybe a table in cafeteria, during the first few days?
3. Mid, practicing some unfamiliar skills, like stealth and acrobatics
4. Recent, graduating, and wondering (or chatting about) what comes next

Exactly the kinds of things I was thinking - Things like where your character is strongest and where they need the work are great places to start for awesome/funny vignettes :-)

Voxy/Yxov and I are still working on our shared background, which is why I haven't posted anything yet.

I like your list, Gyr. I will try to come up with something similar for Acoria before I post.

Oh, that's clever. I'll try to tie Mao more into everyone's backgrounds, but not tonight. I just don't have the energy.

OK, got out a good hunk of what I was wanting to explore!

Some of writing Doc Newblossom is really slow, since there's so much worldbuilding involved at this stage...but it's really fun to put myself into their head.

Looking forward to interacting!

Looking forward to getting to know the Doc. Mao's not exactly educated, so she's going to be a bit lax with the names of species and default to slang a lot.

I'm happy for everyone go get in on the vignettes as much as they want. The more we get to know each other before the first mission, the more it will feel like we've actually been through training together.

More coming from me (today, I think/hope)!

I was holding off since I didn't want to stop any fun scenes, but since it looks like those are winding down, I'll go ahead and get the action kicked off!

(For this or other similar things - please feel free to keep scenes going asynchronously with the action if I move on before you're done - just toss in a 'DAY 2 - BASIC TRAINING' tag or something similar to keep the thread vaguely comprehensible.)

I meant to do more scene stuff, but real life is kicking my butt right now honestly. It's enough for me just trying to stay caught up on everything at the moment.

No worries Acoria :-)

I very much understand that the Now Times are happening.

I'll be back to Gameplay tomorrow, for reals!!

I love how Carter and Mao have the same goal, but two totally different ways of achieving it.

ya, it's also funny that we dropped our posts basically on top of each other.

Wait til you see part 2 of my evil plan tm

I can already guess it. Oh lordy, it's the TPocalypse all over again! :P

We'll hold the Punk Thrash band in reserve then. :)

Mao takes in a deep breath and tries to settle down a bit.

[dice=Attack (Hunting Rifle) v. Feather Stalker]1d20+4

And sighs as she finds this shot going wide of the mark too.

Aaaah,the joys of rolling to hit at 1st level.

Hey, you've seen me rolling to hit at 8th without much more luck. :P

Yes, well, I restrained myself from wondering aloud if whatever god has surely cursed Raseri hadn't also seen fit to curse Mao.

Heavens forbid!

Yes, very thoughtful of you to do that. :P

Honestly, I think I'm one of those guys that helps balance out the average for those guys that roll crits all day long. That or God has decided that I should never gamble and has made this absolutely clear to me by giving me no luck and no poker face.

Just a heads up. Over the past few days I have found out that my grandparents on my dad's side both have COVID-19, my grandmother on that side is also in the hospital with a strep infection on top of this, and my grandfather on that side has been undergoing chemo treatments for cancer. Both are 76-77 years old, so already in the high-risk category before the rest of it. Just keep them in your thoughts and prayers.

Sorry to hear that. :(

Will do, I hope they pull through.

Oh no! I will definitely hold them in my prayers. Take care of yourself, as best you can.

Thanks, all of you, and I hope they pull through too.

I'm really sorry to hear that too; my thoughts are with you and your family.

Thanks. hopefully we'll have some good news, but if and when, I don't know.

Had a very busy weekend, so I'm sorry for just now offering my concern for your grandparents. I hope for the best for them.

It's alright. My grandfather isn't showing any symptoms, so looks like he'll get through this alright. My grandmother is okay, all things considered. She's going to be a while recovering, but it looks like she will.

Updating all my games since I've gotten more good news.
- Still no symptoms from my grandfather. It looks like he'll be alright.
- My grandmother is being weaned off the ventilator. The doctors are hoping that will happen soon.
- All in all everything's looking up, except...
- My grandfather, who's notorious for his inability to cook is going to try cooking himself something. My sister is going to make sure the house is still standing afterwards.

Tell him to cook a sandwich.

That's really fantastic to hear!

Just in case anyone's worried, my grandmother and grandfather are fine. My grandmother should be getting out of the hospital and into a rehab center next week, so that's not why I'm out of sorts. I suffer from depression and, unfortunately, I sometimes find myself in a funk I can't shake off or get out of. This is just one of those times.

That said, I find it hilarious that I try and go "You don't wanna do this, do ya boys? I'll end you," and I roll a 2 on the check. :P

Good about your g-rents. S&@$ty on the depression, hope it gets better for you soon.

Eh, it's like with anything else. There's good days and bad days. For the most part I've been having good ones. Thanks for the encouragement, though. It always helps. :)

I've never been diagnosed as such, but I am basically in the same boat. Just keep going, another good day will come. Have to tell myself that too.

Wise words!

When in doubt, eat Tacos.