[SFS_Aerondor] 01-04 Cries from the Drift (Inactive)

Game Master Aerondor

To make it easy for me to fill in the chronicles, could you please provide for the character you want to credit this to...

Chronicle: What chronicle number will this be for your character?
Player name: Your name, as you want it to appear on the chronicle
Character name: The name of your character
Organized play #-#: Your society play and character numbers
Faction: Characters Faction slotted
XP: Your starting XP
Fame: Your starting fame
Credits: Opening credits before purchases
Day job: Your day job skill and roll. (or alternative such as training or true savior)
Reputation: Which factions you have reputations with (and how much) before participating in this scenario.
Boons: Any boons you have slotted. (you may change these after the briefing)
Ally:
Faction:
Personal:
Promotional:
Social:
Starship:
Slotless: Do you have the Star Sugar Heartlove!!!" boon from 01-01?
Purchases: Any purchases you wish to make from your initial funds, before the start of the game.
Starship role: This scenario has starship combat. Please nominate the role you would like on the ship and include your relevant skill bonuses.

Please introduce yourself in gameplay.

Please also add an icon for your character to the first page of the map. Ideally this will be the same as the one you post with.

Chronicle: What chronicle number will this be for your character?
Player name: Your name, as you want it to appear on the chronicle
Character name: The name of your character
Organized play #-#: 754-711
Faction: Second Seeker (Jadnura)
XP: 4
Fame: 12
Credits: 312
Day job: Hacker: 1d20 + 8 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 8 + 1 + 4 = 25
Reputation:
Second Seeker Jadnura (20)
Boons: Any boons you have slotted. (you may change these after the briefing)
Ally:
Faction: SS(Jadnura) Improved
Personal: Planar Scion (Tiefling)
Promotional: Coin Award
Social:
Starship:
Slotless: Do you have the Star Sugar Heartlove!!!" boon from 01-01? YES
REPLAY Jadnura
Purchases:

Please also add an icon for your character to the first page of the map. Ideally this will be the same as the one you post with.

Chronicle: 8
Player name: Pete H.
Character name: Alejandro Carlos
Organized play #-#: 123584-701
Faction: Wayfinder Champion
XP: 7
Fame: 13
Credits: 429
Day job: True Savior of Tasch (2nd box)
Reputation: Total Rep: Wayfinders (14), Dataphiles (1), L.E. 2nd Seekers (1)
Boons:
Ally: Envar’s Attention
Faction: Wayfinder Champion
Personal: Scoured Stars Survivor
Promotional: NA
Social: First Contact Step-In
Starship: Defender of the Fleet - Finest Weapons
Slotless: Tattoo of the Starfinder & True Savior of Tasch & Ghibran Linguist & Star Sugar Heartlove!!!
Purchases: NA
Starship role: Captain (Diplomacy +12+1d6 & Intimidate +12), Gunner (+5) or Engineer (+7) as backup option.

Please introduce yourself in gameplay. (dotted, I'll get an intro in soon)

Chronicle: 5
Player name: Derek Lane
Character name: The Specialist
Organized play #-#: 1676-704
Faction: Dataphiles
XP: 4
Fame: 8
Credits: 1013
Day job: Profession (contractor): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Reputation: Dataphiles (8)
Boons: Any boons you have slotted. (you may change these after the briefing)
Ally:
Faction: Dataphiles Champion
Personal: Sudden Attunement
Promotional:
Social: Yareasa's Wisdom
Starship: Automoted Defenses
Slotless: Do you have the Star Sugar Heartlove!!!" boon from 01-01? NO
Purchases:
Starship role: Engineer

Dotted in; working tonight so I'll get my information and such posted a bit later.

Chronicle: 5
Player name: Cindy
Character name: Elektra Globes
Organized play #-#: 57894-701
Faction: Acquisitives
XP: 4
Fame: 8
Credits: 1216
Day job: Exotic 'performer': 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (11) + 15 = 26
Reputation: Acquisitives 8
Boons:
Ally: Dream chispers
Faction: Acquisitives champion
Personal: none
Promotional: none
Social: Faction's friend
Starship: Hero of the stars
Slotless: Marked field agent, Starfinder insignia, Starfinder society care package, Star sugar heartlove!!!
Purchases: after briefing?
Starship role: Captain (Diplomacy +11+1d6, Bluff +11), Piloting (+6 1 rank), Chief Mate (Acrobatics +6), Computers/Engineering (+5), Gunnery (+3)

I just now realized we have another envoy. Do you want me to switch to my android operative instead? She just hit 3 so I'd need to level her up (might not be until Mon-Tues with my work schedule this weekend) or my level 1 aasimar mystic healer (same thing, Mon-Tues), but I'm happy to play either of them if people want.

Almost a full crew, hurrah.

APL calculation
Ysh'yaal L2 (technomancer)
Alejandro Carlos L3 (envoy)
The Specialist L2 (mechanic)
Primrose Montajay L2 (mystic)
Elektra Globes L2 (envoy) - or L3 operative or L1 mystic
Shaan Poloo L2 (soldier)

So we have 2+3+2+2+2+2=13 (or at worst 14) /6 = 2.

So Elektra pick who you would most like to play.
L3 operative would get OOT credits, but would add extra skills and maybe a little more punch to the team.

Chronicle: #4
Player name: Lady Ladile
Character name: Primrose Montajay
Organized play #-#: 192133-702
Faction: Exo-Guardians
XP: 3
Fame: 6
Credits: 2,245
Day job: None
Reputation: Exo-Guardians 6
Boons:
Ally: N/A
Faction: N/A
Personal: N/A
Promotional: N/A
Social: Faction's Friend
Starship: N/A
Slotless: Copaxi Linguist, Marked Field Agent, Star Sugar Heartlove!!!, True Savior of Tasch
Purchases: None at this time.
Starship role: Pilot (+8), Captain (Diplomacy +6), Gunner (+3)

Chronicle: 7
Player name: Abraham Z.
Character name: Shaan Poloo
Organized play #-#: 100198-701
Faction: Wayfinders
XP: 5
Fame: need to figure this out
Credits: need to figure this out
Day job: check box (first one) on True Savior of Tasch
Reputation: Which factions you have reputations with (and how much) before participating in this scenario. need to figure this out
Boons: Any boons you have slotted. (you may change these after the briefing)
Ally: none
Faction: none
Personal: Scoured Stars Survivor
Promotional: none
Social: Faction's Friend
Starship: Defender of the Fleet (pick Finest Engines unless group advises otherwise)
Slotless: Do you have the Star Sugar Heartlove!!!" boon from 01-01? - Yes, I do. Great album! Also: Marked Field Agent, Copaxi Linguist, Starfinder Society Care Package, True Savior of Tasch, and Kadrical Rises.

Purchases: Any purchases you wish to make from your initial funds, before the start of the game. need to figure this out

Starship role: This scenario has starship combat. Please nominate the role you would like on the ship and include your relevant skill bonuses.
Pilot: Piloting +8 (I think the only other role I would be any good at would be gunnery).

As I think I mentioned in the recruitment, I'm very experienced with Pathfinder and PbP but still new to Starfinder and fairly shaky about rules differences between the two.

I would love to get suggestions from my fellow players about any purchases that I might want to make. My PC has 1465 credits and has so far bought very little.

* Weapons: He has an ember flame doshko (his main weapon) and a harmonic dirge cannon (that I don't think he's ever used). I should probably have a ranged weapon of some kind (besides the cannon).

* Armor: Golemforged Plating II (is this good?).

* Other: 1 Mk I Serum of Healing.

And that's it. Any suggestions? I have no idea what sorts of gear would be suitable. He'll hit level 3 after this scenario and is a basic melee type with no particular shenanigans yet (though I would love to give him some fun ones, once I figure out what they are).

Many thanks for any advice and also for your patience if I goof up the rules at any point.

Golemforged plating is pretty good, especially at level 2, it is among the best you can get. Give you are all at least 2nd level, and the scenario as you will be playing it could be played by a team of brand new 1st level characters, I suspect your gear will be fine.

As for rules, I'm still getting used to them. No free 5' step, it is now a "guarded step" as a move action. That was one of the biggies that took me a while to get used to.

Easier doing missile fire now as well, with the penalties vastly reduced.

@Shaan - If it helps, I'm a bit rusty on my Starfinder stuff too since it's more of a 'Sometimes Food' for me instead of the main meal like Pathfinder tends to be.

Shaan will purchase a Personal Upgrade Mk 1 (+2 Str, ability crystal) for 1400 credits, leaving him with a starting balance of 65 credits.

That's interesting about the 5' step not existing in Starfinder - hadn't realized that.

Updated from the version posted yesterday.

Chronicle: 7
Player name: Abraham Z.
Character name: Shaan Poloo
Organized play #-#: 100198-701
Faction: Wayfinders
XP: 5
Fame: 12
Credits: 65
Day job: check box (first one) on True Savior of Tasch
Reputation: Wayfinders: 10; SS Jadnura: 1; SS Luwazi Elsebo: 1
Boons: Any boons you have slotted. (you may change these after the briefing)
Ally: none
Faction: (Wayfinders) Improved Drift Engine. (Also have Wayfinders: Worldwide Explorer but I think that would count against the limit of only 1 Faction boon).
Personal: Scoured Stars Survivor
Promotional: none
Social: Faction's Friend
Starship: Defender of the Fleet (pick Finest Engines unless group advises otherwise)
Slotless: Do you have the Star Sugar Heartlove!!!" boon from 01-01? - Yes, I do. Great album! Also: Marked Field Agent, Copaxi Linguist, Starfinder Society Care Package (Tattoo of the Starfinder), True Savior of Tasch, and Kadrical Rises.

Purchases: None (I've already noted the Personal Upgrade Mk I that I'm purchasing on my last chronicle sheet and subtracted the 1400 credits there, leaving me with a balance of 65).

Starship role: This scenario has starship combat. Please nominate the role you would like on the ship and include your relevant skill bonuses.
Pilot: Piloting +8 (I think the only other role I would be any good at would be gunnery).

Up to you guys. I played my operative in #2-00 at the recent convention and wasn't expecting the chronicle sheet to bump her up to level 3 *like it did, so I'd need to level her up tomorrow and then could probably post her intro tomorrow night. If I play my envoy I could start immediately. My mystic is written just not in pbp format yet so also probably tomorrow night.

So yea I'm okay with any of them. Just tell me what you all want me to play! (If no one cares I'll get my operative leveled I think)

I will say play the character you want!

I don't think a day or two to get a character leveled or converted should be a major issue so any of them would be acceptable.

Agree - play what you wish.

Oh yeah, play the character the speaks to you most!

Chronicle: 4
Player name: Cindy
Character name: Tania PH7
Organized play #-#: 57894-703
Faction: Dataphiles
XP: 7
Fame: 12
Credits: 214
Day job: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27
Reputation: Dataphiles 13
Boons:
Ally: none
Faction: Dataphiles champion
Personal: Scoured stars survivor
Promotional: none
Social: Society solidarity
Starship: Defender of the fleet (finest computers, engines, or weapons)
Slotless: Digital presence 1 GM this means I'll be getting 1 bonus fame and reputation for this game just fyi
Purchases: already on character sheet
Starship role: Piloting (+12, 3 ranks) Chief mate (+12) Gunnery (+7) Science/engineer (+6 each)

Sorry for being late with this and thanks for waiting!

Tania has the "Defender of the Fleet" starship boon which lets her do one of these:
- "finest computers" (increase a mononode to a duonode or duo to tri, etc or instead increase the computer bonus from the nodes by +1)
- "finest engines" (boost speed by 1 step)
- "finest weapons" (for gunnery damage reroll all 1s but must keep the second result)

I'm thinking "finest weapons" if we're taking a pegasus since it's already super fast and has good computers and stuff and I just noticed someone else is using it for engines! :)

Alejandro is providing finest weapons. But he could swap to a completely different starship boon too.

Boons:
Ally: Preservation of AA-126D
Faction: Second Seeker (Jadnura) champion
Personal: Planar Scion
Promotional: Service Coin Award
Social: Free Captains Affiliation
Starship: N/A
Slotless: Marked Field Agent, Star Sugar Heartlove

Shaan has the Defender of the Fleet too and will use it for Finest Engines. He also has the Wayfinder boon that gives our starship a positioning benefit at the start of a starship combat.

Boons
Ally:
Faction: Dataphiles Champion
Personal: Sudden Attunement
Promotional:
Social: Yareasa's Wisdom
Starship: Automoted Defenses

I'll do finest computers then. Defender of the fleet is Tania's only starship boon. So I guess with three of us using that boon we get +2 speed, reroll all 1s on damage, and one extra computer node!

Post in gameplay not withstanding, while I enjoy starship combat, I know it is not everyones cup of tea. And with that diplomacy check, and what is, really, a very generous offer, if as a team you want to do that, let me know.

I'm OK passing on starship combat in PbP.

I also love starship combat and pbp is the main way I play most of the time, but if I'm in the minority I'll do whatever the group prefers.

I think I've only done starship combat once before and that was at a F2F table. I've heard it can drag a bit in PbP mode but I'm also (personally) not in any particular hurry on my end. So I'm happy to go either way.

I'm flexible. Fyi, I will probably be a bit less available this weekend due to ConCurrent.

Starship combat can be cool, but everyone has to be on their game and depending on your role, it can be complicated. Alejandro is up for it but will abide by whatever decision is made.

I gotta ask though, is there an actual option on the table to skip starship combat? From what I'm reading, we would still do starship combat even with the duel setup, just with a couple rules in place about positioning and the option of surrendering.

I'm up for any direction.

Lets stick with it then.

Can I get you all to confirm your roles on the ship. I'm guessing you will have Tania as pilot.

STARFINDER SOCIETY PEGASUS TIER 2
Medium explorer
Speed 10+2=12; Maneuverability good (turn 1); Drift 1 Finest engines, Shaan
AC 12+3=15; TL 12+3=15 - Bonus from pilot ranks
HP 55; DT —; CT 11
Shields basic 40 (forward 10, port 10, starboard 10, aft 10)
Attack (Forward) light laser cannon (2d4) Reroll 1s, Aljesdo, finest weapons
Attack (Port) light laser cannon (2d4) Reroll 1s, Aljesdo, finest weapons
Attack (Starboard) light laser cannon (2d4) Reroll 1s, Aljesdo, finest weapons
Attack (Turret) coilgun (4d4) Reroll 1s, Aljesdo, finest weapons
Power Core Pulse Green (150 PCU); Drift Engine Signal Basic;
Systems basic medium-range sensors, crew quarters
(good), mk 1 duotrinode computer, mk 2 armor, mk 2 defenses; Tania, finest computers
Expansion Bays cargo hold, escape pods, science lab,
tech workshop
Modifiers +1 to any twothree checks per round, +2 Computers, +1 Piloting; Complement 4–7

Roles
Pilot - Tania
Science
Engineer
Gunnery
Gunnery
Captain

Seems like I'm the only one with Computer, so Science is good for me

Since Tania is the better pilot and she's not got the skills for the other positions Prim will act as a gunner.

The Specialist will Engineer.

Shaan will be another gunner.

Captain.

Sounds good.

Space combat can go very slowly in PBP, so I'm going to encourage you to bot each other if you have not posted in 24h.

Can someone move the Pegasus and pick an action (if desired) for your pilot. Then we can see if you can get a line on the Honorbound with any of your weapons.

@Tania, good point, so it would have been a laser cannon. Reduced damge to

damage: 4d4 ⇒ (3, 2, 3, 3) = 11 1 point hull. Gota do my crit too.
crit: 1d100 ⇒ 35 bah, weapons.
arc: 1d4 ⇒ 4 - aft. Lucky!

I've got a busy day tomorrow so may go silent for a day, I'll catch up when avaialble. To keep things ticking over..

honorbound init: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
pegasus init: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (12) + 13 = 25

I'll move the honorbound on the map so you know where she ends up. Feel free to do all the rest of your rolls for round 2 as well. I'll do the honorbound when I am back.

Prim gets to fire from current location as well as her round two action.

Sorry about that GM.
Weapons are still not bad since we have a turret that could shoot in that direction, if Tania decides to be sneaky and show our rear to them to save ourselves from being attacked. I think she'll only do that if we're in super danger though!

No need to be sorry. GMs make mistakes, and that one would have hurt the players quite a bit. The way any of us improve is by having others point out where we have gone wrong (if we don't spot it ourselves) Crit with a high damage weapon is nothing to joke about.

Happy July 4th to those of you in/from the US and Happy Saturday to those of you elsewhere or those that opt not to celebrate!

This is my weekend off (yay!) but otherwise no special plans on my end except maybe trying to enjoy the sunshine a little bit when it's not too terribly hot :)

GM, do you think we’ll be finished with this game by Gencon? No rush at all, just trying to plan my sign ups for Gencon, which opens for registration tomorrow

I hope so, but I would not count on it at this stage.

I'll solidify Prim's vote in favor of combat as well, so we can keep things rolling. Working tonight and I'm heading back to bed so go ahead and roll her init for her if need be.

I've got a long day today, but will hopefully get a post in tonight