[SFS/Shifty] #3-02 The Subterranean Safari (B) (Inactive)

Game Master Nik B.

Hi all!

I'm keen for us all to try to post regularly (aim for once or more per weekday and, at least once on weekends). Whilst adventures can be caught in 'conversation loops' back and forth, I will endeavour to keep things kicking along and get the gist of where a conversation is going and keep us pointed in the right direction.

Work, study, and wild parties in Mexico have a way of getting in the way sometimes and if that is likely please leave a post in advance if you know that you may have limited time/ability to post for a period of time (and when we can expect you back).

On that note, I am posting from Sydney, Australia. Most of you will be posting when I am asleep so when I get up around 0500 odd I usually do the catch up over a coffee, and then usually in the afternoon/evening each day.

I will generally roll Initiative (and any other rolls if really required), but not to shaft anyone or railroad them, more in the interest of giving you some sort of outcome to then respond to - I aim to complete a single round of combat within 24 hours.

When in combat, unless a PC has left botting instructions or made arrangement for another player to bot them, I will place any PC that has not posted within the past 24 hours (48 hours on a weekend) on delay.

If a single skill check has been called for, I will accept the PC with the highest skill bonus as the "primary" and all other attempts by PCs for the same check as aiding another.

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Please provide the following for your PC:

Name:
Character Name:
SFS ID and character number:
Faction:
Day job Roll:
Boons (Happy for this to occur after the briefing)

Name : B viggers
Character: Kultanien Vaimo
SFSID: 100387-701
Faction: Wayfinders
Dayjob:1d20 + 19 ⇒ (11) + 19 = 30

Checking in (assuming we make it through our current adventure)

Name: Eric (Revvy Bitterleaf)
Character Name: Rocket
SFS ID and character number: 13475-703
Your email: (for Online Support Program): emdevries@ziggo.nl
Faction: Exo-Guardians
Day job Roll: None.

I will need to lvl Rocket from lvl 5 to 6 between scenario's but that shouldn't be a problem or take too much time.

Name: Florent
Character Name: Mich Igan
SFS ID and character number: 754-708
Faction: Second Seeker (Jadnura)
Day job Roll: Profession (Help Desk): 1d20 + 8 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 8 + 1 + 4 = 25

Name: Scottybobotti
Character Name: Mr. Bison
SFS ID and character number: 291458-704
Faction: Second Seeker (LE)
Day job Roll: Day Job Gladiator: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (1) + 14 = 15

Only the tagline of Mr. Bison's Paizo character sheet is up to date. I put a link in the tagline to his current character sheet.

Name: DoubleGold
Character Name: Maxamas Maxamas (operative level 4)
SFS ID and character number: 135676-703
Faction: Wayfinders
Day job Roll: profession artist: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (12) + 14 = 26
Boons: Wayfinder boon, waiting to slot others.

Just finishing up the other tables so pretty much on track to start shortly :)

Should we slot boons?

Slot away, there are no specific factions called out, nor earlier chronciles either.

Faction: Second Seekers (LE) Champion
Ally: Preservation of AA-126D
Social: Yaraesa's Wisdom
Personal: Sudden Attunement
Social: AbadarCorp Augmentations
Slotless: Team Spirit, Private Vault

Absence warning - due to another outbreak of corona I was dragged back into work to do some rapid planning. I will be busy the next 24 hours so will post tomorrow night (late) when I get home.

Stay save, and thanks for the absence warning. If you need to get some rest instead of updating the game I'll understand.

Stay safe and thanks for letting us know.

I got a window of 'normalcy' - touch wood everything goes swimmingly again for a while and the phone stays silent!

Anyone else getting the impression we are not hunting stupid monsters here but sentient creatures which we are pretty much relentlessly slaughtering in their home? Which the brigadier knows about and doesn't care and therefor tries to hurry us along from this room because that's what he wants to do?

Maybe we need to stop and investigate a bit?

Interesting thought, I was thinking the opposite. In my mind these tunnels were home to an ancient civilization of skittermanders that the stridermanders wiped out. That being said some more investigation wouldn't hurt.

My thinking is more with Mr Bison on this, as they have not tried to communicate at all. That said, hanging up the meat does sound more organised than we have been led to believe.

Thus Kultanien's slowing down to try and see what is going on.

July scenarios were 1-4 & 5-8, kinda ruining my plans as we mostly have 3-6 players. Added to this, the scenarios both kick off arcs.

I could otherwise wait for the August drops which have a very awesome sounding 1-4 which is right up my alley.

Where did you see information about the August scenarios?

Bro-net.

Many of our 4s hitting 5 after this scenario?

Good question.

I could alternatively run an earlier scenario

Rocket will turn lvl 7 after this, but I have a couple more characters at lower tiers if you plan to keep running scenario's.

Maxamas will still just be level 4 after this, he'll need one more to turn level 5.

I'll be 7 after this as well, but lacking any lower level options. Shokill (level 3 soldier) may be free by then, but he is in a slow running scenario. I'm trying to use him to mop up some 1-4s before he out levels them.

Mr. Bison needs one more chronicle after this one to get to level 5. I have a level 6 PC, but he just started a scenario. My other PC's are a level 1 about to be 2, another level 4, a level 9, and a level 10.

I haven't played 2-17 Cost of Living, that is a 3-6 scenario.

OK after much thought I am going to run the Frozen Ambitions arc (levels 1-4).

My intent is to run each of the scenarios in the arc (I'm guessing 6, but that is based on pure speculation) so I'm inviting my current players to what amounts to a 'mini-campaign' through season 3.

If there is a 'gap' I'll aim to fill it with an alternative 1-4.

First up will be
Shimmerstone Gateway

Sign up is HERE

Kick off in a week or so

Cool, I will change character because Mich is level 6.

Sounds good, I'll use a different PC since I'm using Mr. Bison for the multi-table special.

I would have to make up a new character. I only have one "low level" character left, who is in the middle of a scenario at the moment.

I've been thinking about a new pilot type though, which might work.

Just to check if I've overlooked something...did we get chronicles for this game already?

Doing them up tonight :)

Sorry on the delay - I had an assignment due and it kind nabbed my bandwidth (and thinking)!

As promised!

Chronicles

Thanks!

Looks good thanks, and here I was thinking we were ahead of the other groups and you were doing them all at once.

You actually are miles ahead. The other two are still catching up.

Normally I do let them catch up and batch, but in this case you'd be waiting another week.

Are we thinking of moving on to another still, if so... what range?

Per above, Shimmerstone gateway :)

Hmm, just looking at my time at the moment, making a new character might be a bit of an ask. Caus' then I'll want to play the sucker as well.

So I think I'll bow out at this stage. Once Shokil hits 5th I'll make a new low level toon, but until then I'm going to try to keep my numbers down.

All good, glad you got to jump in and join up for some gaming!

I can appreciate the problem and I had a tough time working out which way to go, so I'm running the low tier in PbP and the mid tier for my local face to face players.

One question about the chronicles; does everyone get reputation with the Acquisitives and not our normal faction?

You get reputation (+2) with your current faction, but also a bonus reward with the Acquisitive faction.

Okay, our faction reward wasn't on the chronicles. Do you want us to write that in or do you need to add it?

You guys can slot them in :) The bonus was just a nice extra.

Thanks Shifty, I enjoyed the session again. Looking forward to taking part in Shimmerstone Gateway.

Really glad you guys are having a good time :)

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I'm looking to get the Shimmerstone Gateway rolling this Sunday evening 23 Aug (my time) as that should allow people to close out their final encounters etc.

There are several vacancies so I will advertise to the world at large to fill the tables back out.

Shimmerstone Gateway!

Team A
Table
Players
DoubleGold Maxamas Maxamas
Sedoriku Oraeus Vailash
bigrin42 Rastar
Scottybobotti J'Shun Kay
EbonFist Darakwinn Ironhead

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Team B
Table
Players
Chris Wasko/GM Skeemo Agatio
Xynen Erastil Valenta
CaptainBacon Edward Ainsworth or Vyankar
Ilmakis Ysh'yaal
caps Guli Steeleyes

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Team C - SKITTERPOCALYPSE
Table
Players
Farol TBD
Agent Eclipse Mujina-chan
Redelia TBD
Jim Crase Umm.....need a name
Sethran Taneka
Mjolbeard Szama