[SFS] GM Nefreet's #1-28: It Rests Beneath (Inactive)

Game Master Nefreet

Welcome aboard!

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Also, this scenario has the "vehicle" tag, indicating that it involves you driving one or more vehicles. If you have any boons interacting with vehicle use, I encourage you to slot them ^_^

Hello again!

PLAYER: Joey Martin
CHARACTER: TBD
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As mentioned, i'll play Boris here unless we need a tank, then i'll either grab Obozaya or make a new Soldier...

PLAYER: mahuffma
CHARACTER:LAR 612
SFS ID#: 340520-701
DAY JOB: Profession (Archaeologist) +8
BOONS: Abadar Augmentations, Halfling Admittance
• Faction - WF

As with the walrus, I'd be willing to make a soldier if needed. A halfling soldier does sound appealing, lol.

I’ll stick with Vyecmuraf if that’s alright.

Player: Hawthwile
Character: Vyecmuraf
SFS #: 264524-703
Faction: Acquisitives
Day Job: Profession (art critic) +11
Boons: No vehicle ones unfortunately

Oh yes please. I'd love to play Aluradux again as she just leveled to 2 but I'd be perfectly fine playing my soldier, zero-g footballer Dash Riprock if we need someone on the front line. He's level 4 though and I don't know if that would throw things off.

Player: Halgur
Character: Aluradux or (maybe Dash Riprock)
SFS #: 35206-703 (or Maybe 702)
Faction: Wayfinders (or Exo-guardians)
Day Job: TBD
Boons: TBD

Hypothetically...

(1+1+1+4) ÷ 4 = 1.75, rounded to 2, so Low Tier, 4-Player Adjustment, virtually no worry of anyone dying, but you'd get Out-Of-Tier credits.

Black Dow was thinking of either Soldier-1, or Kultha-2, so...

(1+1+1+2+4) ÷ 5 = 1.8, rounded to 2, Low Tier, no Adjustment, which means +1 enemies to target weaker characters.

If Lexicor also joined us, same situation as the above scenario, but skill challenges would be easier with more PCs.

I don't have a preference. And I believe Boris has other character options, too.

Yup am happy to run either Kultha or my Shirren soldier. As this is a Wayfinder scenario (and Kultha is now Level 2 and awaiting level-upski) I'd prefer to run her (keep the gang together :)

Player: Black Dow
Character: Kultha
SFS #: 4669-702
Faction: Wayfinders
Day Job: Dock Worker (+11)
Boons: TBC (no vehicular ones tho')

I'm in the process of levelling up our Vesk-Tech, and she has credits to spend so will likely upgrade gear... but with her HP and SP increases she's definitely feeling more "tanky".

Most likely will go Energy Shield Mechanic Trick - has anyone seen this in play? Am hoping the additional 4 Temp HP just adds to her "meatshieldyness"...

PLAYER: Joey Martin
CHARACTER: Boris
SFS ID#: 73425-703
DAY JOB:Profession (just grabbed it, will decide what it is) +8
BOONS: No vehicle boons.
• Faction -
• Etc.

OK! Boris updated for the most part. Might make some small changes but he's pretty much done as is.

If we do not get a tank type character i'll finish up my new Halfling soldier i'm going to start on tonight. :)

Most likely will go Energy Shield Mechanic Trick - has anyone seen this in play? Am hoping the additional 4 Temp HP just adds to her "meatshieldyness"...

I just finished GMing all 6 books of Dead Suns, and tonight I'm starting Book 4 of Dawn of Flame. Each group has a Mechanic with that Trick.

Starfinder builds foes to have lower-than-PC armor classes but higher-than-PC attacks and damage.

If they were equivalent, I would say that Energy Shield would be a top pick. As it stands, prepare to have your Energy Shield depleted after one hit.

If you're ranged, that might be all you need to survive an AoO and retreat to let the tank engage the enemy. If *you're* the tank, it's not going to go very far.

My Level 6 Dwarf melee-focused Mechanic has not yet picked it up for that reason.

Mmm. Good point GM-N... am actually thinking Visual Data Processing (as boring as it is) for a +1 to Perception very 4 levels, or Overclocking (for +2 Initiative) might be better (and passive tracked) tricks.

Recalibrate Engine might have some vehicular use on this adventure, but I'm not convinced about picking it for an occasional application. Supercharging the wheels would be fun tho' :)

Note: Made a change on the character. Got rid of the profession skill. I forgot a boon I got, gave me access to either life or physical science as a class skill. Put that point into life science instead. :)

So, no profession roll...

Went with Overcharge Mechanic Trick - will use to boost her new Shoulder Laser.

She's also sold her Tactical Plasma Bolter & Estex Suit I and purchased following:

- Reinforced EVA Suit I
- Shoulder Laser, Azimuth (integrated into above Heavy Armour)
- Standard Battery
- Serum of Healing Mk 1

Slotted Boons:

- Wayfinder's Champion [Faction]
- AbadarCorp Augmentations [Social]

Contemplating my 700 summer credits. I'm leaning toward the very boring option of buying some kits. I have the healing kit, but feel like I might need an engineering and computer kid of some kind.

Just marked the other Campaign as inactive.

I'm willing to go forward with the 5 of you, or try to recruit a 6th. Let me know if you have a preference, and go ahead and post in the Gameplay so we can get started.

Head's up, I may not post at all on Sunday. I'm dogsitting and won't be home, so other than maybe some idle roleplay, I won't progress the story until Monday.

Hypothetically...

(1+1+1+4) ÷ 4 = 1.75, rounded to 2, so Low Tier, 4-Player Adjustment, virtually no worry of anyone dying, but you'd get Out-Of-Tier credits.

Black Dow was thinking of either Soldier-1, or Kultha-2, so...

(1+1+1+2+4) ÷ 5 = 1.8, rounded to 2, Low Tier, no Adjustment, which means +1 enemies to target weaker characters.

If Lexicor also joined us, same situation as the above scenario, but skill challenges would be easier with more PCs.

I don't have a preference. And I believe Boris has other character options, too.

I don't mind out-of-tier credits I just don't want to bring in a character that ruins the experience for everyone else by being significantly higher level than anyone else. If everyone is cool with a 4th level melee soldier I'll go ahead and bring him so everyone else can bring their characters from the last adventure.

My apologies everyone but I'm going to have to bow out. I just read the intro in the gameplay tab and it sounded super familiar so I went and very carefully looked over past chronicles. It turns out that I've played this one already. It never got reported which is why I didn't see it when I checked my play history online. I'm terribly embarrassed. I hope you all have fun and I look forward to playing with you all some other time.

Group message addressed to 'The Cyzom Gang'

Scuttlebut is that you guys have a mission to help out a geological survey somewhere. I'm totes jelly. There's bound to some shining stuff to see there. I'm stuck on the station. Daddy is visiting and I promised him I'd help him to energize his company's press feed. It's sooo dull I think it actually has negative albedo. Good luck and come back with some hyper stories for me.

-A H

That's awesome Aluradux!

Lar purchased:
- T1 computer
- tool kit
-mk1 serum
-Venom Spur augmentation (at my 20% discount!)

Hopefully I'll never need that spur, but just in case I need melee, and I'm not going to be able to carry around another weapon at my strength, lol.

reply to group message 'The Cyzom Gang'

It may turn out to be a very boring and routine mission, but I am hoping for a scandalous discovery!

Sorry to hear, Halgur! Aluradux was a lot of fun last game.

In that case I'll post in Recruitment for a couple new players, with a preference for at least one frontliner.

I'd love to join this game. Since you're looking for a front-liner, I'm bringing my melee android. I need to upgrade to level 2, which I'll do in the course of the day.

PLAYER: Kludde
CHARACTER: DICEBOT
SFS ID#: 108716-702
DAY JOB: TBD
BOONS: TBD

REPLY TO CYZOM GANG GROUP: Ach. You vil be missed Aluradux. Ve try nyet to haf too much fun vithout. Kaffee and pediclaw vhen ve get back!

Is indeed a pity Aluradux, look forward to the Cyzom Gang's next adventure :)

Velcome DICEBOT!

@GM-Nefreet: Have added Moi Bot section in my profile covering preferred combat and space combat actions for Kultha.

I feel like I'm learning a little more Russian every day ^_^

reply to Aluradex: "We'll miss you! Hope to see you out in the pact worlds again!"

I hate it when that happens... Once I signed up for a PFS1 scenario and a week before the convention I was looking again and realized i'd played it already...

Welcome Dicebot!

A little bit of an annoyance, but there *is* a timetable for setting up the towers. There's just no way for you to know this in-character, it affects your secondary success conditions out-of-character, and it doesn't add to the story at all. Coincidentally, due to my multiple posts, I initially rolled 14 days for your Drift travel, but when I finally posted it became 13 days, so I'm going to treat that as a 24 hour "bonus" in your favor ^_^

The response times of these past two scenarios have been great, btw! They have seemed to run much quicker than other games I have played.

Happy to be able to join as well! (The player is happy. Mizix has an odd concept of joy).

PLAYER: Zoomba
CHARACTER: Mizix
SFS ID#: 127063-708
DAY JOB: N/A
BOONS:
Social - AbadarCorp Augmentations
Faction - SS Ehu Hadif

(The player is happy. Mizix has an odd concept of joy).

Vyecmuraf needed a friend ^_^

Does Vyecmuraf actually have friends? ;) Kidding! Kidding!

Ha! I didn't even catch that Mizix was a pc! I thought that she was a fantastic npc! That's hilarious! Welcome!

I can pilot (+6), I have no survival skill, however. Would someone care to be navigator?

I'm sure it wasn't helped by the fact that I didn't have her statline in her header until this evening :)

And Mizix has +4 Survival: far from great, but is at least something. She is not however a pilot, but as a small creature if she needs to be crammed in with the morlamaw she can (presuming Boris can drive?).

Sadly, I had to look, hey, Boris CAN drive! :)

Pilot +6 and survival +5. DICEBOT’s survival skills are mostly about findings delicious animals

So then let's have Mizix as our navigator? That makes sense narratively as well if she's been here longer than the rest of us. Vyecmuraf is sadly relegated to the role of a passenger on a buggy here - no Survival or Piloting training. Perhaps Lar, Kultha, or Dicebot would want to drive the second buggy and the other two take an energybike?

(AKA, who wants to ride with a grumpy kasatha? XD)

Apologies. 8 hours of conference calls followed by my usual Thursday night Campaign meant very little time for in-depth posting.

That level of conference calls is pretty brutal. Thanks for making the time/having the energy for us!

First time I've worn a suit and tie in months.

...collar's a little tight >.>

Ah, but what were you wearing south of your shirt and tie? :)

Haha. Yeah. Wasn't risking that. I actually don't have a traditional desk to hide behind. I live in a studio and made a space-conscious standing desk (I've made most of my furniture), but didn't want to stand for potentially half a day, so I sat comfortably on my couch (the one piece of furniture I haven't made).

For those who aren't glued to the Forums, GameDay IX was just announced a few days ago.

There's only one combat left after this Cresteater, so I think I can wrap up this game in a week or so. I think I can then squeeze in one more scenario before GameDay.

I was thinking Acts of Association. Has anyone already played that with this character?

I have not... But I'd like to!

I have not played that one at all. :)

Apologies for not posting yet today. Been busy...

+1: Never played, but would be keen to. Looking it up, has an interesting premise (not sure how Kultha would fit into the mix, but I'm game to find out lol)

2 Envoys, 2 Techies and 2 Tanks is a good mix for most scenarios.

I haven't played acts of association yet. I might bring a character that's a bit less... one-dimensional. I can bring a Solarian to keep with the front-liner slot. She'll be a right fit for this moody team...

Acts of Association sounds cool! Never actually played that one (just GM'd once)

Hey now, this team isn't moody, mostly just one character. :)

Although, I have to say, 'one dimensional' is not how I would describe DICEBOT. I love the subtle sense of humor.

And although I poke at Vyecmuraf, I actually enjoy playing with the stodgy art critic. :)

It's 1am here and I'm just settling in for bed. Will update in the morning.

I've been much busier this last week+ and I think I'm going to tentatively cancel plans to run another scenario after this. I foresee the next couple weeks (at least) to be busy for me.

Thank you all for your patience. You've been awesome ^_^

If you want I can take a turn GM-ing to keep the group together, and you can step back in when your schedule improves?

OhMyGosh sure! That would be great!

I’d be down for Acts (had to make sure I hadn’t already played it), though I don’t know if it’ll be with this character or another fresh lvl 1. Wait, make that a fresh lvl 2 - boon from Scoured Stars Invasion I didn’t actually use because I forgot about it. XD