GM Blazej - Pact World Warriors Gameday IX (Inactive)

Game Master Zynete

"Ok I think it's time for you kids to get off this roller coaster. This might not be my best idea ever, but lets give the operator over here a break." He jets past Rafelo and Verity-5 as he tries to trick attack Verity-5. Some AoOs might be provoked.
trick attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16
attack EAC: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
sonic damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
trick damage: 1d8 ⇒ 3

FlexNaught's attack comes surprising close to the lightly armored Verity-5, but the trick attack isn't able to catch the android mystic off guard.

Round 7 of 20
Rafelo [Blue] (0 damage, has Bridge Flag)
FlexNaught (2 damage)
Tillik [Green] (0 hp)
Shoma Steel
Nelek (6 damage)
Misty Kit
Mec-01
Verity-5 [White] (0 damage, -2 RP)
Mahari Jones (readied, 2 actions)
Shonvyzam [Yellow] (12 hp)

Hearing that at least one of the Moxies is down, Mahatri decides to head out and try to intercept Rafelo. She uses the walls to move through the corridor and into the engine room. But she has to be careful, and it's slow going.

Damn I *really* hate nul-g. I gotta get some better gear to deal with this next time.

Double move at half speed for both Round 6 and 7. Do I need any Acro checks to do that?

Mahari: You don't need to make Acrobatics checks to do that (move half speed). Acrobatics checks might allow you to move faster (up to your full base speed for the action).

"Yeah Flex, give em hell!"

Shoma's struggling for a line of sight down the hall, and is pissed enough at Rafaelo and Verity to wade into the fray - so they try to hustle in -

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

- and immediately trip.

"ooh-kay Shoma, no rush... just line up the shot..."

They peer down the sites of the tac pistol, waiting, just waiting, for Verity to try something.

Half-speed move in, readied attack if Verity moves or casts a spell.

The kasatha find the yellow one up again. He strikes.

Pulse Gauntlet, Thunderstrike:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

Damage:1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

The android is a bit surprised first. But then he continues to fire towards the resurrected yellow one.

Laser rifle, azimuth: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

Damage:1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Shoma, if you are able you can roll your readied attack against Verity-5

Nelek isn't able to take down Shonvyzam again, but opens Shonvyzam to another laser blast from Mec-01. She doesn't go down, but she is struggling to keep in the fight as the powerful laser knocks her back into the ship walls.

Round 7 of 20
Rafelo [Blue] (0 damage, has Bridge Flag)
FlexNaught (2 damage)
Tillik [Green] (0 hp)
Shoma Steel (readied)
Nelek (6 damage)
Misty Kit
Mec-01
Verity-5 [White] (0 damage, -2 RP)
Mahari Jones
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Shonvyzam [Yellow] (3 hp)

Misty Kit is up.

Trying to fly as quietly as possible, Misty Kit flies into the enemy base to try to swipe their flag.

The plan was to double move, but as I don't know where thing are in the 'Fog of War' space, I stopped outside the area with just a single move. DM, please okay the second move in.

+ 10ft Speed boost for two rounds.
2/5 Biohacks remaining.

Flying toward the opposite cargo bay Misty is immediately met with a grenade that explodes out releasing a sticky, movement inhibiting foam.

Mia Moxie's Stickybomb Grenade vs AC 5: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
Entangle Duration: 2d4 ⇒ (1, 1) = 2

Misty must make a DC 14 Reflex save or be entangled for 2 rounds. After that she can finish the second move action.

"I wasn't expecting you to be the first first to pop your head in here," scoffs Mia Moxie. "It'll just be a moment before you are down on the ground." She adds getting ready to draw her heavy cannon.

Verity-5 jets back a few feet to take another shot at FlexNaught while also taking some fire from Shoma. "I would ask you remain conscious for a few more moments Shonvyzam. My supply healing is rapidly depleting."

Verity-5's Pulsecaster Pistol vs FlexNaught EAC: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 4 + 1 = 14
Electricity Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Shonvyzam roars, "Why don't you try landing a-" Her thought is interrupted as she calls out. Misty just flew into our base! We need to get back there now!"[/b]

Filled with a new determination she slams Nelek, barely breaking through his armored plating, against the opposite wall and is thrown back by the force toward the opposite hallway and FlexNaught.

Shonvyzam's Cestus vs Nelek KAC: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
Bludgeoning Damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Forced into a corner Rafelo draws a sap into his hand and strikes FlexNaught across the head. "Don't worry Shonvyzam! This is our glorious comeback! Well, yours, my activities have been nothing less than dazzling."

Rafelo's Sap vs FlexNaught KAC: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24
Bludgeoning Critical Damage: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (2, 1) + 2 = 5

Round 8 of 20
Rafelo [Blue] (0 damage, has Bridge Flag)
FlexNaught (7 damage)
Tillik [Green] (0 hp)
Nelek (0 SP, 5/11 HP)
Misty Kit (DC 14 Reflex)
Mec-01
Mia Moxie [Red]
Verity-5 [White] (0 damage, -2 RP)
Shoma Steel (moved initiative)
Mahari Jones
Shonvyzam [Yellow] (3 hp)

The initiative is now split a bit more. FlexNaught, Nelek, and Mec-01, and Misty Kit can act. Misty Kit can also finish their previous move after saving against the entangled condition.

I also need the readied attack from Shoma.

"Hey Verity-5 is this your watch?"
trick attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28
attack EAC: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
Sonic damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
trick attack damage: 1d8 ⇒ 7
This will provoke from Rafelo, but not from Verity if I manage the trick

Rafelo's Sap AoO vs FlexNaught KAC: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Bludgeoning Critical Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Rafelo delivers another had blow to FlexNaught. "You are paying a price my friend turning your attention away from the center of the show!"

Meanwhile FlexNaught's attack connects with Verity-4. They stagger from the blow as they try to remain conscious.

Shoma sees a chance to take the shot as Verity-5 turns away to move -

Attack vs KAC: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13
Damage, in case that somehow hits: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Its a glancing shot, and from the sparks Shoma can't quite tell if it bounced hard off Verity's armor or took some circuitry with it...

The kasatha isn't pleased to see out of combat people come back and strike. That's not fair. That's cheating in fact. So he fires towards the white one. So she can't do it again.

Rotolaser, Tactical: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14

Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 8

The android changes his target on the other one in the corridor.

Laser rifle, azimuth:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15

Damage:1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Reflex: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6 Is this half-move entangled, or full immobility entangled?

"Darn it. I would be stuck."

Entangled for two rounds
+ 10ft Speed boost for two rounds.
2/5 Biohacks remaining.

Half move entangled

I've botted Misty's 7th round move to be adjacent to the flag

Shoma's readied attack hits the corridor wall, but the attacks from FlexNaught and Nelek bring Verity-5 down. Mec-01's attack brings down Shonvyzam once more.

Rafelo loses all sense of his bravado and drops both weapon and flag. He holds up his hands as he cries out. "Alright! I'll take the visions as an omen! Please, not my face!"

Round 8 of 20
Misty Kit
Mia Moxie [Red]
Shoma Steel
Mahari Jones

Round 9 of 20
Rafelo (surrender)
FlexNaught (7 damage)
Nelek (0 SP, 5/11 HP)
Mec-01
Misty Kit
Mia Moxie [Red]
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Shoma Steel (moved initiative)
Mahari Jones

Misty, Shoma, and Mahari can take their round 8 actions. Mia will take her action after Misty acts.

FlexNaught, Nelek, and Mec-01, and Misty Kit can act for round 9

I hate null-g. Hate it. Hate it. But Misty Kit needs our help.

Mahari tries moving as quickly as she can,

Acro: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

And does well for a while,

Acro: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17

but misses a couple grabs as she gets ahead of herself.

Double move, first at full speed, second at half speed

The kasatha double moves at half speed to take the flag.

The android moves also twice to be nearer to the surrender one. Then he shouts:

Moxie! It's the end for you! You're the last one. This one has even surrender before we take her down.

He applies the gun of his rifle on Rafelo to ask her to express herself in the same way.

"I don't mean to kick another team when their down, but we don't have all the flags and there's still time on the clock, so lets make some good TV folks."
Flexnaught jets of to the other teams HQ.

"Yeah team! Guess my work here is done." Shoma says as they turn towards the enemy base - but they turn back and add to Mec, "...but you know, if Rafelo tries to move..." they make the throat-slitting gesture and then a wink.

And off they go, to finish this.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
They move slowly at first, wary of more Moxie traps,

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
but speed up as their confidence grows.

Two move actions, one at half speed, one at full.

In order to clear up initiative at this stage in the combat I will bot Misty for rounds 8 and 9 to bring us to current initiative. Based upon the stated plan of "swipe the flag" I will assume that is what Misty would do.

Round 8

The entangled condition rapidly wearing off, Misty moves into the room and grabs the flag right from a behind the crates in the corner.

Mia Moxie yells aloud, "you think you are going to get away with that! I know you might fly fast, but that it won't last long. Certainly not enough to avoid a bullet!"

Mia's Light Reaction Cannon vs Misty's KAC -2: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16
Piercing Damage: 1d10 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Misty's Syringe Stick AoO vs Mia: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
Piercing Damage: 1d3 ⇒ 2

Round 9

The bullet connects with Misty but not enough to stop her as she claims the flag and flies out of the room with the prize.

Misty flies out of room with the flag.

Mia Moxie now is dealing with the news that rest of her team was out of commission. Yelling over the comms she cries out to Rafelo, "Pick up your gun and keep fighting you nitwit. This is a play combat, I don't care how bruised you get!"

She rages and from behind her cover she directs that fury toward Shoma. "You know what. I've done some math. If I bring down every single one of you greenhorn fools that will even up the scores and make this a fine day. Mia Moxie doesn't surrender!"

Mia's Light Reaction Cannon vs Shoma's KAC: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
Piercing Damage: 1d10 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Her shot goes off course into a floating crate though leaving Shoma safe from the mercifully enchanted ammunition.

Meanwhile Rafelo doesn't dare move an inch with the nonlethal, yet quite painful weapon pointed point blank at his body.

"Haha! This fight continues to provide! Fear, rage, pride, dedication! Such a selections of tastes! But will this be the end of the meal or will Mia be able to turn this about?"

Based on the distance for zero g momentum I've moved Mahari slightly more forward position. I hope that is fine.

Round 9 of 20
Shoma Steel
Mahari Jones

Round 10 of 20
FlexNaught (7 damage)
Nelek (0 SP, 5/11 HP)
Mec-01
Misty Kit (6 damage, has rival flag)
Mia Moxie
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Shoma Steel
Mahari Jones

Everyone is up!

The kasatha takes the Bridge Flag and moves back to the base.

Athletics: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26

The android puts away Rafelo's weapons on the floor and continues to make sure that she doesn't want to get back in fight.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
"oh drek, she's actually going to try to escape!"

Shoma's total failure to get a read on Mia's intentions sends them into an unnecessarily frenzied attack -

Full Attack: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (7) - 2 = 5

- the first shot hitting the same floating crate Mia hit -

Full Attack: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (20) - 2 = 18
Piercing Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5
Anchoring Fusion Duration: 1d4 ⇒ 2

- the second hitting Mia right in the mouth!
"No running now, Moxie!"

Flexnaught jets in to the room."Oh yeah I know a tie score it a big accomplishment. It will look great on your resume...Bwahahahahah just kidding its like a romantic dinner for one. Get used to it sister."With a flourish his apparently empty hand is full of sonic pistol which he fires directly at Mia.
trick attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (14) + 12 = 26
attack v EAC: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24
Sonic Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
trick damage: 1d8 ⇒ 7

Misty Kit flies as rapidly as they can towards their base. Foregoing another speed booster to get more distance away from the other team now.

"I got it, I got it! I have the enemy flag!"

This assumes Mia is still conscious.

Mahari slides past Shoma holding onto the walls. "Nice shot! Right in her big mouth!" she praises them.

Trick Attack: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (1) + 17 = 18
Nat 1!

But her preoccupation with staying upright distracts her from her attempt at trickery....

Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
Crit damage: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 5) = 6
Nat 20! And 2 Arc damage back onto Mahari. Again.

...as the pistol once again arcs back onto her.

"OWW!! DAMN IT! OWW!! I am so getting rid of this thing. With our winnings," she finishes with a smirk at Mia.

Despite Mia's heavy armor and well positioned cover, she is unable to deal with the sudden swarm of Starfinders all firing weapons into her cover managed a set of precision blows that brings down the defiant Mia Moxie.

With all the rivals unconscious the Starfinders have complete control of the field for the next minute to claim the two flags. At the end an alarm bellows. The film crew arrives on set and directs you out as they help collect the unconscious rivals and pull them off set.

After a dozen minutes you are given a chance to refresh yourselves and are brought back into the initial arena where you were first brought on stage and you find that the rival team revived and standing opposite you.

Lethea leads a set of congratulations to both teams. "We have both our teams back here and through their exploits. They have traversed fields of obstacles, waves of undead, produced culinary masterpieces, and then faced off in an amazing climatic fight!"

Quell waves his hand and interjects himself into the support. "And I can't imagine our audience would be disappointed from any of them. While both Rafelo and Shoma suffered set backs in the obstacle course, they showed real perseverance. Rafelo guided some devastating blows against the beasts and mindless hordes. Shoma proved themselves in the heat of the kitchen as well landing critical blows on the planet surface and in the starship."

"It looked like Verity-5 showed a considerable amount of skill as they drove off both Misty and FlexNaught. But who can forget FlexNaught racing through the course helping allies across the lava and producing a magnificent show of the cooking. Misty's wealth of knowledge and serums were a critical component of keeping her team informed and ahead of the game!"

"And Mec-01 did an impressive job keeping the range's heat flowing, but both he, Nelek, Shonvyzam and Mia, more than proved themselves throughout. Everytime you saw a weapon in their hands you knew that something would be feeling the fury and pain! Wonderful anticipation that always paid off!"

"One can't forget Mahari's exploits throughout too. I admit I found the overabundant power of her weapon amusing, but it seemed more than effective against her field of foes when she wasn't showing off her talents in the kitchen.

As they finish their congratulations a wash of confetti and the sound of upbeat brass instruments heralds the arrival of Zo! onto the stage. The undead mogul effortlessly swings a microphone in one hand, while casually pointing and smiling at members of the live studio audience. As the music calms, Zo! turns to provide both teams with a shot of his finger guns before addressing the audience. "Trials and tribulations! Drama and intrigue! Dangerous obstacles and murderous animals rendered into appetizers! Really folks, we have it all, don't we!?"

Zo! revels in the crowds adulation for a few seconds before a blinking red-screen causes the assembled masses to stop, save for a few lagging zombies who continue. "Now, if it were up to me, I'd call each of these teams a winner! But this is prime-time vidcasting, so there simply has to be a winner! If there wasn't, well, all of you might kill- for a second time, that is!"

After laughter dies down Zo concludes "So, for this episode of Pact World Warriors, the winning team is the Starfinders!"

Another rain of confetti rains down, this time accompanied with lightly falling balloons covered in cartoon depictions of Zo!'s face.

The hosts once again take over from Zo! and talk to each of you, ask how you feel about successes and failures. They throw congratulations at each of you, as well as a few more jabs, but ultimately encourage you to return some day for a future show.

The cameras shut down and the crews begin to lead you off, but Mia Moxie interrupts stopping your parade as she declares, "you won this time, but don't think this is the last time you will see us. I'll be visiting you soon, and it won't be a game show running around with flags, but a real full-on fight." She fumes and is directed my other attendants to go elsewhere as you are lead back to your shuttle and Radaszam.

He is jubilant and offers you food and drink for the trip back to the trip home. "I couldn't tell how much editing was done from my view, but you all made a solid showing. Each of you did the Society proud up there on the screen today. What were your favorite parts about this? You better get practicing because I'm sure others will be there to ask you and I love to put you in front of cameras to ride out this surge of fame!"

This isn’t going to make my day job any easier, Mahari considers as she revels in the team’s win. But the free PR won’t hurt, she finally decides.

”Bring it on, honey,” she responds to Mia’s threat. ”But just know that it’ll be you against a team. A good team that works well together, unlike either you solo or whatever band of amateurs your lowered reputation will let you get next time.”

”Present company excluded, of course,” Mahari says to placate the rest of the opposite team. ”You guys were actually quite impressive. Too bad your leader was lacking in, well, leadership. If you’re ever looking to join the Starfinders, let any of us know.”

On Radaszam’s shuttle, Mahari considers his question as she goes through the comms she missed while on set. ”Hmm, well, my favorite challenge was the cooking. Mostly because it felt like we were all able to contribute in meaningful ways without anyone overshadowing or getting stuck behind,” she says, giving Shoma a wink. And the grav was normal.

She finishes deleting or archiving the last of her comms before continuing. ”But the most satisfying part was putting Mia out at the end. Am I right?” She gives her teammates fist bumps.

As she turns to get a drink, her comm unit buzzes once again. Interesting. An encrypted text to my professional account. Looks like a job. As she reads it, she smiles and her eyes light up. Oh, Zo!, you have no idea how that bit of free PR is going to help me. And hurt you, she thinks as her smile turns predatory and her mind begins to figure out how to infiltrate Zo!’s own production company….

Once the confetti on the floor and the camera turned off the android begins to think about the philosophical experience they got in this mission. There are several for sure. There’s no point in running, you have to leave in time. Then you have to choose your meat with accuracy. Preparing the cooking must be done with a good guard as the formula could worth it. Don’t let just anyone in at home. And finally in combat it's like in eating chips potatoes: it's the one who talk the less who eat the more.

He still has to meditate about these. Perhaps the subject of his next book. Unless it is the reality show. What about people staring at a screen on which some others compete to show their skills. Is it the decadence of the Pact Worlds civilization?

Rafelo mutters to himself in response to Mahari's comments, "Just because her name is at the top of the list, the team gets named after her and she gets called the leader." He continues to murmer to himself. The team shows at most, mild consideration. Despite the turbulent set of encounters they have faced off against you, they seem still committed to sticking with each other as a team.

"Well all the challenges were interesting and the greenroom was pretty sweet, but I think I'd have to agree with Mahari. The cooking event was pretty sweet. It did make me wonder how much consideration the show runners give to the logistics of any given episode. I would have said capture the flag, but I felt I couldn't get the optimal amount of gloating in, since we were trying to make the society look good."

The kasatha is happy to know that the door remain open for him to come back in front of the camera. He found as well the little adventures funny. For the rest he let the others with more social skills impress.

The trip back to Absalom Station only takes three days. When you arrive back Radaszam goes to confer with Luwasi Elsebo for a further debriefing. "Hold here for and I'll call you in to share the good news. You've earned a reason to be a bit boastful," he says with a toothy grin.

As you wait, you catch sight of a eerily familiar scene. There is a well-stocked food assortment waiting on the currently abandoned reception desk. The exact same sets you had found within your break room during Pact World Warriors.

There is no one immediately present, but one of the vidscreens behind the desk is active and showing a live news feed as a humanoid ryphorian with a light white fur reports, "the Stewards are currently investigating an incident involving a horrifying incident this week over the skies of Eox. A shuttle departing the planet suffered a tragic explosion claiming the lives of all on board. Early reports show there were nearly a dozen on the ship, including a team who had just recently finished filming an episode of Pact World Warriors." An overlay appears showing
your recent rivals listed along various other individuals you don't recognize. "The Stewards have refused comment as they conclude their investigation, but there has been leaked evidence showing that the Starfinder Society was involved."

The report continues given unconfirmed details question details of the explosion as well as the rivalry with the Starfinder Society. As they continue their report a shirren deliveryperson arrives with another basket for the food arrangement. This second basket contains a card and an apple with a single bite taken out of it.

The unsigned card reads: "I don't like people who fail me, but I'm really starting to like all of you."

"I was very glad I got to compete in this Pact World competition. There was surprisingly less death than I was expecting, but i guess you can't have everything."

Flexnaught reads the card, "Oh I hope you do like us, because we'll be meeting again very very soon bwahahahahahah. Seriously maybe we should have a forensics team look at this so we can track that lady down."

Mahari gasps in shock at the news of the shuttle incident. Her eyes go agog and her jaw hangs open as the rumors of Starfinder involvement begin to swirl on the feeds. She looks to her teammates in horror. "I didn't... No... We... we won. Why would anyone believe that we had anything to do with that?"

When the apple arrives, it all clicks.

"That RAT B*$%#! I knew she was up to something! Oh, this isn't over. Not by a long shot," she declares.

First the job on Zo!, and then I go rat hunting, she decides.

Shoma spends most of the aftermath of the competition in stunned, pleased silence. It feels good to win, and even better to rest.

But during a perfectly normal meal on the ship back to Absalom, Shoma grasps their head in sudden pain.

"Headache, blurry mind... what's this feeling..."

The echoes of a voice rings in their head - "I'll take the visions as an omen..."

"...not my face..."

"...Rafelo?"

Just as Shoma pushed the vision into Rafelo's mind, the feedback of Rafelo's memories flood into Shoma's consciousness -

and then, just like that -

They're gone.

Silent.

Shoma looks up at the group as their headache suddenly disappears. "Sorry, I... I'm not sure what that was..."

Shoma stays quiet for a long while, the rest of the trip to Absalom, then to the headquarters... it was a perplexing episode. Troubling.

And then we get to the meeting room and settle in - and see the newscast come on. "Oh no." Their worst suspicions are confirmed. "I felt them go. I really felt them go..."

When the apple arrives, and Mahari figures it out, Shoma approaches and rests their hand on her shoulder.

"I know they were our opponents, but they weren't our enemies. I mean, maybe Mia... But none of 'em deserved that. So just tell me where we're going. I'm all in."