Looking to fire up a game of 1-30, Survivor's Salvation.
When a recently returned Exo-Guardian goes missing from their regular meetings at a survivor's clinic, the PCs get called in to assist. What begins as a routine investigation quickly leads into the depths of Absalom Station, where the PCs learn that there's much more than criminals to be afraid of.
It's for levels 1-4 and has the Exo-Guardians tag.
It's a fun romp on Absalom Station.
All too familiar with the toll of battling the ooze - and having observed Staar's readiness to put herself in harm's way for her companions - Saeron briefly closes her eyes and transfers some of her own life force to the Solarian.
No action: LifelinkStaar: +4HP, Saeron: -4HP
The lashunta woman then proceeds to fire their rifle at the ooze.
Halfling Solider(sniper)-8; full sheet SP 104/104; HP 58/58; RP 9/9; reroll(@+2) 1/1; ; KAC 27 (DR 2/-; DR 9/Bl); EAC 23; ; F +12; R+910 W+10; Per +11; Active conditions:
Shokil drops his rifle, his hands shaking.
"I hoped I'd never have to use that again.." he sighs.
"Compulsory military service..." the halfling explains. "And while it was handy for plot devices... it really didn't agree with me. Sarg said I was a natural with the sniper rifle, but ... it makes a real mess if you actually use them on someone."
The author turns a little green at the memory. Still, as the others start to look through the doors, he picks the weapon up again, and does a quick check for damage.
"Before we continue, I'd like to quickly check on everyone's injuries," Saeron says, rummaging through her satchel as the party form up to continue their search of the premises.
Medical supplies (including the newly acquired advanced medkit) in hand, she makes her rounds of her companions.
Kneepuncher hears nothing. He opens the door onto another doctor's examination room. A shirren lies motionless on the examination table.
This room is also slightly different from Staar's previous exam room in that part of the outside wall is an opaque forcefield, as described when you were outside the building.
Knew I could trust you to keep me in line, TR.
Staar (-16 SP, - 10 HP)
Kneepuncher (-15 SP)
Shokil
Oda (-23 SP)
Bele
Saeron (-12 SP)
The shirren is unresponsive. In fact it doesn't seem to be breathing at all. A small, coin-sized, puddle of thin green mucous is connected by viscous strands to its mandibles. Similar puddles seem to have oozed out of its other orifices.
Halfling Solider(sniper)-8; full sheet SP 104/104; HP 58/58; RP 9/9; reroll(@+2) 1/1; ; KAC 27 (DR 2/-; DR 9/Bl); EAC 23; ; F +12; R+910 W+10; Per +11; Active conditions:
Shokil looks on in horror.
"Are any of you medically trained? Oh this would be perfect for a novel... chance for character redemption as the gin soaked doctor recalls a procedure in a journal... or maybe just takes another swig of the flask to help forget the sight..."
Female N Lashunta (Korasha) Death-touched Solarian 6 | SP 54/54 HP 46/46 | RP 6/6 | EAC 15; KAC 16; Cold resistance 1 | Fort +6; Ref +3; Will +5 | Init: +1 | Perc: +5, SM: -2 | Speed 40 ft.; Fly 30 ft. | Supernova (7d6 F, Reflex DC 16 half), Stellar Rush, Gravity Grappler, Dark Interaction, Mental Silence (1/day) | Effortless Aerobatics feat
Staar moves next to the next door, wondering if they'll find anyone to save or to blame.
She waits for Kneepuncher to assume position in front of the door.
I guess they extracted the bodysnatcher slime from this guy? What does any of this has to do with treating psychological trauma? We better find an exposition datapad/NPC soon
No problem, CrimsonGM. I think I've been on top of tracking the damage as it happens. Thank you for the update, though.
Finishing her mundane ministrations of the group, Saeron notices that Staar's wounds need further attention. With no time to rest, she draws on the energies around them to flow into the other lashunta. The air around Staar chills and she may(?) feel an increasing warmth over her body.
Like her companions, Saeron is taken aback by the shirren in the examination room. Her shock, however, is tempered by a healthy dose of professional curiosity. Approaching the examaniation table, she checks over the unfortunate shirren.
C'mon. Line up and open all three remaining doors at once. Please?
Saeron, remaining behind. :
Nice roll.
The shirren was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever, about that. ... The shirren was as dead as a door-nail.
Mind! I don't mean to say that I know, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about a door-nail. I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of Ironmongery in the trade. But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and my unhallowed hands shall not disturb it, or the country's done for. You will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that the shirren was as dead as a door-nail.
...
There is no doubt that the shirren was dead. This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come ....
With apologies to Dickens.
But dead how? No sign of external trauma. The leaky stuff is very reminiscent of dead ooze, which you have seen with your own eyes. Maybe some internal shock or trauma when an ooze entered them?
DM stuff:
Staar (-16 SP, - 3 HP)
Kneepuncher (-15 SP)
Shokil
Oda (-23 SP)
Bele
Saeron (-12 SP)
Halfling Solider(sniper)-8; full sheet SP 104/104; HP 58/58; RP 9/9; reroll(@+2) 1/1; ; KAC 27 (DR 2/-; DR 9/Bl); EAC 23; ; F +12; R+910 W+10; Per +11; Active conditions:
With the room cleared, Shokil eyes up the door he is in front of.
Holding up three fingers, he quietly counts down two-one, dropping a finger each time. Hopefully with his companions ready, he then opens the door.
Thanks for the entertaning reference. Thoroughly enjoyed the homage!
"The shirren is certainly dead. But I can't find any external indication of cause of death," Saeron updates the group, as she falls in beside Staar. Shrugging, she adds, "It could be something internal caused by the ooze once it had incapacitated the victim."
She readies for Oda and Kneepuncher opening the door.
Halfling Solider(sniper)-8; full sheet SP 104/104; HP 58/58; RP 9/9; reroll(@+2) 1/1; ; KAC 27 (DR 2/-; DR 9/Bl); EAC 23; ; F +12; R+910 W+10; Per +11; Active conditions:
Shokil moves up to knee puncher as well, rifle at the ready.
Bele crosses the decon containment and investigates the generator area.
Kneepuncher hears nothing at the door. He opens it to find ...
an office!
Chair, desk, computer are at the far end of the room.
And that leaves Staar's locked door.
Staar's door opens and she instinctively twists away from the android behind it. She feels a brush of cold as the android's frosted blade comes just short of shredding her armor.
She just has time for a quick impression. The android is in light armor and holds a pistol in addition to the knife.
Even with cover from the doorway and sometimes Staar, the android is beset with punishment from the party. It hops and twists spasmodically. "What's this? Pain!?"
KP and Starr land blows. KP is your to hit bonus really +1?
Halfling Solider(sniper)-8; full sheet SP 104/104; HP 58/58; RP 9/9; reroll(@+2) 1/1; ; KAC 27 (DR 2/-; DR 9/Bl); EAC 23; ; F +12; R+910 W+10; Per +11; Active conditions:
Shokil slides sideways, and then lets fly at point blank range.
"This weapon is not really designed for inside building use.." he mentions in passing.
attack vs KAC:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
And proceeds to demonstrate the point by putting a hole in the ceiling.
The android holds its position, ready to stab with the knife if anyone closes. Meanwhile its left hand is busy firing its pistol rapidly. Two powerful beams lance into Staar. Her armor smokes and liquifies and her flesh follows suit.
KP and Oda get an AoO. Staar takes 18 points of damage. Sorry, TR.
Bele snatches her pistol from where she laid it on the generator and moves toward the battle.
DM rolls:
Oda 1,Kneepuncher 2, Staar 3:2d3 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6 liquidator disintegrator pistol v EAC, full attack:1d20 + 14 - 4 ⇒ (10) + 14 - 4 = 20 ... damage:1d10 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10 A
liquidator disintegrator pistol v EAC, full attack:1d20 + 14 - 4 ⇒ (16) + 14 - 4 = 26 ... damage:1d10 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8 A
Init and Status
Round 2.
Staar (-16 SP, - 21 HP, unconscious and dying?)
Saeron (-12 SP)
Kneepuncher (-15 SP)
Shokil
Oda (-23 SP)
Bele
Android (-19)
Nice roll. Maybe with a med bay and time you could get it out without harming the patient. But what will work on a faster timeline is damage. The oozes often flee a damaged host before that damage is fatal.
Halfling Solider(sniper)-8; full sheet SP 104/104; HP 58/58; RP 9/9; reroll(@+2) 1/1; ; KAC 27 (DR 2/-; DR 9/Bl); EAC 23; ; F +12; R+910 W+10; Per +11; Active conditions:
Taking his breath, Shokil remembers his militia training. Sighting along the too-long barrel he gently squeezes the trigger...
attack vs EAC:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
But the noise of the battle totally puts him off the shot as he burns a hole in the nearby wall.
"If I had more time, I could have tried to remove the ooze... Keep up the attacks. The ooze might abandon an injured host."
Saeron gasps as Staar falls to the android's attacks. Instinctively, she transfers a portion of her own life force to her companion, to stabilise her. No action: Lifelink - Staar: +4 HP, Saeron: -4 HP
Closing her eyes, she draws deeply on the life energies surrounding them, pulling healing flows into all her allies.
Healing Channel, Full Action:4d8 ⇒ (5, 2, 1, 7) = 15 -1 RP
Kneepuncher distracts the android with an active flurry of blows. Taking advantage of the opening, Oda smashes the the android twice. Shokil can't find the cool precision that marked his sharpshooting earlier. Saeron kneels to tend to Staar.
The android turns his attention, and his rather impressive pistol, on Oda with two quick volleys that begin melting the half-orc's armor and sinew.
26 points of damage. (2 hits, 1 crit) This guy's a killer.
Female N Lashunta (Korasha) Death-touched Solarian 6 | SP 54/54 HP 46/46 | RP 6/6 | EAC 15; KAC 16; Cold resistance 1 | Fort +6; Ref +3; Will +5 | Init: +1 | Perc: +5, SM: -2 | Speed 40 ft.; Fly 30 ft. | Supernova (7d6 F, Reflex DC 16 half), Stellar Rush, Gravity Grappler, Dark Interaction, Mental Silence (1/day) | Effortless Aerobatics feat
Staar opens her eyes, not understanding why she fells so well - but seeing that the enemy is still in front of her, she attunes photon, calls her starknife and tosses it at him.
Staar's star punches into the android. Kneepuncher flails on the doorframe, but manages to slip one really good punch past and connects solidly with the android's knee.
KP, you roll twice on a crit. You don't actually multiply.
Halfling Solider(sniper)-8; full sheet SP 104/104; HP 58/58; RP 9/9; reroll(@+2) 1/1; ; KAC 27 (DR 2/-; DR 9/Bl); EAC 23; ; F +12; R+910 W+10; Per +11; Active conditions:
Noting the androids persistance with a pistol at close range, Shokil almost drops his ineffective rifle.
One more try. Then its out with the gauntlet..
Taking his time as he companions fall, the sniper waits for his heat to calm down.
Stupid instruction, how can you calm your heart when there is a raging android 5' away?
And squeezes the trigger.
attack vs EAC:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28 Finally
And drills the android right between its eyes.
F damage:4d4 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (2, 2, 3, 4) + 6 + 2 = 19And 1d4 burn
Saeron feels the warmth of the life forces flowing through her subside and slowly opens her eyes... only to witness the brutal injuries the android inflicts upon Oda.
Once again, she quickly shifts her own life force, this time to Oda. Lifelink - Oda: +4 HP, Saeron: -4 HP
Judging the sturdy half-orc still has more in the tank, Saeron opts to rejoin the attack, allowing her healing abilities some time to replenish.
