[SFS/Shifty] #3-09: Frozen Ambitions: Freeing the Herd (A) (Inactive)

Game Master Nik B.

No prob, I was just trying to slip it in there if I could. J'Shun probably won't need it for this fight.

Vyviane gives shake of her head. They could have readily bluffed their way hrough here but nope 'Stupidly Adamant to a bloddy fault' J'Shun of 'Clan Subtlenot' had to burst in. She takes advantage of the fact of his boisterous entrance to try feinting out an attack of her own. Raising her pistol in one hand she aims at the one in the slick black armor set, and pops around the corner. "Oooh, we getting sushi tonight? I love sushi! Any reccomendations on whether we do temaki, rolled, or nigiri?"

Trick Attack, Bluff: 1d20 + 18 - 20 ⇒ (12) + 18 - 20 = 10 CR her trick can affect
Extra damage: 1d8 ⇒ 7
Little Zap-Zap (Static Arc-Pistol) vs. EAC: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
Electric Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Chorizal grunts and shakes his head as the creatures choose fight over flight. He wades in, swinging at the white armored one with his doshko.

Ember Flame Doshko: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12
Fire Damage: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13

Vyv suprises the heavily armoured one with a cheeky shot, and Chorizal uses the confusion to clobber the other.

***
White
Trick/stealth 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28
Attack 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12 vs FF KAC
Damage 1d4 + 4 + 1d4 ⇒ (1) + 4 + (1) = 6

Black
Flanking /Shaken
Attack 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24 vs KAC
Damage 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

The creatures gang up on Chorizal, the white one managing to bamboozle Chorizal enough to help it's friend set up a strike on the vesk.

R1
Bodo
J'shun
Rastar

R2
Vyv
Chorizal
ENEMY

B 13 (Shaken 1)
W 13

As the squid men surround Chorizal, J'Shun strikes out with his taclash as one turns its back on the Space Admiral. AOO White

Taclash AOO vs. White KAC: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
Slashing Damage (non lethal): 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

J'Shun's weapon lashes the squid man's back imparting an electric shock to the tentacled menace. Following up on his first attack J'Shun moves into a flanking position, raises his longsword into a high guard position and then sends it slashing down on the ijtikri's head. White

"Standard envelopment Starfinders. THIS I COMMAND!"

Longsword + Flanking vs. White KAC: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 5 + 2 = 26
Slashing Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Entropy points +1, KAC 13, EAC 15 this round.

Jshun eliminates one of the squids.

Rastar held his weapons to the ready as J'Shun, loudest of his name, once more tried to browbeat his way through the situation. He was unsurprised when it turned the ijitkris didn't like being yelled at any more than he did. Still, his other party members were in trouble, and so Raster leveled a shot at the lone remaining squid creature.

1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25
1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

As the ijtikri falls under J'Shun's savage blow he yells. "Another heretic feels the bite of the Summersword!" Victory Cry

J'Shun restores 3 stamina points to Chorizal's total using Victory Cry (Regroup).

Rastar lands a blow.

J'shun reacts to the falling foe by inspiring his allies.

R1
Bodo
J'shun - acted
Rastar - acted

R2
Vyv
Chorizal
ENEMY

B 18 (Shaken 1)
W Dead

I am highly amused by the fact that it was Chorizal who started trying to intimidate the creatures but J'Shun is getting all the blame for it.

One of the stone faced squids lands a solid blow on Chorizal but with J'Shun's help, the Vesk is able to recover some of his fighting spirit as it goes down.

He didn't particularly want to kill these creatures so he took a wide grip on his doshko, one hand at the end of the haft and the other just under the head. He slammed the exposed haft toward his opponent in an ancient battle technique known as "bunting."

Ember Flame Doshko minus Nonlethal: 1d20 + 9 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 9 - 4 = 8
Fire Damage: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17

Bobo moves around the corner to shoot at the creature hit: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11 dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 1

He who shouts the loudest gets the blame

Should I add a persecution complex to the long list of J'Shun's irritating traits?

Bodo and Chorizal have little luck striking the creature.

R1
Bodo - acted
J'shun - acted
Rastar - acted

R2
Vyv
Chorizal - acted
ENEMY

B 18 (Shaken 1)
W Dead

Vyviane steps up to the dead squid an open expression of hungry longing in her face as she goes. She stops and salivates over the dead body for a second, hoping to put the other one off their game in disgust. She then snaps her pistol up again and fires one more time.

Trick Attack, Bluff: 1d20 + 18 - 20 ⇒ (15) + 18 - 20 = 13 = CR for trick attack
Extra damage: 1d8 ⇒ 5

Little Zap-Zap (Static Arc-Pistol) vs. EAC: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
Electric Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

"Not so pleasant to be the one on the receiving end of being eaten is it..." She stops and whacks her pistol against her other palm as it fails to fire properly. "Damn pistol is glitching right now!"

I have failed to take it down.

Vyv takes a shot but misses.

It takes a guarded step back to get cover from J'shuns reach, and lashes at Chorizal.

Attack 1d20 ⇒ 2

But misses.

R2
Bodo
J'shun
Rastar

R3
Vyv
Chorizal
ENEMY

B 18
W Dead

"Take this one alive Starfinders. We need at least one to stand trial for the injustices that have occurred here."

J'Shun moves to within 10' of the remaining ijtikri and whips it with his taclash.

Taclash vs. KAC: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24
Slashing Damage (Non Lethal): 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

The taclash lands - the creature remains in the fight.

R2
Bodo
J'shun - acted
Rastar

R3
Vyv
Chorizal
ENEMY

B 26
W Dead

"Fine, I'll try keep him alive, but only because it's a good idea. Not because you asked."

Vyviane flips a switch on her pistol and the thing drops to a low register hum. "Right, go down quickly please little squid thing"

Little Zap-Zap (Static Arc-Pistol) vs. EAC: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
Electric Damage, Non lethal: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Move to switch into stun mode and then standard for a regular shot

Vyv tags the squid, but it remains very much in the fight.

R2
Bodo
J'shun - acted
Rastar

R3
Vyv - acted
Chorizal
ENEMY

B 30
W Dead

Rastar hated dropping one of his new pistols, but he really had no choice. A standard humanoid, he could shout in the knee or someplace non-vital, but he didn't know enough about ijtikri anatomy to make that call. He drew his arc pistol, checked that it was still set on stun, and fired.

vs eac: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18
NL E damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Chorizal is not good at following orders, which will be a problem with his Hellknight commanders, someday. He also doesn't like missing.

So, he readjusts his grip to hold his doshko properly and makes a crosswise slash at center mass of the ijtikri.

Ember Flame Doshko: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11
Fire Damage: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17

He's only slightly more accurate, this time.

Bodies doesn’t like missing either and is sad someone else didn’t finish it non lethal hit: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8 dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 5

The creature is missed by the blows aimed at it.

It swings at Chorizal
Attack 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21 vs KAC
Damage 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

Happy it has landed a blow, it backs off and appears to be speaking into its comms unit.

R3
Bodo
J'shun
Rastar

R4
Vyv
Chorizal
ENEMY

B 30
W Dead

"Put that comm unit down," J'Shun exclaims as he moves in close on the ijitkri and whips his taclash at it again.

Taclash vs. KAC: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
Slashing Damage (Non Lethal): 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Entropy points +1, KAC 13, EAC 15 this round.

...but the taclash doesn't connect.

R3
Bodo
J'shun - acted
Rastar

R4
Vyv
Chorizal
ENEMY

B 30
W Dead

Rastar decided to go all out, firring his stunner as fast as he could pull the trigger.

vs eac: 1d20 + 7 - 4 ⇒ (7) + 7 - 4 = 10
NL E damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
vs eac: 1d20 + 7 - 4 ⇒ (17) + 7 - 4 = 20
NL E damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Vyviane gives an incredulous look at the squid man as he takes his attention off the fight and calls for back up. She smiles as she sees a great surface for ventriloquistically bouncing her voice off of. She tries to angle her voice to sound like it's coming from behind the man as she readiees her pistol again. "Oi, Kalamari, taking your eyes off the fight is a bad idea! Let's people get right up behind you like this!" The moment he turns his head, she takes aim and fires.

Trick Attack, Bluff: 1d20 + 18 - 20 ⇒ (3) + 18 - 20 = 1 =CR the attack affects
Extra damage: 1d8 ⇒ 7

Little Zap-Zap (Static Arc-Pistol) vs. EAC: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
Electric Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Her act doesn't seem quite convincing, though. Dang, a 3 and a 5 sucks for rolls like this. We really could be rolling better as a group, that's how many misses this one combat due to terrible rolls?

Bodo tries again, not giving the creature another chance to hurt his allies hit: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20 vs KAC dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 1

@Vyv - makes up for the earlier crit festivals :p

The creature is tagged once by Rastar, and also Bodo.

It still seems to be keen to fight on!

R3
Bodo - acted
J'shun - acted
Rastar - acted

R4
Vyv - acted
Chorizal
ENEMY

B 35
W Dead

Cho-cho! We need you, ya big butterfly (chocho [蝶々] means butterfly in Japanese, it can also mean mayor of a town [町長])

ちょうちょうさんどこですか。助けてください。

Nani?! I'm sure I posted! Ichimas!

Chorizal continues pacing the creature. He's less concerned about it using a radio. He just wants to take it out of this fight, especially since its last blow was quite painful.

He doesn't do anything fancy, just falls back on his training and takes another practiced swing.

Ember Flame Doshko: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15
Fire Damage: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14

Afterwards, he looks at the weapon quizzically, gives it a firm shake then smacks his palm against the side.

"What is WRONG with you?" he mutters.

The creature is missed by the blows aimed at it.

It swings at Chorizal once more - repeating the tactic of slice and step.
Attack 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27 vs KAC
Damage 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

R4
Bodo
J'shun
Rastar

R5
Vyv
Chorizal
ENEMY

B 35
W Dead

Chorizal is really regretting not turning on his forcefield before this fight started as he gets hit again.

He's also tempted to just swing quickly and wildly, but given how much trouble he's had hitting with more controlled strikes, he just tries again.

Ember Flame Doshko: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22
Fire Damage: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12

"That's more like it!" he declares as he feels the accuracy of that swing.

Then he growls in frustration as he feels the lack of power behind it.

"Well Captain, I said take it alive not fry it and make it into たこ焼き。How are we supposed to question it now?"

Vyviane pipes up from the other side of the room, sad to see that the source of information has possibly been killed. "Wait, these were octopus people? I thought we were going for イカステーキ or イカ焼き."

If the thing is still moving, Vyviane brings her gun up and fires at the thing while she chats at J'Shun.

Chorizal lands a blow, but the thing is STILL in the fight!

Neither J'Shun or Vyv manage to stop it either!

R4
Bodo
J'shun - acted
Rastar

R5
Vyv - acted
Chorizal - acted
ENEMY

B 47
W Dead

Sighing with the need (want?) to keep this one alive, Rastar once more moved to get a better angle on it and fired his stunner, but couldn't get a good shot through the press around the creature.

vs eac: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9
NL E damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Bodo does like missing and was hoping someone else would finish it off nonlethal hit: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22 dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Even with friends in the way - the needler finds its target as Bodo pulls the trigger. The shot appears to be fatal, the creture drops its blade and slides to the floor.

/end combat.

"Shame," Chorizal says as the creature finally falls for what appears to be the final time.

"We could have recruited that guy. He was tough."

"Private Mars, I said take it alive! When we get back to the Lorespire complex you are going to have to clean every square inch of the toilets in the barracks with a toothbrush."

Stowing all his weapons, J'Shun moves quickly to search the body of the one the team just killed.

I would have kept it alive Captain J'Shun Kay, but everyone else failed to knock it out nonlethal forcing me to fire before it attacks one of you and there is an unforeseen force causing me to miss a lot, and to control shooting it in a spot that doesn't kill it throws off my accuracy in addition to this unforeseen force. It seems like this unforeseen force caused many of us to miss, even you Captian J'Shun Kay. Something caused your taclash to slip and slide on you or caused your hand to move in a spot you didn't want it to move.

J'Shun finds more indications that these were just more rent-a-guards.

***

Going over the bodies you find defrex hide, hooksword, thunderstrike sonic rifle with 2 high-capacity batteries (40 charges each), survival knife, tactical semi-auto pistol with 30 rounds, tactical shobhad horizon striker with 25 rounds.

***

First glance of the room the creature was backing into reveals a second set of computer banks used for long-range communications. One of the computer workstations is equipped with a systemwide comm unit. The computer workstations are locked, and there are a few personal effects scattered about.

Vyviane gives a small look of incredulity as the 'private' rips into the 'admiral.' She stifles her chuckle and instead just beelines for the radio that the squid had been using and tries to give it a good look over. Who and where were the people he'd been trying to contact.

"At least it didn't manage to get a message off. We still have some surprise on our side."

Rastar went through the items on the squid creatures, looking for anything he could use. He pocketed the extra magazine of ammo, seeing that they would fit into his own pistols.

"Some pretty good gear here, though I can't make use of much of it."

"Vyv, can you get anything from those computers?"

"I'll take one of those batteries...and a rest," Chorizal says as their opponent is finally downed and they find the spoils of their conflict.

There's a trickle of blood on his cheek and he's favoring his left side but he starts to work his arm on that side as though getting out a kink.

"That guy hit hard."

"We should check out that room in the middle of this room before moving on, right? Don't want to chance someone coming at us from behind."

Taking a 10 minute rest unless there are any objections.

J'Shun doubles back to check the room the team bypassed.

"Private Mars, with me, we'll check the room we bypassed."

J'Shun fill his hands with all his weapons again and checks the door for traps before opening it.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23

Vyv finds the squid was speaking into a comms unit in its armour - so limited ramge. Could have been talking to anyone though - certainly other people in this complex - but whether for them to run away, dispose of evidence, or set an ambush - anyone's guess... but it certainly did get a message off.

Chorizal contemplates a 10 minute rest.

Vyv thinks she could probably hack the computers.
Computer check

J'Shun finds that the room they kicked off the battle in appears to be a cafeteria and kitchenette, well provisioned for a long stay for a bunch of creatures. Nothing of value, but you wouldn't go hungry.