The ysoki taps out a short message to the others on his comm unit, letting them know what he saw and what he plans to do. Then he waits for a few seconds, giving them a chance to veto the plan before he makes his move.
LG Female Kasatha Mercenary Soldier 1 | SP 16/16 HP 18/18 RP 4/4 | EAC 15 KAC 17 | F +4 R +3 W +4 | Init +2 Perc +1 mercenarysoldier 1
Xoni stands poised to attack, starknife in one hand, laser in the other, doshko in her other two hands. All her muscles flexed, ready to fight, waiting for the signal to go.
Male CN Brakim Death Touched Mystic 5 | SP 45/45 HP 31/36 | RP 5/7 | EAC 17; KAC 18 | Fort +4; Ref +4; Will +9 | Init: +3 | Darkvision 60', Per +14, SM +11 | Speed 30 ft. | Active Conditions: Fatigued.
Istilnar, moves to the southern door and checks to see if it's locked from the outside. If it isn't he opens it and goes in.
Male CN Brakim Death Touched Mystic 5 | SP 45/45 HP 31/36 | RP 5/7 | EAC 17; KAC 18 | Fort +4; Ref +4; Will +9 | Init: +3 | Darkvision 60', Per +14, SM +11 | Speed 30 ft. | Active Conditions: Fatigued.
Istilnar, says over the team's comm channel, "The southern door is open."
Heiuxin remains behind Istilnar, still poised to join the fray against this new swarm creature even as she continues to suffer the effects of the poison coursing through her veins.
The entry via the southern door seems rather noisy, but you clamber inside, you are pretty sure anything around there would have heard you all opening doors and moving around.
Male CN Brakim Death Touched Mystic 5 | SP 45/45 HP 31/36 | RP 5/7 | EAC 17; KAC 18 | Fort +4; Ref +4; Will +9 | Init: +3 | Darkvision 60', Per +14, SM +11 | Speed 30 ft. | Active Conditions: Fatigued.
Istilnar, moves in and warily checks for any Swarm presence.
The ysoki puts a clawed finger to his muzzle, signaling a desire for quiet. He approaches Alejandro and murmurs, "I haven't seen any others yet in this part of the warehouse."
Istilnar and Alejandro round the corner and see a stomach-turning sight.
Biomass of some form or another covers the remaining shelves along the walls and forming aisles leading west to the office area.
Dark, living coils of some sort of biocable stretch along the floors and walls, only interrupted by small yellowish-green sacs to the south, glowing pustules and large translucent pods along the walls, and two dozen yellow eggs huddle together near the northernmost wall. A fallen shelf has eliminated most of the hanging lighting in the area, so a greenish glow and humid haze permeates this open warehouse space.
There are several Swarm busily working away who stop what they are doing at the sight of the arriving Starfinders.
LG Female Kasatha Mercenary Soldier 1 | SP 16/16 HP 18/18 RP 4/4 | EAC 15 KAC 17 | F +4 R +3 W +4 | Init +2 Perc +1 mercenarysoldier 1
Hearing a shot from somewhere else in the warehouse, Xoni steps a few feet closer to the westernmost swarm, giving her a clear shot. She hurlse her starknife with all her considerable strength.
Starknife, thrown vs. KAC:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6 Damage, P:1d4 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7 Range 20 ft.
1-30=miss:1d100 ⇒ 44
Male CN Brakim Death Touched Mystic 5 | SP 45/45 HP 31/36 | RP 5/7 | EAC 17; KAC 18 | Fort +4; Ref +4; Will +9 | Init: +3 | Darkvision 60', Per +14, SM +11 | Speed 30 ft. | Active Conditions: Fatigued.
Istilnar, falls back behind Alejandro and drains the mystical energy from his spell gem before redirecting it into a summoning spell.
Male CG Human Spacefarer Envoy 5 | Init: +3 | Perc: +4 (darkvision), SM: +8 (+1d6+1 Expertise) | SP 40 (-0) HP 34 (-0) | RP 7/7 | EAC 20; KAC 20| F/R/W +3/+7/+4 (+6 vs. Radiation w/ Armor, Toughness) | Speed 30ft | Active Conditions: None
The normally smooth talker is quiet as he sees the massive pack of swarm in front of him. He pulls the pin on his grenade and says simply, "We need to fall back and make them come to us."
He lobs his armed grenade into the middle of the room and moves back.
Grenade at spot marked on map - Range vs AC 5:1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 - 4 = 11 for Piercing 15 ft Explosion DC 8 for half:1d6 ⇒ 4
The blast from the grenade is mostly avoided by the beasts - but bio goop splatters through the room dramatically, now oozing and dripping from the walls and ceiling.
***
The swarm does what the name suggests.
Xoni is assailed by the small flying swarm creature.
Probiscus
Attack 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23 vs KAC
Damage 2d3 + 2 ⇒ (2, 2) + 2 = 6
+Venom - DC10 Fort or be Sickened 1 round.
Tik finds one racing in to engage, it seems they are very fast on their feet. The other moves forward and opens fire from its arm, flying goop projecting from its arm.
Male CN Brakim Death Touched Mystic 5 | SP 45/45 HP 31/36 | RP 5/7 | EAC 17; KAC 18 | Fort +4; Ref +4; Will +9 | Init: +3 | Darkvision 60', Per +14, SM +11 | Speed 30 ft. | Active Conditions: Fatigued.
A shadow creature materializes into existence behind the swarm drone who attacked Tik and immediately attacks it, reaching out with a spectral hand toward the creature. Cyan
As the shadow creature attacks, Istilnar fires his plasma claw and then backs away from the melee.
Touch Attack vs. Cyan EAC (Potential flanking bonus if Tik has a melee weapon, add +2 to the roll.):1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10 Cold Damage:1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
The summoned creature and Tik work out that the Swarm aren't able to be flanked - their superior senses and hivemind amplifying their situational awareness. The blow goes wide.
LG Female Kasatha Mercenary Soldier 1 | SP 16/16 HP 18/18 RP 4/4 | EAC 15 KAC 17 | F +4 R +3 W +4 | Init +2 Perc +1 mercenarysoldier 1
DC 10
Fortitude:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13
Xoni winces at the sting, but her system is not affected by the poison. She withdraws from it to join the others outside the warehouse. She raises her doshko, ready to swing it at as many swarmers as she can reach.
Male CG Human Spacefarer Envoy 5 | Init: +3 | Perc: +4 (darkvision), SM: +8 (+1d6+1 Expertise) | SP 40 (-0) HP 34 (-0) | RP 7/7 | EAC 20; KAC 20| F/R/W +3/+7/+4 (+6 vs. Radiation w/ Armor, Toughness) | Speed 30ft | Active Conditions: None
Alejandro backs out slowly as the allies he can heal run away, "Uh... I just meant fall back to a good position not full retreat. Come on Tik, you can do this. It barely hit you!"
Move, Use Inspiring Boost on Tik, he gets 6 SP back to put his SP at least at full.
He hollars back in to their last teammate, "Isty, fall back when you can, bring your buddy with you if possible or at least use 'em to stall the buggers. Any doors you can shut on the way out will slow them down too!"
Male CN Brakim Death Touched Mystic 5 | SP 45/45 HP 31/36 | RP 5/7 | EAC 17; KAC 18 | Fort +4; Ref +4; Will +9 | Init: +3 | Darkvision 60', Per +14, SM +11 | Speed 30 ft. | Active Conditions: Fatigued.
"No more running. We make our stand here and now." Istilnar, is prepared to make his stand exactly where he is located.
Male CG Human Spacefarer Envoy 5 | Init: +3 | Perc: +4 (darkvision), SM: +8 (+1d6+1 Expertise) | SP 40 (-0) HP 34 (-0) | RP 7/7 | EAC 20; KAC 20| F/R/W +3/+7/+4 (+6 vs. Radiation w/ Armor, Toughness) | Speed 30ft | Active Conditions: None
Alejandro moves back to the doorway so he can see his entire group. His hand pops another grenade off his belt as he does so. A simple warning, "Duck" is all he gives Istilnar before lobbing the explosive over his head into the middle of the three swarmers there.
Move while drawing grenade, Throw at shown spot, should hit blue, yellow and cyan.
AC 5 - Range Increment:1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 4 - 2 = 8 for Piercing Reflex DC 10 for half:1d6 ⇒ 1
Male CN Brakim Death Touched Mystic 5 | SP 45/45 HP 31/36 | RP 5/7 | EAC 17; KAC 18 | Fort +4; Ref +4; Will +9 | Init: +3 | Darkvision 60', Per +14, SM +11 | Speed 30 ft. | Active Conditions: Fatigued.
Istilnar, steps back guarded step from the Swarm creatures surging at him.
"Let's get on with it,"
He says as he focuses a mystical attack on the mind of the swarm creature in front of him. Cyan
The one that had its mind assaulted returns the favour, blasting Istilnar with a wave of telepathic alien chatter!
Damage 3d4 ⇒ (1, 4, 2) = 7
DC12 Will for half
Male CG Human Spacefarer Envoy 5 | Init: +3 | Perc: +4 (darkvision), SM: +8 (+1d6+1 Expertise) | SP 40 (-0) HP 34 (-0) | RP 7/7 | EAC 20; KAC 20| F/R/W +3/+7/+4 (+6 vs. Radiation w/ Armor, Toughness) | Speed 30ft | Active Conditions: None
Alejandro pulls another grenade, but then reassures Istilnar instead of throwing it, ”Good work, we are holding our line well. We got this! The grenade is just in case uh... well let’s just say I won’t be taken alive.”
Move to draw grenade, Inspiring Boost on Istilnar, he gets up to ten SP back (but no more than his max SP).
Male CN Brakim Death Touched Mystic 5 | SP 45/45 HP 31/36 | RP 5/7 | EAC 17; KAC 18 | Fort +4; Ref +4; Will +9 | Init: +3 | Darkvision 60', Per +14, SM +11 | Speed 30 ft. | Active Conditions: Fatigued.
Will Save:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Istilnar, snarls in pain as the Swarm creatures assault him. "Cowards," he says to the rest of the party. "Why do you run from our adversary."
He suddenly seems to vanish and reappear from sight as he moves shadow nerves right into the middle of the pack of Swarm creatures.
Shadow nerves allows Istilnar to guarded step 10'.
"I do not fear death."
Surrounded by the Swarm his skin emits the the most foul, disgusting, putrid odor you can imagine. stench glands
The stench glands have a 10' radius so I think it gets all the Swarm creatures and not Alejandro. Each will have to make a DC 14 fortitude save or be sickened for a number of rounds. The cloud of stench persists around Istilnar for 1 minute or until he dismisses it.
Sickened Rounds:1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
"THROW YOUR GRENADE, ALEJANDRO."
Stench Glands:
SFS Legal Stench Glands
Source Starfinder Armory pg. 97
System Skin
Stench glands are a concentration of undead sweat glands located mostly in your armpits that can emit a foul, debilitating odor. As a standard action a number of times per day equal to your stench glands’ mark, you can activate the necrograft to form a 10-foot radius cloud of stench centered on you that persists for 1 minute. Living creatures that enter your cloud must succeed at a Fortitude saving throw or be sickened until they leave the cloud and for 1d4+1 rounds thereafter. A creature that succeeds at this save is unaffected by your stench for 24 hours. Creatures that do not breathe or use self-contained breathing are unaffected by your stench. You can halt the stench as a swift action.
Mk 4 and mk 5 stench glands produce a particularly loathsome funk that can drive off most creatures. After the first round of being sickened by your stench, a creature in your cloud must succeed at another Fortitude saving throw or become nauseated until it leaves your cloud, after which it is sickened for 1d6+2 rounds. A creature that succeeds at this second Fortitude save remains sickened as normal, but it must continue to attempt a Fortitude save to avoid becoming nauseated each round it remains in your cloud.
@Alejandro, throw your grenade and step back; that will then allow Tik to step into the doorway and have a clear shot.
I marked on the map roughly where the stench cloud is.
Male CG Human Spacefarer Envoy 5 | Init: +3 | Perc: +4 (darkvision), SM: +8 (+1d6+1 Expertise) | SP 40 (-0) HP 34 (-0) | RP 7/7 | EAC 20; KAC 20| F/R/W +3/+7/+4 (+6 vs. Radiation w/ Armor, Toughness) | Speed 30ft | Active Conditions: None
GM, May I retcon my action? Istilnar’s actions which I’m guessing are still considered ahead of Alejandro’s in initiative have changed what he should be doing. I also want to confirm that Istilnar wishes me to throw a grenade that will hit him and the three enemies.
