android mechanic 5 | SP 35/35 HP 34/34 RP 6/6 | EAC 19, KAC 19 | F+5 R+9 W+3 | Perc +8 | Init +9
"I don't care about the requirements. I want to reach a point where all factions have agreed not to fight, and we can tell that stupid little drone that no one will ever try again to achieve dominance over anyone else, so it can just go jump in a lake of coolant."
survival:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23 perception:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10 "don't you find this silence strange?, a swamp is usually full of sounds and noises of animals, something predatory must be lurking remain alert"
Untrained Survival check to Aid Another:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
Perception check:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24
"That is strange. Watch there...one of the spore clouds just flashed. I can't tell if it's bioluminescence, static electricity, or even some sort of triboluminescence phenomenon. Fascinating!"
The travel is tough and tiring here, and the warmth a little higher than the rest of the cavern. The humidity has grown too, and the air feels heavy around you. The sounds of your footsteps are muffled as if the air itself was swallowing any sign of your passing.
Vision here is limited, as the mists have slowly risen, and further than twenty or maybe thirty feet is almost impossible.
Then the silence is rent with a sudden roar and a cry of pain!
Male NG Human operative (explorer) 2 | SP 10/12 HP 13/20 | RP 3/4 | EAC 15; KAC 16 | Fort +0; Ref +6; Will +4 | Init: +4 | Perc: +7, SM: +6 | Speed 30ft | Active conditions: None.
Bot:
[dice=Trick Attack]1d20+13[/dice][occ]DC20+CR[/ooc] [dice=Attack, Force Baton, Get 'em]1d20+4+1[/dice] [dice=Damage]1d4[/dice] [dice=Trick Attack Damage]1d4[/dice]
Perception:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14
"I hear is too. It does not sound very promising. Be on guard everyone and let us advance."
Kato begins to move forward through the mist towards the sounds looking on the ground and the forest around him for signs of what could have possibly made these sounds.
The Starfinders continue down the path, the mist blanketing the terrain all around - smothering light and sound and dampening even the teams own footsteps.
perception DC15:
Ahead, to your left (east) you think you can see a vaguely humanoid figure lying on the ground.
Each of you feels eyes on you, the hair on your necks standing up. But try as you might you can see and hear nothing other than each other.
Male NG Human operative (explorer) 2 | SP 10/12 HP 13/20 | RP 3/4 | EAC 15; KAC 16 | Fort +0; Ref +6; Will +4 | Init: +4 | Perc: +7, SM: +6 | Speed 30ft | Active conditions: None.
Bot:
[dice=Trick Attack]1d20+13[/dice][occ]DC20+CR[/ooc] [dice=Attack, Force Baton, Get 'em]1d20+4+1[/dice] [dice=Damage]1d4[/dice] [dice=Trick Attack Damage]1d4[/dice]
perception:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14
"I see something, but I am unsure what it could be. Let me investigate closer." Kato says through the comms as he activates his environmental protection. He does not want to be caught in the fumes of some vent and this mist has him on edge.
He approaches the figure trying to find who or what it is.
The swamp’s tangled vegetation gives way and opens into a wide clearing bordered by towering, mildly luminescent mushrooms that stand over twenty feet tall. The smell of rotten flesh pervades the area, lingering in the stillness as if trapped. The dim green light from the massive fungi illuminates several
figures sitting up against one of the mushroom’s stalks.
"Sisyar"Male NG ryphorian ace pilot mystic 2 | SP 14/14 HP 16/16| RP 5/5 | EAC 13; KAC 14 | Fort +3; Ref +2; Will +7 | Init: +6 | Perc: +12, SM: +9; low-light vision | Speed 30ft | Healing Touch 1/1 | Spells: 1st 3/3 | Active conditions: None.
Sisyar notices the figures sitting up against the mushroom stalks. He meekly calls out to them. "Are you the ghosts". He hides behind Dora while pointing them out.
Ugh. The team carefully approaches the seated figures. Closer inspection reveals the figures to be four dead gnolls. Gruesome symbols have been carved into the gnolls’ chests and faces.
Medicine, survival, life science and perception checks may all be helpful here.
Well, well well.
Kato examines the area and finds signs that show the gnolls were dragged to the mushroom and mutilated post mortem. In addition, there are tracks of a hoofed creature throughout the area.
Sisyar notices several circles of lovingly tended mushrooms, including one that has been crushed by gnoll footprints.
"Sisyar"Male NG ryphorian ace pilot mystic 2 | SP 14/14 HP 16/16| RP 5/5 | EAC 13; KAC 14 | Fort +3; Ref +2; Will +7 | Init: +6 | Perc: +12, SM: +9; low-light vision | Speed 30ft | Healing Touch 1/1 | Spells: 1st 3/3 | Active conditions: None.
"DO NOT STEP ON THE MUSHROOMS! WATCH WHERE YOU STEP!" Sisyar yells out to his companions. Sisyar carefully looks around at the ground, hoping no mushrooms are near him.
(Can we tell what kind of hoofed creature and/or where it's going?)
Sisyar warns the group to avoid the mushrooms, and tries following the tracks, but after a few steps they.... vanish. As if whatever made them was never there. Looking back, he can see it was there, but then it appears to have vanished... into thin air.
Male NG Human operative (explorer) 2 | SP 10/12 HP 13/20 | RP 3/4 | EAC 15; KAC 16 | Fort +0; Ref +6; Will +4 | Init: +4 | Perc: +7, SM: +6 | Speed 30ft | Active conditions: None.
Bot:
[dice=Trick Attack]1d20+13[/dice][occ]DC20+CR[/ooc] [dice=Attack, Force Baton, Get 'em]1d20+4+1[/dice] [dice=Damage]1d4[/dice] [dice=Trick Attack Damage]1d4[/dice]
[b]"We should continue to follow this path. It is possible that these 'Ghosts' are shapeshifters. Perhaps they were hoofed and they changed here."[b] Kato says as he also begins to look upwards and around the area for any signs of where they went. If he does not see tracks or a pathway upwards or a secret door of some sort he will continue to follow the path.
perception (looking for secret door or arial route):1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20
Onward and deeper into the marsh you travel. The mist firms up around you, getting thicker absorbing smell, sound and sight. It is as if the world beyond has vanished. Well, all apart from the soggy ground. Still, onward the brave Starfinder press, until the path through the swamp starts to become clearer again. A hard-packed earthen trail winding its way between grasping branches beneath a canopy of gigantic mushrooms. A scraggly heap beneath one particularly large mushroom seems to contain at least a few unmoving limbs.
Map updated.
survival DC13 or perception DC18:
Progress further right from the two bodies looks dangerous. There are a lot of spiky branches. You might be able to avoid them, or you may be able to break them off to clear a path.
Male NG Human operative (explorer) 2 | SP 10/12 HP 13/20 | RP 3/4 | EAC 15; KAC 16 | Fort +0; Ref +6; Will +4 | Init: +4 | Perc: +7, SM: +6 | Speed 30ft | Active conditions: None.
Bot:
[dice=Trick Attack]1d20+13[/dice][occ]DC20+CR[/ooc] [dice=Attack, Force Baton, Get 'em]1d20+4+1[/dice] [dice=Damage]1d4[/dice] [dice=Trick Attack Damage]1d4[/dice]
survival:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29
"Good eyes Dora. We should progress to the left of the bodies." Kato then continues to move around the bodies and futher into the forest after investigating the bodies.
Kato investigates the bodies. Both are Yeti, and both are very dead. Each has multiple puncture wounds to the chest. When he investigates the second body, Kato lets up a yap of surprise and jumps back, as he gets a small shock from its fur.
What he also notices is the tracks that the pair left through the swamp. A clear trail of uprooted trees and bushes that were ripped and broken to allow the yeti easier access in the thick terrain.
The only way forward seems to be past the thorns.
Which you could probably break reasonably easily without risk, or avoid by each making a perception or survival check to pick a clear path through the thicket.
Talltree casts a quick cantrip (detect magic) and looks for magical auras in the area, especially on the bodies, before searching with more mundane skills.
There are no magical auras on the bodies. However the whole swamp does have some low level magical resonance to it, as if some type of magic is common here. But no active spells. Imagine it as the sound of insects when you walk in the wood. Quite easy to just completely miss unless you are looking for it, but you could not make out the sound of one particular insect.
Meanwhile Sisyar slips through the barrier of thorns without difficulty.
Male NG Human operative (explorer) 2 | SP 10/12 HP 13/20 | RP 3/4 | EAC 15; KAC 16 | Fort +0; Ref +6; Will +4 | Init: +4 | Perc: +7, SM: +6 | Speed 30ft | Active conditions: None.
Bot:
[dice=Trick Attack]1d20+13[/dice][occ]DC20+CR[/ooc] [dice=Attack, Force Baton, Get 'em]1d20+4+1[/dice] [dice=Damage]1d4[/dice] [dice=Trick Attack Damage]1d4[/dice]
Kato will follow through the barrier of thorns.
Survival:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27
"This Yeti was electrically charged. These 'Ghosts' may have some type of electrical attack. If they were in fact killed by the ghosts. These puncture wounds could have come from these brambles and thorns or from their assailant. If you have protection from electricity, I suggest you use it.
GM Aerondor
Kato Oomsphere
Vutrul
Talltree
Sisyar