[SF] Fly Free or Die AP - GM Ewok

Game Master EwokBanshee

Suspicious about the quiet in the hangar, and suddenly very much expecting that Eline may have changed her plans after the alarms went off, Akh goes quickly to check if the ship is occupied at all by looking sneakily into the bridge from above.

Stealth: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (1) + 20 = 21

I'm pondering what else we can prepare and don't have great ideas. If there's no one currently in the ship, maybe we just step inside, close the door, and get ready for the ambush when the doors are opened.

Akh flies over the top of the ship, peering into the bridge. He catches sight of a kalistocrat guard pushing buttons across the different consoles, preparing the ship for launch. You discuss, and are confident that - between the level of preparation of the ship and the info you have from the other employees - Ms. Reisora is aboard the ship.

Map prepped!

Akh returns back to the group, and you pile through the cargo airlock. A few seconds later and the door into the ship opens. Your peripheral vision is once again astounded by the cargo bay that is bigger on the inside. Beyond is the long hallway, ending with two more kalistocrat guards with weapons raised. But your eyes just gloss over them. They are mere background furniture compared to the other two intruders - or perhaps just one intruder and one... surprise? In the starboard hallway stands a tall elegant blonde woman in white and gold regalia. Her armor glows with powerful defensive measures. While her height is a great aid she somehow manages to look down her nose at all of you - even upwards at Akh. "When the alarms went off, I knew it was you. Heathen thieves from the beginning, and heathen thieves at the end. Isn't that right, sister?"

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Time stops. Your eyes are dragged left to the port hallway.

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With a twist in your stomach and a crack in your heart, you recognize the familiar sarcesian form. Your friend and once-crewmate stands in the hallway where you have squeezed past each other time after time before. Del looks identical to when you last saw her on the grounded Rust Bug with two exceptions. She is now wearing the long white gloves that you had seen in the bottom of her trunk. The more notable change was the installation of three mnemonic editors augmentations across her forehead. The little metal boxes protrude from her pink skin, the surrounding skin still irritated from the procedure. No recognition flashes across Del's face as she makes eye contact with you. "Yes, their lifestyle leaves... room for improvement."

One of the guards' forearm flexes as he prepares to pull the pin from a grenade. The other carries a plasma fork rifle. The sisters - joined through adoption, childhood, and religion - each hold a pistol but begin to wave their free hand in a mystical pattern. Your crew, carried through by momentum of your breach, ends up moving faster than the kalistocrat defenders despite your shock at this development.

Round 1, everyone is up!

Akh swirls back to meet the party and relays the numbers and positions of the kalistocrats he spotted on the bridge. Afterward he readies to "breach", shield and claws out and crackling with entropic force.

When the forces arrayed against the group are revealed, Akh comments "Even for you Eline, attaching jellybeans to your sister's forehead so she says your lame propaganda is low." He immediately charges forth, flexing his hind legs as he does for the extra jet boost! Paying 1 RP to reset my thruster heels and gain the additional 30ft speed. With an entropic charge, that takes him all the way down the hallway.

Arriving in their faces, he swipes his claw at the yellow guard going to end 5ft above the ground after the charge if that's acceptable.

Entropic Claw vs EAC: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (16) + 18 = 34 Damage (A, force): 3d6 + 15 ⇒ (3, 6, 5) + 15 = 29

Wow lady. I thought my family was chittered up. Your sister talked Guess? into giving you your ship back. DO you know how hard it is to talk free credits out of a goblin? You had your ship, you had your product testing, you could have had your sister with a note. But NOOOOOO. You're so self centered you had to have her made into a "perfect" copy of you!"

Akh, I need them both ALIVE.... to make her wish she wasn't. GET EM ALL! And I mean ALL of em....

We'll see how those Jellybeans like 1.21 Jiggawatz

Hyper graft activate to move move Get/shoot

attack: 1d20 + 14 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 14 + 2 = 19 Vs DEL green and yellow
damage: 2d8 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (1, 7) + 10 + 2 = 20 non lethal electrical damage

those tears may be making it a LITTLE hard to aim.

Jaraduk and Guess? are way back on the map, so I suppose...

Jaraduk sprints towards the action, drawing his storm doshko.

I think this requires a "hands-on" approach.

[double move] drawing weapon

Jaraduk, as incredulous as the others are right now, continues deriding Eline.

So, what happens next (assuming you survive)? You prepare another server so that Del can join you in uploading to a "perfect" existence? Do tell.

Your sister talked Guess? into giving you your ship back. DO you know how hard it is to talk free credits out of a goblin?"

"You're speaking gibberish and what goblin?!?" responds Guess?, futilely trying to deny his own existance.

Seeing the subdued Del, Guess? addresses Eline, "Y'know... I think I like your style - complete subversion. After all this is done, if you're still alive (which you probably won't be), how about we get some dinner?"

Guess? snipes from a distance at yellow!

24-atm extrusion rifle vs KAC: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (16) + 15 = 31 (Manual sight reduces range and AC cover bonuses by 2 if character doesn't move)
Damage (B): 2d10 + 10 ⇒ (5, 5) + 10 = 20
Trick Attack Damage: 4d6 ⇒ (3, 3, 6, 1) = 13 and flat-footed to all, if trick attack succeeded
Targets CR11 and below are auto flat-footed vs trick attack

"She sees through holoskins remember?"

"gobbammit!"

"She sees through holoskins remember?"

hahahahahaha

Akh flies down the hallway unnaturally quickly while Jaraduk follows up behind. Guess? follows Akh's strike up with a shot of his own, while Melissa is a bit too overcome to aim straight. However... all three attacks flight right through her form without harming her at all! You cross your eyes and realize that her form is flickering in place.

Now that you are in the thick of the fight, you may recognize the glow across Eline's armor...

Eline gives Guess? a wink, at his own eyeline rather than the illusory one, and calls out haughtily. "I merely helped her become who she wanted to be. You, and her memories, were holding her back from her purest potential." Tableau on Slide 2! She takes a step back and casts up her hands, lightning arcing out from her palms. The mystical energy strikes a point just in front of Melissa and creates a tiny black hole! The gravity well pulls Akh, Jaraduk, and Melissa towards it! You three must pass a DC 22 Reflex save or be knocked prone! Then, at the beginning of your turn, pass a second DC 22 Reflex saving throw or be drawn 15 feet closer to the center of the area. (This movement provokes attacks of opportunity.) "Eline and I will live forever in matching servers. Once I elevate her to the executive ranks at the company, she'll be able to afford her own afterlife in no time." Del raises her long fingers and twists them in an arc. "Alright, time to to give this ship a bit of a makeover. Make it less... gaudy!" She begins to summon in large chunks of well-loved kitchen appliances. An oven, complete with still baking muffins, a kitchen island coated in flour and an industrial sized mixer. "Sister, PURITY!" Shouts Eline. Del catches herself; chunks continue to apparate from other dimensions, but have now become mirror-shined blocks of gold. The chunks of otherworldly substance stack in front of the double doors, separating Guess? from the rest of the group! Your goblin captain eyes the blocks, and is confident that a well placed shot with his rifle could probably destroy one of the five foot cubes. So that's two stacks of three cubes filling up the space in front of the doors. So you could destroy the top block and fly through the gap or destroy three and walk through the gap.

A third guard sprints into the corridor from the bridge, breathing heavily and brandishing a rifle with bayonet before stepping defensively in front of the Vice President. One of the other guards bravely fires his rifle up at Akh while the other grits his teeth then lobs the grenade under Akh's impending doom.

15-notch plasma fork @ Akh: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (14) + 19 = 33
E&F: 1d10 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

frag grenade III @ Akh, Jaraduk, Melissa: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (5) + 19 = 24
P Damage, DC 16 Reflex for half: 4d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 2, 1) = 9

Round 2! Everyone is up!
Melissa SP 49/55 HP 57/57 RP 10/10 Give me 3 reflex saves!
Akh SP 88/99 HP 67/67 RP 8/8Give me 3 reflex saves!
Guess? SP 54/54 HP 47/47 RP 10/10
Jaraduk SP 66/72, HP 69/69, RP 10/10 Give me 3 reflex saves!

Red Eline Reisora, 0 Damage, ???, ???
Black Del Reisora, 0 Damage
Green Guard, 0 Damage
Yellow Guard, 62 Damage, Flatfooted
Pink Guard, 0 Damage
Dimensional Wall, 0 Damage

Neat tableau! Pre-turn actions:

Mysticism vs spoiler 1: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (3) + 15 = 18
Mysticism vs spoiler 2: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (18) + 15 = 33
Akh coughs "Oh, Eline has some magic to protect her from energy. That'll make it easier to take her alive."

Reflex vs. initial black hole: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (13) + 14 = 27 Resisted.
Akh avoids the initial tug of the black hole, staying in place.

Del provokes due to casting in range.
AoO vs. Del's Spellcasting; Entropic Claw vs EAC: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (20) + 18 = 38 Damage (A, force): 3d6 + 15 ⇒ (1, 6, 5) + 15 = 27
Bonus crit dmg: 3d6 + 15 ⇒ (1, 2, 4) + 15 = 22 +she's knocked prone from the crit knockdown effect.
Akh swipes at Del when she casts her spell, his claw sending out a tearing black wave. When the second guard fires his rifle, Akh reacts in a flash, clawing at him as well. He repays the minor shock with a far more impactful hit.
AoO Entropic Claw vs EAC: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (14) + 18 = 32 Damage (A, force): 3d6 + 15 ⇒ (1, 3, 2) + 15 = 21
Spending one use of reactive for the extra AoO.

Reflex vs. grenade: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (15) + 14 = 29 Evasion.
He dodges the grenade with a little twist, eyeing the thrower with disdain.
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Actual turn:
Reflex vs. being drawn into the black hole: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (20) + 14 = 34

Akh floats ominously in place with the black hole behind him. "Why did you think that would work? Hold on. Answer that question in a moment." He floats forward over the two closest guards (Guarded step), leans his head up a bit, and breathes out a wave of lightning!

Electric Breath damage (E): 9d6 ⇒ (2, 4, 1, 3, 2, 4, 3, 3, 6) = 28 Reflex DC20 for half
He starts the cone in front of him and aims it down to catch green, yellow and pink. Sadly its only 15ft so even at full spread it can't also catch Eline.

Reflex or be knocked prone 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19
Reflex or be sucked into the area 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20
Reflex vs grenade 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22

Melissa is Knocked prone but being a Ysoki just flips head over tail and keeps going till she lands on her feet (swift action to stand)

Get em all!.. you didn't spend nearly as much on your sisters armor as you did, did you you cheapskate? Lady you stink

attack: 1d20 + 14 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 14 + 2 = 18
damage: 2d8 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (4, 5) + 10 + 2 = 21

DC 22 Reflex or be knocked prone: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26
DC 16 Reflex vs frag grenade III damage: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

Jaraduk is able to stay on his feet and minimize his exposure to the opposing grenade blast. That they're evening using his own tactics on him irritates him.

Beginning of turn:
DC 22 Reflex or be drawn 15ft: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

After avoiding the grenade his balance is just off enough that, while he remains upright, he feels his feet sliding towards the mystical center-of-gravity.

He shouts indignantly while being pulls away from the center of action.

What the...!?! Luckily for you I can heave mine pretty far!

He draws one to "cook" for several moments before throwing it into their midst to explode, mid-air, at the last moment.

GM Is there a way to catch YELLOW and GREEN but NOT Akh in a grenade radius? I've marked my radius on the map showing this intent. Let me know if that doesn't work and I'll back it off 5ft to avoid Akh (and also Yellow/Green)

[full round] Cook grenade, frag IV, 50ft range, 20ft radius drawn on map
frag grenade IV attack vs. point (AC5): 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (9) + 17 = 26
P damage (DC23 reflex, cooked): 6d6 ⇒ (4, 3, 1, 3, 5, 5) = 21

Just hit me as well, its fine. I've got evasion.
Reflex vs. grenade: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (13) + 14 = 27

In that case, the frag grenade IV definitely covers all of the enemies.

Mysticism: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20

Guess? moves up to the golden cubes and shoots the top most cube!

24-atm extrusion rifle vs KAC: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (20) + 15 = 35 (Manual sight reduces range and AC cover bonuses by 2 if character doesn't move)
Damage (B): 2d10 + 10 ⇒ (5, 1) + 10 = 16
Damage (B), crit: 2d10 + 10 ⇒ (7, 7) + 10 = 24

"Hang in there guys!"

So of course Guess? basically splits the cube into atoms with a crit and we didn't see any of it :)

To be fair if Akh disrupted Del's spell there are no cubes so that's a crit on one of the enemies!

Interesting, this thread has stopped showing updates for me in the Campaign tab! Sorry about that!

Akh swipes out at his once-ally and disrupts her reality-warping - knocking her on her back! I can't find anything on whether or not Infinite Worlds actually causes AoOs, but it seems pretty spell-like. The cubes of appliances and golden obstacles fade away into nothingness before becoming fully rooted in this reality. Just as the cubes disappear, Guess?'s shot launches through the gap and into the guard's throat! Akh coats all of the guards in electrical energy while looking extremely cool doing it. Eline stutters a response back, starting to get worried. "I-I-I... just needed to slow down your compatriots! The heretic can succeed for only a short time, for ours is infinity!"

Reflex, DC 20: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24
Reflex, DC 20: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
Reflex, DC 20: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25

Melissa continues to encourage the group while taking tear-stricken shots of her own. Jaraduk is sucked backwards by the miniature black hole, but manages to exert through the force to throw his own grenade that decimates the kalistocrat forces. One of the guards falls unconscious from the shrapnel impact.

Reflex, DC 23: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30
Reflex, DC 23: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
Reflex, DC 23: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
Reflex, DC 23: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24
Reflex, DC 23: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

The two remaining guards continue to bravely - and foolishly - defend their master and fire up at Akh. Triggering AoO.

15-notch plasma fork @ Akh: 1d20 + 19 - 4 ⇒ (11) + 19 - 4 = 26
E&F: 1d10 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
15-notch plasma fork @ Akh: 1d20 + 19 - 4 ⇒ (5) + 19 - 4 = 20
E&F: 1d10 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15
15-notch plasma fork @ Akh: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (20) + 19 = 39
E&F: 1d10 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12
E&F: 1d10 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

Del slowly gets back to her feet. She looks down at the dirt that stains her pure white gloves with disdain. "That was very unkind." She turns heel and moves down the hall and away from you. Also triggering AoO. Eline follows suit, moving backwards along her own hall with a guard in tow. She mutters ritual words and glowing runes appear in the air in front of her then zip towards Akh, where they explode. "Without faith, all are left confused." She cast Confusion! Melissa and Akh, give me a DC 22 Will save!

DC 22 Will Save, Guard: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17

The guard caught in the blast goes slackjawed, his rifle nearly falling from his grip.

Round 3! Everyone is up!
Melissa SP 44/55 HP 57/57 RP 10/10
Akh SP 67/99 HP 67/67 RP 8/8
Guess? SP 54/54 HP 47/47 RP 10/10
Jaraduk SP 61/72, HP 69/69, RP 10/10

Red Eline Reisora, 11 Damage, Defensive Spell?, Resistant Armor - Electricity, Acid, Fire
Black Del Reisora, 70 Damage
Green Guard, 49 Damage, CONFUSED
Yellow Guard, 127 Damage
Pink Guard, 49 Damage

AoO vs. the first guard that fires; Entropic Claw vs EAC: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (4) + 18 = 22 Damage (A, force): 3d6 + 15 ⇒ (5, 2, 5) + 15 = 27
+2 EP from that one crit against him.
Akh deflects several plasma beams and lashes out at the guard that first tried his luck.

Will vs. confusion: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16 Not great!
The confusion spell finds fertile ground in Akh's already rather paranoia-inclined head cavity. A little nudge is enough to get him wildly looking from side to side for the next potential betrayer. After all, if Del would, who would be next?

Confusion: 1d100 ⇒ 45

He's left babbling over these possibilities, the fight forgotten for now.

Beginning of turn:
DC 22 Reflex or be drawn 15ft(next to origin): 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 9 - 2 = 18

It looks like Jaraduk won't be moving from his position for now.

Going down his list of potent grenades, he cooks and lobs another one, more toward's Eline's side of the opening.

[full round] Cook grenade: frag grenade iii (explode 20ft radius shown on map, catches RED and PINK)
frag grenade iii vs square (AC5), piercing damage PINK and RED (DC22): 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (18) + 17 = 354d6 ⇒ (3, 3, 1, 2) = 9

"Hey Del! If you keep fighting us, then I ain't paying you back the three thousand, two hundred twenty nine creds I owe you! You've been warned!"

To his crewmates on private comms, "What? That threat would one hundred percent turn a goblin around back to fighting on our side!"

Guess? fires at green!

Trick Attack (Bluff): 1d20 + 22 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 22 + 4 = 30
If trick attack >= 20+(1.5*CR), then target is flat-footed.
If trick attack >= 30+(1.5*CR), then ignore cover/concealment but not total.
24-atm extrusion rifle vs KAC: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (17) + 15 = 32 (Manual sight reduces range and AC cover bonuses by 2 if character doesn't move)
Damage (B): 2d10 + 10 ⇒ (1, 7) + 10 = 18
Trick Attack Damage: 4d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 5, 6) = 16 and flat-footed to all, if trick attack succeeded

won't save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

1d100 ⇒ 100

1–25 Act normally.
26–50 Do nothing but babble incoherently.
51–75 Deal 1d8 + Str modifier damage to self with item in hand.
76–100 Attack nearest creature.

reflex save: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13

reflex save: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17

Melissa flies prone towards the center of the black hole, stands up and attempts to poke jaraduk in the butt with her bayonette

attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32
damage: 1d4 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 5 + 1 = 9

Of course....

"SOURISYUKEN!"
crit damage: 1d4 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 1 = 8

If that black hole hadn't been there Akh and mel would have confusion locked on each other and we'd be down one Rodent.

It would have been quite the ignoble end to have Melissa attempt to skewer Akh only to be Full Attacked into ribbons...

Akh strikes the guard beneath him then his eyes begin to swirl with error codes. Jaraduk bounces a grenade around a corner, which explodes on Eline. Jaraduk, I'll allow this one but watch your Line of Sight. Right now you just threw a grenade through two different walls in order to hit those two.

Reflex, DC 22: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
Reflex, DC 22: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17

Guess? fires a bullet into the chest of the last enemy he can see, though in a surprisingly straight-forward way. It is refreshing to see a failed Trick Attack! I like the added risk vs reward. Del, unable to see the ysoki disguise, frowns at the almost-familiar voice. "But... how could I owe you credits? We've... we've never met... I would remember such villainy!"

Jaraduk prepares for an ill-timed hug from the grieving Melissa, only to receive a suspiciously well-placed bayonet to the shoulder.

Confusion: 1d100 ⇒ 89
15-notch plasma fork @ Akh: 1d20 + 19 - 4 ⇒ (9) + 19 - 4 = 24
E&F: 1d10 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15
15-notch plasma fork @ Akh: 1d20 + 19 - 4 ⇒ (14) + 19 - 4 = 29
E&F: 1d10 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

The guard, also in a confused state, lets out a gutteral scream and fires hot plasma up at Akh. Triggering an AOO. Though his weapon is quite ineffectual against the android, the kalistocrat's excellent aim is slowly (ever so slowly) wearing down Akh's armor.

15-notch plasma fork @ Akh: 1d20 + 19 - 4 ⇒ (10) + 19 - 4 = 25
E&F: 1d10 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15
15-notch plasma fork @ Akh: 1d20 + 19 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 19 - 4 = 28
E&F: 1d10 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Like the good minion he is, the other remaining guard follows suit and lands another small blast of plasma on Akh's armor!

Throw: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (15) + 18 = 33
P Damage: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 3) = 8

Eline pulls out a small golden globe. "Feel the stinging force of entropy!" Not realizing how closely she references Akh's own belief system, she lobs the grenade. It cracks just beneath Akh, releasing a cloud of fist-sized hindering microbots that fill the area around him. These do damage when you leave their area, do damage to everyone in their area on Eline's turn, grants harrying fire against you and grants covering fire to anyone attacked by you. From the other side of the corridor, visible only to Akh, Del begins to mutter in her own confused state. She purses her lips and whispers, "I just wish I could come up with such cool catch phrase one liners..." then shouts "You must think you're... rich!" A decadent, creamy, rich strawberry frosting begins to gush from a hundred different portals that appear in the corridor intersection. It coats the walls, floor, and fills the air around the confused guard and Akh. Difficult terrain! "No, sister! Fill the air with molten gold! Not this sugary treacherous sin!" Gotta love high level play (and with grenades and witchwarpers...). We have four areas of effect on the battlefield. Purple = Jaraduk grenade, Yellow = Difficult Terrain, Blue (under the yellow) = Microbots, Red = Black hole.

Round 4! Everyone is up!
Melissa SP 44/55 HP 57/57 RP 10/10 CONFUSED for 9 more rounds
Akh SP 51/99 HP 67/67 RP 8/8 CONFUSED for 9 more rounds
Guess? SP 54/54 HP 47/47 RP 10/10
Jaraduk SP 44/72, HP 69/69, RP 10/10

Red Eline Reisora, 20 Damage, Defensive Spell?, Resistant Armor - Electricity, Acid, Fire
Black Del Reisora, 70 Damage
Green Guard, 94 Damage, CONFUSED
Yellow Guard, 127 Damage
Pink Guard, 58 Damage
2d6 Microbot Assault, 2 more rounds

Ah, my bad. I interpreted that part of the map wrong as a depressed area. I can save those rolls for next/this round when he maybe can escape the gravity well.

DC 22 Reflex or be drawn 15ft(next to origin): 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 9 - 2 = 15
Hrm, guess he won't be moving

Jaraduk sighs.

I guess this isn't going to be up-close, or hands on. Time to switch...

He stows his doshko and draws his grenade launcher.

[move] stow weapon
[move] draw weapon

jaraduk the black hole creates high gravity and yoinks you to the center, but I don't see anything that KEEPS you from moving out of it.

1d100 ⇒ 72
1–25 Act normally.
26–50 Do nothing but babble incoherently.
51–75 Deal 1d8 + Str modifier damage to self with item in hand.
76–100 Attack nearest creature.

melissas work outs pay off as she bonks herself in the head harder

1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Can't AoO unless I'm already dedicated to attacking a target. BTW, Akh has Uncanny Agility so he's immune to covering and harrying fire from the microbots.

Akh mitigates the first successful attack against him, nullifying the arc of plasma, but gets slightly burned and poked at by a second beam and the microbot assault. (7 and 3 damage after resists/DR) Akh's fuzzy circuits draw a straight line in red thread between the microbots and Eline, and he needs no further deeper thought. He flies over the head of the green guard and swipes at Eline using his extended reach.

Entropic Claw vs EAC: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (8) + 18 = 26 Damage (A, force): 3d6 + 15 ⇒ (4, 2, 6) + 15 = 27

Guess? is unbelievably tickled seeing Melissa smack herself upside the head but holds his tongue and fires again at green!

Trick Attack (Bluff): 1d20 + 22 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 22 + 4 = 45
If trick attack >= 20+(1.5*CR), then target is flat-footed.
If trick attack >= 30+(1.5*CR), then ignore cover/concealment but not total.
24-atm extrusion rifle vs KAC: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (10) + 15 = 25 (Manual sight reduces range and AC cover bonuses by 2 if character doesn't move)
Damage (B): 2d10 + 10 ⇒ (4, 2) + 10 = 16
Trick Attack Damage: 4d6 ⇒ (6, 6, 4, 5) = 21 and flat-footed to all, if trick attack succeeded

Yeah, I believe the black hole just pulls your back each round. So you can spend a move action and escape it. If y'all hadn't gotten in Eline's face quite so quickly, she would have difficult terrain'd the black hole area and really made your lives tough.

Can't AoO unless I'm already dedicated to attacking a target. BTW, Akh has Uncanny Agility so he's immune to covering and harrying fire from the microbots.

I'd forgotten that first one, and didn't realized that about Uncanny Agility! Good to know.

Eline's magic plays havoc with the crew as Jaraduk and Melissa lay bruised in the center of her vortex. Akh, still affected by the magic, manages to push through the wall of fog to slash into Eline!

1d100 ⇒ 4

Her face is aghast, even as the blow strikes merely her magical protections. In the ship's aft, Guess? fires off another shot and drops the confused guard. The final guard stares up at Akh, whose slack face just looks through him at Eline. "Oye! I ain't good enough for ya?" He fires upwards and even he is shocked when he hits the android twice.

15-notch plasma fork @ Akh: 1d20 + 19 - 4 ⇒ (18) + 19 - 4 = 33
E&F: 1d10 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16
15-notch plasma fork @ Akh: 1d20 + 19 - 4 ⇒ (20) + 19 - 4 = 35
E&F: 1d10 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
E&F: 1d10 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16

Throw: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (16) + 18 = 34
P Damage: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 6) = 12

Eline covers her mouth with a white gloved hand. "You dare touch my holiness?" She takes a step backwards and waves her hands. As she does so, the cloud of microbots catches up with Akh and attack! They ping at his armor as Eline finishes up her spell. "You remind of that which is forbidden... rabbit!" Please pass a DC 21 Will Save! If you fail, you take a –2 penalty to AC, attack rolls, melee damage rolls, Reflex saving throws, and Strength and Dexterity-based ability checks and skill checks. If you do fail you'll have another Will save on the following turn.

P Damage: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 1) = 7

"Sister? Sister?!" Del comes running down the hall, having run out of targets (and sisters). Coming to the intersection, she sees Melissa and Jaraduk and summons a hot mess of caramel to clog up the hallway between her and the intruders. Another yellow circle of Difficult Terrain!

Round 5! Everyone is up!
Melissa SP 38/55 HP 57/57 RP 10/10 CONFUSED for 8 more rounds
Akh SP 24/99 HP 67/67 RP 8/8 CONFUSED for 8 more rounds
Guess? SP 54/54 HP 47/47 RP 10/10
Jaraduk SP 44/72, HP 69/69, RP 10/10

Red Eline Reisora, 20 Damage, Displacement, Resistant Armor - Electricity, Acid, Fire
Black Del Reisora, 70 Damage
Green Guard, 131 Damage
Yellow Guard, 127 Damage
Pink Guard, 58 Damage
2d6 Microbot Assault, 1 more rounds

confusion: 1d100 ⇒ 37

"I'm going to turn my debt into wealth the Kalistrade way, by oxidating my earning potentials and existentializing my mindfullness"

DC 22 Reflex or be drawn 15ft(next to origin): 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 9 - 2 = 16

Hang in there Melissa! I don't think they're saving a server for you!

But pulled back to... where he already is. Per the discussion, moving forward...

[move] He sprints forward to get a clear shot at Eline.

[standard] frag grenade iii (explode 20ft radius shown on map, catches RED and PINK)
frag grenade iii vs square (AC5), piercing damage PINK and RED (DC20): 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (10) + 17 = 274d6 ⇒ (6, 4, 6, 1) = 17

"Hmmm... Well... I'm sure you'll be fine..." says Guess? non-convincingly as he fires at Del!

Trick Attack (Bluff): 1d20 + 22 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 22 + 4 = 28
If trick attack >= 20+(1.5*CR), then target is flat-footed.
If trick attack >= 30+(1.5*CR), then ignore cover/concealment but not total.
24-atm extrusion rifle vs KAC: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (19) + 15 = 34 (Manual sight reduces range and AC cover bonuses by 2 if character doesn't move)
Damage (B): 2d10 + 10 ⇒ (1, 3) + 10 = 14
Trick Attack Damage: 4d6 ⇒ (1, 1, 4, 2) = 8 and flat-footed to all, if trick attack succeeded

Ouch! Also, not sure what that "throw" roll is for in your latest post Ewok.

Akh mitigates the first plasma jolt to hit him, only to be critically struck by the second (26 total damage after mitigation and resistance for the plasma; then 2 damage after DR for the microbots).

Will vs. Eline's spell: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 6 + 2 = 27
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Akh tears whole-heartedly into the guard that critically hit him, at least able to tell that THAT enemy is worth slicing to ribbons.

Entropic Claw vs EAC: 1d20 + 18 - 4 ⇒ (1) + 18 - 4 = 15 Damage (A, force): 3d6 + 15 ⇒ (3, 6, 5) + 15 = 29
Entropic Claw vs EAC: 1d20 + 18 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 18 - 4 = 17 Damage (A, force): 3d6 + 15 ⇒ (5, 1, 2) + 15 = 23

Perhaps with a bit more gusto than good aim...

Whoops! That "Throw" roll was a holdover from the previous round.

Reflex, DC 20: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15
Reflex, DC 20: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19

Jaraduk pushes through the mess left behind by Del's summons and blows up Eline and her guard. Guess? fires into his friend, perhaps confident that the confused Melissa would automatically snap into triage mode if her past crewmate dropped. In the other hall, Akh pushes through Eline's mental pressure. The force slows his blows, allowing the guard to barely deflect them. As the microbots swarm ineffectually over Akh's spine, the guard continues to land plasma shots into Akh's chest. The electricity sparks between the android's soft spots, searching for a hole in the armor.

P Damage: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 1) = 2

15-notch plasma fork @ Akh: 1d20 + 19 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 19 - 4 = 28
E&F: 1d10 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12
15-notch plasma fork @ Akh: 1d20 + 19 - 4 ⇒ (19) + 19 - 4 = 34
E&F: 1d10 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

Del rushes back down the hall with a soft EEP! She waves her hands and summons a vat of boiling fryer oil over Jaraduk's head! The oil digs into his helmet, continuing to pock over time.

EAC: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (19) + 16 = 35
A Dmg: 4d4 ⇒ (4, 3, 3, 2) = 12

"You steal and scrounge for yourselves. We fight for something higher! We will succeed, because we have CONVICTION!" Eline's last word is repeated from the area between Jaraduk and Akh. It's sonic barbs stab into you with mystical force.

Sonic: 8d6 ⇒ (4, 1, 6, 3, 4, 3, 6, 4) = 31 DC 22 Reflex save for half!

Round 6! Everyone is up!
Melissa SP 38/55 HP 57/57 RP 10/10 CONFUSED for 7 more rounds
Akh SP 7/99 HP 67/67 RP 8/8 CONFUSED for 7 more rounds
Guess? SP 54/54 HP 47/47 RP 10/10
Jaraduk SP 27/72, HP 69/69, RP 10/10, 5 damage per turn for 3 more rounds

Red Eline Reisora, 37 Damage, Displacement, Resistant Armor - Electricity, Acid, Fire
Black Del Reisora, 84 Damage
Green Guard, 131 Damage
Yellow Guard, 127 Damage
Pink Guard, 75 Damage

Next on the menu... more fire.

Jaraduk grabs the next, delaying the throw again for maximum effect.

[full round] cook grenade, Incendiary grenade ii
Incendiary grenade ii attack square (AC5): 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (8) + 17 = 25
Fire damage RED and PINK (DC21): 2d6 ⇒ (4, 4) = 8

confusion: 1d100 ⇒ 77

Shoots jaraduk in the butt

attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (11) + 12 = 23
damage: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (1, 2) + 10 = 13

With all targets out of sight, Guess? moves forth with surprising speediness, drawing an ultrathin blade, moving right up to Del!

I don't recall exactly what all the aoe circles are but Guess? just double moved through all of them. If any of them are reflex save-related, then Guess? has evasion.

Mitigate the first plasma, eat the second for 9 dmg.

Reflex vs. sonic boom: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (15) + 14 = 29 Evasion for 0.

Having instinctively dodged the sonic assault, Akh is left with only one clear target, the odd-looking plasma fountain that keeps trying to give him an unwanted bath. "No! The marshmallow stays!" is his battle cry as he slices away at the surprisingly accurate guard.

Entropic Claw vs EAC: 1d20 + 18 - 4 ⇒ (17) + 18 - 4 = 31 Damage (A, force): 3d6 + 15 ⇒ (1, 5, 3) + 15 = 24
Entropic Claw vs EAC: 1d20 + 18 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 18 - 4 = 17 Damage (A, force): 3d6 + 15 ⇒ (4, 1, 4) + 15 = 24

Guess?, those yellow circles are difficult terrain. So that move would have taken an additional 35 feet of movement. I'm guessing that moves you back into the corridor intersection.

Guess? runs past Melissa, ducking under the needle that plinks off Jaraduk's armor. Jaraduk hesitates in place from the blast of Eline's magic, tossing his own grenade back.

Reflex, DC 21: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
Reflex, DC 21: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27

15-notch plasma fork @ Akh: 1d20 + 19 - 4 ⇒ (15) + 19 - 4 = 30
E&F: 1d10 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
15-notch plasma fork @ Akh: 1d20 + 19 - 4 ⇒ (18) + 19 - 4 = 33
E&F: 1d10 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

"Marsh?-ACH!" The guard is only able to avoid one of Akh's confused blows. The steel in his eyes shines nearly as brightly as Akh's own skin; the guard fires up twice, bathing Akh in more of that stinging plasma. Behind the guard, Eline smiles smugly. "Yes, you are earning your Light Day bonus, you are. Good... fight for our cause... FIGHT!" The sonic blast once again shakes Jaraduk and Akh.

Sonic @ Jaraduk & Akh: 8d6 ⇒ (5, 1, 4, 6, 4, 2, 6, 5) = 33 DC 22 Reflex save for half!

In the other hallway, Del's eyes go wide. "No, assassin!" She conjures and tosses another ball of boiling oil, this time at Guess?. Shouldn't trigger an AoO since you'll be farther back.

EAC: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (15) + 16 = 31
A Dmg: 4d4 ⇒ (2, 4, 2, 4) = 12

[ooc]Round 7! Everyone is up!
Melissa SP 38/55 HP 71/71 RP 10/10 CONFUSED for 6 more rounds
Akh SP 30/120 HP 74/74 RP 8/8 CONFUSED for 6 more rounds
Guess? SP 48/60 HP 52/52 RP 10/10 5 damage per turn for 3 more rounds
Jaraduk SP 9/90, HP 76/76, RP 10/10, 5 damage per turn for 2 more rounds

Red Eline Reisora, 45 Damage, Displacement, Resistant Armor - Electricity, Acid, Fire
Black Del Reisora, 84 Damage
Green Guard, 131 Damage
Yellow Guard, 127 Damage
Pink Guard, 103 Damage

Jaraduk grits his teeth against the sound waves...

DC 22 Reflex save for half: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

he bears all of the pain. With his ears ringing and vision slightly blurred he looks up to lock onto Eline again.

[full round] cook grenade, Incendiary grenade ii
Incendiary grenade ii attack square (AC5): 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (19) + 17 = 36
Fire damage RED and PINK (DC21): 2d6 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6

Guess? has 55 movement. He's close, just 1 square short! Doh!

Not quite reaching Del with his blade, Guess? drops the knife and brings his rifle up to bear on Del. Looking at Del straight in the eyes, Guess? about to pull the trigger on a kill shot, flinches! As a move action, Guess? flicks the rifle to stun mode and fires at Del.

24-atm extrusion rifle vs KAC: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (13) + 15 = 28 (Manual sight reduces range and AC cover bonuses by 2 if character doesn't move)
Damage (B): 2d10 + 10 ⇒ (5, 1) + 10 = 16

"I suppose between not killing Del and her smacking sense into herself upside the head, Melissa may actually think well of me. Gobbammit, when did things go so wrong!?!"

confusion: 1d100 ⇒ 66

Bangs her head on the hull damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

.. she subconsciously remembers where the soft spots are

Shoots jaraduk in the butt

Jaraduk notices where the ping on his armor comes from and give Melissa a nervous look.

Can you imagine that whole family in this condition? he accidentally blurts out over the comms.

This singular guard really needs to cool it on the attack rolls. First hit is so little damage that I would have mitigated the second hit. Taking 4 after resists.

Reflex vs. sonic boom: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (7) + 14 = 21
Blah. Spending second Reactive of the day for an extra reaction to Dampen! The aoe deals half damage to both Akh and Jaraduk, lowering it to 16 dmg.

Akh is getting worn down and is no less confused than before. He surges toward the most recent person who attacked him, Eline, and slashes away.

Entropic Claw vs EAC: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (19) + 18 = 37 Damage (A, force): 3d6 + 15 ⇒ (4, 6, 5) + 15 = 30

Akh jumps on Eline's grenade, partially shielding Jaraduk and himself (somehow). Jaraduk's own grenade explodes just beyond Akh, pinging off the two kalistocrats' armor.

Reflex, DC 21: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
Reflex, DC 21: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27

15-notch plasma fork @ Akh: 1d20 + 19 - 4 ⇒ (14) + 19 - 4 = 29
E&F: 1d10 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
15-notch plasma fork @ Akh: 1d20 + 19 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 19 - 4 = 27
E&F: 1d10 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18

The guard's jaw drops as Akh's confusion leads him to skip over to Eline. "No, heretic! You will not pass my wall of purity!" The suspiciously accurate guard pours ineffective plasma against Akh's back in an attempt to defend his mistress.

In the other corridor, Guess? sets his rifle to Stun (for the first time?) and hits Del in the neck. Perhaps from the shock of this action, perhaps from the mystifying spell, Melissa decides it's a good time to bonk herself in the head.

Eline sighs. "Thank you, good and faithful servant." She turns heel and flees from Akh's confused but brutal stroke. For sure taking an AoO here... Her back presses against the durasteel of the bridge doors and a green mist emits from her hands to reach out to both Akh and the final guard. Both combatants' HUDs flash warning lights. MEDIUM RADIATION LEVELS DETECTED Pass a DC 21 Fortitude check or contract Radiation poisoning!

Fortitude, Guard: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22

A burst of holy light emits from the kalistocrat guard, purifying him of the radiation and protecting him from the spell. Not gonna lie, these kalistocrats appear to have Plot Armor.

From just five feet away, Del shakes off the impact of Guess?'s blow. "Your false mercy does not move me, Stranger!" And yet... her face does not reflect the power of her words... Del throws a ball of acid at Guess? that misses and hisses into the wall of the corridor.

EAC: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (4) + 16 = 20
A Dmg: 4d4 ⇒ (3, 1, 4, 3) = 11

Round 8! Everyone is up!
Melissa SP 36/55 HP 71/71 RP 10/10 CONFUSED for 5 more rounds
Akh SP 0/120 HP 74/74 RP 8/8 CONFUSED for 5 more rounds
Guess? SP 43/60 HP 52/52 RP 10/10 5 damage per turn for 2 more rounds
Jaraduk SP 0/90, HP 64/76, RP 10/10, 5 damage per turn for 1 more rounds

Red Eline Reisora, 48 Damage, Displacement, Resistant Armor - Electricity, Acid, Fire
Black Del Reisora, 100 Damage
Green Guard, 131 Damage
Yellow Guard, 127 Damage
Pink Guard, 106 Damage

"Del, I ain't gunna lie. This will hurt! And for the record, in exchange for not killing you, I'm keeping the three grand creds I borrowed!"

Guess? takes another shot directly at Del!

24-atm extrusion rifle vs KAC: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (11) + 15 = 26 (Manual sight reduces range and AC cover bonuses by 2 if character doesn't move)
Damage (B): 2d10 + 10 ⇒ (6, 4) + 10 = 20
Trick Attack Damage: 4d6 ⇒ (4, 4, 5, 2) = 15 and flat-footed to all, if trick attack succeeded
Targets CR11 and below are auto flat-footed vs trick attack

confusion: 1d100 ⇒ 97

"BULLSEYE"

Attempts to shoot jaraduck in the butt again

attac: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25
damage: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (8, 6) + 10 = 24 non lethal electric

Mitigating first hit, reducing it to 0. Eating 2nd hit for 13 dmg. Eline gets to back off without issue because Akh's out of reactions.
Akh has 8th level armor so he's immune to medium radiation. In case that's meant to be high radiation instead, here's the save:
Fort vs. Irradiate: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (14) + 14 = 28

Losing track of Eline in his confusion, Akh instead strikes back toward the remaining guard.

Entropic Claw vs EAC: 1d20 + 18 - 4 ⇒ (9) + 18 - 4 = 23 Damage (A, force): 3d6 + 15 ⇒ (5, 2, 6) + 15 = 28
Entropic Claw vs EAC: 1d20 + 18 - 4 ⇒ (18) + 18 - 4 = 32 Damage (A, force): 3d6 + 15 ⇒ (3, 6, 4) + 15 = 28