[SF] Fly Free or Die AP - GM Ewok

Game Master EwokBanshee

In addition to her common knowledge of electrovores, Melissa also knows that they are immune to electricity but not any other forms of energy or physical damage. And she feels like there was one more cool thing they did, that her hockey team had a chant about... but she can't quite recall.

Strek considers every variable:

• electricity zapping creatures dropping down on them from above
• powered armor that becomes a statue when it's turned off
• sensitive, archaic equipment
• mechanical grippers that can't wield weapons
• a clear path to the gigantic door
• and a factory default Abadar steel standard door lock

"Outta my way golem comin' through!"

Full Action: run to the door. This will provoke from Dark Purple and Red. Also, Strek's EAC/KAC for this fight will be 10/17 respectively.

Jaraduk is reaching for his storm doshko right as Melissa mentions electricity. He frowns and reaches for the other one.

Pretty tight quarters for the grenades. Let's keep it simple...

He raises up the simpler doshko and slams it into one of the nearby creatures.

[move] draw weapon
[standard] attack ORANGE
advanced doshko attack, P damage: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 202d12 + 8 ⇒ (10, 10) + 8 = 28

In addition to her common knowledge of electrovores, Melissa also knows that they are immune to electricity but not any other forms of energy or physical damage. And she feels like there was one more cool thing they did, that her hockey team had a chant about... but she can't quite recall.

"Electovores electrovores..erm. uhm.. are really hard to rhyme with...." dwarven hockey. She probably wound up as the puck more times than she can remember. "We're gonna mop the floor. No.. electrovores electrovores get ice cream at the door... no but i miss that ice cream...."

"You know you got those big pokey things on top of your head. They're good for more than roasting marshmalloOW oh.. .OW... " She'll be sewing that shut in a minute... "Play nice with the electric flapnoodle!"

advanced doshko attack, P damage: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

Spoiler Alert: Hero Lab is the real villain of the Campaign.

Mysticism (in case she knows more than Melissa did): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12

Del takes a guarded step back and recalls the last time she cooked electrovore steaks, sending a barrage of fire at the blue electrovore.

Casting overheat, only hitting the blue electrovore. DC 16 save for half damage.
Fire Damage: 2d8 ⇒ (1, 1) = 2
...Well that's impressive, I suppose.

[dice=Mysticism (in case she knows more than Melissa did)]1d20+10

Del takes a guarded step back and recalls the last time she cooked electrovore steaks, sending a barrage of fire at the blue electrovore.

Casting overheat, only hitting the blue electrovore. DC 16 save for half damage.
[dice=Fire Damage]2d8
...Well that's impressive, I suppose.

Tried to use an electric grill?

Jaraduk Cometrunner wrote:

advanced doshko attack, P damage: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

Spoiler Alert: Hero Lab is the real villain of the Campaign.

The dice are going for deuteragonist

Akh wildly slashes at the most injured of the electrovores in range.

Entropic Claw vs EAC: 1d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (17) + 10 - 4 = 23 Damage (A, force): 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
Entropic Claw vs EAC: 1d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (4) + 10 - 4 = 10 Damage (A, force): 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

"Well, they're not RoUS, but they're quite close! It's a good thing my creators built me with shock dampeners."

Akh is at 18 hp thanks to mitigating the last two hits last fight.

Melissa hears a chorus of voices as she activates her animal-speaking fungus. It's mostly just "FEED" and "HUNGER", mixed in with a little bit of "FINALLY". Her eels and words do have the desired effect, drawing two of the creatures away from the main group. The duo follow the group heading towards the door and emit a large electrical burst while cawing, "KILL!"

Electrical Discharge @ Strek, Melissa, Del: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5 Pass a DC 13 Reflex save to take half this electricity damage. Fail it and you take all of the damage and are Staggered.

Electrical Discharge @ Strek, Melissa, Del: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8 Pass a DC 13 Reflex save to take half this electricity damage. Fail it and you take all of the damage and are Staggered.

As Strek moves towards the door, both nearby electrovores slap out with their barbed tails. One manages to catch his armor on a key power line and siphons a bit of power out from Strek's exoskeleton! When Strek looks up with gritted teeth, he thinks he has a decent chance at the door's lock. After all, it has a large EJ Corp emblazoned on the front. How quality could it be?

AoO tail slap @ Strek: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20
B Damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
AoO tail slap @ Strek: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29
B Damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
B Damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7 Plus the Siphon ability, -1 RP.

Reflex, DC 16: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

Del sends out a wave of heat against the electrovore, who takes the blast fully, but accidentally leaves her stovetop on warm when she does so. Jaraduk, despite the evil antics of Herolab, brings his old school doshko onto the nearest electrovore. It explodes in a blaze of sparks. One of Akh's whip lashes connects, nearly knocking one of the electrovores out of the air. Then, the electrical lizards strike! The trip move in and each explode in a flurry of electricity then wriggle in place.

Electrical Discharge @ Akh, Jaraduk: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5 Pass a DC 13 Reflex save to take half this electricity damage. Fail it and you take all of the damage and are Staggered.
Electrical Discharge @ Akh, Jaraduk: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7 Pass a DC 13 Reflex save to take half this electricity damage. Fail it and you take all of the damage and are Staggered.

Electrical Discharge @ Guess?, Akh, Jaraduk: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8 Pass a DC 13 Reflex save to take half this electricity damage. Fail it and you take all of the damage and are Staggered.

Round 2! Everyone is up! Give me those Reflex saves!
Strek SP 23/40, HP 36/36, RP 3/5
Akh SP 50/50, HP 18/39, RP 3/4
Del SP: 25/25, HP: 29/29, RP: 5/5
Melissa SP 31/31, HP 33/33, RP 4/5
Jaraduk SP 22/40, HP 41/41, RP 5/5
Guess? SP 21/30, HP 27/27, RP 6/6

Blue Electrovore 2 Damage
Purple Electrovore 0 Damage
Red Electrovore 0 Damage
Pink Electrovore 14 Damage
Orange Electrovore 28 Damage
Green Electrovore 0 Damage

reflex: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
reflex: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
...Meliss has her Palms flat, holding a battery out to the Electrovire when it bites onto her and it, ZAPPING her with a bright shower of sparks.

"II...ii..iii just g g got that fur d.d.down..."

"These guys seem meaner than expected. Usually animals im feeding that aren't that much bigger than me just take a finger or two."

Attempt to tumble purple: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31 Cr if that missed I'm running or lower
attempt to tumble blue: 1d20 + 12 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 12 - 2 = 23 CR 5 or lower

Tumble to the south and keep trying to call purple over.

NO kill. All the eat! Spit out a battery for him. (can still use swifts while staggered) All the eats behind the door!

Melissa, give me a WildWise Diplomacy check to see if that battery is attractive enough...

its delicious: 1d20 + 11 + 1d6 ⇒ (19) + 11 + (2) = 32

"Strek , del let him through just get the door."

She winces as Akh catches this one.

Reflex w/ evasion: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24
Reflex w/ evasion: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25
Reflex w/ evasion: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12
Not sure if they provoked on the way in, if they did, here's an AoO:
Entropic Claw AoO vs EAC: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15 Damage (A, force): 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Akh smoothly dodges all but the last jolt of electricity, which unfortunately sends a painful shiver down his spine. He moves a little slower but still manages to swing out at the pink electrovore. "They seem almost friendly. Too friendly. I'm sure they'll be your friends in no time Melissa. Whatever is left of them at least."

Entropic Claw vs EAC: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30 Damage (A, force): 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
Bonus crit dmg: 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Reflex w/ Evasion: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27

Guess? backpeddles away from green, pulling out his weapon and attempting to avoid any attacks!
Acrobatics, tumble to avoid AoO: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24

"Haven't used this yet, let's see what it can do!" says Guess? as he fires at green.
ghost killer swagger handcannon vs KAC: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23
Damage (B): 1d12 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12

Jaraduk Cometrunner wrote:

advanced doshko attack, P damage: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

Spoiler Alert: Hero Lab is the real villain of the Campaign.

Arg, yeah. I've turned off the powered armor in the tool for now, still not sure why it is subtracting all strength bonuses in that mode. It should be +9 to hit and +9 damage.

Duck and weave, duck and weave!

DC 13 Reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
DC 13 Reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
DC 13 Reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19

The nuar grits his teeth against the electrical discharge but remains of (relatively) sound mind.

Maybe.... br'zzzt... it at least recharges my batteries!

He turns to the other creature...

[standard] attack PURPLE
advanced doshko attack, P damage: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 292d12 + 9 ⇒ (6, 8) + 9 = 23
After all the passed saves I did not expect that...

Jaraduk growls as he slams it down into this one.

These things must run around down here, scuffing their feet along the floor to build up such static charge. Grr...

"Oh dear.... PLEASE MOVE AWAY FROM THOSE THEY ARE DANGEROUS and i thik they're having a bad day and taking it out on you...."

Reflex #1: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
Reflex #2: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

Strek grimaces through the worst of the barrage, and once he gets to the door, it's like old times escaping work early.

Engineering: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (9) + 16 = 25

"Hack, hack, hack the door,
This tech is but a breeze,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
The CEO's a sleaze."

Akh and Jaraduk must have been playing a lot of the Electrovore Encore pinball game, because both know where to hit the vermin for maximum 'splosion. Two smaller puffs of electricity than the earlier explosions crackle to life as the two creatures disappear with only gore-splattered confetti left to show they were there. Guess? fires through the haze, almost knocking the remaining electrovore out of the air. The flying wire rat catches itself before hitting the ground, swooping up and latching onto the container on Jaraduk's back! It's veins begin to glow a bright blue as it pulls power from the ancient machinery within. You can remove an adjacent grappling electrovore with a successful grapple combat maneuver or a successful DC 18 Strength check.

Grapple @ Jaraduk's container, DC 21: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25

At the other end of the room, Strek barely manages to unlock the door but his old habits win out. Unfortunately, as he works the nearby electrovore finds it's way to a hole in the packaging strapped to Strek's back and begins to siphon energy from the equipment within.

Grapple @ Strek's container, DC 22: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29

Melissa is able to distract the third electrovore, who comes over to the battery with a soft delicious growl. As it's sharp teeth crack the casing, it explodes with a whining WHEEE!. Electricity washes over Del and Melissa from the blast!

Electrical Discharge @ Melissa, Del: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8 Pass a DC 13 Reflex save to take half this electricity damage.  Fail it and you take all of the damage and are Staggered.

Round 3! Everyone is up!
Strek SP 17/40, HP 36/36, RP 3/5 (Container siphoned 1)
Akh SP 42/50, HP 8/39, RP 3/4
Del x2 SP: 25/25, HP: 29/29, RP: 5/5 (three reflex saves total)
Melissa SP 22/31, HP 33/33, RP 4/5
Jaraduk SP 13/40, HP 41/41, RP 5/5 (Container siphoned 1)
Guess? SP 21/30, HP 27/27, RP 6/6

Blue Electrovore 2 Damage
Purple Electrovore 0 Damage
Red Electrovore 12 Damage
Pink Electrovore 23 Damage
Orange Electrovore 28 Damage
Green Electrovore 23 Damage

You can remove an adjacent grappling electrovore with a successful grapple combat maneuver or a successful DC 18 Strength check.

Ugh. Well, a cargo lifter takes a –4 penalty to all attack rolls, and it looks like Combat Maneuvers are attack rolls, so I'll be going with the Strength Check. At least the Armor has Strength 20.

Strength Check: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19 RAWR

Strek deftly rotates the cargo lifter's mechanical arms 180° behind him, clamps onto the crate, and yanks it out of the mouth of the winged serpent.

"Ha! That's whatcha get for jumpin' someone without an internal skeleton."

He then, very slowly, begins to walk away...

Stupid lightning rats... Jaraduk mutters as he tries to swat one off of his container.

DC18 STR: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9 I don't think that roll was doing anything regardless of which way I went, CMB or STR

"Oh no! Not the cargo!"

In a gambit to try and take the electric rat down quickly so that it doesn't cause further damage to the cargo, Guess? holds onto his weapon with both hands and fires it twice at Red!

ghost killer swagger handcannon vs KAC, full attack: 1d20 + 8 - 4 ⇒ (19) + 8 - 4 = 23
Damage (B): 1d12 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
ghost killer swagger handcannon vs KAC, full attack: 1d20 + 8 - 4 ⇒ (15) + 8 - 4 = 19
Damage (B): 1d12 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

reflex save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Melissa almost pulls her tail away from the electrovore in time, but doesn't quite get it out from the puddle let by an old pipe. Bzzzzt...She goes from poofed up, to being a puffball with no discernable eyes and just a cute little nose sticking out of the mass of fluff.

"I.. if you st.. stop doing that. i> I can feed you fa. fas. faster..errrerererererrr "

Spit battery out, draw battery, drop battery. She whistles to the pretty blue one "No fighting! See! food. " and to the boys "HEY! Don't play so rough or so help me i'm turning this caravan of ancient tech around and.. gah. Turning int exactly my mother..."

here blue. .. whistle: 1d20 + 11 + 1d6 ⇒ (14) + 11 + (6) = 31

Reflex: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19 (taking 2 damage)
Reflex: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22 (taking 4 damage)
Reflex: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16 (taking 4 damage)

Del grits her teeth through the pain, takes a guarded step, and unleashes another blast of fire at the electrovores. (hitting the blue and purple electrovore in the area of overheat)

Fire Damage: 2d8 ⇒ (2, 2) = 4 DC 16 Reflex save for half damage.

And if they're still standing, she does it again.

Fire Damage: 2d8 ⇒ (2, 8) = 10 DC 16 Reflex save for half damage.

"Ouch... here. Hide behind me from the mean butterfry. She won't set us both on fire I hope.. its been a BAD day... "

Akh briefly considers trying to pry the red electrovore loose, but then decides there's no need for mercy against electric bats of unusual size. He slashes at it twice with disintegrating claws.

Entropic Claw vs EAC: 1d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (16) + 10 - 4 = 22 Damage (A, force): 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
Entropic Claw vs EAC: 1d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 10 - 4 = 18 Damage (A, force): 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

"Melissa, I don't think these guys will get along very well with Cheffy III or SOL back on this ship, just in case you were thinking of keeping some new pets."

"Oh come on, They can't be any harder on the electronics than Guess? and you kept him!.. FIIIINE. I'll call the xenodruids. Or maybe we could take them to that lighting planet? They'd probably get along great with the space whales...OH. We could use them for storm running. Just fly them like a kite outside your ship and you're zap proof...Or.. Hey. Anyone know how much hylax likes making friends with critters ? "

Reflex, DC 16: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
Reflex, DC 16: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21

Reflex, DC 16: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
Reflex, DC 16: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22

Sorry y'all, here's a quick post to keep us moving.

Guess? kills the electrovore attacking Jaraduk, and the nuar throws the body to the ground. Del cooks the two creatures that Melissa lined up and Akh moves to finish one off. The final bat is distracted from the crate and it's rude carrier by the battery, moving over to it and exploding with a gleeful shock.

Electrical Discharge @ Melissa, Akh: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7 Pass a DC 13 Reflex save to take half this electricity damage.  Fail it and you take all of the damage and are Staggered.

Round 4! Everyone is up!
Strek SP 17/40, HP 36/36, RP 3/5 (Container siphoned 1)
Akh SP 42/50, HP 8/39, RP 3/4
Del SP: 25/25, HP: 29/29, RP: 5/5
Melissa SP 22/31, HP 33/33, RP 4/5
Jaraduk SP 13/40, HP 41/41, RP 5/5 (Container siphoned 1)
Guess? SP 21/30, HP 27/27, RP 6/6

Blue Electrovore 9 Damage
Purple Electrovore 18 Damage
Red Electrovore 22 Damage

DC18 STR: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21

There we are. Does that take up his standard action?

Jaraduk throws the lightning rat off of his container.

bzzzt reflex save : 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

""Alright, Everyone that is NOT an electrovore head for the door.no that wasn't the rhyme either...this is gonnakeep me awake at night Strek be ready to shut it if I have to go to plan b

Melissa gently pokes the burning one at her feet. Clear! medicine: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32 The Shock Pad is probably getting an error reading but .. hey. Can't have science without the mad.

" They're starving on a space station with more loose wiring than a skittermander knitting convention and just happen to be in a room that shuts on us? Some **chitter** is out there, starved these poor things, and set them loose against us. For one, I might be able to ask where they're supposed to bring the crates. Secondly, they don't deserve to die because they have a terrible boss. If ANYONE should understand that...

"Just move away from them. I don't think they can help zapping when they eat. Like Jarduk twitching his leg when you rub his belly "

Stabalize Purple, tumble around blue. Because him biting me would REALLY undermine my point right now but also fit with the kind of day we're having...

tumble: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31
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Plan A. Ask if he can take us back to his biped/humanoid. After he's had lunch.

Plan B. Give him a container with a tracking thing on it? Duct tape a datapad to it with "find my phone" ap open?

Plan C, party moves out, melissa runs out, strek shuts the door. We call the Hylaxian priest and tell him we.. TRIED making new friends.... hmm.. we may have to do this first

Looks at dice.. wow... go electrovores... we have the polyhedral gods in on this one.

"If you think you can be some kind of electrovore whisperer, go for it. But if that thing doesn't respond to you, I'm blowing it away!"

Guess? readies an action whereby if blue doesn't seem to respond to Melissa and instead attempts to attack any of the crew, Guess? will fire his weapon at it:

"FINE.. just give him a break with the ..zappy thing... I don't think he can help that! " She's been pretty good about calling them over to her but whether because thats of the throat fungus or she just looks delicious.... "Come on Bluey try to look adorable...Thats What Willie did wrong...."

At Melissa's many complaints, which she only half understands (as usual), Del decides to leave the ysoki to do her thing and hurry down the hall.

Reflex vs. shock: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20 Evasion go!

"The 'zappy thing' is the whole reason they're dangerous. I'm not sure that's the part we should be tolerating. And draining our valuable cargo is right out." Akh also readies to strike the final remaining electrovore if Melissa isn't able to get it under control.

Readied Entropic Claw vs EAC: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16 Damage (A, force): 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

Fortunately for Melissa, she is able to prevent the fallen electrovore from bleeding out. Unfortunately for Melissa, she is not convincing enough to prevent the last beast from lunging at her! Guess? blows the thing into several pieces at it's first muscle flex.

Cawwwwww! Seven more electrovores crawl from the vents further down the walkway and begin to move towards you! Just like the shooting gallery...

Round 5! Everyone is up!
Strek SP 17/40, HP 36/36, RP 3/5 (Container siphoned 1)
Akh SP 42/50, HP 8/39, RP 3/4
Del SP: 25/25, HP: 29/29, RP: 5/5
Melissa SP 22/31, HP 33/33, RP 4/5
Jaraduk SP 13/40, HP 41/41, RP 5/5 (Container siphoned 1)
Guess? SP 21/30, HP 27/27, RP 6/6

White Electrovore 0 Damage
Teal Electrovore 0 Damage
Orange Electrovore 0 Damage
Purple Electrovore 0 Damage
Green Electrovore 0 Damage
Pink Electrovore 0 Damage
Black Electrovore 0 Damage

Blue Electrovore 28 Damage
Purple Electrovore 18 Damage
Red Electrovore 22 Damage

Melissa stands with her back exposed to the beasts fangs. It rears and opens its mouth wide. BAM. BAM.

The rodent sighs and dead pans at guess as the Beasts severed head lands between her ears and flops down her snout between her eyes like an archers hat. fangs intended for rodent flesh still exposed. Drip. Drip. Drip. She crosses her eyes and looks up.

"WHY is your ability to shoot something right between the eyes DIRECTLY proportional to how much I need to keep them alive? "

She omfs, and drags the injured snake along. How the hell do you stabilize the neck? Its ALL Neck... "Definitely have to call you pip.... "

Grab Pip head for the door. All those new muscles are getting a work out.

Everything is on/being carried by jarduk and strek right? There isn't a cart ?

Okay, I can take a hint. Their horde is never-ending.

The nuar turns and runs after his teammates.

[double move]

"Well Melissa, you want some alive? You've just got a half dozen more opportunities!"

Guess? moves, firing his last pistol round at purple!
Stunt and Strike (Bluff) vs CR: 1d20 + 17 + 4 - 20 ⇒ (1) + 17 + 4 - 20 = 2 or below is flat-footed
ghost killer swagger handcannon vs KAC, 2 range increments penalty: 1d20 + 8 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 8 - 2 - 2 = 22
Damage (B): 1d12 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9 flat-footed to all and -2 to saves if Stunt and Strike succeeded

Round 4: Delay until everyone is through the door.

Round 5: Once Akh and his tongue cross the threshold, Strek slams one of his armored pincer-hands onto the door panel.

"Back on my homeworld, we don't have the concept of 'pets'. Children are bad enough. Thankfully, doors usually work against them both. Unless you're one of those flying brain people, I guess."

"Well Melissa, you want some alive? You've just got a half dozen more opportunities!"

"I wanted the poor things not dead why is this such a difficult conce..ok I get why YOU're not getting it. The rest of you may need to talk to the hug bug more than I do..."

" There are some delicious batteries over there and we'll work on getting you some real dinner sometime soon ok? Please don't eat my mechanical bull.. "

diplomacy : 1d20 + 11 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 11 + (1) = 17 whoops.. right. Mechanical to them equals tasty....

"Doors work against kids? That must be nice. Each ysoki pup is instinctively a trained engineer and comes with their own hidden tool pouch....and you get them by the six pack. "We make ysoki baby cages" is an advert for high end prison security.... "

Akh SWOOSHes through the open door-panel and then swirls to a halt on the other side behind Strek. "Do you think the last cargo got lost to these things? They don't seem very coordinated. If I was a horde of lightning-bats, I'd have distracted my victims first to separate them before going in for a snack."

With a thunk of the blast door behind you, you escape the beasts almost as quickly as they came upon you.

You take some time to examine both crates of equipment affected by an electrovore and can easily assess the damage, which requires some effort to fix. If you can pass a Hard Engineering check, you can restore enough power to the machinery to counter the siphon. You need one roll for each crate.

Deciding that dodging traffic might be easier than pushing through a seemingly unending horde of lightning rats, you head up a level. Just a block or two down this new corridor, a space goblin in a tattered business suit approaches you. "Hello, my dear citizens! Please, allow me to be your humble servant Zootgarq this evening. I am but a simple travelling salesman, moving through this poor begotten area of our beautiful Station with a much needed service." He launches into his sales pitch for a spray “guaranteed to keep pesky conduit rats at bay,” and offers to sell you a can of "proven anti-electrovore spray that will prevent any electrovore related problems you might be having." The goblin points at the lightning-snake Melissa is ferrying. "Ah, I see you have already fallen victim to their wiles! Lucky you, most don't make it out alive! This can of life-saving product can be yours for just 200 credits!"

Assist strek with the engineering checks since we're not in a hurry, i think that gets us the biggest chance for success.

Life science: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
sense motive: 1d20 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (17) + 4 + (5) = 26
Life science: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

"If you're ripping people off for 200 credits I'm going to be so mildly annoyed that you're not on my radar today. Please see the captain about some lessons. "

"If you're using this spray to attract the Electrovores, and set them on poor people, and set the poor things against us, I'm going to vote to turn you over to station security. "

"If you're torturing the electrovores with cattle pr..that wouldn't work would it you'd need like, pointy sticks on fire while exposing them to the spray, so they're terrified of the smell I'm going to vote for NOT turning you over to station security. Maybe I should wake Pip up and see if he knows you? My noperope is bigger than yours... " pat pats Akh. "Smile for the nice goblin. "

Sniff sniff the spray can with scent. Not too close though.

Attempt to assist Akhs intimidate 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23

Life Science: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
"These electric worms are definitely way more aggressive than usual. It's not normal. Perhaps external stimulus is prodding them on somehow..."

Guess? then attempts to assist Strek with restoring power to the two crates:
Engineering, assist: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
Engineering, assist: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19

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Taking a cue from Melissa, Guess? turns the hostility against Zootgarq up to max, snarling, "You DARE try to con ME?? DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?? My tribe will feed yours to a pack of rabid dogs if you don't fess up everything right now!

"And we'll start with you!!"

Guess? grins wide, purposefully baring razor sharp teeth, then purses his lips and blows a loud, sharp whistle.

"I'm calling my dogs over now! But if you wanna save yourself, talk. Now.

"And if your con is actually profitable, assuming I allow you to continue, you WILL give me 50% off the top as protection from other members of my tribe!"
Intimidate: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (15) + 17 = 32

Life Science #1: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
Life Science #2: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23

Akh trusts that Melissa knows her dodgy goblins - especially given Guess?' excellent example. He looms over the goblin and says "Electrovores don't even have noses. They're not going to be able to sniff your repellant, or anything else for that matter. I bet that spray does something else entirely." (Someone else could roll an Engineering or Physical Science to determine exactly what, per my spoiler)

"Of course, you probably don't have to worry about that, because I'll be putting you in my mouth for safe keeping in about six seconds."

Intimidate w/ 1 aid: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 9 + 2 = 17

engineering: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (1) + 14 = 15 +scent....? Not a combo you see every day

"Ha..chahh..ha.ach...h..CHOOOOOOOO... oh forgotten gods on a stick I can see why no one would go near that... "

Hmm, maybe it's THIS guy who found a way to get them to act up so he can sell truckloads of this junk.

The nuar stands over biz-nis goblin, seeing how he reacts.

Intimidate: 1d20 ⇒ 8

A keychain falls out of his pocket as he looms over the goblin, he quickly panics to pick it up and stow it away again.

Engineering #1 w/ Assists: 1d20 + 16 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 16 + 2 + 2 = 36
• Lower DC by 5 if it's to Repair

Engineering #2 w/ Assists: 1d20 + 16 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 16 + 2 + 2 = 27
• Lower DC by 5 if it's to Repair

Strek breaks out his many spare batteries to recharge up the machinery, feeling pretty confident about the first crate, but maybe a little bit less so about the second.

When the salesgoblin appears, all Strek can do is giggle as this obvious newbie gets confronted by the rest of the group.

"I guess, for once, it's nice to know we're being scammed by a freelancer, rather than a big corporation. Or a military organization. Or a militocracy. Or undead rebel lizardfolk. Or thirteen gigaton space whales. Or weapons merchant assassins. Or.."

He just keeps listing off all of their enemies and their capabilities so the goblin can hear every one of them.

"According to BIG sis "Noodles to die for" Is already trending. But there's the web, the dark web, and the DARK web."

"We could spray the goblin down with it, wake Pip up and see if he likes it as much as I do, or he thinks its BBQ sauce. FOR SCIENCE. We even have a control group goblin right here. "

Strek, thanks to his skill at repairing equipment, manages to recharge both of the ancient unknown equipment. Nice, that was a tough check.

"If you're ripping people off for 200 credits I'm going to be so mildly annoyed that you're not on my radar today. Please see the captain about some lessons. "

This cracked me up.

When the salesgoblin appears, all Strek can do is giggle as this obvious newbie gets confronted by the rest of the group.

So true, this situation was perfect for your group.

The goblin's eyes get big. Like, really big. Cartoon-level, which can really only be emulated by goblins, big. "Uh... I see I've played with the wrong folks who wandered down my halls today... I'll confess. I set those electrovores on you. Sometimes, people run and I get their goods. Sometimes, they fight and I get their goods. Sometimes, they run and I sell them this protectant!" He lowers his voice. "Quite helpful, when I'm the one who handles the dogs. It's a win-win-win!" He eyes Melissa. "200 credits? That's huge! That's like two months wages!" He eyes you all, confused. "Or... at least my sort of wages. Probably not anything y'all would understand, the plight of the working man." He shakes his head vigorously. "I'll tell you what. I'm done with this whole business. Let's make a deal. If you promise not to tell the authorities, I'll give you everything I made this month. 900 credits! I promise, I'll abandon this scheme and seek gainful employment elsewhere with the rest of my tribe." He nods emphatically at Guess?.