* Each time the PCs attempt a skill check to repair or reprogram a technological item during the adventure, one of you can gain a +3 bonus to the check. In addition, once during the adventure, each PC can roll an Engineering check twice and take the better result.
* You each get a mk 1 serum of healing for this adventure, as well as each getting your choice of a serum or grenade of level 4 or lower.
* At any point during this adventure - be it now, between missions, or right at the end - you can purchase any item or gear at a 10% discount.
* Once during the adventure, one of you can consume a fancy food pack to gain a +1 bonus to skill checks and saves for a number of minutes equal to their character level, while also healing as if you had taken a mk 2 serum of healing
* Once during the adventure, each of you can gain a +2 bonus to a Charisma-based skill check attempted when interacting with an individual who is not a Starfinder.
* At any point during the adventure, one of you can attempt to can attempt to influence a crowd with a Difficult Bluff, Diplomacy, or Intimidate check.
* Once during the adventure, the party can flip a boost switch to add a +4 to a single Piloting check during starship combat or a vehicle chase and also move one additional hex or zone.
| Speed 25ft | Active Conditions: None Chk Chk | HP 18/18| AC 17 | F +5 R +5 W +9 | Perc +7 | Default Exploration (????)
Mysticism:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16
Raia doesn't like how quickly this situation turned. I think those are esuradaemons! They're scavenger outsiders; not too hard to hit but resist a really annoyingly good chunk of most energy attacks!
The mage moves along the hall to get a bit of a better view while drawing her sonic pistol The one energy they don't resist at least 10(!) of and tries to get some of the clustered and scared rats the stumble with a Grease.
One of the rat-daemons keeps its footing, but the other slips and stumbles. It stands again and scrurries around the desk towards Amariel, but the delay prevents it from biting. Further northone of its colleagues also tries to advance for a nice meal, but it too slips on the grease patch and needs to spend precious moments righting itself.
Reflex Yellow:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11
Initiative
Blue esuradaemon
Purple esuradaemon 15 damage
Donovan 2/28 SP
Staar 0/32 SP 28/32 HP, Weakened, need Fort save
Green esuradaemon
Raia 1/20 SP 21/24 HP
Red esuradaemon
Yellow esuradaemon Amariel 1/24 SP 25/28 HP, need Will save
Amariel: you are up! However, you need to make a Will save from the blue daemon's spell. If you don't make the DC 15, you are confused for 1 round.
Blue esuradaemon
Purple esuradaemon 15 damage Donovan 2/28 SP
Staar 0/32 SP 28/32 HP, Weakened, need Fort save Green esuradaemon, shaken
Raia 1/20 SP 21/24 HP, needs Will save
Red esuradaemon, shaken
Yellow esuradaemon
Amariel 1/24 SP 25/28 HP
He then makes a quick movement to feint and makes a clever attack to hit the red
Rat with his laser pistol!
Standard action: clever attack with Clever Feint vs. red (10 + your opponent’s total Sense Motive skill bonus, or 15 + 1-1/2 × the opponent’s CR, whichever is greater), Sense-Dependent:1d20 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16
Staar recovers for the moment, and manages to easily clobber the outsider until it lies still!
Donovan remains very good at scaring the rats, and at faking them out. Unfortunately, though his laser strikes the daemon squarely, it seems to not be hurt at all by the shot's fire
Physical (or sonic) attacks are the way to go here: they resist 10 or are immune to every other energy
One of the scared rats moves off the grease towards Raia and bites out at the lashunta!
Blue esuradaemon
Donovan 2/28 SP
Staar 0/32 SP 28/32 HP
Green esuradaemon, shaken Raia 1/20 SP 21/24 HP, needs Will save Red esuradaemon, shaken, flat-footed
Yellow esuradaemon, shaken
Amariel 1/24 SP 25/28 HP
| Speed 25ft | Active Conditions: None Chk Chk | HP 18/18| AC 17 | F +5 R +5 W +9 | Perc +7 | Default Exploration (????)
Will:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Raia in turn doesn't strike back - instead the mage seems to be speaking in tongues as she drones on under the influence of one of the daemon's lesser confusion enchantments!
The Daemon Donovan yelled it in turn screeches right back at him. Only with some mental teeth behind it!
Mind Thrust:2d10 ⇒ (8, 10) = 18 Will DC 15 for half Donovan
Initiative
Blue esuradaemon
Donovan 2/28 SP, need Will save v Mind Thrust
Staar 0/32 SP 28/32 HP
Green esuradaemon, shaken
Raia 1/20 SP 21/24 HP
Red esuradaemon, shaken, flat-footed
Yellow esuradaemon, shaken Amariel 1/24 SP 25/28 HP
Female N Lashunta (Korasha) Death-touched Solarian 6 | SP 54/54 HP 46/46 | RP 6/6 | EAC 15; KAC 16; Cold resistance 1 | Fort +6; Ref +3; Will +5 | Init: +1 | Perc: +5, SM: -2 | Speed 40 ft.; Fly 30 ft. | Supernova (7d6 F, Reflex DC 16 half), Stellar Rush, Gravity Grappler, Dark Interaction, Mental Silence (1/day) | Effortless Aerobatics feat
Amariel doesn't have a secondary weapon - he could borrow something from Donovan/Raia or go for the statue. Staar will keep working on the rats, but the situation looks very dire!
Amareil's attacking luck continues, as he Barely: at least these things aren't hard to hit misses his target.
The distant 'blue' daemon scrambles up to perch on top of one of the desks. With a wicked snarl, it casts a spell at 1d3 ⇒ 3 Raia attempting further cloud her thoughts.
Initiative
Blue esuradaemon Donovan 0/28 SP, 21/28 HP
Staar 0/32 SP 28/32 HP Green esuradaemon, shaken
Raia 1/20 SP 21/24 HP, need Will save
Red esuradaemon, shaken, flat-footed
Yellow esuradaemon, shaken
Amariel 1/24 SP 25/28 HP
CN Male Lashunta | Envoy 4 | SP 28/28 | HP 28/28 | RP 5/6 | EAC 18; KAC 18 | Fort +2; Ref +7; Will +4 | Init: +3 | Perc: +5, SM: +4+d6 | Speed 30ft | Darkvision | Active conditions: None.
Donovan drops the pistol, draws his knife and targets the rat.
He makes a quick movement to feint and attacks with his knife!
Standard action: Clever Feint vs. red (10 + your opponent’s total Sense Motive skill bonus, or 15 + 1-1/2 × the opponent’s CR, whichever is greater), Sense-Dependent:1d20 + 13 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 13 + (4) = 22
Even if you fail, that enemy is flat-footed against your attacks until the end of your next turn. If you succeed, the enemy is also flat-footed against your allies’ attacks until the end of your next turn. You can’t use clever feint against a creature that lacks an Intelligence score.
Behind it, the one daemon still standing in the grease recognizes Staar as the true threat. Her mind feels sudden pain as it thrusts at her.
Mind thrust v Staar:2d10 ⇒ (4, 2) = 6DC 15 for half
Initiative
Blue esuradaemon
Donovan 0/28 SP, 21/28 HP
Staar 0/32 SP 28/32 HP, will save needed
Green esuradaemon, shaken, 15 damage
Raia 1/20 SP 21/24 HP
Red esuradaemon, shaken, 15 damage
Yellow esuradaemon, shaken Amariel 1/24 SP 25/28 HP
As shaking rumbles the floor and walls of the station in response to something in the distance, the remaining rat fiends screech and scurry away back into the darkness, squeezing through tiny cracks in the wall.
In the hallway, Raia and Donovan can see the yellow door down the way unlock.
Donovan 0/28 SP, 21/28 HP
Staar 0/32 SP 25/32 HP
Raia 1/20 SP 21/24 HP
Amariel 1/24 SP 25/28 HP
Everyone but Raia still has the leftovers
Which yellow door: lower (closest to you), middle, or top?
Female N Lashunta (Korasha) Death-touched Solarian 6 | SP 54/54 HP 46/46 | RP 6/6 | EAC 15; KAC 16; Cold resistance 1 | Fort +6; Ref +3; Will +5 | Init: +1 | Perc: +5, SM: -2 | Speed 40 ft.; Fly 30 ft. | Supernova (7d6 F, Reflex DC 16 half), Stellar Rush, Gravity Grappler, Dark Interaction, Mental Silence (1/day) | Effortless Aerobatics feat
Going to use this boost: "You each get a mk 1 serum of healing for this adventure, as well as each getting your choice of a serum or grenade of level 4 or lower." to get an Mk 1 Adaptive Serum and consume it right away. She'll keep the healing serum for now.
She'll also use this one: "Once during the adventure, one of you can consume a fancy food pack to gain a +1 bonus to skill checks and saves for a number of minutes equal to their character level, while also healing as if you had taken a mk 2 serum of healing"
Mk 2 Serum of healing:3d8 ⇒ (4, 8, 5) = 17
1 vote to open the yellow door on the center of the map, which seems closest to the exit - since the trap was already 'disarmed'.
Opening up the middle yellow double-door, Staar finds a long hallway...that ends in a purple-locked sealed door! So close to the exit!
Six other unmarked doors line the hall itself, three on either side.
DC 17 Perception or Survival:
the doors on your left ('bottom side' on the map) look slightly strange as you go to open them, and you notice they seem vacuum-sealed. Those three aren't regular doors at all: instead they'd open out into the vacuum of space!!
Behind it is a cavernous chamber with a towering forty-foot-high ceiling. The vault-like room is lined with black metal filing cabinets that feature heavy duty locks, and the whole area is dimly lit.
A figure stands in the center of the room, their features initially obscured by shadows. They turn to you as the door opens.
Hello, Starfinders The voice that speaks it flat and emotionless. I appreciate your tenacity. Defeating Datch is no small achievement. But my instructions are simple: you will not leave this station.
As they take a step forward, the figure is slightly better revealed. They are a tall, androgynous elf with inky eyes and bluish-purple hair and wearing a jet-black armored suit. The elf's body is dotted with several strange enhancements and augmentations, particularly about the arms and skull, though their design appears strange and unknown.
The dim lighting shins against a wickedly sharp-looking blade at their back as they move towards you!
Donovan's bravado confidence does seem to take the elf a bit aback. They still posses unusual speed however, and dodge out of the way of Staar's swing.
Initiative
Donovan 28/28 HP
Staar 32/32 HP Amariel 25/28 HP Elf shaken
Raia 21/24 HP
As Amariel shoots at his target, the elf's arm whips out with its blade towards the charged blast. It seems to slightly intercept the beam, but not enough to stop them from getting shocked and scorched by the shot.
The enemy looks toward the buff but underarmored compared to Donovan Staar. fists. a confident choice, but an actual weapon i find more effective. A sharp cut to the solarian emphasizes their comment as the elf the Steps back towards Amariel.
Raia moves into the room so she can clearly see your attacker in its new position, and takes a shot at it before preparing to blast the thing with force missiles. Again the elf tries to deflect the energy racing towards them, but is not skilled enough to avoid the hit.
CN Male Lashunta | Envoy 4 | SP 28/28 | HP 28/28 | RP 5/6 | EAC 18; KAC 18 | Fort +2; Ref +7; Will +4 | Init: +3 | Perc: +5, SM: +4+d6 | Speed 30ft | Darkvision | Active conditions: None.
Donovan makes a guarded step.
He makes a quick movement to feint and attacks with his knife!
Standard action: Clever Feint vs. red (10 + your opponent’s total Sense Motive skill bonus, or 15 + 1-1/2 × the opponent’s CR, whichever is greater), Sense-Dependent:1d20 + 13 + 1d6 ⇒ (11) + 13 + (6) = 30
Even if you fail, that enemy is flat-footed against your attacks until the end of your next turn. If you succeed, the enemy is also flat-footed against your allies’ attacks until the end of your next turn. You can’t use clever feint against a creature that lacks an Intelligence score.
The elf staggers back from the unexpected force of the brawler's punch. Skin sizzling as acid eats into them. enough. this has to end.
The augments around the elf's skull glow as they lash out twice at Staar. All trace of fear or hesitation seem gone they seem to have thrown off the shaken condition early through some unknown means
The second slice cuts deeply into Staar even as the Acid bruns a bit of its wielder away.
In the distance, Raia yells in anger and sends three spiraling bolts of pure energy at Staar's attacker.
Magic Missile:3d4 + 3 ⇒ (4, 3, 2) + 3 = 12
They grunt as the third bolt slams into them. For a moment the elf looks strangely at each of you. Then they fall over: dead.
Init
COMBAT OVER!!! (Perfectly timed Crit)
Staar 4/32 HP
Amariel 25/28 HP
Raia 21/24 HP[/ooc]
You now stand, bleeding and tired, alone in the room. No rat statue taunts you here, just rows and rows of filing cabinets.
The slain elf's sword a carbon-steel curve blade clattered to the ground as they fell. Looking them over you can find they are wearing an estex suit II and a frostbite-class zero pistol is strapped to their side along with two spare batteries.
DC 20 Perception:
While looking at the body you discover a hidden subdermal graft on the elf’s right hand. The graft is a century-old variant of something very familiar to you: the modern Starfinder Society graft used to identify agents.
"Your escape route is clear.” This time, Radaszam addresses the Starfinders. “Drinks are on me at the elevation ceremony—I expect to see you there.”
*****
Days after their daring escape from Datch’s compound, the Starfinders return to Absalom Station to find the Lorespire Complex grounds completely deserted. Its chambers are silent except for the faint sounds of speech from a nearby hall.
Hundreds of diverse creatures fill the Hall of Discovery. Familiar faces appear among the masses as faction leaders, venture-captains, and friends of the Society gather around an illuminated platform. First Seeker Luwazi Elsebo’s magnified voice rings out over the audience’s excited murmurs. “Thus, it is with both sadness and pride that I step down as First Seeker. But before I can welcome my successor, Guidance has an announcement to make.”
A green holographic image of a human woman materializes beside Luwazi and addresses the room. “Greetings, Starfinders and esteemed allies. I have considered your nomination of Ehu Hadif Ko’ra Amares of Clan Tolar as First Seeker. I agree with your selection and have confirmed his elevation in my records. This is a day for celebration.” Guidance bows its head and dissipates.
The crowd erupts into thunderous applause as a kasatha clad in crimson armour strides onto the stage. He nods respectfully to Luwazi, who steps back to offer him her place at the centre of the platform. Ehu Hadif raises two of his hands and says, “Thank you for the warm welcome. I am honoured to accept the title of First Seeker, and all the responsibility that comes with it. First Seeker Elsebo has been our rock through countless hardships. Few First Seekers in our Society’s history has overseen so many successful struggles. Thanks to her, and the brave Starfinders who worked to outwit our foes, we now enter a time of peace. My goal during this time is to return our organization to its roots of discovery and exploration. My colleagues and friends, I invite you to once again turn your eyes to the distant stars. Together, I believe we can gather and preserve precious knowledge for the good of the universe.”
The Starfinder Society triumphed over Datch’s lies and schemes, and a new era of discovery under First Seeker Ehu Hadif is dawning.
Thank you GM’s for all of your hard work and effort to make this another successful special!
CN Male Lashunta | Envoy 4 | SP 28/28 | HP 28/28 | RP 5/6 | EAC 18; KAC 18 | Fort +2; Ref +7; Will +4 | Init: +3 | Perc: +5, SM: +4+d6 | Speed 30ft | Darkvision | Active conditions: None.
“Ahhh, we did it!!! I thought we’ll die!!“ he says smiling.
“We Castrovel bunch are awesome!!!“
GM Zoomba, this was absolutely amazing. I really love your gm style!! So sad that you’re not GMing PFS1 anymore! ;-) Seems like I have to play sfs more often. Thanks for everything!!
Indeed, with the mysterious elf slain, you and the other Starfinder agents find yourselves able to break through the last bit of security of Datch's orbital platform. Racing to your ship you get to a safe distance as the complex erupts in a fiery explosion behind you!
Congratulations Team Castrovel! You managed to survive: and stop Datch from taking over one of the largest organizations in the known galaxy! (and, you know, from doing anything else in the future)
