GM Valen's Starfinder Society Scenario #1-32: Acts of Association (August 2021)(Subtier 1-2) (Inactive)

Game Master Lysle

If you require assistance with the compensation. please let me know Soarin says to Rilynn.

Of course, Soarin has to duck a lot while going through doors, especially on this ship. He doesanm't look very happy as he sits, clearly itching to go outside and fly alongside.

With the patron and the ambassador out of hearshot, Zare points out “You know that guys conned you 200 credits, don’t you? He bumped the ambassador on purpose. I’ve seen this con before.” while thinking seen as in I pulled it off a couple of times, it’s been a while thought.

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In the ship, Zaré seems a bit bored by the sight.

“Nugblub, don’t you want to see some of those ship closer?”

Unless the ambassador refuses, Zaré will go in the control room and start piloting the ship to get a closer look at some ships, especially the ones the ambassador seems interested in.

Piloting: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

- Let me tell you something about these ships and some features of the laws of the Armada. This is quite interesting...

Culture: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

"I agree the price was steep, but better to get it out of the way with the ambassador present," Deris replies to Zar’é.

He joins Rilynn at the computer consoles, trying to aid her.

computers: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

Officialls rarely care about the true costs of a thing. They are not bound by such trivial constraints. We were able to move forward without any real trouble, so it is a win"

Sensing that Nugblub is as happy as a clam, hehe, Rilynn goes for a jaunt around the ship, eventually opening a control room of sorts at the opposite end of the ship. She sits down to figure out what these controls do.

Nugblub pays little heed as Rilynn ventures into another area of the ship. Not long after entering a control room, the lashunta woman wrestles control away from the ship's automated system, allowing the Starfinders to oversee the steering and other functions of the vessel.

“Nugblub, don’t you want to see some of those ship closer?”

"This is a fully-automated vessel," Nugblub replies. "I can hardly imagine how we could get any closer to the other ships."

Let me know, based on Nugblub's response, if you still wish to try and pilot the ship and I will apply any effect of the check retroactively.

- Let me tell you something about these ships and some features of the laws of the Armada. This is quite interesting...

The dignitary bobs his head in time to the words of the embri Starfinder, but his head is clearly fixed on sights other than those being described.

He joins Rilynn at the computer consoles, trying to aid her.

Token moved on Map accordingly.

After the first hour of the tour passes (with the old ship, perhaps, flying a bit more smoothly depending on who has control of the helm), the Periphery Stars ship moves from the Armada and begins heading back to Absalom Station.

Suddenly, the ship begins to judder and shake as though it were experiencing turbulence.

"That seems rather unexpected," notes Nugblub.

Above checks may be made before going into Rounds.

Going into Rounds!

TOUR DE FORCE MAJEURE? - Round One Begins!

PCs in bold may act

Soarin
?
Rilynn Rae
Zar’é
?
Derris
Grimace of Gwar
?
K'ssatak-Su

Map of Periphery Stars.
Please move your tokens accordingly.

Engineering: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14
Engineering: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (7) + 14 = 21

Rilynn is enjoying Deris' company and is about to reminisce about her favorite deep jungle excursions on Castrovel when the ship begins to shudder. She spins in her chair and her fingers glide over the console. At first she is stymied by the archaic controls, and remains confused why they are hitting turbulence. But then she checks the system board and locates a series of faults emanating from the cargo bay.

"Whatever is causing this seems to be coming from the cargo pods on the ship." She keeps her voice steady to mask her alarm. "I'll continue to manage damage control from here but someone should investigate."

Engineering DC 15: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
Engineering DC 16: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

"That's just great," Deris replies with a smile. "Send me into the lion's den to check on the danger."

He opens the door to look outside.

engineering: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
engineering: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

I agree Ambassador. I shall investigate

He moves towards the cargo pods.

As Soarin heads towards the cargo bay, from the forward area of the ship, near the cargo holds, there comes the sound of a door opening. It is followed by a flapping sound.

TOUR DE FORCE MAJEURE? - Round One Cont'd

PCs in bold may act

Soarin
?
Rilynn Rae
Zar’é
?
Derris
Grimace of Gwar
?
K'ssatak-Su

Map of Periphery Stars.
Please move your tokens accordingly.

"This is a fully-automated vessel," Nugblub replies. "I can hardly imagine how we could get any closer to the other ships."

Zaré replies “There’s always a way to get a better tour if you ask nicely or to the correct person. Sometimes it will be because you are the only client, so the organizer has time to do something special for you.” Then he goes to the helm, and tries to move the ship closer to some ship, more thinking about how bored he was than what the embri might think of what he’s doing.

I had moved Zaré where I thought the control were.

What is happening piloting check DC 15: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19

“There should not be any turbulence around there!” says Zaré with a hint of worry.

What is happening Engineering DC 16: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

Then he taps a couple of times on the screen, confirming what the other already figured out.

Zare also moves toward the cargo holds.

There was plenty of screen and chairs next to the room where the ambassodor is, so I figured that was the helm.
So move to the door of that room then move to open the door.

Engineering: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20
Computers: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20 Lucky 7s

Rilynn attempts to override the fail-safe protocols and force open the outer cargo pod bay doors in order to jettison whatever is in there that is causing all the problems.

I had moved Zaré where I thought the control were.

That is fine.

Zaré replies “There’s always a way to get a better tour if you ask nicely or to the correct person. Sometimes it will be because you are the only client, so the organizer has time to do something special for you.” Then he goes to the helm, and tries to move the ship closer to some ship, more thinking about how bored he was than what the embri might think of what he’s doing.

"Taking control of an automated vessel is a clear circumvention of proper protocols!" Nugblub scolds, even as the dignitary's gooey foot struggles to remain adhered to the hull of the shaking vessel.

As Zare heads toward the cargo bays, Rilynn Rae overrides the fail-safe protocols. The doors to the cargo bays seal shut (Sealed doors now indicated on map in purple). Then, the outdoor doors to the cargo pods are forced open, exposing their interiors to the vacuum of space!
(Areas subject to vacuum of space are now outlined in red on Map)

Rilynn notices a possible glitch or force in the main interior door of the right cargo bay (door indicated on Map with red dot) threatens to open and expose more of the ship to vacuum.

From the viewing portals, old crates, loose tools, and other pieces of debris can be seen exiting the Periphery Stars' ship.

Nugblub, Engineering: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25

"It appears that someone has been tampering with the cargo bay doors!" declares the dignitary. "This is a potential disaster!"

TOUR DE FORCE MAJEURE? - Round One Cont'd

PCs in bold may act

Soarin
?
Rilynn Rae
Zar’é
?
Derris
Grimace of Gwar
?
K'ssatak-Su

Map of Periphery Stars.
Please move your tokens accordingly.

With the danger of vacuum waiting right around the corner Deris cast a spell on himself, covering himself in a life bubble. Then he walks down the hallway to look around the corner to see what's going on.

With the danger of vacuum waiting right around the corner Deris cast a spell on himself, covering himself in a life bubble. Then he walks down the hallway to look around the corner to see what's going on.

From his side of the doors, all looks normal within the hallway.

TOUR DE FORCE MAJEURE? - Round One Cont'd

PCs in bold may act

Soarin
?
Rilynn Rae
Zar’é
?
Derris
Grimace of Gwar
?
K'ssatak-Su

Map of Periphery Stars ship.
Please move your tokens accordingly.

"Taking control of an automated vessel is a clear circumvention of proper protocols!" Nugblub scolds, even as the dignitary's gooey foot struggles to remain adhered to the hull of the shaking vessel.

Zaré’s about to reply something inappropriate but manages to stop himself, thinking he really has a stick in the … Mmmh where’s that by the way?

"Nugblub, please refrain from future declarative outbursts. It is unhelpful and unbecoming," says Rilynn. Her voice is level as the floor, but she gleans a small amount of satisfaction from calling out the mollusk on his own breach of protocol.

"May I remind you that I informed you about the dubious reputation of Periperhy Stars beforehand, but you insisted and had already purchased your fare. Please allow us to do our jobs and save you and this vessel from further harm."

She adds, "Proceed with caution Deris. Something is attempting to open one of the doors in the hallway around the corner from your position."

Does Soarin know that Rilynn has jettisoned cargo and opened the outer hatches? If so, he'd head for the nearest airlock and go round up the errant objects as they would pose a threat to any ships in the vicinity and maybe the station. He could also enter the open cargo holds and deal to whatever is in there.

Does Soarin know that Rilynn has jettisoned cargo and opened the outer hatches? If so, he'd head for the nearest airlock and go round up the errant objects as they would pose a threat to any ships in the vicinity and maybe the station. He could also enter the open cargo holds and deal to whatever is in there.

From Soarin's current position, he could hear the rumbling vibrations of the hull caused by the cargo doors being opened and quickly surmise that something has occurred in the cargo bay. Presumably, Rilynn gave everyone a "heads up" over the comms in your armor if not that of the ship. However, any responsive movement by Soarin would have to occur on your turn.

The door to Soarin's right is currently sealed, but is clearly lit with a blue light and marked as "AIRLOCK".

Grimace of Gwar is up!

Grimace double moves to get what he believes is the quickest way to move to the cargo hold area, shield at the ready.

Yellow, Engineering or Computers to override Rilynn's control of door v DC 20: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25

Suddenly, the seal on the cargo bay door in front of Deris breaks and the door opens! Beyond the door floats a two-and-one-half foot tall creature with long, spidery arms and legs. Its lamprey-like mouth twists with a sadistic glee.
Picture of creature and its location now on Map.

The area around Derris rapidly undergoes atmospheric decompression!

The air in this portion of the ship immediately pours into the void of space, buffeting those in its path!
Bludgeoning damage: 3d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 4) = 10

Derris takes the above bludgeoning damage and must attempt a Reflex save (DC 15) to either engage the magnetic locks on his armor’s boots or grab on to a bolted piece of furniture. Jump jets, jet packs, flight, or anything else that enables characters to maneuver in zero gravity provide a +1 circumstance bonus to this save.

All open areas with red-border on Map (including Derris) are exposed to vacuum. Purple doors are sealed.

Rules of vaccum.

The creature, too, is battered by the rush of air and debris. It is clearly bloodied, but otherwise looks unphased.

Opened door can be resealed and atmosphere restored with a standard action and a successful Computers check.

TOUR DE FORCE MAJEURE? - Round One Cont'd/Round Two Begins!

PCs in bold may act

K'ssatak-Su
Round Two
Soarin
?
Rilynn Rae
Zar’é
?
Derris -4 SP | -6 HP
Grimace of Gwar
Creature (yellow) -10 HP

Map of Periphery Stars ship.
Please move your tokens accordingly.

Mysticism DC 7: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
Reflex DC 15: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23

Soarin cycles the airlock then goes though it. Once outside his wings appear and he flies towards the cargo hold, cheerfully waving to the others on the way past the observation bay.

Deris manages to activate the maglocks on his boots quickly enough to avoid being sucked out into the void.

Soarin, however, plunges into the void purposefully, his wings unfurled. As he passes by the opened cargo bay, he spots another one of the creatures that Deris has identified as a ship glitch gremlin.

Location of ship glitch gremlin (red) now revealed on Map.

K'ssatak-Su is up!

- I'll stay with you, Ambassador. Whatever happens, it's not professional to leave you unguarded.

I will wait for the appearance of a line-of-sight threat.

TOUR DE FORCE MAJEURE? - Round Two Cont'd!

PCs in bold may act

Soarin
?
Rilynn Rae
Zar’é
?
Derris -4 SP | -6 HP
Grimace of Gwar
Creature (yellow) -10 HP
K'ssatak-Su

Map of Periphery Stars ship.
Please move your tokens accordingly.

"Sorry, Deris. I owe you a drink."

Seeing that her gambit to use the vacuum of space to remove the unwanted guests has backfired, Rilynn works to close the cargo bay doors and restore environmental controls throughout the ship. At the same time, she attempts to force close and seal the cargo bay doors to trap inside the things that are trying to get out, or at least give her team more time to get into tactical positions for a fight.

Computers: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33

Zaré moves 30 ft. then stops at the door in front of Grimace and push the button to open it.

As the cargo bay door shuts, one of the creatures (red) looks disappointed and turns its attention back on the door in front of it.
Engineering to force open door: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29

It pounds on the door in frustration as it realizes that it cannot bypass Erryn's lock.

The door in front of Grimace opens at the drow's control.

TOUR DE FORCE MAJEURE? - Round Two Cont'd!

PCs in bold may act

Soarin
?
Rilynn Rae
Zar’é
Creature (red)
Derris -4 SP | -6 HP
Grimace of Gwar
Creature (yellow) -10 HP
K'ssatak-Su

Map of Periphery Stars ship.
Please move your tokens accordingly.

"Let's hope we survive long enough," Deris replies to Rilynn. He motions at the creature in front of him and a ray of flaming energy leaves his hand towards it.

With the spell cast he falls back, trying to get into cover.

Energy ray (fire) vs EAC: 1d20 + 21d3 ⇒ (14) + (2, 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1) = 55

Don't know what happened to the dice, but it says 1d3 :/

Will you just take the first one or should I reroll.

"Let's hope we survive long enough," Deris replies to Rilynn. He motions at the creature in front of him and a ray of flaming energy leaves his hand towards it.

Don't know what happened to the dice, but it says 1d3 :/

Will you just take the first one or should I reroll.

Looks like you missed the end bracket. In any event, the d20 roll looks like it was a "2", so the ray unfortunately misses.

TOUR DE FORCE MAJEURE? - Round Two Cont'd!

PCs in bold may act

Soarin
?
Rilynn Rae
Zar’é
Creature (red)
Derris -4 SP | -6 HP
Grimace of Gwar
Creature (yellow) -10 HP
K'ssatak-Su

Map of Periphery Stars ship.
Please move your tokens accordingly.

Just to confirm, are the force seal still down. I believe I cannot advance farther there where I have updated my token

Grimace will advance his position on the map is updated. He is trying to determine the best way to support Derris.

Just to confirm, are the force seal still down. I believe I cannot advance farther there where I have updated my token

The door was sealed by Erryn and I believe would have remained sealed while atmosphere is restored.

One of the winged creatures (yellow) darts out the door and pursues Derris. With a flick of its appendages and something akin to a laugh, a layer of slippery grease forms in the area below Derris' feet.
Affected area marked with yellow-dotted line on Map.
Derris must succeed at a Reflex save (DC 14) or fall prone.

A creature can walk within or through the area of grease at half normal speed with a successful DC 10 Acrobatics check. Failure means the creature can’t move that round and must then succeed at a Reflex save or fall prone, while failure by 5 or more means it falls prone (see the Acrobatics skill for details). A creature that doesn’t move on its turn doesn’t need to attempt this check and isn’t considered flat-footed.

TOUR DE FORCE MAJEURE? - Round Two Cont'd/Round Three Begins!

PCs in bold may act

K'ssatak-Su
Round Three
Soarin
?
Rilynn Rae
Zar’é
Creature (red)
Derris -4 SP | -6 HP
Grimace of Gwar[/b]
Creature (yellow) -10 HP

Map of Periphery Stars ship.
Please move your tokens accordingly.

K'ssatak-Sul begins to talk with the ambassador about the professionalism of his team's actions, the excellent training of starfinders and how the danger is being proactively and competently eliminated right now (everyone is in their place, and so on).

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15

Soarn flies around the cargo bays and space walks to the exterior hatch and attempts to open it.

Hey Rilynn. Can you let me back inside please? I'm at the main cargo hatch. If that's not possible, I'll run down that cargo you jettisoned. Don't want rogue crates smashing into the Master of Stars do we.

.... or anything else ...

Derris must succeed at a Reflex save (DC 14) or fall prone.

Since Derris is about to become a potential target, I will roll for him.

Derris stands!

Another winged creature (blue) now appears from beyond the corner. Spying Derris, the creature attempts to zap the Starfinder with an energy ray.
Ranged attack v. Derris EAC: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20
Damage (electric): 1d3 ⇒ 1

TOUR DE FORCE MAJEURE? - Round Three Cont'd!

PCs in bold may act

Soarin
Creature (blue)
Rilynn Rae
Zar’é
Creature (red)
Derris -4 SP | -7 HP
Grimace of Gwar
Creature (yellow) -10 HP
K'ssatak-Su

Map of Periphery Stars ship.
Please move your tokens accordingly.

"Soarin, you're outside?" Rilynn wonders briefly at how that might have happened, but then looks to open the nearest airlock to Soarin's position.

Computers: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26

Then, having caused enough trouble, she exits the control room and steels herself for battle.

Yeah ... ducked out the rear airlock. Figured it would be easier than squeezing down those narrow corridors. I'll also report that spill to the Stewards, tell them it was an accident. They'll soon clean it up.

Zaré moves in, following Grimace, then grabs his thieves tools intent on opening the closed door in front of him.

Assuming that the force seal are still up, as Grimace mentionned.

Assuming that the force seal are still up, as Grimace mentionned.

It is.

The winged creature (red) still stuck in the cargo bay frantically tries to open the door into the ship's interior.
Computers: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25

Free, it flies through the ship's corridors!

TOUR DE FORCE MAJEURE? - Round Three Cont'd!

PCs in bold may act

Soarin
Creature (blue)
Rilynn Rae
Zar’é
Creature (red)
Derris -4 SP | -7 HP
Grimace of Gwar
Creature (yellow) -10 HP
K'ssatak-Su

Map of Periphery Stars ship.
Please move your tokens accordingly.

Deris, fearing that any movement will just cause him to fall down, he stands still frantically conjuring up three magical missiles at the creature that hurt him.

magic missile: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (2, 3, 3) + 3 = 11

Deris, fearing that any movement will just cause him to fall down, he stands still frantically conjuring up three magical missiles at the creature that hurt him.

The winged creature (blue) demonstrates resistance to Derris' spell.

Derris, caster level check v SR 12: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10

It is unaffected by the barrage of force bolts. Sticking out a lengthy tongue, it giggles with a foreboding glee.

BOTTING Grimace of Gwar per request in Discussion
Unfortunately, I was unable to access the character sheet.

Grimace draws upon his solar weapon and attunes (presumably photon?[)/ooc]. Unable to open the sealed door before him, he prepares to rush in once it opens.
[ooc]Ready move action

TOUR DE FORCE MAJEURE? - Round Three Cont'd/Round Four Begins!

PCs in bold may act

K'ssatak-Su
Round Four
Soarin
Creature (blue)
Rilynn Rae
Zar’é
Creature (red)
Derris -4 SP | -7 HP
Grimace of Gwar (readied move action once door opens)
Creature (yellow) -10 HP

Map of Periphery Stars ship.
Please move your tokens accordingly.

Once inside, Soarin double moves down the cargo corridor until spotting Yellow in front of Rilynn.

K'ssatak-Sul remains on guard of the ambassador.

One of the winged creatures (blue) flies directly at Derris, its mouth and claws open wide!.

Blue, Melee (attach): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

However, it fails to attach itself to the Starfinder.

TOUR DE FORCE MAJEURE? - Round Four Cont'd!

PCs in bold may act

Soarin
Creature (blue)
Rilynn Rae
Zar’é
Creature (red)
Derris -4 SP | -7 HP
Grimace of Gwar (readied move action once door opens)
Creature (yellow) -10 HP
K'ssatak-Su

Map of Periphery Stars ship.
Please move your tokens accordingly.

Rilynn swallows her fear against these creatures which appear to manifest themselves out of chaos. She hopes she possesses the wherewithal to combat them. Her first instinct is to try out her latest combat adaptation. She opens her mouth and expels a cone of pure cold energy at the monster.

Wyrmling Dragon Gland vs Yellow: 3d6 ⇒ (5, 5, 3) = 13 extraordinary ability, 15' cone, Reflex save vs DC 11 for half damage

Rilynn swallows her fear against these creatures which appear to manifest themselves out of chaos. She hopes she possesses the wherewithal to combat them. Her first instinct is to try out her latest combat adaptation. She opens her mouth and expels a cone of pure cold energy at the monster.

Yellow, Reflex v (DC 11): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

The winged creature (yellow) attempts to fly out of the way of the icy breath, but it cannot escape. However, the creature seems well-adapted to the depths of space and the cold does not bother it as much as terrestrial creatures.

Nevertheless, the chilling breath manages to drop the already battered creature.

TOUR DE FORCE MAJEURE? - Round Four Cont'd!

PCs in bold may act

Soarin
Creature (blue)
Rilynn Rae
Zar’é
Creature (red)
Derris -4 SP | -7 HP
Grimace of Gwar (readied move action once door opens)
Creature (yellow) -18 HP
K'ssatak-Su

With his tool in hands, the thief proceeds to open the door.

Computer with thieves’ tools: 1d20 + 6 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 6 + 4 = 28
Same bonus if it’s an engineering check.
That’s probably a standard so move after the door opens. Zaré position on the map has been updated.

With his tool in hands, the thief proceeds to open the door.

Removed purple bar on Map indicating door as unlocked/open.

Grimace enters the hallway.
@ Grimace - Please move token where you wish the PC to be.
If you do not move the token within 24 hours, I will move the token towards red and proceed with red's turn.

TOUR DE FORCE MAJEURE? - Round Four Cont'd!

PCs in bold may act

Soarin
Creature (blue)
Rilynn Rae
Zar’é
Creature (red)
Derris -4 SP | -7 HP
Grimace of Gwar (may take a MOVE action only)
K'ssatak-Su