Welcome to PbP Gameday X
Please mention if you have played or GMed this scenario previously.
Expectations:
1) Have fun while respecting other players.
2) Let me know of any improvements I may be able to implement or any concerns you have.
3) Read and post daily. If you have nothing in character to post, please check in here so we know not to wait for you.
4) Real-life (family, health, employment, etc) take precedence. If you need to be absent for any time, please let me know in advance if possible or as soon as you can. I tend to worry when I haven't heard from a player for a while.
5) PbP is great for character development and roleplay. Go for it! Have fun with it.
6) Please have botting instructions (including dice roll formats) ready and be prepared to have another player (or myself) bot your character if needed to keep the game moving. If you wish to nominate a preferred botting partner, you may do so with their permission.
While waiting for the start of the convention, you have plenty of time to discuss characters, starship (and other) roles, select appropriate boons, etc.
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Have played this twice, and intend to GM it - will be interesting to play it as a Witchwarper.
Bordle is a female Brennari (124312-721) who used to work in the Bluerise Tower as an accountant but, after an incident with the security system, causing a radiation leak, she was rescued by a Starfinder halfling who ended up also suffering from radiation poisoning in the process, and both of them spent nearly a month in the same hospital room recovering.
They got rather fond of each other and ended up moving into an apartment together in the Puddles district. She also, after hearing Rani's stories of life in the Starfinders decided to join up, finding other uses for her witchwarping abilities besides detecting 'accounting errors' in corporate accounts.
She still works as an accountant, mostly in auditing and forensics.
Best starship roles would be Science Officer (+5 Computers) or Captain (+8 Diplomacy, +9 at L2)
Will be levelling up to 2 after getting 4-01 assigned as GM credit.
Credits for: Intro-1; Intro 2; and 4-01.
Glad to have you both onboard.
I see Bordle is signed in. Thank you.
Potential tokens added to the first slide. Let me know if you want to change yours.
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Haven't played or run this yet.
Would be playing as Jyskos, a male Drow Operative who has just hit level 2 and survived #4-01 barely.
I'm on holiday and out of the country until the 5th. But will add all the details etc (and level up) when I get back, that's easy enough enough do!
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Hi, I'm taking the slot that was dropped here! Have not played or run this but I am possibly going to run it next week so when we hit that point I'll let you know and take a bit more of a backseat if need be.
I'll be playing my level 1 ghoran vanguard Arboreal Blightborn. Jyskos and I have played together barely getting through 4-01 as it turns out!
Arboreal is a former druid type who lived in the forests of Ghorus Prime and was affected by a strange mystical blight that the forest succumbed to. When it was removed, they reawakened but much of the rot and decay magic remained in their body granting them entropic rot powers. After hearing Starfinders played a part in their rescue they decided to head off planet and join them. They constantly let off a very appealing wine-like smell. (Somehow I'm still delicious despite being a rotted ghoran and that's the best explanation for that that I have lol)
Best options for starship combat are gunnery (+4) and possibly magic officer (+6 Mysticism)
(I'll probably buy and update some gear over the next couple of days having just got my 4-01 chronicle but the rest of the info should be correct!)
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Hi all! I'll be playing my level 1 biohacker, Zamba Zorbolo - better known as ZeeZee. She is a ijtikri veterinarian from Iji - better known as Vesk 2 - and still very uncertain around things that aren't animals... especially robots.
I have gmed this already, but not played it.
As for my character sheet, most of it is up to date, but like Arboreal I just got my last chronicle sheet and might be updating her gear before we start.
Welcome to those players who have joined us. I believe we are waiting for one more. I will work on tokens and progress gameplay in a little bit when I am back at my desk.
@Farsurrwag - looks like you are incognito on the sign-in sheet as Morvruul the Merchant, a level 2 operative.
@Istilnar - having removed the errant signee, there is now space for you to sign in on RPGChronicles.
@Farsurrwag - looks like you are incognito on the sign-in sheet as Morvruul the Merchant, a level 2 operative.Ah, I didn't realize I had done that. Morvruul is presently terrorizing another table.
Easy enough mistake to happen. Thankfully, rpgchonicles is easy to edit.
Do you have a confirmed roster for Starship combat?
I will be travelling tomorrow and away from the Internet. I will try and post in the evening but it is possible I will miss the day entirely.
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With no Engineer, I suspect we will want a dedicated Science Officer to balance shields and to use Magic for scrying/precognition. I humbly suggest the following beginning starship roles:
Pilot: Jyskos Arabath (+10 Piloting +10 (2 ranks) for Pilot)
Magic: Farsurrwag (+6 Mysticism)
Science: Bordle (+5 Computers)
Captain: Zamba Zorbolo (+0 Diplomacy/Intimidate/Bluff)
Gunner: Arboreal (+4 Gunnery)
Gunner:Istilnar (+4 Gunnery)
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Oh hey! I think that was me that ran it last night, too. Hello again.
Yes, you did! I played the walking coral! (I didn't even think to check player names.) Thanks again for running and for a fun time! (Although, as one on the East Coast, I must admit that I was struggling to focus there a bit near the end as the game approached 2 am, my time.)
Fortunately, Farsurrwag is not good for too much beyond delivering a few puns and jokes (and allowing me to do my modest impression of Mark Hammill as Joker during "live" games), so he can hang back as well!
Bordle - Do you choose to share with the others what you learned with your culture check?
Your health is always more important.
I am certainly not trying to rush anyone.
Given the above conversation regarding ship choice, I have placed the Drake token on the map. The Valorous is identical.
The white Xs represent space debris/wreckage which blocks line of fire. Any starship attempting to move through a hex containing wreckage must succeed at a Piloting check to avoid damage.
Feel free to use this discussion thread for all the usual ooc conversations regarding swapping roles, applying bonuses, etc.
To speed play along, let's try everyone post their turn in any order with all rolls in spoilers. When all players have posted I will resolve the round and start the next one. If you are in a role that could potentially act in multiple phases, such as Captain, please note which phase you are acting in to help me resolve things in the correct order.
I will post the enemy initiative at the beginning of the round so the Pilot knows who moves first.
If this isn't working, or you have suggestions on how to improve it, please speak up.
I know on slides the tokens are small. Yours has a white background, the enemy has a transparent background.
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Confession time - I haven't run Starship Combat in PbP for some time and just realised that all my lovely prep is on my Roll20 table.
You are all experienced players though, so before I go digging for resources - does anyone need role sheets or the Drake stats?
Who is going to be keeping track of damage and repair for your group?
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DRAKE TIER 2
STARFINDER SOCIETY DRAKE TIER 2
Medium transport
Speed 8; Maneuverability average (turn 2); Drift 1
AC 12; TL 12 (it's AC 14 and TL 14 as I have 2 ranks)
HP 70; DT —; CT 14
Shields light 40 (forward 10, port 10, starboard 10, aft 10)
Attack (Forward) gyrolaser (1d8)
Attack (Turret) coilgun (4d4), high explosive missile launcher
(4d8)
Power Core Arcus Heavy (130 PCU); Drift Engine Signal Basic;
Systems budget medium-range sensors, crew quarters (good), mk 1 trinode computer, mk 2 armor, mk 2 defenses; Expansion Bays cargo hold, escape pods
Modifiers +1 to any three checks per round;
Complement 4–7
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I agree! Is Zamba really a +0 at the Charisma things?
Yeah, what Starship boons does everyone have? (If any)
I'd prefer the Drake myself.
Yea, she is. Starship combat is NOT somewhere she is super helpful at the moment, cause physical science and life science aren't helpful skills. ><
I'm willing to track ships stats as needed, though it may be better for the science officer too if they are going to be moving shields and such.
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Zamba, can be a gunner with a +4 modifier or she can use athletics to be the chief mate. We have 3 forward arc and turret weapons, so I suggest we have 3 gunners.
Not sure where you're getting a +4... I have no ranks in piloting and no BAB, so it would just be my Dex of +2. That being said, I might have a better chance of hitting them than hitting the DC 15 to encourage.
Sorry folk, I haven't abandoned you. I have had various attacks of life the last couple of days and found myself just too mentally and emotionally exhausted to deal when I reached my designated catch up time last night. I have to run around today before being chained to my desk for Gen Con but hopefully will be back and posting at a good rate very soon.