GM Zoomba's SFS 4-09 Through Sea & Storm (Inactive)

Game Master Zoomba

Discussion Thread.

If you could post your:

Player Name
Character Name
SFS#
Faction

DoubleGold
Z Data Z (level 9)
135676-701
Wayfinders

Player Name phaeton_nz
Character Name Katrina Scintilla
SFS# 124312-703
Faction Second Seeker (Jadnura)

Level 11 Daredevil Operative Ace Pilot

Player Name: azjauthor
Character Name: Gab
SFS#: 108452-701
Faction: Acquisitives

Player Name: Scottybobotti
Character Name: Jerris "Maverick" Sakai
SFS #291458-701
Faction: Exo-Guardians

Mav's tagline is updated and there is a link to his character sheet in there, but his Paizo website profile is not up to date.

Just away from my sheet, but I’ll get this filled in tomorrow morning.

Pop - we’re just in the back end of our final combat - a couple of days :)

Says starship in the description - does anyone have a Gorgon? Otherwise Jim will need to tear out the lab and escape pods from a Pegasus to make room for his vehicle.

Or the gm can (by raw) waive it and we can fly whatever.

“ A cargo hold can contain approximately 25 tons of goods, with no item being larger than Large. A starship with multiple cargo holds can hold larger objects; usually 4 contiguous cargo holds are required to hold Huge objects and 8 for Gargantuan objects. These size restrictions can be overridden at the GM's discretion.”

What vehicle?

Has two - a hover truck and a recon Enercopter. Basically providing mobility anc utility depending on the mission brief.

Player Name: Jhaeman
Character Name: Troivayan
SFS#: 238544-701
Faction: Second Seeker (Ehu)

Troivayan is Level 11.

Player Name - Shifty
Character Name - Big Jim
SFS# 826-703
Faction - Acq.

Ally - Master Hireling (Buddy the Goblin, PS/LS/Myst)
Faction - Acq Champion (improved)
Personal - Nil
Promotional - Service award
Social Boons - Known Quantity (x4 Day job)1/1
Starship Boons - Abundant Ammunition

Day Job (Video Personality) 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (10) + 21 = 31 x 4 = 124 credits

We've completed the battle - now just getting wrapped up and making our way to safety, so just about ready to kick off.

Some purchasing to be done and a level up and good to go!

Thinking if I have to choose it would probably the chopper - after sinking 50k credits into it that would probably be the preferred piece of equipment, and we can run a cool soundtrack

I'm a bit behind in getting Troivayan levelled up and and his tagline added (I've never played him in PBP before), but I I'll try to get to it in the next couple of days.

For slotting, are there any suggested boons?

Our party level is 10.3. Are we allowed to play up at tier 11-12 if we want to?

Actually, on second thought we are flying a Pegasus we better stay at tier 8-9. Just to cast my vote for voting's sake I prefer the Drake.

I’m shocked you’d want the Drake when you clearly ‘feel the need for speed’ :)

No specific boons are called out, though now is a good time to slot them.

As for tier, let's also confirm the levels:

'Maverick' - 11
Data - 9
Bug Jim - 10? (9 in your stat line, but you also mentioned he was levelling up)
Troivayan - 11
Katrina - 11
Gab - 11

If Jim is going to be level 10, that would put up right at 10.5, with the majority of characters in high tier. Table choice at that breakdown to go up or down

I vote for higher tier ... I'm also sitting on a bunch of Fame that expires in December, in case we need to raise dead on anybody. ;)

I vote play up, that way we all get more credits, the low tier people get out of tier credits and the high tier people get high tier credits.

I strongly suggest we go Drake if we play up. Though Maverick always feels the need for speed. He doesn't want to be flying a cargo plane full of rubber dog s&%! out of Absalom Station after he gets shot down because the Pegasus doesn't have enough weaponry to penetrate the enemy starship's shields.

The Gorgon is where it is at :) The Drake is an overhyped missile boat that runs out of puff in 5 rounds when the turret runs out of missiles :p

The less said about the Azata the better.

Bug Jim - 10? (9 in your stat line, but you also mentioned he was

Levelled up.

My only reservation in playing up is we have a bit of a funky mix and lack a dedicated 'tank' but happy to give up a go, we just might need to tread carefully :)

Okay, Level 11 character sheet is here.. I'll get the tagline updated ASAP. Boon slots below.

Promotional

T-Shirt (allows reroll of one d20 per session)

Personal

Scoured Stars Survivor (1/day, free action, reduce RP to stabilize by 1 and gain 5d6 hit points)

Starship

Hero of the Stars (if ship reduced to 0 HP, regains tierx5 hp (max 30). Then cross off.

Ally

Vossi’s Roar (when on Ukulam, call on Vossi for help)

Faction

Second Seekers Champion (Ehu): Gain reputation w/ faction.

Social

United Society (1/adventure, swift action to be inspiration to every ally w/ 60’ who can choose one of the following: 1) +2 morale bonus on attack & damage until beginning of my next turn; 2) regain SP equal to their level; 3) Remove a single condition as per remove condition.

Correction on my boons...

Ally - Master Hireling (Buddy the Goblin, PS/LS/Myst)
Faction - Acq Champion (improved)
Personal - Nil
Promotional - Service award (reroll, +4), Promotional reroll (Tshirt), Promotional bonus (Acq badge, Profession & Bluff bonus).
Social Boons - Shameless Sponsorship
Starship Boons - Abundant Ammunition

Day Job (Video Personality) 1d20 + 21 x 2 = 62 credits

Boons:

Promotional: T-shirt Reroll
Starship: Relaxation Suite
Ally: Spirits of a Doomed People
Social: Saviour of the Scoured Stars

Dayjob: 1d20 + 22 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 22 + 5 = 41

100% leaving this opener to our talkathon Diplomancers - I don't want to get storm giant zapped.

That's a nice array of skill checks they allow for this.

Yeah, I like the blend here. There's the standard 'social' skill options, but the other possible choices offer a good variety so each character has good odds of having at least one, while also being the sort of skills the would actually matter when exploring a ruin on an unstable planet.

Now that we've gotten the debrief ... my slotted boons:

Personal: Scoured Stars Survivor
Faction: Acquisitive Champion, Improved
Promotional: T-shirt re-reroll
Ally: Spirits of a Doomed People (1 use left)
Social: United Society
Starship: Broad Arc Upgrade (use this on the Persistent Particle Beam in the front arc)
Slotless: Starfinder Insignia, Marked Field Agent, Surviving Companion, Team Spirit, Elixir of Renewal (Welcome Boon), assorted other irrelevant boons

Purchases:
spell ampoule of life bubble (300)
10 mk 1 healing potions (500)
aquanaut serum (325)

Oh, I missed this: Scuba Gear (25) & Quicksuit armor upgrade (1,300)

You folks are doing some awesome role-playing! I may be stuck with a mopey drug-addled loner PC, but I'm enjoying the session.

Must have surprised the GM to come back to a wall of text... :p

Lol, getting used to it with you lot. And in a good way: loving the eager RPing :)

What is the infiltration assistant?

An item Elthel gave you for your journey:

Infiltration Assistant

If you want to affirmatively use t in the shaft, let me know!

The classic "half the opponents get higher than the entire party, the other half lower than the entire party" PbP initiative combat helper :)

Also, while the water is still rushing into the room for now, the interior of the 'Power Core' chamber is not yet difficult terrain

Katrina going to flat foot one of them or something? Waiting on her to list her actions so Jim can work out which one to charge and pound.

And I was waiting on you :)

Unfortunately, since Katrina missed with her attack the giant is not flat footed to everyone.

Luckily Clever Attack can do that too (and did here!)

Gab hit, actual next post when i get home from work in ~an hour

I am unlikely to be posting tomorrow (at minimum not until late evening EST), but a Merry Christmas to all of you who celebrate it!

Let's hope for a holiday/new year miracle as the dicebot has been dire for you all in this fight. :(

I have a couple of re-rolls, will need to break them out at this rate!

Happy Holidays

Waiting on Katrina - if that Trick attack lands and the giant is flat footed, flanked, and with a Gab bonus I want to go all out :)

These dice rolls are really hurting.

Whoops, forgot to note: even on a miss, Gab's Clever attack has made it flat-footed right now! key difference between Clever Feint/Attack and trick attack is that the condition isn't dependent on the attacking hitting, whihc is very good for you all)

Niiiiice!

How does full attacking with a solarian work? I've never played one. Do they not take a -4 penalty when they get up to high level?

Yep, they still take the penalty, though Flashing Strikes reduces it to -3 instead of -4. (Troivayan normally has a base +16 on attacks, so he full attacks at +13/+13).

And we are pretty much done with Through Sea and Storm! A bit of an extended and unlucky last fight, but you all in the end did splendidly! Exploring Talgradur thoroughly, impressing your Imperium liason, not gettign your ship blown up in an early volcano snafu - Ehu Hadif and the other faction leaders are going to be quite impressed! Full Rep, including a bonus one for SS: Ehu

I will try to get chronicles made this evening. Please let me know if any of the info above needs to change.

Thanks for running it - those were some punchy combats!

It doesn't matter which edition/game it is: if a giant's attack connects with you, it is going to hurt!

Amusing to me even though it didn't come up at all with this group: bucking the stereotype the two fire giant's Fort was their worst save.