[SFS_Aerondor] 03-20 Fleeting Truth: Everchanging revelation (11-14) (Inactive)

Game Master Aerondor

Going to finesse the combination of Joe's clothesline and Kelria's special trample type ability here to avoid retcons and dead with rules about not having multiple characters occupy the same space at the end of their turns

As Kelria's rampage through the group happens, Joe reaches out with an equally large meaty fist and knocks her jetpacks into an unanticipated orientation. She flies first up into the ceiling, before slamming into the floor just north of the group.

Joe's words sting her as well as the ignormany of landing on her face in front of her guardsmen.

He looks at her for a moment, considering what he knows about Hellknights. She wears the regalia of a Paralictor, and is thus a very senior member of the order. They are known for a fanatical resolve May spend RP to reroll a failed save. He has heard tails of their leaders racing through an entire squad of soldiers leaving nothing but battered and bloodied bodies behind them. Infernal rampage attack which you have already witnessed.

Poor Killdroid, having taken one for the team, falls to the ground, sparking.

[ooc]The three rectangles in the room are burning pools of ichor.

The runes on Joe's armor continues to glow...when there is a sudden explosion as a massive missile crashes through the roof of the tower and into Joe. Exploding and sending fire and shrapnel to those around him. As it does so...the runes fade.

And because I don't want to kill you all in round 1, and Joe is large, I'll pick the bottom left hand square that it lands in, so Kait is the only extra person getting damaged
Ref DC19 for half damage, roll once for both damage types
P damage: 3d12 ⇒ (6, 8, 8) = 22
F damage: 3d12 ⇒ (1, 7, 11) = 19

To makes things worse... a flaming devil appears, cacking with delight at the pain and suffering it inflicted.

Status, R1 bold may act
Id: (7) 0/99SP; 62/72hp;Fatigued. Burning (3d6)
Dridapex (pink) (0)
End of round 1
Kelria (29) shaken until round 4. 16 damage; off target until R6 or attacks Joe., extra -2 to hit until R6 or attacks Joe.
red (25). PRONE.
Jackojare (24): 132/132SP; 83/83hp;reflex save DC 17 vs 38P
Kait'lax (24): 82/110SP; ref DC 19 to half (22P & 19F damage)
Killdroid 58/110HP; 52 B damage (reflex DC 20 OR AOO); reflex 20 vs burning
blue (23)
flyie stuff (19)
Jaqweh (18) : 14/15rp; 0/88SP; 68/70hp; antigravity active.
Tolar: (17) 90/110SP; 71/77HP; haste used(5r);
yellow (13) 11 damage
Joe: (11) 130/168SP; ref DC 19 to half (22P & 19F damage)
Bangy stuff (10);
devil(red) (10);

Killdroid is not out yet, but the burn might do it before the drone actually gets to act again.

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13

DR 5/- and resist fire 5, so 31 damage, and thankful this is not PF2.

Status, R1 bold may act
Id: (7) 0/99SP; 62/72hp;Fatigued. Burning (3d6)
Dridapex (pink) (0)
End of round 1
Kelria (29) shaken until round 4. 16 damage; off target until R6 or attacks Joe., extra -2 to hit until R6 or attacks Joe.
red (25). PRONE.
Jackojare (24): 132/132SP; 83/83hp;reflex save DC 17 vs 38P
Kait'lax (24): 51/110SP;
Killdroid 2/110HP; burning (3d6)
blue (23)
flyie stuff (19)
Jaqweh (18) : 14/15rp; 0/88SP; 68/70hp; antigravity active.
Tolar: (17) 90/110SP; 71/77HP; haste used(5r);
yellow (13) 11 damage
Joe: (11) 130/168SP; ref DC 19 to half (22P & 19F damage)
Bangy stuff (10);
devil(red) (10);

reflex: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26

Fire Damage: 3d6 ⇒ (4, 6, 4) = 14

Id flips his antigrav belt back on, then rushes out of the Paralictor's line of fire. "Hey Kelria! Your devil minions dropped some still beating hearts! Know anything about those?" Without waiting for an answer, he assails her with his most powerful remaining magic energy.

Swift activate belt, move 40 feet, standard cast mind thrust IV on Kelria.

Mental Damage: 10d10 ⇒ (10, 2, 4, 9, 6, 3, 7, 6, 8, 9) = 64 plus fatigued 1 round on failed save.

Reflex vs burning (fatigued): 1d20 + 8 - 1 ⇒ (3) + 8 - 1 = 10 Still on fire, +2 to save next turn.

Kelria will DC 18?shaken: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (10) - 2 = 8 I think that likely makes it, let me know if the DC is more than mid 20s

Dridapex sees things are not going well and directs some psychic energy into Id
mystic cure II: 3d8 + 6 ⇒ (7, 7, 3) + 6 = 23
Kelria climbs to her feet and smites Tolar.
attack, off target, shaken, aggravated KAC32: 1d20 - 2 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (20) - 2 - 2 - 2 = 14 The luck just has not been with you this fight; crit
B damage: 3d10 + 27 + 3d10 + 27 ⇒ (5, 9, 7) + 27 + (6, 6, 2) + 27 = 89

Her claws rip into the solarian a massive wound... how he still stands after such a hammering is a testament to his skill and training.

The red solider puts another mystical rune onto Joe again.

Status, R2 bold may act
Jackojare (24): 132/132SP; 64/83hp;
Kait'lax (24): 51/110SP;
Killdroid 2/110HP; burning (3d6)
blue (23)
flyie stuff (19)
Jaqweh (18) : 14/15rp; 0/88SP; 68/70hp; antigravity active.
Tolar: (17) 1/110SP; 71/77HP; haste used(5r);
yellow (13) 11 damage
Joe: (11) 130/168SP; ref DC 19 to half (22P & 19F damage)
Bangy stuff (10);
devil(red) (10);
Id: (7) 0/99SP; 71/72hp;Fatigued. Burning (3d6) (+2 to save)
Dridapex (pink) (0)
End of round 1
Kelria (29) shaken until round 4. 48 damage; off target until R6 or attacks Joe., extra -2 to hit until R6 or attacks Joe.
red (25).

Sorry, Will DC 27. So it might fail.

Nope, miscalculated. DC 10 + 7(Wis) + 4 (spell level) + 2 (Spell Focus) = 23. So yeah, probably saved.

89 damage wipes out my stamina and drops me to 44/77 HP.

Fire BAAAAAD!: 3d6 ⇒ (1, 4, 5) = 10

Its circuits fried, Killdroid transfers its algorithms back to Kait'lax's custom rig as its body falls to the ground, useless.

Reflex (+2 vs Spells and Spell-likes): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 27
5 fire resist

Joe is nimble almost as tis elusive paraliktor.
But the fight is going to chaotic now...

What are you doing Team?! PLan A! Or should I improvise? - sHouts Joe after understanding what's following after runes applyed.

This is nothing new for Kait'lax. They activate their contingency for having the important parts of Killdroid retrieved so they can craft a new body later.

Not enjoying the enemy having air support, Kait'lax tries to manipulate the runes on Joe, taking a bit of extra care to make sure they end up where we want them.

Computers, Certainty: 1d20 + 25 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 25 + 2 = 32

They then take a step away in case it failed, so they are not likely to be bombed again, and look around for something, anything they could interface with.

Perception: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (10) + 17 = 27

Plan Z, which I think we are on now, is to Remote Hack the database and grab whatever scraps of information I can before fleeing. Kait'lax has 50 foot range on that, so might be able to hide and continue the download from off the battlefield.

Best thing Kait’lax can do is keep the missiles from hitting us. Redirect the runes onto the Hellknight mooks instead.

I think the best plan at this point is to gang pile on the boss and then hit the mooks. I’ll try to heal Tolar and pray the dicebot starts giving him 20s and the boss 1s, instead of the other way around like it’s done thus far.

The brave killdroid finds its circuits overwhelmed and slumps into near slag. A wave of sadness crosses Kait'lax. Surely that vesk will pay.

Joe avoids the worst of the missiles, though that new burning devil might be problematic.

@Kait - there are no runes on Joe at the moment. Did you want to delay your action? If so, until when?

Status, R2 bold may act
Jackojare (24): 132/132SP; 64/83hp;
Kait'lax (24): 51/110SP; - possible rune hack (compu 32)
blue (23)
flyie stuff (19)
Jaqweh (18) : 14/15rp; 0/88SP; 68/70hp; antigravity active.
Tolar: (17) 1/110SP; 71/77HP; haste used(5r);
yellow (13) 11 damage
Joe: (11) 115/168SP;
Bangy stuff (10);
devil(red) (10);
Id: (7) 0/99SP; 71/72hp;Fatigued. Burning (3d6) (+2 to save)
Dridapex (pink) (0)
End of round 1
Kelria (29) shaken until round 4. 48 damage; off target until R6 or attacks Joe., extra -2 to hit until R6 or attacks Joe.
red (25).

Overloading enemy tech would be fun, but feels like poor action economy. Looks like there were three runes on Joe when he was attacked before, so Kait'lax will ready their check for a third rune appearing.

Oh, that grenade bypassed SP and went straight to HP, wow, I readjust my bar accordingly.
Jackojare moves and fire his last grenade between blue and the boss to get them both, the mindspike grenade III. He will use his racial ability Communalism to roll 2d20 twice and take the better result for the fear of rolling a 1, the only way he can miss
hit square: 1d20 ⇒ 13
hit square: 1d20 ⇒ 18
dmg: 3d4 ⇒ (1, 1, 4) = 6 psychic damage? and Daze? The grenade
But it seems they can attempt will or reflex the way it is worded. DC 21.

Nope, grenades didn't bypass SP at all. But between the two grenades and the trample, and four missed saves, Jackojare's SP were literally burned through.

blue will DC 21: 1d20 ⇒ 1 oopse
Kelria will DC 21, shaken: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (20) - 2 = 18 She loves those 20s

The blue knight takes the full impact of the grenade, but Kelria mostly just shakes it off. Rather than direct his targeting cannon at Joe, the Blue knight is rocked and seems unable to concentrate.

Kait, with the blue one dazed, let me know if you want to act earlier than when three runes appear, I'll just keep moving you down the init order until you act.

Kelria seems to be enjoying herself and in no hurry to finish the fun by another quick trip through the shattering party.

Status, R2 bold may act
Kait'lax (18): 51/110SP; - possible rune hack (compu 32); delaying until three runes at the moment
Jaqweh (18) : 14/15rp; 0/88SP; 68/70hp; antigravity active.
Tolar: (17) 1/110SP; 71/77HP; haste used(5r);
yellow (13) 11 damage
Joe: (11) 115/168SP;
Bangy stuff (10);
devil(red) (10);
Id: (7) 0/99SP; 71/72hp;Fatigued. Burning (3d6) (+2 to save)
Dridapex (pink) (0)
End of round 2
Kelria (29) shaken until round 4. 51 damage; off target until R6 or attacks Joe., extra -2 to hit until R6 or attacks Joe.
red (25).
Jackojare (24): 132/132SP; 64/83hp;
blue (23) 6 damage
flyie stuff (19)

Tolar is in a giving mood. And all he has to spare is pain.

I suspect that on top of everything else Kelria is hard to hit so just 1 attack.

Attack vs Kelria's KAC: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (19) + 19 = 38
Slashing/Piercing/Holy damage: 5d10 + 21 ⇒ (2, 6, 4, 5, 6) + 21 = 44

From his spot by the wall, Jaqweh watches in horror as a demon manifests right next to Joe. He quickly activates his microlab to see what he can learn about this new adversary.

Microlab to ID Demon: 20 + 18 = 38
Special Defenses (DR, Resistances, Immunities), Special Attacks if any, Weakest save

"On your feet, Tolar. She got lucky with that hit. Now show her you can hit just as hard."

Inspiring boost on Tolar with an RP for 36 SP

Edit: just remembered that he has Energy Resistance 1 (All) and DR 1/- both, but only vs ranged attacks, which lessens the damage from the grenades by 2 total. So still 0 SP, but 70/70 HP

Tolar lands a single, very solid hit on Kelria. She oophs, but offers an evil grin. "I'll enjoy ripping your entrails out for that one."

Jaqweh notes that the new devil is likely immune to fine and poison, and is resistant to acid and cold as well. It is very hard to hurt without a holy weapon (DR and regeneration).

@Jaqweh is Microlab is a free action for you? I'll leave you in the init tracker to confirm you actual action if that is the case

Status, R2 bold may act
Kait'lax (18): 51/110SP; - possible rune hack (compu 32); delaying until three runes at the moment
Jaqweh (18) : 14/15rp; 0/88SP; 70/70hp; antigravity active.
yellow (13) 11 damage
Joe: (11) 115/168SP;
Bangy stuff (10);
devil(red) (10);
Id: (7) 0/99SP; 71/72hp;Fatigued. Burning (3d6) (+2 to save)
Dridapex (pink) (0)
End of round 2
Kelria (29) shaken until round 4. 95 damage; off target until R6 or attacks Joe., extra -2 to hit until R6 or attacks Joe.
red (25).
Jackojare (24): 132/132SP; 64/83hp;
blue (23) 6 damage
flyie stuff (19)
Tolar: (17) 37/110SP; 71/77HP; haste used(5r); inspiring words used;

The hellknight in yellow livery puts another rune on Joe.... speaking of Joe...

Status, R2 bold may act
Kait'lax (12): 51/110SP; - possible rune hack (compu 32); delaying until three runes at the moment
Joe: (11) 115/168SP; two runes on him.
Bangy stuff (10);
devil(red) (10);
Id: (7) 0/99SP; 71/72hp;Fatigued. Burning (3d6) (+2 to save)
Dridapex (pink) (0)
End of round 2
Kelria (29) shaken until round 4. 95 damage; off target until R6 or attacks Joe., extra -2 to hit until R6 or attacks Joe.
red (25).
Jackojare (24): 132/132SP; 64/83hp;
blue (23) 6 damage
flyie stuff (19)
Jaqweh (18) : 14/15rp; 0/88SP; 70/70hp; antigravity active.
Tolar: (17) 37/110SP; 71/77HP; haste used(5r); inspiring words used;
yellow (13) 11 damage

Joe stands tall and start moving gorward, gaining more and more entropy.

You are not even a Law. You are just Pact World terrorists. Shut up and remain on the ground. Follwing resistance will cause imminent death sentence. , - Joe lashing the paraliktor from afar.

Entopic strike through lash, EAC: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (20) + 18 = 38
Acid dmg: 3d6 + 24 ⇒ (6, 2, 3) + 24 = 35

Ooh, thats nice. My crit effects: Corrode 4d8
Crit additional dmg dmg: 3d6 + 24 ⇒ (3, 3, 3) + 24 = 33

The entropy brings invasive acid which start to melt and destroy the paraliktors body and suite Corrode every round: 4d8 ⇒ (8, 4, 6, 7) = 25

My main Entropic Strike dmg is 4d6, but my lash is less efficient (lower lvl weapon), so in general I trade dmg for range.

Sure, let's deal with those runes now.

Kait'lax focuses on the mystical runes, feeling their infernal energy radiating back up into orbit. Just as they appeared on Joe, he is pretty sure the runes must be able to be relocated, as that is in their very nature. Feeling along mystic ley lines he.... finds the planet;s weird energy confusing... the runes stay put.

Had to double check the DC there, you failed, but only narrowly.
Which... given you rolled a 5 might not be surprising now I look at it.

Joe moves ponderously forward, ready to contend with this self-appointed law maker. He lashes out at long range I assume your lash is a reach type weapon, I don't know much about Vanguards striking cleanly through the paralichtors defences.

As he moved away from the devil, it lashes out at him.
aOO vs KAC33: 1d20 ⇒ 15 Miss

Furious, the devil follows Joe and swipes at him again.
aOO vs KAC33: 1d20 ⇒ 8 Miss

Status, R2 bold may act
Id: (7) 0/99SP; 71/72hp;Fatigued. Burning (3d6) (+2 to save)
Dridapex (pink) (0)
End of round 2
Kelria (29) shaken until round 4. 163 damage; off target until R6 or attacks Joe., extra -2 to hit until R6 or attacks Joe. Corrode 4d6
red (25).
Jackojare (24): 113/132SP; 83/83hp;
blue (23) 6 damage
flyie stuff (19)
Jaqweh (18) : 14/15rp; 0/88SP; 70/70hp; antigravity active.
Tolar: (17) 37/110SP; 71/77HP; haste used(5r); inspiring words used;
yellow (13) 11 damage
Kait'lax (12): 51/110SP;
Joe: (11) 115/168SP; two runes on him.
Bangy stuff (10);
devil(red) (10);

I assume your lash is a reach type weapon, I don't know much about Vanguards

Vanguards can use their entropic strike through a weapon. It uses the weapon's materials and traits, but the damage type from the entropic strike (and possibly increased damage as well, depending on the character and item levels).

Burning: 3d6 ⇒ (3, 4, 3) = 10

Id takes a deep breath and assaults Kelria's mind again.

Standard mind thrust III on Kelria.

Mental Damage (Will DC 22 half): 7d10 ⇒ (3, 8, 9, 4, 2, 6, 9) = 41

Reflex DC 20 (fatigued, 1 round burning): 1d20 + 8 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 8 - 1 + 2 = 12 Still on fire.

will,shaken: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (19) - 2 = 17
The paralichtor seems to be enjoying things a little less now, especialy with the headache she is getting.

Dridapex looks a bit worried.

Kelria roars in pain as the acid burns her.
corrode: 4d6 ⇒ (4, 1, 6, 2) = 13
ref DC23,shaken: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (8) - 2 = 6
She doesn't seem to be able to shake off the burning, clinging acid. So she fires up her engines. While they warm up, she takes out her pain and frustration on Tolar.
bash vs KAC30,MAP, shaken, antagonised, off target: 1d20 - 4 - 2 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (17) - 4 - 2 - 2 - 2 = 7 hit
damage: 3d10 + 27 ⇒ (6, 8, 4) + 27 = 45
bash vs KAC30,MAP, shaken, antagonised, off target: 1d20 - 4 - 2 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (18) - 4 - 2 - 2 - 2 = 8 hit
damage: 3d10 + 27 ⇒ (5, 2, 2) + 27 = 36

The brave Solarian cannot take much more punishment.

Meanwhile the solider in red puts a third rune on Joe.

Status, R3 bold may act
Jackojare (24): 113/132SP; 83/83hp;
blue (23) 6 damage
flyie stuff (19)
Jaqweh (18) : 14/15rp; 0/88SP; 70/70hp; antigravity active.
Tolar: (17) 0/110SP; 27/77HP; haste used(5r); inspiring words used;
yellow (13) 11 damage
Kait'lax (12): 51/110SP;
Joe: (11) 115/168SP; three runes on him.
Bangy stuff (10);
devil(red) (10);
Id: (7) 11/99SP; 72/72hp;Fatigued. Burning (3d6) (+4 to save)
Dridapex (pink) (0)
End of round 3
Kelria (29) shaken until round 4. 183 damage; off target until R6 or attacks Joe., extra -2 to hit until R6 or attacks Joe. Corrode 4d6
red (25).

Drop grenade launcher free action, pull out rifle move action and fire at blue hit: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (2) + 19 = 21 vs KAC dmg: 2d8 + 13 ⇒ (1, 8) + 13 = 22 piercing.

Blue takes the hit like the knight he is. He puts a targeting rune on Jackojare in return.

The Paralictor barges through Tolar and jackojare, leaving flames and bruises in her wake.

Again, Tolar and jackojare may make an AOO or a reflex save for half damage. In either case you must also make a reflex (DC20) to avoid catching fire

B damage: 3d10 + 27 ⇒ (1, 2, 1) + 27 = 31
Zap from Tolar's armor: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 6) = 7

"I'm ready to face my fears. Are you ready to face me?" says the irate Kelria to Joe.

Status, R3 bold may act
Jaqweh (18) : 14/15rp; 0/88SP; 70/70hp; antigravity active.
Tolar: (17) 0/110SP; 27/77HP; haste used(5r); inspiring words used; 31 B damage, either ref to reduce, or an AOO may be made; ref DC20 vs burning
yellow (13) 11 damage
Kait'lax (12): 51/110SP;
Joe: (11) 115/168SP; three runes on him. AOO on Kelria for moving out of threatened space
Bangy stuff (10);
devil(red) (10);
Id: (7) 11/99SP; 72/72hp;Fatigued. Burning (3d6) (+4 to save)
Dridapex (pink) (0)
End of round 3
Kelria (29) shaken until round 4. 190 damage; off target until R6 or attacks Joe., extra -2 to hit until R6 or attacks Joe. Corrode 4d6
red (25).
Jackojare (24): 113/132SP; 83/83hp; One rune; 31 B damage, either ref to reduce, or an AOO may be made; ref DC20 vs burning
blue (23) 28 damage
flyie stuff (19)

electricity damage from the first attack on Tolar: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 6) = 10
electricity from the second attack on Tolar: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 5) = 7
You already rolled the damage for the charge. What damage type were those 2 attacks vs Tolar?

reflex save vs Overrun: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25
reflex to not burn: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25

Jackojare has a rifle out, not a knife and he ain't doing a punch reflex: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26
reflex: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (4) + 13 = 17 avoid catching fire.

Joe will gladly punish flying paraliktor, not stop him near Tolar ...
AoO attack, EAC: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (3) + 18 = 21
Acid dmg: 3d6 + 24 ⇒ (2, 2, 5) + 24 = 33

@Aerondor - I've got 4d8 corrode, not 4d6. I rolled damage for Kelria's round (25) and I will gladly roll for you next round. I do not think she takes damage twice a round even though she acts twice. And yes, I am using Lash as a reach source weapon even having already 10 ft melee range

@Tolar, they are bludgeoning. Kelria does have reach.
Are you going to the blue knight, or the devil that is attacking Joe?

Jackojare avoids the worst of the buffering, but does start burning.

@Joe that would be helpful. We'll apply the damage on your turn and she just makes the save on hers. Without anyone else to heal her, it doesn't make a difference really.

Joe's oportunistic lash flies wide of the mark.

Status, R3 bold may act
Jaqweh (18) : 14/15rp; 0/88SP; 70/70hp; antigravity active.
Tolar: (17) 0/110SP; 12/77HP; haste used(5r); inspiring words used; Confirmation of action needed)
yellow (13) 11 damage
Kait'lax (12): 51/110SP;
Joe: (11) 115/168SP; three runes on him.
Bangy stuff (10);
devil(red) (10);
Id: (7) 11/99SP; 72/72hp;Fatigued. Burning (3d6) (+4 to save)
Dridapex (pink) (0)
End of round 3
Kelria (29) shaken until round 4. 207 damage; off target until R6 or attacks Joe., extra -2 to hit until R6 or attacks Joe. Corrode 4d8
red (25).
Jackojare (24): 98/132SP; 83/83hp; One rune; 31 Burning (3d6)
blue (23) 28 damage
flyie stuff (19)

Actually, Let's push it to the limits. Tolar will move to directly above Kelria and take his attack as spoilered though I think he has flank with Joe. Your rolls vs Tolar have been 20, 17, 18. Surely you'll roll low at some point. KAC vs AOO is 36.

Kelria AOO on Tolar, shaken, off target, antagonised DC36: 1d20 - 6 ⇒ (5) - 6 = -1
The ever brave Tolar closes in on the Paralichtor, dodges her claws and then offers her a major slash in return

Status, R3 bold may act
Jaqweh (18) : 14/15rp; 0/88SP; 70/70hp; antigravity active.
yellow (13) 11 damage
Kait'lax (12): 51/110SP;
Joe: (11) 115/168SP; three runes on him.
Bangy stuff (10);
devil(red) (10);
Id: (7) 11/99SP; 72/72hp;Fatigued. Burning (3d6) (+4 to save)
Dridapex (pink) (0)
End of round 3
Kelria (29) shaken until round 4. 259 damage; off target until R6 or attacks Joe., extra -2 to hit until R6 or attacks Joe. Corrode 4d8
red (25).
Jackojare (24): 98/132SP; 83/83hp; One rune; 31 Burning (3d6)
blue (23) 28 damage
flyie stuff (19)
Tolar: (17) 0/110SP; 12/77HP; haste used(5r); inspiring words used;

Benefiting from the morale provided by having an ally nearby, Jaqweh fires at the Hellknight hoping to make her vulnerable to Joe's acid.

Communalism to roll twice and take the better roll once per day

Poacher pistol: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29
Poacher pistol: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32
damage: 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (2, 3) + 5 = 10
Applying Vulnerability to Acid

"You there, with the Yellow epaulets, your leader has misled you. Stand down."

Intimidate Yellow: 1d20 + 22 + 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 22 + (3) + 2 = 35
Double duration if successful

Standard to fire, move to demoralize with Improved Demoralize and a Ferocity Blazon

The blue knight looks rather unsure of himself, while Kelria grunts as Jaqweh's needle strikes into her.

The knight in yellow puts another rune on jaqweh

Status, R3 bold may act
Kait'lax (12): 51/110SP;
Joe: (11) 115/168SP; three runes on him.
Bangy stuff (10);
devil(red) (10);
Id: (7) 11/99SP; 72/72hp;Fatigued. Burning (3d6) (+4 to save)
Dridapex (pink) (0)
End of round 3
Kelria (29) shaken until round 4. 269 damage; off target until R6 or attacks Joe., extra -2 to hit until R6 or attacks Joe. Corrode 4d8; vulnerable to acid.
red (25).
Jackojare (24): 98/132SP; 83/83hp; One rune; 31 Burning (3d6)
blue (23) 28 damage; demorilised until start of round 6.
flyie stuff (19)
Tolar: (17) 0/110SP; 12/77HP; haste used(5r); inspiring words used;
Jaqweh (18) : 14/15rp; 0/88SP; 70/70hp; antigravity active. One rune on him.
yellow (13) 11 damage

You are tough girl. If you say yae are ready, I will proceed you to Pharasma's jurisdiction.

Joe starts to step back from Kelria, but then throw all his body into a powerful headbutt.

Attack, EAC: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (19) + 18 = 37
damage, acid: 4d6 + 24 ⇒ (1, 6, 5, 1) + 24 = 37

Vesk's powered armor continue to corrode, being also vulnerable. Not calculated
If Kelria is still standing after all this Joe will raise shield, but if the vesk fall - vanguard will turn to soldiers and bring them couple words:
- This is your only warning! Future using of rune technomancy and explosives will be treated accordingly!

Joe prepares to Dampen runic explosion...

Upcoming Corrode: 4d8 ⇒ (4, 4, 4, 4) = 16

The acid burns heavily into the Paralictor, weakening her such that when Joe's strike finally arrives she has naught left to withstand it.

"It's not Pharasma's embrace I go to.." she mutters as she falls. Flames rise up around her- within her armour, consuming what remains of her body.

The three knights look on, astonished that the mighty Paralictor has fallen.

Happy to play then out if you want, but also happy to handwave the tidy up. Even in your battered state they are only a road-bump for you all.

- We'll see ya in the court then. I hope this is not your fututre brrister.

Joe addresses last question to a devil nearby.
If paraliktor soldiers decide to not continue fighting he will say:

- Wise choice. Now lay on the ground if you want to save a bt of dignity.
Paraliktor's torso and face continue being melted by acid, which looks nasty and smells awful if someone breathing...

Joe takes a look around and seeing teammates still alive, comment:
-I like it when plans convergys. Tolar, ID you need patching up. Now, where is data? Kait?

Kait'lax attempts to move the runes off Joe again.

Computers: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (1) + 25 = 26

Definitely feeling the handwave now...

Once the remaining Hellknights are dealt with, they begin searching again for the data Guidance requested.

Computers: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (4) + 25 = 29

"I'm getting so fired."

"I'm sure the boss will understand," Kihgtsa replies, surreptitiously updating his resume on a datapad.

Ah, so you three surrender then, smart. You realize our power.

I half expected her to just explode on death killing everyone nearby.

Jaqweh nods to the remaining Hellknights. "Thank you for standing down, as we requested." He leaves them to Joe and turns to where Dridapex is standing.

"The data is stored in the ichor, isn't it? Is it magical or a purely chemical method? Is there any way to save it at this point?" he postulates an educated guess. It's a standard interrogation technique used to get them talking.

The three hellknights offer their surrender to Joe.

Dridapex offers what might almost be a smile to Jaqweh.

DNA is a much more..compact.. way to store information than your traditional computers. it agrees.

However a quick look at the pools show that surely little information can have survived that inferno.

Much data was kept in the ichor pools, but not that which you seek.

I thank you for your hell with our invaders. It was most invaluable. Luckily in addition to the matter of the tower, the scholars themselves keeps data within their own DNA.

It draws a knife across its own arm, allowing a drop of blood to fall into Jaqweh's collector. You will find what you seek in there.

"I don't mind the opportunity to put some Hellknights in their place, but... you had what we needed the entire time?" kait'lax answers incredulously.

"Way of the world, boss," Kihgtsa chimes in. "We did a favor for that weird AI, we did a favor for the Hellknights..."

*sparks furiously*

"On the bright side, We don't have to swim to the bottom of that pool to get what we need. That, And none of us died."

Tolar rests.

A cloud crosses Jaqweh's face at Dridapex's words, but only briefly. It makes sense that they would back up the data they'd need, and it got them the help they needed. He'd likely have done the same thing in their dire circumstances, too.

The lashunta chuckles. That explains why you did not share your DNA when we first met. Though I wouldn't have know its importance, nor how to extract the data.

He makes sure the blood sample is secure in his microlab, takes a reading for the xenogenetics database at Callaver University, and nods to their host in thanks.

I hesitate to ask, given our condition, he says looking at Killdroid's fused circuits and Tolar's mangled armor. But is there anything else you need of us? If not, can you help us get to somewhere that we can be recovered by the Starfinders?