paizo.com Recent Gameplay Posts for GM Cellion's Devastation Arkpaizo.com Recent Gameplay Posts for GM Cellion's Devastation Ark2024-03-29T05:36:12Z2024-03-29T05:36:12ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: GM Cellion's Devastation ArkAjithu-Ko (alias of PaleDim)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivmf0/gameplay&page=40#19662024-03-29T05:41:35Z2024-03-29T05:36:11Z<p>Ajithu attempts to make telepathic contact with the crystalline creature.</p>
<p><i>The drift beacon for the station? Is it missing?</i></p>Ajithu attempts to make telepathic contact with the crystalline creature.
The drift beacon for the station? Is it missing?Ajithu-Ko (alias of PaleDim)2024-03-29T05:36:11ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: GM Cellion's Devastation ArkGM Cellion (alias of Cellion)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivmf0/gameplay&page=40#19652024-03-29T03:41:54Z2024-03-29T03:20:27Z<p>Arc looks around the little control room and finds only Zo! brand hyper-mocha powder, "reinforced with twelve times the caffeine of normal coffee and eight times the chocolate flavor".</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>I missed Shocca's comment, so it seems to be two votes for shields.</span></p>
<p>Shocca dials in the commands and soon enough you have the auxiliary reactor's meager power diverted toward reinforcing and rebooting the Station's shields. It may not be much, but it may help protect civilians should any starship-scale weapons fire be directed at the Station itself. This far within the Station, there's no obvious change, so you just have to trust that the other systems are doing their jobs.</p>
<p>—-</p>
<p>However you decide to attempt to handle the rambunctious skittermanders, you turn your attention to the northwestern doorway. After a brief interconnecting passage the doors open to another large chamber. A soft, cascading light illuminates this stark room. Four auxiliary generators are located against the western wall with a small catwalk running above them. A small set of cubicles is positioned opposite the room from the generators, and several blank monitors hang on the northern wall.</p>
<p>At the center of the room floats a being of glowing crystalline facets and glowing concentric rings, arranged in a vaguely feminine humanoid form. To the west atop the catwalk you see a tiny blue baby skittermander currently playing with a cylindrical device that kind of definitely looks like a grenade. Before you can step far into the room the blank monitors to the north flicker to life with a loud burst of static. The following words appear across them, one after the other.</p>
<p><b>"RETURN"</b>
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<b>"THE DRIFT"</b>
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<b>"BEACON"</b></p>Arc looks around the little control room and finds only Zo! brand hyper-mocha powder, "reinforced with twelve times the caffeine of normal coffee and eight times the chocolate flavor".
I missed Shocca's comment, so it seems to be two votes for shields.
Shocca dials in the commands and soon enough you have the auxiliary reactor's meager power diverted toward reinforcing and rebooting the Station's shields. It may not be much, but it may help protect civilians should any starship-scale...GM Cellion (alias of Cellion)2024-03-29T03:20:27ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: GM Cellion's Devastation ArkShoccaar Nemmac (alias of EwokBanshee)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivmf0/gameplay&page=40#19642024-03-29T03:01:43Z2024-03-29T02:56:16Z<p>Shocca blinks twice in quick succession. <b>"I did not realize there weren't three before... this is why I skipped breeding. Good catch, Arc."</b> Shocca helps Arc get the skittermanders comfortable, reminding her of the hot chocolate back in the lodge where the three of us first met. <b>"Probably safer to leave them here if they're ok with that. But if they want to stay with us, we do seem to keep attracting them. And if they can avoid Arc's fireball, they'll probably be fine."</b><span class=messageboard-ooc>•</span> Once everyone is ready, she jerks her head towards the doors in the northwest. <b>"Ready to move?"</b></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>•Not to mention Paizo's (unofficial?) policy to avoid violence against children...</span></p>Shocca blinks twice in quick succession. "I did not realize there weren't three before... this is why I skipped breeding. Good catch, Arc." Shocca helps Arc get the skittermanders comfortable, reminding her of the hot chocolate back in the lodge where the three of us first met. "Probably safer to leave them here if they're ok with that. But if they want to stay with us, we do seem to keep attracting them. And if they can avoid Arc's fireball, they'll probably be fine."* Once everyone is...Shoccaar Nemmac (alias of EwokBanshee)2024-03-29T02:56:16ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: GM Cellion's Devastation ArkArcalinte Soter (alias of Archpaladin Zousha)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivmf0/gameplay&page=40#19632024-03-28T20:07:24Z2024-03-28T19:54:21Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Any hot chocolate to make a treat for them to keep them occupied for a moment? :P</span></p>Any hot chocolate to make a treat for them to keep them occupied for a moment? :PArcalinte Soter (alias of Archpaladin Zousha)2024-03-28T19:54:21ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: GM Cellion's Devastation ArkAjithu-Ko (alias of PaleDim)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivmf0/gameplay&page=40#19622024-03-28T09:10:49Z2024-03-28T08:56:48Z<p><i>What do we do with these? When the time distortion ends, they should revert? I wonder if they will remember this time.</i></p>What do we do with these? When the time distortion ends, they should revert? I wonder if they will remember this time.Ajithu-Ko (alias of PaleDim)2024-03-28T08:56:48ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: GM Cellion's Devastation ArkGM Cellion (alias of Cellion)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivmf0/gameplay&page=40#19612024-03-28T05:00:48Z2024-03-28T04:54:50Z<p>When Arc doubletakes, he realizes yes, there are now three baby skittermanders. Looks like you picked up a red one to join pink and green.</p>When Arc doubletakes, he realizes yes, there are now three baby skittermanders. Looks like you picked up a red one to join pink and green.GM Cellion (alias of Cellion)2024-03-28T04:54:50ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: GM Cellion's Devastation ArkArcalinte Soter (alias of Archpaladin Zousha)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivmf0/gameplay&page=40#19602024-03-28T05:00:48Z2024-03-28T04:50:43Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Three? We got ANOTHER one?!</span></p>
<p>Arcalinte nods and welcomes the skitterwhelps over to him, then goes over to the water cooler and coffee machine, seeing if there's packets of hot chocolate he can make for them.</p>
<p><b>"We've been lucky in that regard, but about half the station's still missing artificial gravity. I think the shields are probably better to prioritize, though: if the Station takes more damage it could undo what we've already done."</b></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Yeah, also 10 minute resting.</span></p>Three? We got ANOTHER one?!
Arcalinte nods and welcomes the skitterwhelps over to him, then goes over to the water cooler and coffee machine, seeing if there's packets of hot chocolate he can make for them.
"We've been lucky in that regard, but about half the station's still missing artificial gravity. I think the shields are probably better to prioritize, though: if the Station takes more damage it could undo what we've already done."
Yeah, also 10 minute resting.Arcalinte Soter (alias of Archpaladin Zousha)2024-03-28T04:50:43ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: GM Cellion's Devastation ArkGM Cellion (alias of Cellion)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivmf0/gameplay&page=40#19592024-03-28T04:30:50Z2024-03-28T04:19:58Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>For artificial gravity, I just forgot to describe it since you were flying all over the place while doing triage, but the gravity was failing or had failed in probably about half the Station. Air quality is indeed longer term, as least from what you've seen.</span></p>For artificial gravity, I just forgot to describe it since you were flying all over the place while doing triage, but the gravity was failing or had failed in probably about half the Station. Air quality is indeed longer term, as least from what you've seen.GM Cellion (alias of Cellion)2024-03-28T04:19:58ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: GM Cellion's Devastation ArkShoccaar Nemmac (alias of EwokBanshee)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivmf0/gameplay&page=40#19582024-03-28T03:10:48Z2024-03-28T03:01:36Z<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Engineering:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 25 ⇒ (20) + 25 = 45</span></p>
<p>Shocca easily reboots the reactor through the terminal. <b>"So, we've got lights. What do we think next... artificial gravity, a little bit of the Station's shields, or HVAC?"</b> She kicks the floor below. <b>"Got enough gravity here, and I don't remember any problems out there. Air scrubbing, that'll help folks long term but seems like its non-emergent. Maybe it's time we start juicing up those shields."</b></p>[dice=Engineering]1d20+25[/dice]
Shocca easily reboots the reactor through the terminal. "So, we've got lights. What do we think next... artificial gravity, a little bit of the Station's shields, or HVAC?" She kicks the floor below. "Got enough gravity here, and I don't remember any problems out there. Air scrubbing, that'll help folks long term but seems like its non-emergent. Maybe it's time we start juicing up those shields."Shoccaar Nemmac (alias of EwokBanshee)2024-03-28T03:01:36ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: GM Cellion's Devastation ArkGM Cellion (alias of Cellion)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivmf0/gameplay&page=40#19572024-03-27T04:25:41Z2024-03-27T04:17:44Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Also 10 min resting Arc?</span></p>
<p>While Shocca tends to Ajithu's wounds with her miraculous array of treatments, you notice all three of the baby skittermanders popping out of the piles of junk to the northern end of the room and skittering over to rejoin you. Looks like they had the instinct to dive for cover before things got really bad. </p>
<p>Ajithu and Shocca check over the doors to the inner chamber and don't spot anything more unusual than the shimmering clouds surrounding it. Ajithu's detect magic similarly only detects the magical and temporal distortions, but no other effects. With the way seemingly safe, you open the door and look inside.</p>
<p>The room within is relatively small and consists of a couple of tables and chairs, a water cooler, coffee machine and a large terminal for control over the auxilliary reactors in this section. With some technological expertise, you should be able to reboot one of the reactors here and hook its power into the grid.</p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>DC25 Engineering check. On a success, you can choose another Station system to power, from the list in <a href="https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivmf0/gameplay&page=38#1880" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this post</a>.</span></p>Also 10 min resting Arc?
While Shocca tends to Ajithu's wounds with her miraculous array of treatments, you notice all three of the baby skittermanders popping out of the piles of junk to the northern end of the room and skittering over to rejoin you. Looks like they had the instinct to dive for cover before things got really bad.
Ajithu and Shocca check over the doors to the inner chamber and don't spot anything more unusual than the shimmering clouds surrounding it. Ajithu's detect magic...GM Cellion (alias of Cellion)2024-03-27T04:17:44ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: GM Cellion's Devastation ArkShoccaar Nemmac (alias of EwokBanshee)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivmf0/gameplay&page=40#19562024-03-27T03:25:39Z2024-03-27T03:18:33Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Two charred kebabs fall from Arc's armor, lol</span></p>
<p>Shocca squeezes Ajithu's shoulder as she stands and goes to do some deep breathing. <span class=messageboard-ooc>Taking 10 myself as well.</span> She follows Ajithu to the doors and examines them.</p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Perception:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 27 ⇒ (3) + 27 = 30</span></p>Two charred kebabs fall from Arc's armor, lol
Shocca squeezes Ajithu's shoulder as she stands and goes to do some deep breathing. Taking 10 myself as well. She follows Ajithu to the doors and examines them.
[dice=Perception]1d20+27[/dice]Shoccaar Nemmac (alias of EwokBanshee)2024-03-27T03:18:33ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: GM Cellion's Devastation ArkArcalinte Soter (alias of Archpaladin Zousha)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivmf0/gameplay&page=40#19552024-03-27T01:45:41Z2024-03-27T01:37:21Z<p>Arcalinte descends and rejoins the others.</p>
<p><b>"The light of Sarenrae illuminates all darkness,"</b> he says calmly. <b>"I'm glad you're alright, Ajithu-Ko."</b></p>
<p>He turns to the people still frozen in time and frowns.</p>
<p><b>"We've still got this anomaly to deal with."</b></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>I just realized, did the skittermanders take cover when the fighting started?! Arcalinte didn't accidentally flash-fry them, did he?! D:</span></p>Arcalinte descends and rejoins the others.
"The light of Sarenrae illuminates all darkness," he says calmly. "I'm glad you're alright, Ajithu-Ko."
He turns to the people still frozen in time and frowns.
"We've still got this anomaly to deal with."
I just realized, did the skittermanders take cover when the fighting started?! Arcalinte didn't accidentally flash-fry them, did he?! D:Arcalinte Soter (alias of Archpaladin Zousha)2024-03-27T01:37:21ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: GM Cellion's Devastation ArkAjithu-Ko (alias of PaleDim)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivmf0/gameplay&page=40#19542024-03-26T05:00:46Z2024-03-26T04:51:54Z<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>Much thanks! Obviously a 10 minute rest and resolve point are worth it too now.</span></p>
<p>Ajithu shudders as the thing leaves them.</p>
<p><i>Well... that is not a being that we want interested in us. I suppose it's too late for that.</i></p>
<p>Ajithu approaches the double doors to some manner of inner room...</p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Perception, traps?:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 24 ⇒ (15) + 24 = 39</span>
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<span class=messageboard-ooc>and Detect magic</span></p>Much thanks! Obviously a 10 minute rest and resolve point are worth it too now.
Ajithu shudders as the thing leaves them.
Well... that is not a being that we want interested in us. I suppose it's too late for that.
Ajithu approaches the double doors to some manner of inner room...
[dice=Perception, traps?]1d20+24[/dice]
and Detect magicAjithu-Ko (alias of PaleDim)2024-03-26T04:51:54ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: GM Cellion's Devastation ArkShoccaar Nemmac (alias of EwokBanshee)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivmf0/gameplay&page=40#19532024-03-26T04:10:47Z2024-03-26T04:04:56Z<p><b>What a horrifying final image...</b> <i>lessened some what by the hound fleeing...</i> Shocca hurries over to Ajithu, bringing him back to life. As she works, her eyes flicker back and forth between the still time-frozen peers and the charred outline where the hound once was. <b>"Nice work, Arc. That was some holy fire indeed."</b> In a glance, she appraises Arc's wounds and sees nothing serious for now.</p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Field Dressing - x HP, Ajithu:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">2d8 + 8 ⇒ (1, 8) + 8 = 17</span></p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Treat Deadly Wounds (DC 25) - 24 HP, Ajithu:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 33 ⇒ (16) + 33 = 49</span>
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<span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Treat Deadly Wounds (DC 25) - 24 HP, Ajithu:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">1d20 + 33 ⇒ (12) + 33 = 45</span></p>
<p>She spends about two minutes with Ajithu, then 10 minutes on her own focusing on patching up her own wounds. </p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>Field Dressing - x HP, Ajithu:</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">2d8 + 8 ⇒ (5, 1) + 8 = 14</span></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>So that's 79 HP back to Ajithu!</span></p>What a horrifying final image... lessened some what by the hound fleeing... Shocca hurries over to Ajithu, bringing him back to life. As she works, her eyes flicker back and forth between the still time-frozen peers and the charred outline where the hound once was. "Nice work, Arc. That was some holy fire indeed." In a glance, she appraises Arc's wounds and sees nothing serious for now.
[dice=Field Dressing - x HP, Ajithu]2d8+8[/dice]
[dice=Treat Deadly Wounds (DC 25) - 24 HP,...Shoccaar Nemmac (alias of EwokBanshee)2024-03-26T04:04:56ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: GM Cellion's Devastation ArkGM Cellion (alias of Cellion)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivmf0/gameplay&page=40#19522024-03-26T00:20:50Z2024-03-26T00:12:33Z<p>[Spoiler omitted]You briefly see the radiant blast of flame outline the Hound's shape and a crackling fills the air for a moment as the evil creature is engulfed. As the flames fade though, it remains invisible. You can hear it release a hacking cough before it says <b>"eNOUGH, eNOUGH, i aM oUTMATCHED iT sEEMS. i hAVE hAD mY tASTE. yOUR pASTS wERE iNTERESTING, aND wILL oNLY gROW mORE sO, iN tIME... iF yOU lIVE."</b></p>
<p>The Hound's heat signature and audible shadow both bend toward the edge of the wall. The Hound folds itself in and disappears entirely, not to return.</p>
<p><b>Combat Over!</b></p>
<p><span class=messageboard-ooc>You have an unconscious Ajithu, but it's simple enough to get to his side to revive him at this point.</span> Before long, Ajithu awakens from his shock and regains consciousness. He's still gravely injured, but alive.</p>
<p><b>|||| STATUS ||||</b>
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Ajithu (1HP|0SP)
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Shocca (139 dmg)
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Arc (99 dmg)</p>[Spoiler omitted]You briefly see the radiant blast of flame outline the Hound's shape and a crackling fills the air for a moment as the evil creature is engulfed. As the flames fade though, it remains invisible. You can hear it release a hacking cough before it says "eNOUGH, eNOUGH, i aM oUTMATCHED iT sEEMS. i hAVE hAD mY tASTE. yOUR pASTS wERE iNTERESTING, aND wILL oNLY gROW mORE sO, iN tIME... iF yOU lIVE."
The Hound's heat signature and audible shadow both bend toward the edge of the...GM Cellion (alias of Cellion)2024-03-26T00:12:33ZRe: Forums: Play-by-Post: GM Cellion's Devastation ArkArcalinte Soter (alias of Archpaladin Zousha)https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivmf0/gameplay&page=40#19512024-03-25T23:50:46Z2024-03-25T23:44:38Z<p>Arcalinte decides he needs an attack the Thing cannot simply elude, but has to endure. He moves a bit to the side to keep Shocca out of the soon-to-be blast radius, averts his eyes, and unleashes his solar fire!</p>
<p><span class="messageboard-dice"><b>SUPERNOVA! (Fire/Holy, DC 32 Reflex):</b></span> <span class="messageboard-dice">17d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 6, 4, 2, 5, 2, 6, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5) = 64</span></p>Arcalinte decides he needs an attack the Thing cannot simply elude, but has to endure. He moves a bit to the side to keep Shocca out of the soon-to-be blast radius, averts his eyes, and unleashes his solar fire!
[dice=SUPERNOVA! (Fire/Holy, DC 32 Reflex)]17d6[/dice]Arcalinte Soter (alias of Archpaladin Zousha)2024-03-25T23:44:38Z