XperimentakDMs SFS 4-14 Rasheen's Remembrance Tier 7-8 (Inactive)

Game Master Jason Schimmel

Yith surveys the room closely.
perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20
"This p;ace is a mystery in many ways.."

"Looks like someone ripped out the wiring here. I wonder what they were trying to do," Moxie wonders as she moves through the room.

Perception, BS scanner: 1d20 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 11 + 4 = 20

You catch a brief flash of movement and here the sound of a small metallic object bouncing of the floor. GRENADE!

Round 1 - Reflex save for everyone vs the flash. DC 18 or be blinded.
Yarameh
Moxie
Kneepuncher
Yith-Naarin
Kelvin
Enemy
Bold PC's may act.

Shoot, are we all in the room at the top of the stairs, or still in our current positions? I'd like to clarify where we're at before acting.

Reflex save: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11

Moxie is looking inside one of the empty containers when the grenade rolls near her feet. She looks right at the object and just as she recognizes the object for what it is and moves her arm up to cover her face the device explodes, blinding her.

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10

Kneepuncher is also looking directly at the grenade as it explodes.

Dive for Cover: When you attempt a Reflex save against an area attack or area effect, you can fall prone in an adjacent square and roll that Reflex save twice (taking the better result of the two). If you were in a threatened space, this movement provokes attacks of opportunity normally.

Ref: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16 +2 vs blindness effects
Ref: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15 +2 vs blindness effects

UPD: Wow! Bonus works!

The body of a seasoned soldier reacts faster than she has time to think. A moment when the object has just flashed in the air and she is already jumping to the side to reduce the effect of the grenade, whatever it may be. When it turns out that it was an attempt to blind, Yarameh chuckles.

No, baby, this is my game and my tactics. You can't use it against me.

Rolling over her shoulder, she immediately gets to her feet.

Kip Up: You can stand from prone as a swift action, rather than a move action

She looks around, trying to figure out where the attack came from.

There is still a move and a standard. Do I see an enemy? Or do I need a perception check? What is the disposition, where did the grenade come from?

refl: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

Yith practically looks straight at the grenade as it goes off. She staggers back a step or two and then quickly casts a spell.
Reflecting armor. Thank you again, Dicebot. :)

Three nat 1 on reflex saves... Wow!

Three nat 1 on reflex saves... Wow!

Heh. Missed that. Doesn't make me feel better that Dicebot hates all of us. :)

The grenade game from behind a shelving unit. I've marked the likely place with a red shape. You do not see the attacker, possibly due to the cover of the shelving.

Kneepuncher double moves toward the source of the disturbance.

Entropy 2

Yarameh rushes up the stairs and presses herself against the wall (double move).

Moxie stows away the scanner in her hand, then carefully moves up the stairs; drawing a baton in her free hand as she moves closer to where the grenade came from.

Round 1 - Reflex save for everyone vs the flash. DC 18 or be blinded.
3 members of the party advance on the warehouse, but so far there is no sign of your attacker.

Yarameh
Moxie
Kneepuncher
Yith-Naarin
Kelvin
Enemy
Bold PC's may act.

Yith is blinded, just took a 5' step back and cast Reflecting Armor.

My mistake, I missed that
Round 1 - Reflex save for everyone vs the flash. DC 18 or be blinded.
3 members of the party advance on the warehouse, but so far there is no sign of your attacker.

Yarameh
Moxie
Kneepuncher
Yith-Naarin
Kelvin
Enemy
Bold PC's may act.

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

Kelvin curses as he is blinded by the flash. He drops to his knees on the stairs, in an attempt to take himself out of the line of site of the room at the top of the stairs. He listens intently to see if he hears anything coming up behind them (do does not have any blind senses though).

PC's who failed their saves are blinded for: 1d4 ⇒ 1 rounds.

Someone shout's, "I'll neve join them!" and even if you can't see you hear another metallic sound land among you.

can I miss AC 5?: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (19) + 19 = 38

Round 2 - Reflex save for everyone vs the sticky grenade. DC 18 or be entangled.

Yarameh
Moxie
Kneepuncher
Yith-Naarin
Kelvin
Enemy
Bold PC's may act.

Ref: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14
Ref: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29

Jump, roll, get up. Yarameh remembered the training on the Aposte and what happened to those who could not cope. It was a harsh and scary time, but now these skills were saving her.

She walks forward with the professional springy gait of an experienced special forces soldier, holding her bolter at the ready and looking around the place from where the grenades were thrown.

Dive for Cover + Kip Up; move (10 ft more remains); I assume that I saw where the grenades were flying from and went to this place and that it is marked in red on the map. What do I see there?

Heavy metal is still playing in her earpiece.

Reflex DC 18: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25

Kneepuncher tries to get to the enemy without trampling Yarameh.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 - 4 = 17

He then takes a swing at whatever is causing this.

Perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20 to determine correct square.
Entropic Strike: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13 vs. EAC (into square with red mark unless he knows otherwise)
Acid and Bludgeoning Damage: 2d6 + 13 ⇒ (2, 3) + 13 = 18
Miss Chance: 1d100 ⇒ 57

And hits nothing but air.

refl: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
.... Seriously?

Yith shakes her head, her vision starts to clear and then... she's stuck. She growls in disgust at the situation.

"Whoever you are, we are not here to force you to join us! We are explorers! Please stop throwing grenades!"

[dice=Ref]1d20 + 10

[dice=Ref]1d20 + 10

Jump, roll, get up. Yarameh remembered the training on the Aposte and what happened to those who could not cope. It was a harsh and scary time, but now these skills were saving her.

She walks forward with the professional springy gait of an experienced special forces soldier, holding her bolter at the ready and looking around the place from where the grenades were thrown.

Dive for Cover + Kip Up; move (10 ft more remains); I assume that I saw where the grenades were flying from and went to this place and that it is marked in red on the map. What do I see there?

Heavy metal is still playing in her earpiece.

It looks like Khendai the person from the file you were shown. They seem to think you are here to cause them some kind of harm.

Intimidate: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (12) + 15 = 27

Surrender immediately or I'll blow your head off!! - Yarameh shouts.

Blindness should be over, right?

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24

This time Moxie is ready and she rushes past the grenade as it explodes; avoiding the worst of the blast.

Moxie tries to get a read on Khendai, looking for any glimmer of life or reason in the undead person's face as she darts past them.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 12 + 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 12 + (2) + 1 = 23

"We're not here to hurt you, but we will defend ourselves if we have to. We're with the Starfinders and we have resources that could help you. Maybe even cure you," she shouts in Khendai's direction.

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 16 + 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 16 + (5) + 1 = 35

reflex save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15

No luck for Kelvin on the saves

Blindness should be over, right?

[dice=Reflex Save]1d20+10

This time Moxie is ready and she rushes past the grenade as it explodes; avoiding the worst of the blast.

Moxie tries to get a read on Khendai, looking for any glimmer of life or reason in the undead person's face as she darts past them.

[dice=Sense Motive]1d20+12+1d6+1

"We're not here to hurt you, but we will defend ourselves if we have to. We're with the Starfinders and we have resources that could help you. Maybe even cure you," she shouts in Khendai's direction.

[dice=Diplomacy]1d20+16+1d6+1

They seem to belive you are working for Dortay, their boss. In the chaos of combat you attempt to parley doesn't seem to be getting through. That's a very good check but one combat round is not enough to get through to them.

"Yeah just what I would expect on of the bosses goons to say in order to trick me. You like tricks huh? Let's see how you like this trick!"

Khendai takes a swing with their dueling sword, vs Flat footed KAC: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (10) + 17 = 27 but can't seem to find a way to penetrate kneepunchers defenses before taking a step back.

Round 3 - entangled duration: 2d4 ⇒ (2, 4) = 6rounds.
Yarameh
Moxie
Kneepuncher
Yith-Naarin
Kelvin
Khendai
Bold PC's may act.

Diploamcy: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32

Kneepuncher holds up his hands (not that this makes him any less able to defend himself) and says calmly, "I'm not surprised that you would be expecting duplicity, but we are who we say we are. We can all stow our weapons and talk this out."

Yith looks at the mess connecting her to the floor with disgust.
"We are not working for this boss of yours. We are Starfinders and are not here to harm you."

diplo assist: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Moxie moves in around the other side of Khendai and levels her thunderstrike pistol at Khendai. "We don't want to hurt you but we're not going to tolerate being attacked! Stand down!"

Moxie is Readying Improved Get 'Em on Khendai, which grants everyone a +2 bonus to attacks vs Khendai and allows Moxie to also make an attack as part of the action. She will take this action after Khendai makes an attack against her or any of her allies.

I did intimidate check above. If she doesn't want to give up, then maybe she's shaken? If yes, then she also gets -2 to damage rolls due to Grim Trophies.

Yarameh is aiming at the madwoman.

READY ACTION - for any attacking actions towards me or my allies
Plasma Bolter + Deadly Aim: 1d20 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 11 + 2 = 152d8 + 10 ⇒ (7, 8) + 10 = 25

Somewhere in the background, Kinbara makes a note to suggest the Society add a course on deescalation techniques to the curriculum.

Kendai steps away again while drawing a pistol. She takes a pot shot at Moxie. (triggering everyones readies actions). Even with her shaken an get'em'd your attacks miss.

vs EAC: 1d20 + 19 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 19 - 2 = 26
damage(C): 2d6 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (3, 6) + 9 - 2 = 16

Khendai's shot tags Moxie Moon, but with everyone else missing her and continuing to talk she pauses her assult to listen to you.
"If you don't work for Dortay, why are you here? What do you want?"

Moxie sees Kendai aim their pistol at her and she realizes that she won't be able to outrun the blast, so instead she turns and takes it in the thickest part of her armor. The cold knocks the air out of her lungs, but the armor keeps the shot from causing serious injury. She fires back in retaliation, but the shot goes high and misses.

"Kendai, we're explorers with the Starfinder Society! We don't even know who this Dortay is! Can we stop shooting each other for a minute, now?"

"Fine so you're Starfinders, congratulations on your life choices. That doesn't explain why you're here and what you want?"

"We're explorers. We map out the stars, discover new systems and document the past. We're following the trail of a treasure hunter who went this way a long time ago, because it tends to lead us to interesting places. We don't know who this Dortay is that you are afraid of, but unless they are undead or a robot, the good news is that I suspect they might be long dead. Do you know how long you've been here?"

"She's the boss, she is very much undead, but she rarely leaves her palace. Ugh she built herself a palace. Anyway she tried to make me a perminant part of her staff. It didn't take right. I've been here for a few centuries now. Any chance you can get me off this rock?"

"We've got a ship. Are you going to stop throwing grenades at us?"

Yith patiently waits for the sticky effects to wear off.
"I have no problem taking you with us when we leave. We'll be going to Absalom station so you can easily find further transport if you desire. Now, about your boss. What is her story?"

Kelvin, also waiting for the effects of the entangle and blind to wear off brushes himself off, "So, what do you mean permanent and what do you mean didn't take well? I ask, because you said you have been here a few centuries, and well, that's a long time to be...around. Maybe you should show yourself and let us have a look before we give you the keys to the space ship."

When Kelvin asks about how long they've been here, a thought pops into Moxie's head. "Wait...you said that you've been here for several hundred years, right? During that time did you ever experience amnesia? You know, a Gap in your memories?" she asks, emphasizing the word Gap so that it's clearly capitalized.

The gap was a little over 300 years ago, wasn't it? Yarameh shrugs her shoulders. Anyway, honey, stop throwing grenades at us, it doesn't even bother us. She glances at Kalvin. Well, almost. So. What's up with your boss?

They step out from behind the warehouse. They are clearly undead. "She tried to lock me in a box and upload my brain to the local network. I came back like this instead. I might have exadurated it's only been a little over a century. So no, I did not experience the gap first hand. If you can get me out of here I suppose I've got no reason to take you out."

"That's reassuring. Well, we're not going to abandon you here. But if you cause problems for us it'll be the Pact Stewards giving you a ride out of here instead."

"Can you tell us anything about what this facility was used for? And what's with the miniature city outside?"

"Ok wow you really don't know who you're dealing with. Ok well Dortay Ven Corbosi was... is... whatever, Dortay was famous for her architecture during the early days of Drift travel. She made sure even her smallest projects were of the finest quality. Her designs were inspired by lost Golarion. As her company grew she and the board didn't see eye to eye on the companies future. They managed to eventually get her to agree to a semi retirement. She focused on projects here and on finding a way to avoid death. With her, ahem, loyal team of designers at her side of course."

"Those 'loyal designers' don't also happen to be... living-impaired, do they?"

"Yeah but they were actually willing, so they've all been uploaded to the network. Their minds continue working on research and designs while in the server. You can check out their coffins or whatever in the next room over."

It's a crazy story. And this ...Dortay Ven Corbosi... also seemed to be insane? By the way, why did they agree and you didn't?