If it makes Mincey feel any better, your roll wasn't a success either, and another difficult roll would have been required to avoid combat. Looks like a couple of us Ninja'd about that time.
Mincey bounce back up from being tripped and stabs yellow, doing some damage but not much.
Krzysztofli quickly identifies Yellow as a Hunter-Killer Bot. It has construct immunities, but no DR. It also has no ranged attacks. Unfortunately while they manage to Trick the Bot, their attack just misses. You can have one more question if you like
Even though Chrissy can't trick the Red Bot, she manages to hit it for a little more damage than Mincey hit their Bot for.
Alternative Dispute Resolution: Round 1
Bold may act
Skirmisher Bot Red -3 HP
Hunter Killer Bot Yellow -2 HP
Skirmisher Bot Blue - HP
Chrissy 54/54 HP George 09-2335/37 HP
Krzysztofli 58/58 HP
Mincey 27/38 HP Keskochu Ordox58/58 HP
Unfortunately, neither of these Bots have any vulnerabilities or resistances, just the standard construct immunities. Which one were you trying to identify? Yellow is different than Blue and Red. I'll tell you pretty much all there is to know about one or the other, just realize there probably isn't a lot to know.
George 09-23 send bolts of magical energy at Yellow, rocking the Bot back but not destroying it.
Alternative Dispute Resolution: Round 1
Bold may act
Skirmisher Bot Red -3 HP
Hunter Killer Bot Yellow -16 HP
Skirmisher Bot Blue - HP
Chrissy 54/54 HP
George 09-23 35/37 HP
Krzysztofli 58/58 HP
Mincey 27/38 HP Keskochu Ordox58/58 HP
Party Conditions: Aid token available to use or boost and pass
Bold may act
Skirmisher Bot Red -20 HP, Dead
Hunter Killer Bot Yellow -16 HP
Skirmisher Bot Blue - HP Chrissy54/54 HP George 09-2335/37 HP Krzysztofli58/58 HP Mincey5/38 HP, prone Keskochu Ordox52/58 HP
Mincey again springs to her feet.
Swift action to stand due to moxie!
She strikes at the robot in front of her.
Melee (survival knife) v yellow:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10 Damage (S):1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
F Damai Bureaucrat operative 4 (explorer) KAC 16, EAC 15; SP 28, HP 26, RP 5 | Fort +2, Ref +7, Will +3; +2 Fort saves vs. poison and disease | Init +5 | Perc. +7 (+2 bonus to notice traps)
Chrissy assumes the yellow to be destroyed by time she shoots at blue.
Mincey jumps back up but can't hit the Yellow Bot.
Krzysztofli hits Yellow with their pistol, doing quite a bit of damage, but Yellow is one tough Bot.
Chrissy hits Blue with her pistol, but the Blue Bot is still in the fight.
Alternative Dispute Resolution: Round 2
Party Conditions: Aid token available to use or boost and pass
Bold may act
Skirmisher Bot Red -20 HP, Dead
Hunter Killer Bot Yellow -27 HP
Skirmisher Bot Blue -7 HP
Chrissy 54/54 HP George 09-2335/37 HP
Krzysztofli 58/58 HP
Mincey 5/38 HP Keskochu Ordox52/58 HP
George 09-23 digs deep calling upon his inner reserve (Resolve Point spent) to use his dragon breath once again. He breathes a cone of electricity right between Mincey and Keskochu to try to finish off yellow.
Dragon Gland, Electricity, Reflex DC 11 for half damage:3d6 ⇒ (1, 2, 5) = 8
Party Conditions: Aid token available to use or boost and pass
Skirmisher Bot Red -20 HP, Dead
Hunter Killer Bot Yellow -31 HP
Skirmisher Bot Blue -7 HP Chrissy54/54 HP George 09-2335/37 HP Krzysztofli58/58 HP Mincey5/38 HP Keskochu Ordox32/58 HP, prone
George 09-23 graciously accepts help from the shirren doctor. A team of medics swarm in and rapidly provide some first aid to the entire Starfinder team before disappearing back into the shadows.
Aid token used: first aid, each character chooses to heal 1d6 stamina points or hit points.
The android then legs it and swings past Krzysztofli. He holds out his right hand and sends a pulse of electricity toward yellow.
George 09-23 send a stream of electricity toward Yellow, but it just misses.
Mincey manages to confuse the Bot and stab it in the back.
Mincey, heal your D6 from the Aid Token.
Alternative Dispute Resolution: Round 3
Bold may act
Skirmisher Bot Red -20 HP, Dead
Hunter Killer Bot Yellow -38 HP
Skirmisher Bot Blue -7 HP Chrissy54/54 HP
George 09-23 37/37 HP Krzysztofli58/58 HP
Mincey 19/38 HP
Keskochu Ordox 32/58 HP, prone
F Damai Bureaucrat operative 4 (explorer) KAC 16, EAC 15; SP 28, HP 26, RP 5 | Fort +2, Ref +7, Will +3; +2 Fort saves vs. poison and disease | Init +5 | Perc. +7 (+2 bonus to notice traps)
Skirmisher Bot Red -20 HP, Dead
Hunter Killer Bot Yellow -52 HP, Dead
Skirmisher Bot Blue -7 HP Chrissy54/54 HP George 09-2337/37 HP Krzysztofli58/58 HP Mincey19/38 HP Keskochu Ordox38/58 HP, prone
Krzysztofli realizes Blue is a Skirmisher Bot. No vulnerabilities. Only Construct Immunities. No Melee attack. The Recoil from the Autocannon provokes AoO. And pretty much anything else you want to know, but you are only about one hit from killing it.
Krzysztofli then proceeds to Trick and hit Blue, leaving it heavily damaged but still functional.
Alternative Dispute Resolution: Round 4
Bold may act
Skirmisher Bot Red -20 HP, Dead
Hunter Killer Bot Yellow -52 HP, Dead
Skirmisher Bot Blue -16 HP Chrissy54/54 HP George 09-2337/37 HP
Krzysztofli 58/58 HP Mincey19/38 HP Keskochu Ordox38/58 HP, prone
George 09-23's energy ray barely misses the damaged Bot.
Alternative Dispute Resolution: Round 4
Bold may act
Skirmisher Bot Red -20 HP, Dead
Hunter Killer Bot Yellow -52 HP, Dead
Skirmisher Bot Blue -16 HP Chrissy54/54 HP
George 09-23 37/37 HP
Krzysztofli 58/58 HP Mincey19/38 HP Keskochu Ordox38/58 HP, prone
Mincey uses their Survival Knife like a can opener and destroys the last working circuits in the Blue Bot.
You are out of combat.
The Hologram addresses you: I apologize for having my Bots attack you. I am the representation of the AI that maintains this world. You may refer to me as A-1. There was a group of "Starfinders" as you call them that visited about a year ago. Unfortunately, the defense Bots killed them fearing they would damage the infrstructure here. In the investigation I conducted after that incident, I found information about a group of Starfinders trapped on the desert planet Callion-1. My computers have detected weak signals coming from that planet within the last 24 hours, which may mean some of the Starfinders are likely still alive.
Success on Recon Mission 5. Recon missions are now closed, as we are about to move into Part 3. Evacuation Missions from Part 2 will still be available in Part 3.
A loud shriek of audio feedback erupts from all communication devices across the Starfinder Society fleet and deployed teams. The feedback precedes an alert of a new threat: dozens of unknown starships are entering the Scoured Stars through the Drift!
Data screens across the fleet begin displaying a live feed of a chitinous, six-legged creature with a large mouth full of sharp teeth. Rings of glowing, unblinking eyes cover the upper and lower sides of the creature’s body, looking in every direction at once. The creature’s three-clawed forelimbs hold what looks like an alien plasma cannon, while its second set of limbs terminate in cybernetic augmentations resembling long sabers.
When the creature starts speaking, its words sound like a chaotic jumble of consonants, but soon the syllables turn into a sinister-sounding, digitalized voice speaking in the Common tongue: “We are jinsuls, and you are not welcome in our space. This is our ancestral home. You do not belong here. You will be removed.”
As soon as the ominous message ends, First Seeker Luwazi Elsebo speaks to the Society through the comm system: “According to our sensors, these creatures—jinsuls—are entering the Scoured Stars through a location near Bastiar-7. I need a group of volunteers, our best starship crews, to scout the area and keep these aggressors occupied. Meanwhile, I want everyone else to continue evacuating the survivors. Time is a luxury we don’t have, so make haste and be ready to be extracted at a moment’s notice!” Table GMs, Part 3 has begun, but remember, Part 2 missions are still available with the indicated Part 3 modifications.
We need to select your next mission. The Evacuation continues, so all Part 2 Missions are still available. There is one new mission for part 4, but it is Starship combat.
The bleachling gnome Venture-Captain Naiaj points to a digital image of an ice giant planet labeled as Bastiar-8. She taps her finger on a barren moon orbiting the planet, zooming in on it. “We were able to analyze logs recovered from a medical research ship. According to the data, many Starfinder ships landed on a rocky moon of Bastiar-8. Our hypothesis is that they deemed the moon safe to land on, and perhaps they found useful resources there. The moon looks completely barren and inhabitable, but our scans indicate there is an air-filled cave system beneath the surface, which is where the Starfinders have presumably taken shelter. Your landing craft is waiting. Get down there and safely extract our agents.”
As your ship approaches the moon, its sensors confirm the existence of an air-filled cave system. After some searching, you find a giant cavern with a small freshwater lake in it and an entrance to what looks like a temple.
You are placed on the new slide 7
Two statues flank the entrance. Each statue depicts a six-legged and many-eyed insectile creature wearing robes over a suit of armor.
GM Screen:
Krzysztofli's Culture:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32 Mincey's Culture:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28 Culture (reduce the DCs of Culture checks by 5 when recalling knowledge about the criminal underworld) Chrissy's Culture:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12 George 09-23's Culture:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10
Mincey and Krzysztofli realizes the creature is not any life-form known in the Pact Worlds or any charted part of the Near Space or the Vast.
Many narrow corridors extend from the entrance hall. You can see the silhouettes of people huddling in the shadows. They avoid eye contact and
don’t respond to your questions.
Above the entrances to the corridors, sigils of reddish metal have been embedded in the walls. Keskochu Ordox with the roll above realizes they are warnings about protective magic that harms those who attempt to enter the corridors without permission.
To be clear, the smaller corridors have the wards. The stairs are not warded
After you move up the stairs, you find yourselves in an antechamber. The walls of the antechamber are covered in bas-reliefs depicting the same kind of creatures as the statues in the entrance hall. The creatures are depicted as worshiping a faceless, formless god, killing their enemies with many kinds of weapons, and sacrificing their prisoners on an altar.
"Anyone recognize these creatures? Maybe there's somethin' valuable tucked within the statues," Mincey scans the statues, looking for any gems or precious metal within them or, perhaps, secret compartments.
F Damai Bureaucrat operative 4 (explorer) KAC 16, EAC 15; SP 28, HP 26, RP 5 | Fort +2, Ref +7, Will +3; +2 Fort saves vs. poison and disease | Init +5 | Perc. +7 (+2 bonus to notice traps)
"How horrifying. This relief.. depicts sacrifice of prisoners. We need to find our colleagues soon." Chrissy shudders in horror.
"Finding the missing starfinders would be good. Exactly how relevant these statues are to the current development of this species I cannot say. There are many cultures with a dark history."
"Still as always, a degree of caution would be wise."
George 09-23 states not wishing to judge these people with no real knowledge of their culture or their past.
Since a couple of you had moved up, I moved everyone up
The chamber at the far end of the temple contains a large statue and an altar in front of it. The statue resembles those near the entrance, except it is much larger and has dozens of legs and even more eyes.
Anyone who sees the statue must succeed at a DC13 Will save or gain the shaken condition as long as you remain within the temple.
DC 17 Mysticism check, George 09-23 already succeeded:
You are certain it’s not any deity or religious figure known in the Pact Worlds.
DC 14 Medicine or Survival check:
You notice blood spatters on the altar and floor that suggest a lot of blood has been repeatedly spilled in this room.
Shortly after you enter the Sanctum, a disembodied voice starts speaking: “What are you doing here?”
CG M Shirren Operative 4 | Stamina 28 HP 30 | EAC 19 KAC 19 | CMD 27 | F: +3, R: +9, W: +6 (+2 vs mind-affecting) | Init: +7 | Perc: +11, SM: +12, Blindsense (vibration) 30 ft | Speed 40ft | Resolve 7 | Active conditions: None
Will, Mind-Affecting vs DC 13:1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 2 = 11 Mysticism, Shaken vs DC 17:1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 8 - 2 = 23 Survival, Shaken vs DC 14:1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 8 - 2 = 10
Krzysztofli stays silent, but from the way his eyes flicker back to the entrance hall he is either worried about an ambush or would really rather not be here anymore.
