[Gameday XII] GM Jhaeman's SFS # 2-14: "Data Purge" (Inactive)

Game Master Jhaeman

Phil sighs as he can't see clearly the enemy and will start moving 30 feet towards the south, but ready to shoot if an enemy arrives in melee.

I will move my token later as I am outside on mobile.

Magic missile the hologram again dmg: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 2, 1) + 3 = 7

(I assume we are all gonna target the primary Hologram first? Not sure who Z Data Z is targeting )

The hologram's AC is pretty high. Kneepuncher knows that damaging the servers can weaken the hologram and is suggesting people do that while he draws aggro.

(I assume we are all gonna target the primary Hologram first? Not sure who Z Data Z is targeting )

Yeah, the primary one, forgot to say that.

Entropic energy from Kneepuncher’s kick causes a slight distortion in the newest hologram, while Meglos lands a powerful blow with his solar mace on the Jadnura hologram! Z Data Z continues pouring on magical force bolts that tear crucial data from it.

But with another sudden hiss of static and strange glitching, the Jadnura hologram somehow creates another featureless hologram next to it! Meglos manages to duck under a swing of its hardlight staff just in time . . .

Kneepuncher’s first attack against Jadnura misses, but the second attack against Red hits (as a magical kinetic attack, it does half damage; because the creature is incorporeal, it is immune to critical hits). The intimidation doesn’t succeed

Meglos’ second attack against Jadnura hits and does half damage.

Z Data Z’s magic missiles do full damage.

The Jadnura hologram spits out another generic living hologram (Black). It then attacks Meglos with a hardlight slam. Result: Miss.

Initiative (Round 3)

Gil-Oloth
Generic Holograms
Meglos
Phil
Kneepuncher
Z Data Z
Jadnura Hologram

Bold should go!

Gil-Oloth tries to get into the backup servers to weaken the Jadnura hologram.

Computer: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (6) + 21 = 27

Gil-Oloth hacks into the backup servers, but they're heavily firewalled and compartmentalized!

The only way to use the server banks to affect Guidance is to physically damage them. They are easy to hit, but do have some hardness.

The faceless holograms attack!

Black circles around to attack Meglos. Result: Miss.

Red attacks Kneepuncher (who gets cover). Result: Miss.

Initiative (Round 3)

Gil-Oloth
Generic Holograms
Meglos
Phil
Kneepuncher
Z Data Z
Jadnura Hologram

Bold should go!

Meglos dodges and then fully attunes (3) to the Photon. He then points to an area just south of the Hologram terminal and deploys his Supernova to encompass the primary hologram and the secondary red bordered hologram. (There is no way I can target all 3 without hitting myself, so just the two below me is fine)

Reflex save is 20 and it is all FIRE damage.

distant supernova: 10d6 + 2 ⇒ (2, 5, 4, 1, 6, 2, 3, 5, 2, 4) + 2 = 361d6 ⇒ 4

Meglos then takes a guarded step 5ft north to head off the possible flank

Creates a wall of fire as indicated by the red rectangle on the map.
Everything to the left of the wall is taking fire damage. Reflex save is 19

An immobile blazing curtain of opaque, shimmering, violet fire springs into existence. One side of the wall, selected by you, sends forth waves of heat, dealing 2d6 fire damage to creatures within 10 feet and 1d6 fire damage to those beyond 10 feet but within 20 feet. The wall deals this damage when it appears and on your turn each subsequent round. In addition, the wall deals 5d6 fire damage to any creature passing through it. The wall deals double damage to undead creatures.

Phil moves and uses a Pulsecaster pistol to shoot red-borderer hologram.

Pulsecaster pistol vs EAC, Electric Damage: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 141d4 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

As Meglos creates an explosion, Z Data Z conjures a wall of fire! Meanwhile, Phil tries to shoot one of the holograms but his pulsecaster goes on the fritz!

Both the Jadnura hologram and the Red hologram fail the save vs the supernova and take full damage. (Meglos, I'm not sure what the separate 1d6 you rolled is for; is that added damage?)

There's no save against the wall of fire damage; Black takes 8 points this turn.

Phil's nat 1 is a miss, of course.

Kneepuncher is up.

Sorry Yeah , It was 11d6+2 in total. 1d6 for initital plus one dice per level

Gil-Oloth doesn't want to harm the terminal, so she focuses on the hologram of Jadnura.

Aphelion laser rifle vs EAC: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25
Damages, F&So: 3d6 + 9 ⇒ (4, 5, 2) + 9 = 20

"Hey, I'm letting you do what you want! Not my fault the others won't listen. Um, I mean, go Starfinders!"

Entropic Strike: 1d20 + 14 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 14 - 2 = 25 vs. Jadnura's EAC
Acid and Bludgeoning Damage: 3d6 + 15 ⇒ (1, 4, 6) + 15 = 26 (force, magic, operative; critical knockdown)

Entropic Strike: 1d20 + 14 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 14 - 2 = 23 vs. Not-Jadnura's EAC
Acid and Bludgeoning Damage: 3d6 + 15 ⇒ (4, 4, 5) + 15 = 28 (force, magic, operative; critical knockdown)

If either of those hit, Kneepuncher will Grab Attention.

Intimidate: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (10) + 16 = 26 vs. Jadnura's 10 + Intimidate or 15 + 1½ × CR

Intimidate: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (8) + 16 = 24 vs. Not-Jadnura's 10 + Intimidate or 15 + 1½ × CR

Success means they are off-target against anyone but Kneepuncher.

He then prepares to protect the other Stardinfers.

The first adjacent ally to be attacked in melee gets +2 AC from Bodyguard and, if still hit, transfers half the damage (but nothing else) to Kneepuncher from Intervene.

Kneepuncher's magical fist partially disrupts one of the faceless holograms, but the Jadnura hologram somehow digitally ejects a third!

Then, before your eyes, the Jadnura hologram glitches and reforms as an entirely different former First Seeker: Ilyatre! The female ryphorian wields a laser pistol in one hand as she blasts at Kneepuncher point-blank! "Y-y-y-you are inf-f-f-ferior!"

Kneepuncher's first attack misses Jadnura, but the second attack hits Red and does full damage (though is not intimidated).

The Jadnura hologram has created a third hologram (Blue).

The Jadnura hologram has transformed into an Ilyastre hologram (I don't have a picture of the new form, so we'll stick with the same token).

Ilyastre provokes an attack of opportunity from Kneepuncher for using a ranged attack in melee. The ranged attack hits; Kneepuncher, you take 23 B.

As a swift action, Ilyatre's taunt affects everyone who hears it (except Z Data Z, who is too far away). Everyone, please attempt a DC 21 Will save vs a mind-affecting sense-dependent effect. On a success, you are off-target until the start of Ilyastre's next turn. On a failure, you are shaken until the end of Ilyastre’s next turn.

Initiative (Round 4)

Gil-Oloth (+Will save*)
Generic Holograms
Meglos (+Will save*)
Phil (+Will save*)
Kneepuncher (+Will save*)
Z Data Z
Ilyastre Hologram

Bold should go!

@Gil-Oloth: You went out of order a few posts above, so you can either keep that action or do something different in light of what's happened (and I'll factor in the results of your Will save).

*Please attempt a DC 21 Will save vs a mind-affecting sense-dependent effect. On a success, you are off-target until the start of Ilyastre's next turn. On a failure, you are shaken until the end of Ilyastre's next turn.

will save: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15

Looking a little worried, Meglos will full attack the new hologram just to his south.

Meglos will begin the process of attuning to the photon again (1)

Both attacks are vs KAC and both are magical bludgeoning (Penalities already taken into account)

attack 1: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 196d6 + 23 ⇒ (2, 4, 1, 1, 5, 1) + 23 = 37
attack 2: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 336d6 + 23 ⇒ (5, 5, 6, 6, 4, 3) + 23 = 52

If these can be critted then the second hit will be critical: 6d6 + 23 ⇒ (2, 4, 1, 3, 2, 4) + 23 = 39

Will DC21: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
Will DC21 (reroll thanks to Data Scourge Savior): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

Gil-Oloth resolve falters but she quickly remembers how she survived and triumphes against all ods to save Absalom City and the Society and pushes away the fear.

Gil-Oloth's couch moves her in a better position to shoot at Jadnura.

I kept my previous action

Phil tries to have a strong mind.

Will Save: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24

Gil-Oloth takes a shot with her laser rifle, but the Ilyastre hologram ducks just in time!

Meanwhile, the faceless holograms press the attack! One pushes through the wall of fire so it and another can tag-team Meglos! Simultaneously, a third hologram rushes away from the fray and charges Phil!

Gil-Oloth's attack missed.

Black does a guarded step through the wall of fire, taking 7 F before attacking Meglos (w/ flanking). Result: Miss

Blue attacks Meglos (w/ flanking). Result: Hits for 23 B.

Kneepuncher, you'll get an AoO on Red as it charges Phil. Phil, you get hit and take 20 B.

Meglos lands a powerful blow on the newest hologram!

Meglos' nat 20 hits Blue for half damage, though it's immune to crits (being incorporeal).

Initiative (Round 4)

Gil-Oloth
Generic Holograms
Meglos
Phil
Kneepuncher (+Will save* & AoO vs Red)
Z Data Z
Ilyastre Hologram

Bold should go!

*Please attempt a DC 21 Will save vs a mind-affecting sense-dependent effect. On a success, you are off-target until the start of Ilyastre's next turn. On a failure, you are shaken until the end of Ilyastre's next turn.

+1 Entropy for taking 2xlevel in damage. 3 total.

"Not sure who you are, but I feel less bad about hitting you."

Entropic Strike: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (7) + 14 = 21 vs. EAC
Acid and Bludgeoning Damage: 3d6 + 15 ⇒ (2, 6, 6) + 15 = 29 (force, magic, operative; critical knockdown)

Will Save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25

Kneepuncher has trouble figuring out exactly where the hologram is, but has no questions what to do about it. All fists on the boss before she swarms us with

Entropic Strike: 1d20 + 14 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 14 - 2 = 18 vs. EAC
Acid and Bludgeoning Damage: 3d6 + 15 ⇒ (6, 1, 1) + 15 = 23 (force, magic, operative; critical knockdown)
Intimidate: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (17) + 16 = 33 vs. Ilyastre's 10 + Intimidate or 15 + 1½ × CR

Entropic Strike: 1d20 + 14 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 14 - 2 = 15 vs. EAC
Acid and Bludgeoning Damage: 3d6 + 15 ⇒ (6, 6, 6) + 15 = 33 (force, magic, operative; critical knockdown)
Intimidate: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (14) + 16 = 30 vs. Ilyastre's 10 + Intimidate or 15 + 1½ × CR

The first adjacent ally to be attacked in melee gets +2 AC from Bodyguard and, if still hit, transfers half the damage (but nothing else) to Kneepuncher from Intervene.

Not sure which token is Meglos, but this would have applied last turn if he is adjacent to KP.

Phil ocerheats and burst a 15 feet cone.

Overheat, reflex dc 16: 2d8 ⇒ (4, 6) = 10 fire damage.

Blue Hologram can take some electricity and fire damage

electrostatic field: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 6) = 9
corona: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 2) = 3

Meglos is the token directly NW of Kneepuncher. Hes the one that looks like he wearing a green/blue ornamental armor

Then Kneepuncher takes 11 of Meglos' damage from last round.

Kneepuncher's flurry of fists don't connect to anything solid!

Kneepuncher's AoO vs Red misses, as do the attacks against the Ilyastre hologram.

Phil's spellcasting provokes an AoO from Red. The attack hits.
Phil, you take 23 B and the spell automatically fails.

@Meglos: Thanks, I've updated Blue as taking half damage from each of those energy damages.

This has been a long battle, so just an update on where things stand. The Jadnura/Ilyastre hologram is looking around 2/3 starting health, Red is at about 1/3, and Blue and Black are in the 4/5 range. Thanks everyone for updating taglines as you take damage.

Z Data Z is up.

Magic missile the main hologram dmg: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (2, 1, 3) + 3 = 9

Z Data Z's force missiles continue to be effective against the original hologram!

But in its Ilyastre form, it tries to shoot Kneepuncher at point blank range!

Kneepuncher, this will provoke an AoO.

Result of attack: Hit. Kneepuncher, you take 23 B.

Initiative (Round 5)

Gil-Oloth
Generic Holograms
Meglos
Phil
Kneepuncher (+AoO vs Ilyastre Hologram)
Z Data Z
Ilyastre Hologram

Bold should go!

One day, I may have to care enough to Mitigate.

Entropic Strike, AOO: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (18) + 14 = 32 vs. EAC
Acid and Bludgeoning Damage: 3d6 + 15 ⇒ (1, 4, 4) + 15 = 24 (force, magic, operative; critical knockdown)
Intimidate: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (7) + 16 = 23 vs. {10 + Intimidate} or {15 + 1½ × CR}

Kneepuncher takes advantage of an opening to land a powerful blow!

Kneepuncher's AoO hit, and does full damage as a force effect.

Gil-Oloth is up.

@GM Is the hologram EAC is higher than 25?

Gil-Oloth continues to shoot at Jadnura's hologram.

Aphelion laser rifle vs EAC: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23
Damages, F&So: 3d6 + 9 ⇒ (3, 1, 5) + 9 = 18

Gil-Oloth has trouble lining up a clear shot!

@Gil-Oloth: Yes, the main hologram has a base EAC higher than that, and you currently have the added challenge of it having a +4 bonus from soft cover because of Kneepuncher.

Having cornered one of the intruders, the red-tinged hologram continues its assault on Phil, slamming the ysoki with a hardlight fist!

Meanwhile, the other two faceless holograms attack Meglos from two directions at once!

Red attacks Phil with a hardlight slam. Result: Phil, you get hit and take 24 B.

Black and Blue attack Meglos with flanking (Kneepuncher, it looks like you used your reaction on the AoO this round, so you don't have one for Bodyguard). Result: One hit. Meglos, you take 18 B.

Initiative (Round 5)

Gil-Oloth
Generic Holograms
Meglos
Phil
Kneepuncher
Z Data Z
Ilyastre Hologram

Bold should go!

I do in fact have a reaction for Bodyguard - once per day I can use Reactive to get a second reaction in a round, which I do. That transfers 9 damage to KP.

Ilyastre gets more punching.

Entropic Strike: 1d20 + 14 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 14 - 2 = 32 vs. EAC
Acid and Bludgeoning Damage: 3d6 + 15 ⇒ (4, 6, 4) + 15 = 29 (force, magic, operative; critical knockdown)
Intimidate: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (9) + 16 = 25 vs. {10 + Intimidate} or {15 + 1½ × CR}

Entropic Strike: 1d20 + 14 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 14 - 2 = 19 vs. EAC
Acid and Bludgeoning Damage: 3d6 + 15 ⇒ (3, 1, 5) + 15 = 24 (force, magic, operative; critical knockdown)
Intimidate: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (18) + 16 = 34 vs. {10 + Intimidate} or {15 + 1½ × CR}

Having less fear, Phil lets the hologram has a chance to attack as he moves 60 feet east.

The hologram has AoO.

With my DR 5/- I have also taken that off the damage too and applied it after Knee took some of my damage also.

Meglos continues to pulsate with Solar Energy (2) and will now put his full attention on the foe to the south with a full round attack.

All damage below is magical bludgeoning

attack1vskac: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (3) + 15 = 185d6 + 23 ⇒ (3, 4, 4, 5, 6) + 23 = 45
attack2vskac: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (3) + 15 = 185d6 + 23 ⇒ (5, 1, 1, 6, 1) + 23 = 37

THe one that hit Meglos can take

electricity: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 6) = 11
fire: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 4) = 6

Data will cast Explosive blast, getting the main hologram and the hologram up north dmg: 9d6 ⇒ (1, 4, 5, 5, 2, 1, 6, 5, 5) = 34 reflex 19 for half. He is also spending a resolve point, cause he has selective targeting, so none of his allies are in his blast.

As Kneepuncher's entropic-powered fist slams into the hologram of Ilyastre, it glitches and reforms as a hologram of First Seeker Roheas, female damaya lashunta mystic wielding a hardlight staff!

As Meglos's attacks are parried by one hologram, Phil manages to duck and sprint away from the faceless hologram that had him cornered!

An instant later, the entire server room shakes when Z Data Z detonates a battery with explosive force! The hologram of Roheas seems sluggish!

Kneepuncher's first attack hit. (having the force property makes a *huge* difference; I've got PCs fighting incorporeal monsters in another game without it, and they're really struggling!). @Kneepuncher: Thanks re: reaction.

Red misses the AoO vs Phil.

Meglos' attacks both miss Blue. @Meglos: Thanks re: DR and Bodyguard. I've adjusted Blue's hp to reflect the electricity and fire damage it took from striking you.

Both Roheas and Blue failed the Reflex save from the explosive blast and (because incorporeal) will take half damage. Because the radius of the blast includes the server banks (and exceeds their hardness), Roheas is off-target for one round.

I've put a picture of the hologram of First Seeker Roheas to the side of the slide and have changed the token.

In real life, First Seeker Roheas was a powerful mystic--so the hologram created by corrupted Guidance tries to follow suit by casting a dangerous magical spell!

This spell provokes an AoO from Kneepuncher. Kneepuncher, if you have a reaction available please go ahead and take it, and then I'll describe what happens depending on whether or not the spell goes off.

The best defense is a good offense. You know who said that?

Entropic Strike: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (20) + 14 = 34 vs. EAC
Acid and Bludgeoning Damage: 3d6 + 15 ⇒ (2, 6, 1) + 15 = 24 (force, magic, operative; critical knockdown)
More Acid and Bludgeoning Damage: 3d6 + 15 ⇒ (3, 5, 5) + 15 = 28

Someone with a really good offense, I'd expect.

nice hit! Sadly I think all of these holograms are immune to crits

Kneepuncher picks the perfect moment to strike, slamming into the hologram of Roheas and disrupting its spellcasting!

Suddenly the hologram glitches and transforms yet again! This form appears to be a decaying version of the ysoki Datch with glowing green eyes. Casually snacking on a virtual apple in one hand, she says "Pesky pesky! Let's kill the big one, and then mop up the rest!"

Kneepuncher's attack hit (but it is immune to crits).

A picture of Datch is now on the side of the slide, and I've changed the token.