SFS 6-08 - Lost Revelry (KS) (Inactive)

Game Master phaeton_nz

Discussion Thread

Momoring does a little dance...

Still need to update profile to L5

Apologies for the character switcheroo - finally settled on a character after having to play musical chairs with nearly all my characters in tier as the 5-6s are getting split between other games. My L8 operative is in another game. So I pick my L8 envoy....and realise I gave her the GM credit for this particular scenario last month.

Oof.

So here's my L7 solarian. But reviewed everything, updated most gear, save the one piece I couldn't afford atm. Ready to go now. And we are still in low tier, thankfully. Didn't want to be *that* person.

IIRC, last time I played with Momo, the mission was to the missing Struggle's Scholar, and that (spoilers for 1-04 behind link) turned out great for Momo.

And now, we're heading to another creepy abandoned ship, presumably also full of all manner of unpleasantness?

Momo sure has a type, doesn't she LaughingAndCrying.jpeg

Yeah, somebody out there has it out for poor Momo and sends her on all these creepy space missions...

I've played with Zoey but not Momo. Should be fun getting to know her as well.

Oh dang, just realised - as of Enhanced, there's a new blindsense I can staple onto my khizar monstrosity! Mua ha ha, the senses must flow!

BRB, Alkekenji's off for a quick spot of brain surgery before we deploy :D (if that's ok.)

I think it's fair to say, we are crushing these Culture rolls XD

Hmm, guess I should finalise boons.

Boons
Personal: Khizar Admittance
Faction: Exo-Guardians Champion (Regain 1 Resolve on Crit or Life Sci)
Promotional: t-shirt re-roll
Ally: Elite Hireling (Diplomat)
Social: Faction's Friend (from 1-01)
Starship: Star Monster Slayer
Slotless: Starfinder Insignia
Marked Field Agent
Psychic Resilience (x1/scenario, Adv on Fear save)
Polyfluid Understanding

Oh - hey - speaking of, what Ally Hireling should I bring? Alkekenji has both the Tech Support (Computers, Engieering, Physical Science) and Diplomat (Diplomacy, Bluff, Intimidate) hirelings; are we critically lacking in either skill set? We have Flenn as a Mechanic, so I assume computers/engineering are covered...I'll go for the Diplomat, unless anyone thinks that's not wise?

I've got Diplo 17/Bluff 11/Intimidate 12. But really it is your call.

I've got Diplo 17/Bluff 11/Intimidate 12. But really it is your call.

Hmm....okay. I'm going to swap to the Tech Support Hireling then (as long as it's not too late by phaeton_nz) with the reasoning being that it's easier to Aid Anothed on the can-be-done-untrained Cha skills, than it is for the cannot-be-done-trained Tech Support skills.

No ... not yet. When I played this, it was a bit later than this point that Scottermander Tracy got Brains as a hireling.

I don't particularly agree with Flenn's approach, but when the GM says use either Intimidate or Survival, you go with what you got. :)

Lol, amen on player knowledge vs character knowledge. As a player I know that ghosts often react violently and unhappily when confronted with their, uh, life-challenged status, and the best strategy is to usually try and figure out what's keeping their soul tethered to the Material Plane, and try to address that.
But Kenji doesn't know that, so, they're sitting back and letting the Talky-Talkers do their thing, hoping they don't have to fight a fellow, albeit dead, Exo-Guardian XD

Hah, no issue as a player here. The dynamic is amusing. Though I was actually not aware that ghosts react violently when confronted with their undead status. I avoided telling directly because I thought I'd be insulting their intelligence. *cringes*

At least in Pathfinder 2e Society scenarios that I have played in S3/S4 they seem aware they are dead, at least that is how they were portrayed, so I just assumed the same was such in Starfinder. Clearly that's not the case. Whoops. facepalm

The more you know...

Castana being a solarian will just talk and try and do her diplomat thing but yeah.

It depends on the situation. In this case, she was trying to use the hand scanner, so clearly wasn't up to speed on her situation. Even in Pathfinder, a lot of the haunts an such that you encounter don't necessarily know they're dead, and are fixed in loops tied to the past or something. I have run into a few Pathfinder encounters where once a spirit realizes everyone they cared about is dead ... roll initiative. :)

Yeah, this is definitely "meta-knowledge," but in my experience, ghosts come in two flavours:
1. Self-aware ghosts that are perfectly aware and accepting of their unalive status, but for whatever reason, are unable to Cut Ties on their own. They tend to be upfront with adventurers and heroes, asking for help to Move On. Usually they've been around for a while, and stuck on the Material Plane long enough to understand what's happening and process their grief.

2. Confused, unaware, ghosts that have no clue what's going on; these are the ones that can react violently and dangerously. They tend to be 'newer' to undeath, but not always. They're often unpredictable and volatile - which, you know, makes sense. I would be, too, if I were just trying to do my job and save my friends, but the damned keyboard wouldn't work no matter what! :D

There are, of course, exceptions to everything, though.

Castana will lead the way into the Revelry.

I'm ready when you lot all are.

Leading, she will case the area as best as she can.

perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

I (as in the player) am failing my Will save vs. fear as I look at these Will save rolls.

Save us, Obi-Wan Castana, you're our only hope :D

Save us, Obi-Wan Castana, you're our only hope :D

It's never a good sign when I have to save the group with a will save.

hehe Obi-Wan Castana, IDK if a 17 was enough tbf.

Looks like I only have five PCs, not six. What happened to Luanna?

Apparently, out sixth player got lost in the Lorespire Complex's docking bays :D

Probably turned left at the Vat Gardens. Rookie mistake.

Or, of course, she could be *in* the Vat Gardens ... and maybe her ghost has been with us the whole time, without us knowing it ... *spooky whoo-hooo sound*

6, 1, 6, 5, 5...thanks, Dicebot :C

I'm sorry, but I'm better at making cupcakes. Here, have a free one!

DAMNIT DICEBOT not now!
:D

I've got a serum of healing for Aurinkar, unless somebody has a better idea to stop Aurinkar from dying. Sorry for keeping Momo out of the fight like that...

♫ Momo Slow
She found the right moment to stop the show
She's got all the moves
but with hesitation,
stop-and-go
You'd figure by now that she would know
She's moving too late, it's always so ♫
---Deedee Strawberry, unreleased

I also absolutely love the idea that this encounter is in the safe hands of an astrophysics expert :-P

I would think a serum would probably work. And no need to apologize, since you're the one actually with the skills to neutralize the major threat.

Recruitment Thread

Please add your details in the following format:

1) Player name:
2) Character name:
3) SFS#-Character#:
4) Character Class:
5) Faction:
6) Preferred Starship Frame?:
7) Preferred Starship Role?:
8) Character Race and Size:
9) Perception and Initiative bonus:
A) Anything else you wish to add?:

1) Player name: Alex
2) Character name: Momo Strawberry
3) SFS#-Character#: 108716-704
4) Character Class: Solarian. How she got to be a Solarian is a long story for another day.
5) Faction: Exo-Guardians, for some strange reaosn
6) Preferred Starship Frame?: Drake. Never fly a Pegasus, those things fall right out of the sky.
7) Preferred Starship Role?: Hiding in the turret
8) Character Race and Size: Medium human
9) Perception and Initiative bonus: Perception +5; Init +3
A) Anything else you wish to add?: Nervous flyer (Profile with character background - Relevant backstory). Zoey's older sister, which technically makes her "the space station's older sister", though Deedee just likes to call her "Momo Slow" whenever Momo is daydreaming.

1) Player name: Mustaparta
2) Character name: Terminatrix-42
3) SFS#-Character#: 192672-702
4) Character Class: Soldier (Guard)
5) Faction: Acquisitives
6) Preferred Starship Frame?:Drake is ok, though wouldn't object to Pegasus
7) Preferred Starship Role?: Gunner
8) Character Race and Size: Medium Android
9) Perception and Initiative bonus: Perception +3; Init +7
A) Hates slavers and drow in particular

1) Player name: Kishmo
2) Character name: Alkekenji (they/them)
3) SFS#-Character#: 127582-701
4) Character Class: Nanocyte VII
5) Faction: Exo-Guardians
6) Preferred Starship Frame?: Anything but an Azata ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
7) Preferred Starship Role?: Chief Mate, but can be a passable Captain, or Gunner, if needed
8) Character Race and Size: Khizar, medium
9) Perception and Initiative bonus: Perception +11 (& +7 for accompanying aeon stone computer buddy with a video camera stapled to it), Initiative +1
A) Anything else you wish to add?: I made this character when someone on the forums said khizar are unplayable 'cause they can't see anything, with the prompt of "I wonder how many sense I can cram into one character?" @GM Phaeton_nz do let me know if you have any questions! There's, uh...a lot going on, but after playing this PC a few times I've got a good grasp of the Four Stages of Awareness! Also, if it's just too much, I have a lvl 5 biohacker or a lvl 6 spellspeaker envoy I could bring :)

As a khizar, Alkekenji has no eyes, but through species & class features, gear, and feats, they have:
Blindsight (Life): 30 ft [Species]
Blindsense (Vibration): 30 ft [Species] & within/adj to Cloud Array [Nanocyte Knack]
Blindsense (Electricity): 60 ft, only in contact with metal/crystal/etc [Feet Aug]
Blindsense (Thought): 120 ft [Feat]
Quasi-Blindsense(?) (sight): Telepathic computer sends visual info (low-light & darkvision, 60 ft)
Plus the Focused Sense feat which can momentarily sharpen any blindsense into a blindsight.

Different GMs parse Alkekenji's ersatz "sight" computer/camera combo, so, it's worthwhile having that discussion up front too. The idea is, Alkekenji has a magical computer with an artificial personality that is accessed via a magical nervous system connection (ruby sphere aeon stone), with an installed control module for an enhanced scanner held by a gear clamp.

So, their magical floating computer buddy perceives visual information, and can telepathically share it with Alkekenji. In practice, past GMs have said everything from "this is so abstruse as to provide no benefit in combat" to "it's good enough to provide a kind of 'blindsense (vision),' i.e. Alkekenji is aware of visual stimuli around them, but it functions as an imprecise sense." Both, and anything in between, are all are fair interpretations! Let me know what you think, Phaeton :)

1) Player name: Half the Sky
2) Character name: Castana Fatris
3) SFS#-Character#: 2390470-705
4) Character Class: Solarian
5) Faction: Advocates
6) Preferred Starship Frame?: Drake (or my Manticore if the correct tier, but this tier isn't it)
7) Preferred Starship Role?: As this char, Captain/Gunner
8) Character Race and Size: Lashunta, medium
9) Perception and Initiative bonus: Perception 9, initiative 0
A) Anything else you wish to add?: Retired singer who joined the Starfinder Society after 13 years in the music business and being more burnt out from endless touring of the galaxy.

Boons Slotted - Castana Fatris
Promotional: Shirt with 3 novas
Faction: Advocates Champion: Diplo or heal for +1 RP
Ally: Call a Cognate (5-11)
Social: Able Assistant - Advocates: Aids are +3 instead of +2
Vanity: Hexoglin Pup (5-14)
Slotless Boons:
(1) Drift Crasher (4-99): This scenario has Drift Crisis tag, so I can take extra serum of healing mk 2
(2) Determined Medic - Advocates: Once per game as standard action, remove one condition as listed.
(3) Encouraging Resolve - Advocates: RP used to restore Stamina/stabilise of others (see details if used)
(4) Enemy of the Organisation (6-01)
(5) Loyal Friends - Advocates: +1 will save to confusion effect

Link to character sheet here.

1) Player name: azjauthor
2) Character name: Flenn Cybertooth
3) SFS#-Character#: 108452-706
4) Character Class: Mechanic 6 (exocortex)
5) Faction: Dataphiles
6) Preferred Starship Frame?: No preference
7) Preferred Starship Role?: Engineer
8) Character Race and Size: Half-orc, medium
9) Perception and Initiative bonus: Perception +6, Intiative +7 (Hero Lab is down right now, and I have to update my profile to level 6, so I might need to double check these)

1) Player name: Clebsch73
2) Character name: Luanna Farella
3) SFS#-Character#: #105836-703
4) Character Class: Mystic 1 (Star Shaman)
5) Faction: Wayfinders
6) Preferred Starship Frame?: No preference unless one has an arcane lab.
7) Preferred Starship Role?: Magic Officer or pilot
8) Character Race and Size: damaya lashunta, medium
9) Perception and Initiative bonus: Perception: +7; Initiative: +0
A) Anything else you wish to add?: Luanna is a medical expert with profession (Doctor).