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

Game Master phaeton_nz

Castana: You posted it in the Discussion thread. Your Perception check was 16.

Inside the boarding umbilical, the slick metal surface shimmers with an otherworldly energy. An unseen wind howls in the tunnel, whipping everything in its path, and the tunnel seems to stretch longer and longer. The walls twist and warp, as if alive and pulsing with energy. Vibrant colors dance to their own rhythm, creating a kaleidoscope of shapes and patterns that melt and stretch. The air hums with strange, haunting music, like a mournful ghostly choir. The wind howls louder, crackling with energy, and then suddenly all is quiet. As the end of the tunnel draws near, the spiraling sensation and magnificent colors fade away, leaving only the cold, segmented metal.

The umbilical connects to the Revelry’s entrance gate, which leads to a long escalator. However, the escalator’s not functional, and the PCs must climb the still stairs to reach the ship’s welcome area

Kenji moves cautiously through the strange boarding umbilical, tense but resolute as things gets weird. Once they make it to the other side, they'll wait to make sure everyone made it through, too.
"Everyone alright? No strange Drift...stuff?"
As long as everyone checks in, and Castana doesn't notice anything untoward, they'll head towards the welcome area, senses wide open and alert for life, sound, movement, electricity, smell, or thought.

Flenn nods. "Nothin' yet." He proceeds up toward the welcome area, not feeling particularly welcomed.

I assume we have a new map coming our way soon.

Strange you should mention that ...

A large fountain stands in the center of the Revelry’s welcome area. Its water is murky and still, the tiles around it are cracked and stained, and a statue in the center is covered in a thick layer of grime. There are a few planter boxes in this lobby, but the plants are withered and brown. Welcoming banners that once proudly displayed the ship’s name are torn and tattered, and the gift shop lies empty and abandoned. Suddenly, a cold breeze makes the dry leaves rustle, carrying ghostly echoes of laughter and excitement into the lobby. An upbeat melody starts playing from speakers on the walls, but the notes are off-key and the rhythm erratic.

Will saves everyone. The area features once-grand planter boxes and fountains, all of which count as difficult terrain and provide partial cover.

Kenji gives off a short, quiet, psychic moan at the sight of all the dead plants. I'm guessing this is a Fear affect? If so, Kenji would use their Psychic Resilience boon from 5-99 to roll twice and take the higher. Disregard 2nd roll if not vs Fear.
Will #1, +3 if Mind Affecting, or +1 if Mind-Affecting but effective against plants: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
Will #2, +3 if Mind Affecting, or +1 if Mind-Affecting but effective against plants: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Determined android wades through the umbilical "So far so good." When group has arrived to the welcome area, Terminatrix tries to remain calm and rational despite music and sounds of laughter.

Will save, +2 vs. mind-affecting: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

Will save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Flenn glances around nervously. "Well, this isn't at all creepy as hell."

Will: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

Momo has been silent and looking pale all the way, but it's only when she sees the welcoming hall. Don't these places all look the same Momo says, as if she's had experience with vessels of this type. Rev.. she reads the torn banners ...lry

She stays as close to her team members as possible... Does the air feel stuffy to you as well? she asks from behind her environmental protections.

What in the bloody hell is going on here?

will: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

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

Only Castana and Terminatrix-42 resist the urge to move towards the central fountain. The rest of you move there as if someone, or something had told you to. Additionally, you momentarily get a rush of sensations showing what the Revelry must have been before the Drift crisis: a colorful world of entertainment bustling with people and full of wonderful sights to behold. However, the sensation quickly fades.

Initiatives:
Alkekenji: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11
Castana: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (5) + 0 = 5
Flenn: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
Momo: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
Terminatrix-42: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23

red: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
blue: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
green: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21

Many of the dead passengers have risen as undead corpses that flock together as driftwarped troops, each consisting of dozens of dead people. The troops approach from across the room and burst through the double doors on either side of the room to attack you.

Terminatrix gets to go before Blue and Green.

"Undead, it seems. Time to use those grenades." Terminatrix says and shoots grenade in the middle of green zombie group.

Grenade launcher, targeting grid intersection: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26
fire damage, Reflex DC 16: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 4) = 5
Burning dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Flenn begins muttering, "All work and no play makes Flenn a dull boy," as he walks forward, nodding for a moment to the bustling people before snapping out of it.

Looking around him, he groans, "Bloody 'ell."

I'll go ahead and roll my probably-futile Mysticism roll to identify, so the GM can post any information along with Blue & Green's actions. I do have a library chip, which would be in my Exocortex, but I assume I don't have time to access it, so I'll roll without the +4 from that.

Identify Creatures (Mysticism): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Clearly just normal vacationers here!

((Green: -15))

Green moves up and attacks Alkekenji (it's a swarm with 5ft reach). He takes bludgeoning: 1d4 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12 damage

Blue double moves and swarms around Momo and Flenn.

Momo, Fleen & Alkekenji are up before Red.

Kenji staggers under the troop's blows. "There certainly seem to be a lot of them! Fortunately - there are always more of me," they 'path, as a massive cloud of nanites shoots out, to begin devouring Blue and Green!
Drawing a pink border around the squares that are now full of hungry nanites! Spending 1 nanite surge to activate the Infestation Faculty's nastiness; creatures (including allies :C But, I can spend one reaction to tell the nanites to not eat one single ally) that start in, or enter, those squares get to make a DC 19 Fort Save, or take 3d6 P dmg; creatures are immune for 1 min after the Save, succeed or fail. If they fail, though, they take 9 more P dmg at the end of every turn until they pass that DC 19 Fort save, or 6 rounds, whichever comes first. I guess this is a call for phaeton_nz to make, but, I'm hoping that "9 squares full of angry nanites" counts as an Area effect, vs Troop..?
Then, they'll use their Standard to form a secondary array, forming a static dusk rifle. (It's the only AoE weapon in my secondary array, heh.)

Flenn's metallic nodes begin flickering. Internally, the exocortex begins tracking telemetry and firing solutions toward the red swarm of creatures.

Move action: Designate red swarm with combat tracking. Standard action: Attack green swarm w/ grenade

He chucks the grenade over his shoulder toward the greenish zombies. Aiming so that the 10-foot explosion should hit all but one of them.

Incendiary grenade II attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
Incendiary grenade II damage (fire, explosion): 2d6 ⇒ (6, 6) = 12 + burning 1d6 (Reflex DC 12)

The little yellow flashes that Momo displayed whenever she got scared or startled now materialize into a fully fledged yellowish aura that surrounds her. Drawing her carbon blade, she starts hacking at the horde

Carbon blade vs KAC: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 261d10 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

Momo has Cleave, but that does nothing here, afaik

Green(fort): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10
Blue(fort): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12
piercing: 3d6 ⇒ (4, 1, 2) = 7

Green(ref): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
fire: 1d6 ⇒ 5

((Green: -50, Blue:-12))

Red double moves into the fray

Castana is next, followed by Termanatrix-42 before Blue & Green

Castana starts to glow (attune Photon 1) and using her solar weapon slices away:

solar weapon fire: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21
2d6 + 11 ⇒ (2, 5) + 11 = 18
sauron crystal: 1d3 ⇒ 3

At which group? It's starting to look like a brutaris match at the moment, except more deadly.

There's so many of them! Momo says with a shrill voice.

GM: Maybe I'm missing something, but if I'm looking at the map right, I think red is the only group in melee range of Castana at the moment (although, as I type this, I guess it is possible that she has the solar flare ability and so is attacking at range, although the term "slices" suggested to me she was using a melee weapon).

Correct - I realised after typing that it had to be red

((Green: -50, Blue:-12, Red -10))

Terminatrix-42 yet to go.

Yes, I was slicing out at the group who was in front of me

It also looks like some of the Red troop moved into Kenji's Bad Cloud™ - they need to make a Fort save (and, hopefully, fail like the first two did! I'm so excited, this never happens, lol :D)

Fort(Red): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16
piercing: 3d6 ⇒ (3, 4, 4) = 11

((Green: -50, Blue:-12, Red -26))

All three failed their Fort saves?! Triune be praised! It must be Alkekenji's birthday :D

Terminatrix steps back and aims grenade fire into rear of the red group. Green arrow marks the intersection. If Alkekenji would be hit, then its one square lower unless you are fine with that.

Grenade launcher: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23
fire damage, Reflex DC 16: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 4) = 6
Burning: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Red takes more fire damage.

Blue and Green get nibbled by nanites
fort(blue): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
fort(green): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

Damage(bludgeoning):
Momo: 1d4 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11
Flenn[: 1d4 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14
Alkekenji: 1d4 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12

Momo, Flenn & Alkekenji are up before Red.

Aw shucks, one's saved out :( Well Blue's not taking nanite dmg anymore, but the other two are, at least!

Kenji will take a guarded step back (10 ft because of Cloud Array) and then fire their newly-formed dusk rifle. I think I can aim it as marked by the teal line on the map, to hit all three troops?
Dusk Rifle vs 3 Troops' EAC: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
E&C dmg: 1d4 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

Sorry, but I'm going to have some people hit by friendly fire on mine ... but it's pretty low damage. Not *entirely* sure if I target each of these individually in this case or each cluster. I'll roll each, and if it's each cluster, then just take the first roll toward a color.

Flenn's cybernetic eye glows, not just a tiny laser beam but a broad blast of laser light in a cone toward the south.

Full Action: Activate blasting fusion on his azimuth optical laser
Attack on blue right south of me: 1d20 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 10 - 2 = 19
Attack on blue two south of me: 1d20 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 10 - 2 = 23
Attack on red two southeast of me: 1d20 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 10 - 2 = 24
Attack on red two southeast of me: 1d20 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 10 - 2 = 27
Attack on red four south of me: 1d20 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 10 - 2 = 25
Attack on red east of that one: 1d20 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 10 - 2 = 23
Attack on red east of that one: 1d20 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 10 - 2 = 12
Attack on Castana: 1d20 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 10 - 2 = 9
Attack on Terminatrix: 1d20 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 10 - 2 = 21
Yay! Missed the allies!

Damage for any that hit (half, fire): 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8 Half damage from the blastng fusion, so only 4, but I think they take half again as much from a blast, so it'd be 6 total to each one hit. Was hoping to catch at least something on fire (and hopefully not an ally), but alas.

They're all over me! Momo says with an increasingly panicked voice, glowing brighter and brighter. She keeps moving, twirling her carbon blade around her trying to keep the horde at bay.

Carbon Blade, Blue: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 171d10 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12
Carbon Blade, Cleave?: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 121d10 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

Attune 2/3, so next round is a 'boom' round. @Flenn: You probably want to step away a bit, or give me the confirmation that you're ok with getting hit.

red(ref): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

((Green: -50, Blue:-18, Red -56))

Alkekenji misses. So does Momo, but Flenn scores some hits.
Red gets nibbled by nanites.
fort(red): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

Damage(bludgeoning):
Castana: 1d4 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14
Terminatrix: 1d1d4 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14

Castana is next, followed by Termanatrix-42 before Blue & Green

Castana burns brighter (attune Photon 2) and using her solar weapon slices away hoping to eliminate red this turn.

solar weapon fire: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15
default damage: 2d6 + 11 ⇒ (2, 3) + 11 = 16
sauron crystal: 1d3 ⇒ 3

The android drops the grenade launcher and draws sword cleaving the red zombie in front of him.

wrack devastation blade, agonizing fusion: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25
slashing: 2d8 + 11 ⇒ (5, 3) + 11 = 19

Castana misses. Terminatric does not.
Green continues to be nibbled by nanites.

((Green: -59, Blue:-18, Red -65))

fort(green): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

Damage(bludgeoning):
Momo: 1d4 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12
Flenn: 1d4 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14
Alkekenji: 1d4 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13

Momo, Flenn & Alkekenji are up before Red.

Kenji does the same as last round - but hopefully hits this time. Guarded 10 ft step back, then Line attack vs Blue and Green.
Dusk Rifle vs 2 Troops' EAC: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
E&C dmg: 1d4 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

Get them off me! Get them off me! Momo takes a guarded step back to safety, then let out a pained Aaaargh as she explodes in a ball of fire.

Supernova: 6d6 ⇒ (4, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2) = 14 DC 15 reflex for half

---
♫ There's a small supernova coming in,
it's coming in
And everyone around me starts to sing
And when they fall
count them all
There's a small supernova coming in ♫
--- Deedee Strawberry, unreleased

That should hit blue and green, but avoid Flenn

Flenn sees Momo about to go boom and stumbles past the fountain and through the zombies, trying to create some distance. Lights on the cerebral nodes of his exocortex begin flickering, and an energy shield springs up around him.

Move action: Move. Standard Action: Activate Energy Shield trick, for 11 Temp HP.

ref(blue): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16
ref(green): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

((Green: -82, Blue:-34, Red -74))

The Green group is completely annihilated.

The nanites also annihilate Red.

Castana is next, followed by Termanatrix-42 before Blue

Castana moves and supernovas from her position, all that is left.

8d6 ⇒ (3, 2, 5, 4, 2, 6, 4, 5) = 31

DC 17 half

ref(blue): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

(Blue: -49)

That takes out some of them but the remainder continue to swarm - mostly around Momo.

Terminatrix moves on to whack one of remaining zombies.

wrack devastation blade, agonizing fusion: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17
Slashing: 2d8 + 11 ⇒ (3, 1) + 11 = 15

(Blue: -56)

Damages:
Momo: 1d4 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
Castana: 1d4 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12
Terminatrix: 1d4 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13

Everyone is up.

Kenji gives the plant equivalent of a slow, steadying, exhale, and sharpens their perception until they can sense the electrically conductive material in the horde's outfits. (Using Focused Senses feat to sharpen 60 ft. of electricity blindsense into 30 ft. of blindsight) Then, they fire the nanite-created gun again.
Dusk Rifle vs EAC: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
E&C dmg: 1d4 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

Castana burns brighter (attune Photon 1) and using her solar weapon slices away...again, hoping to eliminate the last of them.

solar weapon fire: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18
default damage: 2d6 + 11 ⇒ (3, 5) + 11 = 19
sauron crystal: 1d3 ⇒ 1

Terminatrix swings the blade bit too recklessly possibly missing the undead he is flanking with Momo.

wrack devastation blade: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14
damage: 2d8 + 11 ⇒ (5, 6) + 11 = 22

(Blue: -70)
And with their blows, Kenji and Castana eliminate what is left. Which may be why Terminatrix missed, there was nothing left to hit.

Having defeated the undead, you get a chance to take in your surroundings and start looking for the source of the threat. You have to keep moving. Resting is currently not an option.

Leaving the welcome area, you descend to the sprawling middle deck, where most of the recreational activities took place. The place has turned into a nightmarish mockery of itself. The lights are out and the landscape of the citylike structure is frozen and lifeless, with trash and dead bodies littering the streets and buildings.

As the PCs witnessed in the welcome area, the passengers have turned into undead horrors. Out on the passenger deck, the situation is even worse. There are hundreds, maybe even thousands of similar creatures milling around, searching for something to attack. Facing the horde in combat would be too much, even for experienced Starfinders.

As you enter the shopping mall, you are struck by neon lights that are still operational in some of the establishments, forming a trail. Inside these stores, it appears as though people are still shopping, but it’s a dangerous illusion.

Stealth to scout ahead to avoid crowded spaces (only one person rolls primary, but the others can aid) or Culture/Engineering/Perception to find shortcuts or use staff only or service tunnels (Anyone can roll these). You need at least two successes.

The energy field stays up for 6 minutes, and I'll leave it up until it runs out ... If we aren't able to rest, then I assume we're on the move pretty quickly.

Flenn mutters to the group, "Anyone else feel like they were ... summoned toward that fountain? Shame they didn't think to bring a spellcaster on this mission, who might be able to figure out what that's about ..."

He begins looking over the design of the ship, as well as any information that was part of his debriefing packet on the Revelry.

Engineering: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (20) + 16 = 36

"Okay, I think I got some ideas on ways we can get around these things without being seen." His exocortex mohawk nodes flicker up as he sends tactical maps to your armor heads-up displays. "Follow the glowing beacon on your HUDs."