[SFS] 5-15 Beta Test (March 2024)

Game Master Kludde

Perception: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (7) + 23 = 30.

Not spotting anything useful on the UI, Buzz decides to get creative.

++Activate True God Mode: IDDQD++

Just running with the theme ;-)

Profession(Vidgamer): 1d20 + 30 ⇒ (18) + 30 = 48.

Computers: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (11) + 22 = 33

"We are done playing this crazy game."

Perception 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (1) + 23 = 24

Roquefort is looking for the save button "Worst UI, this game is in for some bad ratings!"

Computers1d20 + 20 ⇒ (3) + 20 = 23

User BuzzLY BANNED the screen briefly flashes up as Buzz is dumped out of the game. Maverick's training on the Space Cadet Keyboard helps him hit Ctrl-Alt-Cokebottle, which is enough to get him out of there.

Roquefort notices a tiny pixel in the top left corner, which has the same color as an exit button, and sure enough, it gets him out.

---(Obstacle 4)---
Gabbers (-2 Con)
Carlos (-2 Con)
Xiffany (-3 Con)
---(Out of game)---
Roque (-2 Con)
Maverick
Buzz
---

The lights take a moment to adjust to....

Let's resolve results before I describe the game arcade

Bag mutters a variety of colorful curses in several languages as he attempts to rage quit the game.

Computers: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26 Hacking kit, if that helps at all

Gabbers just barely manages to SQL insert himself out of the game.

He open his eyes seeing the rest of the group - with only Carlos still hooked in on the VR headset. (Pending his roll, of course).

Upon closer inspection, this is still the same arcade as before, complete with dancing Shirren and soulless Lashunta customer. Xiffany is in a neighbouring booth, just removing her headset.

Are you guys ok? she asks That was not was I was expecting... Do you think we should call the authorities?

"Very much" Roquefort is already hitting speed dial to the authorities...!

Buzz has already started looking for the programmer, who has a foot-first date with a protein-reclamation vat in his future...

Maverick doesn't draw his semi auto pistol, but he does activate the laser sight attached to it.

"Are you all right Xiffany?"

Perception: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (7) + 24 = 31

Roquefort taps the speed dial number and gets on the phone with the authorities, but before he can so much as speak a word, Lecti comes rushing out of a side room - through a hidden door.

“No, no, no,” Lecti shrieks, his breath haggard. “You can’t leave! You’ll ruin everything! My life’s work would be destroyed! No. You belong to Amalg. They demand your souls. All of you!”

As he speaks, the connected patrons start shrieking and writhing in pain on the floor.

Lecti is accompanied by two projections, that seem very real, and potentially can cause quite a bit of hurt.

If you want to save a patron, that's a standard action and a Mysticism, Profession (vidgamer) (easiest), Computers or Engineering check (harder), or an Athletics check (hardest). There's a shirren, two humans and three lashuntas

---
Roquefort
Maverick
Buzz
---
Lecti
Projection
Projection
---
Gabbers
Carlos
---

Knowing Buzz is about to aerate Lecti and anything not dead will likely be a plaything for Carlos, Roquefort dashes to the patrons.

Mysticism 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (4) + 23 = 27

"Get the civilians out first."

Maverick moves quickly across the arcade floor to the lashuntas at the bar while drawing his semi-auto pistol.

Mysticism: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (6) + 18 = 24

Do we have to be next to the civilians to save them?

"Combat Tracking On."

(Lecti, I am sure unsurprisingly.)

Meanwhile, Buzz' Exocortex works furiously to release the patrons (Wireless Hack).

Computers: 1d20 + 29 ⇒ (5) + 29 = 34.

Roquefort and Maverick each unplug a gamer while Xiffany runs for the door. Lecti stands back, casting a spell, while the two projections move in, closing in on Maverick. The first makes is over to the pilot, slamming into him, while the second falls short, but then releases a sparkling arc of glitching graphics

Visceral Slam, Maverick: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (11) + 22 = 332d10 + 15 ⇒ (5, 1) + 15 = 21
Glitching Arc, Maverick: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (10) + 19 = 293d6 + 9 ⇒ (1, 1, 1) + 9 = 12

Lecti activates a real-life cheat code, and his spell tries to turn Buzz into a more robotic version of himself

[ooc]Rewire flesh - I need a DC 22 Will save or take Damage: 3d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 3) = 11 and half movement speeds. Should you fail, you can make a DC 22 Fort save for half damage

--- (round 1)
Gabbers
Carlos
--- (round 2)
Roquefort
Maverick
Buzz
---
Lecti
Projection
Projection
---

Maverick's deflective reinforcement armor upgrade deflects 5 points of damage.

Will Save: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19

Mysticism: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (12) + 18 = 30

Maverick's armor absorbs most of the blow from the hologram and he continues to try to get the civilians to safety. He guarded steps to create some distance between him and the holograms.

He'll use his kaleidoscopic icosahedron aeon stone to reroll the will save.

Will Save: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16

Fortitude Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

Will: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10.
Fort: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13.

Buzz shivers in positively masochistic pleasure as some of his few remaining biological components are turned into circuitry.

"Unfortunately for you, at this point, bribery is not going to get you anywhere."

Liquidator Disintegrator Rifle: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (8) + 21 = 29, for 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18 Acid damage.

Meanwhile, his exocortex works furiously to free people.

Computers: 1d20 + 29 ⇒ (12) + 29 = 41.

Carlos is enveloped in shadows, in which his figure is hardly discernible, which immediately seems taller, longer and with more tentacles. A hoarse voice from behind a pale mask utters one word, FREEZE. This word is aimed at Lecti.

Move: Shadow Shroud (Concealment 20%), Standard: Hold Person, DC21 Will

Roquefort sees things are in hand and moves to rescue another person.

Mysticism 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (14) + 23 = 37

Gab looks like he's about to try to distract Lecti with some clever banter, but the action starts up before he can put his plan into action.

Alas, the Fast Talk feat rarely comes in useful in pbp. ;) Well, gotta try it once, at least.

Gab draws his gellid hail pistol as he advances, taking cover behind a table. At least, I think that's where I am on the map. He fires over the table, hopefully in a surprise attack against Lecti.

Move action: Move speed and draw weapon. Standard action: Clever Attack

Clever Attack (Bluff w/ Convincing Liar): 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (1) + 21 = 22
Will re-roll that one...
Clever Attack (Bluff w/ Convincing Liar): 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (1) + 21 = 22
Bleh ... Okay, well, I'll spend 1 RP to treat that as a success, I guess ...

Gellid Hail attack vs. Lecti's flat-footed KAC: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33
Gellid Hail damage (cold/piercing, nonlethal): 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (5, 1) + 5 = 11
Oooh, a CRIT!
Critical bonus damage: 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (4, 3) + 5 = 12 + bleed 1d6 critical effect

The spell was aimed at Buzz, not Maverick

Maverick and Buzz manage to free the two human, leaving only two of the three Lashuntas at the bar in peril They are marked in grey, safe patrons are marked in green

Buz amanges to blast Lecti, but Carlos' spell is resisted by the programmer wizkid.

Will: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (17) + 15 = 32

Gabbers then moves in and takes Lecti by surprise, splattering the bar in blood.

I'll refund Roquefort an action, unless he want to get in there with the projections and Lashuntas

The projections step in to gang up on Maverick, while Lecti keeps lobbing spells.

Slam, Maverick: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (1) + 22 = 232d10 + 15 ⇒ (2, 10) + 15 = 27
Slam, Maverick: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (7) + 22 = 292d10 + 15 ⇒ (7, 9) + 15 = 31

Arcing surge; vs Gabbers, Doc, Roquefort: 10d6 ⇒ (4, 6, 1, 6, 6, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2) = 37 DC 21 Reflex for half
--- (round 2)
Roquefort
Gabbers
Carlos
--- (round 3)
Roquefort
Maverick
Buzz
---
Lecti (51 + 1d6 bleed)
Projection
Projection
---

Lecti - has to roll that Bleed effect twice and take the worse number, Roquefort has a certain demonic-blood curse from a certain Special scenario...the horror, the horror

Refund taken - no clear route through

Reflex 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26
+Evasion - nil damage!

Roquefort starts shooting his way through - aiming for Lecti.

Trick Attack (SM) Take 10 = CR17 Tricked.
Attack 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (11) + 16 = 27 vs FF EAC
Damage 2d4 + 5 + 6d8 ⇒ (1, 1) + 5 + (1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 4) = 19 F
+10 Bleed damage

Trick Attack (SM) Take 10 = CR17 Tricked.
Attack 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (13) + 16 = 29 vs FF EAC
Damage 2d4 + 5 + 6d8 ⇒ (2, 4) + 5 + (7, 3, 7, 5, 6, 1) = 40 F
+10 Bleed damage

Roquefort lips twist into a killers grin as he watches Lecti begin to bleed and the kiss of the curse manifests "Blood for the blood god"

Fort: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24.

With the remaning lashunta just out of reach, Buzz settles for acid-etching Lecti, more than happy to take advantage of the distraction provided by Gabbers' clever feint.

Liquidator Disintegrator Rifle: 1d20 + 21 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 21 - 4 = 30, for 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29 Acid damage.
Liquidator Disintegrator Rifle: 1d20 + 21 - 4 ⇒ (9) + 21 - 4 = 26, for 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29 Acid damage.

Reflex save: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21 18 damage

Gab unleashes fire at Lecti.

Gellid Hail pistol attack 1 vs. FF KAC: 1d20 + 13 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 13 - 4 = 21
Gellid Hail pistol damage (cold/piercing, nonlethal): 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (4, 5) + 5 = 14
Gellid Hail pistol attack 2 vs. FF KAC: 1d20 + 13 - 4 ⇒ (8) + 13 - 4 = 17
Gellid Hail pistol damage (cold/piercing, nonlethal): 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (2, 5) + 5 = 12

Got it, I'll gladly take the damage off Mav.

Maverick stays put so that the holograms continue to focus on him while he frees another patron. Feinting left and right he leaps back and then rolls away from the holograms, but not so far away that they won't pursue him. guarded step

Mysticism: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (5) + 18 = 23 If that roll is 1 to low he will use his aeon stone to add a +1 to it.

Bleed: 1d6 ⇒ 5
Bleed: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Roquefort turns Lecti into a gory character from a zombie character, splaterring blood everywhere, but somehow still standing. That is, until Buzz brings his disintegrator rifle to bear, and takes the software developer out of his misery. A second shot is quickly reaimed for the closest projection.

I'm just going to re-aim shots at purple from here

Gabbers has a hard timing

@Maverick: green icons have already been freed, only the grey ones require rescuing. Are you just taking a guarded step, or do you want to get past the holograms?

--- (round 2)
Roquefort
Gabbers
Carlos
--- (round 3)
Roquefort
Maverick
Buzz
---
Lecti (DEAD)
Projection - Purple (29)
Projection - Seagreen (0)
---

Get past them. I guess I'll need a tumble roll than.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (17) + 26 = 43 Mav has the mobility feat also, so he gets a +4 bonus to his KAC and EAC when AOO's are made against him.

Carlos pulls his sniper rifle out of its case again, no longer in the game world but in the real world (which however is just as illusory as everything else that fits into the minds of mortal beings), and shoots.

Called Nullifying Rift Rifle: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (15) + 14 = 293d10 + 12 ⇒ (7, 5, 5) + 12 = 29 - Slashing dmg vs EAC | Force effect VS Purple

Maverick moves past the projection, and manages to free another customer, as Carlos blasts a hole in the projection. The projections move for Buzz and Carlos, slamming into Carlos, but completely missing Buzz.

Slam, Buzz: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (1) + 22 = 232d10 + 15 ⇒ (1, 10) + 15 = 26
Slam, Carlos: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (6) + 22 = 282d10 + 15 ⇒ (4, 8) + 15 = 27

--- (round 3)
Roquefort
Gabbers
Carlos
--- (round 4)
Roquefort
Maverick
Buzz
---
Lecti (DEAD)
Projection - Purple (58)
Projection - Seagreen (0)
---

Roquefort keeps blazing away, seeing Mav has the casualties in hand.

Vs purple
Trick Attack (SM) Take 10 = CR17 Tricked.
Attack 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (11) + 16 = 27 vs FF EAC
Damage 2d4 + 5 + 6d8 ⇒ (4, 1) + 5 + (7, 2, 3, 7, 4, 7) = 40 F
+Off Target -2 to hit

Concealment 1-20 miss: 1d100 ⇒ 89 It's not so easy to hit Carlos in the shadows, but the projection succeeds... He grunts contentedly at the pain and just reaches out to shake his tormentor's hand...

Coldblooded Touch: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 168d4 ⇒ (3, 3, 4, 1, 4, 2, 2, 4) = 23 - Cold dmg vs EAC

Mav, knows the final patron will be okay if the holograms are eliminated. He turns around and sees that one of them has left its "6" wide open to his attack. His semi-auto pistol unloads a barrage of explosive rounds at it.

Semi-Auto Pistol vs. Purple KAC: 1d20 + 17 - 4 ⇒ (8) + 17 - 4 = 21
Piercing/Fire Damage: 4d6 + 6 ⇒ (6, 1, 5, 2) + 6 = 20

Semi-Auto Pistol vs. Purple KAC: 1d20 + 17 - 4 ⇒ (15) + 17 - 4 = 28
Piercing/Fire Damage: 4d6 + 6 ⇒ (6, 5, 4, 2) + 6 = 23

Semi-Auto Pistol vs. Purple KAC: 1d20 + 17 - 4 ⇒ (20) + 17 - 4 = 33
Piercing/Fire Damage: 4d6 + 6 ⇒ (1, 6, 3, 5) + 6 = 21

Semi-Auto Pistol vs. Purple KAC: 1d20 + 17 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 17 - 4 = 25
Piercing/Fire Damage: 4d6 + 6 ⇒ (2, 6, 4, 5) + 6 = 23

Critical Fire Damage: 4d6 + 6 ⇒ (1, 5, 6, 5) + 6 = 23 Purple is also knocked prone

Roquefort uses the classic 'look behind you' trick to blast purple in the face, and when purple does indeed look behind himself, he is met with a barrage of bullets that finally do him in.

Carlos is less lucky - his cold, calculated retaliation finds only air.

--- (round 3)
Gabbers
Carlos
--- (round 4)
Roquefort
Maverick
Buzz
---
Lecti (DEAD)
Projection - Purple (DOWN)
Projection - Seagreen (0)
---

"Target Acquired."

Combat Tracking - Green.

Liquidator Disintegrator Rifle: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (10) + 21 = 31, for 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19 Acid damage.

Can I get an action for gabbers?

Gabbers - BOT:

Figuring that non-lethal won't work on a projection, Gabbers pulls out their back-up option (Amusingly, I believe it is technically illegal in the Pact Worlds; not that it has stopped a lot of people from using them!).

Bombarding glamered electromagnetic radshot: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30, fpr 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (4, 3) + 5 = 12 Fire damage.

Buzz makes an attempt to liquify the projection, while gabbers tries to disrupt it with radiation, and both attempts weaken the last enemey.

It still slams at Carlos, though, ramming hard into the halfling

Slam, Carlos: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (11) + 22 = 332d10 + 15 ⇒ (4, 8) + 15 = 27

--- (round 4)
Gabbers
Carlos
--- (round 5)
Roquefort
Maverick
Buzz
---
Lecti (DEAD)
Projection - Purple (DOWN)
Projection - Seagreen (31)
---

Roquefort zaps again!

Vs purple
Trick Attack (SM) Take 10 = CR17 Tricked.
Attack 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (16) + 16 = 32vs FF EAC
Damage 2d4 + 5 + 6d8 ⇒ (1, 1) + 5 + (2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 7) = 26 F
+Flat footed to everyone

Some cruddy damage rolls

Buzz rains acid down upon the remaining projection...

Liquidator Disintegrator Rifle: 1d20 + 21 - 4 ⇒ (8) + 21 - 4 = 25, for 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (2) + 13 = 15 Acid damage.

Liquidator Disintegrator Rifle: 1d20 + 21 - 4 ⇒ (2) + 21 - 4 = 19, for 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29 Acid damage.

...whilst his exocortex works on freeing the final lashunta.

Computers: 1d20 + 29 ⇒ (3) + 29 = 32.

Gab flicks the merciful function on his gellid hail pistol to lethal. He calls out, "Hang in there, Carlos! Tomorrow's another day to be disappointed in!" He then fires at the projection.

Swift action: Deactivate merciful fusion
Move action: Quick Inspiring Boost on Carlos - Spending 1 RP so he regains 27 SP
Standard action: Clever attack

Clever Feint (Bluff w/ Convincing Liar): 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (8) + 21 = 29
Will try to re-roll that instead of adding expertise dice
Clever Feint (Bluff re-roll): 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (12) + 21 = 33
If that's not a success, I'll spend a RP to make it a success

Gellid Pistol shot vs. projections' flat-footed KAC: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29
Gellid pistol (cold/piercing, lethal) damage: 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (5, 1) + 5 = 11

Roquefort zaps the projection, distorting it a little bit and causing it to focus completely on the ysoki, so that Buzz and Gabbers have an easy time scoring their hits. The projection starts glitching more and more, but isn't disabled quite yet.

--- (round 4)
Gabbers
Carlos
--- (round 5)
Roquefort
Maverick
Buzz
---
Lecti (DEAD)
Projection - Purple (DOWN)
Projection - Seagreen (83)
---

Maverick moves in from behind again and aims a explosive bullet at the projection's virtual head.

Debilitating Trick Acrobatics (Flat Footed) 10+26=36
Semi Auto Pistol vs. Hologram KAC: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (7) + 17 = 24
Piercing/Fire Damage: 4d6 + 6 + 7d8 ⇒ (4, 3, 4, 3) + 6 + (1, 8, 3, 3, 1, 7, 4) = 47

It's already flat-footed from my Clever Attack, and I think from Roq's attack

At the moment when the blow would seem to hit Carlos, there is no one there - only shadows. Carlos himself is already standing 20 feet away from this place and aiming a sniper rifle. (temporal flash spell)

Called Nullifying Rift Rifle: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (19) + 14 = 333d10 + 12 ⇒ (9, 4, 2) + 12 = 27 - Slashing dmg vs EAC | Force effect

OK, the SP recovery doesn't happen unless you took damage the previous turn, so I didn't do Quick Inspiring Boost and I'll get one of my RP back.

Maverick blasts the projection in the back, and Carlos finishes it off with a sniper shot.

Combat over

The patrons look very confused, and shocked as Xifanny starts guiding them to safety. The arcade falls eerily quiet, lighted only by the blinking lights of the games. A door in the back stands open...

You can take a 10 min rest if you want

Buzz makes a point of retrieving the programmer's head.

"I know a Necrovite who owes me a favour... and I intend to make sure this one has an eternity to reflect upon his errors..."

He then heads for the door, his mood no less foul, weapon at the ready...

Roquefort also makes for the door "COuld be more victims"

"Um ... Carlos looks like he could use a few minutes to catch his breath." Gab says, staying back with Xifanny to help for a bit before advancing. If Carlos doesn't need the break (or once it is over), he pulls his guns again and follows.

We'll take a break. He approaches the dead blogger (or who he was - Carlos doesn't care). And we will rest during the conversation. Still shrouded in darkness, he raises his right hand and a tentacle of darkness reaches out to Lecti's chest. With a sigh, he bends upwards despite the fact that he is obviously dead. Answer my call, creature.

Speak with Dead *evil grin*