[SFS] 6-13 The Beginning of the End (Inactive)

Game Master Kludde

What's an "anti-fatigue mat?" Just a mattress by another name or an actual item?

It's just a protective mat used in construction. It gives the floor a +1 to Fort saves

The uplifted bear is a GM editing mistake...

The elevator descends and opens up a wide hall, which in turn leads into a large, high-tech chamber. The room is completely dark, save for some dim flashing lights on the eastern wall.

“There you are!” a cruel voice cackles from the darkness. “The glorious Starfinder Society! I wondered when you’d arrive. Zhaneni warned me you’d show up, but frankly, I’m disappointed. You’ve hardly made a great showing. There’s little left of Izdria to save.”

Perforator, Shaq: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (1) + 19 = 202d6 + 9 ⇒ (1, 2) + 9 = 12

Shaq hears a shot and a bullet whizzing close to his head.

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Nikko
Cavaler
Twila
Fussoa
Delea
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Kebzec
Crony
Crony
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Shaq
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"Your reign of terror ends now Kebzec. Cavaler dashes behind cover and then raises his crossbolter and fires on Kezbec's crony to his south.

Dual Crossbolter vs. Blue KAC: 1d20 + 12 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 12 - 2 = 27
Piercing/Fire Damage: 2d10 + 8 ⇒ (6, 1) + 8 = 15

Nikko cycles up another Haste spell from his list of tricks for everyone still in the elevator, then moves to take advantage of nearby cover

Earlier:

As everyone's getting on the elevator, Twila-5 hands Shaq a Mk 1 Serum of Healing. "Thanks for having my back, XHC-5."

Back to the present:

Dashing forward extra fast, Twila-5 mentally thanks Nikko and draws her static arc pistol. She somersaults into position at the end of her run and fires at the red shirted foe.

Trick Attack (Acrobatics): 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (14) + 16 = 30
Static Arc Pistol, Range increment penalty: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 9 - 2 = 12
Electric damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Trick Attack damage, if applicable: 3d8 ⇒ (7, 7, 1) = 15

Healing serum: 1d8 ⇒ 8

Shaq accepts the serum from Twila with a thankful smile and downs it, feeling his knee knit back up almost all the way.

Now: Before my turn comes up, can I get some descriptive clarity on the battlefield, please? What does and doesn't block movement? I presume the giant TV screen is a Thing that we have to go around, but that the blue hologram is just an image. Most importantly, is Kezbec hiding behind a wall or counter or something? Granted, Shaq can't see that far even with his Darkvision, but I'm just hoping to avoid having to retcon things in PBP cause we didn't know what was where.

Fussoa moves maximum distance to trick red crony taking 10 for 29.

perforator pistol + coordinated shot on green: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24
sonic damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (4, 3) + 4 = 11
trick attack damage: 4d8 ⇒ (8, 5, 3, 8) = 24

Cavaler blasts the order crony, while Nikko makes sure everybody is up to speed on the threat level. Twila fires a shot into the darkness, but her target is too far away. Fussoa is better at hitting her mark, and for a moment replaces the constant rumbling in the room with a sonic boom.

The battlefield is mostly open space, and dark, except for the middle (blueish) part which is dim light. The pillars in the northern corners of the room, the central machinery, and the servers in the south are all tall enough to provide cover.

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Nikko
Cavaler
Twila
Fussoa
Delea
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Kebzec
Crony - Blue (15)
Crony - Red (35)
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Shaq
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Delea sends a reassuring telepathic reply to Shaq, and then uses healing magic.

mystic heal, L1: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

In the present moment, she channels her anger at the nearest bad guy.

mind thrust, L2: 4d10 ⇒ (4, 2, 8, 2) = 16

The range for you mind thrust is 40 feet. Do you want to move closer, or choose a different spell?

From afar, the crony on one side of Kebzec light up the room with a blast of fire, while the other sends a volley of force missiles flying at Cavaler.

Explosive Blast: 9d6d6 - 19d3d4 + 3 ⇒ (4, 5, 3, 4, 4, 6, 5, 5, 4, 4, 1, 4, 4, 4, 1, 5, 3, 6, 1, 6, 6, 5, 2, 4, 1, 5, 6, 3, 1, 1, 3, 5, 4, 1, 5, 6, 1) - (2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 1, 2, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 4, 1, 1, 4, 4, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 4, 3, 4, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2) + 3 = 57

Now you see me, now you don't Kebzec cackles, and fires a shot at Twila from behind cover.

Perforator Pistol, Twila: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (11) + 19 = 302d6 + 9 ⇒ (6, 6) + 9 = 21

Delea still gets an action for round 1, everyone can act

---(Round 1)
Delea
---(Round 2)
Nikko
Cavaler
Twila
Fussoa
Delea
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Kebzec
Crony - Blue (15)
Crony - Red (35)
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Shaq
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Twila-5 grunts as the bullet tears through her. OW! Ugh... Every hit on me spares the ones who can hit their targets. Grimacing and accepting the pain, she dashes straight for Kebzec. There's no funny business this time; she's tired of looking like a fool, missing her shots. And she wants to keep him distracted as much as possible.

She doesn't have enough movement to get any line of sight on Kebzec if she uses Acrobatics or Stealth for a trick attack.

Static Arc Pistol: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24
Electric damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Did Twila include the extra 20ft Haste movement?

Slipping around the pylon for a clear shot at Red, Nikko pulls the trigger twice on their laser rifle.

laser rifle vs Red EAC: 1d20 + 12 - 4 ⇒ (8) + 12 - 4 = 16fire damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (3, 2) + 7 = 12

laser rifle vs Red EAC: 1d20 + 12 - 4 ⇒ (19) + 12 - 4 = 27fire damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (6, 6) + 7 = 19

Fussoa moves more distance to trick red crony taking 10 for 29.

perforator pistol + coordinated shot on green: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (15) + 12 = 27
sonic damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (1, 5) + 4 = 10
trick attack damage: 4d8 ⇒ (7, 7, 7, 3) = 24

I think you made a mistake on the damage roll... If it's force damage, Cavaler has a Brooch of Shielding which absorbs force damage.

Cavaler takes advantage of Nikko's spell and moves all the way across the battlefield so he can fire on red.

"Take them down Starfinders." Cavaler is just within 60' of red and Kebzec to apply Get 'Em on both. He will spend a resolve point to do so.

Everyone's next attack against red or Kezbec gets a +2 bonus to the attack and damage rolls.

Dual Crossbolter + Get 'Em vs. Red KAC: 1d20 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 12 + 2 = 21
Piercing/Fire Damage: 2d10 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (1, 10) + 8 + 2 = 21

I'm guessing red is flat footed also.

I think Shaq got skipped at the end of Round 1. Sorry for the delay, but GM posted just as I departed on a 14 hour flight with no wifi.

Shaq gets caught by surprise as the battle erupts around him. He drops his comm unit (really shouldn't have been checking the feeds when stuff is likely to happen) and hustles forward into the fray.

Double move, Hasted. Coordinated Shot +1 applies to Kebzec

Off yes, editing error on the force blast, that should be:
Explosive Blast: 9d6 ⇒ (4, 4, 5, 3, 1, 2, 3, 6, 3) = 31DC 19 Reflex for half, vs Fussoa, Nikko, Twila, IIRC
Magic missile: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 1, 4) + 3 = 9 VS Cavaler, force damage
Shaq gets to do a round 1 action indeed

Twila blasts Kebzec from up close, while Nikko takes it out on the red crony, hitting with his second shot. Cavaler then calls out the crony and Kebzec, and hit shot mortally wounds the crony.

Shaq moves in and shows up on the rear of Kebzec...

---(Round 1)
Delea
Shaq[
---(Round 2)
Nikko
Cavaler
Twila
Fussoa
Delea
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Kebzec (6)
Crony - Blue (15)
Crony - Red (88)
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It seems likely that Delea would move toward the conflict in the 1st round, so I've moved her (hasted) to be close enough to the machinery to see if there's any mystical connection to what's happening

Mysticism vs the device: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (5) + 18 = 23

DC 19 Reflex for half of 31 explody damage: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27
Success for 15 damage

Reflex with Impeccable Timing (aka Evasion): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13

Nikko mistimes their dodge & takes the full effect of the Explosive Blast.

The magic missiles converge on Cavaler, but then fade from existence as they near him. His Brooch of Shielding flares briefly and then its brilliance fades slightly as it absorbs the energy from the magic missiles.

Delea repeats the same spell.

[ooc]sorry for the confusion about the spell, and thanks for the partial bot.[ooc]

spell damage: 4d10 ⇒ (3, 5, 5, 6) = 19

Delea finds that the machine is protected by shield generators, and these would take a moment to disable.

Will: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 171d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22

Delea hits Kebzec twice, who grinds his teeth against the effect, but still comes away with a particularly bad headache.

Kebzec carefully steps up to Shaq, grabs his sword (Spends an RP) and lashes out with it
Buzzblad Sword, Shaq: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (4) + 17 = 212d6 + 12 ⇒ (3, 4) + 12 = 19

The last crony shoots a volley of magical missiles at Twila

Magic missiles, Twila: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 4, 3) + 3 = 11

---(Round 2)
Shaq
---(Round 3)
Nikko
Cavaler
Twila
Fussoa
Delea
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Kebzec (23)
Crony - Blue (15)
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Twila-5's at 0/40 RP; 27/34 HP

After her last hit, Twila-5's confidence returns. She's bloody, and acutely aware of how close she is to following in Twila-4's footsteps. But Kebzec is outnumbered, and while time is short, she's gotta believe there's just enough of it. She just hopes she's still standing at the end of this.

She somersaults closer to Kebzec, plants her feet, and fires straight at his arrogant face.

Trick Attack (Acrobatics): 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (18) + 16 = 34
Static Arc Pistol: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10
Electric damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Trick Attack damage, if applicable: 3d8 ⇒ (2, 3, 4) = 9

Nikko scurries around the column to the NE, gaining some cover while getting a better shot at Kebzek too.

laser rifle shot 1 vs Kebzek's EAC: 1d20 + 12 - 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 12 - 3 + 2 + 1 = 23
fire damage: 2d6 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (2, 3) + 7 + 2 = 14
laser rifle shot 2 vs Kebzek's EAC: 1d20 + 12 - 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 12 - 3 + 2 + 1 = 30
fire damage: 2d6 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (4, 1) + 7 + 2 = 14

"Sick burn, Kebs."

Cavaler reloads his crossbolter with blight quartz arrows and then throws a taunt at Kezbec.

"Your reign of terror ends now, Kezbec."

Dispiriting Taunt (Intimidation): 1d20 + 17 + 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 17 + (2) + 1 = 21

I'll use resolve point to make that a success, so he is shaken until the end of Cavaler's next turn. Improved Get 'Em is still in effect for Shaq, Fussoa, and Delea's next attack.

Assuming red is dead, Fussoa moves more distance to trick Keb taking 10 for 29.

perforator pistol + coordinated shot on green: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31
sonic damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (3, 2) + 4 = 9
trick attack damage: 4d8 ⇒ (1, 6, 3, 7) = 17

Die Kebzec, she says simply.

What square is Blue in? He appears to be straddling the line between 2. 

What was this? "grabs his sword (Spends an RP)" He has an ability to give himself an extra non-movement Move action that doesn't provoke? Cool, I want that!

Shaq just wants to punch things. He's still a little upset at himself for not having his head in the game at the start of the battle, and he's worried that Twila-5 could get dropped. Yeah, that's right, Kebezecal, or whatever his name is, focus on me and not the girls, he thinks to himself as he puts a little extra entropy anger into his punch.

Entropic Strike vs EAC, Get Em : 1d20 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 11 + 2 = 29
Damage, A&B, Force effect, 1 EP: 2d6 + 13 + 1d4 ⇒ (4, 2) + 13 + (2) = 21

Standard attack, Move act to use Entropy for extra damage 

Twila tricks well but shoots poorly, though Nikko compensates by landing two hits on Kebzec. The Drow does not comply with Fussoa's command, but gets hit in the chest with a sonic blast. Shaq adds an extra punch, and the drow is starting to look quite bloodied.

Yep, he has an extra move when he spends an RP

---(Round 2)
Shaq
---(Round 3)
Nikko
Cavaler
Twila
Fussoa
Delea
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Kebzec (98)
Crony - Blue (15)
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Kezbec should have the shaken condition also until the end of Cavaler's next turn.

Can I have an action for Delea?

Delea moves up behind Twila & Mind-blasts Kezbec again.

Mind Thrust L1 DC16 Will: 2d10 ⇒ (10, 1) = 11

Solidly average

Will, Shaken: 1d20 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 10 - 2 = 15

Kebzec seems quite rattled by something he would normally shake off easily, and the drow isn't looking too good. The drow behind him flashes up and a spark of electricity coalesces into a surging arc that hit Shaq and Fussoa

Arcing Surge: 10d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 2, 1, 3, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1) = 22DC 19 Reflex for half

Kebzec spews his vitriol You will never best the Order! We cannot be stopped! as he lashes out with his buzzblade.

Bluzzblade, Shaq: 1d20 + 17 - 4 ⇒ (2) + 17 - 4 = 152d6 + 12 ⇒ (5, 6) + 12 = 23
Tactical Prescience reroll: 1d20 + 17 - 4 ⇒ (11) + 17 - 4 = 24
Cooldown: 1d4 ⇒ 4

Bluzzblade, Shaq: 1d20 + 17 - 4 ⇒ (17) + 17 - 4 = 302d6 + 12 ⇒ (3, 4) + 12 = 19

---(Round 3)
Shaq
---(Round 4)
Nikko
Cavaler
Twila
Fussoa
Delea
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Kebzec (109)
Crony - Blue (15)
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Who went first, Kezbec or Blue? Kezbec is first in the initiative order, but you posted Blue's actions first. It matters for a Shaq entropy point thing. 

Nikko hopes that shooting twice will spell an end to Kebzec.

laser rifle shot 1 vs K's EAC: 1d20 + 12 + 1 - 3 ⇒ (3) + 12 + 1 - 3 = 13
fire damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (2, 1) + 7 = 10

laser rifle shot 2 vs K's EAC: 1d20 + 12 + 1 - 3 ⇒ (18) + 12 + 1 - 3 = 28
fire damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (5, 1) + 7 = 13

Once again, a ranging shot, then a hit.

Okay. No more acrobatics. I gotta actually hit him! Twila-5 activates her Cloaking Field in the hopes that it'll make it more difficult to kill her, then shoots at Kebzec.

Static Arc Pistol: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11
Electric damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

"Finish them," Cavaler yells as he fires two blight quartz bolts at the spell casting drow.

Everyone's next attack gets +2 bonus applied to the attack and damage rolls made on Kezbec or his crony.

Dual Crossbolter vs. Crony KAC: 1d20 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 12 + 2 = 20
Piercing Damage (Blight Quartz): 2d10 + 8 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (5, 6) + 8 + 2 + 2 = 23

If Cav's attack misses by 1 he uses his aeon stone to add a +1 to the roll.

Fussoa moves more distance to trick Keb taking 10 for 29, if Keb is down, redirect to blue.

perforator pistol w/bonus: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19
sonic damage: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (2, 4) + 6 = 12
trick attack damage: 4d8 ⇒ (6, 8, 1, 4) = 19

They went at the same time - I didn't specify, so use whatever works in your favor

Nikko tests his laser rifle, then lands a hit on Kebzec, but Twila keeps up her streak of bad luck, and hits the ceiling. Cavaler's crossbow hits the crony, who is still standing strong. Fussoa's shot goes wide.

---(Round 3)
Shaq
---(Round 4)
Nikko
Cavaler
Twila
Fussoa
Delea
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Kebzec (112)
Crony - Blue (38)
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Thanks! Appreciate the consideration. 

Kebzec's buzzblade bites into and through Shaq's armor twice, and each time the glow of entropic energy around him grows a little more. He doesn't complain either, cause it's exactly what he asked for.

Then when the crony sends out a line of energy he channels the entropy to completely cancel out the electrical arc!

Reflex DC 19 : 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24

Boss, do we want to take this guy alive for the authorities? he asks Cavaler telepathically.

He then sets his lash to stun and slashes a line of chaos across Kebzec's face.

Entropic Strike thru Lash vs EAC, Get Em : 1d20 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 11 + 2 = 27
Damage, NL, A & B, Get Em : 2d6 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (5, 5) + 13 + 2 = 25

Dampen: As a reaction when you are in the area of a damaging effect, you can spend 1 Entropy Point to cause it to deal only half damage to all creatures in the area.
At 6th level, if the effect allows a save and you succeed, you can spend 1 additional Entropy Point to allow creatures that successfully save against the effect to take no damage.
So with that save and spending the 2 EP he just got from Kebzec's attacks, he takes no damage, nor does anyone else that also saves. (Yeah! I never get to use that!)

Telepathically, "Dead or alive he's coming with us."

Having run out of higher level magic, Delea casts a lower level mind thrust.

2d10 ⇒ (9, 5) = 14

Shaq pummels Kebzec, and a good knock on the head sends him to the ground.

Will: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25

One crony is still standing, bearing a grin and throwing an
Explosive blast: 9d6 ⇒ (5, 6, 5, 3, 6, 6, 6, 1, 5) = 43DC 19 reflex for half, affects everyone except Cavaler

---(Round 3)
Shaq
---(Round 4)
Nikko
Cavaler
Twila
Fussoa
Delea
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Kebzec (KO)
Crony - Blue (45)
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Reflex: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25
Shaq releases the last of the entropy built up around him to nullify some of the explosion. Flames flicker out and die, but a few seem to disappear into his hands as the entropic shroud around him dissipates.
Amplify: 1d4 ⇒ 4

But he's not happy. Sure, he put Kebezelex down, but that other guy should just surrender. Not go trying to hurt Shaq's friends. It's enough to make him angry, and you don't want Shaq to get angry.

He walks right up to Mr. Blue Crony and punches him in the face, letting all that anger, entropy and fire out!

Entropic Strike vs EAC: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24
Damage, A&B, 4 Fire: 2d6 + 13 + 4 ⇒ (2, 2) + 13 + 4 = 21

Dampen for 1 EP reduces the base damage of the Explosive Blast to half = 22 before saves For Everyone. Successful save = 11 taken 

Amplify allows him to take an extra d4 of damage and then use it on his next melee strike.

However, he used up his last EP, so his ACs are now 21 this round. 

DC 19 reflex for half of 43 22 damage: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18
Failure for 22 damage. Twila-5 is at 5 HP.

Fussoa tricks in place, 10 for 29 total.

perforator pistol v blue: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30
sonic damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (1, 2) + 4 = 7
trick attack damage: 4d8 ⇒ (6, 8, 4, 7) = 25

Shaq doesn't hesitate, and mobves in to punch the last crony. Barely standing, the crony finally goes down when Twila hits her mark, with a precision that seems to shock the spellcaster. The enemy grips his stomach as he is hit, and keels over.

Combat over!

The disaster weapon consists of the server room to the south, the machinery on the east wall and center of the room, (which are all protected by force fields) and a control room, which is accessible via the doors in the west wall.

The door to the control room and server rooms are all locked, but fortunately the team has just knocked out the carrier of the key.

It looks like the team either needs to find a way to shut down the machine, or destroy it altogether.

Computers, Engineering, or Mysticism for the first step in the shutdown procedure, or dealing simple damage for the destruction route.

computers/engineering: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (8) + 19 = 27

Fussoa bolts to shutdown the machine.

reflex save with evasion: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25

Nikko ducks behind some convenient obstacle just in time to avoid getting singed, then moves toward Twila while rummaging thru his black belt pouch for a Mk2 healing serum.

"Aha! I knew that I'd bought one of these."
Using Nikko's Adv. Preparation ability here

healing for Twila-5: 3d8 ⇒ (3, 3, 5) = 11

Cavaler does his best to help Fussoa.

Computers (Aid Another): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

He's not much help though.

Fussoa moves into the control room, and quite swiftly manages to gain access to the shield generator controls, shutting them off.

I need two more Computers, Engineering, or Mysticism checks to shut off the machine and wipe the servers