GM Jhaeman's Dawn of Flame, Chapter Five: "Solar Strike"

Game Master Jhaeman

Safe travels!

Just putting this out here: her rifle's increment is 1000ft if she actually uses it as a sniper rifle and not a longarm as she's been using it this whole campaign. The only potential limit is line of sight and GM permission.

I moved her off to the side of the map for now until we decide what to do. If she gets to use the sniper rifle that'd be hilarious, I just figured it'd be a not-oft-chosen weapon.

I'm around and will be able to post fairly regularly this week, but I also understand that many folks will be travelling or (gasp!) spending time with their family. So no stress if you're not able to post (once the weekend comes, I may do some botting to get us going again if need be).

And just an early FYI, I'm travelling through the beautiful and mysterious state of Tasmania for a week starting January 6th and won't be able to post.

Have a merry snowless holidays!

I don't know how consistently I will be able to post, but no one is awake here right now anyway, so hopefully will be able to keep up despite holidays / time off work.

Guys, I left for a retreat today. I will do a lot of meditation and a little more yoga there. I'll be there with absolutely no connection (we're giving away phones for the duration of the event). So I'm saying goodbye to you until January 13-14 (I'm returning to the world on the evening of January 12, but I'm not sure if I'll start playing games before checking my family and business status, hehe). Have a nice New Year, everyone! PS You can bot my character in any way you like .)

Sounds lovely! I sometimes have to give my phone away to be locked up for a week or so, but there's usually a lot more shouting involved :) But I honesty like being detached as well. Anyway, good luck, and we'll try to keep Tulgram alive until you return!

Wait what happened with the image?

I think it was because I typed in "creature's morphic" and the end of the first word and the beginning of the second triggered the change. Let's test it here.

Edit: Yep :)

smorph?

EDIT: Yep. Cool easter egg.

My posting will be a bit hit-and-miss this week as I'm travelling. But I'm still optimistic you can finish off these pesky plasma elementals :)

Thanks for botting me, apologies.

Also, Tulgram should probably shoot Theo with a healing thing, if we need to bot him again.

@Everyone: Up to you how to want to proceed here. If you want to re-engage combat immediately, you can have the equivalent of a Surprise Round again. If you want to wait 10 minutes to rest and then take on the reinforcements, you won't be interrupted. If you want to make a run for it, the coast is clear.

@Zharis: Sorry, I had overlooked the post above about Tulgram healing folks as a bot. I don't know if he can do anything regarding Theodore's stamina point loss, but I know he can Treat Deadly Wounds to give back lost Hit Points to Xylian. I would go through and figure it out, but it looks like Tulgram will be back anytime now, so we can ask him to do it.

No worries. I guess, if we can, I want to wait the 10 minutes... fighting extra people seems crazy, but if it is only 10 minutes, I guess we'll run into them on the way out anyway. But if anyone else has a different opinion, totally open to other options.

Here I am. Let's check this 49 posts .)

I don't know if he can do anything regarding Theodore's stamina point loss, but I know he can Treat Deadly Wounds to give back lost Hit Points to Xylian.

Treat Deadly Wounds is not an option right now, because it takes a minute. But! I can restore stamina using the means that usually only restore HP. In other words, if we want to spend enough serums, I can restore Theo's SP very quickly. I have 25 MK1 serums btw .)

@Tulgram: That's a neat ability, and would means you don't have to have an Envoy doing Inspiring Boost to get stamina points back. What's that one called?

It's from the Medic archetype:

Whenever you use equipment or one of your abilities to restore Hit Points to a creature, any surplus healing beyond that required to restore the creature to its maximum Hit Points restores that many Stamina Points to the creature.

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I have both of these, but we need to be back within 30-60 feet of each other.

Inspiring Boost (Ex) [As a standard action, you can signal an ally within 30 feet who has taken damage from any attack made by a significant enemy at any point after your last turn ended. That ally regains a number of Stamina Points (up to his maximum) equal to twice your envoy level + your Charisma modifier; at 15th level, this increases to three times your envoy level + your Charisma modifier. Once an ally has benefited from your inspiring boost, that ally can’t gain the benefits of your inspiring boost again until he takes a 10-minute rest to recover Stamina Points. At 6th level, you can spend 1 Resolve Point to add your envoy level to the number of Stamina Points regained.]

Inspiring Oration (Ex) [You can use inspiring boost as a full action. If you do, all allies within 60 feet of you regain a number of Stamina Points equal to twice your envoy level + your Charisma modifier (up to their maximum); at 15th level, this increases to three times your envoy level + your Charisma modifier. Once an ally has benefited from your inspiring boost or inspiring oration, that ally can’t gain the benefits of either improvisation again until they recover Stamina Points following a 10-minute rest. As with the inspiring boost envoy improvisation, you can spend 1 Resolve Point to add your envoy level to the number of Stamina Points regained. You must have the inspiring boost improvisation to select this improvisation.]

"Bad influence". That referring to the distance shooting, or her in general? ;P

Okay, I remember looking at giants before... you can turn off weapon fusions, right? If not uh. That's pretty bad.

She isn't going to actively realize it until something like a hailcannon does nothing but.

Sorry folks, I managed to break a crown off of one of my teeth recently, and the way I did they can't reattach it, I have to go to an oral surgeon, get the root extracted and an implant installed. Oh and right now I'm working part time while I go back to school, and my job only offers insurance to full-time employees. So I've been trying to get all that sorted and have fallen a bit behind on my gaming. But thankfully I'd just stocked up on chili, soup, mac & cheese, and other things I don't need all my teeth for.

@Theodore: Sorry you're going through a tough time (root canals really suck--had to get an emergency one myself last year). I'm afraid I'm adding insult to injury over in Gameplay, but Starfinder characters are pretty resilient--chances are he'll be okay.

Downside of not factoring in height for distance calculation: getting dazzled when you thought you wouldn't.

One day I will be punoshed for my hubris. Today is not the day.

I do get punished for being extremely tired, though. That should have been a rifle shot, I somehow managed to get Xylian's P+C Hailcannon confused with Amhesha's frost projector (only cold, pointless). I rerolled the damage below.

Sorry, have had so many things going on in life right now preparing for a move in a month.

Experience Points (Instalment # 38)

Alright, here are the choices:

- All skill points go where they're already concentrated.
- Feat: Technomantic Dabbler: Detect Magic, Conjure Grenade, and Comprehend Languages.
- Mechanic Trick: Ricochet Shot. I was tempted to go overcharge like Xylian has, but this is too hilarious in combination with a sniper rifle.

Feat: Climbing Master Now I climb even faster!

1st Fighting Style (Blitz) ability: Keep Fighting: As a move action, you can spend 1 Resolve Point to regain Stamina Points equal to 2d6 + your soldier level. You can’t use this ability again until after you regain Stamina Points from a 10-minute rest. The number of Stamina Points you regain increases by 1d6 at 10th level, 15th level, and 20th level. (Would've come in handy last fight!)
2nd Fighting Style: Wrathful Warrior ability: Frenzied Fighting: As a swift action, you can enter a frenzy that empowers your attacks and deadens you to fear and pain for a number of rounds equal to 1d4 + half your soldier level (rounded up). While frenzied, you gain a +2 bonus to melee damage rolls and Will saves, as well as a –1 penalty to AC.
At 5th level and every 4 levels thereafter, the bonus to melee damage rolls granted by your frenzy increases by 1. While frenzied, you can’t use any ability that requires patience or concentration, such as spellcasting. or any Charisma-, Dexterity-, or Intelligence-based skills except Acrobatics, Intimidate, and Piloting. You can’t use this ability again until after your frenzy ends and you rest for 10 minutes to regain Stamina Points.

Skill Points go to improve things I already have.

+10 SP
+7 HP
+1 BAB
+1 Reflex saves

Heh. The two people with levels in Soldier are our magic users. That's funny. I see Detect Magic getting a fair amount of use, at least.

Alrighty folks, what happens next?

Hey y'all, my aunt passed away sunday. Thursday I'm flying to Florida for her funeral, won't be back until next sunday, and tomorrow I'll mostly be packing/getting things in order for the trip. Bot me as needed. Or find some distraction that Theo needs to take care of for a few days.

Of course, my condolences. We'll take care of anything until you're back and ready.

Condolences and best wishes to your family, Theo.

The hacker devil made the Will save vs Overload.

Not possible. Obviously he's hacking.

Zharis, how did you make it so that you use dexterity instead of strength for attack rolls with claws and a sword? Usually we need "operative" weapon property for that. I'm just curious, maybe I'm learning something new now that will help me with other characters.

Hmm. I just spent some time looking through, and I'm not sure, so could be a mistake. I'm not sure if I left the note in there when I switched weapons (I know I did start with operative weapons when building the character), or else I could have gotten mixed up with the Pathfinder Weapon Finesse feat. ... Either way, probably a mistake. I'll lower my attack by one for both of those, hopefully later today when I have time after work.

Was there anything else you noticed while examining my character that you think is wrong?

Huh, no. Don't get me wrong - I just like watching other player's charsheets, and especially in games where these characters participate with me. I often see a completely different flow of inspiration there than mine. You know, you look at a character and you realize that it's cool, but you wouldn't build a character like that yourself. Or at least that you wouldn't have done that before (I sometimes steal ideas, of course).

It's funny, because as a player I'm the exact opposite. I'm just too lazy to look at other people's character sheets :) (and, I like being surprised in session when they do something cool)

Haha, I'm often surprised too. Because when I look at the charsheet, I see abilities, but I may not see a combination of these abilities. And then bang, and something wonderful happens during the game (especially in PF1e).

Zharis confirmed OP.

OH RIGHT! I forgot Amhesha has a sword cane just... strapped on her rifle. Time to use that.

I'm back. Catching up on everything now.

My posting is going to be spotty over the next few days--we have an inbound cyclone and I'm a member of the State Emergency Service.

Is there anything you don't do?

Stay safe!

Wait. Does this fusion include elemental outsiders with a lawful alignment, as well? If so, thematic as hell for a cultist.

Anarchic

This idiot had a chance to run but instead he's getting destroyed by Tulgrim. What a maroon.

Woops. Wrong character, this is not a barely functioning polymath with a 7 WIS score. Woops.

Is there anything you don't do?

I don't:

a) Smoke;

b) Fish;

or

c) Smoke Fish.

Apologies for the slow-ish posting everyone--one of those weeks where I'm behind on everything!

Also, just flagging early that next week I'm away on a camping trip for about four days.

Experience Points (Instalment # 39)