[YEE/SFS/ACE] 7-03 Aucturn Asunder (Inactive)

Game Master Kludde

Iseph frowns, more than a little creeped out.

"What about it in particular do you find so beautiful?"

Patrick takes an image of that horizon. Maybe photo enhancement will reveal something.

Gil-Oloth notice the person rags are what is holding them into their human shape, and if not for it the persons limbs and skin would just slush away, having liquified into some sloughed soup.

“The colors. A rain of colors against the smog, then mixed with night beyond our poisoned clouds. I’m blessed to have seen it above the Toothy Menhirs. Let me pass along my blessing to you.” He holds up a ring with a decoration resembling an opal skull intertwined with an onyx feather.

Medicine: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29

"Do not get any closer to that thing. By no means should any of us touch this creature or any of its possessions. That is unless you want to contract a disease that first causes a slight fever and dryness of the throat. Then the disease penetrates the red blood cells, the victim becomes dizzy and begins to experience an itchy rash, it then goes to work on the central nervous system, severe muscle spasms occur followed by the inevitable drooling. At this point, the entire digestive system collapses accompanied by uncontrollable flatulence. Until finally, the poor bastard is reduced to a quivering wasted piece of jelly."

Medicine: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (19) + 19 = 38

Any contact is dangerous, precaution must always be the norm. says Gil-Oloth mechanically.

"Sounds like something I'd be interested in studying, for genuine scientific reasons only"

Medicine 1d20 + 15 + 1d6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 15 + (4) + 1 + 2 = 37

The Doc and DocJr study the ring (without touching it) "What is that symbol?" they enquire as they start running through their own databanks.

Yarameh takes a half step back and checks with the most imperceptible movement of her fingers whether the bolter has been removed from the safety.

Mysticism: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (4) + 18 = 22 - symbol

Mysticism (Aid Another): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

Cavaler correctly identifies the ring as contaminated, and both Gil-Oloth and DocMedevac know the right way to decontaminate it is with a little bit of bleach. What remain is a perfectly harmless mk 3 ring of resistance, with a symbol that is hard to decipher.

Out on the Canker Slopes, the bizarre flora seems more purposefully groomed than elsewhere around the city, with a visible partition between the park’s border and the chalky soil of the surrounding wilderness.

At the base of the mesa, an unusually spindly dwarf stands knee-deep in the green creek tending to the plants with a scalpel and a rubber brush. His beard, which eerily resembles a dense thicket of fingers, conceals a name branded with acid across his vest: Uhlsemet. He makes a curt hand gesture at the group, without speaking a word.

For a portrait, see the handouts

Gil-Oloth observes the plants that the dwarf seems to take care of.

Life Science: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (1) + 17 = 18

Then she turns to the dwarf and says Are you preparing for the feast?

Collecting the ring as in interesting piece for later study, the Doc was certain to ensure he kept notes of the 'patient/subject' too, only distantly wondering if the disease could be weaponised.

***

"Yes, hello. Lovely garden"

Patrick stays at the back, taking pictures of the landscape around. These might be the last pictures of the surface of Aucturn ever taken.

Could someone please remind me what we're doing on the surface of a planet that could crack itself apart?

The caretaker seems to understand the party perfectly well, but answers only with hand gestures. He points his hands to the sky, as if that signifies something.

Does anyone understand sign language?

Culture: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (20) + 17 = 37

Gil-Oloth observes the hand gestures to understand what the dwarf is trying to says.

Cavaler unfortunately does not know sign language. He frowns at the comment made by Patrick.

"You knew the risks when you volunteered for this mission."

Sorry ... that came out a little harsh .... something I have been told I need to work on. What I meant is .... what was it we were attempting to achieve by being down here? I forget.

Patrick also does not know sign language. He knows he should learn it.

Gil-Oloth gets something of a gist of the dwarf's gestures, which seem to indicate something along the lines of 'why are you here' or 'what do you want'.

Is there anything you'd want to ask him?

"Can anyone communicate with him telepathically?"

Telepathic message?

"Perhaps."

Iseph shrugs.

"Well if anyone can, you're welcome to try, as far as I am concerned."

They then turns to the dwarf.

"Have you noticed anything unusual around here, recently?"

They then hurry to add:

"Anything out of the ordinary for this planet, at any rate?"

Culture (to interpret): 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (14) + 16 = 30.

Oops, I didn't catch that he can understand what our PC's are saying.

"Is there anything we can do to help you?"

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 16 + 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 16 + (3) + 2 = 25

The dwarf makes a pulsing gesture towards the sky, which seems to signify he has seen the bright lights that Ixthia spoke off. He pulls from his pocket a plant totally unlike the rest of Aucturn’s cancerous landscape: a flower resembling an opalescent stalk of heather, and then uses the crook of his elbow to signal that whatever happened occurred at the bend of the coastline between Grindhold and the Toothy Menhirs due northeast, which is where he found the plant.

The ground vibrates briefly as if the planet itself were stifling a belch. A second later, the soil at the base of Canker Slopes splits with a wet ripping sound. Liquid in the green streams mixes with magma-like ichor, reacting to create plumes of putrid smoke that force the air to rush against the cliffside. Trees topple around and into the widening chasm as the juices congeal into a patchwork of scab-like crust over the hillside’s turbulent underlayer.

I need a DC 18 Fort save to avoid falling prone

Please also roll a perception check

---Surprise round (you are surprised if you fall prone)---
Patrick
Yarameh
Doc
Iseph
Gil-Oloth
Cavaler
---
Enemy
Enemy
Enemy
Enemy
---

fort: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10
perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24

Patrick falls prone

Fort: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17.
Perception: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (18) + 14 = 32.

Iseph falls over.

Fortitude Save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Perception: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (11) + 14 = 25

Cavaler also hits the ground.

Fort: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
Perception: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (19) + 14 = 33

IT'S STARTED! Yarameh presses some kind of button on her spacesuit and a rotating disk covered with abyssal runes separates from it and soars skyward. The disc turns out to be a musical drone, and heavy metal begins to roar from the sky. The half-drow's eyes sparkle with joy, excitement and fear at the same time. She smiles and nervously licks her lips, looking around.

Fort 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
Perception 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30

The Doc is knocked over!

Yarameh takes to the sky as most of the rest of the group seems to prefer the ground.

While this happens, Iseph and Cavaler realize that the green and blakc areas are dangerous unstable spots in Aucturns mantle, which are hazardous when stepped on.

Each contiguous green or black area represents one aperture in Aucturn’s crust, which is an environmental hazard. Each are can be disabled like a trap (Life Science, Medicine, Physical Science or Engineering), or the whole of it can be destroyed with sufficient attacks.

---Surprise round (you are surprised if you fall prone)---
Patrick
Yarameh
Doc
Iseph
Gil-Oloth
Cavaler
---
Enemy
Enemy
Enemy
Enemy
---

Fort, Gil-oloth: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

Gil-Oloth rides the couch upward, as the weird creatures move closer.

Everything that is not white is difficult terrain, everything that is black or green is a trap

---Round 1---
Patrick
Yarameh
Doc
Iseph
Gil-Oloth
Cavaler
---
Enemy
Enemy
Enemy
Enemy
---

Iseph stands up, and draws their pistol.

Similarly, the Doc gets back to his feet and pulls out his rifle.

Is that Abysshead? It sounds like Abysshead. Patrick asks, who doesn't know one heavy metal band from another.

He staggers to his feet and tries to identify the incoming creatures.
mysticism: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (19) + 17 = 36

Cavaler rises up gracefully from the ground. His rifle was already in his hands before the start of the chaos. He swiftly moves to a safer position and steels himself for the coming violence.

Violence is afoot, and so are most of the Starfinders. Patrick gets a good look, and identifies the creatures as Carrion Wheel, nasty plant-based aberrations that are resistant to acid and can cause quite a rash (need to make a save when in direct contact, failing causes boils that may erupt in damaging wounds)

---Round 1---
Patrick
Yarameh
Doc
Iseph
Gil-Oloth
Cavaler
---
Enemy
Enemy
Enemy
Enemy
---

Patrick, this is MY music. And all this is just a GREAT concert!

Yarameh raises her hand, clenching it into a fist and emits a growl that fits perfectly into the already roaring metal. It turns out that she has a small microphone fixed in her spacesuit near her chin, and a music speaker in her asymmetrical armor on her right shoulder. Combat music speaker. But if this is not enough to create an atmosphere of rock performance, then in addition her outfit flashes brightly, releasing a stream of bright red, fiery red and dazzling white rays of color!

And all this flow of sound and color falls on the monsters...

Shout Projector + Deadly Aim (VS usual floor AC5): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 282d6 + 11 ⇒ (4, 5) + 11 = 20
(GREEN, BLUE & RED - Reflex DC19 to half damage)

In short: GREEN is dazzled for 1 round; I spend 1 RP to demoralize GREEN, BLUE & RED; they have -2 to damage while they are shaken in addition to other penalties.

Intimidate: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (13) + 16 = 29

Yarameh seemed to fit in perfectly.

Can I have an action for Gil-Oloth?

I'll be putting him on delay for now

Reflex: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
Reflex: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15
Reflex: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30

Yarameh does a great job halting the resolve of the aberrations, who keep on moving forward

---Round 2---
Patrick
Yarameh
Doc
Iseph
Gil-Oloth
Cavaler
---
Enemy - Green (20)
Enemy - Blue (20)
Enemy - Red (10)
Enemy
---

Patrick fires a volley of force missiles at Yellow.
mm: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (4, 2, 1) + 3 = 10

Do NOT use acid on them

He also contemplates the notion of weaponising that music.

"Wasn't planning to, but good to know!"

Iseph slides to one side, and fires at Green!

Trick 'Take 10' = 32. Flat-footed for 1 round on a success.

Ghost Killer Thunderstrike Sonic Pistol: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11, for 2d6 + 4 + 4d8 ⇒ (6, 4) + 4 + (3, 4, 3, 6) = 30 Sonic damage.

"Get that green one!"
Improved Get 'em, +2 to hit

Doc lets loose with a laser rifle.
Attack 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 9 + 2 = 29 vs EAC
Damage 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (2, 2) + 7 = 11 F

Back from my vacation!

Gil-Oloth wakes up from her long dream to realize she is in a real nightmare!

She quickly calls for her weapon swift action and shoots standard action after trying to identify the creature.
Mysticism/Life Science: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (9) + 17 = 26

Laser vs EAC Green: 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 13 + 2 = 18
Damages, F&So: 3d6 + 10 ⇒ (1, 6, 1) + 10 = 18

Then, her couch starts to elevate as it engages its thrusters move 10ft. up and from one of the couch's arm sprout a long lance.

Cavaler uses the heavy bipod on his rifle as a forward grip to steady his aim. Then he lines up the sights of this gun on yellow and pulls the trigger.

Ice Carbine + Get 'Em vs. Yellow KAC: 1d20 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 12 + 2 = 27 Improved Get 'Em is applied to yellow, +2 to hit.
Cold/Piercing Damage: 3d8 + 9 ⇒ (3, 8, 5) + 9 = 25

Patrick riles up yellow with a volley of missiles, just as Iseph misses his shot. The Doc fares better, and hits his opponent with a laser blast, as does Gil-Oloth, who reconfirms the creature is a Carrion Wheel. Cavaler tries to freeze it, with quite a bit of success.

---Round 2---
Patrick
Yarameh
Doc
Iseph
Gil-Oloth
Cavaler
---
Enemy - Green (38)
Enemy - Blue (20)
Enemy - Red (10)
Enemy - Yellow (35)
---

Yarameh unleashes another wave of sound and light, and after whirling in an ecstatic dance moves south.

Shout Projector + Deadly Aim: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 202d6 + 11 ⇒ (1, 2) + 11 = 14
(GREEN, BLUE & RED - Explode 10 ft.; Reflex DC19 to half damage)

I hope they can even be shaken (from the previous turn)...

Reflex: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30
Reflex: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26
Reflex: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14

Yarameh tries to stop the advance of the creature

Tentacles, Patrick: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (18) + 16 = 341d8 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15
Tentacles, Patrick: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (2) + 16 = 181d8 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15
Tentacles, Doc: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (2) + 16 = 181d8 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10
Tentacles, Doc: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (11) + 16 = 271d8 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

Messier and Medevac are hit by the nasty, rash inducing tentacles of the carrion wheels.

Doctor Patrick and Doctor Medevac both have to roll a Fort save to avoid becoming sickening and developing terrible boils from the rash these plants cause

---Round 3---
Patrick
Yarameh
Doc
Iseph
Gil-Oloth
Cavaler
---
Enemy - Green (43, shaken, dazzled)
Enemy - Blue (25, shaken)
Enemy - Red (20, shaken)
Enemy - Yellow (35)
---

Cavaler holds down the trigger on his rifle, sending a barrage of razor sharp hail at yellow.

Ice Carbine + Bipod Bonus vs. Yellow KAC: 1d20 + 12 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 12 - 2 = 13
Cold/Piercing Damage: 3d8 + 9 ⇒ (3, 1, 5) + 9 = 18

Ice Carbine + Bipod Bonus vs. Yellow KAC: 1d20 + 12 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 12 - 2 = 26
Cold/Piercing Damage: 3d8 + 9 ⇒ (5, 4, 7) + 9 = 25

Anyone who acts before Cavaler in the initiative order still benefits from the Improved Get 'Em bonus on yellow.

Gil-Oloth through the vapors of her hooka decides to finish off the green one.

Laser vs EAC Green: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22
Damages, F&So: 3d6 + 10 ⇒ (2, 5, 4) + 10 = 21

She commands her couch to strike at blue.

Couch's Tactical Pike vs KAC blue: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (11) + 12 = 23
Damages, P: 1d8 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18

Shout Projector + Deadly Aim: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (15) + 12 = 272d6 + 11 ⇒ (4, 3) + 11 = 18
RED, BLUE, GREEN: Reflex DC19 to half damage
BLUE is dazzled for 1 round

Yarameh sends another wave of light and sound into the monsters at the heavy metal concert named after Yarameh, and surprisingly this wave flows around the Doc without causing any harm to him!

Selective Explosion: When you use a weapon that affects an area, such as weapons with the line, blast, or explode special properties, you can choose one creature in the weapon’s area not to be affected by the weapon.

Iseph takes advantage of Cavaler's guidance, and shoots at Yellow.

Trick 'Take 10' = 32. Flat-footed for 1 round on a success.

Ghost Killer Thunderstrike Sonic Pistol: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 10 + 2 = 15, for 2d6 + 4 + 4d8 ⇒ (1, 6) + 4 + (6, 1, 5, 5) = 28 Sonic damage.