[Gameday XIII] SFS1 #3-21: Frozen Ambitions: Renewal's Blight

Game Master cmlobue

Will save, mid affecting: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 2 = 9

Tofana is more stoic than Obo. She doesn't even grunt.

32 points takes TOfana into HP. Let's try resting. Hopefully the damage interval is significantly longer than 10 minutes.

Forgot to renew Tofana's store of healing serums. I've got nothing for the NPCs. Not that Tofana would give them anything unless one of the team asked her to.
Alternate plan: Leave. drop off Moss Grove. Heal up and come back loaded for bear. We move in fast, hopefully too fast to take the damage and hit the mill.
2nd alternate. Get into the mill ASAP. It's got to be shielded from the psychic damage or all we'll find is corpses.

Dawnfriend does not believe that waiting 10 minutes would put the team in further danger.

Also note that effects that normally heal stamina will restore the HP of creatures that do not have stamina pools.

I can restore Mossgrove's HP but not their SP. They don't recover with a 10 minute rest, do they? I assume no RP.

How long has it been since the first combat? My shield other spell on Mossgrove lasts for 5 hours, so just wondering if it's still in effect, I'd have taken half of any damage he took from the depressing forest.

Dawnfriend definitely recommends waiting outside. He also channels healing magic on the group to deal with any more serious damage.

I'll just healing channel as a full action burst to get everybody for 1 RP. (2 RP total, since I'm also recovering my SP during this rest.)

Healing: 4d8 ⇒ (5, 8, 7, 6) = 26

Definitely less than 5 hours, so Dawnfriend would have taken 8 damage, and all HP damage was cleared by the channel. As an NPC, Mossgrove has no stamina pool.

Although it is still uncomfortable, the Starfinders patch themselves and their guide up before moving toward the structure. The surrounding terrain is barren of kinwood trees and saplings, and broken stumps suggest it was recently cleared. The main door is closed but unlocked. They enter the building, which has 25 foot high ceilings and a catwalk 15 feet above the floor.

>Slide 6<

The entrance of this building opens directly into a large factory floor. Despite being currently inactive, the conveyor belts are loaded with piles of uncut tree trunks. The scent of mulch and woodchips permeates the entire area, undercut by the stench of rotting sap. To the east and west, two massive vehicles are loaded with stacks of cut lumber ready for shipment. On the southern end of the room, various other scientific equipment lays scattered among the machinery. Several doors line up along two separate hallways on the northern end of the room.

Mossgrove cries out in shock and disgust. "Selling kinwood lumber is not only illegal, but to the people of Ghorus Prime, it’s like murdering people and selling their skin!" After he explains this, he immediately returns any of the gear he confiscated.

Dawnfriend's Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20
Obozaya's Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 20

Hah!

Dawnfriend points at the cameras. "Look! Can one of you get into their memories or the data feed and maybe get pictures of who did this horrible thing?"

Obozaya looks at the returned flamethrower, raising an eyebrow. She looks over the xenodruid, clearly somewhat impressed. "You were carrying this stuff the whole time?" She shrugs. "So, we torching this place, then?"

perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11

Aluradux is stunned by the sight before her. Tears form in her eyes as she surveys the scene. "Oh my gods those poor trees. What kind of monsters would do such a thing?" A look of grim determination crosses her face as she blinks away her tears. She silently takes her laser pistol from Mossgrove and checks it carefully and professionally before putting it in the holster at her hip. She noticeably declines to reattach the fatality suppresser. Her voice is cold as she responds to Obozaya.

"Yes Obo. We're burning it down. We're burning it all down. No survivors."

Can we hack into their wifi network and disable the cameras?

"After we try to trace them. Watch for anyone left behind." Tofana scans the room.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17

Wireless is a good thought. Is there a signal we can latch onto?
I don't see a way up to the catwalk on the map. Is it supported by columns or other features that could be climbed?
Does anyone have some cable?

The cameras do not seem to have a wireless signal. There are ladders, marked with a small blue arrow, two to your northeast and one at the catwalk's intersection.

Dawnfriend runs toward the ladder and begins climbing up. "Let's climb up this ladder over here to get to them!"

I think I found the arrows indicating the ladder. Not sure if something will trigger before I get up there, so I've not placed myself on the catwalk yet.

If he gets to the top, he uses his multiple hands to help other people climb up the last couple of steps to get onto the catwalk.

Obozaya stays at the bottom, assessing the terrain for the best places to start a conflagration, impatient for some destructive action.

Tofana follows the skittermander at a more deliberate pace. Her rifle is ready while she keeps looking around, especially for signs of anyone on the catwalks.

When she ascends the ladder, she urges Dawnfriend to keep watch because there may still be tree killers around and she's perfectly capable of climbing without aid.

Once on the catwalk (and in the absence action) she moves north to examine the two cameras there.

perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
Engineering: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20
Computers: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18

Dawnfriend nods to Tofana. "Good idea!" he whispers, taking off north on the catwalk while Tofana investigates, trying to see if he can peek ahead into the other areas of the building. He pulls out his broad-spectrum scanner.

Stealth (untrained): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14
Perception w/ scanner: 1d20 + 10 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 10 + 4 = 15

Nothing seems to be happening as you approach the cameras. They seem to be hard wired to the room to the far northeast. Cutting the cable would be easy, but would likely attract notice. You can use Computers or Engineering to try to disable them in a way that will not alert anyone watching.

Tofana slings her rifle over her shoulder, and draws a tool kit from a thigh pocket. She opens the camera cases and goes to work. Ah, that's the onboard memory, and if I jump these junctions I can loop the feed....

Engineering: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18

**Wait! I can do that while invisible...**

Aluradux frowns as her friends hurry forward. With a sigh she gestures and vanishes from sight. Now invisible she moves towards the likely destination for the camera feeds. She informs the others as she passes.

**I'm headed towards that room to the northeast to see if I can make sure they don't spot us.**

Aluradux will try to get to the camera room. If she can spot the monitors and if there is someone watching them she will try to cast holographic image to display an empty mill to cover up anything the team may be doing.

Invisibility. Nice.

Aluradax winks out of sight and heads to the observation room. In the meantime, Tofana cuts the signal to the cameras. You are pretty sure that there are now multiple reasons why any guards won't be able to see the technomancer.

Dawnfriend stops as he hears the telepathic message from nufriend Aluradux, trying to stay quiet and out of sight while she investigates.

Dawnfriend finds mundane equipment along with a scattering of quality control tools and devices. Among them is a chemalyzer, an aura-translation kit, and a fire extinguisher.

Nothing seems to be happening, so disabling the cameras seems to have worked. There are a number of doors in the northern part of the warehouse, and the Starfinders will likely need to open at least one to continue their investigation.

Dawnfriend grabs the things and shoves them in his starfinder backpack, in case he can use them to help someone at some point before. He stays down on the ground, thinking toward the lashunta, "Nufriend Aluradux, are you here? Can you see what is in those other rooms?" If there is no reply, he types a quick text to the group chat over his personal comm, as he remains quietly sitting ... a state that does not come natural to him, and may not persist long.

Can the catwalk be used to look into those areas to the north, then? If so, Aluradux may want to head that way since she's invisible.

Obozaya, down on the ground level, glances at her petroleum tank and some piles of wood, considering how she can augment the burn when she gets to that point.

Aluradux begins carefully opening doors and peeking inside.

There is no visibility from the catwalk into the other rooms.

The first door Aluradux opens leads to a long hallway, bare except for a sign marked in multiple languages "Beyond the scope of this adventure."

Would people like to move closer to the technomancer before opening any other doors?

Seeing the door open on its own, Dawnfriend is able to figure out where nufriend Aluradux is and heads in that direction, staying back since he knows that is the best way to help her scout ahead.

Obozaya follows the skittermander, also staying back, because she knows that she's about as silent as a tank. She holsters the flamethrower, swapping it out for the thunderstrike blindmark rifle. She sets her static shock pad to stun, in case she's in the mood to go in and take the person out with nonlethal damage.

Botting Tofana as well
Tofana moves up, taking position on the opposite side of the hallway, weapon pulled and ready for action as needed.

Aluradux stealthily opens the doors a crack and peeks inside.

Aluradux will check all the doors in this tiny hallway in a counter-clockwise fashion, stopping when she sees bad guys. Feel free to move her to the first interesting door.

Behind the next door are two damai. They are having an animated conversation, only occasionally checking the monitors. As the door opens, one of them looks up. Seeing no one, one of them gets up and walks toward the open door, calling, "Who's there?"

Dawnfriend looks about to reply, but then realizes he's supposed to be quiet, and clamps three of his hands over his mouth.

Aluradux peeks through the door she's cracked open and alerts her companions.

**Two damai in here. I'll see if I can get more info.**

Aluradux will detect thoughts DC14 if that will not break invisibility.

I don't think detect thoughts would end invisibility, at least in the first two rounds when everything you do is passive.

Aluradux can tell that there are thinking creatures in the room. She doesn't have time to learn much more before one of said creatures peeks their head out the door and looks both ways down the hall. "Ainveln? Is that you?" they call out, clearly confused by the situation.

You think she will probably close the door shortly if the Starfinders don't do something.

Dawnfriend clamps a fourth hand over his mouth to keep from replying. The effort looks almost painful on his face.

I don't think detect thoughts would end invisibility, at least in the first two rounds when everything you do is passive.

You think she will probably close the door shortly if the Starfinders don't do something.

So they're not distracted at all by Snafu? My hope was that they would think he opened the door.

... one of said creatures peeks their head out the door and looks both ways down the hall. "Ainveln? Is that you?" they call out, clearly confused by the situation.

....

At least two. One down the hall. One in the machinery.

Tofana risks a peek around the corner of the wall.

trying to get a good look without showing herself. Take 10 for 22 or if I must roll.

Stealth: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22

HA!

Tofana cannot see anything more without revealing herself.

As the damai is about to shut the door, a gremlin pops out of the empty space and runs into the room. The guard at the door turns to look at it. "How did you get in here? Shoo!"

Aluradax can now detect three intelligences in the room.

So will reading surface thoughts break invisibility? Also are they armed?

Aluradux signals her companions.

**They're distracted now. Hurry forward.**

Dawnfriend is confused. **Are we sneaking past or attacking? Neither Obo nor I are sneaky, so would be seen.**

Obozaya thinks back to Aluradux, **Do you mind if that gremlin gets blasted with some bullets?**

Dawnfriend is confused. **Are we sneaking past or attacking? Neither Obo nor I are sneaky, so would be seen.**

Obozaya thinks back to Aluradux, **Do you mind if that gremlin gets blasted with some bullets?**

Aluradux's mental reply is almost painful.

**What? No way! Are you insane? Why would you want to hurt poor Snafu?**

Obozaya takes her hand off of the autotarget rifle and just keeps her thunderstrike blindmark in hand. As she catches sight of Dawnfriend's disapproving gaze, she whispers, "Hey, I thought it was just a hologram ... so I should get credit for asking."

** Stay out of my head! **

Tofana rounds the corner and slide steps up the corridor, pulling her baton while she moves. She snags something she didn't see and ends up in front of the door.

Stealth: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13

Yikes. What a roll. Playing it off as bumping into the unseen Aluradux.

The distraction seems to be working, until the android lets out a large "Oof!" as she runs into the spot Aluradux occupies. That definitely attract the guards' attention.

The guard in red rushes back to the console and grabs a railgun.

Round 1 - bolded may go

Red
Tofana
Obozaya
Blue
Dawnfriend
Aluradux (invisible)

I did not roll a separate initiative for Snafu. I don't remember if they act separately from their owners. If so, please roll it. They act before Blue on a 15 or better.

It's going for that gun. And Tofana like it better if it's not free to use it. The android quickly recovers her balance and pursues the damai into the room.

A trace of computer generated EM tickles her brain, she locks on and the console screen goes painfully, glaringly, red. White words, POLICE! RUN! appear on the screen.

Tofana brings her knife down on the damai's shoulder.

"Vesk! Get in here."

Trick attack, computers. Good versus CR: 1d20 + 12 - 20 ⇒ (16) + 12 - 20 = 8
Survival Knife v KAC, red: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26 ... damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4 S Analog, Operative
If trick and attack are successful, Trick Attack damage: 1d8 ⇒ 3

I described her pulling out her baton earlier. She doesn't have one.
She's a knife girl. Momentarily confused her with another operative.

Ninja'd by Dawnfriend. I'll retract my post for Obo.

Obozaya shrugs, a mix of indifference and relief. "So we're doin' this ..." She strides forward, bringing up her thunderstrike blindmark rifle and firing at the nearest enemy through the doorway.

Thunderstrike attack vs. Red's EAC: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26
Thunderstrike damage (sonic, nonlethal): 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (4, 3) + 4 = 11

Tofana and Obo both move into position and hit the damai who opened the door.

The guard in blue also grabs a railgun and fires on Tofana.

Tactical Railgun: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17
Piercing Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

The android barely avoids the bullets.

Round 1 - bolded may go

Red (-18 HP)
Tofana
Obozaya
Blue
Dawnfriend
Aluradux (invisible)