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The ferocity blazon would be of interest to Qimok, and he is only using one of his two "worn" slots currently. However, the 1 Bulk would nudge him into encumbered, which isn't worth it.
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We're at the level where multiple means of flight start to become accessible, even for characters limited to the CRB. (My daredevil operative's first purchase at 5th level was a jetpack.)
If the author was particularly devious, they expected that, and built this encounter to be more difficult if characters with climb or fly speeds decide to split the party. }B^)>
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This might affect flying as well
"a pervasive fog encompasses the area obscuring all sight beyond 5 feet, including darkvision. In addition, creatures 5 feet away have concealment, while the targets of laser weapons count as having both cover and concealment from the fog. At the start of every round there’s a 20% chance that the fog abates in the area for that round."
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So, the Scurry ability that Borq just used brings up something that I'd like a GM judgment call on, because Qimok has the guardian alternate racial trait. Here is the full text of both abilities:
Your small size affords you superior tactical positioning.
Prerequisites: Racial bonus to Dexterity, size Small.
Benefit: You gain the compression universal creature rule. In addition, you can occupy the same space as an ally of your size or larger without you or your ally taking any penalties for your doing so.
Most skittermanders are self-sacrificing, and some put themselves directly in harm’s way to protect others. These skittermanders can enter or occupy the space of a single Small, Medium, or Large creature without imposing the normal penalties on either themselves or the creature sharing their space. They take a –2 penalty to AC while sharing their space but provide the creature whose space they share with a +1 shield bonus to AC against ranged attacks. This replaces grappler.
So my question is: Can guardian be used by a skittermander wearing powered armor that takes up a larger space than they normally would? (Qimok is Small, but his armor is Medium.) I'm thinking that Borq's Scurry feat would allow it, since that explicitly allows sharing space with larger characters without penalties, but it seems like a gray area for allies without that ability. I couldn't find any consensus about this when I scoured the FAQs and forums.
Qimok hasn't used guardian very often, and not at all since well before he acquired powered armor. (His usual tactics make him more of a wall than a shield.) But this interaction of abilities has got me curious again about whether he can still use it.
Interesting question.
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"Don't bother with the augmentations. You can't transfer or resell them."
I've always wondered about that myself, in the handful of scenarios that include augmentations as treasure (though in the other examples I can recall, it's as new, uninstalled parts). I suppose that the authors may have been trying to spotlight parts of the equipment chapter that might not otherwise get much attention. But as written, augmentations have to encoded to a specific user, they can't be salvaged or re-used, and the price includes the costs of surgery to install them, so including them as loot is just plain awkward. I think after the first season or so, the authors finally twigged to that, and tried harder to offer treasure that the PCs could use right away.
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[dice= Engineering] 1d20+ 15
Being a difficult engineering check I figured it was best for Jek to only try to aid with Profession maintenance worker.
When and if you can Use Profession maintenance worker in place of engineering will vary from GM to GM Here are the general guidelines I use for myself. I've never discussed this before so curious how others see it.
Normally I only try to use Profession maintenance worker in place of engineering for things like doors or equipment that would normally have maintenance done to them, or don't need an engineer to fix them.
I figure maintenance works know how to find and isolate a power source to make the equipment safe to work on aka LOTO.
For more difficult things I've been using Profession maintenance worker to aid engineering, thinking that having clean maintained parts will make it easier to work on, and sometimes having an extra pair of hands can help.
I never try to use Profession maintenance worker in place of engineering to make new things, although they might be able to put something together if they have the parts and there is an instruction manual.
I hadn't thought about having someone with engineering aiding someone with Profession maintenance worker to let them do an engineering check. I can see that working, but wonder under what circumstances stances would that be the best choice in character.
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Our ship's stats
Starfinder Society Pegasus Tier 6
Medium explorer
Speed 10; Maneuverability good (turn 1); Drift 1
AC 14; TL 16
HP 65; DT —; CT 13
Shields medium 100 (forward 25, port 25, starboard 25, aft 25)
Attack (Forward) twin laser (5d8; range 20)
Attack (Port) light laser cannon (2d4; range 5)
Attack (Starboard) light plasma torpedo launcher (3d8; range 20; speed 14; limit 5)
Attack (Turret) light particle cannon (3d6; range 10)
Power Core Pulse Blue (200 PCU)
Drift Engine Signal Basic
Systems advanced medium-range sensors, crew quarters (good), mk 3 duonode computer, mk 4 armor, mk 6 defenses
Expansion Bays cargo hold, escape pods, science lab, tech workshop
Modifiers +3 to any two checks per round, +4 Computers, +1 Piloting
Complement 4–7
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I believe you took a Drake - the Thuban.
You're right we did, When I originally copied the stats I went back on looked up what ship we had, and saw it was the Drake. Trying that again tonight at the lore spire ship page I picked the Drake but when I selected the tier it reverted back to the Pegasus, testing that, it seems to happen about 50% of the time, it seems to matter what ship I last looked at before closing the page and reopening the link to it. I wasn't expecting that now I know.
I'm assuming we are using a tier 6 ship?
Starfinder Society Drake Tier 6
Medium transport
Speed 8; Maneuverability average (turn 2); Drift 1
AC 15; TL 14
HP 85; DT —; CT 17
Shields medium 100 (forward 25, port 25, starboard 25, aft 25)
Attack (Forward) particle beam (8d6; range 20), coilgun (4d4; range 20)
Attack (Port) coilgun (4d4; range 20)
Attack (Aft) coilgun (4d4; range 20)
Attack (Turret) heavy plasma torpedo launcher (5d10; range 20; speed 12; limit 5)
Power Core Pulse Blue (200 PCU)
Drift Engine Signal Basic
Systems basic medium-range sensors, crew quarters (good), mk 2 trinode computer, mk 5 armor, mk 5 defenses
Expansion Bays cargo hold, escape pods
Modifiers +2 to any three checks per round, +2 Computers
Complement 4–7
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Just so I can keep this straight, I believe our starship combat roles are as follows?
Captain - Momo
Chief Mate - Thrym
Engineer - Ears
Gunner - Qimok
Magic Officer- Jekcedo
Pilot - Borq
That's my understanding.
"Keep us pointed at them, Borq, and I shall rain down glorious fury upon their miserable fleshless heads," Qimok boasts, with all six hands poised over various weapon controls.
Awesome! I've never played ship combat at 6th or higher. That could make diverting power to the guns worthwhile. -- If Borq can predict that they'll end in our forward arc.
March 2?
Welcome back, Momo/Kludde, I hope you're well past the flu.
Going to visit my parents this weekend. I've dubbed their house the great internet desert.
Bot Ears as needed.
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FYI about the Rasheen's Footsteps boon on the Chronicle sheet: When this adventure was released, the boon cost Fame. It is now available in the "Rewards purchaseable with Achievement Points - SFS" part of the boon store:
Rasheen's Footsteps (SFS 1-35: Rasheen's Riches)
Social boon; gain a bonus to skills while exploring a new world. Must have at least 15 Reputation with the Acquisitives and have played SFS 1-35 to purchase.
4.00 Achievement Points - SFS
(Qimok will not be acquiring this boon any time soon--this is only his second Chronicle that has given any bonus ACQ Rep.)
Chronicle looks good! Thanks very much, phaeton_nz.
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I have another character in tier (gnome icon envoy/mystic) who rocks the social stuff, but he's largely useless at most other things. Having a solid combatant seemed more important for this series as a whole.
We should get more successes now that we have some inside info via Sense Motive. (I would have led with that if Qimok was any good at it, but soldiers get very few skill points.)
I've got an envoy who would also eat this up. He seems to often end up on missions with little diplomatic engagement.
I totally sympathize on the fighter-skill issue. At least they're not DnD 3E fighters with only 2 skill points to spend in a highly splintered skill space.
Also, in case it read wrong, I was not complaining about character selection with the 'up our game' comment. I was just observing that we've got 4 rounds left to score four successes on each of these NPCs, and not much of a head start when I wrote the post. QImok's and Momo's successes helped a bunch. I think we now need 12 successes over the four rounds.