[SFS/ACE] 7-07 Submerged Stars (Inactive)

Game Master Kludde

WIll: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23

Celly bends the mind of the monster, George brings arcane fury, while Atu tries to channel divine might with less efficacy (and accuracy).

Trober takes a pot-shot from behind his barricade, and the sonic is enough to hurt the underwater predator.

Sakorus then stabs his assailant with mighty force, and impales the heart of the creature, leaving it drifting motionless.

The last monster finishes off the water elemental, before moving right up to Celly and Trober

Slam Water elemental: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (17) + 19 = 361d10 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15

---R3
George
Shari
Sakorus
Trober
Atu
Celly
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Monster (DEAD)
Monster (BLUE, 39)
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Barricade: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Trober shrieks as his makeshift barrier fails to protect him from the legless crabs attack. As it's horrible mouth wraps itself around his arm the energy shield around him reacts and releases a wave of force at the monster. Blue takes 10 force damage from Reflecting Armor, DC 13 reflex save for 1/2 damage.

He then turns swims as fast as his hydrojet can propel him away from the monster. He'll guarded step twice.

"Help Mistress Shari, help!!!"

That last attack hit the water elemental, not Trober

Oops, sorry.

Trober bravely runs away from the incoming threat. He guarded steps twice.

"Help Mistress Shari, help!!!"

Nobody's taken any grievous wounds so far, yeah? Seems like the Water Elementals have been doing a great job tanking :D I can shoot medicine into people, if we need!
"Jolly good show, Team, one more to go! Keep your eyes open for ambush crabs, Trober - this is precisely when they love to strike, the fiends!"
Sakorus jets towards Blue and tried to give 'em a jab, with a special blend of sedatives to try and dim mental faculties Neurochemistry inhibitor to impart -2 Will saves.
vs Blue KAC: 1d20 + 12 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 12 - 2 = 22
P dmg & -2 Will Inhibitor: 2d8 + 11 ⇒ (5, 4) + 11 = 20

Celly makes a mental note to address the rest of the team about needling Trober as she backs off from Blue and fires a third Mind Thrust

Maybe I should switch off the projector. Maybe I look too tasty in a bikini

mt2: 4d10 ⇒ (2, 8, 9, 9) = 28 DC 15 will.

Excellent Collaboration! Atu calls out as they swim a bit closer to the remaining enemy before trying once more to accurately aim a divine spark.

Mysticism v 20+CR: 1d20 + 17 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 17 + 4 = 41
Attack v Blue EAC: 1d20 + 13 - 4 ⇒ (18) + 13 - 4 = 27 for Sonic: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
plus if the Myst check succeeded: Electrical: 4d6 ⇒ (4, 4, 6, 1) = 15

George 09-23 stays just outside of the reach of the last remaining sea monster. He launches a trio of missiles at Blue attempting to take it down.

Magic Missile, Harmful Spells, Full Round Action: 3d4 + 3 + 3 ⇒ (4, 2, 3) + 3 + 3 = 15

All right, Trober. Look! Shari shoots.

Stunt and Strike: Slight of Hand: 1d20 + 1d6 + 20 ⇒ (15) + (1) + 20 = 36 - DC = 20 + target’s CR; FF vs attack
Shadow Pistol: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 151d10 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5 - Cold vs EAC

Trober takes a moment to regroup. Sakorus gives the osifern another inocculation, weaking its mind, which is Celly cue to go for the old mind-mush method.

Inhibited Will: 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 7 - 2 = 19

Atu catches the creatures completely off-guard, and makes good use of the opportunity to blast the underwater fern with a ping blast. Underwater shooting stars are also a sight to behold, and George's hits the monster one by one, leaving a trail of sparkly bubbles.

Shari has an opportunity to finish the monster, but alas, she misses.

That means the monster takes a guarded step towards Trober and tries to gobble up the Dromada. It chomps down and grabs a hold of Trober, and things are looking dire...

Bite, Trober: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (14) + 19 = 333d4 + 12 ⇒ (2, 2, 2) + 12 = 18

---R4
George
Shari
Sakorus
Trober
Atu
Celly
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Monster (DEAD)
Monster (BLUE, 100)
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Trober, you're holding this creature PERFECTLY! Keep up the good work!

Stunt and Strike: Slight of Hand: 1d20 + 1d6 + 20 ⇒ (9) + (4) + 20 = 33 - DC = 20 + target’s CR; FF vs attack
Shadow Pistol: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 101d10 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9 - Cold vs EAC

Trober shrieks as the legless crab bites him.

"Help, help!!!"

As the monster's horrible mouth wraps itself around his arm the energy shield around him reacts and releases a wave of force at the monster. Blue takes 10 force damage from Reflecting Armor, DC 13 reflex save for 1/2 damage.

Trober keeps swimming for his life, propelled by his hydrojet. He swims right past George in his panicked state. He'll guarded step twice.

The osifern is probably dead, but if it wasn't Trober would have suffered from the following penalty:

Savory
A dromada hit by a creature’s bite attack takes a –2 penalty to AC against further bite attacks from the same creature. This effect lasts 1 week and applies only once per creature.

George 09-23 is now too close in for spell casting so instead he decides to use his electric dragon breath against the last remaining monster.

Breath Weapon Electricity, Reflex DC 15 for half damage: 3d6 ⇒ (1, 3, 4) = 8

That damage roll is anaemic but it should shut down the creature's regeneration at the very least. :)

Sakorus presses the attack, hoping to end Blue before it can get (more) or a taste for cameloid flesh. Basic inhibitor for -1 attack on both. Is anyone well into HP dmg? If so, I'd shoot an attuned ally with a healing serum instead of making the 2nd melee attack of the full attack.
vs Blue KAC #1: 1d20 + 12 - 2 - 4 ⇒ (9) + 12 - 2 - 4 = 15
P dmg #1 & -1 Attk Inhibitor: 2d8 + 11 ⇒ (2, 7) + 11 = 20

vs Blue KAC #2: 1d20 + 12 - 2 - 4 ⇒ (1) + 12 - 2 - 4 = 7
P dmg #2 & -1 Attk Inhibitor: 2d8 + 11 ⇒ (2, 8) + 11 = 21

Reflex: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (17) + 12 = 29

Shari misses. As Trober panics out, he barely notices that the backlash from his armor nearly brings down the predator.

Reflex: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21

George then zaps the isolated Osifern, and it nearly collapses.

Sakorus attempts to finish it off, but both of his shots are wide...

---R4
George
Shari
Sakorus
Trober
Atu
Celly
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Monster (DEAD)
Monster (BLUE, 107)
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Celly uses a fourth Mind Thrust
mt2: 4d10 ⇒ (9, 9, 9, 5) = 32 DC 15 will.

Hold on Trober! Atu yells in alarm as they see the dromada chomped onto.

Mysticism v 20+CR: 1d20 + 17 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 17 + 4 = 36
Attack v EAC: 1d20 + 13 - 4 ⇒ (11) + 13 - 4 = 20 for Sonic: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
plus if the Myst roll succeeded: Electric: 4d6 ⇒ (5, 5, 3, 5) = 18

They fire again at the wounded watersnake, hoping Hylax's might is not let down by their own mortal aim.

Celly blasts the mind of the sea-floor predator into next week, leaving a demented husk of near-lifeless tentacles. That one isn't going to bother anyone anymore.

Combat over!

Beyond the trench, An ancient ruin sprawls atop a massive stone platform that rises above the ocean floor on towering metal supports. The focus of this ruin is a slender spire of stone and shell that rises at least 50 feet and is topped by a strange-looking dome. Around its base is a series of smaller structures, their walls half-buried in silt. The entire site is coated in coral, barnacles, seaweed, and other aquatic growths and ocean detritus.

The once grand entry to the lower ruins is buried under centuries of silt and ocean debris. A few squat stone structures rise from this morass, their walls caked with barnacles, algae, and other growths. Between these structures are two wide planting beds, now an overflowing mass of arctic sea pens and tangled kelp that rises over 30 feet. In the distance looms the entrance to a cracked and crooked spire.

There's a sea green morlamaw here, tending to the Kelp gardens and completely ignoring the Starfinders.

George 09-23 examines the area.

Life Science: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (11) + 16 = 27

The android points out the glowing sap on the metal supports and mentions that it was from a humanoid type of squid.

"Well you don't see that everyday."

Possibly Pri-Pri Atu suggests as George09-23 points out the sap. Turning to Trobar they ask: Are you all right? Did its jaws pierce your armor?

"An entire underwater ruin! This must be what Hinevera was looking for! How incredible."
After taking in the sights, Sakorus would join Atu in examining Trober.
Did Trober take HP damage, or is it all SP? Sakorus would offer to heal HP damage, if there is any. Medicine check to Treat Deadly Wounds, if necessaryl
Medicine to Treat Deadly Wounds vs DC 20: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (1) + 19 = 20
...somehow managed to not beat the DC by >=5, so would only heal Trober by 5 HP, lol :D

"I'm fine, I'm fine."

Trober seems a little bit embarrassed by his behavior, but at the same time looks like he needs a paper bag because he is on the verge of hyperventilating.

"I just need a sit down for a few minutes. Legless crabs, why do these kind of things always happen to me..."

Trober only took stamina damage. If possible I'll spend 1 resolve point and have him take a 10 minute break to regain what he lost.

Good then. We wouldn't want this mission to end with even less Starfinders. Atu says. And catch your breath - we would have been just as frightened if that thing had make a chomping beeline towards us.

Happy that the dromada seems all right for now the spathinae calls out to the morlamaw below.

Hello! We mean no harm, but are looking for some of our colleagues. We are Atu Vaeyo. Have you sen where the others who came in that 0 they point to the other submersible - went?

medicine: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

Anyone need healing?

Shari looks closely at the morlamaw, and looking at how they will react to Atu, tries to clean up whether this local is under some kind of mind-controlling influence.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16 heh, obviously not!

Atu talks to the morlamaw, and finds that the latter has a vacant stare, and at most utters some groggy words. He seems to be in an utter trance, just tending to the plants.

You can help him with Mysticism or Medicine

Mysticism: 1d20 + 13 + 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 13 + (6) + 1 = 23

mysticism: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26

Just in case Medicine provides different info; call this an Aid Another if not?
Medicine: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (14) + 19 = 33

Friend, what seems to be ailing you?

Mysticism: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (20) + 17 = 37

The group collectively manages to free the morlamaw of the spirit that seems to be haunting him, and soon enough he becomes more responsive, uttering a variety of strange sounds

George 09-23 shrugs. The android speaks fourteen languages but not Morlamaw.

"Perhaps someone can communicate with the creature magically?"

Normally I would summon an Aeon to communicate telepathically with the creature but we are underwater here. :)

@AbadarCorp Entertainment - I am assuming that Telepathic Message will only work with a shared language otherwise why bother with the Tongues spell. :)

We have some magick for such an occasion. Atu replies.

They swim carefully towards the morlamaw and attempt to pantomime out the casting of a spell and then talking to one another.

If the gardener seems willing, the spathinae will cast Share Language on them to allow them to understand and speak Common

Celestia uses her physic sense ability to see if there are any other hidden minds nearby.

"Maybe he just wants to be left alone..."

Trober takes a 10 minute rest and spends one resolve point to regain stamina if that is possible.

Yes, Telepathic message is language dependent

Ah, much better the morlamaw says after accepting Atu's Share language spell.

He then proceeds to recount what happened, with a nervousness that matches that of Trober. We stopped at glass ruin to investigate, but were attacked by osifern, and had to flee.

When we were back on the sub, I noticed that Hinevera lost her tusk cap. We also didn't notice that the osiferns had been following us, so we were ambushed when they emerged at the dock site. Pri-Pri was badly injured and fled into the ruin.

Out plan was to lend medical aid and regroup, but once we passed the first set of buildings, a haunting started. Lekeetri swam to the south and Iyuurhoi to the north, right before I succumbed to the possession. After that, everything is a blur: there was a line of morlamaws that swam to him in a downward spiral. He shook the flippers of a woman that looked like his cousin. After that, I recall nothing...

A haunting? Atu expresses with concern. Are you all right now? Rest, get some food.

Turning to the others, they say: If Pri-Pri is already hurt, discovering them is vital. Atu then asks Asthemir I presume? Does you team have its own comm frequency. To try and contact them and locate where they have been scattered?

Sakorus asks the morlamaw, "you appeared to be doing some light gardening, while you were, ah, 'afflicted?' Do you recall anything about what you were doing, or why?"
After a pause, almost as an afterthought, he'll add, "Oh, and - what is the local crab population like? Giant? I should very much like to procure some exoskeleton samples!"
As it becomes clear that fighting possessed morlamaw may be in our future, Sakorus steps aside for a few minutes, setting his injection weaponry to the odobenidae setting. Calibrating Do More Harm for morlamaws.
Life Sci to Do More(lamaw) Harm: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (13) + 19 = 32

George 09-23 boots up his comm unit. He plugs in the Life Science chip and spends a couple of minutes researching Morelamaws.

40 Life Science check to find out everything there is to know about Morelamaw species.

Celestia swims upwards, brightening her 'glow' so she can be easily seen.

She looks down for the other morlamaws as well as scanning and recording the complex below with her enhanced camera scanner.

perception: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (14) + 17 = 31

"Do you think there are more of those leg less crabs?" Trober says nervously.

Trober, not afraid to ask the real questions, here :D
Sakorus points one big hand at Trober, and nods agreement, as if saying, "he's right, you know," to the dromada's question.

Asthemir indeed - glad you came to help. The legless crabs are called Osiferns. You said you were attacked by them? They're clever hunters, and they followed us. There were two of them at the time, but I don't know if there are any more...

Own comm frequency? I suppose that would have been smart...

Where do you want to go next? You can put your token on the map on the 'crossroads'. North is left, south is right.

A still glowing Celestia, descends to the rest of the party, still looking like she's just wearing a gold bikini.

She also takes quite a few pictures of the underwater observatory. Ooooh. Amy is SO going to want to see this.

Of course she starts moving in that direction.

Glad that someone made the decision for him, Trober dutifully follows Celly.

George 09-23 is happy to follow along as well.

Sakorus follows the rest of the group, but looks back over his shoulder to say, "Asthemir, here's our comms channel - keep in touch! Our sub is back that way - meet us there!"

As Celly moves in the direction of the observatory, the group notices something stirring in the Kelp, jumping out to ambush the Starfinders. They looking like nothing more than a shimmering watery blur, alternatively diffusing and becoming more reflective as they move towards the group.

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Atu
George
Trober
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Monster
Monster
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Shari
Celly
Sakorus
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What check would it be to try and identify what these are?

As stragne agressive forms begin to form, Atu calls out to Trober as they pray to Hylax Stay behind us.

They then fire a blast out towards the nearer red thing.
Move action to imbue pistol with Acid damage and a Holy fusion. Standard to attack

Mysticism v 20+CR: 1d20 + 17 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 17 + 4 = 23
Attack v Red EAC: 1d20 + 13 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 13 - 2 = 23 for Sonci: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
plus Acid: 4d6 ⇒ (3, 3, 3, 2) = 11 if that Mysticism check succeeded

George 09-23 attempts to determine what these creatures are before turning invisible and using his hydrojets to swim to a safer position.

Identify Creature:Mysticism check: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (11) + 14 = 25

If this is a Life Science check than the result would be 27

George 09-23 is Invisible

@AbadarCorp Entertainment - If George 09-23 know that these creatures can detect invisible creatures then I will change my actions. :)