SFS1e 6-04 [Outpost VIII] - Secrets Long Submerged (KS) (Inactive)

Game Master phaeton_nz

"Local eel get pilloried by press," Domakale says as she swings her solar flail.

Full Attack, vs Blue KAC: 1d20 + 16 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 16 - 4 = 24
Bludgeoning Damage: 3d6 + 22 + 1d8 ⇒ (5, 3, 5) + 22 + (4) = 39
Full Attack, vs Blue KAC: 1d20 + 16 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 16 - 4 = 24
Bludgeoning Damage: 3d6 + 22 + 1d8 ⇒ (6, 4, 4) + 22 + (1) = 37

Blue takes more damage ((-64)) but it still able to attack back, with it's tongue after backing off a bit (5ft)
tongue: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (19) + 23 = 42

This means Domakale is also stuck. It then tries to reel her in for a bite. (v KAC+8)
rcm: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (5) + 23 = 28

Domakale refuses to move.

Twich and Pon are up.

"I said, let go of me!"

athletics: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22

Twich manages to detach themselves from the tongue.

Fort: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

Pon fakes to the side of the eel (blue). He then stabs at it.

Trick Attack; take 10 for a 33; CR 13 or less

Attack-DA v kac: 1d20 + 13 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 13 - 2 = 22
P+DA+TA: 1d6 + 7 + 3 + 5d8 ⇒ (6) + 7 + 3 + (5, 4, 6, 2, 1) = 34

Target is Flat-Footed if hit

Unfortunately that's a miss.

Red moves up to bite Twich
bite: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (7) + 23 = 30 piercing: 2d10 + 15 ⇒ (3, 8) + 15 = 26

Blinky and Domakale are up.

Blinky slides across to punch the other one in the back of the noggin.

Trick attack (Take 10) DC12 or Lower tricked.
Flanking
Attack 1d20 + 14 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 14 + 2 = 36 FF KAC
Damage 2d6 + 19 + 4d8 ⇒ (3, 6) + 19 + (5, 7, 8, 3) = 51
ADD CRIT 2d6 + 19 + 4d8 ⇒ (2, 4) + 19 + (6, 6, 5, 4) = 46
+Off Target, -2 to attacks.

97 Damage - ouch.

And Blinky takes out Red as well. Only the bluish hued one is left with Domakale at the plate.

Domakale attempts to get back close to the creature.

Athletics: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28

Most likely earning her an attack as she moves.

Solar flail vs Blue KAC, Flanking: 1d20 + 16 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 16 + 2 = 25
Bludgeoning Damage: 3d6 + 22 + 1d8 ⇒ (5, 2, 2) + 22 + (5) = 36

Nope - the creature actually wanted them to do that. And that's a hit (-100)

The creature bites back.
bite: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (16) + 23 = 39 piercing: 2d10 + 15 ⇒ (2, 8) + 15 = 25

Everyone is up.

Blinky pinballs across the battlefield and comes in swinging at the last serpent, trying to punch it into next week.

Trick attack (Take 10) DC12 or Lower tricked.
Flanking
Attack 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (13) + 14 = 27 FF KAC
Damage 2d6 + 19 + 4d8 ⇒ (1, 6) + 19 + (7, 8, 8, 5) = 54
+Off Target, -2 to attacks.

Fort: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

Pon takes advantage of Domakale's positioning and fakes shooting his pistol to get in another stab.

Trick Attack; take 10 for a 33; CR 13 or less

Attack-DA v kac: 1d20 + 13 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 13 - 2 + 2 = 31
P+DA+TA: 1d6 + 7 + 3 + 5d8 ⇒ (5) + 7 + 3 + (6, 7, 4, 7, 7) = 46

Target is Flat-Footed if hit

And that's the last one dealt to.

The computer system in the center of the room is damaged but not destroyed, and can be repaired over 2 hours.

((Computers or engineering check))

Or you could just pull the hard drives.

((Computers or engineering))

Blinky leaves that job to the far more capable people, but is there to assist.

Auto-assist whoever rolls Engineering or Computers

With assist, operative take 10 on computers for a 31

Twich also can auto-aid if Pon is taking the lead.

That is enough to download the data for later perusal.

When you sift through this data, which takes 8 hours and is likely to occur on the journey back to Anduwar, you discover the following information.

• Storm engines were developed and maintained by storm giants, who kept their creation and operation secret.
• This site was a secret research facility founded shortly after the Gap. Its goals were to reverse engineer, recreate, and improve upon storm engines.
• The founders of this research facility were clearly cloud giants of the ruling Cloud Imperium who believed that their storm giant colleagues would soon betray them. They feared that when this betrayal occurred, they would lose access to the storm engines that protected their cities, for the storm giants would surely sabotage, destroy, or weaponize the engines against them.
• The founders of this research facility were led by a very powerful, well-respected Cloud Imperium bureaucrat, though the founders’ identities were never entered into the system. Instead, they used code names. The codename of this ringleader was “The Weathered One.”
• The storm engines were researched, concepted, and prototyped in this facility, but manufactured and tested elsewhere, at sites likewise hidden behind code names, such as A-21, C-6, S-13, U-27, or V-9. These storm engines performed only fractionally as well as those created by storm giants and required more than a tenfold increase in power to function even suboptimally.
• Spies reporting to the Weathered One discerned that storm giants mystically transferred a portion of their own electric aura into the storm engines they crafted during the construction process. With dozens of storm giants providing a portion of their aura to each engine they built, this amplified the power of the engine exponentially while having a negligible effect on individual giants. This led the research facility to turn to biological sources to power their storm engines, including captive storm giants, electric eels, and Pholskar serpents. Being used as a power source in this way rapidly drained one’s life force and was always fatal.
• Researchers were attempting to reduce the lethal effects of aura siphoning by cryogenically cooling subjects such that their bodily functions slowed to a near standstill.
• Two researchers, named Algernal and Sopholine, were opposed to the heinous experiments they had become a part of and were instead attempting to create an artificial or biotech substitute. Their research proposal was denied by the Weathered One and they were fired shortly thereafter. There are no further records of these researchers on the servers.

You still have two areas to look at in the research center - or you can decide to leave.

Let's get the place cleared

agreed

Pon, again, places the downloaded information into the specific folder in his datapad. He then moves out into the hall in front of an unopened set of doors.

Pon finds their way in here.

A cryogenic tank (no longer functional) connects to a large tube composed of transparent steel that has become partially opaque with time. This tube exits through a 15-foot diameter hole in the floor. On the north side of the room are two long tables bolted onto the floor.

Shortly after the first person comes in here, spores erupt into the room doing cold: 12d12 ⇒ (2, 11, 8, 1, 10, 12, 4, 9, 12, 11, 12, 9) = 101 ref DC 21 for half and all sight is obscured beyond 5ft.

ref: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21 evasion

Pon takes a step into the room to get a clear view. After scanning for a couple seconds he begins to say, "All cl-" but is cut off as he reflexively dives out of the room as some weird spores erupt into the room.

I assume we all need to make reflex saves?

Not of you didn't enter the room before Pon dives out of it ... but it seems like Domakale did.

It takes half an hour before the spores clear. When they do, you can identify that this chamber was a medical laboratory used for both conducting surgery and to cryogenically freeze living creatures. With 2 hours of work, you uncover 5 bulk of surgical tools, syringes, medicine, coolant, and a variety of other medical supplies. Additionally, you discover a computer laying on the slanted ground, covered in plants and half-buried in silt. This computer is mostly shattered and no longer functions.

You also discover four doses of tier 3 sedative and two mk 3 healing serums.

It'll take the Starfinders 2 hours and 10 minutes as Domakale needs to sit down after that.

"I think I'm gonna drink one of these healing serums...

HP Recovery: 6d8 ⇒ (2, 6, 3, 2, 4, 3) = 20

Letting the more experienced experts do their thing, Blinky eventually readies to complete the sweep of the place.

We cant fail a 20 :p

Last area?

Indeed. My bonus is +19

Pon relays the information and prepares to move on to the last room.

Twich nods to the suggestion to move to the last room.

The last room is a workshop.

This narrow room has two tables built into the east wall. A variety of materials are piled in the corner haphazardly—clearly the result of Talgradur’s crash. A bony hand sticks out from under this debris. One of the workbenches has a touchscreen built into its top. While the screen is cracked and its internal hard drives have been damaged, it’s not entirely useless.

With 2 hours of work, you discover tools and repair parts totaling 5 bulk, including a large amount of rubber. Additionally, a skeleton still clad in a few scraps of fabric and a sturdy tool belt is buried under this debris. If you want to collect this body, it takes 1 additional hour to collect all the bones, which have 10 bulk.

You also find a white force field in one of the drawers of the workbench.

"I don't have much head for computers, but I did take a few courses at the Starfinder learning annex..."

Computers: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

"There's nothing here, a waste of our time."

Once the 'tech experts' have pulled the data and secured the devices, and Blinky’s archaeological instincts are satisfied that everything has been properly catalogued—not just stashed in a bag like a handful of Eucalyptus leaves—he will give the site one final, sweeping inspection. Every shadow, every scrap checked and re-checked.

"If we’re done here, time to head to the surface."
He signals DocJr® with a flick of his paw. With one last look around the chamber, Blinky readies himself for departure.

You return to your expedition surfboat and head for the coast.

Make Perception checks.

Perception 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (15) + 15 = 30

Blinky head for the boat and gets ready to bring it home.

Take 10 on computers for a 29
Engineering: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (17) + 19 = 36
Pon records. (feel free to read the spoilers)

Before heading to the surface, Pon sets up his datapad to copy all of the records of the expedition onto the three datapads he purchased previously.

Perception: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (15) + 18 = 33

perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26

Domakale puts her journalistic training on the line, trying to notice anything askew or amiss.

Ooops - set up the slides and forgot to post - either that or it got eaten

As you depart, everyone except Twich, notices a gargantuan eel-like creature similar to the ones encountered before, but much larger, start to engage in pursuit. This thing is so huge that it could swamp and sink your boat with one swipe of it's tail.

We are in a vehicle chase situation - see Slides

"Pon, take the helm!" Blinky doesn't hesitate.

"Naturally," Pon says taking the helm serenely.

Evade DC 21
Piloting DC 21: 10 + 22 - 1 - 2 = 29

Pon weaves through the ruins confidently and peacefully as the massive eel-like creature chases them.

eel(athletics): 1d20 + 29 ⇒ (2) + 29 = 31

A message comes over your comms from the survey team om the atoll. We see your situation. We'll see what we can do to help distract it while you get away.

Evade DC 21
Piloting DC 21: 10 + 22 - 1 - 2 = 29

Pon continues to weaves through the ruins confidently and peacefully as the massive eel-like creature chases them. as they get to the edge of the outer ruins, he simply says, "Hold on to something."

The eel is distracted enough to be slowed down. You get to the next zone.

Domakale doesn't think her pistol will do much against the giant eel, so she jumps onto the cart's artillery.

Gunnery: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26
Fire Damage: 2d8 ⇒ (4, 1) = 5 [ooc]I don't think I get specialization but if I do, +10[/dice]

As the last of the ruins pass behind them, Pon places his hand upon the speed control and cranks it. A bit of a force jolts everyone on the boat.

Speed up DC 28
Piloting DC 28: 10 + 22 - 1 = 31

Twich tries to get the whales to scatter.

life science: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29

eel(athletics): 1d20 + 29 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 29 - 2 = 31

The eel gives up the chase, and you are able to board your starship and fly back to Anduwar.

Upon arrival, you are met at the docks by Kurvasyr who asks you what you discovered and to hand over any data you have collected.

Twich gives the others a warning look. She thinks we should say very very little to this giant to avoid getting drawn in to the politics. Our arrangement was with Elthel.

Bluff: 10 + 21 = 31
Sleight Of Hand: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (18) + 17 = 35

"One sec," Pon says casually reaching into his bag. "Let me make sure it wasn't damaged." He pulls out one of the datapads he bought and turns it on. He taps the screen a few times, turns off the screen, and then gives the device a once over. "Looks good. Here you go. This is the raw data that we gathered and the only datapad that has the information." He offers Kurvasyr the datapad as he closes his bag. "Do we still have that deal for preferential treatment for the Starfinder Society?"

Pon turned on the GPS on the datapad when he 'checked' on it.

Blinky watches on. He is rather impressed by Pons skills and abilities!

Pon, just to be sure everything is clear, did that datapad have a copy of our data, or was it empty?