Aba Calling's page

All wonderful, hard-working volunteers! But super big skittermander hugs to Shifty! We need our five Nova's!

An extra friendly yellow skittermander wearing the tailored attire of an Abadar Corp Salescreature comes by to make an announcement. "There's popcorn available from the Abadar store! You can order it Akiton-plain, Castrovellian Chocolate, Triaxian Treacle, Apostae-extra salty, or Zo!-style (it's the cheesiest!) If you like sugary popcorn aimed for the adventurous eater, we have a deal through Olli's Option bar for sweet popcorn dipped in just about every taste you can imagine! Just order it in advance of the Drift Crisis, otherwise we cannot guarantee our delivery dates!"

"Wait... what's wrong with AbadarCorp's contracts? AbadarCorp's so nice that they they let Aba intern for free! Aba didn't have to pay to do this great job helping people find the best products at AbadarCorp!'

"Yay, I get +2 to a stat because I am an existing Skittermander!"

"Those are excellent changes! So many skittermanders! We can have a cuddle of skittermanders!"

'Aba welcomes all her skittermander friends! We will have such fun together!"

"...so we skittermanders on the site just have to make do!" Aba agrees!

"Did someone ask about a Utility Belt exploit?" A bright yellow skittermander comes in, wearing a snappy looking suit and sporting a gold Abadar Corp Key. "As a ship-to-ship salesrep for the largest corporation in the Pact Worlds, it's important for me to carry my sample case with me. This belt is my sample case! When I pull something out of it, it pulls credit from an account that I keep with Abadar Corps, but then I have to keep the item because I took it out of its original packaging."

The Utility Belt is a flexible purchasing plan. If you load it up with enough credits, you'll always have that oddball consumable you need, but each of those is a permanent purchase. You're just getting to do that purchase ANYWHERE. No returns for dissatisfied customers, so you need to be certain before you pull the item out of that belt!

MEANWHILE, IN ABADARCORP'S COMPLAINT OFFICE

Complaints! Oh, goody I get to be in the complaint department and help people!

The bright yellow skittermander wearing a suit and a gold key around her neck settles in to the best part of her day, processing complaints!

Although Abadarcorp's etiquette manual encourages a more formal writing style, Aba always prefers the personal touch.

Dear Overwatch and even dearer Dragonbot
(whom I totally don't know from having adventured with him!)
(okay, I do know him. Hi, Dragonbot!!!)

Aba looks over her greeting, and decides that it sounds properly professional and she continues all-sixing her typing.

Thank you for reaching out to us! Know that Abadar Corp relies on your feedback to improve our products and service! Hugs and high-sixes from me for pointing out a limit in the current offerings of our catalog. Now... a few comments. Abadarcorp does invest in innovations, but we are also largely a reseller. Most of the new technology products that flow into our stores come from several innovation hubs:

Aba pauses in her typing to count on her fingers.

Bretheda -- biotech
Eox -- necrografts
Apostae -- Weapons and armor

You would think Aballon would lead the way with cybernetics, but they're not that interested in modifying bio-organic people with their technology. The schools of magic and technomancy tend to be more interested in theoretical or magical gear than straight up engineering. Aba pats her utility toolbelt fondly. Engineering is the best! As for Verces... Although it's the home of the augmented, it prices its gear high because they believe that becoming an augmented is such an honor that you shouldn't quibble in price.

PS Are you two interested in Apples? For some reason, we have an overstock of them! I would love to gift some to you, to show you how much Abadarcorp cares about you!

Aba sends the message, happy to make another customer happy!

Xenocrat, note that Gadgeteer operatives get the utility belt at level 5. I already have mine!

No Jadnura for skitters then. I suspect a lot of people have already done this.

Oops. I have done this. I guess I need to devote a Nova to it instead....

My pleasure. I'm here to help!

"We got trapped and merged in a drift cyclone -- which is really rare. So rare that I bet Abadar Corp will buy it just so that they can figure out how we managed to fly the thing! Should I ask my contacts there?" Aba smiles with enthusiasm at the idea.

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19

Bob,

If you play -- or better yet, GM -- enough in Starfinder Society, you can earn a skittermander character of your own. Then you can bring your own Nufriend into society scenarios!

We like to help!

Aba puts her tools back on her belt and smiles broadly at the Pirate Crew. "Hello Nufriends! Your old boss was just here, but she ran away because she didn't want to be friends. But you all deserve better. You deserve a brave boss, like Nako here! You deserve a boss who tell you stories, and make you feel better, like Gaz! You deserve a boss who is kind, and knows awesome mystical arts that can explode heads like Dako here! You need a boss like me, that can take a ship like this, and fix it! You deserve to join us, and be our crew!"

Aba considers. "Though you could stay with your old boss. Do you really want to be stranded on a planet full of swamps and bouts of planar incursions? Do you want to be zapped by lightning? Or get mauled by giant crocodile tigers?" Aba wrinkles her nose. "I will let you think it over!"

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26

Engineering Trick Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (14) + 15 = 29
Pew Pew (Static Arc Pistol): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
Electric Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Trick Attack: 1d8 ⇒ 5

Aba shoots quite ineffectively at the Captain.

Aba would normally ignore the robots and concentrate on the Pirate... but that orange robot is helping flank her friend Nako. Getting rid of that flank is important, because that pirate is crazy bad news.

"Stand down! Can't you see you can't win?"

Engineering Trick Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (13) + 15 = 28
Pew Pew (Static Arc Pistol) vs Orange Flatfooted EAC: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
Electric Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Trick Attack: 1d8 ⇒ 3

Before:

Aba gives all their nufriends hugs! And eats any treats that they offer before leaving, because when friends visit, they get offered treats!

Now:

"Really? Again with the murdering? We could be working together to get our ship repaired? So we beat your brother in ship combat! We did it to save lives! And it's not like we killed him! We just disabled his ship! Stand down for your own good, so that we can work together!"

Engineering Trick Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (18) + 15 = 33
Bang Bang (Merciful Tactical Semi Automatic Pistol): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
Merciful Piercing Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Trick Attack: 1d8 ⇒ 1

Seeing Gazigaz already talking with Cheliko, Aba heads over to Olavier.

"There are two of us who are scholars of the mystical arts," Aba says. "I am a Priest of Abadar, he who believes in the protection of communities like yours. Dako here is a priest of Ibra, the seeker of mysteries. If you need help closing that planar rift, we would love to do so. While planar rifts can bring idea exchange, commerce and Nufriends, they can also bring chaos and suffering. Perhaps we can investigate it together?"

Mysticism: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28
Diplomacy: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

Aba turns to Saguntes. "Yes, Dako is very learned, but we all love to help! Can we help you get better? Nufriends should take care of each other!"
Diplomacy: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25

Can we all attempt the Sense Motive?

Aba has no idea what any of the want, but she comes forward anyway. "Hello gracious sentients. We are skittermanders! We are here to help you! Yes, our arrival has everything to do with the Drift Cyclone! Would you like to learn more?"

Engineering Trick Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (11) + 15 = 26
Stabby (survival knife) + Get 'Em + Flank: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 5 + 1 + 2 = 20
Slashing Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Trick Attack: 1d8 ⇒ 6

"Hey ugly! Fight me! Bite me! I taste better than Nako, right?" Aba lies to keep Nako in fight.

Aba double moves, using nimble moves through the water, and triggers the beast's attack of opportunity in order to position herself with her survival knife poking the beast. "I'm giving you flank, Nako!"

Engineering Trick Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (4) + 15 = 19
Pew Pew (Static Arc Pistol): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
Electric Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Trick Attack: 1d8 ⇒ 7

Aba pitifully shoots at the thing!

Engineering Trick Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (4) + 15 = 19
Pew Pew (Static Arc Pistol): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
Electric Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Trick Attack: 1d8 ⇒ 2

Aba starts shooting wildly. "Leave Nako alone, you nasty croc!"

Okay, we'll bot you. For once, I am not at GenCon!

Hmm

Aba's eyes widen as she sees the oversized crocodile, and she studies it before making her shot.

Life Science: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22

Engineering Trick Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (4) + 15 = 19
Bang Bang (Merciful Tactical Semi Automatic Pistol): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16
Merciful Piercing Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
Trick Attack: 1d8 ⇒ 3

"Stop hurting our Nufriend!"

Engineering: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27

"Noooooo!" Aba runs in front of Gaz. "I fix it, and all six-it! Let me work!"

Her tongue sticks out as she pulls out her tools and she sets to work!

Not available today, because I am head deep in the final throes of a freelance assignment. Please bot.

Aba gets out her tool kit and starts trying to repair the delicate electronics, completely ignoring the last pile of rocks, that hopefully has better things to do than bash at her.

Engineering: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16

Apparently, she will have to keep trying, because having piles of rocks hit you is very distracting!

Aba moves up, toolkit in one of her hads, and follows up with a shot that goes utterly wrong.

Engineering Trick Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (14) + 15 = 29
Bang Bang (Merciful Tactical Semi Automatic Pistol): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Merciful Piercing Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Trick Attack: 1d8 ⇒ 6

"If you keep them off me, I will try to get this equipment fixed."

Aba helps Dako, also aiming at Purple.

Engineering Trick Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24
Bang Bang (Merciful Tactical Semi Automatic Pistol): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
Merciful Piercing Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Trick Attack: 1d8 ⇒ 7

Aba joins Dakoyo, easily keeping up with the mystic due to nimble moves. "Bad elementals, if you keep doing this I'll report you to the Abadar store for mistreating the equipment!"

Slosh, slosh.

"Oh no! They are wrecking that beautiful equipment!" Aba is quite distressed about this.

Knowledge Check to identify the creatures: 1d20 ⇒ 4
Engineering plus 11, Life Science plus 10, Mysticism plus 8

How deep is this water, GM? Aba has nimble moves, which lets her ignore 20 feet of difficult terrain. Can she just wade in?

"Nufriends, wouldn't it be better to not hurt the equipment? I can teach you to fix it instead!"
Diplomacy: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

If they talk, she does not shoot. If they continue to destroy equipment, she says, "Team, I'm going to shoot -- but non-lethally. Okay?"

Mysticism: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

"Oh, you're right! Well-spotted, Dako!" Aba says as she stuffs the gear into the Haulerbot 6000 for the group's later use. She's especially excited for the bonding epoxy. "Two disturbances in two different directions. Should we explore the closer one, and then the planar one?"

Thank you, Abadar. We are safe and together. Aba stops praying and accepts the hugs from Dakoyo and Gaz.

After sniffing at the ale-scented foam in her fur, she steps out of the wreckage and into the swamp. "That mining vessel was very safe. It must have been made by AbadarCorp. I'll have to give that product a good review."

She looks around the vehicle one last time to see if there any parts she can salvage.

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
Engineering: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25

"Dako, you have the best ideas!" Aba exclaims. "If we're looking for other Nufriends, maybe we can scan for their signals. They could be lost! Hurt!" It does not occur to Aba that her team could also be lost. After all, they're all together, and healthy. She moves around the pretty if squishy swamp, trying to scan for activity, all the while keeping an eye on that lightning storm.

Computers: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30

I'm not a mechanic, but I play one on TV.

With my haulerbot floating behind me, most in person players assume that's what my character is!

Aba shakes and rattles along with the vehicle.

"Th-there's g-got to be a way of setting that air lock on a remote t-timer!" she says, as the rattling knocks the air out of her and causes her to stutter a bit. "B-but Aba is here to HELP!" She pulls her toolkit out of her Abadar Corp™ Haulerbot 6000, and all-sixes it as she makes frantic adjustments to the airlock's controls. She shouts at the others, "N-nako, Gaz, Dako! G-get your seatbelts on! This is g-going to be bumpy!"

Engineering: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31

Remote timer set, she runs back to the vehicle with her haulerbot flying beside her. They both enter the vehicle, and then Aba slams the door shut putting on her own belt. "Th-that d-door should open any minute n-now!"

Then she prays, her yellow brow furrowing. Master of the First Vault, my friends are good skittermanders. They may not worship you, but they enact your principles with their kindness and helpful attitudes. Please, keep them safe.

"Ouch!" Aba says, as Red's shot hits. "That hurt!" Although she would love to hit Red back, she understands good party tactics. As she watches the hurt Orange get sliced and diced by Nako, she turns her aim to Gaz's target. Better to get Yellow out of the way so that they only have one pirate shooting at them. "Good teamwork! I like how well we help each other!"

(On the other hand if Yellow just went down to that crit, by all means redirect me to Red.)

Engineering Trick Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (6) + 15 = 21 Sigh. Only if they're level 1...
Pew Pew (Static Arc Pistol) and Get 'Em: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 5 + 1 = 19
Non-Lethal Electric Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Trick Attack: 1d8 ⇒ 8

Reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
Reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

Aba easily jumps out of the way of the grenades, taking no damage. She moves forward towards the shuttle, right past Yellow.

This will provoke from Yellow, but we need to get near that shuttle.

"What's with all the grenades!? Don't you know how expensive they are? I could show you the catalog entry from the Abadar store! For the cost of those, you could have bought a merciful fusion! Or healing serums! You almost make me not want to be nufriends!"

Engineering Trick Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (16) + 15 = 31
Pew Pew (Static Arc Pistol): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8 boo!
Electric Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Trick Attack: 1d8 ⇒ 6

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
Reflex Save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
Reflex Save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

Aba enters the room. "Nufriends, you could hurt someone like that! I don't want to hurt you, but by fighting us, you are hurting yourselves!" Making an on the fly engineering check, she shoots around the corner at yellow, but the geometry of the merged ship is throwing her off a bit. Still, her aim at the pirate is solid.

Engineering Trick Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (1) + 15 = 16
Pew Pew (Static Arc Pistol): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
Non-Lethal Electric Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
Trick Attack: 1d8 ⇒ 6

Aba opens the door. "Oh, we need to hurry and help them!"

Engineering to unlock if required: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23

Aba is crestfallen that Gazigaz thinks that she is not being a good teammate. "I could. Have brought a ton of candies from that Abadar Store! I swear Gaz, that I will make it up to you. But for now, those big nufriends need help! I bet they wouldn't know what to do with a mining vehicle, but I am a very good driver!"

Aba grabs her toolkits and her weapons, and then takes off after her friends.

Eeeeep. Sorry, for being late! It's the 4th of July and I'm at a Convention!

"Nufriend pirate who's out to kill us... Have you considered therapy? I hear that it's very helpful for anger issues and relationship dysfunction!"

But then the strange spicy storm hits. "Oh my! We're crashing! We're falling! We should totally fix this!" Aba checks the computers, to see if she can identify the problem. It's so important, she types with all six hands.

Computers: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28

Aba would be interested in Skittercrash as well, but it looks like you already have a full ship!

Hmm

That’s a strange oversight that we thought had copied over from the Skitter Shot sanctioning document on which this one was modeled.

Official: If a player has a boon allowing her to create a skittermander PC, she may also choose to play that character so long as the PC is 3rd- or 4th-level.

Yay! Thank you, Nufriend John!

Oh no! Aba is the right level to play this adventure. Was this just an oversight or an intentional exclusion? She was looking forward to joining in an all skittermander adventure.

Entering problem solving mode: Maybe we can run a not-for-SFS credit run of this adventure for everyone's skittermanders locally? There are so many people I know who would want to play this with their own skittermanders. I think there are people who will happily forgo the chronicle just to be able to play in an all skittermander group of Nufriends. We're here to help!

Otherwise, the chronicle looks great.

Tell him that we'll all celebrate with him when he gets his skittermander!

Hmm

DM Bigrin wrote:

Frank Gulp wrote:

Of course now I am thinking of running an all skittermander table of it. Singing optional.

Is there a current way to get the skittermander race boon?

I was about to tell you how and then I realized that would be spoilers. If you caught the post for the 5 seconds it existed, now you know. Otherwise, it's kind of obvious if you think about it.

One of the hardest things in Society is not being able to tell people where certain races come from. Though you're right that this is one that they usually figure out on their own!

Yes indeedy. It is open to all players and GMs, though much faster for GMs.

"And then you can play with me!" Aba claps! "It's important to play with your friends!"