Cero "Duke" of Maro's page

Thanks for running this shifty!

Duke rolls his eyes. "Listen, I know you didn't design the things just . . . next time put them on some dummies or whatever and test them out before you give them to living, breathing people. And rig the guns up for remote fire and collect some data before you hand them out to people. Saves you some time and a potential lawsuit."

Hey, Shifty, no offense meant to you, and I'm certainly willing to finish the quest by playing through the fight at the end. Duke is just a surly character and I'm role-playing him that way. I'm 100% willing to fight the death bots (I think they still need to be tested.) I myself am not bad at you nor the scenario. Duke's backstory just makes it so that he doesn't like putting people at risk unnecessarily.

"Hey! What are you trying to pull here? This thing is designed so as to convert kinetic energy into photonic energy. Any time this thing takes a hit, it would likely blind the user! And look here, the quaxar power crystal would short if the shield failed completely, likely releasing an even heavier burst of photons. That could cause permanent eye damage! This thing isn't even halfway ready for market yet! Not by a long shot!"

Duke throws the thing at the half orc and mumbles something about incompetence.

Before putting on the device, Duke checks it out for similar flaws in line with what previously happened with the guns.

Engineering: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (6) + 15 = 21

”I’m assuming both put us in live fire situations with no guarantee these’ll actually prevent us from becoming corpses?”

reflex save: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17
Waiting to see if that was enough to evade the sniper weapon's backlash

Is there a reflex save for half with that damage? I do have the evasion class feature.

Duke looks over the weapon.
engineering: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (4) + 15 = 19
”Looks like the weapon draws power more power than the rifle needs, and the excess charge builds up in the battery casing, then discharges . . . Violently. Just a minor design flaw you might wanna look into. Probably would only kill 3/4 of your clientele.” he says sarcastically.

Duke will take Babau's Kiss and the Swarm Zapper

He'll go prone and start shooting at 300 feet with the swarm Zapper, making sure to make use of the sniper feature. Shot 2 will be at 100 feet away, then 90, and so on, always using the sniper feature.

shot 1: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30
shot 2: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28
shot 3: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24
shot 4: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26
shot 5: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29

"Sounds simple enough"

"Nice to meet you. I don't need my luggage carried. Let's see what we got."

to hit: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 11 + 2 + 2 = 28
damage if hit hit: 5d10 ⇒ (9, 6, 9, 10, 8) = 42

Wow! That damage!

to hit: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 11 + 2 + 2 = 31
damage if hit: 5d10 ⇒ (9, 5, 3, 5, 9) = 31

"Bringing Heavy Plasma Torpedo Launcher online. I'm going to avoid activating all weapons, as that might vaporize the drone a make figuring out why it's attacking us impossible."
to hit: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 11 + 2 + 2 = 22
damage if hit: 5d10 ⇒ (4, 5, 4, 6, 3) = 22

Duke perks up
"Switching to live ammunition, bringing light torpedo launcher turret online. Fuunk, please try to aim our aft at the thing."
Attack: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 11 + 2 + 2 = 29
damage if hit: 3d8 ⇒ (3, 1, 5) = 9

Duke hits several buttons lackidazically.

Attack+computer blip+Aid another from Ua: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 11 + 2 + 2 = 22

”I have gotten a positive firing solution from the onboard computer. Drone registers it would have been hit with a missile.”

We have three computer ‘blips’ per round. Can my gunner take one?”

Duke says nothing but nods approvingly as he looks around the engine room.

Duke reloads his hand cannon with shotgun shells. Then he twirls the gun around before sliding it into his belt holster. "I trust you'll remember the Starfinders are valuable allies to have. We look forward to future business associations." he says in a gruff voice, as if forced to repeat a company slogan he doesn't really care about.

Since Ua says it hasn't moved from it's position, Cero continues trying to shoot it.
So looking it up, apparantly you can trick attack people you can't see? TOTALLY fine if GM rules that I can't.
Concealment, miss on a 1: 1d2 ⇒ 2
Trick attack: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (16) + 17 = 33
Attack vs. Flat footed AC if trick successful: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19
damage if hit: 1d12 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
Extra damage if trick: 3d8 ⇒ (8, 7, 2) = 17
Will make it flat footed if I successfully trick it.

Trick attack: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (7) + 17 = 24
Attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17

Duke moves in and tries to shoot it, mostly hoping to eat images.
Trick attack: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (8) + 17 = 25
Atrack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14

Duke moves forward, gun still raised, to another bit of cover.

Still ready an action to shoot if an enemy presents themselves. Mercy still off

Duke moves and takes cover behind a discarded vehicle and readies an action to shoot any hostile that reveal themselves
Merciful is off.

Duke, with weapon out, will begin scanning the area, including looking for tracks.

Survival?: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (11) + 14 = 25

Reflex save: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17
Duke just barely manages to dodge out of the way.
Evasion, no damage
"'m fine."

Surviva: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (4) + 14 = 18
Surviva: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (13) + 14 = 27
Surviva: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (15) + 14 = 29

Note, all checks are at +4 to follow a map, and if it is tracking, I can track while at full speed with no penalty to survival. Environmental seals are up, Tailblade is attached, gun is out and set to lethal.

Duke approaches the noodle vendor.

"Excuse me, Ex-Maitenance-22 is it? I was hoping we could procure your services. We were told you found a body? We are trying to stop whoever is doing the killings, so we would be grateful for any information you might have."

"I'm not too knowledgable about medicine or magic stuff, but I can give the body the ol' once-over. We should also go talk to this annocite."
I don't have ranks in medicine or mysticism, but can attempt them untrained with Jack of All trades. Medicine +6, Mysticism +5

Duke will sit in a chair and carefully go over any data Eshazi has prepared, studying it with inordinate detail. This is, evidentially, where he shines.

I will use my Bounter Hunter ability to designate 'the creature that came through the portal generated by Resurgent Technologies during this incident,' as his mark. This should reduce all DCs for culture and diplomacy checks to know about it.

Culture check: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30My Bunter hunter bonus applies?

"Please, please give us some leads."

Duke throws his hands up in the air. "We all had it set up, then there was a minor hiccup and the rest of the team started casting offensive spells."

"Our job was to get in and out. As soon as we have this comm data and . . . I guess probably the data about those cats, we should just leave. He'll be out for at least an hour, but it probably shouldn't be life threatening."

Trick Attack yellow: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (8) + 17 = 25
Attack Yellow: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
damage if hit: 1d12 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
damage if Trick attack: 3d8 ⇒ (4, 1, 2) = 7
If I miss, My shot is not expended via conserving fusion

Trick Attack yellow: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (3) + 17 = 20
Attack Yellow: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
damage if hit: 1d12 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
If I miss, My shot is not expended via conserving fusion

I believe that in Starfinder critical hits multiply all the damage, including trick attack damage

If your attack roll is a natural 20 and your attack total is equal to or greater than your target’s AC, your attack is a critical hit. A critical hit means that you roll your damage twice (adding to each roll all your usual bonuses, including any additional damage from special abilities) and then add the rolls together to determine the damage dealt.

You are right. Gross!

Final damage: 28 + 3d8 ⇒ 28 + (7, 8, 5) = 48

Remember, all nonlethal from mercy fusion?

Duke moves around and tries to trick and fire off another shot.

trick attack: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (16) + 17 = 33
Attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30
Crit Damage+Trick attack: 2d12 + 6 + 3d8 ⇒ (1, 11) + 6 + (2, 5, 3) = 28
The scientist is Flat-footed to everyone else

I'll take my turn out of order since no one is posting I guess.
Duke Sighs to himself "Of course this had to get messy."

Duke Moves a few steps back, drawing his pistol as he does, and then turns around and shoots the scientist Remember, Merciful is still on.

Attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25
damage if hit: 1d12 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Duke shakes his head, sighs heavily, and and mutters under his breath. "Checking in, we told him we we needed to check in on his terminal. He believed us. That's all we had to say."

”Compared the the rest of the colorful crew here, I’m not that interesting, I just like to sit down with a good crime novel from time to time.”

Fuunk, now that the kitchen is cleaned, I think Ua, Fuunk and I are just standing back, Numina is hacking in the infirmary and Gordon is cooking.

”Part of being a captain is knowing when to push your crew to work together and when to let them have some time to themselves. Trust me, when there’s a problem, we work together like a well-oiled machine. Though now that you mention it. . “

Gonna try a big bluff check, would appreciate some aids

”Actually, we could do one more thing of official business. Could you show us where we could send a message from your telecommunications array? We need to officially check in to say we arrived. New rules from corporate say we can’t use our ship’s comms. Apparently some crews-not us-were giving false check ins to say they arrived on time even though they hadn’t to cover up the fact that they were lazy or doing some unofficial missions on the side. So now we ALL have to do this. Hey Numina? Can you handle the check-in?”

Bluff: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20
UA, I believe the GM called for a diplomacy check, and you are the only one with ranks in it that is here. Would you mind?

I’ll attempt aid another the cooking check using jack of all trades. I don’t have diplomacy.

1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

”Sorry, I’m all thumbs when it comes to making food, I’ll get out of your way.”

As he steps away he’ll text Numina
Any luck?

"So how long have all of you crewed the Ercinee?, Do you prefer milk runs like this to piracy? Hey don't take too long looking back there - no slacking off helping clean"

”Oh, don’t mind them,” Duke waves dismissively at Numina. ”You know how some pilots are. If it doesn’t have a flight stick they aren’t interested. As for crewing the Ercinee? Not long. Honestly the days all seem to blend together on these cargo runs.”

Duke saunters up and shakes the Ryphorian's hand. "Name's Duke. No problem about the kitchen. The 'galley' on our ship isn't much more than a space-microwave, so my first mate here." he gestures to Gordon, "well, he considers himself something of a bit of a chef and has been itching for the chance to do some actual cooking. Wanna show me where all these dishes go then we can get to it? I know I'd love to have a nice meal for once. Oh, and mind if my crew stretches their legs? Surprisingly little room to walk around in those cargo shuttles."

Bluff (would love some Aids from Gordon): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16

Duke will superstitiously nod at Ua.

bluff to send a secret message: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16

Duke will grab some of the cargo and move as directed.

Duke gives a noncommittal grunt as he reenters the shuttle and comes back with a box labeled ‘Highly improbable plant-based meat substitute.’ ”Sorta. Our crew is new to this run at least. We were a bit surprised when we caught this assignment to be honest.”

If someone else wants to make the bluff check, I can auto aid another. If you want me to take the lead, I’d appreciate some aid anothers.

Fuunk, Remember, the map may have been flipped or rotated.

Duke will exit the craft holding a box marked ‘Non-Perishable food-like substitute.’ He will have adopted a bored-like demeanor. ”Yeah, we got your supplies here. Where you want ‘em?”

Duke turns to the rest of the crew. "Rule one of infiltration is to be non-commital. Less chance of slipping up the less info you make up. We show up, say we are there to deliver supplies. If this researcher asks where the usual guys are, tell him we don't know either, that we just got this work order. Once we deliver the supplies, some of us should try and sideline him, while someone slips away to try and download the computer data. Anyone here an expert hacker?"

Duke is ready to get underway.

Duke turns to the rest of the team, ”Well, from what I know, Frozen Trove tends to stick out-of-favor scientists in facilities like these to dead-end their careers, so acting as a shoulder to cry on might work on this guy. In any case he’ll probably be lonely so acting kind and sociable might be our way in.”

"Uhhh, Captain? I don't mean to question your orders, but, being on 'hostile' terms with a corporation doesn't exactly mean we should go stealing from them. From what I understand the society itself is having a major PR problem, we don't need to get caught doing this kind of skullduggery right now. Do we have any intel that they're actively working against us?"

culture: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33

Duke will shake his head and go back to hunting bounties. . . alone.

Ready for the next quest whenever the GM is

Over Comms, Duke will ask everyone else to get Thursa to their intended destination. Duke will try and slip away and keep an eye on them from afar while reloading his gun.

Stealth: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (3) + 17 = 20