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Sorry for my delay in posting, but one of our cats passed away and it's been a tough few days. I'm going to be posting as soon as I can catch up on what has happened. Thanks for your patience.

Jock does not volunteer for this task. He watches to see if any of the more socially savvy members of the team volunteer. His life as a soldier has not given him much practice making friends and influencing people. He's willing to give the old Starfinder try, but remains silent, glancing at the others to see who might step forward.

I'll 'bot Dorini.

Jock notices Dorini struggling and steps closer and gives her some encouragement. "Almost there. You got this!"

Dorini, Computers: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27

Jock makes enthusiastic sounds and gestures as the race proceeds. Then he gets out his sax and tries to provide an appropriate improvement to the sound track.

Performance, trained: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18

I did not see this discussion earlier. Ignore Jock's posts in the Gameplay thread. Sorry.

I think there is some confusion about who is playing the game. Three people volunteered and now have posted. Since Jock has already participated once, he can sit this one out if others who have not participated want to do this.

Piloting, trained: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

Jock settles into the rig and familiarizes himself with the controls making eye contact with the kid. He gives him a polite smile that nevertheless shows off his teeth.

When asked if he is ready to start, Jock replies, "I was BORN ready!"

Jock watches a game in progress to get the idea. "I'm not that good at driving, but I could apply what I've learned driving military vehicles in combat. Can't be that different. It's all in the reflexes."

Jock has a +4 and is trained in piloting.

Jock makes a picture of each side of the coin and posts it on his social media account and asks for suggestions from followers. While waiting for replies, he browses accounts of other teams to see if he can spot any clues as to where they went if they have gotten this far.

Media Lore, trained: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20

Jock tries to straighten out his ropes and continue the rappel.

Athletics, trained: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

Will spend that hero point to reroll the crit failure.

Athletics, trained: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Athletics, trained: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

If we have hero points, I'd spend one here.

Jock moves to help that tangle one.

Athletics: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

Sounds like an athletics or acrobatics check is needed before trying to help. Is that correct? Is this enough for Jock to get where he needs to be to help? Does he then roll another athletics check? In case yes to all of these:

Athletics: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17

Athletics: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

Jock hustles up like a squadron of Imperial Vesk soldiers are after him.

"Rope climbs and rappelling takes me back to my days of basic training and our crusty old drill sergeant Zaxjestar. I've done this many times." Jock brags, clenching his arms a bit to show off his biceps.

Probably best to have strong skills in both athletics and acrobatics. Looks like Jock and Mimzalee have the strongest bonuses in these two skills.

Jock whoops as the results are made known, pumping his fist and jumping up and down. Then he calms down as the blueprints are presented.

Jock doesn't have a clue about what the blueprint is showing, so he does what he knows best, checks social media for people posting about the race to see if he can glean something from their posts.

Media Lore: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

People on social media are making all kinds of speculations, but nothing really seems to fit.

Two Nat 20's and then three sub-10 rolls. Feast or famine.

Ditto.

"I'm used to soldiers 'meals-ready-to-eat' or the slop served in an army mess tent, so I'm probably not the best one for this. And if those customers speak anything besides Pahtra or Vesk, I won't understand what they're saying," Jock says, making a sour face looking at the list of dishes on offer.

I have played through this scenario a few times with other characters, so I will abstain from voting.

Feel free to look at Jock's profile for the skills he is trained in and any other abilities that might prove useful. In general, he is better at physical tasks then tasks that require knowledge or social skills. He is good at performance (plays the sax and acts) and knows a bit about religion.

Media Lore: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23 If this lore skill applies. If not subtract 2 for a Diplomacy check.

Jock either remembers hearing a celebrity talking about a local restaurant that serves such food or teases the information from some nearby celebrities he recognizes.

"Sometimes, it's not what you know but who you know," he quips as a holovid drone comes close.

Jock leaps high, grabs a portion of the stage holding lights, does a series of fast pull-ups, drops to the ground and does a series of one arm push-ups, alternating right and left. He finishes with a snarl.

Athletics: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17

Then he gets out his sax and plays jazzy music to support the demonstrations of the rest of the team.

Jock switches off his holoskin pirate costume and puts on the team uniform. He cuts a dashing figure and draws some attention as an up and coming media star himself. In addition to his music videos as part of the duo Syzygy with Hoshi Izarra, he starred in a minor movie franchise of action adventure plots set during the recent Pahtra/Vesk wars, of which he is a veteran on behalf of his home world.

Media Lore: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21

He is already familiar with many aspects of the event from encountering promotional ads while doing media promotion for Syzygy and the Freedom's Valor holovids.

Jock, seeing the livestream and observing Willow Warbles photobombing it, starts playing a bubbly jazz line on his synth-sax until the live stream ends. He switches off the holosuit pirate image to reveal his normal appearance, a tall, strong, pahtra soldier with freebooter armor and several impressive weapons, including a stellar canon, a fangblade, and the hilt of a plasma sword. His fur is a ginger color with dark and light stripes, with eyes of vibrant orange.

"Hello all! I'm Jock Burtan. If you think I look familiar, you've probably seen me performing with Hoshi as Syzygy on our music holovids. It's usually my soldier skills that the Pathfinders need me for, but I think they may want me for my media savvy for this mission."

Jock Burtan arrives using a holoskin to create his Spookyween costume. He appears as a stereotypical pirate of romantic holovids, with a three-cornered hat, complete with a big curving feather, an ornate coat (modifying his freebooter armor appearance), a colorful sash and bandana, an earing, eyepatch (non-functional), and a peg-leg. His stellar canon looks like a blunderbuss, his plasma sword, a flintlock pistol, and his fangblade, a greatsword. Looking out of place, he also has a synth-sax at the ready.

"I be a Starrrrrfinderrrr! Ahoy and Avast. Jock Burrrtan be my name. I'll shiverrrr yerrrr timberrrs, whatever they arrrre."

If the party is heavy on casters, I also have a 1st level soldier who is available.

That was a fun one! Thanks.

"How about heading to the nearest planet or station with a well-stocked bar for some celebrating?" Jock suggests.

Jock tries to get the missile launcher doing something helpful.

Ranged Strike: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17

"Time for you corpses to resemble REAL corpses," Jock bellows as he sends the missiles at the attacking ships.

Jock stands ◆, moves closer to the console in the center of the bridge ◆, and takes cover ◆ behind it from the pirate on the port side of the bridge Red

He is embarrassed to find himself rattled by the Captain's threats but he starts to recover his cool. Seeing his comrades put the mouthy android down helps considerably.

Thanks.

Okay. I was confused because the weapon has an area trait which normally doesn't require a strike roll.

I'm still not clear on how the saves apply. If the Primary Target strike hits, does that damage apply entirely, just like any attack vs. AC? Or does the target get a reflex save and if so, do they have to make two reflex saves, one for each rolled damage amount, or just one save for the combined amounts?

I made the primary target roll and got an 18. Then I rolled damage. It is my understanding you don't make a strike roll for an area attack. Enemies just roll saves.

Navasi's shot misses, but Firestorm isn't ready for the blast from Jock's weapon. She staggers as it hits her.

Hit, so [dice=Stellar Cannon Damage, primary target]1d10
[dice=Firestorm Reflex]1d20+5 Failure for 9 damage. That bloodies her.

Since this is my first time running this character and using this attack mode, I want to make sure I understand it.

Jock's previous post, the one that included the extra action of a stride, did make a 1d10 roll for damage and got a 9. Was the 1d10 roll made by the GM replacing that roll or was that for something else?

Damage was 9. Was that from Jock's damage roll or was it the 1d10 roll for 7 + 2 for something else?

Retcon: Since the area attack should have been 2 actions:
◆ Stride
◇ Primary Target Strike
◆◆ Strike with area attack weapon
No movement after the attack.

Suppressing fire Enemies in the affected area who fail their save against your attack become suppressed until the start of your next turn. A suppressed target takes a –1 circumstance penalty on attack rolls and takes a –10-foot status penalty to its Speeds. This might be null and void if the target is already suppressed.

◆ Stride
◇ Primary Target Strike
◆ Strike with area attack weapon
◆ Stride
Jock advances into the bridge and toward the pirate captain. When he gets next to Kulkor, he fires his Stellar cannon at her.

Stellar Cannon, Primary Target: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18 Free Ranged Strike
On a hit, if your primary target rolls a success against your Area Fire or Auto-Fire action, they get a failure instead. This Strike doesn’t count toward your multiple attack penalty.

Stellar Cannon Damage, P Area Burst 10': 1d10 ⇒ 9 DC 17 Reflex
The burst is centered on the captain.

Then Jock advances to engage the captain up close. "Your services as captain are no longer needed. Stand down while you can."

He moves through a threatened square, in case the captain can make an AOO. Note if the captain is suppressed, Jock gets +1 to his AC against her attacks.

Jock already activated his environmental protection in his armor, in case of sudden loss of hull integrity. "Call me the dentist, 'cause I think it's time to do some bridgework!"

Then he swaggers a step or two before hustling toward the bridge.

Jock accepts the magic healing and then says, "Let's get to that missile launcher!"

Jock is put off by the injury and the strange tentacles thingy. "What is that?! Don't tell me!!"

Jock holds his stellar cannon ready to fire, but waits to see if someone *cough* Navasi *cough* can sweet talk this person into joining the mutiny.

Will post an aid to diplomacy if anyone else with a better skill starts it off.

Jock stands ready to defend or assist Kulkorr.

Is the control room on our map in the bottom left corner? Do we need to move our tokens? If so, I'm not quite sure from the posts above exactly where we go to get to the control room and whether we will still be on this map when we get there.

Jock doesn't need any of the other available items, so her focuses on hustling to the control room.

Jock sets out to find this Polly and fix the missile launcher. "Chop chop! We need to do this before the boneyard boys do any more damage to our ship."

"Corpse fleet is attacking us. If ya don't wanta be collected into their collective, I'd suggest you help us fix that missile launcher so once we take control of the ship, we have a working gunnery option. How about you help us instead of hiding out in here?"

"How about we get to the munitions room and offer to help fix the missile launcher in exchange for getting this Brie to switch sides?" Jock suggests. He moves to the animal head.

When Captain Concierge said he would have to crawl through the alien head, at first he though it was a bathroom for non-humanoids. He also thought there was cheese in the munitions room until he remembered some humanoids name their children after foodstuff.

He stows his cannon so his entrance does not make the crew in there assume he's there to attack.

Repair rolls are probably crafting, which Jock is not trained in. We'll need someone with some skill if we intend to attempt repair tasks.

That's what I was looking at. It has since occurred to me that this adventure was using the playtest rules, so the update to all grenades having range 70' was probably a change from the playtest.

Does throwing a grenade require a d20 roll to place it where you want to explode or is it like other area weapons where you can position the center of the burst anywhere within the first range increment without a strike roll?

Also, the adventure lists the frag grenades as having a 30' range, but p. 280 of the Starfinder Core Rules lists grenades as having a range of 70'. None of the grenade descriptions mention any other range values for individual grenades. It probably won't matter in this adventure, but which range is correct?

Jock works his way over to the cargo hold, picking up a laser pistol, battery, and two frag grenades to add to his armaments. Then he moves to the cargo hold in time to observe the skittermander VI concierge.

"Sounds like a plan. Can you tell us where the crew is right now?"

If it matters, where is the hologram?

We've had some bad news at home that's making it a bit of a struggle to get in the right frame of mind to post. (Our 12 year old tom cat has cancer; he's not suffering bad effects yet, but we don't want to put him through chemotherapy or surgery, so we're going to give him a steroid that may help slow the progression and make the most of the time we have left with him.)

So if you need to 'bot me, go ahead.

I'm not sure if there is a skill to roll or maybe just Int.

Jock spends a moment looking out the window at the opposition, trying to see if the pirates stand a chance against these attackers, so as to formulate a plan.

Thanks. I meant to post that question here.