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PFS is different from SFS, and there's been question about 'level of pregen' versus 'level of chronicle', because there's a theoretical chance that a character could have 'held' chronicles that could apply at the lowest part of the tier, and then be out of tier when they reach the level of the pregen played. Minimum level of the Chronicle(for the pregen tier) is a much better way to go.
Are the credits correct for a sheet reduced to L1?
"Yes! Anyone can be a Starfinder if they want to be. As Id said, the Society is lacking some person-power at the moment, and your insights would be appreciated and accepted! Navasi offers brightly and hopefully.
"There was a saying on Absalom station my folks loved -- 'When all you get is yellowfruit, make yellowfruit juice.' - I think you should do that." Navasi begins. "You've been living here for a few years, brought it back up to snuff with careful and methodical ways that were keeping in the nature of your local customs. I'm PRETTY sure that the Starfinder Society, given their personnel resources of late would be more than willing to ask y'all to stay on-base as 'on-site consultants' or something crazy along those lines. What would your people like to do?"
From Navasi's perspective, if he runs, then he's going to have no one to support him, and he'll fall even more into 'The Weeping Knight's' flippers. If the moralmaws execute him on the spot, or we do, then the blood will scar the community, who do not appear to have been dialed in on this. The only option she's seeing is to talk him down and play it cool.
Navasi slowly and in a non-threatening fashion -- look, she has no weapons out! -- makes her way towards Teltham. "Look, I know you're probably scared. You're thinking everyone is going to blame you and try to take it out on you. But you greeted us with open arms, and your family and community here has been very welcoming. We ALL make mistakes in our lives, we all learn from them, when we stop learning from them is when we stop living. When we get confronted with things that challenge our beliefs there tends to be two reactions -- fight or flight. was confronted with such a challenge, and someone who I loved very much knew I'd fight to stay with them, and sent me away. Please don't run. Please help your community and your people grow through this. Don't have to fight, either. Be the best of your family and a positive example to them, please."
GM: I do have a Scotty's shirt promotional Reroll if it'd be allowed and appropriate...
"So, I was sent by the Society because the person who was going to be sent apparently had a fashion show they had to attend for diplomatic reasons. Information for their dossier follows" SFS 145296-705 'Jimaa Whitehorn'
"If we've finished our inventory, we *do* need to check in with the local leader. Since Oshessa isn't with us any longer... that might make it easier, right?" Navasi offers hopefully. "Having the deposits called out specifically is a bonus as well... though explaining to them that they may have been duped might not work so well?"
"Keep up the pressure! Focus on that last one!" Navasi takes a shot while keeping the party inspired!
*nervously watches the site*
Navasi's Next Turn: Navasi moves up and looks intently at the snakes.
"I see the scraps, too! Take them out! Focus on the big blue one!"
Navasi points at the lead snake. "Focus fire on the big one in front, don't let it damage the container any further!" she intones. "Do we have anyone that can bolster that thing before it gets damaged any further?"
I suggest completionism and looking through the reliquary area carefully!
"Just a thought, the last room that was somewhat secured for us may have more information we could use to bolster our case, and right now given the circumstances we need all the evidence we can find to prevent this from turning into a genocide of a newly found species that seems pretty cool!" Navasi offers hopefully. "Besides, Weydan is big on being 'just another person', and 'another person' could be any race or whatnot, so... let's see if we can find more info, please? Once we get done securing this area and adding it to our inventory, of course."
"Let's get you out of that cage, and check on the surrendered persons and make sure the unconscious one doesn't die, right?" Navasi offers as she starts looking around the room for things of importance -- after all, they ARE supposed to be doing an inventory, right?
Navasi moves over to get a clear shot only to be confronted by the flailing mass of Obozaya attempting poorly to try and make an escape. "Keep the pressure up! Take out that healer if you get a chance as a secondary!"
If Obo tries to move past Navasi before Navasi's next turn:: Navasi will try to trip or slow down Obozaya if Obo tries to get through her square without actively striking her.
"Keep AFTER her! Don't let her escape, she needs to never feel pain again!" Navasi shouts, moving up to try another shot. Hey, who knows, maybe the threat of not feeling such might force her to stand down! In Event there is line of sight to Oshessa at some point before Navasi's next turn:
The Demo area in the Exhibit hall IS quieter than the Sagamore -- during the day. At night, I think the overnight shift was at 'just the right volume' in the Sag, and if I volunteer for GMing a huge chunk next year, I'm DEFINITELY doing overnight shifts. Sure, it shot my sleep cycle to heck and back, but the less stress on my voice was very welcome. I had a *slight* brush with the cruds but I'm somewhat recovered -- I only got two hours of sleep Saturday evening (if one is generous) because the afternoon slot I was going to play/grab dinner in turned into an extra GM slot on top of the eight I was already doing.
"Focus your attacks on Oshessa, but be careful not to hit the prisoner! Navasi intones with a clarion tone. Knowing she wouldn't make a shot from her current position, the freelance captain moves up a bit.
Navasi, no stranger to combat but still a bit concerned about the possibility of 'friendly fire' carefully undoes the strap holding her auto-pistol and slowly draws it, ready for things to go haywire.
"And then the bottom fell out. Literally. Trust me when I tell you a Shirren looks much better with their clothes on..." Navasi offers with a winning smile. "I should go catch up with the rest of my team, make sure that the inventory is going okay. I'll be back for more stories later, if you want to hear them?"
The human woman carefully crept along the bottom, trying to take great care to not disrupt the rocks or bring attention to her presence.
Just as long as it doesn't endanger the party's stealth by doing so, all cool with it!
Sorry to hear that! Much like GM boss said! And Navasi is there, but given the DRAMATIC ACTION SEQUENCE that the party is going through and all she's doing is keeping the mega-crap-tonne of space-walrii distracted, I'm sparing you boring details and distractions... :P
Space doors. An even more challenging foe in Starfinder PbP than PF! :p :)
We're going to have to really show that we're focused on dinner and that, and make enough of an impression that they are paying attention to us and not so much on the folks who are not present. Navasi will sit further up and in harm's way a bit away from any party members that are attempting to 'sneak away'. Her goal is to talk to folks at dinner, share loud tales that may or may not be true, and in general get folks looking in her direction versus which party members may or may not be eating.
Diversion:
When Navasi successfully uses Bluff to create a distraction, she can allow an ally to attempt a Stealth check to hide (instead of attempting to hide herself). She can attempt to allow multiple allies to use Stealth to hide but she takes a -5 penalty to her Bluff for every ally after the first, and on a failed check, no ally can attempt to hide.
"Miss Oshessa?" Navasi inquires politely, "Would it be possible to hear more at length privately about the Weeping Prince and the joy of life through trial? We don't share the same pains that the Moralmaw do, and it would be very helpful to have a sense of perspective of how much pain the People have endured on the path -- without disrupting everyone else while they are at dinner?"
If this is allowed, we can find out what is in that private area without a huge fight... and we might even get some insight into Oshessa's faith. She may NOT be as bad as we might think... it takes all kinds in space.
"Our hosts asked us to do an inventory, that's a fair request. And they invited us to the ceremony, also a fair request and a sign of an open society, especially one that's been through the trials that the moralmaws have been through. We need to inquire about that old fuel that no one uses anymore and find that team that was here before us, so it seems like it'd all fit together, wouldn't it?" Navasi offers with a calm and measured tone.
"When you say b--" Navasi begins as Raia breaks in and then stops as she has a *very* conflicted look on her face. On the one hand, if that's a bad deity, that's not good. But on the other hand, if they're worshipping a good portion of a bad deity, that's good, right? Arrghhh... I wish I'd paid more attention to the Comparative Religions tutor!! Because it could also be good if they're going their own way, and Weydan could be *anyone* and it'd be right up Weydan's alley to help people be the people they want to be... "How long have you been following the Weeping Knight?" she finally inquires.
Sticking together is probably the best bet, so let's follow Raia's lead to A6, then work from there?
Still here, just can't think of what else to contribute at the moment.
In the event that Navasi is clued in about the item:
Navasi keeps a sharp and respectful eye out, so as not to wake the slumbering sentient spacelrus.
"Maybe we should wait until we're done with the inventory, then we'd have a really GOOD reason to talk to her?" Navasi offers with a smile. "It'd also help us figure out what happened here, wouldn't it?"
"So you do this co-op style, everyone takes their turn at every position so everyone gets a chance to try something new every day? That's kind of neat! Is that part of your religion or is it just a thing you do as a people?" Navasi is intrigued, but also a bit worried because the more people that cook, the more of a chance that someone DID accidentally poison guests! "Chlophirium is the element that we were asked to inquire about here, Raia. Remember, that old fuel that no one uses anymore?"
"Did you make the same sort of special meal for the other guests that were here before us?" Navasi inquires gently. I've seen some crazy things in Space, but that would really be a topper... accidentally poisoning the guests with a meal made in their honor...
Raia, you figured out, it'd only be polite to *let them know*?
"Whatcha cooking? Did the other recent guests join you for a meal, too? Please do not be offended, some of us cannot handle new cuisine very well and you would probably feel horrible if someone got sick." Navasi offers that politely as she tries to figure out what if anything is in herre, and trying to NOT think of what a walrus-person might consider 'extra tasty'.
"Huh. Well, let's keep cataloging, then, right? Maybe we'll get some better insight into what's going on... and hopefully we don't run into something horrible like an assembly ooze spitting out bioware or something like that. I've heard that's a thing during spacer-talk at bars." Navasi offers hopefully. Chronicle Navasi is referring to: The Half-Alive Streets
"Do you need a moment or two, Obo? These sorts of relationships often need time and space to work out properly, right?" Navasi offers with a bit of a playful smirk, then glances to the rest of the team to start looking towards one of the other rooms that the team has not explored yet to allow the Vesk a 'personal moment' if desired.
Navasi, who has been kind of quietly sitting to the side watching the goings-on will attempt to figure out the script, even using her Anarchic Flame Pistol for comparison (not shooting, just trying to compare the scripts with her weapon's fusion). She will offer any insights she can glean to those who would know more about such things.
In addition, she will note the recent Assets in the catalog: 3 flying security drones keyed to Starfinder badges
"Anybody else find anything that I missed? Trying to keep a list of things going here."
"Y'know, on second thought, let's stick together. This place is in a fault zone and we don't necessarily know the stability and all that. Better to play it safe than sorry." Navasi offers after a moment or two of poking around.
Navasi will take a few moments to look around and see what else is nifty about this place, checking the rooms that haven't been marked 'off-limits' or 'Priest Praying Quarters' or the like to try and get a start on an inventory. It's a request from the host as well as part of the primary mission, so getting both of them done at the same time can only be a good thing. "If anyone needs help, please let me know, I'll poking around looking at stuff."
"Thirty-two. Individually, that is. Not counting things like extractions to prevent some from growing improperly or when I've gotten a couple knocked out fighting people, that is." Navasi offers with a bit of a grin, displaying a full set of teeth. "But you probably already knew that. How has this place been holding up since you found it?"
Oh, mannnn. Missed the chance to have my Vesk 'science nerd' rant about the evil 'jock' culture... :p
"Do you recall what was said *just* before the other team left, and how long ago that was? And... you've read about Humans?" Navasi inquires then gets a worried thought-chain. I hope like heck the folks who closed this place down didn't leave porn or the like behind by accident. "We should also inventory things, and if you're staying here see about getting some equipment better suited to your needs if our leaders think it's necessary."
"Greetings, and thank you! I am Navasi. I am Human, and yes, we are here on behalf of the Starfinder Society! So, what sort of traditions or the like should a guest bring to someone's home in your society?" the envoy inquires, not wishing to offend the hosts by making unknowing mis-steps if at all possible.
No worries, I've been getting beaten up by work, so kind of glad for the slower pace.
Navasi will motion to the folks by the door to head on in, relaying the message. On the team frequency she'll add "So, how are we going to secure the can to keep it from wandering while we're inside?" In all fairness, even she hadn't thought that far ahead.
"As long as it's not too pressurized and it makes your hair all static, right?" Navasi offers to Vixi with a bit of a kidding tone. "Let's see if there's some way to 'knock' or let folks know we're here?" The human pauses for a moment. "Attention Arniselle Starfinder Lodge or Manta Squad, we are from the Starfinder Society. Are you receiving this message?" she transmits on the 'standard' Starfinder frequency via comm.
"Yeah, thought for a second it might be Weydan somehow but there's nothing I can remember about them referencing chains like that. Let's not be too hasty, though. If they have quakes all the time, things may not be as stable as they look?"
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