Male Ysoki Bounty Hunter Mechanic 4 | SP 32/32 | HP 26/26 | EAC 17 | KAC 17 | F +5 | R +6 | W +2 | Init +2 | Perc +8 (Darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive +1 | RP 5/5 | Reroll 1/1 | Active Spells:None
"Ahh! That was a close shot! Time to return the favor."
Swift Action
Quig spits out an Incendiary Grenade from his cheek pouch.
Standard Action
He tries to lob it over the crates at the enemy.
Grenade Attack (2nd range increment):1d20 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (16) + 2 - 1 = 17- vs. AC 5 (5 base + 4 cover, since grenades are always thrown at an intersection) Grenade Damage:1d6 ⇒ 5- Fire, DC 13 Reflex for half
Move Action
He direct the drone to fly up and attack.
Male Ysoki Bounty Hunter Mechanic 4 | SP 32/32 | HP 26/26 | EAC 17 | KAC 17 | F +5 | R +6 | W +2 | Init +2 | Perc +8 (Darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive +1 | RP 5/5 | Reroll 1/1 | Active Spells:None
Standard Action
Quig takes aim at one of the goblins and fires upon it. Going to fire at the Dotted Blue outlined one, but if that one is dead already, the Solid Blue outlined one instead. Auto-Pistol Attack:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19 Auto-Pistol Damage:1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7- Piercing
Male Ysoki Bounty Hunter Mechanic 4 | SP 32/32 | HP 26/26 | EAC 17 | KAC 17 | F +5 | R +6 | W +2 | Init +2 | Perc +8 (Darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive +1 | RP 5/5 | Reroll 1/1 | Active Spells:None
With that info, moved Quig and his Drone up some. BTW, most of the party has very long ranged weapons (as SF weapons tend to have longer ranges) so it should be fine, hopefully.
Male Ysoki Bounty Hunter Mechanic 4 | SP 32/32 | HP 26/26 | EAC 17 | KAC 17 | F +5 | R +6 | W +2 | Init +2 | Perc +8 (Darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive +1 | RP 5/5 | Reroll 1/1 | Active Spells:None
That is what I thought as well. The more stealthers, the more likely we will be revealed. You might be able to take out a few in a surprise round anyway.
Male Ysoki Bounty Hunter Mechanic 4 | SP 32/32 | HP 26/26 | EAC 17 | KAC 17 | F +5 | R +6 | W +2 | Init +2 | Perc +8 (Darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive +1 | RP 5/5 | Reroll 1/1 | Active Spells:None
Quig sends a text back to Raia from his Custom Rig to her Personal Comm Unit. "Well, we already found goblins. Hopefully we'll figure out if this place is actually a moon or if it's some sort of superstructure."
Male Ysoki Bounty Hunter Mechanic 4 | SP 32/32 | HP 26/26 | EAC 17 | KAC 17 | F +5 | R +6 | W +2 | Init +2 | Perc +8 (Darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive +1 | RP 5/5 | Reroll 1/1 | Active Spells:None
Quig activates Environmental Protections on his armor before heading down to the surface. No point is having trouble breathing while I'm there.
Just so you all know, ALL armor in Starfinder can maintain an environmental mode for 1 day/item level. Yes, that is a very long time, and yes, it is for ALL armor (unless the armor specifies that it doesn't). Light or heavy, even the cheapest armor comes with this feature.
Male Ysoki Bounty Hunter Mechanic 4 | SP 32/32 | HP 26/26 | EAC 17 | KAC 17 | F +5 | R +6 | W +2 | Init +2 | Perc +8 (Darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive +1 | RP 5/5 | Reroll 1/1 | Active Spells:None
Engineer's Rolls Divert to Shields (vs. DC 18):1d20 + 14 ⇒ (6) + 14 = 20
"Keeping those shields up! Don't want to dip into actual ship damage... that takes too long to repair!" 8 hull points restored, 1 to starboard shields and the other 7 to the forward shields.
Male Ysoki Bounty Hunter Mechanic 4 | SP 32/32 | HP 26/26 | EAC 17 | KAC 17 | F +5 | R +6 | W +2 | Init +2 | Perc +8 (Darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive +1 | RP 5/5 | Reroll 1/1 | Active Spells:None
Alright, got some of the shields up. We're doing great right now. Since it's some people's first time with this, strategy-wise, here are some suggestions:
Suggestions:
Science Officers: We could use a science officer to get some more scanning info if possible. This could potentially tell us about our weapons they have and give the Pilot more useful information to work with. An alternative is to try to target a ship to help out the Gunners.
Pilot: We're doing fine here. Just make sure to continue to be mindful of positioning relative to where our guns and enemy guns are.
Captain: Pretty much anything you do is useful.
Gunners: Blast away! It's always good to focus fire on one ship just like it is in normal combat.
Engineering: If other's don't mind, my character is really good at this and I'm just going to continue to mend the shields as best I can. If it starts getting critical I may call for some more to help with system failures, but until then I'm going to stay there.
Male Ysoki Bounty Hunter Mechanic 4 | SP 32/32 | HP 26/26 | EAC 17 | KAC 17 | F +5 | R +6 | W +2 | Init +2 | Perc +8 (Darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive +1 | RP 5/5 | Reroll 1/1 | Active Spells:None
No worries. I'm trying to avoid launching into full explanation mode as I absolutely love subsystems in RPGs. (I loved Mass Combat and Group Chases in Pathfinder)
Male Ysoki Bounty Hunter Mechanic 4 | SP 32/32 | HP 26/26 | EAC 17 | KAC 17 | F +5 | R +6 | W +2 | Init +2 | Perc +8 (Darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive +1 | RP 5/5 | Reroll 1/1 | Active Spells:None
No, each character only gets one roll per round. (There's some special exceptions when you have a small crew, but that's usually for crews of 1 or 2 so I wouldn't even worry about those rules)
There's also a very unofficial rule by Thursty that droids can't help in Spaceship combat. (One with I greatly agree with, especially in a larger party like 5-6 players)
Male Ysoki Bounty Hunter Mechanic 4 | SP 32/32 | HP 26/26 | EAC 17 | KAC 17 | F +5 | R +6 | W +2 | Init +2 | Perc +8 (Darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive +1 | RP 5/5 | Reroll 1/1 | Active Spells:None
Just some strategy talk (sorry if I'm talkative in this... but I've worked through a lot of the strategy), the most important part is to make sure we can fire with our weapons which are on every side except Aft (behind us). So having them in our Forward, Port, or Starboard arc is good, and even better if we have some in one arc and others in another for when we have more than one gunner since we can only fire each gun once/round, although we do also have a Turret gun which can fire in any direction.
Secondly, if we can get in an arc where they can't fire upon us, even better. Might not be possible though since they have a turret gun which can fire in any direction.
As to where to steer or what maneuver to do, I'm not here to tell you what to do. Helm's yours Pilot. :)
Male Ysoki Bounty Hunter Mechanic 4 | SP 32/32 | HP 26/26 | EAC 17 | KAC 17 | F +5 | R +6 | W +2 | Init +2 | Perc +8 (Darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive +1 | RP 5/5 | Reroll 1/1 | Active Spells:None
More than likely Quig won't use it for most checks, but as I found out the last time I did Starship combat, the initial scan can tell the pilot a lot about the tactics they should employ.
Hopefully someone with good computers takes up the Science Officer role. :)
(And for the person that does take on the Science Officer, make sure you are adding your +1 for Computers from the ship AND the +2 that Engineering just gave you)
Male Ysoki Bounty Hunter Mechanic 4 | SP 32/32 | HP 26/26 | EAC 17 | KAC 17 | F +5 | R +6 | W +2 | Init +2 | Perc +8 (Darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive +1 | RP 5/5 | Reroll 1/1 | Active Spells:None
Engineer's Rolls Engineering (Comm Penalty) (Vs. DC 18):1d20 + 14 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 14 - 2 = 17 Diverting Power to Computers
Quig, already in the right place, continues to support the ship through engineering.
"Diverting power to Computers! Scan them! We need to know what we're dealing with so perhaps we can steer ourselves into a blind spot of their weapons!"
So, our ship gives us a +2 bonus to two checks/round. Do we have to decide that before or after we make the check? The rules are not clear, but I would love to get the +2 bonus to make the check if possible.
(Keep in mind our Ship gives up +4 to Piloting Checks and +1 to the Computers skill)
Male Ysoki Bounty Hunter Mechanic 4 | SP 32/32 | HP 26/26 | EAC 17 | KAC 17 | F +5 | R +6 | W +2 | Init +2 | Perc +8 (Darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive +1 | RP 5/5 | Reroll 1/1 | Active Spells:None
"Look, I know us Ysoki need our hygiene taken care of. Those non-toxic cheek pouch cleaning swabs are great as well as that moisturizing shampoo, but I also know that 800 credits is quite a bit in a..."Well, better not say "dump" in case one of those things is listening"...prison like this, or anywhere really. We aren't just made of money here. We're willing to help out but we gotta meet somewhere in the middle."
Male Ysoki Bounty Hunter Mechanic 4 | SP 32/32 | HP 26/26 | EAC 17 | KAC 17 | F +5 | R +6 | W +2 | Init +2 | Perc +8 (Darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive +1 | RP 5/5 | Reroll 1/1 | Active Spells:None
Quig is busy tinkering with some of the panels and gadgets in the ship while the party gets hailed. He lets others take care of the talking in this case and continues to familiarize himself with the ship until it's time to land.
Male Ysoki Bounty Hunter Mechanic 4 | SP 32/32 | HP 26/26 | EAC 17 | KAC 17 | F +5 | R +6 | W +2 | Init +2 | Perc +8 (Darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive +1 | RP 5/5 | Reroll 1/1 | Active Spells:None
Quig looks upon the ship. "It's what's on the inside that really counts." Quig takes a look inside the day before if he can and starts getting himself familiar with the ship's structure and systems.
Male Ysoki Bounty Hunter Mechanic 4 | SP 32/32 | HP 26/26 | EAC 17 | KAC 17 | F +5 | R +6 | W +2 | Init +2 | Perc +8 (Darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive +1 | RP 5/5 | Reroll 1/1 | Active Spells:None
A Ysoki is fooling around with a hover drone, tinkering with its knobs and bolts (although admittedly mostly to have something to tinker with than to actually fix something).
"Quig here. And this is Scout. We're doing introductions, right?" Quig continues to tinker with the drone.
Male Ysoki Bounty Hunter Mechanic 4 | SP 32/32 | HP 26/26 | EAC 17 | KAC 17 | F +5 | R +6 | W +2 | Init +2 | Perc +8 (Darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive +1 | RP 5/5 | Reroll 1/1 | Active Spells:None
For starship combat, really the most important thing tactics wise for order of things is the helm phase. Getting a high pilot check and going last with movement is a huge tactical advantage. The engineering and gunner phases are also essential, but order of turn between starships doesn't matter as much for those.
Male Ysoki Bounty Hunter Mechanic 4 | SP 32/32 | HP 26/26 | EAC 17 | KAC 17 | F +5 | R +6 | W +2 | Init +2 | Perc +8 (Darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive +1 | RP 5/5 | Reroll 1/1 | Active Spells:None
Yo! GM Andrew, your mechanic here! Started setting stuff up for myself since it will be hard for me next week to do so. Hopefully my stat line will do.
It's also worthy of note I am GMing this in a couple days, so I will be familiar with the scenario.
