G'day, all. Sorry for falling off the face of the Earth. RL has really kicked me in the pants the past few months.
GM Q: I hope you had a blast at Gen Con. I'm sure the groups you ran games for had a wonderful time. It's fantastic that you do that.
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All good, GMQ. That it does, indeed. RL has smacked me around pretty good the past few weeks (even stopping to add a kick or two for good measure while I've been down) . I'll try and post in Gameplay shortly. Apologies, folks.
Welcome back, Thom! I hope the travel went well.
So, we have an operative double double tap!
It's interesting to see everyone's choices. Rion's level up is as follows: Operative feat: Double Tap
Working on the level up. The archetypes were limited for Rion, but I've decided on Envoy as the best fit. Nice one, ET! I really like the vibe you're giving Three-5, by the way. You're all over it, Drake! More bottom burps for Kala.
Hi, everyone. Sorry about my absence - today is the first time in the last 4 - 5 days that I've been able to load the page! (Althog, from Drake's post, it seems I wasn't the only one having troubles). Will start catching up.
All good. Have a great trip!
Thanks Thom! Any progress is better than no progress, in my books! As long as it works for you, too.
My thoughts with all of you and your loved ones. Take care of yourselves and those around you.
Thanks for the tip, Drake. :D I'll be sure to check them out when they're released! A shame they didn't go into a little detail in the video.
Sorry to hear of your loss, GMQ. My condolences.
No problemo, Thom. I hope that things are settling for you again.
Thanks, BG! Appreciate the reply. That's what I'd thought, too. But was starting to think I must have missed something.
I'm confused about where we're up to... did I miss Reynar's turn somewhere? I have him at 2 Photon attunement points, so he should be getting ready for his third turn (and zenith revelation)? Or are you waiting on his turn now and that's the delay?
Welcome back!
Plus, it can't be worse then THAC0Now that's a NAME I've not heard in a long time. THAC0? That's the villain from the Avengers movie, right? I remember him from the original Baldur's Gate.
GMQ - for those of us that grabbed a mining pick, what would be the Player Core Core equivalent? Assuming one exists...
This is SO COOL!
There's modifiers? I'm guessing for feats like Incredible Initiative (+2)? I'm sure there's some other feats or abilities out there that I have no idea about, too. Still on my learners license with this game.
The slides are coming along nicely, GMQ. Looking real nice. Thanks for adding the Hero Points. Nice touch on the character portrait, Bickle - love it!
No problem, Thom. I've been hard-pressed to post this week. RL has thrown a grenade.
And we're off! :D I really enjoyed reading everyone's posts. Can't wait to see everyone in action.
"I don't know my USB from by UPB" Nice one!
Ha! It gave me a laugh, too. :D Although, my stomach dropped soon after when I realised there was more negotiating to follow! It's not a usual role for me to play and I'm finding it challenging - very enjoyable but a challenge nonetheless I really loved everyone's contributions to the interrogation scene, too!
RL is currently flat chat. I'll try to get a post in soon.
Indeed! Have a blast :)
I hadn't seen Rion as being directly connected to the mining operations. Perhaps he's descended from one of Sehver's siblings or maybe the youngest child descended from a 3rd or 4th child, etc, so that there's a less direct connection, but still enough to leads to awkward pressure for legal/political/financial favours on occasion (going both ways). I'm still writing up the backstory post, but the short pitch is that he was a detective/sheriff and while working a case involving some crime syndicate, they had his family killed in retaliation. The case ended up being dismissed and the syndicate continued without any consequence. Rion turned in his badge and has gone freelance and is out for justice.
Sorry for the hold up, everyone. Ixd hoped to post today but it's getting really late. Will post in the morning.
Thommo started with 21 credits.
You forgot [dicebin]d20[/dicebin] and [incinerate]d20[/incinerate] Interesting. I have frequently observed that I get the same result if I roll several dice at once in a post. Whether that is confirmation bias or not, I'm not sure. For some time now, I have made it my practice to leave the final ] off the dice code when making several rolls at a time and then complete one roll code at a time while selecting preview for each addition. It has generally helped to prevent sticking the same result (great when it's 18 or 19, not so with 1's). I also usually name my attacks 1 and 2, so you might be onto something with the naming conventions I'm using here for Thommo. Thanks for picking that up. :) Hopefully it helps.
Welcome aboard, Drake. Supersuperlative, here. I've been part of this - and a few spin-offs - for quite some time now. I had a similar introduction to the D&D world through the cartoon. My path was a little different from there, though. Choose Your Own Adventure books and the Sierra Quest games (King's Quest, Space Quest, Quest for Glory), Dragon's Lance (and other fantasy) book series, before discovering the fantastic Baldur's Gate series, which in turn ked to my many, many year love affair with Neverwinter Nights and my introduction to the 3.5 ruleset used within. I began consuming many of setting materials for use within my NWN games but it was only about 13 years ago that I first played an actual TTRPG session (of Pathfinder). I've run a few games for students groups at my work over the years, but most of my playing experience has been via PbP, and almost exclusively Starfinder.
Oh, and ET - I like the sound of what you're putting together for Three-5. Ha! Nice one on Six-7 :) Thankfully, it seems to have died along with 2025 for my kids. When I first read their name, Ten-4 is what came to mind for me!
Ahhhh. So Pazi is actually a patsy!
A rabbit hole or a mining shaft, GMQ? ;) Nice images! Really starting to get a sense of the setting. Bonus archetypes, you say? Hmm. Not something I've used before. A nice little wrinkle to explore. Reminds me a little of gestalt characters. No story to share thus far, but following the inspiration of my fellow players, here's what I have so far for Rion: ● Hephaistos character sheet (still need to decide on an additional language)
It's been real cool seeing everyone's concepts coming together. Also, the interesting ways I've been introduced to for character portraits - Heroforge and Nano Banana! Thanks for sharing! Sorry to hear you had to cancel, Janosian. I hope the weather isn't too unkind to you northern hemisphere folk. We have a nice 31 degree C (87ish F) summer day today. Snow is something I have very very little experience with.
References galore! Also throw in the mind oozes and Slurm! I'm unfamiliar with Major Matt Mason (almost wrote Matt Murdock! ><), but whether that is due to time difference or geographical difference, I'm not sure. For context, my first action figures were He-man and Dukes of Hazzard.
Ah, excellent! Thanks, GMQ. I will await further information pertaining to said governance and security to incorporate into Rion's backstory. Nice to see another new submission, too!
Nevermind, GMQ. I thought to go over some of the older setting information (not much on SF 2E settlements as yet for me) and found this on AoN for SF1E under Akiton:
Akiton today has no centralized government, and its cold deserts, dry seabeds, and frigid polar ice caps host neverending skirmishes and proxy wars between various cities, clans, corporations, tribes, and offworld factions. It’s a world where unscrupulous business interests can engage in unregulated or morally questionable research and exploitation and where criminals, fugitives, and the lost come to escape justice, hide from their enemies, or try to make a fresh start. So that (provided you're going to be sticking with the canon in your campaign) answers that question. :) Perhaps fittingly, could be looking at an Wild West sheriff-like position? ;)
Nice work, GMQ. I'll keep my eyes on the setting information. Any hints on the law enforcement arrangement would be appreciated. And of low rung criminal figures/groups. Or I could devise some through the backstory?
That sounds great, Janosian! Have a great time at the convention :)
Thanks for the update, GMQ. There seems to be some interest in joining us, which is cool. As are the submissions so far. On that note, I'm narrowing in on a pc idea - Rion Lershock, one time law man turned freelance detective following a particularly tragic case. Operative skirmisher.
I've only pbp experience with SF 2E, so I don’t have lot more experience than you, ET. However, one of my SFS2E pcs is a Soldier and I have wrestled with the same conceptual shifts as you describe. Having played several soldiers in SF1E, it seemed very different. The main thing I've learned is that with area/auto fire for soldiers in 2E, you're not making an attack roll - creatures caught within the area have to make the save vs your class DC or suffer the consequences (damage and suppression). That said, you do make an attack roll (strike) as part of the area/auto attack against a primary target and, if you hit, they get an extra splash of damage plus only pass the previously mentioned save on a critical success. Feel free to check out my alias for Thomas Orrick to see how it plays with a Bombard Fighting style, if you don't mind the spoilers. Currently on his second SFS mission. Having great fun playing him, too. There was some discussion early on in first mission (in Discussion and Gameplay) as we were trying to figure out how it all worked.
Excellent. Look forward to seeing it. Leaning towards a human (hylki?) operative at the moment.
I almost forgot! I also look forward to finding out a little more about how the 3 Fold Conspiracy wraps up, but am also conscious of the work involved. Plus, another benefit of the small location and episodal nature might be opportunies for others to run a some mini missions/side plots for GMQ to have a chance to play!
Oh, I'm also getting a Western vibe, ET. A Firefly-esque frontier romp.
Hey GMQ! I'm still kicking about. Sounds fun. Look forward to see what you have cooking. Also, I have a little familiarity with SF2E (on my 3rd and 4th Society missions)
Thanks, GM GRIM. I understood but didn't word it very well.
All good, Thom. Life has a way of doing that. :)
No confusion for me, GRIM. I didn't realise that Thommo missed a turn, though!
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