Did someone mention my name? I just got done with scoring three goals in Droid-death ball and someone said they tagged me in a the vid-net.
Well, if you are seeking an autograph, no problem! Just tell me where to send it. If you want an autographed Doshko, you got to supply the Doshko.... but I'll sign it! I'll even get my good friend and Vid-sensation Draka to sign it also. That was her weapon of choice anyway.
I'm gonna boost some of these songs for a Bard I'm going to play soon! Thanks Dash for the music inspiration. I laughed so much thinking of us "dance fighting" during certain scenes. Man! I laughed through about 90% of this AP.
Zane wants to live because he wants to conquer the universe (fanboy wise not militarily) , but as a PC, I think this is an ending that we couldn't have hoped for. An epic final boss battle that left us gasping and grasping.
We even got a mega warship space combat in for good measure.
Personally, the ending was so special because "two stayed behind" and two went to the exits.... but when the others needed that "final burst of help"-- Abe didn't think twice and forsook the safe escape for his companions. That's the textbook ending for me - ABE's critical decision. Abe and Zane could have just shrugged shoulders and gone on the hyperlift. Instead, there was a call to action and ABE knew he was making a life and death decision.
Zane thought about it not once, not twice, but three times. He returned because he can't fly a ship. At the end, he smiled and enjoyed his friends company.
What an ENDING!! I got all misty and emotional when looking over these final posts and writing my own view of Zane's demise.
@Gm- Exceptional work on this AP. SO MUCH FUN.
@ Players- wonderful roleplaying. Everyone stayed in magnificent character and developed full living breathing friends for Zane to bond with- even Messelina -an inanimate object was Zane's closest companion.
Damn! Dash had so very few posts where he didn't say a swear word. That's tough work in a 4000 post PBP.
Vetch was great with his goblin hate, but also amazing at avoiding damamge. I'd guess he took 200 (ish) damamge the whole campaign. He be smart.
Abe- You did EVERYTHING, and I mean EVERYTHING with the Sunrise Maiden and developing two characters- yourself and Messelina. Anyway, the Sunrise Maiden was bad-a$$ and it was all you.
I liked Starfinder. It's system is a bit broken, but I'm all about roleplaying. It was different and liberating to be able to use pop culture references (vs. regular Pathfinder) and pump in modern music.
What a great change of pace. Would I do 10 Starfinder Campaigns? No, but I'd play the system again.
Zane is exhultant as the music blasts. He's exhultant as he lays down some fiery death and destruction with the weapons.
As Vetch flies through the debris, he sees how close they are to the Stellar Degenerator. His exhultantion ends. Not enough time to escape. Jumping in an escape pod only to be captured by The Eoxians sounds like a last ditch option.
Then he has a mental picture of Waneda, and most of the other Eoxian screwheads he's encountered. Zane is more than satisfied that he's spent the last 2 months giving them the old Rachel-Ross. In fact, Zane puts his forearms up, clench fist side by side with clenched fist and gives a real Rachel-Ross to the Universe's enemies.
There's not much to say, champions that go out on top are undisputed champions. The barbershop talkers never knock them down. They are always held on a high pedistal, which is what Zane always craved.
Team Blood and Fury was exactly that. An undefeated Team with a perfect name.
Undisputed Champions. The Zane has the best teammates ever. Thank you.
Zane enjoys the presence of his friends.
He doesn't say anything more. Nothing more to say to a perfect ending.
Oh Wee little ship, welcome to the Starboard side. The Empire of Bones is a very generous lover, and it's about time hospitality is shown!
Let The Zane show you all the weaponry to be found on the Starboard side on this super long Bone.
Get some!
Zane spends a resolve point and drops a Broadside on Little Orphan Annie.
With Coach letting loose on the Orphan Maker, and the DuskBlade lagging so far behind, Zane agrees to focus fire.
He lines up the turret target on the OrphanMaker (Dash's target) and
Kablewie!
Zane makes sound effects into the comms.
He lines up the port arc.
This is for all the orphans!! attack:1d20 + 11 + 5 + 10 - 4 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 11 + 5 + 10 - 4 + 10 = 48 Fire at will. Comp +10. Capt +10. Two weapons from the port arc.
attack:1d20 + 11 + 5 + 10 - 4 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 11 + 5 + 10 - 4 + 10 = 42
He *thinks* he's shooting lasers of some sort. What he really shoots is a Gravity Cannon and a Mass Driver.
You are taking Messelina with you, aren't you?
He looks down the tube for a grav-train..hoping one would come in the brief 5 seconds lag of having to make a decision.
His plan of just grabbing Messelina and jumping on a Grav-train back to Sunrise exits his mind.
Zane moves to the bridge seat, ejecting a lifeless form if needed. Zane knew the weapons seat from when he was in the bridge area before.
He lines up the crosshairs and starts popping off blasts like a videogame.
Coach, it's been good being a part of the team. Guess the contract didn't get renewed. Seems like the club went in a different direction.
Please know that Coach Dash was the best coach The Zane's played for. Ever.
As an aside, but am I wrong from interpreting: The electroencephalon command key is the key to Serovox's undead power. With it you can take control of the Empire of Bones. Picking the key up you feel the ship become an extension of your own body.
Abe can attach it and then remote the Empire of Bones ship from the sunrise maiden... right? All safey, safey?
It's okay ABE. Zane don't care about the footage.
When Messelina went down, that hurt The Zane's heart a lot. She's worth more than 5 cameras and end of fight footage. Abe's gonna get her good and right, right?
He just nods at ABE. Zane thinks fixmaster can fix his girl Lina.
Other than that whisper,he remains pretty silent and demure.
what a long way has Zane developed from when you first met him! Back at the Plaguewarren statue (Now, The Zane Statue) he was very upset about the lack of cameras featuring Him.
Zane sits and rests and takes all the first aid given. He doesn't say anything further. Nodding or shaking his head to reply to questions.
Spend a resolve.
I humbly say, "Thank you, but the credit is split along many horizons."
You guys held off a full onslaught from the pincer attack.
I would also like to note that Zane probably absorbed/had displaced/field fixed/kinetically absorbed in the ballpark of 400 points of damage. The displacement on the critical hit, plus the kinetic absorbtion from the monks attacks were huge.
But, let me stress... he was built to take 200 points of damage normally ... and by sheer luck got an extra 200ish HP's in transparent damage.
As a player, my jaw just dropped to the floor.
as Zane, he just drops to the floor.
Zane's body slumps down. He wordlessly pulls out a bandage- applying some blood keeping tricks he knows.
While doing this, he stays where he's at, but rotates his head to scan the dead bodies littering the two rooms.
He sees a body and nods his head. Up and down. Up and Down.
What a combat! Zane regains 11 Stamina by using Field Fix. and he downs a serum of healing. serum:3d8 ⇒ (5, 5, 7) = 17 HP's
Zane groans, Zane grits his teeeth. Zane's knees are buckling and barely keeping him up. It's the framework of his armor that deceives the vidcam viewer into thinking he's " just fine".
But Zane know's he's on camera. Not the time for whining or crying.Time for gritted teeth trash talk dirty Harry Zane style.
How'd youz get to be Admiral if a stupid decision like gettin' face to face with The Zane was your *go to move*?
free action. Dropp bubba. swift action pull spear from quick draw glove. Onslaught!
The refs just called a 2 minute warning. It's 4th Quarter - Baby!
He plinks the Admiral with three blasts from Bubba. Hoping that the shots strike true, as all the other blasts from Team B & F look to be off mark.
The Zane's hips are still gyrating backwards and forwards. Backwards and forwards.
He fully expects retribution, but this will be worth it. It'll also make VERY good Vid shots and "Best of Blood and Fury".
The taunt makes Zane want to squeeze off more spear arch blasts. He controls himself this time, but he's a man on the edge.
Admiral wrote:
.I know quite a bit about how you fight.Including your weakness to failure."
Team B & F isn't anything without the vid-cams and the message boards. It's what gives the swagger. So you could see what the Amazing Team B & F accomplished, it only leaves all the haters shaking in their boots.
Speaking of haters- before you re-die. Can you share your screen name? Gotta report you to the message board mods. Admiral is *CERTAINLY* biased and B & F can get to 4.74 stars if a few negative comments get wiped off the score board.
Just the glint in Vinas's eye when he verbalizes "Back in the Village". It's like there's a 7th son of a 7th son connection there.
You my brother too!
and he gives Vinas a "keep pouring it on" finger rotation.
He steps side by side. Ready to open the door when Vinas gives the "all clear".
End times? Aw HELL to the NO.
Over and over again, on slightly under a hundred episodes, it's been said.
It's The ZANE-TIMES!
The Universe is just getting to know The Zane, and your two arch laser blasts clearly prove that The Universe L-O-V-E-S The Zane."
Thanks Dash for that life saving spell. That crit would have put me in a world of hurt. Without the displacement, I want a better chance to hit. No more onslaught.
From Boingo to Bubba. It's time for Bubba to take this sucker out!
With the image of the enemy appearing in sight, Zane's hast circuit flares some more.
While The Zane likes shooting things, being toe to toe is JUST PRIMO CHERRY.
and he rushes to the enemy.
35 move. but things look like rough terrain, but I have more than enough movement. Additionally, with the Admiral being invis and displaced, I can't/shouldn't be able to use my step up feat.
Here's a big spear in the gut! onslaught:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19damage:5d8 + 20 ⇒ (1, 1, 1, 2, 6) + 20 = 31 misschance:1d100 ⇒ 9 High is good news!
onslaught:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14damage:5d8 + 20 ⇒ (7, 3, 4, 8, 1) + 20 = 43 misschance:1d100 ⇒ 66 High is good news!
onslaught:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14damage:5d8 + 20 ⇒ (5, 3, 2, 8, 4) + 20 = 42 misschance:1d100 ⇒ 94 High is good news!
Abe, usually amazing with tech and knows the math of angles, gets confounded by the Zagarat pedastal.His holoimage ends up a full 5 feet off target! Zane stabs the image over and over and over... for no actual effect!
Well.
Well Damn.
There's an invisible wall. Dwarf got this right, bash through the wall.
Zane's happy he took out the flailing monk. Only thing here is that noxious gas and he can bash through a wall.
The Zane's bashed through the Svatverian's offensive line. Hey Dwarf, before you croaked, did you like the Svatverian Lolligaggers? They were ranked high in your neck of the universe.
he pauses.
Well they were until THe Zane played them....then...
and he makes a "poof" gesture with his hands. The hands that move toward the invisible wall and start bashing. Use haste circuit again!
attack:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27damage:5d8 + 20 ⇒ (6, 4, 5, 1, 7) + 20 = 43 attack:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25damage:5d8 + 20 ⇒ (2, 5, 6, 1, 6) + 20 = 40 attack:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25damage:5d8 + 20 ⇒ (8, 7, 3, 1, 5) + 20 = 44
Zane activates the haste circuit and skeedaddles over to the monk.
Bringing the super spear down to bear.
The Zane friggin' LOVES this spear. Holy Hot Damns, yes the kind with the two drops of tabasco in them, this spear should never have been put into a glass case.
@ GM. I don't think Zane imagines it goes all the way. Being an invisible wall, it's just not magics he's dealt with before. I'll play him as ignorant to the fact he'd be trapped.
Hey Abe! The Zane will be there in a second, just got to get around this tactical panel! The command deck is ours! these undead screw heads are easy to kill. They don't move from their monitor. Well, there's this monk too, but it's easy pickin'z
Zane will move after understanding situation from GM
@ GM. The wall that separates the room in invisible right?
Zane only knows about it, because he sort of backed up against in in the lower part of the command deck.
It's possible/probable that Zane doesn't know the wall goes all the way across.
I basically need to know as -with Abe in the room, he'd head that way and not to the door.
reflex save:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14 Save vs Corrosive Haze
Seeing that he's trapped by some wall he can't get around, he does the unexpected. Rushing forward and using his Inferno spear to lay waste to three of the zombies manning the wall of computers.
Zane steps up and whacks the Gatecrasher.
Sheesh. Losing more than 2 fumbles in a game usually means losing the game. Kinda hard to beat an opponent when you lose the take away stats. Coaches tell The Zane all the time, win the deflections and take away stats and the game is won!
Zane feels the pain. His insides becoming his outsides. He doesn't know the name of this Rewire Flesh phenomenon.
save:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17 DC 23 Will save
But speaking of Phenoms...
The Zane is a Universal Phenom! Book it Peeps! He moves 5 feet to slide under the gatecrasher's weapon arch.
As the GateCrasher leaves like a woman with bed head exiting a hotel room. Zane yells out to the Walk of Shame(r), Say The Name!
Seeing the enemies on either side of him, he gloats about how he hastoo many women to dealwith. This is like Wilt "the Stilt" Chamberlain or Tommy "The Gunn". But his jovial mood ends abruptly as he sees his favorite B & F'er get smashed over and over again.
Messelina!!!
With a look of anger and focus he slashes spears the enemy.
I may have something interesting against this GateCrasher dude. He won't get room to swing at me.
Soldier feats:
Step Up
As a reaction when an adjacent foe takes a guarded step away, can take your own guarded step to remain adjacent to them.
Step Up and Strike
When using Step Up can move up to 10 ft and make a free attack of opportunity (it doesn't count vs. your AoO limit).
Given the above, I don't know what happens in the last action. His weapon has reach and is unweildy. I don't think he can attack me this round.
In case I also get an AOO, here goes. attack:1d20 + 17 ⇒ (9) + 17 = 26 damage:5d8 + 20 ⇒ (7, 1, 2, 3, 1) + 20 = 34
@ gm - I see that the stat bar has some of my stats from 10th level.
My main stats:
Defense SP 121 HP 81 RP 10
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EAC 24; KAC 27
Fort +14; Ref +11; Will +9
Defensive Abilities armored advantage; DR 11/—; Resist cold 5, fire 5
I have a feeling all 200 "hit points" are going to be needed and burned.
Everything is happening all at once. Total pandemonium, and Zane thrills in it. enemies everywhere. Explosions. Spears in chests. Big Baddies. Even Bigger Baddies. Team Blood and Fury right in the mix +2 bench guys
Zane likes winning games like this. The thrill of competition.
