Trober Drof's page

"An accountant you say, maybe we should check the documents in these rooms."

Trober suddenly seems interested in continuing the exploration.

He'll enter the next room. I moved Trober's token on the map.

"Celly, Celly! Why are you going in that room??? Let's just get out of here!"

Day Job: Accountant: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (20) + 15 = 35

Trober will take a stamina break while he can also.

Trober picks up his rifle and also himself and follows the rest of the group.

"I believe we've seen everything we need to see here. Let's leave while we are still alive."

Trober drops his rifle and slumps down into a sitting position with his back against the wall that borders the mezzanine level.

"I can't believe we are still alive."

Trober steadies his aim with his rifle's heavy bipod and fires again.

"Maybe if I close my eyes this time I'll hit it..."

Blindmark Rifle vs. Heliotherum EAC: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
Sonic (NL)Damage: 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (3, 2) + 5 = 10

Trober awkwardly pulls the battery from his rifle and inserts a new one. With a look of trepidation on his face he aims his weapon at Heliotherum and again and hopes for the best, but expects the worst.

Blindmark Rifle vs. Heliotherum EAC: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
Sonic (NL) Damage: 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (4, 2) + 5 = 11

The chances of me rolling double digits on a 1d20 are approximately 3,720 to 1.

Trober desperately fires away with his rifle.

"Somebody do something!!!"

Blindmark Rifle vs. Heliotherum EAC: 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 8 - 2 = 10
Sonic (NL) Damage: 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (4, 1) + 5 = 10

Blindmark Rifle vs. Heliotherum EAC: 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 8 - 2 = 8
Sonic (NL) Damage: 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (2, 2) + 5 = 9

Trober sees he's not the main target of Heliotherum, so he continues to fire away with only mild anxiety, as opposed to severe anxiety, about the results. Before he pulls the trigger he steadies his aim by gripping the heavy bipod on this rifle.

Blindmark Rifle vs. Heliotherum EAC: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10
Sonic (NL) Damage: 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (1, 3) + 5 = 9

"I'm sorry Celly I shot the wall again."

Trober begins to run away again, but at the last second he finds some courage and fires his rifle at Heliotherum. He'll move out of gaze range and then fire his rifle.

Blindmark Rifle vs. Heliotherum EAC: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23
Sonic (NL) Damage: 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (4, 3) + 5 = 12

"I hit it, I hit it!"

Trober puts two hands back on his rifle, tries to steady his aim with his heavy bipod, and hopes for the best.

"Why do I even try? I still haven't passed the marksmanship segment of my Starfinder training."

Blindmark Rifle vs. Heliotherum EAC: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15
Sonic Damage (NL): 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (2, 2) + 5 = 9

Wow that is now 5 rolls in a row under 10 on a 1d20, my luck has to change at some point.

Trober summons a final sphere of temporal distortion and lobs it at Heliotherum.

Chronosphere vs. Heliotherum EAC: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
Force Damage: 1d12 ⇒ 9

"It's lost that living feeling. It's lost that living feeling."

Trober does what he does best, run away. He crosses the mezzanine level in an attempt to get behind Heliotherum. double move

Trying to get out of range of its gaze effect.

I can post later tonight.

Trober closes his eyes and throws another sphere of temporal distortion.

"Maybe if I don't look I'll hit it."

Chronosphere vs. Heliotherum EAC: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
Force Damage: 1d12 ⇒ 11

"Please work this time!"

Trober lobs another sphere of temporal distortion at the ghost.

Chronosphere vs. Ghost EAC: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
Force Damage: 2d12 ⇒ (1, 4) = 5

"Typical..."

Is Trober within 30' of the creature if he is on the mezzanine level?

I reread your post describing the situation. The mezzanine level is 20' up, so if we are using the pythagorean theorem Trober is 20' up and 30' away from the creature and is thus 36' feet away from it. Let me know what you think.

"As you command Mistress Shari," Trober says with no confidence at all.

Moving up to the edge of the mezzanine, Trober takes a hand off his rifle and summons a sphere of temporal distortion. He then makes his best attempt to fling it at the ghost.

Chronosphere vs. Ghost EAC: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
Force Damage: 2d12 ⇒ (6, 5) = 11

"Oh god, I knew that wasn't going to go well."

"Mistress Shari I'm not hiding, I'm running away."

Still, Trober's obedient nature causes him to follow her command.

I reread the description of the area. Tell me if I'm understanding this properly, but Trober is on the mezzanine level above the submerged observatory. I moved his token to an appropriate square if he was to run away with the others.

Is there a wall surrounding the inner chamber of the observatory?

"What is that? It might be a ghost!!! Mistress Shari what do we do???"

Trober swims for cover. His fear manifests itself magically as an energy shield that surrounds his body. Reflecting Armor

As he settles behind cover he fumbles with his rifle, but manages to prime the firing mechanism on it in case he has to use it.

Trober uses a paradox (17) to pass the will save.

Fortitude Save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19

"Why is everyone running away without me!!!"

Trober begins running away also.

"Hinevera stop, please!!!"

Trober uses a paradox (14) + 10 for a 24 on his Mysticism roll.

As soon as Trober sees Hinevera he lets out a low moan that alerts everyone to danger. Alert the Herd, everyone gets a +4 bonus to their initiative roll, so Celly can go before Hinevera.

"Celly! What do we do? She's clearly possessed!"

Mysticism: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18

Trober just stands next to Celly, frozen in fear.

Yes!

"I don't recommend that anyone try to do their taxes on their own. The tax codes these days are so complicated and its always unclear what exactly you can take as deductions as a Starfinder agent.".

For the first time Trober seems at relative ease when talking.

I'm assuming the elemental is dead so Trober won't need to take an action.

"That's what my shooting instructor said, I shoot with my eyes closed. It's one of the reasons I still haven't been certified to use lethal weapons yet. That and I WORK IN ACCCOUNTING!!!"

"Wait, what... did I shoot it? Can we just get out of here already???"

Seeing that the numbers are in the team's favor, Trober gathers some courage and moves in on the final elemental and fires another shot from his rifle.

Blindmark Rifle vs. Blue EAC: 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 8 - 2 = 26
Sonic Damage (NL): 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (4, 2) + 5 = 11 He'll use two of his paradoxes to max out the damage die, so the total is 13. (Temporal Aggression)

Critical Sonic Damage (NL): 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (3, 2) + 5 = 10

Trober doesn't see the damage his shot inflicts as his eyes are squeezed tightly shut.

"Get them, Get them Celly!"

Trober's nervous energy coalesces into magical energy that focuses itself on the object of his attention. Bolster Spell

Celly can reroll up to one of the spell’s damage dice per level of the triggering spell and use the higher result. I'm interpreting that to mean she can reroll the three lowest damage dice.

For times sake I'll just do the reroll for her.

Mind Thrust: 3d10 ⇒ (2, 2, 9) = 13 Replace her 3 from the original damage roll with a 9.

"Celly, Celly! What are we going to do? Mistress Shari seems to have fallen into some type of trance."

Trober's awkwardly points his rifle at blue and fires again.

Blindmark Rifle vs. Blue EAC: 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 8 - 2 = 13
Sonic Damage (NL): 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (1, 1) + 5 = 7

He then grabs nearby bags of fertilizer that were to be used in the garden and begins arranging them in front of him like sandbags to create an improvised barrier that he can take cover behind. Barricade

Trober fires his rifle at red and hopes for the best. He then continues his "tactical withdrawal" away from the elementals.

Blindmark Rifle vs. Red EAC: 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 8 - 2 = 14
Sonic (non lethal) Damage: 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (2, 1) + 5 = 8

Trober's instincts kick in and he swims for cover. A faint glow of mystical energy surrounds him as he does so and then remains glimmering and reflecting light. Reflecting Armor

"Mistress Shari they have us surrounded!!!"

I moved Trober to his current position on the map since he would have been in the back of the group and not in the front.

Trober sees the new threat and his pent up anxiety and fear manifest into a wave of temporal disruption that erupts in a 40' cone toward red.

Bludgeoning Damage: 3d8 ⇒ (6, 8, 2) = 16 DC 14 fortitude save for half. If the save fails the target is also staggered for one round.

"Did I do that???"

Glad that someone made the decision for him, Trober dutifully follows Celly.

"Do you think there are more of those leg less crabs?" Trober says nervously.

"Maybe he just wants to be left alone..."

Trober takes a 10 minute rest and spends one resolve point to regain stamina if that is possible.

"I'm fine, I'm fine."

Trober seems a little bit embarrassed by his behavior, but at the same time looks like he needs a paper bag because he is on the verge of hyperventilating.

"I just need a sit down for a few minutes. Legless crabs, why do these kind of things always happen to me..."

Trober only took stamina damage. If possible I'll spend 1 resolve point and have him take a 10 minute break to regain what he lost.

Trober shrieks as the legless crab bites him.

"Help, help!!!"

As the monster's horrible mouth wraps itself around his arm the energy shield around him reacts and releases a wave of force at the monster. Blue takes 10 force damage from Reflecting Armor, DC 13 reflex save for 1/2 damage.

Trober keeps swimming for his life, propelled by his hydrojet. He swims right past George in his panicked state. He'll guarded step twice.

The osifern is probably dead, but if it wasn't Trober would have suffered from the following penalty:

Savory
A dromada hit by a creature’s bite attack takes a –2 penalty to AC against further bite attacks from the same creature. This effect lasts 1 week and applies only once per creature.

Oops, sorry.

Trober bravely runs away from the incoming threat. He guarded steps twice.

"Help Mistress Shari, help!!!"

Barricade: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Trober shrieks as his makeshift barrier fails to protect him from the legless crabs attack. As it's horrible mouth wraps itself around his arm the energy shield around him reacts and releases a wave of force at the monster. Blue takes 10 force damage from Reflecting Armor, DC 13 reflex save for 1/2 damage.

He then turns swims as fast as his hydrojet can propel him away from the monster. He'll guarded step twice.

"Help Mistress Shari, help!!!"

Trober starts grabbing chunks of loose coral and anything else he can find to create a makeshift wall in front of him that he can hide behind. Barricade Ducking down behind his makeshift cover he lifts his rifle over his head and fires it over the top of the wall without exposing himself.

Blindmark Rifle vs. Blue EAC: 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 8 - 2 = 21
Sonic Damage: 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (1, 3) + 5 = 9

"Celly watch out!"

Trober points his rifle at the approaching osifern. With his eyes squeezed tightly shut he pulls the trigger and hopes for the best.

Blindmark Rifle vs. Blue EAC: 17 + 8 - 4 - 2 = 19 Trober uses a paradox for both attack rolls.
Sonic Damage: 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (4, 4) + 5 = 13 His rifle does not have an underwater fusion on it.

Blindmark Rifle vs. Blue EAC: 17 + 8 - 4 - 2 = 19
Sonic Damage: 2d4 + 5 ⇒ (2, 1) + 5 = 8

"Legless crabs with mouths like a shark and the body of a snake!!! What do we do? What do we do?"

Trober remains near Shari hoping for some guidance.

His fear seems to spark a spontaneous reaction in him and his body glimmers slightly with energy. Anyone looking at him notices a faint aura of energy now surrounds him. Reflecting Armor

Paradox: 1d20 ⇒ 14
Paradox: 1d20 ⇒ 17
Paradox: 1d20 ⇒ 5
Paradox: 1d20 ⇒ 17
Paradox: 1d20 ⇒ 3
Paradox: 1d20 ⇒ 17

Trober clumsily unslings a rifle from over his shoulder. The weapon is permanently set to stun mode since Trober still hasn't earned a qualifying rating in marksmanship yet from the weapons instructors who train Starfinder Society agents.

"I work in accounting!!!"

"Crabs..."

Trober can only stare in horror at Sakorus and Shari as they talk to him. From behind the faceplate of his helmet he looks like he is about to start hyperventilating.

"Do we have to spend so much time talking about giant crabs..."

"Giant enemy crabs!!! Are you joking??? Since when do crabs spew acid??? Mistress Shari, it's not too late to return to the submarine and leave. It's been two and a half weeks already. There is only a slim chance we will be able to find Hinevera and her team."

"Yes your highness, black coffee, I'll get you a cup of hot black coffee."

Trober skitters away and somehow returns with a cup of hot black coffee.

In the present.

"Mistress Shari are you sure this is a good idea. It looks dangerous outside the submarine. Wait, your leaving!!! Don't leave me alone in the sub. I'm coming, how does this hydrojet work???"

Trober dutifully follows Shari out of the airlock.

Athletics: 1d20 ⇒ 3
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (15) + 12 = 27
Mysticism: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21

"Coffee, of course Mistress Shari. Do you want it black or with cream and sugar? Maybe I can find a expresso machine or do you want an iced coffee? I hate making decisions... Did I mention I don't swim very well."

Culture: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15

"Rescue mission??? That's not something you'll need me for. I'll just be leaving on the next shuttle back to Absalom Station."

"Mistress Shari, I'm so glad you are on this mission. That means I won't have to make any important decisions. However, I still don't understand why you need someone from the accounting department here. I don't have sufficient training if we have to go into combat."

Trober is a nervous looking dromada. His general demeanor is one of constant anxiety. Anyone around him for an extended period of time can't help but feel anxiety too because of his tendency to see impending doom in even the most mundane of situtations.