Mine's currently level 1. Not sure if I can choose to reduce the benefits so I can apply it to a 1st level character like you can PFS, but I would definitely like that if that is an option.
Xesh rushes forward and jumps over the pit! Mid-jump this is where GM discretion happens, because I'd technically be taking a standard before finishing my move--if I couldn't do this then I wouldn't have done this action in the first place they pull the pin on the grenade...and don't throw it!
The explosion occurs 15' radius and in the middle of the explosion the shards of shrapnel spontaneously combust and strike at the Azlanti!
Xesh lands on the other side of the pit and, despite having a grenade explode right in their hands, looks completely unscathed!
Move: move/jump. Standard: explode grenade centered on the bottom-left corner of my square when I was over the pit. Reaction: spend 1 EP to activate Accelerate, which adds +1 damage per die to the grenade. And because of Friendly Fire (and the fact that I am my own ally), I reduce the amount of damage taken from the grenade by twice my level, to a minimum of 0, so any reflex save I make against the grenade is completely irrelevant because I take nothing! Just a weird bit of cheese with how I built Xesh.
Also, mistake on my part: I forgot that grenades are centered on an intersection, so I actually didn't need you guys to move.
Sigh Xesh sees these guys as proxies of the Eoxians that tortured them, so they would definitely follow through with their "something stupid," but if Sauros and Karyn don't move away from the pit then Xesh would abandon their idea...for now. Additionally, the "something stupid" would require some GM discretion (similar to when Xesh did their kung-fu movie thing in the earlier combat). So whether Xesh follows through is ultimately reliant upon if Sauros and Karyn move.
Reflex:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15 Reflex:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10 DR applies twice, so I only take 2 damage
All of the Starfinders receive a telepathic message from Xesh.
::Get as far away from Matarno's pit as you can get, and keep the Azlanti as close to it as possible, if you can help it; I'm about to do something really stupid.::
Xesh pulls out a grenade Standard action and the air around the grenade begins to warp and twist as if the grenade were giving off a significant amount of heat move action to spend 1 RP to gain 1 EP.
Important question: Was the Drake within 8 hexes of the King Xeros or not last Gunnery Phase? If not then we still have four missiles and I didn't spend a resolve.
Xesh's antennae twitch slightly as Xesh gets strangely bugged pun intended about something--they're not entirely sure what or why, just that something is--and gets the impulse to do something potentially stupid. They shrug, deciding to give in to impulse without entirely knowing why, and fiddle around with the Drake's comm unit until their insectoid face suddenly appears on the screens in front of the crew of the King Xeros.
"Um...YoU gUyS dO kNoW tHaT iT's PrOnOuNcEd 'SiHeDrOn,' RiGhT? 'sIhEdRoN,' nOt 'SiDeHeDrOn.' FoOd FoR tHoUgHt."
Once they finish calmly mansplaining ("hostsplaining"?) to the Azlanti of their own culture, Xesh shouts back at their own companions.
"NoW, aS i WaS sAyInG bEfOrE: gEt Me A sHoT aT tHeIr ReAr!!!"
An awkward pause falls over the interior of the Drake--even the engines seemed to be in a stunned silence.
::Um...that came out wrong...::
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Assuming J.J. does what I asked:
The Drake comes in clear view of the King Xeros's aft and Xesh grins--or they would if they had the proper muscles to smile--and mans the Antimatter turret once more.
Xesh rushes toward the literal big guns as they take a seat in the Antimatter Missile Launcher turret.
"ScReW iT! wE gOt FoUr MoRe ShOtS wItH tHiS tHiNg; GeT uS cLoSe, We DoN't WaNt To RiSk A mIsSiLe'S tRaCkInG tO lOsE iT! i'M tAkInG oNe Of ThOsE nOdEs AnD yOu CaN't StOp Me!"
Looking over the rules again I see that a single weapon can only be shot once per round, but I think that I don't have to choose a specific weapon to fire at the beginning of the round and I can fire any weapon from anywhere (i.e. my flavor was that Xesh ran to the Antimatter turret but they could still shoot, say, the Persistent Particle Beam). Someone correct me if I'm wrong because for some reason I feel like I'm wrong. If not, though:
If within 8 hexes of the King Xeros by the Gunnery Phase:
Spending the Resolve Antimatter Missile Launcher w/Node:1d20 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 11 + 2 = 15I think all tracking weapons target TL on the initial fire and not just on subsequent rounds to keep homing on the ship. Again, correct me if I'm wrong. Damage:10d10 ⇒ (7, 2, 1, 10, 3, 3, 3, 8, 2, 10) = 49 Critical Damage (if applicable):1d100 ⇒ 88Power Core
With an AC of 26 I'll just be single attacking. I'm only +6 to-hit with a full attack.
That may be wise. Even with the node backing him up, Xesh missed on a roll that was a natural 18 last turn because the King Xeros pilot took evasive maneuvers.
Xesh moves over to the forward coilgun and begins messing around with some of the controls to the starship's weapons systems in concerning ways.
"HaHaHaHa! BlOw ThEm OuTtA tHe SkY! tAsTe ThIs MoThEr--" Anything following gets drowned out by the sound of the particle beam and coilgun shooting off towards the enemy starship. A similar though runs through the minds of the rest of the crew: They probably shouldn't have left the crazy bug in charge of the giant boomsticks.
Fire at Will to attack with coilgun and Persistent Particle Beam.
Persistent Particle Beam:1d20 + 11 - 4 ⇒ (14) + 11 - 4 = 21 Damage:10d6 ⇒ (6, 2, 5, 1, 4, 6, 4, 5, 6, 1) = 40 Critical Damage (if applicable):1d100 ⇒ 56Weapons Array If I couldn't use the Persistent Particle Beam because someone (Sauros) was already manning it then Xesh would've shot with the Light Particle Beam turret (with an additional -2 to the attack roll from being in the second range increment) and using the first three d6's from the Persistent Particle Beam damage (a 6, 2, and 5 for a total of 13).
Can't quite remember how crits work in Starfinder (semi-auto pistol doesn't have any crit effects), so I'm just gonna put the bonus damage and hope that I remembered correctly:
Xesh, utterly confused by how they are now at the same height as the Azlanti, decides not to question it. They look the specialist in the eye--er, aeon stone.
Xesh aims at the strange crustacean in front of them and is ready to pull the trigger...but he can't do it.
::You're just a victim, I've been there. I...I can't hurt you.::
Even if the creature can't understand them limited telepathy requires a common language, Xesh projects that message nontheless. Their gaze falls upon the jetpacked Aeon Guard.
::You!::
Xesh moves toward the guard--their mind seeing this being as an effigy of those who tortured them--with little regard for the crustacean that'll likely attack him provoking an AoO.
You never actually said how high above the ground the Aeon is, so I'm going to do a contingency:
Xesh leaps off of the ground and aims right at the proxy of his pain.
Acrobatics (+8 from having a 50' move speed from Haste):1d20 + 20 ⇒ (15) + 20 = 35Round down to 32, Xesh jumps 8' which is then tripled by low gravity to 24' and he only needed to move 25' to get there
::Taste the power of chaos!::
[ooc]Full attack while midair? I have haste so I can take a move action with a full attack--GM discretion as to whether I can do it in midair.
Xesh moves upward into the area of the fight, pulling out their pistol as they do so can’t remember if that carried over from PF, so correct me if I’m wrong.
Xesh reaches into J.J.’s mind: ::What is that thing?!::
Also, did I miss something with Sauros and J.J.? Because the stone steps are difficult terrain so how did you guys get up there in a single move action, even with haste?
::Get this ship within eight units of the greenhouse and send power to the weapons. If you all don't mind, I'll have the ICM assist me!::Remembered that much about starship combat!
Xesh makes a break for the big guns, literally. They jumps into the seat of the Heavy Antimatter Missile Launcher turret.
Let's show these Azlanti a**holes how we handle things in the Pact Worlds!
::Tell me what to shoot!::
When everyone else does their actions:
Antimatter Missile (with +2 from the ICM if the party allows):1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32 Damage:10d10 ⇒ (1, 5, 9, 3, 2, 3, 9, 9, 10, 9) = 60 Critical Damage (if applicable):1d100 ⇒ 65
A loud raucous can be heard from the turret above.
"BuLlSeYe, MuThA fUc--!!!"
Xesh slaps their hand over their mandible. ::Sorry...I get a little too excited...That was a close one...::
Everyone gets a telepathic message. After a slight panic Xesh points out that it was from them—they didn’t want their speechvoice to be drowned out by the roar of the Drake’s engine.
::Why would they put that much effort in protecting plants? There’s gotta be something bigger going on in that greenhouse.::
"So ThE kInG xErOs AnD tHe AzLaNtI wErE BoTh FrOm LoSt GoLaRiOn. ThEy MaY bE iNtErEsTeD iN tHe ShIp BeCaUsE tHeY'rE tRyInG tO cOnQuEr NaViGaTiOn WiTh MoRe ThAn JuSt DrIfT tEcH...InTeReStInG..."
After this moment of thinking out loud, Xesh's eyes turn to the tea in his hands as he starts contemplating the thermodynamic powers acting upon it.
OOC question: Is the scenario implying that the King Xeros of this scenario is the same as the one from the PFS scenario of approximately the same name or that this King Xeros is a starship rather than an aquatic ship? Got kinda confused when it was referred to as a "crewless starship."
A shirren, clad in Golemforged Plate, listens intently to the bleachling while awkwardly holding the Akiton Red tea that was shoved into their hands--not entirely sure what to do with it.
When the bleachling finishes speaking, the thus-far quiet shirren speaks--not telepathically, but verbally--their voice a strange combination of clicking that vaguely forms a cohesive phrase.
"YoU sAiD SoMeThInG aBoUt GoLaRiOn? hOw Is ThE kInG xErOs ReLaTeD tO tHe LoSt PlAnEt?"
