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Picking feats is a lot easier in 2nd Edition. Fewer choices and feat trees to deal with, but usually some good feats to choose from.

Zlee is relieved when the fight is over and he is able to return to the more predictable world at the Starfinder Lodge.

Chronicle received. Thanks. I may revise Zlee before leveling up. I'm not wild about the witchwarper mechanics. Might try making him a mechanic, the only class I don't have a PC for.

Zlee telekinetically picks up a datapad on a nearby surface and flings it at the beleaguered knight. Then raise his cantrip shield.

spell attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19

Telekinetic Projectile Dapmage, B: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 2) = 3

I'm still getting the hang of witchwarper class. Forgot he had to sustain the field.

Zlee repeats his manipulations of entropy to draw out more energy from null space and sends it at the hellknight attacking Vixen-5. Three force singularities appear, zip into the knight and explode.

Force Barrage, force ◆◆◆: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (3, 4, 4) + 3 = 14

Zlee, fearing these knights might be capable enough fighters to lash out at him as he casts a spell, steps north five feet. Then he concentrates on a spell, collecting force energy into two balls and sends them both at Officer Kamren.

Step ◆ Force Barrage ◆◆

Force Barrage, force ◆◆: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (1, 3) + 2 = 6

Zlee's quantum field activates as the hostilities start. He places it where all the Hellknights are at the moment. Quantum Pulse ◇. Movements blur as images of alternate iterations of your enemies flicker around them. When an enemy in your quantum field attempts an action with the concentrate trait, the action is disrupted unless they succeed at a DC 5 flat check. The first time a creature fails this check, it becomes temporarily immune for 24 hours.

Then he turns the field into a bog full of mud that sucks at the armored feet of the enemy Hellknights, but not Zlee's Starfinder allies. Thin reeds grow from this mud, potentially providing cover for those allies, but not the enemy.

Warp Terrain ◆

Then Zlee activates his phase shield.◆

When the knight says he can lead the group to his superior officer, Zlee catches the eye of anyone looking his way and gives a subtle nod.

Zlee finds the Hellknights intimidating, so he drifts to the far side of the room from them and watches cautiously.

Zlee moves into the room and near the Hellknights where he has a clear shot at the remaining nodocite. "Allow me to help," he says and uses his skill with manipulating anomalies to make a piece of debris from one of the destroyed nodocites fly directly at the enemy to the north.

spell attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21
Telekinetic Projectile Damage, B: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 4) = 5

Stride ◆, TK Projectile spell ◆◆

Zlee will cautiously designate the Hellknights as allies, at least until they attack us.

Zlee's quantum field activates with initiative (quantum pulse feature). He places its center where I've place a Red Plus Sign near the SW nodocite (purple). It extends in a 20 foot AOE from this point. Its initial effect is as follows: "Movements blur as images of alternate iterations of your enemies flicker around them. When an enemy in your quantum field attempts an action with the concentrate trait, the action is disrupted unless they succeed at a DC 5 flat check. The first time a creature fails this check, it becomes temporarily immune for 24 hours."

"Better to attack dem vile dey is busy than for dem to ambush us later."

He loads his crossbolter and holds it in one hand. "Hy vill make de ground difficult for dem, but not for us. Hy can enhance one weapon for one minute. Who vants it?"

This is the Enhance Weapon spell.

Zlee suggests Renvir take the tactical medkit. Zlee claims one of the medpatches and recommends distributing the other three items.

He suggests heading north.

Zlee reports his find of medical supplies. He listens with interest to the log entry, but says nothing.

I meant to mention earlier: Zlee can cast Grease and Hydraulic Push so he could use two of the 3 spell gems found. I believe Technological Constant and Renvir can also use them. We should divvy them so we know who has what in case they are useful in combat.

Zlee walks carefully, not wanting to come in contact with anything that might be medical waste or unhealthy meds. With no computer skills, he leaves the diagnosis of what's left of the computers to other more techno-savvy souls. He nudges the robotic parts with a toe as if he fears they might revive and attack.

Sorry for not posting yesterday.

Perception, trained: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21
Perception, trained: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
Also exploring with Detect Magic

Society, untrained, bonus: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 2 + 1 = 13

"Pre-gap relics?! Vat a find!"

"Perhaps we check dis room," Zlee points south, "before ve put it behind us. Hy don't trust not knowing vat iz behind us. Dot vos not a goot idea in de ghost levels."

Put a Boz token on the map closer to the top left than those already there.

Zlee surveys the halls and doors, sniffing the air with a slight grimace. Starburst shapes in his fur start to give off a soft glow until the area within 40 feet is illuminated with bright light, which seems to be an innate ability. "My vision und my noze is not zo goot as hyu."

He continues to sustain his Detect Magic as he observes the path to be traversed.

I thought both society rolls were made by others.

Society, untrained: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

His experience with magic and the occult may be more useful if there is some magitech about them.

Arcana, trained: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

Zlee confirms what Renvir reveals.

Zlee keeps a watchful eye on the area, keeping his detect magic spell active. He listens with interest, but adds nothing to what the others figured out.

During the trek to Zlee Vuolk, Zlee sits next to Renvir and uses tactile sign language to ask, "How can we communicate with you during the mission? Do you have a way to translate sounds into some kind of tactile translation, perhaps with your comm unit?"

At the site, Zlee keeps a casting of Detect Magic sustained, watching for indications of magic. "Ven Hy vas in de ghost levels, I had to use dis spell all de time. It iz second nature by now."

Exploration mode: Detect Magic. If it matters, Zlee has the Arcane Sense feat, granting him the ability to cast a rank 1 Detect Magic as an innate spell at will.

"Dis iz my first time on Akiton. Hy only recently escaped de ghost levels on Absalom Station." His accent is a thick version of one of the regions of his home planet, Lajok.

Another vlaka enters the briefing room. He is neither deaf or blind as is common for his race. He is wearing microcord armor with a phase shield, a baton, and a crossbolter. "Hello. Hy am Zlee Vuolk reporting for an assignment." He helps himself to a few snacks and a drink and sits quietly, nodding to the others as they make eye contact. He has typical Vlaka features with dark grey fur highlighted with fine white hair around his face and hands.

He periodically starts as if noticing a presence in the room, tensing and glancing this way or that before settling back.

Done. Sorry for missing that.

Zlee winces.

Performance, trained: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14
Earned Income

Thanks, all.

Zlee takes a dramatic pose, looks out the window or at the viewscreen of space, gestures and says melodramtically, "Out there!"

Then he trudges off to the medlab, inviting anyone else who is wounded to meet him there for some treatments.

Zlee moves to an open console and tries to see if there is anyway his knowledge of occult magic might help.

Occultism, trained: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

He finds the corpse fleets magical tactics baffling.

Zlee snarls and laughs at the fate of the arrogant pirate captain. Then he quickly directs his attention to the pirate near the fore of the bridge and directs a Force Barrage at zir.

Force Barrage, force ◆◆◆: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (3, 4, 3) + 3 = 13

By my reading of the map, Zlee has line of sight to the ysoki to the top side of the map. If it requires a stride to reach a point with line of sight, then remove the 3rd d4 from the damage and make it +2, as it would be a 2 action casting then.

Force Barrage, force ◆◆◆: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (2, 4, 3) + 3 = 12

Three strange regions of roiling chaos fly through the room, seeking and hitting the target in an explosion of forceful bits of alternate realities transferred into this reality.

His quantum field collapses as he concentrates on the spell.

I shifted the template to the bottom of the stack in case it is needed again.

My mistake. I was remembering the roll to heal Dae, which I was intending to be for himself before I realized Dae needed it more. As for SP, I'm playing a few 1E Starfinder campaigns, so I'm mixing them up.

Note: Zlee healed himself during downtime. He is at full HP and SP.

Zlee's quantum field manifests as soon as the captain issues her challenge. It is 40 feet from side to side and end to end, evident by faint images of phantom activities seeming to bleed into this reality, at least potentially. These don't obscure vision but they can cause problems for any enemy trying to concentrate.

Zlee concentrates a moment and the floor in the field becomes muddy standing water, slowing movement for the pirates, but not allies of Zlee. Reeds appear sticking up from the water, allowing allies to take cover in the field area.

The Zlee gestures and a faint shield appears in front of him made of translucent force.

Then he fires his crossbolter at the captain.

Crossbolter: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20 (analog, mag 1 range 100', reload 1)
Damage, P: 1d10 ⇒ 7

The quantum field area is slightly smaller than indicated on the map, with each corner square not counting as part of the field. When an enemy in your quantum field attempts an action with the concentrate trait, the action is disrupted unless they succeed at a DC 5 flat check. The first time a creature fails this check, it becomes temporarily immune for 24 hours. All the squares of the field are difficult terrain for enemies, but not for allies.

◇ Quantum Pulse Free action at initiative to raise the quantum field.
◆ Warp Terrain Warp (focus) spell.
◆ Shield (cantrip)
◆ Strike

"Let de mutiny begin!" Zlee exclaims as he heads toward what he assumes will be the bridge at the forward section of the ship. His loaded crossbolter is in one hand, with the other hand free to administer his more potent witchwarper powers at the pirates.

He is cautious enough, however, to scan the entryway for traps.

Perception +6 (Tr), Imprecise Sense: smell

I must be remembering something provided by a scenario and mistook it for provisions.

"We better not take more time while der iz a space battle. Try de medpatch," Zlee says, tossing him the spare medpatch from the kit.

If the GM thinks we can take another ten minutes of downtime for another treat wounds, I'll roll. I suspect we may not have time. The medpatch does 1d6.

PFS provides a choice of free items, which usually includes some healing magic. Does SFS offer the same? I seem to remember having the option to take a medpatch but looking now in the Lorespire SFS guide I don't find anything.

Zlee brings his medkit to attend to Dae.

Medicine, trained: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

Healing: 2d8 ⇒ (7, 2) = 9

Escape, unarmed attack bonus: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13
Religion, trained: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

Zlee tries to break free from the tentacle. He chants a prayer to Zon-Shelyn, alleged to be part of the new deity's successful liberation of the Newborn from the grip of Nyarlathotep.

Zlee has some experience with mystic religious ideas. He reasons the corpse fleet might be using some dark ritual magic.

Religion, trained: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7 to disable the hazard.

Spending a hero point, if we have them.

Religion, trained: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

Zlee tries to connect things he learned living on the Ghost Level to this strange tentacle thing.

Lore (Ghost Level), trained: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Zlee should try a Recall Knowledge about the hazard next round--I don't think anyone else is trained in Arcana or Occultism, and those seem like the most likely skills to ID it.

He tried that on round 1 and got a low roll. Can you keep attempting after a miss? If he can, then he'll do that first, with a +5 Arcana or Occultism.

Zlee concentrates and sends three paradox laced missiles of force at the tentacle thing, not knowing what else to do against it.

Force Barrage, force ◆◆◆: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (2, 4, 4) + 3 = 13

Fortitude: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

From his time surviving in Absalom Station's Ghost level, Zlee senses the incoming effect soon enough to avoid the damage.

His quantum field activates ◇ and forms around the impact site, making the 20 feet around it affected as if by uneven gravity effects Effect: the area is difficult terrain.

He tries to recall ways such a situation might be best addressed. ◆

Occultism, trained: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Not remembering much, he moves closer ◆ and activates his phase shield ◆, which is translucent with a ghostly image of a wolf snarling.

Zlee supports his Ysoki comrade, "We aim to take over de ship. If hyu help us, you gots a place as part of de crew. If not, vell, we gots to decide if we can trust hyu. Zo pick a side."

Diplomacy, trained, aid: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21

Zlee has no skill at mechanical type tasks crafting, and he has generally avoided strenuous activity, the kind that develops sensor-motor skills acrobatics and athletics. He watches and recommends making sure whoever goes out has zir environmental support feature in zir armor activated and perhaps clip a caliper to the support cable.

zir = his/her/their

Zlee heads for the airlock.

See the second level map. The creature, presumably Polly, is on the far right side. I presume the bridge is north from this area. Let's take care of the creature either with negotiations or force. Then fix the missile launcher and then take the bridge.

Zlee heads toward the creature, curious to identify it before interacting if possible.

Nature, trained: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

"We access de missile launcher from de bridge. Let's take over de ship und den fix dat jam." Zlee draws his crossbolter. Before climbing the stairs to the bridge, he concentrates and strokes his weapon, giving it a faint aura of magic. Casts Enhance Weapon on his crossbolter, +1 to hit, +1 extra damage die.

Zlee joins Dae in examining what is beyond the doors at the SW quadrant of the ship, next to the stairs to the bridge.

Has the concierge told us how to get to the missile launcher?

Zlee checks out the openings on the east side of the cargo hold.