GM 101: Dataphiles

[Morroda Metalbender]

Ha! Apparently Morroda inherited his Ancestor Ebonwolf's (My PFS Character) Initiative Rolls.

"Oi! Who be tha?" Morroda asks while he stops to secure his boot straps.

[Kaiole]

Kaiole sees the thugs advancing on Ceren and yells, "Halt you nefarious villains! Drop your weapons... Here, allow me to assist you in dropping said weapons!"

Kaiole casts magic missile as a full action against the red thug:
Magic Missile damage: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 3, 1) + 3 = 8

[Dee 42]

Perfect. An ambush, just my thing thinks Dee as she sneaks up on the thugs, drawing her pistol. She takes aim at the red thug and fires

Laser pistol vs EAC: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Laser Damage, F: 1d4 ⇒ 4

[Chip Patchwork]

"Corporate or government thugs, I presume? Always trying to stop people from getting just a bit ahead. Tsk, tsk," Chip sighs, firing a shot from his pistol.

Tactical Pistol vs red: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 131d6 ⇒ 4

I have never used a drone before. Are they like a pet in PF? Do they attack on my initiative?

[Faria Sunburst]

Faria moves forward, summoning her mote into a scimitar as she walks. She then slashes at the thug with the red headband.

attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

[GM Elinnea]

Kaiole sends magical projectiles pummeling into one of the men, causing him to jerk in pain. He whirls around, eyes wide in shock, just in time to dodge out of the way of Dee’s laser blast but take a bullet from Chip directly in one arm. Faria advances and swings her scimitar, but it does not connect as he is already turning tail to run away as fast as he can. (Withdraw action)

The other two turn in surprise and growl menacingly at you. The one wearing a blue bandana moves carefully towards the bridge, saying ”We’re here for the old lady. This doesn’t concern you, so just walk away now and pretend you didn’t see anything.” He aims his pulsecastor pistol at the person waving a glowing scimitar around.

Red thug vs Faria: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24
Nonlethal damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

The shot hits her squarely in the chest but the electrical charge isn't too painful. The other one quakes a little in his boots while his compatriot takes off running, but stands his ground and aims a shot at the closest target.

Orange thug vs Dee: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
Nonlethal damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

He has no trouble landing the blow at such close range but again does not seem to have a strong impact.

Meanwhile, Ceren whirls around at the sudden noise of combat. She takes in the situation quickly, and then moves to the far end of the bridge where she waits, watching what will happen.

Yes, the drone acts on your turn. The actions it can take in combat are described in the Limited AI and Master Control special abilities (page 75 of the core rulebook). Basically it can do either a move or a standard action, or both if you spend your own move action to control it. You can go ahead and take the drone’s action from this round in addition to your next turn. I’ll retcon their actions if needed.

For the trees, I'm not treating individual trees as cover, but if you are within the forested area then you have partial cover from anyone non-adjacent. Currently that only applies to the red thug.

Also, I just remembered that Faria should still be fatigued, since we haven’t taken 8 hours of rest since the exoguardian mission, so still -1 to AC, attack, melee damage, etc.

Round 1>2
Faria (fatigued, 8/9 SP)
Chip
Dee (6/7 SP)
Kaiole
Red thug (-12)
Blue thug
Orange thug
Morroda (10/13 HP)

[Faria Sunburst]

Faria moves forward to try to chase away the thug in the blue hat.

attack, fatigued: 1d20 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (8) + 2 - 1 = 9

[Morroda Metalbender]

Morroda moves over to the thug shaking in his boots offers up a devlish smile saying "Ya best be gettin' if ya know what good fer ya."

Tactical Doshko -NonLethal attack: 1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 - 4 = 10 
Piercing: 1d12 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 
Coordinated shot: Allies gain +1 to atk vs. Morroda's opponent 

[Kaiole]

"You, sir, should join your friend in withdrawing!" says Kaiole to the blue thug as Kaiole full casts another magic missile.

Magic Missile damage: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (2, 1, 3) + 3 = 9

[Chip Patchwork]

Thank you, Elinnea! I think I've got it now.

Previous Round
Chip points forward and commands his drone. "Sentinel, sic 'em!"

The drone zips forward on its tiny wheels, closing the distance with the blue-armored thug. It beeps and whirrs and rings out in a mechanical voice. "TARGET-LOCKED. LET-THE-PAIN-COMMENCE."

Now
Chip aims his pistol and fires again, while Sentinel extends his robo-arm to slash the thug along a vital artery in his thigh.

Tactical Pistol vs Blue: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 131d6 ⇒ 6
Sentinel, Survival Knife vs Blue: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 171d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

[GM Elinnea]

Faria and Sentinel close in on the thug next to the bridge, and though Faria’s lingering exhaustion makes her blade slow and she misses, Kaiole slams magical bolts unerringly into the man’s torso and thigh. The thug grits his teeth and refuses to respond to the ysoki’s taunt, but whether he would have run or not will never be known, because Chip and Sentinel each land a powerful hit, and the man drops where he stands, bleeding out in the grass.

The other thug manages to avoid Morroda’s swing with the doshko, but he seems unable to tear his gaze away as he watches the half-orc’s grin in horrified fascination.

Round 1>2, bold may take action
Faria (fatigued, 8/9 SP)
Chip
Dee (6/7 SP)
Kaiole
Red thug (-12)
Blue thug
Orange thug
Morroda (10/13 HP)

[Dee 42]

You are outnumbered and outmatched, physically and I suspect intellectually. She points her pistol squarely at the remaining thug's forehead and, with icy coolness, pulls the trigger.

Laser pistol vs EAC: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12
Laser Damage, F: 1d4 ⇒ 1

[GM Elinnea]

Dee 42 simultaneously scorches the man’s pride and the top of his head, and he narrows his eyes in anger. He takes a careful step backwards and fires with his pulsecaster pistol on the half-orc.

Attack vs Morroda: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
Nonlethal damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4

He gives Morroda a nasty shock and his eyes light up cruelly. ”Ha! Take that, you brute!”

The one who was running away continues to completely ignore the conflict happening behind him as he takes off across the park.

Round 2>3
Faria (fatigued, 8/9 SP)
Chip
Dee (6/7 SP)
Kaiole
Red thug (-12, escaped)
Blue thug
Orange thug (-1)
Morroda (4/8 SP, 10/13 HP)

[Morroda Metalbender]

"Ha! Brute you say? Le' me show ya what a Brute can do!" shaking off the little zap from the Pulscaster Pistol Morroda walks about in the well maintained park grounds Assuming the tree areas are not difficult terrain the half-orc takes a swing again at the orange clad thug but ends up hitting a branch next to him.

Tactical Doshko, -NonLethal Penalty: 1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 - 4 = 1

Coordinated shot: Allies gain +1 to atk vs. Morroda's opponent

Marked movement with green scribble. If difficult terrain then Morroda would have just stepped up to him and attacked.

[Faria Sunburst]

Faria moves up to the remaining thug and swings.
attack, fatigued: 1d20 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (2) + 2 - 1 = 3

OK, the dice roller truly hates me right now...

[Morroda Metalbender]

I feel your pain Redelia."

[GM Elinnea]

It's not difficult terrain, so that's fine. Not that there's much you can do to help a 1 and a 2, yikes!

[Chip Patchwork]

"Hey Sentinel, one of them looks wimpy, but the other's in the trees. Sniff him out, will ya?"

The drone beeps in affirmation. It turns its tin-can of a head with a whirr, then follows with its body. It zips ahead into the trees like a miniature tank before closing the distance with the remaining thug, attempting to slash him.

Sentinel, Survival Knife vs Orange: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 51d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Skip Chip's turn to use a Move and Standard Action on his drone

[Kaiole]

"Tenacious lil one, aren't you?" Kaiole says towards orange.

Kaiole fires off his last magic missile at orange!

Magic Missile damage: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 1, 1) + 3 = 6

Yay! I'm continuing the trend in our rolls! The Paizo site updates didn't increase the probability rolling ones, did it? Haha!

GM Elinnea, if Kaiole doesn't have line of sight to orange from where he stands, then he'll move forward to get a view of orange then fire the magic missile as a standard action instead of a full action (4 points of damage total instead of 6). If this is the case, feel free to move my token for me to an appropriate position. Thanks!

[GM Elinnea]

Taking an attack for Dee

Dee 42 moves to the side and takes an unimpeded shot.

Laser pistol, with coordinated shot: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 3 + 1 = 13
Laser Damage, F: 1d4 ⇒ 2

It strikes, as do Kaiole's magical missiles, but the man continues to dodge the flurry of other attacks directed at him. Now that his enemies are closing in, the thug's expression shifts from anger back to panic. He drops the pistol onto the grass at his feet, pulls out a tactical baton, and flails at the drone that just tried to stab him with a knife.

Attack vs Sentinel: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
Bludgeoning damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

(Chip, I don't see AC for the drone in your profile, but I assume a 20 hits.)

Round 3>4
Faria (fatigued, 8/9 SP)
Chip
Sentinel (-5)
Dee (6/7 SP)
Kaiole
Red thug (-12, escaped)
Blue thug
Orange thug (-9)
Morroda (4/8 SP, 10/13 HP)

[Faria Sunburst]

Faria's flaming scimitar slices at the thug again.
1d20 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (18) + 2 - 1 = 19
damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

[Morroda Metalbender]

Morroda continues to press the assault on the man in Orange "Ya best be rethinking yer choices. Coming fer a poor defenseless lady aint no way ta be actin." Taking a swing with his Doshko Morroda hopes to halt the mans actions.

Tactical Doshko, -NonLethal Penalty: 1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 - 4 = 15
NonLethal: 1d12 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Coordinated shot: Allies gain +1 to atk vs. Morroda's opponent

[GM Elinnea]

Faria’s glowing scimitar finally cuts open a slice across the man’s ribs, and Morroda follows up with a powerful two-handed blow to his head. With the words ‘rethinking yer choices’ echoing in his ears, the thug collapses to the ground, still breathing but unconscious.

Combat over!

As the sounds of fighting fade, Ceren walks over to you calmly but swiftly. ”I see that you arrived just at the right time.” You take a few moments to explain the rest of your arrangements for her: the position at a psychologist’s office and some new 'family members' on record. Once she gets the gist, she goes around shaking everyone’s hand one by one, with tears welling up in the corners of her eyes. “Thank you, Starfinders. I will owe you a debt even beyond our original arrangement. If your Society ever has a need for any of my special skills, well, you’ll know where to find me! Now if you’ll excuse me - I think I’m going to stay out of public parks for a while!” She thanks you once again and then leaves the scene without looking back.

A short time later, as you leave the park to return to the Lorespire Complex, Kaiole receives a comm message from Historia-7, designated for the entire group. “Well done. The stolen files have been transferred safely to our archives, and we will begin analysis immediately. Ceren may need to keep out of the public eye for a little while, but thanks to your efforts she is well and truly deceased as far as anyone should be able to tell. We will protect the young man Jubair, as agreed upon. You may consider this mission accomplished. I expect my courier will be arriving shortly.” She signs off abruptly.

[Cora Jex]

Cora comes huffing and puffing up to the group, carrying a container in her arms. “Sorry I never caught up with you. Historia-7 saw me sitting on the bench and set me to work sorting reports into files. Six hours of paperwork, can you imagine?” She shakes her head. “I think I know which of the Society’s factions is not for me. But anyway, she sent me with this, as a reward for a job well done.”

She places the box on the ground, and if opened it reveals a standard datajack and a credstick containing 200 credits, along with a frostbite-class zero rifle. The rifle has a card with a short message:

Jubair found this weapon while cleaning out their house. It belonged to his grandmother but he asked me to pass it along to you. - Historia-7

[Faria Sunburst]

As the thug falls, Faria looks around. Seeing no sign of more trouble, she lets go of her shining scimitar, which returns to a glowing yellow mote floating beside and slightly behind her.

She smiles warmly at the friendly little ysoki.

[Morroda Metalbender]

"Whew... tha was a fun one. Might have ta go get a drink and take a breather." looking to the Little Ysoki with fur absent of color Morroda says "Ah Cora no worries bout your absence tha Society be taken us off to different duties all the time. And look.." Morroda stands up to show that he was barely harmed this time around. "No Holes I be healthier than a Naur."

Well Done Elinnea and might I say nice way to bring Cora back into the fold.

[Chip Patchwork]

"Yeah, that didn't go quite as expected, huh?" Chip says, stowing his pistol. "Hey Sentinel, get over here. Looks like you could use some repairs." He gets to work tinkering with the drone. "She sure was a sweet granny. With all that done, there's no way anyone's going to be tracking Ceren down. Let's hope she enjoys her new career," he says with a glance at Kaiole.

[Kaiole]

"I'm SURE she'll enjoy her new job! She'll be shrinking heads in NO time! In fact, this here are a couple of the first heads I've ever shrunk. They're good luck but I may be convinced to part with them for a few hundred creds each..."

Kaiole pulls out a couple miniature skulls from his pack and hands them around. They feel somewhat plastic-y instead of bone-y. When you look a bit closer, you notice small little words stamped onto the bottom of the skull stating: 'Made in Akiton'