[SFS/OSP] GM Mjolbeard's 1-01 The Commencement

[GM Mjolbeard]

Welcome and thanks for signing up for this run of "The Commencement" folks!

First off, I'd like to introduce myself a bit to those of you who haven't played with me before. I'm GM Mjolbeard. I've been playing SFS since its debut, much of which has included PBP as a venue. I highly value the game, and love to do as much as I can to throw in a lot of role-play with my roll-play, as the saying goes. With that in mind, here are a few expectations that I will hold for myself as well as my players in this game:

1) Please try to maintain a posting rate of 1+ post/weekday. Weekends are almost always busier for me than weekdays in one way or another, so I may or may not post during that timeframe. I'd accept the same from you. Within those posting rates, I'd love to see as much role-play from each of you as you feel comfortable with. Particularly good role-play can potentially earn things like circumstance bonuses on various rolls!
2) Please list important information about your character in the Classes/Levels section of your stat block. Please also have your full character sheet available in your character's profile. If you're at all unsure what I'm talking about, feel free to take a look at my SFS characters for some examples.
3) I'll roll initiative for combats and perception for potential surprise situations. I'll also provide information for knowledge checks in spoilers with the DCs listed. Please refrain from reading the spoilers unless you make the DC with the appropriate skill check.

We will begin play Monday of next week on June 10, but in the meantime, please do me a favor and post the information for your character requested below using the template I've provided. This will make things easier for me when it comes time for reporting and putting together chronicles, so this is for your benefit too! You can also dot in on the Gameplay thread with your character of choice.

Player Name:
Character Name:
SFS#:
Starting XP:
Starting Fame:
Starting Reputation/Infamy with Slotted Faction:
Starting Credits:
Day Job (if applicable):
Special Notes/Abilities: Please describe any special mechanical considerations I should keep in mind here.

With all that out of the way, all that remains is for me to say thanks again for joining me, and happy gaming!

[Guli Steeleyes]

caps here. Haven't *actually* put this character together yet, but will do so before we start.

[Peff]

Player Name: Peff
Character Name: Korl Larst
SFS#: # 85291-701
Starting XP: 1
Starting Fame: 2
Starting Reputation/Infamy with Slotted Faction: 2 rep Exo Guardians
Starting Credits: 751
Day Job (if applicable): Profession (Mercenary)
Special Notes/Abilities: Korl is a fully melee solarian but otherwise no mechanical things to worry about.

[Dr. Diralynn Houndstooth]

I commented in Castimir’s, but I’m down for a run! I actually realized that my second level dwarf mystic doesn’t have a credit for the Commencement, but I would still need a day or two to get her profile together for PBP. Also, I have run this a bunch of times, so it’s fine if you’d rather not have me as a player!

[Xeeter]

I would *love* to play Commencement with you, and this group of players so far!

I am now trying to decide if I can afford the bandwidth... Gah. This is such a hard choice!

[Guli Steeleyes]

1 post a day. :) Steel discipline; check in only once a day.

[Zapp Brannigan, Nameless Man]

I'd like to play! Most of mine have already done it, but here I have this obviously awful envoy, as well as a technomancer at 1.

[Xeeter]

Hahahahhahahaha! You think I have steel discipline!

On the other hand, Commencement does not take a lot bandwidth from the player side -- not like the game that I dropped recently. Alright, I'll do it!

Player Name: Hmm
Character Name: Xeeter
SFS#: 149000-707
Starting XP: 5
Starting Fame: 9
Starting Reputation/Infamy with Slotted Faction: 9 SS Jadnura
Starting Credits: See ITS
Day Job (if applicable): Rebuilding Nakondis

Special Notes/Abilities: Please describe any special mechanical considerations I should keep in mind here.

If you need to make space for a new player, drop me first. Seriously, drop me. It may be for my own good.

[Renegade Al]

This is Hrothdane! I still need to write this character up, but you can see the basic idea

[GM Mjolbeard]

And that's a full table!

Our roster:

caps as Guli Steeleyes
Peff as Korl Larst
Kate "Morlamaw-Maker" Baker as Diralynn Houndstooth
HMM as Xeeter
Saving Cap'n Crunch as Zapp Brannigan, Nameless Man
Hrothdane as Renegade AI

[Renegade Al]

Player Name: Evie T.
Character Name: Renegade Al
SFS#: 99807-703
Starting XP: 0
Starting Fame: 0
Starting Reputation/Infamy with Slotted Faction: Dataphiles 0
Starting Credits: 37
Day Job (if applicable): Profession (whimsical hacker): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (14) + 12 = 26
Special Notes/Abilities: Mechanic with a drone. Both Al and her drone can get an extra +10 bonus to stealth by standing completely still for a round.

[Korl "Voidfist" Larst]

Should have done my day job roll inline and its not letting me edit for some reason...sorry about that

Profession(Mercenary): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

[Xeeter]

Oh, and remember. Report early, Mjolbeard!

[Zapp Brannigan, Nameless Man]

Player Name: Crunch
Character Name: Zapp Brannigan
SFS #: 150618-705
Starting XP: 2
Starting Fame: 4
Starting Reputation/Infamy with Slotted Faction: 4 (Exo-Guardians)
Starting Credits: 669
Day Job: Profession (motivational speaker): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
Special Notes/Abilities: Oh dear gods, it's Zapp Brannigan. Toned down on request, just in case.

[GM Mjolbeard]

Oh Zapp... Don't even think about toning it down for this table! I have a brawler in PFS that uses the same avatar, and he is...well let's say he and Zapp would either get along great, or become bitter rivals as they compete to figure out who's more impressive. HMM can attest to this. Haha!

So, if anything, I'm gonna need you to turn it up to 11 so you can do that avatar proud! Hahaha!

[Zapp Brannigan, Nameless Man]

Can do! I've never had to, nor have I ever felt like I did. But it hasn't hurt to put the option there. Let the suicide mission commence!

[Dr. Diralynn Houndstooth]

Well, I would actually request that! (At least for some aspects of the Zapp Brannigan character.) I really dislike having my PCs get hit on, and after running this for some players who were creepy about Historia-7, I'd rather not see NPCs get hit on.

Other aspects of the character are cool though! I quote "What makes a man turn neutral?" all the time. And other players can speak for their comfort level with their own PCs, obviously!

Edited to add: your intro post is fantastic!

[GM Mjolbeard]

That's a very good point, Diralynn! Thanks for bringing that up.

So I guess the better way to put it would be-- Have fun and go nuts with your character, but make sure to respect your fellow PCs and try not to be a skeez-ball with NPCs either. Sound good to everybody?

[Korl "Voidfist" Larst]

Works for me! I wish I had thought to roll a Kif....haha.

[Guli Steeleyes]

Player Name: caps
Character Name: Guli Steeleyes
SFS#: 137974-704
Starting XP: 0
Starting Fame: 0
Starting Reputation/Infamy with Slotted Faction: 0
Starting Credits: 53
Day Job (if applicable): Profession, tinkerer: 10 + 10 = 20
Special Notes/Abilities: Proficient in advanced melee weapons (Dwarf FTW!)

[Guli Steeleyes]

I will be at a conference for work next week (M-F) with very limited time to post. There should be a Bot Me spoiler in my profile (please let me know ASAP if it is missing or empty) that you can use to bot me if any actions are waiting on me.

[Zapp Brannigan, Nameless Man]

That's perfectly fair! One of the main parts of the character I already tend to avoid, actually. I see how it could make anyone uncomfortable, whether directed at them or otherwise, and steer clear of it. Only time a character of mine was ever hit on was by an NPC. I think it was part of the scenario, race-based. That one was funny because I was playing a socially inept Kalistocrat.

Zapp is Chaotic Good, though he shouldn't be. Chaotic Neutral or maybe Neutral suit him better, but there can be no Neutrality here! And thanks for the compliment!

@Korl: That would be great. But don't you worry, Kif will be joining us in the form of a very reluctant Basic Hireling Access boon!

[Dr. Diralynn Houndstooth]

Player Name: Kate Baker
Character Name: Dr. Diralynn Houndstooth
SFS#: 215650-707
Starting XP: 4
Starting Fame: 7
Starting Reputation/Infamy with Slotted Faction: Exo-Guardians: 8 rep, 0 infamy
Starting Credits: 953
Day Job (if applicable): Profession (doctor): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
Special Notes/Abilities: Dwarf melee mystic, nothing too weird!

Diralynn has some awesome custom art by Liz Courts, linked from her profile!

[Dr. Diralynn Houndstooth]

Dr. Houndstooth is a less-than-subtle reference to the excellent book Doctor Dogbody's Leg.

[Dr. Diralynn Houndstooth]

- Ally:  Preservation of AA-126D
- Faction:  Exo-Guardians Champion
- Personal: 
- Promotional:  T-shirt
- Social: 
- Starship: 
- Slotless: Starfinder Insignia Legacy Race Boon

Oh, hey, I have a basic hireling from a boon! They are an academic dwarf with Culture, Life Science, and Physical Science. Name TBD.

[Korl "Voidfist" Larst]

Faction: Exo-Guardians Champion
Slotless: Starfinder Society Care Package (Elixir of Renewal)

Not much in the way of boons yet but here we go!

[Zapp Brannigan, Nameless Man]

- Ally: Basic Hireling Access
- Faction: Exo-Guardians Champion
- Personal:
- Promotional:
- Social:
- Starship: Hero of the Stars
- Slotless: Starfinder Insignia

Got some other boons, but not ones I want to slot. Kif has the standard +1 to Life Science, Mysticism, and Physical Science.

[Xeeter]

- Ally: Preservation of AA-126D (Meehr Zet) -- Upgraded to Amateur Ally
- Faction: Jadnura Champion*
- Personal: Existing Nufriend Skittermander
- Promotional: T-shirt
- Social:
- Starship: Mystical Systems Upgrade
- Slotless: Rebuilding Nakondis

Oh, hey, I have the exact same dwarf hireling from the very same boon as Dr. Diralynns! They are an academic dwarf with Culture, Life Science, and Physical Science. Name Meehr Zet.

____
* I wish that I could pick other factions for my new characters, but until they offer replays for Evaluators, all my new characters will be Jadnura faction for at least the first two tiers. I have to have some way to be able to offer evals...

[Meehr Zet]

* Waves *

"I'm Zeeter's Ally boon!"

[Renegade Al]

Ally:
Faction: Exo-Guardians Champion
Personal: Verthani Heritage
Promotional:
Social:
Starship:
Slotless:

[GM Mjolbeard]

Thanks for slotting your boons, everybody!

Xeeter, do you need me to make any notes on your Chronicle for the Rebuilding Nakondis boon since you listed that associated with your Day Job? I'm not familiar with that boon.

[Guli Steeleyes]

Guli will take Second Seekers (Jadnura) champion boon. He has no other boons.

[Xeeter]

Please Bot me, I'm working on Convention stuff and it's going to take some disentangling. Also... Forgive me, because I may not have set up Xeeter's Bot me spoiler yet.

Worst. VC. Ever.

Hmm

[GM Mjolbeard]

@Al - Could you please add the specifics for Al and Zwei's defensive stats in their respective Class/Levels line in their profile? This will help me know more easily when I've hit your AC with an attack. At minimum, could you please include each character's current SP, HP, RP, KAC, EAC, and save bonuses?

Many thanks!

[Renegade Al]

Doing it now! I kept putting it off as I've never done a stat line for starfinder PbP before (this is my first one! Tons of pathfinder PbPs).

[Xeeter]

Apologies for my absence (especially without a botting spoiler!)

I am back, and I have a botting spoiler. Thanks for covering for me, all!

[GM Mjolbeard]

No problem! Thanks for getting the botting instructions added!

[Renegade Al]

Hi everyone! It’s Pride weekend here in SF so the wife and I will be extra busy so my posting will be limited to nonexistent until Sunday evening. Thanks for the understanding!

[GM Mjolbeard]

Thanks for the heads up, Al! I just finished botting you for today, but if you put in a post we can retcon the actions I took for you. Enjoy your Pride weekend!

On a related note, my own posting will be severely limited much of next week as I'll be on vacation for the July 4th holiday. I'll be gone from Tuesday, July 2 through Sunday, July 7. I may be able to post to an extent during that period, but it will likely be sporadic at best. Thanks for your understanding. I hope those of you in the US enjoy the holiday, and any of you not in the US enjoy your week!

[Renegade Al]

I was actually writing my posts as you wrote yours apparently! Haha

[GM Mjolbeard]

Haha! Yes, we definitely cross-posted there. I think I got it all sorted out now, though.

[Xeeter]

Xeeter pokes the GM with all six hands. "Hello, Nufriends!"

[Guli Steeleyes]

I am on vacation this week. I will be keeping up with my games off and on via RSS, but please do not hold anything up waiting for me. There should be botting instructions in my profile. Do not hesitate to use them to move things forward.

[Korl "Voidfist" Larst]

Al, Korl can spot you the remaining creds, no problem.

[Xeeter]

Head deep in the final throes of a freelance assignment. Please bot today.

[Guli Steeleyes]

Bump

[GM Mjolbeard]

Sorry for the absence! This past weekend was my wedding anniversary (my bad for notification ahead of time on that!) and I came back to an exceedingly busy week at work yesterday.

Now resuming your regularly scheduled adventuring!

[Guli Steeleyes]

Between packing tonight, traveling, and doing con related things, I will be busy with GenCon from now until Sunday. I don't expect to be caught up to speed until Monday or Tuesday.

If any of y'all will be playing organized play at GenCon and want to meet up, send me a PM! I enjoy the tables much more when playing with a friend.

I will continue to read posts through the RSS feed and may drop in for a post, but please bot me whenever it becomes necessary.

[Xeeter]

Okay, we'll bot you. Kate will also be at GenCon, Mjolbeard, so we have two people we may have to bot.

[GM Mjolbeard]

Thanks for the heads up, Guli! And for the heads up by proxy, HMM!

I'll prompt folks to bot for Guli and Diralynn as needed.