I propose for you a situation: A ship has made a jump into/out of the drift, only to find they have more people on board than they started with. Assuming this is possible (not that this is likely, this is a plot event or your DM has a table and their dice have a sense of humor), what sort of petitioners can you come up with to have appear on board?
Class, former race, what plane did you snag them from (Did you just interrupt one of the chosen while they were in the middle of enjoying their after life, or rescue one of the hunted?), and what are they doing when found? Anything. I want to see what people can come up with, and even what people think of the notion. What can you do with this?
Petitioners, like souls of departed individuals?
I mean...first of all that doesn't make sense to me. Not that creatures couldn't appear aboard, but not petitioners. As far as I know, petitioners can't leave their plane.
There could be plenty of crazy things waiting in the drift to sneak onto your vessel, but the drift is it's own plane. It's not like your going to those individual planes and someone can jump on.
Now, if you're referring to how when entering/exiting the drift it can randomly tear off a chunk of another plane of existence then you should know that:
1) It wouldn't be inside your ship (probably)
2) Most planes are mostly "empty" space. Look at the material plane. Lots and lots of literal space to travel through. The other planes would have largely uninhabited areas the same way where nothing particularly interesting would come through.
3) Assuming you have the incredibly small chance where creatures do get pulled through from a chunk of another plane it could literally be any creature from that plane, not just petitioners. It could be devils, angels, or pretty much anything.
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I'm disappointed this doesn't involve Hitchhikers.
I am thankful for the lack of Vogon poetry.
Petitioners, like souls of departed individuals?
I mean...first of all that doesn't make sense to me. Not that creatures couldn't appear aboard, but not petitioners. As far as I know, petitioners can't leave their plane.
There could be plenty of crazy things waiting in the drift to sneak onto your vessel, but the drift is it's own plane. It's not like your going to those individual planes and someone can jump on.
Now, if you're referring to how when entering/exiting the drift it can randomly tear off a chunk of another plane of existence then you should know that:
1) It wouldn't be inside your ship (probably)
2) Most planes are mostly "empty" space. Look at the material plane. Lots and lots of literal space to travel through. The other planes would have largely uninhabited areas the same way where nothing particularly interesting would come through.
3) Assuming you have the incredibly small chance where creatures do get pulled through from a chunk of another plane it could literally be any creature from that plane, not just petitioners. It could be devils, angels, or pretty much anything.
Couple things to address here. On the first of all, Im not saying they are leaving their plane under their own power. If a jump pulls a bit of the plane they are in, though it is perhaps astronomical, it could pull someone. And while yes it could be quite literally any creature (you could look out into the void of space and see a very upset hellhound clawing at the vacuum.), I thought petitioners could be an interesting point to discuss. The circumstances are not likely, they are as far as I know barely possible, but would it be better to discuss seeing an upset demon lord rather than people finding a giant maggot in their cargo hold post jump eating their supplies?
I'm disappointed this doesn't involve Hitchhikers.
I am thankful for the lack of Vogon poetry.
Ah, but how does Arthur Dent get on the Heart of Gold in the first place?
And yes, we are all hapy for the lack of Vogon Poetry.. Though perhaps that would be worth making a bard with the lowest Cha possible... *starts thinking of writing up an archetype*
Starfinder already has a skill for reciting Vogon poetry.
It is called Intimidate.
Couple things to address here. On the first of all, Im not saying they are leaving their plane under their own power. If a jump pulls a bit of the plane they are in, though it is perhaps astronomical, it could pull someone. And while yes it could be quite literally any creature (you could look out into the void of space and see a very upset hellhound clawing at the vacuum.), I thought petitioners could be an interesting point to discuss. The circumstances are not likely, they are as far as I know barely possible, but would it be better to discuss seeing an upset demon lord rather than people finding a giant maggot in their cargo hold post jump eating their supplies?Petitioners, like souls of departed individuals?
I mean...first of all that doesn't make sense to me. Not that creatures couldn't appear aboard, but not petitioners. As far as I know, petitioners can't leave their plane.
There could be plenty of crazy things waiting in the drift to sneak onto your vessel, but the drift is it's own plane. It's not like your going to those individual planes and someone can jump on.
Now, if you're referring to how when entering/exiting the drift it can randomly tear off a chunk of another plane of existence then you should know that:
1) It wouldn't be inside your ship (probably)
2) Most planes are mostly "empty" space. Look at the material plane. Lots and lots of literal space to travel through. The other planes would have largely uninhabited areas the same way where nothing particularly interesting would come through.
3) Assuming you have the incredibly small chance where creatures do get pulled through from a chunk of another plane it could literally be any creature from that plane, not just petitioners. It could be devils, angels, or pretty much anything.
I don't understand your point.
My point was simply that I feel like you're asking the wrong question. You're asking about petitioners appearing on the ship, which is possible (though unlikely) when it's equally as (un)likely that anything from any of the planes will appear in/around your ship.
So I guess I just don't understand why you're focusing on petitioners. It could be anything.
It's also worth remember that petitioners barely remember their previous lives and are irrevocably changed when they become petitioners.
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Starfinder already has a skill for reciting Vogon poetry.
It is called Intimidate.
You misspelled Phantasmal Killer.
During a recitation by their poet master Grunthos the Flatulent of his poem "Ode to a Small Lump of Green Putty I Found in My Armpit One Midsummer Morning", four of the audience members died of internal hemorrhaging and the president of the Mid-Galactic Arts Nobbling Council survived only by gnawing one of his own legs off.
and the president of the Mid-Galactic Arts Nobbling Council survived only by gnawing one of his own legs off.
Really makes you wonder: do vogons have to chain people to the floor before reciting their poems?
Couple things to address here. On the first of all, Im not saying they are leaving their plane under their own power. If a jump pulls a bit of the plane they are in, though it is perhaps astronomical, it could pull someone. And while yes it could be quite literally any creature (you could look out into the void of space and see a very upset hellhound clawing at the vacuum.), I thought petitioners could be an interesting point to discuss. The circumstances are not likely, they are as far as I know barely possible, but would it be better to discuss seeing an upset demon lord rather than people finding a giant maggot in their cargo hold post jump eating their supplies?Petitioners, like souls of departed individuals?
I mean...first of all that doesn't make sense to me. Not that creatures couldn't appear aboard, but not petitioners. As far as I know, petitioners can't leave their plane.
There could be plenty of crazy things waiting in the drift to sneak onto your vessel, but the drift is it's own plane. It's not like your going to those individual planes and someone can jump on.
Now, if you're referring to how when entering/exiting the drift it can randomly tear off a chunk of another plane of existence then you should know that:
1) It wouldn't be inside your ship (probably)
2) Most planes are mostly "empty" space. Look at the material plane. Lots and lots of literal space to travel through. The other planes would have largely uninhabited areas the same way where nothing particularly interesting would come through.
3) Assuming you have the incredibly small chance where creatures do get pulled through from a chunk of another plane it could literally be any creature from that plane, not just petitioners. It could be devils, angels, or pretty much anything.I don't understand your point.
My point was simply that I feel like you're asking the wrong question. You're asking about petitioners appearing on the ship, which is possible (though...
You are right. Yes, it could be any denizen of an outerplane. To me though, I want to focus on the people, the individual bereft of the memories of who they were but adjusted to the planes to which they were consigned. Sure, a Vermlek could be on board, or a vicious kyton who has such sights to show you.. But I wanted to discuss petitioners and see what could be done. It could be a means of introducing a new party member.. It could be that person you killed a year back and while they may not remember you, you remember them (and you are wearing their cybernetic arm, to reference another thread). Your ship might be in need of an engineer and your jump happened to pick up someone who does remember that much (I know they lose their former skill points but whats to stop one from having a couple of skill points thrown at Engineering?). I want to see the plot hooks and character notions people can come up with of individuals who passed away, were judged, but are still perhaps recognizable for who they were, memory or not. Maybe you took someone from paradise, or you just snagged up a rather upset remade who's notes regarding their riddles are still back in utopia.
Starfinder already has a skill for reciting Vogon poetry.
It is called Intimidate.
You misspelled Phantasmal Killer.
During a recitation by their poet master Grunthos the Flatulent of his poem "Ode to a Small Lump of Green Putty I Found in My Armpit One Midsummer Morning", four of the audience members died of internal hemorrhaging and the president of the Mid-Galactic Arts Nobbling Council survived only by gnawing one of his own legs off.
True, I didn't think of Vogon poetry as a possible spell effect.
and the president of the Mid-Galactic Arts Nobbling Council survived only by gnawing one of his own legs off.Really makes you wonder: do vogons have to chain people to the floor before reciting their poems?
I've always interpreted that as Aid-Another on himself for the Will save. By providing a suitable distraction to take some small part of his mind off the poetry.
Well, let’s start off with a skittermander petitioner from Elysium. She’s not sure why she’s here, but that’s ‘s fine. Do you strangers need help?
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Really makes you wonder: do vogons have to chain people to the floor before reciting their poems?
Well, we only have one example of a recital of Vogon poetry, and the audience were strapped in to Poetry Appreciation Chairs. I think it's safe to say that nobody who had any choice in the matter would listen to Vogon poetry.
Poetry Appreciation Chairs? I don't remember those.
Time to reread the Guide. :-D
Ya know, the drift would make an interesting adventure locale, i wonder if there is anything that stops a drift engine from stopping "mid-flight" within the drift?
Our most memorable Drift encounter happened when my players' rolled a 01 for the Drift encounters check. I decided they had entered a lower plane. I had a player roll a d6, with 1 and 2 being the Abyss, 3-4 Abaddon, and 5-6(66) Hell.
Next, the PCs were flying over a vast ocean of boiling fire ringed by black jagged mountains. Dead ahead the PCs saw a gothic castle embedded within a floating mountain. Missiles launched from the castle towers. The pilot failed an evasive maneuver. The missiles made their checks, exploded, and covered the PCs' ship with EMP devices, temporarily disabling the powercore. The pilot crash landed the ship on the floating mountain; a good place to end the session.
Next session the PCs met a bearded devil named Colonel Genrix R.R. Salt (as played by Leonardo DiCaprio's character from Django Unchained) and his devil troops. Long story short, these devils were exiled to this castle and stripped of their wings and their ability to teleport due to a failed coup attempt. The devils treated the PCs well while they were there, apologized for shooting them down, and promised to repair their ship. Of course, the devils planned to use the starship to escape the castle and leave the PCs behind in their place. As the session closed, the PCs were alerted to this scam by an imp named Snicker.
Next session, Snicker assisted the PCs with escaping (in dramatic fashion), and joined the PCs' crew. Three sessions of pure fun and a unique crewmember thanks to Drift encounters.
The ysoki often keeps Snicker in her cheek pouch.
Keep Snicker in her cheek pouch? I can see the complaints now: "Bleahh . . . Brush your teeth next time!"