Starfinder: Attack of the Swarm (Fate of the Fifth) AP pbp

[haldir]

Updated Initiative Rolls:

Vith 24

Ra'aster 20

Dredgers 19

Doc 13

Ratticus 10

Gustav 5

 

Round 1: Vith your action, followed by Ra'aster!

[Zero Prime]

Thanks to Gustav's suggestion Vitharyan moved cautiously across solid stone outcroppings, avoiding loose soil, hoping that would be harder for the burrowing vexxers to track.  Once he got within 30 feet of the rear most dresdger he squeezed off a shot, sending a las bolt towards the creature's cranial mass, hopefully neutralizing it entirely.

 

OOC:  Full Round Action, Trick Attack vs Pink.

Trick Attempt: 1d20+13 (Stealth+1)=(10)+13=23 (Success vs CR 3 or less)

Attack vs Flat Footed EAC: 1d20+4=(8)+4=12

 

Damage=1d4 (Laser Pistol)+1d4 (Trick Attack)=3+4=7 Fire

[haldir]

On 4/13/2021 at 7:45 AM, Zero Prime said:

Thanks to Gustav's suggestion Vitharyan moved cautiously across solid stone outcroppings, avoiding loose soil, hoping that would be harder for the burrowing vexxers to track.  Once he got within 30 feet of the rear most dresdger he squeezed off a shot, sending a las bolt towards the creature's cranial mass, hopefully neutralizing it entirely.

 

OOC:  Full Round Action, Trick Attack vs Pink.

Trick Attempt: 1d20+13 (Stealth+1)=(10)+13=23 (Success vs CR 3 or less)

Attack vs Flat Footed EAC: 1d20+4=(8)+4=12

 

Damage=1d4 (Laser Pistol)+1d4 (Trick Attack)=3+4=7 Fire

 

Ok Pink Dredger: It's flat footed vs Vith next round & the attack does 7 pts of Fire Damage.

 

Also, what square are you in? (Noted)

 

Next up is Ra'aster!

 

Party can be anywhere on the left side.

[Dilvish the Deliverer]

Ra'astar move from his position (I6) to engage the wounded Dredger (I10).  As he closes the distance he grasps his Mote and it lengthens into a a short stabbing spear. The powers of the sun begin to suffuse his intermost being, chasing off the remaining chill of the night from his body (Stellar Mode: Photon 1pt).

 

Reaching his target his spear flies at the Dredger:

 

To hit: 5+4=9

Damage: 4+7=11 (not that I hit)

[haldir]

Ok, yah, those attacks wildly miss the dredger.

 

Dredgers

 

The "pink" dredger returns the attack on the Kasatha by attempting to bite 'yer friggin' head off!! It snaps with those 3 jagged talons! (Continuing my dice rolling luck from last night's FLGS game, the creature ends up with a natural 20 on the roll) It crits you for 14 pts of damage!! All the while, inside your head is a insect-like voice saying "You will be consumed, you will feed the Swarm!!"

 

The "green" dredger will move upon Doc. The insect-like creature skittering along the ground, It rises up & tries to strike the Telian:  Total roll is a 21 - if that hits, then you'll take a total of 6 pts of damage!

 

Doc, yer up!!

[Corsair]

Okay 21 hits. Doc uses Mind Thrust and rolls a 2 and a 10

[haldir]

4 hours ago, Corsair said:

Okay 21 hits. Doc uses Mind Thrust and rolls a 2 and a 10

 

Ok, I'm assuming "green" Dredger. The spell makes it's way into the mind of the creature. The creature is quite resistant to mind effects, but my luck in the dice have gone away (I rolled double 1s!! Jeesh.....)

 

You damage the creature for 12 pts of damage! (nice spell btw). The creature shrieks in pain as the spell overloads it's brain with information! (probably uploaded the entire back catalog of the Enquirer.......). The creature staggers back in forth from the damage. I will give the green Dredger the Staggered condition due to my overly epic failure of Will save....

 

Up next Ratticus!!

[Kangaroorex]

Ratticus will fire His laser and to no one's surprise, he will miss (2 on die) the drone is returning from its search so will not be on the battlefield until next turn at the earliest 

[haldir]

Alright then, Gustav you're up!

[ferret]

Seeing Ra'aster suffer a massive hit, Gustav moves to H10 and swings his tactical baton at the pink dredger hoping to distract it from making a second lunge at Ra'aster.

 

"HEY, you brainless flea, look at me!"

 

Trick attack roll  8+10+4=22

Attack roll 12+3=15

Damage = 3

Extra damage from trick attack = 4

 

(OOC Not a great attack roll, but maybe good enough with the Dredger flat footed.)

 

Edit: l neglected to mention Gustav is yelling at the dredger in Shirren.

Edited April 16, 2021 by ferret

[haldir]

You definitely get the dredger's attention when you shout at it, as Shirren is a language they understand. You come upon the wounded creature & beat the creature upside the head, ending it's existence! Pink Dredger - DEAD!

 

Round 2:

Back up top, Vith!

[Zero Prime]

Seeing Ra'aster's condition, the red scaled vesk becomes immediately concerned.  They were still miles out from camp, and given the news about SP-1, a Swarm push was imminent, and the squad would likely not have access to anything more than field medicine for the foreseeable future.

 

He pushed the, admittedly, dark thoughts from his mind, braced his left shoulder against the outcropping and squeezed off a shot, hoping to end the conflict quickly before his squad suffered any further injury.  As he watched the shot sear, ineffectually, into it's rear chitin, he rushed forward, his lips pulled back in a ferocious snarl, his claws poised to strike.  "Not today you ugly mother pronker!"

 

OOC:  Full Round Action:  Trick Attack vs Green

Trick Attempt=1d20+13=(7)+13=20 (CR 0 fails presumably)

Attack Check=1d20+3=(18)+3=21 (vs EAC)

Damage=d4=(3)=3 fire damage

Follow up Move: (C7)>(E10)

 

As part of the move action, I will move towards the Dredger, getting into melee range of it.  However, as a Vesk of my off hand is not equipped with any gear, so I will threaten it with natural weapons (ie. claws) so if it moves from it's square I would get an AoO, and could provide flanking for someone else in melee.  To save time I will include a check for the AoO (if it is triggered):

 

AoO (if triggered)

Attack Check=1d20+4=(13)+4=17 (vs KAC)

Damage=d3+3=(2)+3=5 slashing

[haldir]

You fail to get the attention of the dredger but the blast from your pistol does for 3 pts of fire damage! AoO noted.  It's hurt but it continues onward.

 

Ra'aster you're up next!

Edited April 19, 2021 by haldir
updated due to GM duhhh moment. :)

[Dilvish the Deliverer]

Ra'astar, pushing through the pain of the blow he took from the now dead Dredger, decides that rushing in right now might be a bit too aggressive.  Instead, his lower left arm swings first back, then forward releasing a sharp spinning disk that whistles mournfully as it approaches the Dredger.  The disk flies true, biting into the Dredger and then suddenly reappears in the hand it was thrown from, ready for use once more. (called fusion)

 

Singing Disk to hit: CRIT! 20+2=22

Damage: 1+4+8=13 sonic +DC 12 Will save or be confused for 1 round.

 

Stellar Mode: Photon 2pts.

[haldir]

Even if the Dredger was healthy that strike would have taken it down!! The disk slices through the creature & lands a bit from it. (easily recoverable). With the last of the creatures dead the air is silent, but only for a few seconds as Ratticus's equipment sparks to life, as do all of your comms:

 

“—I repeat, all squadrons form up on Inter-Region Highway 12. Brinnoa is being fully evacuated, & we have to defend the civilians while—,” 

 

Just like that the comms go blank, the voice that was heard was your commanding officer Major Jaldamarrak. Any attempts to re-connect or to try & bring up SDF central command are met with the same resistance as before.

 

Combat has ended.