ooc Shoaling Patterns (OOC)

[Thevshi]

Okay, one of the shapeshifted Grue Arcane will go after Starshot and gets a 23 on its attack roll, which brings up a DC 23 toughness save for Starshot @Supercape

 

The only non-dazed unshapeshifted will try to mentally grapple Star Khan: only a 9 on its mind reading check, which Star Khan beats without a roll, so it fails to establish a lock.

 

The other shapeshifted will go after Dok A and Star Khan will again interpose, it hit but again stopped by Impervious.

 

Star Khan will attack it, hitting with a 31, DC 29 toughness save for the Aracne (with 3 bruises): 15, so that one is down now as well.

 

@Dr Archeville Dok is up!

[Supercape]

23 for TOughness save

 

Just made it

 

 

[Dr Archeville]

Bruised, 6 HP

 

Okay, let's go for this serpent's head.  Switching VP to 

 

Blast 8 ("nonlethal blaster"; PFs: Accurate 4 [+16 to hit])  {20/20}

 

And power attacking for 2, so that'll be +14 to hit with a Blast 10 effect.

 

Targeting the lead Grue cultist, and... 1d20+14: 30 [1d20=16]

 

Assuming that hits, that's a DC 25 Toughness save.

 

 

[Thevshi]

The lead arcane gets a 22, so another bruise.

 

The lead arcane will spend its full action casting a spell that seems to pulse out through the walls and to the area beyond the ravine.

 

And with that we are at: 

 

Round Four

 

27 Starshot (unharmed) 1 HP

20 Arcane (unharmed 3) (1 shapeshifted (bruised 2)); (1 bruised;1 bruised 2 (dazed))

18 Star Khan (unharmed)

17 Doktor Archeville (bruised) 7 HP

15 Lead Arcane (bruised 3)

 

And Starshot is up! @Supercape

 

(also, going to give you both a HP for the complication the arcane just caused with his spell)

[Supercape]

Move action: To partial Cover

 

Starndard Action: Fire plasma rifle

 

28

 

Which I hope hits and its a DC 23 Tough Save

[Thevshi]

That hits, it gets a 13 on its save, so staggered and dazed.

[Thevshi]

Okay, only one Grue Arcane can act this round due to daze, and it will try to hit Dok A with a mystical blast, missing with a 18.

 

Star Khan will ready an action to move, as he looks to see what Dok A wants to do about the possible complications with the spell just cast.

 

and it is Dok A's turn! @Dr Archeville

[Dr Archeville]

Curse their villainy!

 

Reconfiguring VP to 

 

Enhanced Flight 10 (“nyoom;” to Flight 11 [25,000 mph / 250,000 feet per Move action]) {20/20}

 

ad nyooming out & up to see what's going on.

[Thevshi]

Okay, sorry for the delay in getting back to this. 

We are sort of out of combat, so go ahead and post with ideas on dealing with the Sarcota.

 

[Thevshi]

Okay, sorry for letting this idle for so long. For my GM post, Star Khan is going to try Kn: Tactics to get an idea how to best try to "herd" the Sarcota: bad roll, but still a 22

 

@Supercape  If Starshot is going to follow along with the ideas from Star Khan, give me a piloting check, otherwise, le me know what he might want to do.

 

@Dr Archeville Doc, let me know what Archeville is planning to do.
 

[Supercape]

Sure Starshot will go along - taking 10 (skill mastery) for a 20 pilot check. 

[Dr Archeville]

So the Doktor's plan is to fly up to one of the Sarcota, cling onto its neck/head, and use his "internalized electromagneti screwdriver" as an advanced MRI, to get a scan on the critter's brain, hopefully determining a] if they're of animal intelligence or have sapient thoughts, and b] what sort of stimuli they respond to/how to communicate with them.  Game terms, this would be a Mind Reading and Super-Senses (Mental Awareness) effect, and maybe some Knowledge (Behavioral Sciences), Knowledge (Life Sciences), and/or Sense Motive rolls.

 

[Thevshi]

Okay, sorry for the delay. @Dr Archeville Doc, could you give me some rolls (or indicate what the result on any skill master would be on those checks) so I can make some opposed rolls to see how this goes.

Thanks!

[Dr Archeville]

Of course!

 

I'm guessing he might need an Acrobatics check, to maneuver close enough.  He's got no ranks in that, but I'll use one of his 7 HP to use Beginner's Luck to gain a 'phantom' 5 ranks.

1d20+6: 17 [1d20=11]

 

Knowledge (Behavioral Sciences)

1d20+16: 20 [1d20=4]

I can do better.  Using an HP (down to 5 now) to re-roll.

1d20+16: 19 [1d20=3]+10 = 29

(I figure there may be some penalties for working with non-human intelligences.)

 

Knowledge (Galactic Lore)

1d20+16: 31 [1d20=15]

 

Knowledge (Life Sciences)

1d20+24: 33 [1d20=9]

Oh, why not -- another HP re-roll.  (Down to 4 HP now.)

1d20+24: 30 [1d20=6]+10 = 40

(Again, figuring on some penalites for dealing with non-terrestrial life forms.)

 

I'm guessing a Sense Motive check could be useful

1d20+9: 26 [1d20=17]