Heroica: Glory Amongst the Stars - Mission #7: My Bleeding Hart

[karmajay]

ooc: Is there an order?

[Zepher]

OoC: I should be down two spirit and we need an initiative order. Also, not totally sure why Zaria is blinded?

"Now we know that works. Let's go, Captain. Can't have you sitting here, ready to be infected again." Merei casts healing light on the Captain, and backs up the stairs, getting to D2. "Perhaps we should have distributed the things we found in space."

[The Legonater]

4 hours ago, karmajay said:

ooc: Is there an order?

3 hours ago, Zepher said:

OoC: I should be down two spirit and we need an initiative order. Also, not totally sure why Zaria is blinded?

MM Note: Still apparently getting the hang of an initiative system.  Fixed and fixed; Zaria's blinded effect and all the other bonus effects come from the food from Port Charon. 

Edited December 11, 2021 by The Legonater

[karmajay]

Kirwin yells "If we pull back through the doors I'm sure we can lock the monsters in here!"

[Zepher]

"I don't know if that's wise, Kirwin. This room is the only way we can access the rest of the ship."

[KotZ]

Varen switches the safety off his rifle and moves to E1. "The more of these guys we can take down now, the easier it will be going forward."

[Kintobor]

Zaria bull rushes to D2, Khopesh in hand. "Merei, move back behind me! I have you covered."

OOC: Zaria should be down one point of spirit and she's bonded, not blinded. Also, the Enhanced Vision spell is attached to her holoscroll, and not actually a spell she has with the rest of her known spells.

[karmajay]

Kirwin looks toward the door "But we could control it from...." They stop as they see the team moving in front of them into position. "Dang, people in Heroica really like to fight, eh? Oh well, let's hope this drone does its job then"

Kirwin pulls a drone out of their pack and sets down. It raises up above their heads.

The drone will fire at an enemy in C1 or C2 if there is one there when it is their turn to support Zaria.

[The Legonater]

59 minutes ago, Kintobor said:

OOC: Zaria should be down one point of spirit and she's bonded, not blinded.  

On 10/30/2021 at 4:13 PM, Kintobor said:

"Barkeep? Riqon '75 and an order of wings, please." 

On 10/30/2021 at 6:09 PM, The Legonater said:

Riqon '75: (Consumable) Blinds the next round, but adds a die to the next attack dice pool. 

MM Note: Where the blinded effect is coming from. Everything else should be fixed, though! I'll give another hour or so for further corrections and then run the round.

 

 

[KotZ]

1 hour ago, karmajay said:

Kirwin looks toward the door "But we could control it from...." They stop as they see the team moving in front of them into position. "Dang, people in Heroica really like to fight, eh? Oh well, let's hope this drone does its job then"

Kirwin pulls a drone out of their pack and sets down. It raises up above their heads.

The drone will fire at an enemy in C1 or C2 if there is one there when it is their turn to support Zaria.

"Hey I've done a lot of sneaking and investigating and intimidating in my life, with the occaisonal beat someone up. Let me have my brawls!" Varen laughs

[Zepher]

@KotZ do you want to also attack? Haha.

[The Legonater]

38 minutes ago, Zepher said:

@KotZ do you want to also attack? Haha.

MM Note: On this note, I forgot to account that Zaria actually has doubled Velocity for the turn because of the Port Charon food, so if @Kintobor wants to move Zaria closer in, that can be done.

[Kintobor]

OOC: Zaria will move to C2 and attempt to meditate.

[KotZ]

OOC: am I able to attack from that far out? I thought I could only hit within three squares unless it was artillery

[Zepher]

10 minutes ago, KotZ said:

OOC: am I able to attack from that far out? I thought I could only hit within three squares unless it was artillery

OoC: My bad. You can attack, but there's a penalty for it being out of the optimal range. May mean it's not worth it. Still, you could try to do something else! Rally Kirwin before they attack, for example? Seems a shame to waste an action.

[The Legonater]

8 hours ago, karmajay said:

The drone will fire at an enemy in C1 or C2 if there is one there when it is their turn to support Zaria.

MM Note: Because the heroes act before the enemies do, I don't think conditional actions like this are really a feature of this system; Kirwin wouldn't be able to fire at anything because by his turn, nothing would have moved. You could try to hit the creatures where they are, but since it's out of range and Kirwin doesn't have any point in Long Range, the distance penalty will negate his damage. However, to both karmajay and KotZ, remember you can also Dash, Rally, Defend, or Try Something. I was going to run the round tonight but I'll hold off in case you guys change your mind, just to preserve action economy. 

[karmajay]

5 hours ago, The Legonater said:

MM Note: Because the heroes act before the enemies do, I don't think conditional actions like this are really a feature of this system; Kirwin wouldn't be able to fire at anything because by his turn, nothing would have moved. You could try to hit the creatures where they are, but since it's out of range and Kirwin doesn't have any point in Long Range, the distance penalty will negate his damage. However, to both karmajay and KotZ, remember you can also Dash, Rally, Defend, or Try Something. I was going to run the round tonight but I'll hold off in case you guys change your mind, just to preserve action economy. 

Ok, I was under the impression that I would be the last to go do to the roll but I understand now. Then I'll keep one space behind Kotz and use rally them - for flavor I'll say the drone is helping them line up their shot. :)

[The Legonater]

6 hours ago, karmajay said:

Ok, I was under the impression that I would be the last to go do to the roll but I understand now. Then I'll keep one space behind Kotz and use rally them - for flavor I'll say the drone is helping them line up their shot. :)

MM Note: Cool. In that case, we're just waiting for @KotZ to finalize his action, or for someone to supply one for him. 

[Zepher]

Varen will defend Zaria before they both move to their positions.

[The Legonater]

Round 1:
Varen defends Zaria (+2 dice to next armour check)
Varen moves to E1
Zaria moves to C2
Zaria meditates (6, 4 = 2 spirit recovered)
Merei casts Sustained Healing on Captain Ilbery (1, +1 = 1 success. 1 Vitality restored, -1 Spirit)
Merei moves to D2
Kirwin rallies Varen (+3 dice to next attack roll)

Creature A moves to D1
Creature A vs. Varen - (2, 6, 5 +1) 3 Successes vs. (3, 4) 1 Success = 2 Damage
Creature B moves to C1
Creature B vs Zaria - (1, 5, 5 +1) 3 Successes vs. (2, 6, 2, 3 +6) 7 Successes = 0 Damage
Creature C moves to E3
Creature C vs Merei (1, 3, 2 +1) 1 Success vs. (6, 4) 2 Successes = 0 Damage

The heroes are still readying themselves when the abominations rush into position. Varen helps protect Zaria as she clears her mind for the battle, whilst Kirwin's drones help prepare Varen for the fight to come. Merei directs healing energy towards the unconscious captain, stabilizing him before she rushes up to join her party on the stairs. Before they know it, the liquid, angled creatures are on them, tearing into them with a savage assault of gnashing. Zaria, with her wealth of protection, is able to shrug off one attack. One of the creatures clambers up the railing to get at Merei, but she is able to leap out of its path, her blazing presence causing it to skitter slightly. Varen, however, takes a bite to his forearm before he shakes the specimen off, and readies his rifle for the next round.

The Enemy:

?? Creature A (D1)
Vitality: 5/5
Velocity: 3
Strength: 2
Skill: 1
Smarts: 1
Proficiencies: Melee Weapons 3, Nature 1, Survival 1
Equipment: Captain Ilbery's Security Card
Innate: Piercing Mandibles (Standard Kinetic Melee Weapon)

? Creature B (C1)
Vitality: 5/5
Velocity: 3
Strength: 2
Skill: 1
Smarts: 1
Proficiencies: Melee Weapons 3, Nature 1, Survival 1
Equipment: Captain's Sidearm (Standard Energy Short Range Weapon)
Innate: Piercing Mandibles (Standard Kinetic Melee Weapon)

? Creature C (E3)
Vitality: 5/5
Velocity: 3
Strength: 2
Skill: 1
Smarts: 1
Proficiencies: Melee Weapons 3, Nature 1, Survival 1
Equipment: Alien Mandible (Standard Kinetic Melee Weapon)
Innate: Piercing Mandibles (Standard Kinetic Melee Weapon)

The Party:

Kirwin (karmajay)
Character Points: 2/14
Vitality: 6/6
Velocity: 1
Strength: 2
Skill: 1
Smarts: 3
Proficiencies: Coding 2, Piloting 1, Engineering 2, Explosives 1, Technology 2 
Credits: 18
Equipment: Drone (Standard Long Range Elemental Weapon), Utility Belt
Inventory: 4 Hampering Minor Chemical Contained grenades, 3 Plasma Potions, Adventuring Leathers (Standard Kinetic Armour), Hacking Chip,  Aether Brew

Merei Teo
Age 24 Female, Helioi-Touched Celestial (Born Menahi)
Character Points: 1/14
Vitality: 6/6 
Velocity: 2
Strength: 2
Skill: 2
Smarts: 3
Spirit: 0/3
Proficiencies: Occult 1, Religion 1, Coding 1, Insight 1
Known Spells: Healing Light, Solar Flare, Gravity Sink
Credits: 151
Equipment: Teo Family Pocket-Watch (Kinetic Weapon), Utility Belt (Grants +1 Engineering or Medicine Check Success)
Inventory: Essence of Intellect, Aetherbrew, Plasma Potion, Nanite Elixir

Varen Nastayo (KotZ)
26, Male, Human
Character Points: 2/13
Vitality: 3/5
Velocity: 2
Strength: 2
Skill: 2
Smarts: 2
Spirit: 0
Proficiencies: Culture 2, Deception 1, Insight 1, Persuasion 2, Long Range Weapon 1, Coding 1*
Known Spells (if applicable): 
Credits: 124
Equipment: Lawyer's Rifle (Standard Long Range Energy weapon), Translator Cube
Inventory: 1x Essence of Glibness, 1x Essence of Intellect, Ion Repeater (Standard Energy Long Range Weapon), Adrenaline Decoction, 2x Bulking Stim, Plasma Potion

Zaria Kanara (Kintobor) 
226 Year Old Female Elf
Character Points: 2/15
Vitality: 6/6
Velocity: 3
Strength: 2
Skill: 2
Smarts: 1
Spirit: 2/2
Proficiencies: Athletics 1, Religion 2, Melee Weapons 2 (temp +1)
Known Spells: Warding Bond, Sonic Sweep
Credits: 139
Equipment: Power Khopesh (Standard Kintetic Melee Weapon), Dune Sea Armour (Standard Kinetic Armour), Farsight Goggles
Inventory: Plasma Potion (4), Aether Brew (2), Essence of Toughness, Holoscroll (Enhanced Vision)

[Kintobor]

Zaria, brushing off the initial attack with little energy, grins, adrenaline rushing through her. "Is that all the strength you could muster?" Zaria swings her khopesh into the creature in C1 (which I believe is creature B).

"Let us focus our attacks on the same creature, Merei! The less combatants we need to contend with, the better!"

[Zepher]

“I cannot do much of anything at the moment. Getting those things out of the captain took a lot out of me.” Merei’s hand reaches for the Aetherbrew upon seeing Varen injured - but they don’t need it quite yet. Instead, she rallies Zaria. “You have this on your own.”

[KotZ]

"Ah!" Varen screams as he's bitten. He retreats to G1 and shoots creature A.

[Kintobor]

Zaria lets out a short, curt laugh. "Ha! Merei, allow me to prove my worth with a blade when I have the backing of my allies!" Zaria strikes the creature with renewed vigour.

[The Legonater]

MM Note: Just waiting on @karmajay or someone else to supply an action for Kirwin!