[IC] SWS/DnD5, Star Wars the Old Republic – A Gathering Darkness

[GreenKarl]

Acting quickly, this Gand dropped to the edge of the platform and rapid fired at the hunter whom had shop at Cal. Only the first bolt struck true, a telling wound to the man's shoulder as he grunted and reeled back in pain. Targo did the same, falling to the ground and fired a bolt at the same man, but misses. Calling on the Force, Jihahna filled her companions with hope and courage for this coming battle as Cal raised forward and ducked behind one of the columns on the edge of them. Then Kacela, calling on the rarely used Force ability of severing a being from the living Force!!! The strange floating sphere suddenly seemed to dim and the electrical charges fading!!! A voice from around the sphere shouted "NO!!!!" with great rage behind it. Then Reks raced down the stairs but was not fast enough to make it to the cover of the pillars!! His twin lightsabers ignited before him!!

This Gand and Targo notice an male Ithorian wielding a red-glowing lightsaber striding forward out from behind the central pillars. He raises his other hand and point towards the pair... and suddenly a pitch black shadow appears before them and blocking their view of the floating sphere and pillars! Down below the man this Gand shot shakes off and pain he is felling and shot at Reks but both bolts missed!!! He then darted to another pillar when a short, four-legged droid made an appearance as it moved forward, firing at Reks but again the Knight is able to deflect the blasts!

GM: Initiative This Gand -24 The Dark Lady -23 Cal - 22 Malonnu – 17 Parlex Dornith – 16 Jihahna - 15 Gall Hsloth -13 Sith Mark III Droid -11 Kacela - 9 Reks – 8 [sblock=Results]This Gand shots and would have missed Parlex all 3 times. Spending a Force Point means the first attack roll (minimum is +2 which is what you needed) hits for 25 damage (bring him down to 51 HP and Reeling condition). Targo rolls to shot Parlex, Attack roll, damage if he hits: 1D20+5 = [12]+5 = 17; 3D8+3 = [4, 1, 6]+3 = 14, but he missed. Cal double moves down the stair and to cover by the pillars. He has Total cover from all the villains right now unless they move. Kacela spends two Force Points and disrupts the flow of Force Energy into the Infinity Gate. Basically it is not going to re-start for at least one additional minute (10 rounds) and will make a roll to recover something similar to Reeling after that. Jihahna spends a Force Point to use Battle Meditation granting all the heroes +2 to attack rolls, ability checks and skill rolls, and also +2 to Will Defense for the rest of the battle or until Jihahna is Incapacitated or reduced to 0 HP. These bonuses start next round... Reks double moves but cannot quite make it to cover. Badguys turn From cover the Dark Lady spends a Force Point to give her Damage Resistance for 1 minute (10 rounds) starting next round. Malonnu moves 12 meters closer and uses his Shadows talent to create a glob of Total Darkness/Heavy Obscure right in front of the ledge, effectively blocking the sight of this Gand, Targo, Kacela and Jihahna to see down into the central part of the chamber (you are NOT in this area, its just in front of you hanging in the air!!). You need Darkvision to see through it, low-light is not good enough. He then takes cover behind a pillar. Parlex has Shake it Off, so Recover from Reeling, DC 12: 1D20+4 = [8]+4 = 12, makes it (half damage, round down, or a 10, whichever is higher). He then makes two attacks verse Reks as that is the only person he sees (he still has light cover). attack rolls and damage if he hits: 1D20+7 = [8]+7 = 15; 3D8+8 = [5, 2, 5]+8 = 20 1D20+7 = [11]+7 = 18; 3D8+8 = [8, 1, 5]+8 = 22, both miss!!! He then ducks behind cover and moves somewhere else. The only person that has a chance of seeing where he goes is Reks. Parlex Stealth vs. Reks: 1D20+6 = [3]+6 = 9. Reks saw the pillar he moved behind this round. Gall strides forward 12 meters and then uses his Dark Presence talent. This grants all of his allies a +1 to all their Defense scores for the remainder of the battle (this is a mind effect so it does NOT affect the droid). Finally the Mark III assassin droid moves forward to cover (+2 Reflex) and attacks Reks attack and damage if it hits (+1 to hit and damage from point blank shot): 1D20+6 = [1]+6 = 7; 3D8+6 = [4, 7, 5]+6 = 22, natural 1!! Nope.[/sblock] [sblock=Conditions]Cal 62/62 Jihahna 44/64 Kacela 33/66 This Gand 50/66 Reks 70/70 Targo 21/21 The Dark Lady 66/66 Malonnu 79/79 Gall Hsloth 70/70 Parlex Dornith 51/71 Sith Mark III 44/44[/sblock] Positions This Gand, Targo, Kacela and Jihahna are all on the platform still. The stairs down are about 12 meters of movement and the first pillars are 12 meters from that. You are all about 6 meters from the stairs themselves. You need to move to at least the stairs to see around the patch of darkness. Cal is behind one of the first pillars Reks is 6 meters behind him No one can see the Dark Lady, Malonnu or Gall. Parlex and the Sith Droid are both around 10 meters from where Cal is (but neither can see him, nor can he see them. Parlex is about 12 meters from his last position (he was at the central, but now closer to where Cal is). Heroes turn!! Remember that Jihahna's bonuses of +2 to your attack, skill and ability rolls (and to your Will defense scores)!!! Remember that all the badguys (except the Droid) now have +1 to all their Defense scores and the two that Reks can see (and anyone else whom moves to the stairs) have cover (+2 to Reflex)

 

[Forged Fury]

[IC] SWS/DnD5, Star Wars the Old Republic – A Gathering Darkness

Cal leaned around the edge of the pillar from which he had taken cover and acquired a target through the scope of his sniper blaster rifle. Breathing calmly, he pulled the trigger, hoping his shot would fly true.

OOC: I'm assuming I can lean out from where I am to fire at someone? Not exactly sure how big these pillars are... I also don't know if I need to make a Perception check to acquire a target. My passive perception for all kinds of senses is 23. So, I'll just make a few rolls here and you can adjudicate it. Include any/all that apply: Move: None (or some?), if needed Cal will pull back into his cover after firing. Bonus Action: (If no movement is needed) Aim (Eliminates 3/4 cover with Keen Shot talent. If Cal cannot aim because he has to move, Keen Shot will still eliminate half cover) Action - Fire Blaster Sniper Rifle (w/PBS): [roll0], Damage: [roll1] HP: 62/62 FP: 7/9 Blaster Sniper Rifle (w/PBS & BM), Ranged +9, 3d10+7, Ammo: 26/30, Range: 60/600

 

[Forged Fury]

OOC: I'm spending a Force Point to hit whoever: [roll0]

 

[GreenKarl]

GM: Cal's Passive Perception is good enough to see either the Sith Assassin Droid or Parlex Dornith, its up to you whom you shoot at

 

[Binder Fred]

The little alien puzzles at the sphere's odd behaviour as she rolls to her feet: clacketty jumble click "Kacela's doing?" she questions.

After the padawan's answer, he'll gesture polite invitation to Jihahna, Kacela and Targo: guttural clack guttural jumble whirr click "Shall these ones rejoin the others?" Moving without waiting for the answer, although something - some strange bond - draws him to the proximity of the others...


[sblock=Actions]Move: Stand and move to the top of the stairs
If he/she spots a target, fire: Corner of the eye: 1D20+8 = [2]+8+2 = 12; 3D8+8 = [2, 3, 1]+8 = 14
1D20+8 = [5]+8+2 = 15; 3D8+8 = [3, 2, 6]+8 = 19
1D20+8 = [3]+8+2 = 13; 3D8+8 = [4, 7, 2]+8 = 21
Else use Acrobatics to slide down the stairs/an inclined side-wall in the dark Alien parkour: 1D20+4 = [6]+4+2 = 12Drop prone[/sblock]

 

[Sezarious]

Jihahna was a little surprised at the use of darkness by the enemy. They wanted to buy themselves time, probably to prepare for an attack. She was curious though about the loud and angry 'NO' that had been yelled out before... "What were you guys complaining about? Was it something we said? Are you panicking because you sensed our strength or something? You can always quit and come back to the light side or something? Right Kacela? Right Reks?"/B]

She turns back briefly as she says this, then turns back to the darkness...

"How do I....". Relaxing herself further, she attempts to see through the darkness in front of her reaching out with more than her eyes, but without success.

She focused on the force once again. Bringing on some of what she could feel were her last reserves. She readied herself, for the fight she couldn't be sure she'd survive...

OOC: Sense surroundings as bonus action: _: 1D20+4 = [6]+4 = 10 Activate Resistance as an action.

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[Shayuri]

Looking into that blot of darkness, Kacela extended her awareness into the Force...reaching with thin filaments that ethereally brushed against the walls and floor and ceilings, and objects in between. The Force was all knowledge after all.

She ignited her lightsaber then, and found a place to take cover on the near side of the darkness as she searched via the Force for a place on the far side where she could also take cover, upon charging through it.

Use the Force to sense environment: 1D20+10 = [7]+10 = 17

 

[GreenKarl]

GM: I'm going out to dinner with the wife so I can't update until tomorrow but Sense Surrounds is only takes a Bonus action. Jihahna can't pierce the darkness but she can still move if she wants (she took her Action). Kacela can see through the darkness and 'sense' where all the figures are... Cal is 20 meters to the bottom right corner of her Reks is 16 meters in the same general direction There is a humanoid figure about 10 meters past them in among the pillars (so 30 meters from her) There is a droid 30 meters closer to the bottom of the room There is a humanoid figure with total cover behind a pillar 24 meters straight ahead from her There is another figure with total cover about 10 meters from where Reks is (close to the first Humanoid close to Reks and Cal) Finally there is another Humanoid figure about 30 meters in between all these figures and back fully behind a pillar (total cover) EDIT I wanted to add, if Jihahna wanted to make a Wisdom (Insight) check about the reason behind the "NO" its a free/no time action

 

[Shayuri]

Kacela, aware of the pain of her previous wounds, hunkers down to take a defensive posture for the moment.

(Total defense, since I've already bonus actioned I can't Second Wind this turn. Next turn I will second wind and run to attack)

 

[GreenKarl]

This Gand gets to his/her feet and rushes to the stairs. S/he saw a human pointing a blaster at Reks and blasted at him but missed with the volley of shots. Targo followed this Gand but continued down the stairs to take partial cover from them at the base. Cal then blasted the man with a lucky hit and knocks him back as he grunts in pain. Jihahna tied to piece the veil of shadows with the Force but failed. She did call on her powers to grant her resistance to attacks though. Then Kacela was about to see through the shadows and she took a defensive stance with her ignited lightsaber. Reks raced forward and stabbed into the reeling man that Cal had just shot and almost dropped the man with a burn against his shoulders but somehow he remained on his feet.

Suddenly a darkly dressed, pale-skinned humanoid female, with strange markers on her face appears from behind one of the pillars. She howled in rage and raced forward to slash into Reks with his double-bladed lightsaber with reckless abandonment. The young Jedi was force back a step as he hisses in pain from her backward slash that catch his across his ribs! The ithorian whom created the shadows with an ignited red-bladed lights moves out of cover and advances slowly on Reks and Cal. Then a richly dressed human male with ignited lightsaber moved from among the pillars and reached out a hand a called forth the Force – suddenly Cal feels invisible hands around his throat choking him!!! The human blaster sniper near Reks pulled back and disappeared behind a pillar deeper in the room. Finally a four-legged droid appears from the lower part of the chamber and blasts at Cal twice. One of the bolts caught across his thigh causing him to grunt in pain but he was still unable to move!!

GM: Initiative This Gand -24 The Dark Lady -23 Cal - 22 Malonnu – 17 Parlex Dornith – 16 Jihahna - 15 Gall Hsloth -13 Sith Mark III Droid -11 Kacela - 9 Reks – 8 [sblock=Results] This Gand shot and moved to see Parlex, but none of the attacks hit him. Targo stood and move and then Dashed down the stairs to take half (+2 Ref) cover. Cal shot Parlex (hitting by Spending a Force Point). You did have to move to see him but your Keen Shoot you ignored the ½ cover so his Ref is 23 right now. You hit brings him down to 24 HP and he is Reeling. Jihahna activates her Resistance power and tries Sense Surrounding but failed. Her insight tells her that yes something has disrupted the Sith’s “spell”. Kacela sees through the Shadow and takes the Defensive action this turn (disadvantage on attacks against her) Reks charges Parlex, attacking him twice, Attack rolls, damage if he hits: 1D20+10 = [2]+10 = 12; 2D8+7 = [5, 6]+7 = 18 1D20+10 = [18]+10 = 28; 2D8+7 = [6, 3]+7 = 16, one miss, one hit. Bring Parlex down to 8 HP. 16 damage is NOT enough to get over his Damage Threshold so he is not Stunned. Badguys turn, The Dark Lady comes out of cover with her Move up to Reks and attack him with a double-bladed lightsaber. This allows her to use Double attack to attack twice for full damage and a third attack where she does not get to add her Dex bonus to damage if she hits. She also has the Dark Scourge talent that gives her +2 to attack and damage vs. Jedi (anyone with at least 1 level in Jedi or Jedi Knight). Finally she is taking a bonus action to active Dark Rage force power, rolling a Active force power: 1D20+5 = [1]+5 = 6, haha total failure. Oh well, Double attack, damage if she hits: 1D20+9 = [11]+9 = 20; 2D8+8 = [2, 3]+8 = 13 1D20+9 = [9]+9 = 18; 2D8+8 = [4, 2]+8 = 14, a 20 hits Reks an 18 misses. Then off-hand attack: 1D20+9 = [20]+9 = 29; 2D8+4 = [5, 1]+4 = 10, oh that’s a crit for an additional crit extra damage: 2D8 = [6, 4] = 10, so Reks takes 20 damage total on that second attack, bring him down to 33. The second attack also sent him Reeling. Malonnu uses a bonus action to use his Deflect talent, giving him +4 to his Ref defense vs. Ranged attacks. Until his next round he has a 22 Ref defense vs. Ranged attacks. He then uses his action to take the Dodge (all attacks against him are at disadvantage) and then uses his move action to stride out of cover and move 12 meters towards Cal and Reks position (he is now 12 meters away from both of them). Parlex makes his roll to recover from Reeling, Recover from Reeling, DC 13: 1D20+4 = [4]+4 = 8, fails. He then takes the Designate action to move out of melee from Reks and moves 12 meters back behind total cover. He then spends his Bonus action to take Second wind: 1D20+9 = [6]+9 = 15, bring him back up to 23 Hit Points. Gall then uses a bonus action to use his Deflect talent, giving him +4 to his Ref defense vs. Ranged attacks. Until the start of his round he has a 22 Ref vs. Ranged attacks. He then moves 12 meters to appear outside the pillars and uses Force Grip power against Cal. Use the Force skill check: 1D20+10 = [7]+10 = 17. He is going to spend a Force Point to make this roll, as he also has Power of the Dark Side talent and this means he gets to add the Force Point roll not only to the attack roll BUT also the Damage roll. Force Point (added to damage also): 1D8+1 = [5]+1 = 6, total roll is a 23. So this means that “target suffers 4d6 points of bludgeoning damage. If the Charisma (Use the Force check) also exceeds the target’s Fortitude Defense, the target is considered Restrained”. Damage (+6 because of Power of the Dark Side), damage: 4D6+6 = [1, 4, 4, 1]+6 = 16, bring him down to 46 HP. You can use your Uncanny Dodge to take ½ of that but you are still Restrained (so you are only down to 54 HP instead). The Restrained Condition means your Speed becomes 0, Attack rolls against you are at Advantage and your Attack rolls are at Disadvantage. Your Dex saves are at Disadvantage. I forgot about this so I am going to have to think about what that does in this system, but see below. Mark III droid moves out of cover and shots at Cal, and then uses Action surge to shot him again. It has advantage on these attacks (as he is restrained), +1 to hit and damage from Point Blank Shot, and it moves far enough out at an angle so that Cal does not gain cover from its attacks; Attacks (with advantage), damage if it hits: 2D20.HIGH(1)+7 = [11, 15]+7 = 22; 3D8+6 = [1, 1, 7]+6 = 15 2D20.HIGH(1)+7 = [2, 4]+7 = 11; 3D8+6 = [5, 5, 4]+6 = 20, a 22 is a hit for 15 damage bring Cal down to 39 Hit Points Heroes turn (round 2) Actions and Rolls. Remember Battle Meditation bonuses!! For Cal, to escape a Restrained is the same as a Grapple. Its’ your action using your Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics). I will say that because your Dex saves are at disadvantage, instead your Dexterity (Acrobatics) to escape are at Disadvantage instead (Str is not). Your target number is 22. Each round I have to make a new Use the Force to concentrate on this affect so your target number will change each time. [/sblock] [sblock=Conditions]Cal 39/62, Restrained Jihahna 44/64 Kacela 33/66 This Gand 50/66 Reks 37/70, Reeling Targo 21/21 The Dark Lady 66/66 Malonnu 79/79 Gall Hsloth 70/70 Parlex Dornith 23/71, Reeling Sith Mark III 44/44[/sblock] [sblock=Positions] This Gand is at the top of the stairs and can see Cal and Reks, the Dark Lady (in melee with Reks), the Mark III Droid, Malonnu and Gall. The Mark III droid is 8 meters away from Cal towards the bottom of the chamber. Both Malonnu and Gall are closer to the middle of the chamber just outside from the pillars. Malonnu is 6 meters from Reks, while Gall is 18 meters (and 24 from Cal). You also saw Parlex move behind full cover 12 meters back from where Reks is. Targo is at the bottom of the stairs with ½ cover. Jihahna and Kacela are still on the platform. Kacela “see” where the badguys are all this round BUT if she wants to see this next round she needs to use a Bonus action to continue it. If you move to the stairs (6 meters away) you can see all the visible badguys. The stairs are another 6 meters down to the bottom. Then it is 20 meters to where Reks and Cal are (whom are 10 meters apart). Cal is in ½ cover by one of the 1st pillars still but is Restrained!! Reks is in melee with the Dark Lady Parlex is back 12 meters from Reks in full cover. [/sblock]