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

[Binder Fred]

What the hey:

"Okay Gand, we've arrived, what's the situation?"

The compact alien cranes her head back for a second and compound eyes spot the landspeeder near the entrance of the spiral road leading down into the pit.

jumble drone clacketty whirr click, mumble clack "Miners are being attacked in the second elevator to Jihahna Darut's right?" it says into his wristcomm.

 

[GreenKarl]

This Gand's words stead Targo and he nods his head and readies his blaster carbine as she lets lose with the light repeating blaster causing a small land-slide that knocks four of the spider-things back down into the pit! However the remain scores spread out and continue to rapidly climb the pit wall. This Gand can see that at least half of them will make the mine pit rim within seconds... she can also hear the screams now inside the elevator lift as the spider-things seem to be finally breaking in!!

Kacela swiftly pilots the landspeeder up to where the speederbike is parked and the team all get a good look at the creatures, as Cal yells out "They're called Gaping Spiders, a nasty but mostly solitary hunters found on this world's caves. Why are there so many?"

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GM: Actions? The landspeeder and speederbike are within four or five meters of the pit rim. Most of the Gaping Spider are fairly spread out now, the closes moving under the rim of the pit mine to where the group cannot see them. There are at least ten within 40 meters and another ten within 80 meters (opposite side of the pit). The elevator lift is 60 meters away but because of smug and smoke any ranged attacks are at a disadvantage and there are four Spiders there. Next round there will be Spiders over the rim that could be within melee range if anyone moved closer to the pit rim. Questions? Actions??

 

[Shayuri]

"They're being called," Kacela answers Cal, and she sets the landspeeder down to the ground some ways from the pit edge, recognizing that not everyone in it will want to be in the thick of things...then leaps out and dashes towards the horrors and the long dark hole in the ground. Her lightsaber ignites as she goes.

Over the pounding of her feet, and heart, she repeated silently to herself, there is no emotion, there is peace like a mantra to ward off a growing, gnawing fear.

The spiders weren't the end of this. It could get far worse if it wasn't stopped. The first priority was evacuating the miners, but after that...well...maybe it was best just to focus on that for now.

 

[Sezarious]

Jihahna looks about for the engine used to run the elevator that wont climb any furtherher eyes darting from elevator to the walls... Was it repulsor lift based? Magnetic? Cable? Surely not cable based, this was Czerka. Was the issue due to a loss of power or was it something else? Her eyes searched for the means to repair or temporarily repair the lift as she jumped out of the speeder and pulled out her toolkit. She yells in a voice that is cool, self assured, devoid of emotion. "I'll raise the elevator. It might take some time."

OOC: Will attempt to repair the elevator via a control panel or jury rig direct power to it if possible. _: 1D20+3 = [9]+3 = 12 hmm.... Maybe not enough. I don't know...

 

[Binder Fred]

Pointing Targo towards the metal catwalk leading to the next elevator over. There!

grumble crack jumble drone click "GE3-T3, please help Jihahna Darut," requests the gand's female voice even as the speedbike races away, its gun spitting out a continuous stream of blue death at the four or five spiders on the elevator.


buckshot: 2D20.LOW(1)+5 = [6, 4]+5 = 9; 3D8+4 = [2, 2, 7]+4 = 15. Half damage plus -5 damage threshold thanks to Devastating Attack.

Action surge: The charm: 2D20.LOW(1)+5 = [7, 11]+5 = 12; 3D8+4 = [8, 8, 6]+4 = 26 13 additional damage for a total of four or five dead spiders, I think?

OOC: Thirteen has Tools: electronics so he should be able to give Jihahna advantage if she needs it?

 

[Trogdor1992]

Seeing the spider-like creatures Reks ignites his lightsabers and moves closer to the spiders to take a defensive position.

OOC: Can I ready an action to attack any spider that comes to attack me? If so I do that.

 

[GreenKarl]

Targo looks down at this Gand as if she were crazy but never the less he drives the bike out onto the catwalk scaffolding and the unleashes two bursts from the light repeating blaster into the spider in the mist. Her first burst catches part of the elevator in the affect but still wounds a couple of the spider while her second burst sends the creatures tumbling down into the darkness!

Kacela and Reks jump out of the landspeeder and move towards the rim of the mine, readying for the spiders to come over the rim of the pit. Cal gets out of the speeder and takes cover behind some boxes while Jihahna also hops into the driver seat and starts the landspeeder over towards the access port of the disabled elevator and almost makes before the spiders start coming over the rim!!!!

GM: Kacela and Reks can take an Attack Action vs. the spiders that are coming over the rim, then everyone needs to roll initiative to take your normal actions. EDIT with Jihahna's actions which are fine. But now close to ten huge spiders are crawling over the rim by where you are (along with 10 over by the rest of the team and ten further away.

 

[Sezarious]

Jihahna keeps as calm as possible. She can feel the adrenaline from her last battle floating on the surface, desperately wanting to unleash itself. Instead she holds back, her focus on the target ahead. Everything, even the bad was all fine to her. It was all just a great task to be fixed. This was what Jihahna enjoyed doing, fixing things. She was in her element.

OOC: Jihahna takes the speeder and dashes in it this turn. Thanks for the edit Greenkarl.

 

[Binder Fred]

The gand clicks. Satisfaction? Something else?

Jihahna makes it about half way before the spiders start coming over the rim!!!!

By then though, Targo has driven out onto the catwalk scaffolding and the ponchoed gand has turned the mounted gun around, firing back towards the pit wall and the spiders trying to come to surface!

drone clicketty whirr slur clacketty "Do gaping spiders have any fears, Cal Domaru?" inquires her voice over the comm.


OOC: Priority this round will be keeping the spiders off Jihahna (and Cal if he's with them)?

Initiative: 1D20+3 = [4]+3 = 7
Area denial: 1D20+5-5 = [12]+5-5 = 12; 3D8+4 = [2, 5, 7]+4 = 18. A hit! And just enough damage to kill what he/she hits!

 

[Shayuri]

Kacela slashed at the first spider to swarm over the rim, then spun away, her lightsaber held at a defensive angle against the inevitable counterattack, either from it or from its brothers.

"Reks, go around that way...we'll try to screen them off from the others!"

If she and the other Jedi could keep the spiders busy, the others would have a free hand to fire their blasters with impunity.

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