[Game On] SW:SE Dawn of Defiance - Group 2

jimninja

Dossa pounds Darrin merrily on the back. In the other hand he is carrying a lump of what appears to be leftovers from the night before. He seems to have slept quite well.

"C'mon, sleepsy-frogs!" he sprays, his mouth full of food. "Wesas goin'! Yousas no wantin' to stay here in the stickgooshy, mesa guessin'!" He gestures to the surrounding jungle. "It woulda eatin' yousas alive!"

Spoiler:

Survival check once more (1d20 6=24)

delroland

As Dossa gestures to pat Darrin on the back, he notices that, in fact, Darrin is nowhere to be seen.

Horseshoe

One of the fringer's hands popped out from behind the crystalline vegetation in a closed fist. After making a series of indecipherable gestures, the hand (and Darrin) had disappeared without a trace. Everybody looked at Ko.

"I think Darrin is trying to tell us he heard or saw or perhaps imagined something and is checking it out... if not... well... in any case, it might not be best to go into the bushes until he gets back."

Horseshoe

Less than a minute later Darrin re-emerged... and began with his pidgin sign language again.

"Darrin, seriously..." interjected Ko, "we're all standing right here."

"Okay, okay. Everybody stay low... it looks like the Imps are scouting the area... saw one on a speeder bike just up the hill there, checking the place out. Only saw the one, but there's bound to be more."

delroland

Vazus looks quite distressed. "An Imperial scout, here?! Quickly, you must stop him! If he gets back and reports our location, they will destroy the village!"

delroland

Before you can react to the scout's presence, you notice Vii'let looking quite a bit pale and staggering a bit. "I... don't feel so..." She collapses to the ground, and immediately Vazus crouches next to her, laying a hand to her forehead and stomach and examining her acid burns. "She's contracted an infection from her burns. We can treat her, but she will need to rest."

Just then, you hear the unmistakeable whine of a repulsor engine, and a speeder bike zooms out of a concealed location near the village and away into the jungle.

"You must stop that scout before he reports in! You can take my kybucks," Vazus points to one of the huts on the outskirts of the village, "they will be able to keep up. Don't worry, we'll keep your friend safe.

"Now go, quickly!"

Spoiler:

That would be Initiative and Ride, folks. It's speeder chase time! Everyone except Darrin is at a -5 to Initiative.

jimninja

Dossa clambers just as awkwardly up onto one of the furry beasts. "Mesa no bein' una kaadugungsta!"

He scratches the creature vigorously behind its ears. It voices its pleasure, and the two set off after the Imperial trooper, Dossa whooping as his lack of riding experience takes its toll on his lower back as the kybuck jounces through the jungle.

Spoiler:

Initiative, Ride checks for Dossa (1d20 3=10, 1d20-2=11)

Ride is actually +3, so Ride check turns out to be 16

Litejedi

Dennow approaches a kybuck, and touches the creature's snout with his hand and mutters a few words in an unfamiliar tongue. After a moment, he climbs onto it's back and begins following the speeder bike, somewhat uncertainly.

Spoiler:

Initiative: 1d20+1 → [17,1] = (18)
Ride: 1d20+1 → [12,1] = (13)

Horseshoe

"I don't know about this Ko... these kybucks look a little... y'know... bucky..."

Darrin nervously mounted one of the Kybucks, holding his pistol in one hand and its reins in the other. He tried to focus upon the Force... and apparently his time with the shaman had paid off. The living force of Felucia was a bit clearer and brighter... and soon he and the Kybuck were learning to act as one.

He dashed up next to Dossa, a smile on his face as their two mounts kept pace with one another. He wanted to whoop in exultation, but didn't want to tip off the scout just yet... but he looked across at Dossa, his normally nervous smile replaced with one of childlike happiness.

Spoiler:

Init (1d20 9=11)

Ride (1d20 4=19)

Anthrax! Please.

"Awww piss, I don't know how to ride," Ko says as he gets into the hut and draws his pistol.

Then, remarkably, he hops on the back of the Kybuck and kicks it forward, leaning in close and holding his gun out, ready to fire.

Spoiler:

Init, Ride. (1d20+4=18, 1d20+4=23)

delroland

Kybucks move very, very quickly, and as the beasts lurch forward, you realize that you’ll have no trouble keeping up with a speeder bike. Large mushrooms and other huge fungi streak by faster than the eye can see, and the ground whips by at an incredible pace. The kybucks provide a relatively smooth ride, and it is clear that the animals know the terrain far better than any of you. Each kybuck leaps, turns, twists, and dodges between the massive growths of the fungal forest.

Catching the scout by surprise with the kybucks' speed, you make up much of the distance between. You have but a moment before the speeder enters the more dense jungle ahead.

Spoiler:

Initiative for Speeder Bike: 1d20+4=5.

Initiative Count:
Ko Arin (23)
1N-N5 (20)
Darrin Ash (19)
Dennow Beyon (18)
Speeder Bike 2 (18): 18/40 hp
Dossa Beebo (10)
Speeder Bike (disabled)
Krema Metyr (3)

You have already made your Ride check for the round, which takes a move action. This leaves you with a free and standard action this round. The speeder bike is at maximum pistol long range, effectively 72 squares away.

Anthrax! Please.

Taking advantage of the surprise, Ko deftly guides his kybuck out of the underbrush, and attempts to shoot the pilot of the speeder bike.

Spoiler:

Fire and potential damage to Speeder pilot. (1d20 5=18, 3d8 2=11). I don't have my book on me so I don't know the range penalties. I'm hoping the fact that he's flat-footed or whatever will make him hit-able. If I do hit he's at -1 on the condition track, due to my scoundrel's dastardly strike ability.

delroland

Even with his kybuck's bounding leaps, Ko Arin manages to line up a shot. The bolt impacts the back of the speeder, and while the attack does not do significant structural damage, the steady stream of sparks pouring out of the back of the vehicle indicate something critical was hit.

Spoiler:

The speeder bike is at RD 14, and long range imposes a -10 penalty to ranged attacks. Rifles will be at medium range, which is a -5 penalty to hit. Also, if anyone has Knowledge (tactics) or Knowledge (technology) or something similar, you may give me a check as a free action.

Currently, the speeder is flat-footed, dropping its RD (after taking Ko's damage into account) to 5.

INeedNoSalt

Cruising onward astride his war kybuck, which is kind of awkward given his hefty weight, 1N-N5 lets loose at the speeder, his blasts landing at least in the general area of his target. He is silent despite his efforts. He will let his results speak for themself. Atop his war kybuck.

delroland

A stream of blaster plasma crosses the path of the speeder, several shots landing and sending showers of sparks and molten armor shooting into the air. The scout trooper steers away from the torrent of weapons fire, and the rest of the shots impact into the nearby giant mushroom stalks. One of them, damaged from the attack, begins toppling in front of you. Your kybucks dash forward with natural grace, passing less than a meter beneath the enormous fungus. With a tremendous crash, it smashes to the ground just behind you.

Spoiler:

1N-N5 hits, does 9 damage after damage reduction. Darrin is up.

Horseshoe

Unable to use his trusty rifle with one hand on the kybuck's reins, Darrin reaches out with the Force to push down on the tail of the speeder bike... if he could just nudge it into one of those big mushrooms...

Spoiler:

Ride (1d20+4=20)
Move Object (1d20+6=25), Damage (6d6=27)

delroland

The speeder suddenly veers at a right angle towards the nearest giant mushroom, but the pilot quickly regains control, steering away at the last moment, but not without catching the tail end of the speeder on the mushroom's trunk, shattering most of the rear assembly. Amazingly the speeder continues on, but it is slowed to a near crawl.

Spoiler:

Due to the vehicle's status on the condition monitor, it can no longer "run", preventing it from moving at cruising speed and limiting it to combat speed, i.e. 12 squares (instead of the 60-70kph it was traveling at before).

The good Doctor is up.

Litejedi

Dennow will ride his kybuck closer to the speeder bike, and seems to briefly furrow his brow, while looking in its direction.

Spoiler:

UTF Check against the speeder bike.
1d20+9, 2d6 → ([16, 9], [4, 3])

25? I guess? Invisible castle is different.

delroland

Under Dennow's gaze, the speeder shudders and spouts a cloud of black smoke, then nosedives into the ground, sending the scout trooper sailing through the air and rolling along the ground to a stop. He groans for a moment before falling unconscious.

Suddenly, you see another speeder bike zoom out from its hidden checkpoint and into the denser jungle ahead! Your kybucks launch themselves deeper into the fungal swamp as you race toward what appears to be a nearly solid wall of giant fungi. Deftly the creatures duck and weave between the massive stalks, and while you lose sight of the new speeder, you can still hear the hum of its engines nearby.

Spoiler:

The first speeder bike is disabled and its rider unconscious. A new speeder bike has appeared and moved out of line of sight. The swamp is too thick in order to get a shot off at the speeder, and I will need Ride checks on each of your turns to navigate the thick jungle safely, keeping the current Initiative count.

If your Ride check equals 15 or more, you get line of sight on the speeder and may make an attack at a range of 72 squares.

It is Dossa's turn.

jimninja

Dossa cannot keep track of the speeder as he and his kybuck race through the fungal jungle. He spurs his mount on, trying to keep pace with his invisible opponent.

Spoiler:

Ride check (1d20+3=14) Crap! Oh well, no carbine attacks at that range anyway...

Anthrax! Please.

Ko looks back to check on his companions before spurring his Kybuck on, drawing on his steel resolve to keep himself and the animal safe and focused.

Spoiler:

I don't much feel like letting this guy get away. I'm spending a force point and I also have a bonus +2 from my earlier good rolling. (1d20+1d6+6=21)

I don't have my book so I dunno what it is, but I'd like to do whatever I can to go as fast as possible with the roll I got.

Ko lifts his blaster and lets loose a wild shot.

Spoiler:

Shootins. (1d20+5=19)