But in summary, you got to Dr. Nils office, the group split up, Chemosh wanting to slice through the database from there, and possible because he's fickle and didn't care to follow the group to save his own skin.

Eso stayed behind to protect him, while you folks decided to make the dangerous trek down to the labs to get the cure, but someone's in the lab, and Chemosh has been keeping them locked out of the system.

Try it now?

Everyone scared of going onward? LOL

I can't remember would Tervan be flatfooted against Eso due to her total concealment?

From my experience in creating characters that exploit sneak attacks, you normally need to do a stealth check to do a sneak attack on someone to catch them flat footed, irrc. You do get a +2 bonus for total concealment.


Flat-Footed
In any battle that begins with a Surprise Round, you start the battle Flat-Footed. You remain Flat-Footed until your first regular turn in the Initiative Order. You can't apply your Dexterity bonus (If any) to your Reflex Defense while Flat-Footed.


There are talents and feats that allow you to force the opponent into being flat-footed; generally in the Scoundrel/Noble mind affecting talents. For example:


You excel at deceiving others with your tricks and masterful Feint in combat.

Prerequisite: Trained in Deception

Effect: You can spend two successive Swift Actions on the same turn to make a Deception check against a target's Will Defense. If the check is successful, the target is Flat-Footed against your next attack made before the end of your next turn. Additionally, you can spend a Force Point to extend your target's penalties until the end of encounter.

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Here's one nice example from the Assassin Prestige Class:

Assassin Talent Tree - Mark

As an Assassin, you specialize in the sudden attack- the brutal stroke that eliminates your target by the fastest means possible. At the start of the encounter, you can select a single target within your line of sight to be your Mark. For the duration of the encounter, you gain a bonus equal to one-half your Class Level (Rounded down) on damage rolls against that opponent. This damage is in addition to the character's usual level bonus to damage. This damage is doubled on a successful Critical Hit, as normal. If you reduce your target to 0 Hit Points, you may place your Mark on another target within line of sight as a Free Action.

As a Swift Action, you can sacrifice this bonus to render your target Flat-Footed against your next attack made before the end of your turn. Once you sacrifice this bonus, it is lost for the remainder of the encounter.

I don't have any sneak attack abilities, I was just hoping that if he didn't know where I was striking from that he wouldn't have his dex bonus. cause, well, my lightsaber skills aren't what they should be.

I'll allow the Stealth/Deception Check vs Will Defense at the expense of two swift actions, considering the situation.
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:04, Thu 27 May 2021.

Hah, hardly!  Just playing catchup is all.

Question: can I see what is propping the door open?

Sure!

...what's propping the door open?

Oh ! you wanted details?

ehh.. the famous piece of metal that Luke used to keep the compressor from closing in on him, or something like it.

Hah!  I was more asking because whether its like, a file cabinet or just a little bar wedging the door open will determine whether I can just move light object it away, or whether I have to actually use Move Objects.  Weight matters for those.

So, sounds light lol.  I'll post when I get home.

In reply to Mirax Bey (msg # 78):

Might be light, but it is wedged in there. SO you might need more than move light objects.

Well if that's the case, then it also means I probably won't have to use Move Object to slam the door, heh.  Otherwise it'd just be lightly propping it open.  Either way... Gonna go compose.

Getting real tired of your shit, Dice Roller.  Bout to set up a livestream with my own damn dice, they treat me better.

At least there's no nat 1s for Skill checks.

S**t, that dice roller is about to provide a few Nat 20s..! That nat 1, proves it.

Ok, nice move Mirax!! I'll update tomorrow to give everyone a chance to react.

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Well, dragging the party down, one encounter at a time.

LOL - no worries. It's an act of aggression, so it starts combat.

Here I thought I was making a point by not activating the lightsaber...

Well, it ain't a Nat 20.  Now, what sort of de-escalation options do I have...

For the sake of order, I'm going to take Tehrk and Mirax as starting at the same time, so you both have taken your "turns" this round, I just needed an idea of what happened and when.

Fair enough.  Boy is Mirax gonna have some words...