What is going on!?
Prerequisites Improved Unfocused Fire
Pour more into them! When you suppress a target with one of your attacks, it must make a Will save equal to your class DC. On a failure, the target gains the distracted 3 condition. On a success, it gains the distracted 2 condition. If it critically fails, it gains the distracted 3 and stunned 1 conditions.
MORE FIRE!
Prerequisites Unfocused Fire
You keep knocking the target around more and more. When you suppress a target with one of your attacks, it must make a Will Save equal to your class DC. On a failure, the target gains the distracted 2 condition. On a success, it gains the distracted 1 condition. If it critically fails, it gains the distracted 3 condition.
SO MUCH HAPPENING!
When you pour on the firepower, they cower. Any target you caused the suppressed condition to also gains the distracted 1 condition.
I have an idea for a new condition.
You just are not paying attention. The distracted condition always includes a value. You take a status penalty equal to this value to all your checks, saves, AC, and DCs. Unless specified otherwise, at the end of each of your turns, the value of your distracted condition decreases by 1.
We’re gonna build on this one in the next few weeks.
Thoughts?
How about some guidance via gunfire?
Your fire really is friendly as it guides your allies’ aim. Allies gain a +1 circumstance bonus against targets you inflicted the suppressed condition on.
Product– Starfinder Society 2-02 Solar Shake Up
System– Starfinder 2nd Ed
Producer– Paizo
Price– $5.99 here https://store.paizo.com/starfinder-society-scenario-2-02-solar-shakeup/
TL; DR– Fun, but too short. 93%
Basics: A Star is born! Literally! The starfinder society is invited to watch the birth of a new star. What will happen as it enters our universe?
Mechanics or Crunch: This adventure is a short one. There is one fight, some skills, and a ship adventure. All the math works well, and things feel balanced. The crunch is good if a bit short. 5/5
Theme or Fluff– This is really good world-building in this adventure. The world of Starfinder needs adventures where Starfinders explore the galaxy. This adventure makes the society seem less like a mercenary group and more like Starfreet. Solid fun meeting people and exploring in this one. 5/5
Execution: The adventure is too short. It’s got solid adventure parts that Paizo knows how to publish, but this is just too short. The adventure has a social part: see the stuff that happens, fix the ship, fight, then evade the crazy space stuff. It’s all well done, but there is just not enough to do. This is about a solid hour of work if the players roll ok. This just needs more. 4/5
Summary: This is a tough one for me. I like all the pieces, but there is just not enough of them in this one. The adventure has solid universe building and mechanics. I just want more of them. For the price and the time goal, I don’t think you get enough. It’s a good adventure, but if you schedule this one, your eventing will be over pretty quickly. 93%
Let’s make some noise!
Things go boom! When you use an explosive, all targets that are affected must make a Will save vs your class DC or become frightened 1.
Let’s hurt people!
Time to die! When you make an area attack that can cause the suppression trait, you can choose to expend all the ammo in the magazine or cartridge. If you do, you deal additional damage equal to the number of damage dice the weapon does to all targets in the area.
Product– Beyond the Blood Door Player’s Guide
System– Starfinder 2nd Ed
Producer– Paizo
Price– Free here https://downloads.paizo.com/OP-Files/SFS2+Beyond+the+Blood+Door+Players+Guide.pdf
TL; DR– A good start. 99%
Basics: WHY ARE THE BALLS OF BLOOD IN THE SKY!? Absolom station is under attack, maybe? It’s time to gear up and save the station. This book is a guide for new and old players, with information about the Starfinder society, new backgrounds, a new race, religions to consider, and more to help players.
Mechanics or Crunch: This is a free book with lots of crunch. There are whole new character options for players to try. The fact that a whole race with feats is provided is amazing. Solid start to the new season. 5/5
Theme or Fluff– This book is short but gives enough info to get you started. The book can’t solve all the mysteries of the season. But, I’m intrigued. The book also builds out multiple world pieces to give me things to do and explore. I’m interested in what’s here. 5/5
Execution: I like what’s here, but would like a bit more art. The world, layout, text, and new materials are all well done. But, I want single art of the main characters. Give me a way to easily show those characters off to the players. It’s being eliminated from the adventures, so put those in the player guide. 4.75/5
Summary: I love society play. Paizo has started to make player guides for the new season, and it’s a smart, well-done move. The only thing I want is end pages with the pictures separated liek the old adventures. But what’s here is amazing! 99%
Product– Starfinder Society Scenario #2-01: The First Cut
System– Starfinder 2nd Ed
Producer– Paizo
Price– $5.99 here https://store.paizo.com/starfinder-society-scenario-2-01-the-first-cut/ !
TL; DR– A crazy good start to a new season. 97%
Basics: Ah, a nice normal day WHAT IN THE SARENRAE! Balls of blood appear around Absolom station and pop out monsters made out of blood that attack everyone. Can you save them all?
Mechanics or Crunch: This scenario is combat-heavy with a bit of skill-based challenges where you attempt to stop all the violence. It’s combat heavy, so a social character will be a bit out of sorts. So will exploration-based characters. Skill characters will have things to do. It’s not bad, but you can’t do everything in 3 hours. 4.5/5
Theme or Fluff– Bad stuff happens, and you stop it. That’s the theme, and it does that well. It’s a solid year intro adventure. The story is light, but you are rushing between different issues to try to save as many people as possible. That’s a fun ton of problems to solve. 5/5
Execution: There are new monsters and enough pictures in this one. The monsters have pictures for you to include in the adventure, along with stats for them. There is enough new here that you don’t have to consult too many outside sources to play this one. It also reads quickly and requires only two maps to run. Good old Paizo polish. 5/5
Summary: I like what’s here. It can’t be everything to everyone, but it’s fun. You kill bad things, save people, and stop the problems. All in a day’s work for the Starfinders. It’s also well written and well laid out, so you can read this fast and easily. A good start to a new season. 97%
