TLAS2 Chapter 18 Home to Roost

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Riding high on the back of a momentous victory, the Web takes a moment back at the old opera house to regroup and consider their next steps. But a surprise visitor is about to disrupt their plans, and they will not be the last of the team’s surprises tonight…

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Mechanics

Downtime

Payoff: 

Rep: 3, move to Tier 2 (weak)

Coin: 4

Heat: 7, Wanted level 3 

Entanglements: Reprisals (House Montisario)

 

What happened to Tatters and Valerian? 

SIMPLE Q: Captured by Montisario? Very Likely: Yes, But

 

COMPLEX Q: But What? Attack Advantage, Hidden Grave

Mina’s father’s mausoleum, Necropolis, for questioning away from the House of Whispers 

 

SIMPLE Q: Is Mina looking for an alliance vs the Unseen? 50/50: Yes, But

 

COMPLEX Q: But what? Restore Labour, Grim Message

Mina wants the team to undertake a deadly mission

Activities

Valerian: 

• +1 Stress (1 trauma)

Tatters: 

• +2 Stress (2 trauma)

Sallow: 

• Indulge Vice: 1
• Indulge Vice: 2
• Indulge vice (1 coin) 4

Crater: 

• Indulge vice: 6
• Indulge vice: 2

Trace: 

• Indulge vice: 5
• Train

Spider: 

• Indulge vice: 3
• Indulge vice: 5

 

Assign XP

Crew 5 (no advance)

Spider 1+2+2 (+1 Consort)

Sallow 2+2+2 (+1 Tinker)

Crater 1+2+2 (+1 Command)

Trace 2+2  (+1 Attune)

FACTION CLOCKS

The Unseen (IV S)

• Infiltrate the City Council +2 

The House of Whispers (II W)

• Win House Montisario influence on the City Council +1
• Rise in Tier +1

The Wraiths (II W)

• Recruit expert thieves +2
• Secure an arcane ally +2

The Seekers of Truth

• Secure the benefits of War +1

The Demon Dimensions

• Infiltrate the mortal world 2/8

 

Tracking down the Web and arrival order/ method

• Montisario: Very likely: yes (Valerian) 
• Undying: Very likely: yes (Sallow)  Reveal Spirit
• Unseen: 50/50: yes, but (in small numbers)  
• Blues: Likely: yes, but (surround the building, outside) 
• Seekers: Likely: yes  Breech home
• Cult: Unlikely: no

Unseen: Release corruption: the pathogen that killed the Whisperer

 

SIMPLE Q: Is Katari leading them? 50/50: 3,1: No, Because: she died in the warehouse flood

TLAS2 Chapter 17 To Point the Tempest

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The Web has just one more warehouse to take out, but this is the big one. It holds enough explosives to turn half of the docks into a smoking crater, and somehow the crew have to bypass a small army of security guards and take the powder out without killing half the city. But never fear; the Spider has a cunning plan…

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Faction clocks: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KWuAPc4iv7hElXLepV0XTqVP9IRAdNsdqwD1wSDyAys/edit?usp=sharing

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Mechanics

INTRO SCENE: Campaign Elements Oracle

• Faction: The authorities

 

SIMPLE Q: Bluecoats? (50/50) Yes

 

SIMPLE Q: Known NPC? (50/50) No

PROGRESS CLOCK: Destroy the Unseen’s supply lines 12/20

• The Shipping Company 4/4
• The Percheron 4/4
• Warehouse 1 4/4
• Warehouse 2 0/8

 

FLASHBACK: GATHER INFORMATION: Spider Consort to find access points into the Underpipes, Push, Crater Assists, Risky, Standard: 4d: 2,3,4,4 (Success with Consequence)

 

CONSEQUENCE: Worse Position: the entrance is guarded

 

DESCRIPTOR/ FOCUS: Immersed Machine: half-converted cultist

 

ACTION ROLL: Crater Skirmish, Desperate, Limited: 3d: 5,5,6 Success, 1XP

 

PROGRESS CLOCK: Neutralise Warehouse 2: 1/8

 

GROUP ACTION ROLL: Prowl, led by Sallow to infiltrate the Underpipes undetected, Risky, Limited: Critical Success (2 progress)

• Sallow: 2d: 6,1
• Trace: 3d: 2,3,3: 1 stress for Sallow
• Spider: 1d: 6
• Crater: 1d: 3: 1 stress for Sallow

 

PROGRESS CLOCK: Neutralise Warehouse 2: 3/8

 

SIMPLE Q: Who do they avoid? Cultists? No

 

SIMPLE Q: Known group? Yes

 

1-2 Piperunners: Yes

3-4 HydroClan

5-6 Topsiders

 

FRINGE GROUP: Raiders

 

FACTION PROJECT: Consolidate control of valuable commodity

 

ACTION ROLL: Trace Hunt, to find a route to the warehouse, Sallow Assists, Risky, Standard: 2,5,1 (Success with Consequence)

 

PROGRESS CLOCK: Neutralise Warehouse 2: 5/8

 

CONSEQUENCE: Things take Longer

 

COMPLEX Q: Why? 17, 28: Civilized Enclosure

 

SIMPLE Q: Machine Cultists? Yes

 

DERELICT SETTLEMENT ORACLE: 62: Operations: computer core, emergency lighting

 

ACTION ROLL: Spider Study, to identify appropriate piping, Sallow Assist, Risky, Limited: 3d: 4,3,2: (Success with Consequence)

 

PROGRESS CLOCK: Neutralise Warehouse 2: 6/8

 

CONSEQUENCE: Mark Clock Segment

 

DANGER CLOCK: Detected by Cultist patrols: 2/4

 

ACTION ROLL: Sallow Tinker, to reroute water pipes, Crater Assist, Desperate, Standard: 3d: 3,3,6: Success. 1XP. 

 

PROGRESS CLOCK: Neutralise Warehouse 2: 8/8: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED