The Lone Adventurer

With the Web lost beneath the ruins of the opera house, it falls to another to take up the baton in the struggle against the Unseen. But how to strike back against so implacable a foe?

Transcript: 

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Perchance TLA Random event Oracle: https://perchance.org/tla-randomevent

Roll to find out who makes it to the ship alongside Mina: 

• Barbican Y

CEO odds set: 1/6 chance of extended event

[Begin a Session: Seemingly unrelated situations are shown to be connected]

TLA Oracle (what situations?) The event relates to a Starforged Action and Theme: Uncover Resource

TLA Oracle (what resource?) The event relates to a Starforged Descriptor and Focus: Automated Creature

Swear an Iron Vow (Heart) (Disrupt armada at Conflict) [Weak Hit: 5 + 2 + 0 = 7 vs 8 | 5]

On a weak hit, you are determined but begin your quest with more questions than answers. Take +1 momentum (3), and envision what you do to find a path forward: Board the skyship and…

Face Danger (Shadow) Trick the pilot out of the drop chute  [Weak Hit: 4 + 2 + 0 = 6 vs 5 | 6]

On a weak hit, you succeed, but not without a cost. Make a suffer move (-1).

Endure Stress (Spirit) [Weak Hit: 4 + 4 + 0 = 8 vs 10 | 7] 

On a weak hit, if you are not shaken, you may Lose Momentum (-1) in exchange for +1 spirit. Otherwise, press on.

Gearhead: With sufficient time (a couple of hours or more), you may Face Danger to assemble or enhance a device for a powerful but limited role. On a hit, the device is ready for use. One time only, when you or an ally make a move aided by the device, take an automatic strong hit. If you are in a fight, also mark progress.

Face Danger (extract Cadmus and Barbican from the box: On a strong hit, you are successful. Take +1 momentum.

Does Mina know how to fly a Skyship?  50/50 [Ask the Oracle: Yes]

Set a Course (escape the city): When you follow a known route through perilous space, across hazardous terrain, or within a mysterious site, roll +supply.

[Strong Hit: 4 + 5 + 0 = 9 vs 4 | 1] On a strong hit, you reach your destination and the situation there favors you. Take +1 momentum.

Undertake an Expedition When you trailblaze a route through perilous space, journey over hazardous terrain, or survey a mysterious site, give the expedition a name and rank. Then, for each segment of the expedition, envision your approach. If you Keep under the radar: Roll +shadow [Miss: 3 + 2 + 0 = 5 vs 7 | 5]

On a miss, you are waylaid by a crisis, or arrive at a waypoint to confront an immediate hardship or threat. Do not mark progress, and Pay the Price. 

Pursuit? No. Ship ahead (Bargain Project)

With Season 3 fast approaching it’s time to use this Session Zero to take a look back at worked in Season 2, as well as what didn’t, and to talk about the focus for Season 3; the story style and direction, the supporting ruleset, and the tools that will be used to support that ruleset. 

This is it; the finale. The battle royale. The final showdown. And as the battle reaches its crescendo, it’s time to find out if anyone gets to walk away from this one alive. 

Transcript: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13yQillaRAXatxwKgWBw5FLLulneggVTbIMTn5OfNO0g/edit?usp=sharing

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Blades in the Dark: https://www.evilhat.com/home/blades-in-the-dark/

Alone in the Dark: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/282013/Alone-in-the-Dark-Solo-Rules-for-Blades-in-the-Dark

Solo Oracles: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J_GVM_dVe3YMYAQaP-KIqOC91vFk56y9HOPKMybY_sk/edit?usp=sharing

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

Ironsworn: Starforged: https://www.ironswornrpg.com/product-ironsworn-starforged

Perchance TLA Random event Oracle: https://perchance.org/tla-randomevent

Character List

• 1. Tortemus

Thread List

• 11. Infernal Powder

PCs

• 1. Spider

STARTING CHAOS FACTOR 7

Progress Clocks

• 1. Unseen 2/8

Danger Clocks

• Building Collapsing 4/6

Scene Start Oracle

• Trace gathering the crew beneath the stage. Does the scene start as expected? Unlikely: 1: Complication: https://perchance.org/tla-randomevent, The event relates to a Mythic 2 Action and theme: Struggle Freedom 

ACTION: Spider Study (Risky, Limited) recognise that Trace is not Trace: 2d: 3,6 (Success)

Progress Clocks

• 1. Unseen 3/8

CHAOS FACTOR: 6

FACTION ROLLS

• 1. Unseen: Aggression 5: Twist: Trick

ACTION: Trace Hunt (Risky, Limited) to find Spider: 2d: 2,2 (Failure)

CONSEQUENCE: Lose Something Important (Spider): finds Spider bleeding out

CHAOS FACTOR: 7

Valerian finds Trace & Spider. “Find Sallow! Avoid enemies!” 

FACTION ROLLS

• 1. Unseen: Aggression 5: Twist: Balance

ACTION: Valerian Survey (Risky, Limited) to track Sallow past Unseen. Rook’s Gambit: Sway: 3d: 2,2,5 (Success with Consequence): Finds Sallow & Crater

CONSEQUENCE: -1 effect (0 effect)

CHAOS FACTOR: 6

The Bluecoats have found their way under the stage. 

FACTION ROLLS

• 1. Unseen: Aggression 5: Twist: Stand-off

ACTION: Sallow Tinker (Risky, Limited) to patch Spider up: 3d: 4,6,5: Success (move from L3 Harm (Bleeding Out) to L2 Harm (stabbed). Spider alerts crew re Unseen. 

Progress Clocks

• 1. Unseen 4/8

CHAOS FACTOR: 5

Danger Clock: Bluecoat Squad: 0/4

ACTION: Crater Skirmish (Desperate, Standard) to fight their way past a squad of Bluecoats (Not to be Trifled with): 3d: 5,2,1 (Success with Consequence) 1XP

Danger Clock: Bluecoat Squad: 2/4

CONSEQUENCE: Lose an opportunity: new approach needed to try again (narrow quarters, Skirmish won’t work again)

CHAOS FACTOR: 6

MYTHIC Q: Have the Cult attacked? (50/50): Yes

Valerian: Why is it so cold?

Progress Clocks

• 1. Unseen 4/8

FACTION ROLLS

• 1. Unseen: Aggression 5: Twist: Stand-off

ACTION: Tatters Attune (Desperate, Standard) to teleport herself and bits of surrounding Bluecoats outside the opera house (Push): 3d: 6,3,1 (Success) 1XP

CHAOS FACTOR: 7

FACTION ROLLS

• 1. Unseen: Aggression 5: Twist: Balance

ACTION: Sallow Wreck (Desperate, Standard) light the Bluecoats up with fire oil, Push, 3d: 1,3,4 (Success with Consequence) 1XP

Danger Clock: Bluecoat Squad: 4/4

Progress Clocks

• 1. Unseen 4/8

CONSEQUENCE: Things Take Longer (exit blocked by fire)

Danger Clock: Building burning down: 2/6

CHAOS FACTOR: 8

FACTION ROLLS

• 1. Unseen: Aggression 5: Taunt

ACTION: Valerian Finesse (Desperate, Standard) to tangle Unseen in ropes: 2d: 3,4 (Success with Consequence) 

Progress Clocks

• 1. Unseen 6/8

CONSEQUENCE: Mark Clock segments: 1

Danger Clock: Building Collapsing 6/6

CHAOS FACTOR: 9

Progress Clocks

• 1. Unseen 8/8

FACTION ROLLS

• 1. Unseen: Aggression 5: 

With the crew’s hideout compromised, and what looks like every enemy they ever made closing in on all sides, the Web faces one final, desperate battle for survival.

Transcript: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OWKVtw4rmVtwCY1E2mNcxnsXTlclRguqEf2zuMQfFtg/edit?usp=sharing

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Blades in the Dark: https://www.evilhat.com/home/blades-in-the-dark/

Alone in the Dark: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/282013/Alone-in-the-Dark-Solo-Rules-for-Blades-in-the-Dark

Solo Oracles: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J_GVM_dVe3YMYAQaP-KIqOC91vFk56y9HOPKMybY_sk/edit?usp=sharing

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

Ironsworn: Starforged: https://www.ironswornrpg.com/product-ironsworn-starforged

After the result of each Action roll, change the Chaos factor based on the game state and ask a Simple Question of the Mythic Deck. 

After the Mythic roll, make an NPC Tactics roll for each faction

Character List

• 1. Tortemus

Thread List

• 11. Infernal Powder

PCs

• 1. Spider

Factions

• 1. Unseen: Starting Aggression 5

Progress Clocks

• 1. Unseen 0/8, Aggression 6

NPC Tactics

NPC opponents have an Aggression rating of 1 to 6, with most starting on 4.

To find an opponent's tactic for the round, roll 2D6 of the same colour and one of a different colour. If the single die comes up a 1, 2 or 3, continue the same tactic from the previous round. On a 4 or 5, total the two same-coloured dice and add Aggression, then pick from the Tactic table. If it shows a 6, roll it again and pick an action from the Twist table.

As they take or inflict wounds, gain or lose the advantage in a fight, NPC opponents' Aggression will raise or lower. Experienced fighters will change only a small amount, while green, frightened or vengeful opponents will change more. Each time someone in the fight (either PC or NPC) suffers a setback, there should be a chance for Aggression to change. If the NPCs are nervous or demoralised, Aggression will drop when they suffer a setback and rise when a PC does. If they are angry or undisciplined, Aggression will rise when they suffer a setback and drop when a PC does.

If you don't want to bother with Aggression, roll 3D6 for a tactic. If you want a more straightforward fight, without unexpected moves, drop the Twist die.

NPC Tactic table

1. Panic - flee without caution, open self up to opportunistic attack

Twist Table

1. Re-enforce - Call for help from allies/bystanders

MYTHIC Q: Do the vampires take damage from the roof impact? (50/50) Yes (a vampire is killed, 1 tick), Event

EVENT: NPC Action (Vampires) Release Suffering (an Inquisitor is killed: 1 tick)

ACTION: Crater Wreck (Desperate, Standard): Shoot out the support strut to collapse the circle where the Unseen are standing. 2d: 5,1: Success with Consequence, 1XP

• 1. Unseen 2/8

CONSEQUENCE: Take 2 Stress (ignoring the rubble raining down)

CHAOS FACTOR 6

MYTHIC Q: Does this take the Unseen out of action for now? (Likely) Yes, Event

EVENT: PC Negative (Tatters)

ACTION/ SUBJECT: Release Dreams (Setarra fighting for control)

FACTION ROLLS

• 1. Unseen: Aggression (+1) 6: Balance

ACTION: Trace Hunt (Desperate, Standard): Snipe at the leader of the Enlightenment strike team, Spider Assist (foresight). 3d: 2,3,6 Success, 1XP

• 1. Unseen 2/8

CHAOS FACTOR 5

MYTHIC Q: Does the leader fall? (50/50) Yes

FACTION ROLLS

• 1. Unseen: Aggression 6: Balance

ACTION: Spider Sway (Desperate, Limited): persuade Seekers that the incident at Kropp’s was an accident, and Heart of Snow’s fault, and anyway, Kropp’s gone, Push, Valerian Assist, 3d: 5,2,3: Success with Consequence, 1XP

CONSEQUENCE: Mark Clock, A new obstacle or threat appears

Danger Clock: Building Collapsing 2/6

COMPLEX Q: nature of new obstacle/ threat? Agree Power (Setarra takes over)

• 1. Unseen 2/8

CHAOS FACTOR 6

MYTHIC Q: Does Setarra attack a foe? (50/50) No (Crater)

FACTION ROLLS

• 1. Unseen: Aggression 6: Balance

ACTION: Sallow Tinker (Desperate, Limited) Open the trapdoor beneath Setarra to free Crater 3d: 1,1,2: Failure 1XP

CONSEQUENCE: Lose something important, Take 2 Stress

• 1. Unseen 2/8

CHAOS FACTOR 7

MYTHIC Q: Is one of the team lost? (Likely) Yes

Who? Trace

FACTION ROLLS

• 1. Unseen: Aggression 6: Reverse

COMPLEX Q: Nature of the vampire trick? Defy Defense (send back gas bombs to  Bluecoats)

ACTION ROLL: Valerian Sway (Desperate, Standard) to get the Unseen to shoot at the Seekers (Rook’s Gambit, 2 Stress, Sallow Assist) 4d: 2,3,5,5: Success with Consequence 1 XP

CONSEQUENCE: A new obstacle or threat appears, Mark Clock Segments 

Danger Clock: Building Collapsing 4/6

COMPLEX Q: Nature of Threat/ Obstacle: Support Tool (Bluecoat tank)

• 1. Unseen 2/8

CHAOS FACTOR 8

MYTHIC Q: Do the Blues fire on the demon? (Unlikely) Yes

• 1. Unseen 2/8

FACTION ROLLS

• 1. Unseen: Aggression 6: Reverse

ACTION: Crater Skirmish (Desperate, Standard) beat the crap out of Fonseca (Push, Spider Assist) 5d: 1,3,2,2,6 Success 1XP 

• 1. Unseen 2/8

CHAOS FACTOR 7

MYTHIC Q: Do the vampires attack the demon? (50/50) Exceptional No (they aid it)

FACTION ROLLS

• 1. Unseen: Aggression 6: Press

SIMPLE Q: Is there a similarity between the Oil mindscape and the polace she is now trapped? (Unlikely) No

ACTION: Tatters Attune (Desperate, Standard) to free herself from the demon’s influence (Push) 3d: 5,3,4 (Success with Consequence) 

CONSEQUENCE: Harm

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…

Transcript: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bMRuh9uaTB93PTzJQ7wQqZmGWvCQq4CYbBWhmL4pkSo/edit?usp=sharing

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Alone in the Dark: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/282013/Alone-in-the-Dark-Solo-Rules-for-Blades-in-the-Dark

Solo Oracles: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J_GVM_dVe3YMYAQaP-KIqOC91vFk56y9HOPKMybY_sk/edit?usp=sharing

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

Ironsworn: Starforged: https://www.ironswornrpg.com/product-ironsworn-starforged

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

Crater: 

• Indulge vice: 6

Trace: 

• Indulge vice: 5

Spider: 

• Indulge vice: 3

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

The Wraiths (II W)

• Recruit expert thieves +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) 

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

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…

Transcript: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12Ahwo8ObPKXc9QN6_v5q2MrSeeI2H6ZudUbGC1LdAtw/edit?usp=sharing

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Blades in the Dark: https://www.evilhat.com/home/blades-in-the-dark/

Alone in the Dark: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/282013/Alone-in-the-Dark-Solo-Rules-for-Blades-in-the-Dark

Solo Oracles: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J_GVM_dVe3YMYAQaP-KIqOC91vFk56y9HOPKMybY_sk/edit?usp=sharing

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

Ironsworn: Starforged: https://www.ironswornrpg.com/product-ironsworn-starforged

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

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

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

The Web, braving a city-wide manhunt with them as the target, press on with their fight back against the Unseen and their network of terror. Our crew’s next target is a deserted warehouse, known to be used as a supply depot in the transit of Infernal Powder. Sounds pretty straightforward, right? Well, you’d think so…

Transcript: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xL5sdCOLwN7ZoblJoZxRyeipl8DNkZMNLcG_4NrXsOk/edit?usp=sharing

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Blades in the Dark: https://www.evilhat.com/home/blades-in-the-dark/

Alone in the Dark: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/282013/Alone-in-the-Dark-Solo-Rules-for-Blades-in-the-Dark

Solo Oracles: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J_GVM_dVe3YMYAQaP-KIqOC91vFk56y9HOPKMybY_sk/edit?usp=sharing

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

Ironsworn: Starforged: https://www.ironswornrpg.com/product-ironsworn-starforged

CEO Roll: 

Faction: Seekers of Dhrume

ACTION/ THEME: 62, 33: Locate Faction

DESCRIPTOR/ FOCUS: 23, 99: Contested World

PROGRESS CLOCK: Destroy the Unseen’s supply lines 8/16

• The Shipping Company 4/4

GROUP ACTION ROLL: Survey, led by Sallow, to check for patrols & guards around the warehouse, Risky, Limited: Success

Trace: 1d: 5

Sallow: 1d: 5

Spider: 1d: 6 

PROGRESS CLOCK: Destroy the Unseen’s supply lines 9/16

• The Shipping Company 4/4

GROUP ACTION ROLL: Prowl, led by Trace, to sneak past the guards and into the warehouse, Risky, Limited: Success

Trace: 3d: 1,5,3

Sallow: 2d: 1,2: 1 Stress to Trace

Spider: 1d: 4

Crater: 1d: 6 

PROGRESS CLOCK: Destroy the Unseen’s supply lines 10/16

• The Shipping Company 4/4

ACTION ROLL: Sallow Wreck, to set the warehouse alight, Crater assist, Risky, Standard: 3d: 1,3,1 Failure

CONSEQUENCE: Lose an Opportunity, new approach needed to try again

CONSEQUENCE: Mark clock segments

• Unseen & goons arrive with a delivery of powder

DANGER CLOCK: Discovery 2/6

SETUP ROLL: Sallow Tinker, to stun the enemy, Push, Desperate, 3d: 6, 4, 3: Success 1XP

ACTION ROLL: Crater Wreck, to fire a pistol at the powder barrel, Push, Risky, Standard: 3d: 6,6,3: Critical

PROGRESS CLOCK: Destroy the Unseen’s supply lines 12/16

• The Shipping Company 4/4

SCENE START ORACLE: Does the Scene start as expected? (Unlikely) Yes, but

CAMPAIGN ELEMENTS ORACLE: Situation: War on the League of Free Nations

SIMPLE Q: Are the military on the streets, or guarding the powder? (50/50) No, Because

The Free Leagues have launched an attack on Kyras

COMPLEX Q: Nature of the attack

Action/ Theme: 18, 61 Challenge Phenomenon

Descriptor/ Focus: 11, 6 Blighted Artefact

The Ring of Winter (S1C13)

The crew are bruised and beleaguered off the back of three punishing missions. But if they think the Spider is going to back down now, they have another think coming…

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UMLqfA3aT1ud8WDFSWVxC9uIjGRTYodv5kpm77iSfqk/edit?usp=sharing

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Blades in the Dark: https://www.evilhat.com/home/blades-in-the-dark/

Alone in the Dark: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/282013/Alone-in-the-Dark-Solo-Rules-for-Blades-in-the-Dark

Solo Oracles: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J_GVM_dVe3YMYAQaP-KIqOC91vFk56y9HOPKMybY_sk/edit?usp=sharing

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

XP

Web XP: 18 (3 advances)

• +2 Stress boxes per crew member

Crater XP: 7 (Bodyguard, Skirmish +1) 

Spider XP: 4 (Mastermind)

Sallow XP: 8 (Physicker)

Valerian XP: 7 (Rook’s Gambit, Sway +1)

Tatters XP: 9 (Iron Will, Sway +1)

Trace XP: 7 (Focused)

Payoff

Rep +9

Coin +6

Heat +10 (Wanted 2)

Entanglements

• Show of Force (Undying destroy all covert drops)

SIMPLE Q: Do Tatters and Valerian make it back to the safehouse? (50/50) 3,4 No, Because

COMPLEX Q: Because what? 536, 431 Fireball, Arrow path

They have not been found since the fire

Downtime Activities

Sallow 

• Recover (Physicker, Crater Aids): 5d: 2,5,5,6,3: Frazzled gone, Overwhelmed to L1

Crater

• Indulge Vice: 3 (4/11 remaining)

Spider

• Indulge Vice: 5 (2/11 remaining)

Trace

• Recover (Physicker, Spider Aids): 5d: 1,1,3,4,5: 2 segments

Tatters

• Stress cleared, Trauma (Paranoid)

Valerian

• Stress cleared, Trauma (Reckless)

Faction Clocks

• Unseen: +1 infiltrate city Council

ENGAGEMENT ROLL Spider, Trace, Crater, Sallow

The Plan: Assault

The Detail: Destroy the Unseen’s supply lines

Loadouts: all Medium

Engagement Roll: 2D 

• Luck: +1D

Result: Mixed Result (Risky)

GATHER INFORMATION: Spider Consort with Jeren re shipping Company, Mastermind to Push: 3d: 2,2,3 Limited: The Percheron is owned by the Void Sea Shipping Company VSSCo.   

PROGRESS CLOCK: Destroy the Unseen’s supply lines 0/16

• Secure intel at the Shipping Company 0/4

GROUP ACTION ROLL: Prowl, led by Trace, to break into the VSSCo office while avoiding the attention of the passing patrols, Risky, Standard: (Success with Consequence)

Trace: 3d: 5,5,2

Crater: 1d: 4

Sallow: 2d: 4,3

Spider: 1d: 1: 1 Stress to Trace

CONSEQUENCE: Take Heat

PROGRESS CLOCK: Destroy the Unseen’s supply lines 2/16

• The Shipping Company 2/4

SIMPLE Q: Obvious wealth? 50/50: 4,1: Yes, but

Faded glory

ACTION ROLL: Spider Study, to find evidence in the company books while remaining undetected, Crater Assist, Risky, Standard: 3d: 1,4,5 (Success with Consequence)

CONSEQUENCE: Worse Effect

Limited information 

COMPLEX Q: limited how?

STARFORGED DESCRIPTOR/ FOCUS ORACLE: Lost Ship

One ship name has been obscured

PROGRESS CLOCK: Destroy the Unseen’s supply lines 3/16

• The Shipping Company 3/4

ACTION ROLL: Sallow Tinker, to break into the safe silently, Push, Risky, Standard-1 from Harm: 3d: 2,2,1 (Failure)

CONSEQUENCE: Noisy explosion, safe destroyed, Bluecoats on their way

GROUP ACTION ROLL: Prowl, led by Spider, to evade the Bluecoats and make it to the Percheron, Desperate, Limited: Success, 1XP

Trace: 3d: 5,4,6

Crater: 1d: 5

Sallow: 2d: 1,3 1 stress to Spider

Spider: 1d: 1: 3 1 stress to Spider

PROGRESS CLOCK: Destroy the Unseen’s supply lines 4/16

• The Shipping Company 3/4

SIMPLE Q: Is the ship guarded? Very Likely: Yes, but

The guards are not alert

SETUP ACTION ROLL: Trace Hunt, to lay a route and track down the Captain without getting spotted, Crater Assists, Risky, Limited: 3d: 3,6,3 (Success)

PROGRESS CLOCK: Destroy the Unseen’s supply lines 5/16

• The Shipping Company 3/4

GROUP ACTION ROLL: Prowl, led by Crater, to sneak onto the Percheron, Risky, Limited: (Critical Success: +1 Effect): Sallow can lay charges without a roll

Crater: 1d: 2 1 Stress to Crater

Sallow: 2d: 6,6

Spider: Push: 2d: 1,6

PROGRESS CLOCK: Destroy the Unseen’s supply lines 6/16

• The Shipping Company 3/4

ACTION ROLL: Cutter Command, to interrogate the captain, Risky, Limited, Spider Assists, 2d: 5,1 (Success with Consequence)

PROGRESS CLOCK: Destroy the Unseen’s supply lines 8/16

• The Shipping Company 4/4

CONSEQUENCE:  The Captain reveals a troubling truth 

COMPLEX Q: What does the captain reveal? 235, 662 (lobster claw, sunburst)

ACTION/ THEME: 100, 86: Withdraw Supply

DESCRIPTOR/ FOCUS: 99, 4: Valuable Archive

ASK THE ORACLE: Is the skimmer the Undying, or someone else? (75/25) 95: someone else: d10: 4: The House of Whispers

At Toreth Palace, the survivors of the Black Wedding are trapped between a raging conflagration and an implacable, unstoppable foe. And for Sallow and the Spider, things are worse still; the building they were in was just blown to smithereens! Is there any way out for our intrepid heroes?

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Tatters & Valerian

PROGRESS CLOCK: Stop the wedding and recover Mina 7/10

DANGER CLOCK: Massacre of the Innocents 4/6

ACTION: Valerian Sway (Desperate, Standard) Distract Flint to let Mina & co escape: 2d6 1,3: Failure, 1XP

CONSEQUENCE: Lose Something Important

His Tongue!

RESIST: Resolve (Connect with Mina) 2d: 1,4: 2 Stress: Stress track Maxed, Valerian is down (Trauma: Paranoid)

ACTION: Tatters Attune (Desperate, Standard) Teleport Flint to hell: Push (2 stress), Devil’s Bargain (Offer Setarra what he wants): 4d: 2,5,2,6: Success, 1 XP

PROGRESS CLOCK: Stop the wedding and recover Mina 9/10

DEVIL’S BARGAIN: Setarra gains greater control

Stress track Maxed, Tatters is down (Trauma: Obsessed)

MISSION FAILED

Sallow & Spider

PROGRESS CLOCK: Recover the Doctor and return with him to HQ 7/10

STARFORGED ACTION/ THEME ORACLE: What does Kropp’s yes but mean? Debate Price 

STARFORGED ACTION/ THEME ORACLE: What are Spider and Kropp discussing? 

Await Warning

STARFORGED DESCRIPTOR/ FOCUS ORACLE: Where is Kropp? Hidden Storage (a bunker)

ACTION: Spider Sway (Risky, Standard): Persuade Kropp to come with them, Push (2 Stress), Sallow Assist (1 stress): 3d: 1,4,3: Success with Consequence

CONSEQUENCE: Take 2 Stress

PROGRESS CLOCK: Recover the Doctor and return with him to HQ 9/10

ACTION: Sallow Prowl (Desperate, Standard, reduced to Limited by Sallow’s Harm): Lead the group back to the hideout. Spider Assist (1 Stress), Devil’s Bargain: 3d: 5,3,1: Success with Consequence

CONSEQUENCE: Suffer Harm 2 (Overwhelmed)

SIMPLE Q: Are the vampires winning the street war? (Likely) Yes, and

They have won, and nailed up their enemies

DEVIL’S BARGAIN: Betray a friend or loved one: 

STARFORGED DESCRIPTOR/ FOCUS ORACLE: To who? Blighted Path: Lord Tortemus

In the third thrust of a three-pronged attack on the Unseen’s plans, Crater and Trace attempt to infiltrate the shapeshifters’ smuggling operation. But they face ever-worsening odds; running battles on the streets, implacable foes and an unexpected new threat. Can subtlety and subterfuge win out where violence and conflict have failed? 

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Team Crace

PROGRESS CLOCK: Identify and infiltrate the Infernal Powder supply lines 2/10

SCENE START ORACLE: Does the scene start as expected? (50/50) 1,6 yes

Desperate position

ACTION: Trace Hunt (Desperate, Standard): Track the Unseen, Katari, to find the powder. She is heavily guarded, and there’s a war on. (Scout: +1 effect): 2d: 6,2 Success

PROGRESS CLOCK: Identify and infiltrate the Infernal Powder supply lines 5/10

COMPLEX Q: Where does she go? 312, 462 3 boxes, 3 masks

Another warehouse, with more Unseen. 

SIMPLE Q: Are any familiar (Unlikely) No

Starforged Name, First Look, Role, Disposition, Goal, and Revealed Aspect

Unseen 1: Katari, raven haired merchant (hostile, collect a debt, quirky)

Unseen 2: Dex, Youthful entertainer (desperate, build a home, manipulative)

Unseen 3: Wade, Large smuggler (wanting, rebel against power, envious)

ACTION: Trace Prowl (Risky, Standard): Open window to eavesdrop on the Unseen (Push, Scout): 4d6 5,5,4,3 Success with a Consequence

CONSEQUENCE: Suffer harm or damage: Harm L1 (Fatigued: -1 Effect)   

PROGRESS CLOCK: Identify and infiltrate the Infernal Powder supply lines 7/10

COMPLEX Q: What are they doing?

Starforged Oracles

Faction Project: Research an Innovation

Theme: Investigate

Descriptor: Vault

Attitude to Cult: Manoeuvring against

SIMPLE Q: Is there disagreement amongst them? Unlikely 6 Yes

SIMPLE Q: Is there powder here? 50/50: 6,6 Crit: Yes And

COMPLEX Q: And what? 133, 654 Shield, Fire

A means of protection against infernal powder

SIMPLE Q: Have they discovered Kropp’s means of neutralising the powder? 50/50  1,3 No because

They haven’t found him yet

SIMPLE Q: Any supply issues? (Unlikely) 4 Yes, but

COMPLEX Q: Nature of the issue? 523, 143 Many people, bombs within bombs

Tightened security, but many agents with access to explosives

SIMPLE Q: Any delivery issues? (Unlikely) 5 Yes, but

COMPLEX Q: Nature of the issue? 522, 156 Flying dove, empire logo

Peace required, the Imperial military will restore order

ACTION: Trace Prowl (Risky, Standard): Open window to eavesdrop on the Unseen (Push, Scout): 4d6 5,5,4,3 Success with a Consequence

CONSEQUENCE: Suffer harm or damage: Harm L1 (Fatigued: -1 Effect)   

ACTION: Trace Hunt (Risky, Standard): Track powder to shipping (Push, Scout (cancels Harm), Spyglass (+1 effect): 3d6: 5,1,3 Success with Consequence

CONSEQUENCE: A new obstacle or threat appears

PROGRESS CLOCK: Identify and infiltrate the Infernal Powder supply lines 10/10

COMPLEX Q:

Nature of the threat? 433, 613 Dragon head, net

Dragnet for the web