The battle rages on. Tatters and Mara face off against their respective foes… and everything goes straight to hell.
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MechanicsThe Voice of the Machine
Leader of the Machine Cult, possessed by the Ring of Winter
Wants global destruction and endless winter
4C, 1/2 armour
Deadly Ice Magic (Inflicts 2C, Forceful, Vicious, Area)
Machine Cult Horde
Fanatical devotants to the Great Machine
Wants an end to the heresy of the flesh
6C (horde), 4C (group), 1C (solo), 0/1 armour, 2/6C
Long, cruel knives
Scene 0
Chaos Factor 9
Scene Description:Stop the ritual
Scene Test: The scene is Altered: Increase An Activity
The Voice doubles down on the ritual: 1d4: 2! Not yet…
GM Move: Make Them Choose: Suffer a condition or Become separated from your allies
Effect of fireball:
Effect of ritual empowering
Mara goes down under a tangle of flaming bodies: Tatters is on her own
Scene 1
Scene continues: Voice v Tatters, cultists v Mara
Voice casts ice magic at Tatters, Tatters has Immunity (Ice) ongoing (so does Mara)
Plan has gone to shit: nuclear option: light the bomb fuse
Evoke a Spell (Teleport): 9
Consequence: put in danger: Change the Environment: she and the Voice transported to the Demon Dimensions. With a bomb.
Scene 2
Chaos Factor 9
Scene Description: Battle free of the Cultists
Scene Test: The scene is Altered: Add An Object and Reduce or Remove An Activity
Object: Inactive, Multiple
Activity: Ritual d4-d6
The ritual is failing without the Voice.
6 secondary conduits emerge. If they are manually activated, the cultists can still complete the ritual. Some cultists break off. Mara attacks the remainder.
Defy (break free): 10 success
Push Yourself (STR weakened)
Engage (attack remaining cultists): 11: Inflict 1C, parry 1C
Spend 2 of 3 Momentum for Advantage on Engage
Engage (attack remaining cultists): 10: take 1C, inflict 2C, cultists dead!
Scene 3
Chaos Factor 8
Scene Description: Escape from the Demon Dimensions
Scene Test: The scene is Interrupted: PC Negative. Meaning: Deny Needs
Tatters is cut off from the Fabric. No magic!
Is the same true for the ring? Likely. Yes
Does the bomb go off? Nearly Certain: Yes
Does Setarra make an offer? 50/50: Yes