TLAS3 Chapter 7 Damned If You Do

Mina Montisario has fled Kyras, determined to intercept and neutralise the secret armada assembled to bomb Tanth and the League of Free States. 

Meanwhile, back in the city, catastrophe has befallen the Web. Their opera house headquarters has collapsed during a pitched battle with their enemies, and it seems unlikely anyone can have survived…

Anyone, that is, except the one person who got out before the walls came tumbling down. 

 

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  Mechanics

 

Scene 1

Chaos Factor: 5

Scene Description: The safehouse

Scene Test: Expected
Safehouse info: Starforged Descriptor and Focus: Secret Environment

Safehouse info: Starforged Descriptor and Focus: Subsurface Liquid

The safehouse is located within a ruined section of the Underpipes

Tatters recovers, tries to plan. 

• Where did Mina go?
• Where is the Web?  
• Is the demon going to get free?
• What are the Undying up to?
• What does she want?

GM Move: Set Up an Immediate Danger

Event: The event relates to a Starforged Descriptor and Focus: Guarded Settlement

CEO: getting further from closing a plot thread linked to Civil war in the city

The battle for the city is intensifying. Explosions nearby. This place is no longer safe. Tatters is forced to leave. But where to go?

Ponder Move: When you consider what you know about a subject, ask the GM one question about it, say how you might know the answer, and roll+INT.

• Having studied them in the battle, what are the Undying up to? 5+2+1=8

On a 7-9 they will tell you a vague, twisted, or incomplete truth.

The event relates to a Starforged Descriptor and Focus: Defended Refuge

Their motives are unclear, but they seemed to be attacking the Web’s foes. The answer may lie in the ruins of the Mustang.

 

Scene 2

Chaos factor 6

Scene Description: Approaching the Mustang

Scene Test: Scene Altered: The Bluecoats are taking back the streets

Examine Move: When you closely investigate a charged situation, ask the GM one question about it and roll+WIS.

• How can I get to the Mustang unseen? 3+1+1=5 (1XP) MISS

GM Move: Slow Down for a Bit

Stuck. Observe the battle. How does it play out? 

The event relates to a Starforged Descriptor and Focus: Civilized Plant

The Bluecoats have garlic gas and repeating crossbows firing wooden stakes

Simple Q: Is it just the Bluecoats and vampires? Yes

Simple Q: Are the Bluecoats winning? Yes

Evoke a Spell Move: When you unleash your magical talents, choose a Spell you know and roll+SPELL.

• Teleport to the Mustang: 6+1+2=9

On a 7-9 the Spell is still successful but choose one consequence from the list below.

• • The Spell’s Risk manifests as well.
  • The Spell’s magic drains you. You take -1 Ongoing to Evoke Spells until you next Settle In.

• Using it puts you in danger or draws unwanted attention, the GM will say how.

GM Move: Hit the Ground Running
The event relates to a Mythic 2 Descriptor and Focus: Carelessly 

Intro scene for next episode
Chaos Factor 7
Scene Description: Crossfire atop the Mustang
Scene Test: Interrupt
The event relates to a Remote Event
Action and theme: Imitate Emotion
Descriptor and Focus: Offensively Important
Alexis Montisario is having a difficult meeting
CEO Something positive happening to Voice of the Machine
They are meeting secretly at the House of Whispers. The Cult have taken the south of the city, including Chaintop and the Lavenders. Alexis is colluding in a coup against the Arch Dominar. 

Scene 3
Chaos Factor 7
Scene Description: Crossfire atop the Mustang
Simple Q: Vampires and military? (v likely): no (Bluecoats)
Defy Move: When you act despite an imminent threat or obstacle, say how you do it. 

• Run like hell

Then roll...+DEX if you act with speed or finesse. 5+1+1=7

On a 7-9 it only abates if you make a costly sacrifice or ugly choice, the GM will tell you what.

Choose one: Suffer a condition or inflict collateral damage

Tatters can get battered and save a young Bluecoat’s life, or abandon him to his fate. She runs, listening to his screams