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TLAS2 Chapter 16 The Fire in Which we Burn

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…
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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
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Mechanics
 
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
The Percheron 4/4
Warehouse 1 0/4
Warehouse 2 0/4
 
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
The Percheron 4/4
Warehouse 1 1/4
Warehouse 2 0/4
 
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
The Percheron 4/4
Warehouse 1 2/4
Warehouse 2 0/4
 
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
The Percheron 4/4
Warehouse 1 4/4
Warehouse 2 0/4
 
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)

TLAS2 Chapter 15 The Best Defense

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…
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Faction clocks: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KWuAPc4iv7hElXLepV0XTqVP9IRAdNsdqwD1wSDyAys/edit?usp=sharing
Mechanics
XP
Web XP: 18 (3 advances)
+2 Stress boxes per crew member
Everybody Steals (+1 action rating for each crew member)
Synchronised (All Group Action 6’s combine)
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)
Reprisals (Sawtooth is found flayed)
Questioning: Lord Adelaide Phroaig taken in, 2 Coin to release
 
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
Indulge Vice: 3 (4/11 remaining)
Train (1 Coin): Survey +1
Crater
Indulge Vice: 3 (4/11 remaining)
Reduce Heat: Wreck: 3,4 Heat reduced by 2 to 3
Spider
Indulge Vice: 5 (2/11 remaining)
Reduce Heat: Consort: 4,1: Reduced by 2 to 1
Trace
Recover (Physicker, Spider Aids): 5d: 1,1,3,4,5: 2 segments
Recover (Physicker, Spider Aids): 5d: 6,4,3,1,3: 3 segments, Fatigued gone
Train (1 Coin)
Train (1 Coin): Study +1
Tatters
Stress cleared, Trauma (Paranoid)
+2 Stress (2 Trauma)
Recover (Physicker, Valerian Aids): 5d: 4,5,2,2,6: 3 segments, 1 Coin for 5 segments: Brutalised cleared
Train x 4 (3 Coin): +1 Study
Valerian
Stress cleared, Trauma (Reckless)
+1 Stress (1 Trauma)
Train x 2
 
Faction Clocks
Unseen: +1 infiltrate city Council
Cult: +1 Awaken Machine, +2 convert unbelievers
Wraiths: +1 recruit thieves, +1 secure arcane ally
Tortemus: +1 crush Crows, +1 gain arcane secrets
Seekers: +1 benefits of war
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
Bold: +1D
Vulnerability: +1D
Ally (Jeren, Bluecoat archivist): +1D
High Tier target: -1D
Wanted: -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
Destroy the Percheron 0/4
Destroy Warehouse 1 0/4
Destroy Warehouse 2 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
The Percheron 0/4
Warehouse 1 0/4
Warehouse 2 0/4
 
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
The Percheron 0/4
Warehouse 1 0/4
Warehouse 2 0/4
 
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
The Percheron 1/4
Warehouse 1 0/4
Warehouse 2 0/4
 
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
The Percheron 2/4
Warehouse 1 0/4
Warehouse 2 0/4
 
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
The Percheron 4/4
Warehouse 1 0/4
Warehouse 2 0/4
 
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
The Percheron 4/4
Warehouse 1 0/4
Warehouse 2 0/4
 
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

TLAS2 Chapter 14 Free Bird

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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Faction clocks: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KWuAPc4iv7hElXLepV0XTqVP9IRAdNsdqwD1wSDyAys/edit?usp=sharing
Mega City One Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2X7G8wXxMf1C6QLd15D3qB?si=07e63b3a2c454162
Mechanics
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

TLAS2 Chapter 13 Night’s Black Agents

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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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
Mechanics
 
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

TLAS2 Chapter 12 House of Pain

We return to the mean streets of the Mercer’s Quarter, as Sallow and the Spider try to break into Doctor Kropp’s alchemical shop. But that proves to be considerably easier said than done, as the obstacles in their path, threats both new and old, grow ever-more lethal. Can they possibly fight their way through and recover the doctor? 
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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
Blades in the Dark action rolls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAl85kYCWro
Mechanics
 
Team Spallow
PROGRESS CLOCK: Recover the Doctor and return with him to HQ 4/10
 
SCENE START ORACLE: Does the scene start as expected? (50/50) 4,5 Yes, but
But what? 531, 555 Cracked earth, eyeball
Damage to the shop reveals an observation device
 
ACTION: Spider Study (Risky, Limited): Seek a method of approach: 2d: 2,4 Success with Consequence 
 
PROGRESS CLOCK: Recover the Doctor and return with him to HQ 5/10
 
CONSEQUENCE: A new obstacle or threat appears
 
COMPLEX Q: What is the approach method identified? 256, 166 Flying bird, mechanical explosion
Blow a hole in the roof
 
COMPLEX Q: What is the obstacle or threat? 552, 221 Cut ruby, armoured crab
Automaton as well as blasting gem 
 
ACTION: Sallow Wreck (Risky, Limited): Destroy the automaton with a grenade (Push): 3d: 1,1,5 Success with Consequence
 
PROGRESS CLOCK: Recover the Doctor and return with him to HQ 6/10
CONSEQUENCE: -1 Effect
 
PROGRESS CLOCK: Recover the Doctor and return with him to HQ 5/10
 
ACTION: Sallow Tinker (Risky, Limited), Spider Assist (Foresight): Use grenade to gain access: 3d6 3,3,4 Success with Consequence
 
CONSEQUENCE: End up in a worse position: -1 position (can try again if failure)
 
PROGRESS CLOCK: Recover the Doctor and return with him to HQ 6/10
 
COMPLEX Q: What causes the position to be desperate? 561, 165 Hourglass, Invasion
Doomsinger’s forces now have access
 
COMPLEX Q: Tell me a bit about the Doomsinger’s forces: 213, 544 Comb, sunrise
WTF?
 
Starforged:
Characters: First Look: 84: Uncanny
Characters: Role: 78: Scholar
 
The Seekers of Dhrume (Chapters 1.19, 1.20, 2.8)
 
ACTION: Sallow Finesse (Desperate, Limited): use a smoke-bomb to gain ground on the Enlightenment. Spider Assist (distract) 2d: 2,6 Success
 
PROGRESS CLOCK: Recover the Doctor and return with him to HQ 7/10
 
SIMPLE Q: Is the Doctor home? (Very Likely) 3,3,3,2 No, because
 
COMPLEX Q: Because what? 451, 355 Letter, Exploding Tower
Letter informing them the shop is rigged to blow
 

TLAS2 Chapter 11 The Black Wedding

Tatters and Valerian are in way over their heads. What had been intended as a swift in and out kidnap job, with a smattering of diplomacy as plan B, has officially descended into the Worst Wedding Ever. With a Machine Cult-induced slaughter underway and a zombie outbreak tearing through the acme of the Kyras ruling classes, how can things possibly get worse? Funny you should ask…
 
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TLAS2 Chapter 10:To the Brink

Whether fleeing cutthroats in a cat and mouse chase over the roofs of the Docks, or avoiding a full-scale war in the streets of the Mercers' Quarter, or trying to stop the society wedding of the decade, each of The Spider's three teams are on a desperate mission to thwart the Unseen's insidious plans. 
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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
Mechanics
Team Crace
PROGRESS CLOCK: Identify and infiltrate the Infernal Powder supply lines 0/10
 
RACING CLOCK
Escape 0/6
Cornered 0/6
 
ACTION: Trace: Finesse: sprint along the rafter, Desperate, Limited 1d: 4 (success with consequence) 1XP
CONSEQUENCE 1: 2 Stress
CONSEQUENCE 2: Mark clock segment(s)
RESIST (PROWESS 3d) 6,4,2: 0 Stress
 
RACING CLOCK
Escape 1/6
Cornered 1/6
 
ACTION: Crater: Wreck: lay down covering fire (item: ), Desperate, Standard, 2d: 1,5 (success with a consequence) 1 XP
CONSEQUENCE: Suffer harm or damage
RESIST (PROWESS 3d) 5,2,3: 1 Stress
 
RACING CLOCK
Escape 3/6
Cornered 1/6
 
ACTION: Trace: Hunt: pick off pursuer (fine long bow), Risky, Standard, 2d: 3,5 (success with a consequence
CONSEQUENCE: End up with worse effect: -1 effect level
 
RACING CLOCK
Escape 4/6
Cornered 1/6
 
ACTION: Crater: Skirmish: push lead pursuer off the roof, Risky, Limited, 2d: 6,5 (success)
 
RACING CLOCK
Escape 5/6
Cornered 1/6
 
ACTION: Trace: Lead a Group: Prowl (evade pursuers), Risky, Standard,
Trace: 1d: 4
Crater: 5
Success with Consequence: End up in a worse position: -1 position 
 
RACING CLOCK
Escape 6/6: ESCAPED
Cornered 1/6
 
COMPLEX Q: Why is the situation Desperate? 522, 634 (flying dove, bowl of fire)
 
Peace goes up in flames
 
PROGRESS CLOCK: Identify and infiltrate the Infernal Powder supply lines 2/10
Team Spilow
 
PROGRESS CLOCK: Recover the Doctor and return with him to HQ 0/10
 
SCENE START ORACLE: Does the scene start as expected? (50/50) 5,1: Yes but
But what? 432, 163 domino mask, mechanical clock
Their mission is on the clock
 
DANGER CLOCK: Discovery (0/6)
 
ACTION: Sallow: Study: examine map for route, Risky, Standard, 1d+1d (Spider Assist, Foresight (no Stress)): 4, 2: Success with Consequence
Clock segments
 
DANGER CLOCK: Discovery (2/6) 
 
PROGRESS CLOCK: Recover the Doctor and return with him to HQ 2/10
 
ACTION: Sallow: Tinker: lay down smoke screen (Bandolier), Risky, Standard, 2d: 6,5 Success
 
PROGRESS CLOCK: Recover the Doctor and return with him to HQ 4/10
 
SIMPLE Q: Is the shop still standing? (50/50) Yes, But
COMPLEX Q: But what? 154, 662 Coffin, Starburst
Explosion has killed many
Team Valatters
 
PROGRESS CLOCK: Stop the wedding and recover Mina 0/10
 
SCENE START ORACLE: Does the scene start as expected? (50/50) 6,6: Yes, and
Tatters is clapped in irons
 
ACTION: Valerian: Sway: Persuade Mina the Unseen are behind the wedding, Desperate, Limited, Push, Devil’s Bargain: 4d: 4,1, 1, 3 Success with Consequence, 1XP
Bargain: 8: Add 3 Heat
Consequence: A new obstacle or threat appears
COMPLEX Q: What is it?344, 415 Kneeling man, Anubis 
Flint has become the Weigher of Souls (machine oil). Spiked the wedding wine
 
PROGRESS CLOCK: Stop the wedding and recover Mina 1/10

TLAS2 Chapter 9 Triple Trouble

Now they have an insight into their enemies' plans, the Web lay plans of their own; three separate plans, to be exact, each intended to thwart some aspect of the forces arrayed against them. But there's a very real difference between planning a thing and doing a thing, as The Spider and her three teams are about to find out…
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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
Mechanics
SIMPLE Q: Did the Mustang hit the city? 50/50 5,1 Yes, But
Systems partially restored, minimal impact, just property damage. 
 
Where did it hit? 10 Mercers’ Quarter
GATHER INFORMATION: Trace Hunt: Armada location, Risky, high (Scout ability): 2d+1d (Sallow Assist, 1 Stress): 3,5,6 Success
 
COMPLEX Q: Where is the armada being assembled? 113, 323 (cartwheel, natural crystal)
In the Crystal Caves, below the continent of Conflict
 
ENGAGEMENT ROLL Shadow Team: Trace, Crater
 
The Plan: Stealth
The Detail: Identify and infiltrate the Infernal Powder supply lines
Loadouts: all Medium
 
Engagement Roll: 1D 
Luck: +1D
High Tier target: -1D
Second Storey: +1D
Result: Bad Result (desperate)
 
COMPLEX Q: What is the nature of the threat? 345, 123 (eye spy, flayed skin)
Unseen, involved in identity theft
 
SIMPLE Q: Are there barrels here? (Likely) 3,1,2: No because
Warehouse is empty (stock just moved)
 
UNE NPC: Female tactless gypsy. Motivations: accompany advice, guard discretion, support the world.  
SIMPLE Q: are they spotted? (Likely): Yes
 
Simple Q: are there lookouts? (Likely) Yes, but
They are outside
 
ENGAGEMENT ROLL Team Deliverance: The Spider, Sallow
 
The Plan: Transport
The Detail: Recover the Doctor and return with him to HQ
Loadouts: all Heavy
 
Engagement Roll: 1D 
Luck: +1D
Result: Mixed Result (Risky)
 
COMPLEX Q: What is the nature of the challenge? 563, 253 (winged spike, crossed sabres)
The Crows are fighting a battle in the ruins of the Mercer’s Quarter/ Mustang
 
SIMPLE Q: vs Undying/ Silver Nails? Likely: 4,1,1 Yes, but
They are not the only ones
 
Team Crasher Engagement Roll: 
 
ENGAGEMENT ROLL Team Crasher: Valerian, Tatters
 
The Plan: Transport
The Detail: Teleport in, grab Mina, teleport out
Loadouts: all Medium
 
Engagement Roll: 1D 
Luck: +1D
Bold & Daring: +1D
Strong defences: -1D
Aid (Setarra): +1D
High Bad Result (desperate)
 
SIMPLE Q: Does Setarra double cross her? (Likely) 5,1,1 (Yes But) Temporarily “I didn’t say when”

TLAS2 Chapter 8 Revelation

After barely surviving two desperately challenging missions, the dispirited members of the Web return to their headquarters to lick their wounds. But the Spider has a bombshell to drop that will paint all their recent discoveries in a stark new light.
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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
Mechanics
Downtime
Payoff: 4
Coin 2
Heat 10 (Wanted 1)
Entanglements: Usual Suspects (Frake (Flint’s locksmith) arrested & questioned: vanished)
 
Valerian: Recover (complete), Vice (shopping): -2 Stress
Spider: Vice x2 (debt to Circle of Flame): -7 Stress
Sallow: Vice (erotic reflexology): -4 Stress, Recover (¼)
Crater: Vice x2 (Dreamdust): -2 Stress
Trace: Vice (prayers to Fove): -5 Stress, Train (Resolve)
Tatters: Train x 2 (Resolve)
 
XP assigned
 
I CHING QUESTION:: What opportunities present themselves? (63, 27): Settled, Nourishment. Take stock, observe others, then act. 
 
FACTION CLOCKS
Unseen: Infiltrate the City Council +1, Expand into other cities +1
House of Whispers: Win House Montisario influence on the City Council +2
The Wraiths: Recruit expert thieves +2, Secure an arcane ally +1
The Silver Nails: Lord Tortemus: Rule the Silver Nails COMPLETE, Obtain arcane secrets +1
 
TAROT QUESTION: What has the House of Whispers done to gain influence?
Past: Justice: a carefully weighed decision has been taken 
Present: Queen of Wands: people are brought together (Mina and Tristan)
Future: Ace of Swords: a puzzle or challenge will be solved, an opportunity realised
 
The Montisario/ Toreth union will shift the balance of power away from the Arch Dominar. 
 
RUNIC READING (Cross): To what end?
The Underlying Influence: Fehu (inverted): a fall from favour (Montisario and Toreth)
The Obstacle: Tiwaz: A successful end to a conflict, that will come with a price (the War)
The Blessing: Algiz: A protector or ally (Dhrume)
The Road Ahead: Ingwaz: Earth, nature, growth (increase influence
The Destination: Laguz: Water, change, risk (expansion of the empire)
 
IRONSWORN ORACLE: Why did the Web take a stand? Demand Superstition (resist religious conformity)
 
SIMPLE Q: Did they believe the Unseen were backing the Cult? (Likely) 5,5,3 Yes, But (they dont’ know why)
 
SIMPLE Q: was the source of this intel Doctor Kropp? (Likely) 6,5,5 Yes

TLAS2 Chapter 7 A Handful of Dust

Valerian’s team have penetrated into the very heart of their enemy’s stronghold. Now they must enter the Great Machine itself, if they are to discover the secret of the infernal powder. But what horrors will they face, and what sacrifices will they be prepared to make in return for knowledge?  
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Faction clocks: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KWuAPc4iv7hElXLepV0XTqVP9IRAdNsdqwD1wSDyAys/edit?usp=sharing
Mechanics
Bravo Team
 
CLOCK: Uncover the source of the Powder 8/12
 
GM ORACLE: Give or take a resource or an opportunity: 361. 141 (Skull reading book, dripping test tube)
Flint studying Sacred Machine Oil in the Lever’s sacred book
 
SIMPLE Q: Does he learn anything useful? Unlikely: 6 Yes, and…
COMPLEX Q: What does he learn? 524, 441 (Bleeding egg, 2 arrow bow)
The cultists believe the machine is alive, and that the oil is like it’s blood. Those that can survive ingesting it can become living weapons, part of the machine. 
 
ACTION: Trace Hunt (Risky) explore the Machine, Flint Assist (1 Stress), reduced Effect: 2d+1d: 6,1,6 Crit!
 
CLOCK: Uncover the source of the Powder 10/12
 
COMPLEX Q: What do they find? 441, 416 (2 arrow bow, flying dagger)
Killing Grounds (kills some rats but not others)
 
ACTION: Trace Prowl (Risky) bypass the killing field, Push (2 Stress), Flint Assist (1 Stress), reduced Effect: 2d+1d+1d: 4,5,6,4: Success 
 
CLOCK: Uncover the source of the Powder 11/12
 
COMPLEX Q: What does she find? 642, 523 (female symbol, many people)
The Priestesses of the Cult (only women can pass the killing grounds)
 
ACTION: Trace Survey (Desperate), Push (2 Stress) locate the fracture: 1d+1d: 4,4 Success & consequence: Lose Something Important: 
 
CLOCK: Uncover the source of the Powder 12/12
 
Rupture to the Demon Dimensions: demons emerge, and are blasted to dust by the priestess’ ritual. 
 
SIMPLE Q: Is the something lost Flint? 5,2: Yes, but
 
COMPLEX Q: What do you mean, But? 442, 562 (spooky man, poisonous mushroom)
 
He’s not dead. Flint drinks Machine oil, and is transformed