Coming together
As Jude alluded to the snake men retreat is textbook and well organized. It really could not have been more so than if it was the exact example right out of the CS manual for tactics written by Victoria Telsa. This does not help ease the sense of danger growing with every moment while the heroes are gathered near the altar. The altar is a large wooden table flipped so its bottom is up. A series of glyphs are carved arround it and a large slit about the size of a sword is in the center. Several nearby sconces hold enough torch light for light to not be an immidiate issue. Bane grasps Libertas’ forearm in thanks for the timely heal and explains, ” These sybols are ancient, perhaps the first words of magic handed down by the old ones. Scattered arround the globe are others that govern all magical disciplines. This one...” He points to the table. Bane’s face is sweaty as if looking at the table brings back unresolved fresh memories. ”This one controls the fate of temporal magic. It is set to double its effect. If Geist was able to drop the mountain on a city with enough life she could have used the rebounding temporal energies to change the world. We however can use the vallient blade, reset this table to its origional purpose, then put an end to Temporal magic.” Bane pauses tripping near the table and looks up to Jude, Cantrell, and finally Libertas making sure his words cared the weight in which they were spoken.
Markus of all people rushes to his side and grabs the D’Norr bringing him back to his feet. ” Diz may not be human... But wez are familize. We are with youz.” He grips one of his pump pistols grinning darkly as lights flood the large entrance indicating something large emerging. At the same time a dragon roar echoes from the great cave maw that is open to and overlooks the city of Dweomer far below. Markus like a true soldier nods at Cantrell, ” Do not worry aboutz the rifle. Wez await your orders Ma’m.”
Lucretia does not recoil at Jude’s touch instead she grips his hand and pulls him close so they are face to face. She takes off her helm with the other hand. Her hair swirls arround her sightless face and full lips. Despite the dire circumstances her voice is soft and tender, ”Do you remember Silver Bluff? Our first night there. Maverick... I...” The tenor of her voice changes to a frightened whisper, ” I can feel her still inside me...” Her voice catches in her throat as the bulbous black swirling mass of the alien intelegence stops glowing red and floats to the ground reforming as a woman naked with white alabastor skin and raven hair.
As Jude alluded to the snake men retreat is textbook and well organized. It really could not have been more so than if it was the exact example right out of the CS manual for tactics written by Victoria Telsa. This does not help ease the sense of danger growing with every moment while the heroes are gathered near the altar. The altar is a large wooden table flipped so its bottom is up. A series of glyphs are carved arround it and a large slit about the size of a sword is in the center. Several nearby sconces hold enough torch light for light to not be an immidiate issue. Bane grasps Libertas’ forearm in thanks for the timely heal and explains, ” These sybols are ancient, perhaps the first words of magic handed down by the old ones. Scattered arround the globe are others that govern all magical disciplines. This one...” He points to the table. Bane’s face is sweaty as if looking at the table brings back unresolved fresh memories. ”This one controls the fate of temporal magic. It is set to double its effect. If Geist was able to drop the mountain on a city with enough life she could have used the rebounding temporal energies to change the world. We however can use the vallient blade, reset this table to its origional purpose, then put an end to Temporal magic.” Bane pauses tripping near the table and looks up to Jude, Cantrell, and finally Libertas making sure his words cared the weight in which they were spoken.
Markus of all people rushes to his side and grabs the D’Norr bringing him back to his feet. ” Diz may not be human... But wez are familize. We are with youz.” He grips one of his pump pistols grinning darkly as lights flood the large entrance indicating something large emerging. At the same time a dragon roar echoes from the great cave maw that is open to and overlooks the city of Dweomer far below. Markus like a true soldier nods at Cantrell, ” Do not worry aboutz the rifle. Wez await your orders Ma’m.”
Lucretia does not recoil at Jude’s touch instead she grips his hand and pulls him close so they are face to face. She takes off her helm with the other hand. Her hair swirls arround her sightless face and full lips. Despite the dire circumstances her voice is soft and tender, ”Do you remember Silver Bluff? Our first night there. Maverick... I...” The tenor of her voice changes to a frightened whisper, ” I can feel her still inside me...” Her voice catches in her throat as the bulbous black swirling mass of the alien intelegence stops glowing red and floats to the ground reforming as a woman naked with white alabastor skin and raven hair.
Geist Reforged
The woman stands growing 40 feet tall and a black shadowy armor surrounds her form. She floats towards the heroes at the alter not quite touching the ground yet leaving it scorched as if burnt. Her form maybe be still be reminecent of the alien intelegence’s black writhing shape with glints of red, but her twisted face is unmistakable: Victoria Geist!
When she speaks it is like two voices have merged as one. A woman’s voice, direct and commanding combined with a low gowl of something very alien. Just hearing it is like withstanding a tidal wave of energy, ” Libertas... Cantrell... Jude... I know you. I am just like you. Never wanting to be forgotton, ever becoming a monster, wanting to only make reality something pure and righteous. Remade to withstand the horrors of this world.” She pauses raising a hand towards the ceiling and walls. ” You had your chance, and as always ever behind by miles. My servants will take the dagger and I will complete the journey using the table Magicorium and the dagger by the same name.”
From the ceiling and walls out slither a plethora of snakemen and woman. So armed with laser rifles, vibro swords, railguns, and rocket launchers. Clearly under the command of a tactical genuis their formations are immpecable and to the point. There is nearly a 1000 of them covering the ceiling and walls even spilling out onto the floor itself. With the exception of the Maw overlooking Dweomer the 13th is effectivly surrounded. Their hissing sound almost makes your ears bleed. They grow quiet as the giant madwoman continues. ” It is time to end your struggle. This is where you die. Alone.”
Markus still holding bane up right chuckles offering a poignent quip, ” Dat iz not quite truez...”
When she speaks it is like two voices have merged as one. A woman’s voice, direct and commanding combined with a low gowl of something very alien. Just hearing it is like withstanding a tidal wave of energy, ” Libertas... Cantrell... Jude... I know you. I am just like you. Never wanting to be forgotton, ever becoming a monster, wanting to only make reality something pure and righteous. Remade to withstand the horrors of this world.” She pauses raising a hand towards the ceiling and walls. ” You had your chance, and as always ever behind by miles. My servants will take the dagger and I will complete the journey using the table Magicorium and the dagger by the same name.”
From the ceiling and walls out slither a plethora of snakemen and woman. So armed with laser rifles, vibro swords, railguns, and rocket launchers. Clearly under the command of a tactical genuis their formations are immpecable and to the point. There is nearly a 1000 of them covering the ceiling and walls even spilling out onto the floor itself. With the exception of the Maw overlooking Dweomer the 13th is effectivly surrounded. Their hissing sound almost makes your ears bleed. They grow quiet as the giant madwoman continues. ” It is time to end your struggle. This is where you die. Alone.”
Markus still holding bane up right chuckles offering a poignent quip, ” Dat iz not quite truez...”
13th Assembled
From the entrance emerges Max’s titan robot barely able to fit through the large tunnel. It’s flood lights shinning like a bright heavenly beckon. Two cyber knights hang onto its arms with their psi swords ablaze. The robot armor runs and leaps the several hundred foot distance using some newly installed jump jets, landing with a metal thud near the altar. Over it’s loud speaker Max’s voice reaches the heroes, ” Sorry to be running late Top Dog. Radio’s been knocked out. I got your back and brought some friends.” It’s lasers charge, and missile hatches open. The Titan grips its large kittani plasma axe in one hand.
The two cyber knights slide down its arms with ease. Sir Merihk lands next to Cantrell with a roll and comes up with his psionic sword gleaming bright. His grave voice carries a sense of mirth for the dramatic, ” Like we told you, we would be here for you at the end.”
The other knight Zee Hail lands softly near Libertas, he pats the young technowizard’s shoulder and smiles. ”Looks
like you did well in resisting the darkness looming. Let me know how I can help.” He points to the open air Maw of the cave, ” Even your Captain Lumpkiss is with us! Hah!”
Through the mouth of the cave even more allies can be seen as an air ship zooms by with the words Morose painted on one side. A large gleaming rail gun hangs off one side of the air ship. If you look just right you might see one Captain Pender Lumpkiss’ goofy grin smiling back. The roar of a dragon echoes once again, but this time the dragon, frost blue appears zooming through the maw landing near the heroes on the otherside of the Titan Robot. The dragon’s scales are like ice with frost flakes dropping into the floor as it lands. A lone ryder slides down its wing armed with a pair of familiar vibro swords: Jitters and Zan arrived!
Z'Anomandir growls a burst of frost striking a wall. It heavy ice crusted claws scratch the hewen black stone floor. When it shakes ice drops off it scales making a ting batta ting sound on the floor. ” Raw! My second battle I am so excited! Is that Giest? Raw! I thought she was dead!!” The dragon nearly stumbles as it catches sight of Merikh and Lucretia.
Jitter’s skids to a halt near the heroes his two swords gleaming in the torch light surrounding the altar. ” Time travel is a bitch but I would not miss this throw down for anything.” He is wearing cloak brown and thread bare but with a clasp with a small gold and silver scripted FB. Jitters grinns slighty looking arround. ” Anyone see the old man?”
The two cyber knights slide down its arms with ease. Sir Merihk lands next to Cantrell with a roll and comes up with his psionic sword gleaming bright. His grave voice carries a sense of mirth for the dramatic, ” Like we told you, we would be here for you at the end.”
The other knight Zee Hail lands softly near Libertas, he pats the young technowizard’s shoulder and smiles. ”Looks
like you did well in resisting the darkness looming. Let me know how I can help.” He points to the open air Maw of the cave, ” Even your Captain Lumpkiss is with us! Hah!”
- Morose
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Z'Anomandir growls a burst of frost striking a wall. It heavy ice crusted claws scratch the hewen black stone floor. When it shakes ice drops off it scales making a ting batta ting sound on the floor. ” Raw! My second battle I am so excited! Is that Giest? Raw! I thought she was dead!!” The dragon nearly stumbles as it catches sight of Merikh and Lucretia.
Jitter’s skids to a halt near the heroes his two swords gleaming in the torch light surrounding the altar. ” Time travel is a bitch but I would not miss this throw down for anything.” He is wearing cloak brown and thread bare but with a clasp with a small gold and silver scripted FB. Jitters grinns slighty looking arround. ” Anyone see the old man?”
Flint’s Summary
As if he had been standing in a shadow near the altar the whole time Flint steps forward lighting a cigarette with an electric snap. He takes a drag and flicks it onto the ground. Electricity sparks from his eyes and he grimaces as if annoyed by Geist’s refusal to die. ” So this is it huh? Geist again, its like someone really dislikes us. Seems like we got a few issues here. I’ve been listening to you drawl on for a bit, so let me see if I got this straight.” He looks at his smoldering cigarette with a bit of regret and continues even more annoyed than before, ” Lucretia might go nuts at any moment. Someone needs to give Geist a bloodly lip, and this table can either destory us or destory Temporal magic.” He steps on the cigarette finally putting it out, ” You kids can really pick e’m. Looks like she is done letting us talk.” Flint points back up to the towering Geist whose neck is glowing red with arcane energies.
She yells out, ” None of them survive! Let this mountain run red with the blood of the 13th! ATTACK!” The 1000 snake men led by the towering other worldly Geist decend on the assembled members of the 13th SET of the Tomorrow Legion.
She yells out, ” None of them survive! Let this mountain run red with the blood of the 13th! ATTACK!” The 1000 snake men led by the towering other worldly Geist decend on the assembled members of the 13th SET of the Tomorrow Legion.
Player Directions.
Dramatic task: 3-5 successes needed for a positive outcome, but also each player must acheive 1 success.
Scene modifier -6
—Hindrances at play: please incorporate a hindrence that gives you a disadvantage of a further -2 ( gain +1 benny)
—Way to improve your roll: select an NPC ally below and also you can choose to spend a significant amount of resources( Explained at the end of step 1).
- Allies: which ally helped you the most?
- 1) Incorporate how an ally helps you and gain +2. Interested in killing off an ally in a dramatic fashion? As long as it is not Max or Lucretia shoot me a pm so we can talk.
Step 1
Choose your skill and based on the skill plus resources(down below) if you like more of a bonus. The skill chosen has an immidate effect. Then based on the outcome of the roll their is an additional effect.
- Fighting or kn battle (ppts and wounds/fatigue): player takes 1 wound soak-able or 1 lvl of fatigue.
- Shooting( ppts and ammo): player loosed 3d6 ammo or they can take 1 wound (soakable)
- Arcane Skill (ppts, fatigue can be chosen if you have the soul drain edge): player looses 3d6 ppts or 1 wound (soakable)
- Wounds/Fatigue ( each wound level(soakable) or fatigue lvl inccured provides a +1 bonus up to a +4.
- Ammo (must have a reasonable amount to start with): Spend half of all available ammo for +2 bonus. Spend all available ammo for a +4 bonus. Ammo available is from all eclips, and weapons the character has access too.
- Power Points(must have a reasonable amount to start with): Spend half of your ppts gain +2 bonus. Spend all your ppts gain +4 bonus.
Step 2
The results!
- Crit failure: take 1d4 wounds ( soakable), increase the number of successes for a successful outcome by 1. Something went horribly wrong for you in this combat and you quite possibly jeopardized the entire mission for everyone.
- Failure: Take 2 wounds (soakable), It was a rough fight for sure. You took more damage than you delt or a significant barrier hampered your efforts
- Success: 1 wound ( soakable), ok you made it to the end of the fight... Just barely. You took a scratch or a small blow that any compenant healer can fix. Your efforts were generally positive.
- Raise: No wounds. You did it! Not only did you give more than you got but you did it in style! While bards might not truely sing your praises for all time, Erin Tarin herself will make a footnote mention about you. This lvl will also erase a crit failure.
- Double Raise (12): No wounds, 1 bonus roll on the table of loot! Can you say epic? Because accross the lands of North America and even in the German Republic folks will buy you drinks and call you Awesome! This lvl will erase a crit failure.
Step 3
Put it all together:
This is your chance to write how the battle unfolds for yourself and NPC allies/bad guys. I have also included a spring board for each of your characters to play off as a way to jumpstart your inspiration. The spirng board was something I thought was in someways important to your characters motivation. GM note: While Geist can be defeated and her derrange plan thwarted, in her current itteration the characters realize they lack the knowledge and weapons to truely vanquish their foe. Also as for the altar you can as easily remove it as activate it.
@Libertas Magicum, Jitters grabs your forearm and holds up a vibro sword one of the snake men had left clattered on the ground during their retreat. ” Libertas’ now is the time for you to fullfill your destiny. Use your father’s dagger to forge the Valient blade. I will help you realign the gliffs. We must hurry while the others buy us time.” He pushes the technowizard down as laser fire erupts all arround. One such blast strikes Bane in the chest spinning him arround. He grabs the table to steady himself. His voice is raspy as he coughs up blood looking down at the hole in his shoulder, ” Arggh... Hurry Libertas!”
@Jude Maverick, Lucretia leaps into the fray of battle with equisite grace and acrobatic form that you last saw in Silver Bluff. She bounds back towards you going back to back as a group of snake men surround you. Her voice is filled with regret as she parry’s a snake man’s blade ” Jude... I need to tell you... I need to tell you, I’ve always L—” Her face controts as Jude feels his mind control effect fade completly. Her voices becomes filled with rage, No... No! Noooo!!” She spins arround and Jude finds himself face to face with Lucretia whose face once again has errie strange purple lit eyes. Her psi blade is drawn and sizzles with her fervor.
Whatever tenderness had been there is now gone replaced by a dispationate coldness, Time to die Jude.”
@Cantrell comes face to face with Geist. No more than 20 feet seperate the two. The towering madwoman’s lithe form glows with a red halo and streaks of hellfire bolt in and arround Cantrell. Geist laughs madly, ” Did you know little girl I once was just like you? Full of ideals, full of hope... I was even once an officer in the Coalition! Haha, the vangaurd taught me much and opened my eyes to the possibilities. They told me they saw my potential. Its even where I met my husband Charles.” Geist throws a fire ball and spat more rage filled words at Cantrell, ” Little girl, they cast me out and I found a home in Tolkeen. Even then, the Coalition dystroyed that. Join me Cantrell... The coalition is still taking from you. Together we can bring them and everyone to their knees and remake the world!”
This is your chance to write how the battle unfolds for yourself and NPC allies/bad guys. I have also included a spring board for each of your characters to play off as a way to jumpstart your inspiration. The spirng board was something I thought was in someways important to your characters motivation. GM note: While Geist can be defeated and her derrange plan thwarted, in her current itteration the characters realize they lack the knowledge and weapons to truely vanquish their foe. Also as for the altar you can as easily remove it as activate it.
@Libertas Magicum, Jitters grabs your forearm and holds up a vibro sword one of the snake men had left clattered on the ground during their retreat. ” Libertas’ now is the time for you to fullfill your destiny. Use your father’s dagger to forge the Valient blade. I will help you realign the gliffs. We must hurry while the others buy us time.” He pushes the technowizard down as laser fire erupts all arround. One such blast strikes Bane in the chest spinning him arround. He grabs the table to steady himself. His voice is raspy as he coughs up blood looking down at the hole in his shoulder, ” Arggh... Hurry Libertas!”
@Jude Maverick, Lucretia leaps into the fray of battle with equisite grace and acrobatic form that you last saw in Silver Bluff. She bounds back towards you going back to back as a group of snake men surround you. Her voice is filled with regret as she parry’s a snake man’s blade ” Jude... I need to tell you... I need to tell you, I’ve always L—” Her face controts as Jude feels his mind control effect fade completly. Her voices becomes filled with rage, No... No! Noooo!!” She spins arround and Jude finds himself face to face with Lucretia whose face once again has errie strange purple lit eyes. Her psi blade is drawn and sizzles with her fervor.
Whatever tenderness had been there is now gone replaced by a dispationate coldness, Time to die Jude.”
@Cantrell comes face to face with Geist. No more than 20 feet seperate the two. The towering madwoman’s lithe form glows with a red halo and streaks of hellfire bolt in and arround Cantrell. Geist laughs madly, ” Did you know little girl I once was just like you? Full of ideals, full of hope... I was even once an officer in the Coalition! Haha, the vangaurd taught me much and opened my eyes to the possibilities. They told me they saw my potential. Its even where I met my husband Charles.” Geist throws a fire ball and spat more rage filled words at Cantrell, ” Little girl, they cast me out and I found a home in Tolkeen. Even then, the Coalition dystroyed that. Join me Cantrell... The coalition is still taking from you. Together we can bring them and everyone to their knees and remake the world!”