T H E WAVE

Somewhere in the Blue Ruins there lies an immense force of destruction.

On a cyclical yet unpredictable cadence, a wave of crushing psionic force
scorches the land it scours and obliterates the minds it envelops.

Perhaps a weapon of the Titans of times long past, a scientific invention gone
horribly wrong, or just an act of petty dominance by a particularly cruel
Autarch, the Waves are getting stronger by the day, threatening what paltry
life still clings to the post-Collapse world.

Warning Signs of an
Impending Wave:

Any radio-
transmitted
communications are
snuffed out. All
technology has a
heightened chance of Possible Effects of Wave Exposure (d10)
failure.
1. The subject is thrown 3d10 feet away from their current position
Avian life will as though hit with a giant fist.
suddenly spur to
action, cawing, 2. The subject bleeds from the eyes and remembers alien memories of a
screeching, howling, distant age.
and desperately
seeking shelter. 3. The subject is irrevocably separated from their shadow. Their
shadow has plans of its own, now.
The horizon will 4. The subject loses 10d10 years of memory in a searing flash of
take on a menacing psychic angst.
red, bathing the
Blue Ruins in a dim 5. The subject is unconscious for a full day and awakes with a new
purple light. “The POTENT ENERGIES of this mutation.
CALAMITOUS PHENOMENA are
The air itself will unlike ANYTHING WE HAVE SEEN. 6. The subject suffers extensive atomic burns all over their body.
vibrate with titanic They will require immediate medical aid or they will disintegrate.
pressure. A loud
baritone hum will THE FATES ARE FICKLE AND THEIR 7. The subject’s tether to gravity has been altered. Flip a coin to
torture the ears WILL INESCAPABLE. decide if they’re heavier or lighter now.
from the direction
of the Source. PRAY TO WHAT DELUDED GODS
8. The subject’s technology fuses with their body, making them a
STILL LISTEN TO US.” cybernetic abomination.
Synthetics will find
their minds jammed - New Hegemony Science 9. The subject witnesses unimaginable prognosticative horror. The
with intrusive non- Priest’s Musings horrors will make them roll Psyche at disadvantage for the next week.
euclidian thought.
10. The subject gains a new and uncontrollable Mystic Power.
 Settlements have gotten used to the Waves
after a few brutal exposures. The raw
energy of the Waves disintegrates the weak
and horrifically scars the robust. Users
of Mystic Gifts found their abilities
massively augmented or nullified entirely.

They cry to the Heavens for mercy. Will

you take the call, journey to the center
of the Waves and prevent the next
Collapse?

The Waves add a substantial level of danger to

Overland travel. Any respectable structure of stone
or metal can repel the deadliest energies of the
Waves and players will have very little time to find
shelter.

At the beginning of every day, Roll a 1d6 to

determine if a Wave will ravage the Blue Ruins.

On a 1 or a 6, the Source will activate. Potential Sources of the Waves

As your adventure progresses, add 3 as a result to A massive prototype terraform machine. Dutiful,
trigger a Wave. The heightened frequency should add resolute, desperately corrupted by the ravages of
urgency to the party’s mission. time on its circuitry. Powered by a tormented AI who
needs convincing its work is done.

Players caught in the Wave should make a difficult A mad Synth scientist who staunchly believes the
Psyche or Constitution check to withstand the world requires resetting to truly recover from the
harrowing experience. Great Collapse.

Each Wave takes about 10 minutes to conclude. This A True-Kin Supremacist Sect leveraging an Old-World
should provide time to have characters socialize superweapon from the comfort of their elegant and
while they shelter. (Silver linings?) secluded Vault under a large volcano.

Once the Wave is passed, the fabric of time and space
is altered. Spatial anomalies, remnant energies, and
mindwiped zombies are among the possible things found
in the devastation of the Wave.
The damage is stark societally as well. This newfound
danger has spurred the creation of doomsday cults,
all preaching a new solution to the cyclical doom.
A Quantum Daemon who seeks to merge this plane of
existence into its own twisted zone of nightmares.
Each Wave is another tear in the fabric of reality.
A dying God. Each Wave represents its unwillingness
to accept the end. How does one give mercy to the
infinite?