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Philadelphia is a Core Earth hardpoint, and the
strongest point of resistance to the Living Land
in the eastern United States. As such, it is
always under threat from the Saar, and always
needs Storm Knights to defend it. An
important part of that defence is maintaining
the population of Core Earth natives within it.
Their presence strengthens the hardpoint, and
could even help it to grow. This product
provides a one Act adventure and a number of
drop-in scenes that can be used to make the
home front a dramatic part of your game.
The events here are designed to follow on
immediately from Day 2: Road to Philadelphia,
and thus take place in the very early days of
the Possibility Wars, before the Delphi Council
is really established. However, they are not
closely tied to that period, and could be placed
anywhere in the first year. The individual
scenes assume that the Storm Knights are
based in Philadelphia for a significant period of
time, but the adventure could easily be run as a
Delphi Mission.
For the purposes of this supplement, the
Philadelphia hardpoint is a circle of about five
kilometres’ radius, centred on the Liberty Bell.
In the northwest, Philadelphia Zoo is just
inside, and the University of Pennsylvania is
also included, with the boundary crossing the
Schuykill River at Grays Ferry Avenue. Almost
all of the residential areas of South
Philadelphia are included, as are North
Philadelphia and Kensington. Across the river,
quite chunk of Camden is covered, with much
of the waterfront. The only bridge across the
Delaware within the hardpoint is the Ben
Franklin bridge.
THE CITY COUNCIL
Because the Storm Knights are based in
Philadelphia, they will face the direct
consequences of their actions, and the people
of Philadelphia will remember their deeds. The
City Council is a device to dramatise the
characters’ reputations, and bring them into
play. Some of these scenes may introduce a
new adventure, while others may serve to
wrap up and debrief.
The City Council is still based in City Hall,
which is close enough to Liberty Bell, the heart
of the hardpoint, to be a safe distance from the
borders with the Living Land. Philadelphia
City Hall is a spectacular building, and at least
in the early days it is physically untouched by
the Possibility Wars. The number of refugees in
the city means that some rooms have been
repurposed, so that you do not need to worry
too much about the current office layout, but
the lack of damage, at least for now, means
that you can use online resources to find out
what it looks like.
https://goo.gl/maps/LkjXBeWcALu
One thing that changes with the reputation
of the Storm Knights is the room in which they
are received. The City Council Caucus Room is
used for small meetings with members of the
council, which may mean that the Storm
Knights are not regarded as so important yet,
or that the meeting needs to be kept at least a
little quiet. The Mayor’s Reception Room is
used when the council and mayor want to
recognise the Storm Knights as important, but
at a moderate level. If the whole city wants to
acknowledge their debt to the Storm Knights,
they are received by the whole council in the
City Council Chambers.
THE MAYOR
The mayor of Philadelphia is Candace Warren,
an African-American woman in her late forties.
In the game, she is the face of the city
authorities, the character that the Storm
Knights get to know and interact with. There
are other councillors, but they stay in the
background. She was elected on a strongly
progressive platform two years before the
invasion, and had in fact been making real
progress, albeit not quickly enough to keep all
her supporters happy. The invasion changed
all that. Now, her top priority is saving her
people from being eaten by giant monsters that
look like the pictures of dinosaurs from her
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 childhood. So far, she is adapting surprisingly
well, and almost everyone in the city accepts
her as the leader; she was elected to the role,
after all.
She is, in fact, a good leader. She tries to
listen to everyone, and to pay most attention to
the people who know what they are talking
about. She makes decisions as quickly as they
need to be made, and when she gets this wrong
she tends to make the decision a little too
quickly, although never so quickly as to be
reckless. She is ready to delegate to competent
people, and is quick to do so when she is
clearly not competent to do the job (something
that is true of almost anything Storm Knights
might get up to), but she does tend to hold on
to responsibility for a bit too long when it is
something she can do. She praises in public,
and criticises in private. She tries to keep
criticism constructive, but her current levels of
stress mean that she does not always manage.
While she does come from a social justice
background, this has become little more than a
behavioural quirk: when she wants opinions,
she asks trans people of colour first (from
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darker skins to lighter, if necessary, but it
rarely is), then white trans people, then women
of colour, then white women, then men of
colour, and white men last. However, she does
make sure to get round to everyone who might
have something valuable to contribute. Her
appreciation for survivalist white men with
guns has gone up sharply since the invasion.
One thing that might surprise players is that
she is strongly prejudiced against edeinos. She
sees them all as violent dangerous monsters,
who would ideally be killed on sight —
although she knows that that is not practical.
She believes in universal human rights, and
edeinos are not, she insists, human. She is, of
course, right about that; the Storm Knights
may be able to help her see that she has drawn
the wrong conclusion.
Despite her prejudice, she does not
immediately kill edeinos who are allied with
human Storm Knights. (If your group is all
edeinos, you should drop this aspect of her
character altogether.) However, she does not,
at first, agree to meet the edeinos, or allow
them to attend meetings with the city council,
and she insists that they be watched by armed
guards at all times. The group’s actions can
convince her that those particular edeinos are
exceptional, which will moderate her hostility,
but as long as Philadelphia is under attack
from edeinos armies, it is all but impossible to
get her to treat edeinos in general in the same
way as she treats humans. (The only way
would be to get a large tribe of edeinos, at least
several hundred, allied to the city, and have
them fight alongside the human defenders
against the invading forces. That is well
outside the scope of this supplement, but
would make for an interesting campaign.)
DEGREES OF SUCCESS
The Storm Knights’ reputation in the city is
based on the success that they have in their
missions against the invaders. These results
can be assessed as one of six levels.
Betrayal: The Storm Knights have actively
damaged the city. This is very unlikely, unless
you write a scenario with no good outcomes.
Cowardly Failure: The Storm Knights
simply fail to deal with the problem,
apparently because they were afraid of the risk,
or put a higher priority on benefiting
themselves. Players would have to choose this
option, so it is unlikely.
Heroic Failure: The Storm Knights failed,
but tried very hard. This is the most likely
result if the players aim to complete a mission
but fail due to bad die rolls.
Tragic Success: The Mission is a success,
but there are regrettable consequences. For
example, an invading force is beaten back, but
a large area of the city is devastated.
Success: The Storm Knights achieve their
goal, and any collateral damage is minimal.
Great Success: The Storm Knights achieve
their goal, and other great benefits for the city.
This should be unusual and difficult; if the
group is achieving this every time, without an
absurd run of luck on the die rolls, the
standard is too low.
Road to Philadelphia
If the Storm Knights arrive in Philadelphia
after playing through the Road to Philadelphia
scenario, the only possible results are Tragic
Success, Success, and Great Success. A failure
would indicate that they did not make it to the
city, and there are no opportunities for betrayal
that the city would know about; even if the
player characters slaughter refugees, the
people in the city have no way of knowing.
Tragic Success: The Storm Knights arrive in
Philadelphia alone, without any refugees.
Success: The Storm Knights bring some
refugees with them. Even one refugee is
enough to reach this level.
Great Success: The Storm Knights rescue
virtually everyone. They rescue every group,
and most of each group makes it to
Philadelphia.
REPUTATION
The Storm Knights have a reputation in the city
at one of five levels. This affects how people
react to them, and how the city council treats
them.
Enemies: Philadelphia thinks that the Storm
Knights are on the other side. Ordinary people
flee and report them to the forces guarding the
city, who come to kill them or drive them out.
The army and militias do everything they can
to stop the Storm Knights getting anywhere
near the heart of the city. Most groups should
be able to avoid this level.
Pariahs: The citizens are disappointed and
disgusted with the Storm Knights. Nobody
wants to talk to them or help them, and they
are not allowed to see the mayor. If the mayor
does need to speak to them, the meeting
happens away from City Hall, in secret.
Allies: People are willing to have normal
friendly interactions with the Storm Knights,
but do not particularly look up to them. Storm
Knights who look particularly odd, including
being obviously from another cosm, are treated
with caution, but not hostility. The characters
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 can arrange a meeting with the mayor, but
might have to wait a few days, and if she wants
to see them, the meeting takes place in City
Hall, probably in the Caucus Room.
Inspirations: People do look up to the
Storm Knights. A lot of people in the city
recognise them, and in a large group at least
one person is almost certain to, and tell
everyone else. Ordinary people are friendly,
and positive social interactions with them are
Favoured, if the players even need to roll.
Storm Knights can look as odd as they like
without encountering problems, although
people are still a bit reticent around edeinos.
They can arrange a meeting with the mayor
within a day, or two at the most, and she
would normally see them in the Reception
Room, unless secrecy was important.
Heroes: The whole city thinks that the
Storm Knights are wonderful. If they go
somewhere and are not recognised, that should
be significant to the plot, and everyone who
recognises them is really friendly, again, unless
there is an important plot reason for them not
to be. Positive social interactions with the
people in the city get an Up, but rolls should
only be required for really outlandish requests.
The characters are likely to be mobbed by
people who want autographs, or to get to
know the Storm Knights better. Even edeinos
are fully accepted, and get groupies (although
still not quite as many as characters who look
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basically human). They can demand to see the
mayor at any time, and she will drop pretty
much anything to see them. Any successful
mission gets them a reception from the whole
council.
BASE REPUTATION
Storm Knights who are sent to Philadelphia as
agents of the Delphi Council arrive as Allies.
They may have special privileges related to the
mission, but that does not affect the general
attitude. Storm Knights who arrive from the
Road to Philadelphia start as Allies on a Tragic
Success or a Success, and Inspirations on a
Great Success.
CHANGING
REPUTATIONS
The results of missions may change the
reputation of the Storm Knights.
Betrayal makes the Storm Knights into
Enemies, unless they were Heroes beforehand.
If they were Heroes, they become Pariahs.
People want to believe that they had a good
reason for what they did, but cannot see how
that is possible.
Cowardly Failure drops the reputation by
one level, but no lower than Pariahs.
Heroic Failure and Tragic Success raise
Pariahs to Allies, but do not change any other
reputations.
Success raises the reputation by one level,
to no higher than Inspirations. Ordinary
successes are not enough to turn people into
Heroes, but they are enough to turn Enemies
into Pariahs.
Great Success raises reputation by two
levels, but to no higher than Inspirations,
unless the Storm Knights were already
Inspirations, in which case it makes them into
Heroes. Thus, a Great Success makes Enemies
into Allies, Pariahs and Allies into Inspirations,
and Inspirations into Heroes.
This is set up so that the Storm Knights only
lose reputation if the players make a deliberate
decision to act in an unheroic way; bad luck consequences, no-one could have.
will not do it. This means that most groups of A Success gets former Enemies a private
Storm Knights will become Inspirations to the meeting with the mayor, where she thanks
city, and if they spend a while there, they stand them and warns them that they are on
a good chance of becoming and remaining probation. Former Pariahs are invited to the
Heroes. This is by design; it is an appropriate Reception Room, and welcomed back into the
mood for Core Earth and the Living Land. This community by the mayor and council. Former
is not true of all Cosms, however. Allies are received in the Council Chamber,
congratulated by everyone. Storm Knights who
RECEPTION were Inspirations already are congratulated in
The reception that the Storm Knight receive the Reception Room. Heroes are received in the
after a mission depends both on the level of Council Chamber, by a full meeting.
their success, and their reputation when the A Great Success gets everyone a reception in
mission started. It may also be modified for the the Council Chamber. New Heroes are given
aftermath of a specific mission. the Keys to the City.
For everyone but Heroes, Betrayal makes Storm Knights who arrive in the city as
the city dangerous to them. Heroes just find Allies have their first meeting in the Reception
doors shut in their faces, by former friends Room; those who arrive as Inspirations are
who are now crying with disappointment. welcomed by the whole council, in the Council
After a Cowardly Failure, the mayor meets Chamber.
the characters to debrief, but she does not hide If an Inspiration or Hero dies, the city
her disappointment, and the meeting is private provides a full public funeral; for a Hero,
and low key. The higher the Storm Knights’ pretty much everyone is there. The funeral is a
reputation was beforehand, the more good place for the replacement character to
disappointed she is. meet their new allies.
A Heroic Failure gets the
characters a private meeting for
the debrief, and the mayor is
sympathetic. Characters with
high reputations find that other
characters also commiserate
with them.
A Tragic Success for Allies
and former Pariahs gets a
meeting in the Caucus Room,
where they are congratulated,
but also grilled about what went
wrong. Inspirations have a
meeting in the Reception Room,
and are asked about how to deal
with the problems that arose.
Heroes get a meeting in the
Council Chamber, with the
whole Council, and there is a
general assumption that, if they
were not able to avoid the

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 Vignettes are individual scenes that can be
dropped in when the Storm Knights are in
Philadelphia and between missions, to remind
the players of what life is like in a city under
siege, and to offer a chance to see what the
citizens think of them. These events do not
affect their reputation, unless the Storm
Knights do something truly heinous, like kill
everyone. The scenes are primarily about
roleplaying, with a few die rolls. These
vignettes are suitable for the early days of the
Possibility Wars, while Philadelphia is still
trying to adapt to an utterly transformed
situation. They should probably take place
before Day 30. Similar vignettes can be used
after missions to illustrate the effects that the
Storm Knights’ actions have had.

HOUSING ASSIGNMENTS
There are a lot of people in central Philadelphia
who did not have homes there, and they need
to be housed. This is one of the city’s big
practical tasks, and it is made harder by the
fact that unreliable electricity means that the
upper floors of skyscrapers are unusable as
residences. The Storm Knights are assigned a
row house on Pine Street, not far south of the
Liberty Bell.
The house is currently home to the Lakhani
family. They are Muslims, and the parents are
US-born, with roots in Pakistan and
Bangladesh back when they were one country.
John, the father, is a doctor in his late forties.
His wife, Sarah, is also a doctor (they met at
medical school), but she hadn’t practised for
several years before the invasion. They have
two children. Rawal, their son, is fourteen,
while their daughter, Fatima, is twelve. Sarah
wears a headscarf, but not a veil, but Fatima is
currently into miniskirts and crop tops that
may not be entirely age-appropriate. (Sarah
and Fatima have had that conversation several
times. John and Fatima have had it once, and
then he agreed to leave that issue to his wife.)
Since the invasion, John and Sarah have been
working at medical centres, while Rawal is

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agitating to be allowed
to join one of the
militias. His parents
think he is too young,
and he, naturally,
disagrees. Fatima is
currently enjoying
having no school. They
are a close and happy
family, and John and
Sarah have tried as hard
as they can not to
pressure their children
into becoming doctors.
Rawal does not want to
be one; he wants to be a
Special Forces
Operative. (He’s
fourteen.) Fatima
secretly does want to be
a doctor, but would only
tell her parents on their
deathbed.
The family have not
make it clear that assistance with reorganising
been told that they will be accommodating the
the house would be appreciated, if the Storm
Storm Knights. They should have been; that is
Knights do not immediately offer, and is very
the procedure that was decided. However, that
annoyed if she has to actually ask directly. The
step got missed in the chaos of trying to put
house has four bedrooms (one is currently
everyone somewhere sensible, so when the
spare), two living rooms, a kitchen, two
Storm Knights turn up with their allocation,
bathrooms, and a den. The details of the
only Fatima is home. She ignores them at first,
rearrangement depend in part on how many
but persistence gets her to shout through the
Storm Knights there are in the group, but are
door. A persuasion test with a DN of 10, or an
negotiated between them and the Lakhanis.
intimidation test with a DN of 8, gets her to
The house has running water, and electricity
open the door. Only intimidation, or outright
for two hours every day, on a rota system. The
force, convinces her to let the characters into
Lakhanis are eating at the local communal
the house, however.
kitchen, and will invite the Storm Knights (if
When John and Sarah get back and see the
relations are good), or tell them (if not). The
orders from the city, they allow the Storm
running water is special feature of this area; the
Knights in. They knew that this was coming,
city was able to isolate one part of the pipe
and are annoyed, but not surprised, that they
network within a day or so of the invasion.
did not get advance notification. Their attitude
There are standpipes around the edge for
to the Storm Knights depends on their status,
people from areas where the plumbing does
and on their behaviour; if they forced their way
not work. The sewage system also works here,
inside while only Fatima was there, they start
another big benefit. Being assigned
off with a black mark against them. Sarah will
accommodation in a house in this area is a sign

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 that the city thinks well of the Storm Knights,
and the players should realise that quickly.
SATELLITE INTERNET
Connectivity between Philadelphia and the
outside world is hard, because cables that pass
through the Living Land transform, and radio
waves cannot travel more than one kilometre
(Torg Eternity, page 180). However, the reality
of Takta Ker does not extend up for ever,
which means that satellites visible from
Philadelphia are still functional, and people in
the city can connect to them. There are a
number of satellite phones and similar devices
in the city when the invasion reaches it, and
most of them are commandeered by the
authorities in the early days, allowing
communication with the US government.
Most people in the city are still cut off from
the rest of the world, however, and so the city
council decides to try to establish internet
access points, with satellite connections, that
people can use to contact friends and relatives
in parts of the world with net access. The
benefits for morale have been judged to
outweigh the possible risks to security, and, in
any case, Mayor Warren is very uncomfortable
with the idea of censoring what people can
access.
The Storm Knights have been asked to help
set up one access point, at a government
building with generator power near the centre
of the city. The plan, they are told, is to get the
points set up first, and then, when they are
sure everything is working, publicise them.
The work has to be done during daylight,
because the city is not wasting power on
lighting at the moment.
The task is represented by a Dramatic Skill
Resolution, purely as a matter of pacing. Each
roll represents half an hour of activities, and
the Storm Knights have eight hours before it
gets too dark to work, so failure is not really
likely. The task needs at least one character
who is skilled in computers, so do not use this
vignette if the group does not contain anyone
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like that.
Step A: The building needs a satellite
antenna if a link is going to be set up. This is a
fairly large piece of equipment and has to be
manhandled into place. This is a Strength test
with a DN of 10. No A: There are too many
people around, so the Storm Knights cannot
take the antenna out just yet. Failure: The
antenna slips on its way up. Success: The
antenna is in place. Complication: The bit of
building they were hoping to fix the antenna
on breaks off, and the next best option is less
convenient and more obvious.
Step B: The antenna needs to be aligned on
the satellite. The surrounding reality of the
Living Land makes this difficult, so this is a
science test with a DN of 12. No B: The bolts
have come loose on the antenna, making the
antenna flop around so that it cannot be
aligned on anything. Fixing it is
straightforward, but takes time. Failure: The
signal flickers across the screen, but the Storm
Knights cannot get it to stabilise. Success:
There is a signal from the satellite. Possible
Setback/Critical Problem: The antenna comes
loose while the Storm Knights are adjusting it,
and may fall to the ground. It catches on the
wires and is undamaged, but it must be got
back into place. Complication: Something
starts the wires on the antenna buzzing. As
well as drawing attention, it makes it harder to
get the signal through.
Step C: People notice. People also work out
what a satellite dish must mean, and come
demanding to be allowed to contact friends,
family, social media, and multiplayer online
games. They get in the way and make it
impossible to get anything done, until they can
be persuaded to stand back and let the Storm
Knights work. This is either a persuasion test
with a DN of 10, or an intimidation test with a
DN of 12. No C: The people are not in a mood
to listen. They want to watch cat videos now!
Failure: They are not persuaded. They want
the Storm Knights to let them get connected
right away. Success: The crowd agree to stand
back. Possible Setback: One of the people
jostles the antenna, possibly by stepping on a
cable, knocking it out of alignment.
Complication: Someone claims to know about
these things, and insists on “helping”. Critical
Problem: Someone climbs up to the antenna to
connect their phone directly (you can’t do that,
but telling them does not help), and pulls it off
the building.
Step D: The computers at the access point
have to be persuaded to talk to the internet.
This should be really straightforward with the
information the Storm Knights have been
given, but… This is a computers test against a
DN of 10, and cannot be made unskilled. No
D: The computers are not registering the signal
at all; a wire must have come loose somewhere.
Failure: The screen is asking you to input a
DNS configuration. Again. Success: You call up
the White House website, which now has the
Houston skyline in its page image. Possible
Setback: It looks like you have connected,
which draws the attention of the crowd.
Complication: The main computer crashes,
and then decides to check the whole hard drive
on reboot, forcing you to work with a much
slower back-up machine. Critical Problem:
You realise that the antenna is facing in
completely the wrong direction. The satellite
you are getting signals from is a weather
satellite. You will have to take the antenna
down from the building and set it up on the
other side.
URBAN FARMING
Philadelphia needs to grow its own food.
Storm Knights with any adds in science or
survival know that the city cannot be self-
sufficient, not with the number of refugees
present, but it is still important to have a
sustainable source of food within the city. It is
good for morale, and it will help to take the
city through interruptions in supply. The parks
are repurposed very quickly, and work has
started on built-up areas. Most of the work is
being done by ordinary volunteers, but Mayor
Warren is also sending more prominent people
to help, to emphasise that everyone is in this
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 together.
The Storm Knights have been asked to help
with the conversion of a car park and storage
centre between Washington Avenue and
Kimball Street, about 3 km southwest of the
Liberty Bell and, for the moment, safely within
the hardpoint. The work has already started,
and is being led by Marvin Holleren, a middle-
aged white man who is seriously overweight,
and cannot actually dig or move things for
very long. He worked in a bank before the
invasion, but grew up on a self-sufficient farm,
and stayed in touch with his sister, who did
not leave. (He has not heard from his sister
since the invasion, and is worried about her
and her family.) This means that he does have
a good idea of what he is talking about, and is
why he was put in charge. The people doing
the heavy lifting do not necessarily appreciate
that, however.
Marvin is glad to see the Storm Knights
when they arrive; the reaction of the other
workers depends on their current reputation.
Allies just get friendly waves and greetings,
while Inspirations see most people taking a
break to come over shake their hands, as the
people who know about them tell those who
haven’t heard yet. If they are Heroes, the first
person is a child, who asks whether they are
really them, and then the Storm Knights are
surrounded by everyone, people turning their
phones on to take selfies with them. (People
have already become very cautious about
conserving battery power, and the cell network
is still down at this point because some
important bits were outside the hardpoint.)
After a few minutes, at most, things calm down
and the Storm Knights are sent to work on
tasks that suit their talents. Each character
should be sent to the task below for which they
have the highest total. No matter what the task,
the Storm Knight makes a test against a DN of
8, with results that depend on how good the
success is.
Heavy Lifting: A lot of things, including
some cars, need to be moved out of the way.
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This is a Strength test. Failure: The Storm
Knight strains her back while trying to move
something, and has to get help. This leads to
good-natured teasing from the people with
her. Standard Success: She works alongside
the other people, making a good contribution.
Good Success: An old pickup truck is blocking
one part of the area, and nobody can get it to
move. The character joins in to assist, and they
successfully get it out of the way. Outstanding
Success: What looks like a small chunk of
concrete turns out to be a massive chunk of
concrete, buried in the ground. The character,
however, wields a sledgehammer to great
effect, breaking it into fragments and making it
easy to cart away.
Ground Preparation: The ground is not
ideal for planting crops, and some of the
workers are trying to improve it. A lot of this
just means digging through the soil and taking
out obvious junk, like parts of old cars and
empty plastic bottles. A character can make a
find test to make particularly good progress
here. Failure: The Storm Knight misses a whole
bunch of small things that her companions
have to catch. Success: The character clears a
good patch in cooperation with everyone else.
Good Success: The Storm Knight works out a
good technique for finding junk, and makes a
strong contribution to the work. Outstanding
Success: The character works out an efficient
technique that other people can use, and this
part of the job goes much faster.
Hazardous Inhabitants: Poison ivy, wasp
nests, and vicious critters. Small change
compared to the Living Land, but still enough
to seriously slow progress. A survival test lets a
Storm Knight get things out of the way.
Failure: The character gets stung, bitten, or
whatever. This is just embarrassing, but it is
embarrassing. Success: The problem wildlife is
out of the way. Good Success: The wildlife
gets moved with particular style. Outstanding
Success: Not only does the dangerous wildlife
get shifted out of the way, but the character
finds some tasty berries to share with
everyone.
SCENERY
The following short descriptions can be used as
the Storm Knights make their way around the
city to bring the state of siege home to them. As
with the vignettes, these descriptions are for
the very early days.
• A car park is full, and noisy, because it
is full of families who are living in their
cars. Police are going around siphoning
all the petrol (OK, gasoline) out of the
tanks for use in higher priority vehicles.
• A long line of people outside City Hall
is being marshalled by harassed-
looking city officials, repeating through
megaphones that the city council has no
way to get messages to individuals
outside the city.
• A crowd has gathered outside an
electronics shop, where a television, run
from a generator, is showing news from
across the world.
• The smell of food comes from a
communal kitchen. There is a queue
outside, and as people come out in
small groups, the staff let more people
in.
• A sports centre is largely dark, but has
a large sign on the front saying “Public
Toilets”. Even from outside you can
smell it, but there are still people lined
up.
• You see someone offering a grocer
hundred dollar bills for canned food
and candy bars, and being refused. The
next person in line offers a pack of
batteries, and carries away a large bag
of food.
• A man is walking around the city with
pieces of paper, a hammer, and a bag of
nails. Each piece of paper has the names
of his family members, with brief
descriptions and a place to find him. He
is putting them up on walls and posts,
among many similar documents.
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 In the Day One Living Land adventure, the
Storm Knights can see Philadelphia, with its
lights still on, from New York. This is because
the hardpoint covers, barely, two generating
stations: the Delaware Generating Station, and
the Southwark Generating Station. Both are oil-
fired, and are normally used to handle peak
loads. They kicked in automatically when the
invasion hit, keeping the lights on in
Philadelphia for a psychologically critical 48
hours.
After that, the city introduced rationing of
power, to make the stocks of oil last for as long
as possible. Constant power, backed up by
generators, is provided to hospitals and
government buildings, where the city has
established internet nodes and charging points
for smartphones and tablets, but nothing
larger, and other areas of the city get power for
a few hours per day, on a rota. Some people
argue that the fuel should be conserved more
strictly, and power limited to institutions that
really need it, but for now the people pointing
to the importance of power for morale have the
upper hand.
While the Delaware station is a kilometre or
so from the hardpoint border, the Southwark
station is right on top of it, barely inside the
hardpoint. This makes it, in the mayor’s eyes,
an obvious target for the invaders. (The mayor
does not yet understand that most of the
invaders literally cannot even imagine a power
station; in any case, Baruk Kaah can, and so she
is right for the wrong reasons.) She wants the
Storm Knights to go and help defend the
power station and its oil, or, at the very least,
get the oil somewhere safe.
There is another problem, which can be
turned into a great opportunity. A number of
the inhabitants of Philadelphia and
surroundings transformed to the Living Land’s
reality during the invasion, and are now
forming tribes and ways of life in the jungles
around the city. Many people in Philadelphia
regard them as traitors — they appear to have
gone over to the enemy, after all — and see

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them as a threat. However, a lot of them still
see the area as home, and could be persuaded
to help defend the city with a bit of effort.
This adventure will take the Storm Knights
across the hardpoint border. At this point, the
Philadelphia hardpoint pushes into the
Washington Zone, which is Living Land
Dominant; the Allegheny Zone on the other
side of the city is Living Land Pure, but this
adventure will not take the Storm Knights
there unless they get seriously diverted.
In the introduction, the Storm Knights meet
Mayor Warren, and are offered the mission.
The first scene gives them a chance to get to
know the workers charged with keeping the
plant running, and build trust and, maybe,
respect by helping to drive off an attack by
dinosaurs.
The second scene introduces the Living
Land humans in the jungle. The Storm Knights
can choose how to deal with this; a negotiation,
with both the primitive humans and the
workers, to reach an alliance is most likely, but
things could go horribly wrong.
The third scene only happens if the second
goes well. If the Storm Knights form an alliance
with the primitive humans, they told about a
hardpoint across the Walt Whitman bridge, at
the Gloucester Point oil storage facility.
The final scene is an attack by edeinos on
the power station. The Storm Knights’ actions
in previous scenes determine what they are
fighting for. If they have allies among the
transformed humans, they can stop the attack
and preserve the power station, and are able to
get a significant amount of oil upstream even if
they fail. If they do not, success merely allows
them to evacuate the oil, and on a failure they
lose everything.
The epilogue shows the results of the Storm
Knights’ actions.
INTRODUCTION:
MEETING THE MAYOR
The human Storm Knights are summoned to a
meeting with Mayor Warren (edeinos are not
invited). She meets them in the caucus room,
and is polite and friendly. If the Storm Knights
are already Inspirations, she is very positive
about their ability to deal with the problem.
Her briefing covers the following points.
• Philadelphia relies on two power
stations, the Delaware Generating
Station and the Southwark Generating
Station, to supply electricity to the grid.
• Together, the two stations can supply
the whole city, but neither can do so
alone.
• The limited supply of fuel means that
power has to be rationed, but it is very
good for morale, and its availability
gives the city more options as it
strengthens its position against the
invaders.
• The Delaware Station is safely inside
the modern zone.
• The Southwark Station is right on the
edge of the jungle zone. It has already
been attacked by dinosaur things once,
and the soldiers and police who drove
them off went strange when they
entered the jungle.
• The Storm Knights seem to be able to
cope with being in the jungle, and the
mayor would like them to defend the
Southwark Station.
• Losing the Southwark Station would be
a major blow to the city. However, if it
cannot be defended, it is important to
get as much of its stored oil as possible
north to the Delaware Station.
The Storm Knights could refuse, in which
case Mayor Warren is very disappointed with
them, and the adventure is over. Most Storm
Knights take the mission.
Delphi Council
If you are running this adventure as a Delphi
Mission, the briefing is provided by the Delphi
Council instead of Mayor Warren, and is
probably given outside the Philadelphia
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 hardpoint. The content is the same, and the
Storm Knights are transported to the
Southwark plant in an appropriate way to start
scene one.
SCENE 1: SOUTHWARK
GENERATING
STATION
Normal scene, Mixed Core Earth/Living Land
The Southwark Generating Station stands
on an artificial peninsula jutting out into the
Delaware River.
https://goo.gl/maps/gMCLxKLa7zt
(Note that, in the real world, the functioning
generator is in the boring white buildings. In
Core Earth, the historic structure is still in
working order, because that is more
interesting.)
The building has an imposing entrance,
with “Philadelphia Electric Co.” along the
facade. The oil tanks are beyond the building,
nearer the river, and the whole complex looks
as though it could do with a new coat of paint.
There is an oil tanker moored to the north of
the power plant, and it is empty, having
transferred its cargo just before the invasion.
The plant has one full oil tank, and one empty;
the oil has been used much faster than normal.
The pier to the south is still in Core Earth, but
the border with the Living Land fluctuates
across the pier beyond that, and the jungle has
sprung up on the next peninsula south. The
Walt Whitman Bridge is clearly visible to
south, bursting with life and containing
multitudes, but it is firmly within the Living
Land. The Storm Knights come down from the
north, and can see flocks of pterodactyls
wheeling around the towers of the bridge in
the midday sun.
Meeting the Workers
There are a dozen workers at the station,
eleven men and one woman, seven black, three
Hispanic, and two white, including the
foreman, James Forster. The workers who
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speak to the Storm Knights are James, Lou
White, and Isabella Ramos.
As a child, James Forster wanted to be an
engineer, but he could never get the maths
grades he needed. He took a job working with
machines instead, and developed a very good
practical understanding. He was promoted to
foreman a couple of years ago, and is in his
mid-forties. Before the invasion, he was deeply
dissatisfied with his life, but now, as a vital
link in keeping the city switched on, he feels
more needed than ever. He practically lives at
the station (his wife left him five years ago),
and he knows the plant and its peculiarities
really well; if the Storm Knights ask him for
advice, he gives it, and it is good, giving them
a bonus of +1 to +3 on any tests needed. James
is a bit overweight, because he had been letting
himself go a bit, but he is trying to get back in
shape. If it becomes necessary to run, it will be
very difficult to persuade James to abandon the
station.
The most experienced worker on the site is
Lou White, an African-American man in his
early sixties. He thinks he was passed over for
promotion because of racism, and might well
be right, but most of his co-workers think it
was because he criticises everyone and
everything, in a mean-spirited way. This
started, decades ago, as a cover for insecurity,
but it alienated his acquaintances, which made
him even more hostile, and the vicious spiral
developed from there. He is insulting and
belittling about the Storm Knights, especially
any women, and is very dismissive of any
plans they might come up with. He has never
been particularly keen on his job, only doing
what was required of him, and spent his
evenings in a bar or a strip club. He can’t do
that any more, and it has made his mood even
worse. None of his colleagues like him, but
James has been working with him for over
twenty years, and is no longer bothered. Note
that, although Lou is a chauvinist, he does not
make sexualised comments to women; the
strippers were about the only people who
didn’t dislike him, because he just watched
silently, and paid his money. Lou is looking for
any excuse to cut and run from the station; it is
far too close to the jungle for his liking. He
runs if he feels that he is in immediate danger.
Isabella Ramos is the woman on the team.
Her parents were immigrants from Mexico, but
she is Philly born-and-bred. She is still in her
twenties, and one of the youngest workers.
Isabella thinks that she believes that women
are just as good as men, and that she can prove
it. Actually, deep down she fears that men
really are better than women at just about
everything, and therefore tries to show that she
can do anything a man can do. She will not let
a man do anything for her, nor will she step
back from a job that a man is doing, if it is
practical for her to do it as well. This includes
fighting off attacking dinosaurs. Her father,
still living in Philadelphia, would be
devastated to realise that his daughter fears
that men are better; he did his best to raise her
to think of herself as equal to men. The
problem was that her father was a much better
parent, worker, and citizen than her mother,
and her younger brother was a much better
scholar than she was. At home, she was told
women were as good as men, but when she did
the comparisons, it did not seem to be true.
Physically, Isabella is above average in
virtually every respect, although nothing
exceptional. She has been on shooting ranges,
and is quite competent with guns. Mentally,
she is low average, which is why she never got
into college. She is, however, very brave and
determined. She does not criticise men, just
trying to match or outshine them, and
vigorously defends women against Lou’s
insults if necessary.
James takes the lead in greeting the Storm
Knights, explaining that the police and soldiers
who were here before chased some attackers
into the jungle, and didn’t come back, at least
not the same. They have seen some of them
since, dressed in loincloths and carrying
spears. Lou is very contemptuous of what they
have been sent, and is as insulting as possible;
Storm Knights who are obviously police or
military are accused of deserting their posts,
for example. Isabella stands out as the only
woman, and looks pleased to see the Storm
Knights. She supports a female character who
defends herself against Lou, and breaks in to
defend any who just let him talk.
James shows the characters the lookout post
on the roof, and the canteen and dormitory
that they’ve rigged up, where the Storm
Knights can rest if necessary. The generating
station has power at all times.
This part of the scene is just conversation, to
establish the setting. When you think that has
gone on long enough, one of the workers raises
the alarm. Dinosaurs!
Velociraptor Attack
A pack of velociraptors emerges from the
jungle, stalking up the road towards the power
plant. There is no plot behind this; the raptors
just felt like exploring this new environment,
and hunting.
There are as many velociraptors as Storm
Knights, plus two. James and Isabella join in
the defence, and do a competent job. Do not
roll dice for them, but assume that the Storm
Knights only have to deal with as many of the
velociraptors as there are Storm Knights; James
and Isabella take out one each from their
positions on the roofs of buildings in the
generator complex.
The Storm Knights may start from above as
well, but after one round of combat, the
velociraptors start taking cover, stalking
around and looking for weak points and ways
up. If the Storm Knights take the fight to them,
things proceed as normal. Otherwise, they find
a way into the generator building, leading to
screams of terror from the other workers. This
should certainly drive the Storm Knights to
intervene.
If the Storm Knights are in serious danger,
James or Isabella, or both, get off a lucky shot
and finish the raptors off. No-one should die in
this encounter.
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 The way that the Storm Knights perform
affects the workers’ opinions of them. Bravery
or competence is enough to get their respect;
the velociraptors are driven off in the end, even
if the Storm Knights contribute less than they
hoped, so a courageous fight back is
interpreted in the characters’ favour. Similarly,
even if the Storm Knights seem to take a
cowardly approach, if it is clearly effective at
getting rid of the predators, the workers are
happy. They can understand the desire to
avoid unnecessary risks. If the Storm Knights
are both brave and effective, however, the
workers are impressed; this may be helpful in
the next scene.
Velociraptors (See Living Land, pages 129–
130)
Attributes: Charisma 5, Dexterity 10, Mind
5, Spirit 8, Strength 9
Skills: Dodge 11, find 8, intimidation 9,
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maneuver 11, stealth 11, taunt (10), trick 10,
unarmed combat 11
Move: 12, Tough: 10 (1), Shock: 8, Wounds:
—
Equipment: —
Perks: —
Possibilities: Never
Special Abilities:
• Armour: Scaly hide +1.
• Bite/Claws: Strength +2 (11)
Cosm Cards
Core Earth Cosm Cards tend to have
mechanically defined effects that require little
work from the GM. Two of them have a
particular effect in this scene.
Rousing Speech: The speech inspires the
workers, and they are automatically
impressed, as if the Storm Knights had been
both brave and competent against the
velociraptors. If they were both in any case,
there is no additional benefit.
 Escalation: The velociraptors were part of
an edeinos’s hunting pack. Their master
arrives, riding a triceratops and leading
another group of velociraptors, one fewer than
the number of Storm Knights (but at least one).
If this card is played, the Storm Knights’ plot
immunity is cancelled, and they can be forced
to test for Defeat. This is worth two
Possibilities.
Triceratops
Attributes: Charisma 4, Dexterity 6, Mind 4,
Spirit 8, Strength 16
Skills: Dodge 11, find 8, intimidation 10,
maneuver 7, stealth 7, unarmed combat 10
Move: 8; Tough: 19 (3); Shock: 12; Wounds:
3 Knights are expected to organise a watch rota,
Equipment: —
Perks: —
Possibilities: Never
Special Abilities:
• Armor: Bony crest and thick hide +3.
• Charge: +2 damage to an attack after
the creature moves more than a walk.
• Horns: Damage Strength +2 (18).
• Very Large: Triceratops are up to nine
meters long and 5,000 kg in weight.
Attacks against them gain a +4 bonus.
Edeinos Beast Rider
Attributes: Charisma 6, Dexterity 9, Mind 6,
Spirit 8, Strength 10
Skills: Beast riding 11, dodge 10, faith 9,
find 8, intimidation 10, maneuver 10, melee
weapons 11, missile weapons 10, reality 9,
stealth 10, survival 8, tracking 8, unarmed
combat 11
Move: 9; Tough: 10; Shock: 8; Wounds: —
Equipment: Hrockt-shoot spear (Damage
Strength +2/12)
Perks: Beast Rider
Possibilities: 2
Special Abilities:
• Beast Affinity: The rider may divert one
Wound from an attack to hit his mount
instead of himself.
• Bite/Claws: Damage Strength +2 (12).
SCENE 2: FACES IN THE
JUNGLE
Standard Scene. On the border; depending on
how the scene goes, it could take place in Core
Earth/Living Land Mixed or Living Land
Dominant, or across the border.
Once the velociraptors have been defeated,
the workers go back to tending the generators.
Any of them are happy to tell the Storm
Knights about the sorts of things that come out
of the jungle to attack the power plant,
although Lou does it with more insults and
swear-words than the others. The Storm
and James is disappointed if he has to point
this out.
The first night is uneventful, if a little eerie.
The power plant and its surroundings are
brightly lit, to ensure that the Storm Knights
can see any approaching threats, but the rest of
the city, and the surrounding jungle, is pitch
dark. (There are a few lights on elsewhere in
Philadelphia, but they are not visible from the
characters’ position.) It is far from silent,
however, and howls and roars can be heard
from the south, and from across the river.
At 11 am the following day, the Storm
Knight on watch sees humans at the edge of
the jungle. They are moving among the trees,
clearly cautious, and a little observation
confirms that they are dressed in loincloths,
tunics, and bikinis of fur and leather, and are
carrying spears.
These humans are members of a tribe
calling themselves the Horned Hunters. There
are almost three hundred people in the tribe,
all transformed humans, including children
and the elderly, and they are establishing
themselves in the region south of the
Philadelphia hardpoint. Most of them are from
Philadelphia or Camden originally, and
although they no longer feel at all comfortable
in Core Earth’s reality, they still feel a sense of
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 loyalty to the cities.
The tribe is led by Lauren,
a white woman in her early
forties. She has long blonde
hair, and looks very striking
in her fur bikini. Storm
Knights from the USA with
any adds in computers may
make a computer test with a
DN of 14. If they succeed,
they recognise her: she was
the CEO of Red Hart Intellect,
an artificial intelligence
company that was making
waves before the invasion.
She was particularly famous
for her resistance to being
bought out by the giants of
the field, even though
everyone wanted her
company’s technology. They
also remember a profile article
that covered her participation
in triathlon events. She is
reality-rated, and a talented
and experienced leader, so
her hold on her tribe is firm,
and based on respect rather
than fear. Her transformation
looks as though he should be her muscle, but
did not lessen her desire for independence in
he isn’t. He transformed into a priest of Lanala,
the slightest, and she transitioned from leading
and is her spiritual adviser. He was a youth
a company to leading a tribe without any
worker before the invasion, trying to keep the
trouble. Her goal is to protect her tribe, and
black youth of Philadelphia out of harm’s way,
maintain its independence. She is decisive and
and he never had a very positive impression of
wise unless she is forced to choose between
the city, or the United States. His faith in
those goals; at that point she has no idea what
Lanala builds on that to make him very
to do, and chooses almost at random, feeling
suspicious of the Core Earth region. On the
that indecision is always the worst possible
other hand, Philadelphia was his city, and he
decision. She will not choose obviously
wants it to be safe; he is sure that a lot of
disastrous options, but her ability to choose the
people he knows are still in there. Shin is very
best path is seriously impaired. As the scene
reluctant to make any concessions to the
opens, she is unsure as to whether the Storm
Philadelphian authorities, and thinks that they
Knights are threats or potential allies.
should just take Lauren’s first offer. Although
Shin is her second. He is a tall black man in
Shin is a spiritual adviser, he does not speak in
his thirties, solidly built, and looms over
mysterious riddles; Lanala is a very direct
Lauren, wrapped in a leather cloak. He really
goddess. He puts the tribe above himself in

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almost everything, but is not shy about
interrupting a conversation if he thinks it is
dangerous to the Horned Hunters.
If the Storm Knights came along the Road to
Philadelphia and rescued Michael, he has joined
the tribe, and quickly proved himself a
valuable member despite his youth. He
recognises the Storm Knights as soon as they
come out of the generator and towards the
jungle, and calls out to them. Lauren tells him
to be quiet, but he insists that the Storm
Knights are friends.
If Michael is not with the Horned Hunters,
they do not make the first move. They watch
what the Storm Knights do, and respond to
violence with violence, and to offers to talk
with cautious negotiation. The Storm Knights
are most likely to try to negotiate, and almost
certain to do so if Michael is with the tribe, and
so that option is considered first.
Negotiations
Lauren believes that her tribe has rightful
authority over the area in the south of the
peninsula between the Delaware and Schuykill
rivers, and the right to hunt wherever it wants.
She has no objection to the Philadelphia
authorities controlling the area within the
hardpoint; she has no interest in living there
anymore. On the other hand, she does want
some things from the city. Personally, she
really misses pineapples, and a lot of members
of the tribe miss chocolate. If convinced to
negotiate, her starting position is that she
wants the mayor to recognise her tribe’s
authority over the whole area between the
Delaware and Schuykill Rivers, south of the
hardpoint, its right to hunt in the jungle
wherever it wants, and its right to enter and
leave Philadelphia freely. On the other hand,
she wants the city to ask her permission before
sending anyone into her territory. She also
wants the city to send gifts, of pineapples,
chocolate, and the other things the tribe
members want.
Lauren thinks that she has set her starting
position high, and is expecting to have to
compromise or offer something more in return.
When he hears it, Shin thinks it is a bare
minimum. Lou is extremely rude about the
proposal, and Lauren, giving the Storm
Knights +2 to the DN of any further tests to
persuade the tribe unless they publicly disown
and rebuke him (a persuasion test with a DN of
16, or intimidation with a DN of 8). Doing so
gives them +2 to the DN of tests to persuade
the workers; they might not like Lou, but he is
one of them, and isn’t running around with the
enemy. James is deeply suspicious of these
apparent traitors, but can see the value in
getting allies. Isabella is really impressed by
Lauren, and wonders what it would be like to
join the tribe.
The Storm Knights have to come up with a
solution, and convince Lauren and the workers
that it is sensible. They also have to convince
Mayor Warren, as she did not anticipate that
they would be negotiating with Living Land
humans or give them the authority to do so.
However, if the Storm Knights reach a good
solution, she ratifies it after the event.
If Michael is with the tribe, the Storm
Knights have a +2 bonus to any tests to win
them over. If they were both brave and
competent in fighting off the velociraptors,
they have a +2 bonus to convince the workers.
If the Storm Knights are Inspirations in
Philadelphia, their rolls to convince the
workers are Favoured, and they have an Up if
they are Heroes. Persuasion is the most likely
skill, but intimidation is also possible. If the
Storm Knights rely on their own authority and
experience to support a solution, that is
intimidation, even if they are not threatening
either side.
The negotiations are run as a Dramatic Skill
Resolution. The Storm Knights have five
rounds; if they do not have an agreement by
that point, hot headed elements on both sides
start a fight — see later for details.
Step A: Convince both sides that
negotiation is a sensible idea. Neither side
starts off trusting the other. This is an
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 intimidation or persuasion test against a DN of
12. The Storm Knights make one roll, but they
may well have different modifiers for each of
the two groups. As they need to convince both
sides, use the least favourable options. No A:
Lou goes off on a tirade against the tribe,
making it impossible for the characters to get a
word in until they can quiet him down.
Failure: One side or the other, maybe both, is
not convinced. Success: Negotiations can start,
and Lauren makes her initial proposal.
Complication: Lou insults Lauren directly, in
her hearing, making both sides more resistant
to a negotiated solution.
Step B: Make a counterproposal. See the
Counterproposals section, later, for examples
of the DN to get Lauren to take particular
counterproposals seriously. This step is trying
to convince the tribe. Again, intimidation or
persuasion can be used. No B: An argument
breaks out between some of the workers and
some of the tribe, and Lauren and the Storm
Knights need to calm it down before they can
negotiate any further. Failure: Lauren does not
like the counterproposal, or does not trust the
Storm Knights to deliver it. They must come
up with a different option to try again. They
may either change the proposal, or change the
skill they are using to present the proposal.
Success: Lauren is happy with this idea.
Complication: Shin really does not like the
proposal, and interferes with further
negotiations. Possible Setback/Critical
Problem: Lou takes exception to the way Shin
is advising against the compromise, and brings
some of the other workers with him. This turns
Shin against the negotiations. Everyone needs
to be convinced again.
Step C: Sell the workers on the
counterproposal. The DN for this depends on
the details of the proposal and, again,
intimidation or persuasion can work. No C: Shin
vigorously opposes the proposed deal, and
Lauren has to talk him down. The workers are
not willing to listen as long as the tribe seems
likely to reject the proposal anyway. Failure:
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The workers are not convinced that this is
sensible. The Storm Knights can simply try
again, however. Success: The workers agree
that this sounds reasonable. Complication:
James brings up the need to convince Mayor
Warren, making it clear to everyone that the
Storm Knights do not have the authority to
make a final decision. Possible Setback: The
workers’ reluctance makes Lauren think that
the Storm Knights may not be able to deliver,
so they must convince her again. Critical
Problem: The workers think that the whole
thing is a waste of time, and the tribe start
muttering the same, which means that the
Storm Knights must start over.
Step D: The Storm Knights have to work
out the details. The is a scholar test with a DN
of 14; the agreement has to be clear at Living
Land Social Axioms while still looking sensible
to Core Earth natives, and that is not a trivial
task. Lauren remembers the importance of
deciding the details, and she insists on this
step. No D: Shin and Lou start arguing with
each other, and it starts developing into an
alliance of convenience against the agreement.
Lauren and the Storm Knights have to head it
off. Failure: Either Lauren cannot understand
the agreement, or it looks like something
written by a five-year-old to the Storm Knights.
Try again. Success: The two groups have an
agreement, which will last at least until it is
presented to the mayor. Complication: Isabella
starts criticising Shin for undermining Lauren,
which annoys both of them. Possible Setback:
The workers do not like the way that the deal is
being defined, and pull back. They must be
convinced again. Critical Problem: The need to
put the deal into “baby talk” makes the
workers think that the whole idea is a waste of
time. This destroys Lauren’s confidence in the
negotiations so far. They have to start over.
Counterproposals
The following counterproposals are the sort of
thing that the characters might suggest. They
should help you to set reasonable DNs for
whatever they come up with.

Give Lauren What She Wants: The tribe
automatically accept, but the base DN to
convince the workers is 18. Mayor Warren will
not back this up, which will lose the Storm
Knights some credit with her. A new
agreement must be negotiated, but the mayor
sends someone else this time.
Defenders: Give the tribe what they want,
but in return they have to defend the
hardpoint’s southern border. Lauren sees this
as a natural part of having authority over the
region, so the DN to convince her is 8. The DN
to convince the workers is 12. The mayor will
accept this, although she thinks that the Storm
Knights have been a bit too generous.
Trade: Agree to set up trade for the things
the tribe wants, rather than simply giving
them. This adds 2 to the DN to convince
Lauren (or raises it to a
minimum of 6), and subtracts
2 from the DN to persuade
the workers. This makes the
mayor happier with the deal.
Access: People from the
city have free access to the
jungle, just as the tribe have
free access to the city. This
adds 4 to the DN to convince
Lauren (or raises it to a
minimum of 8), but does not
affect the DN to persuade the
workers, as they do not want
to go into the jungle anyway.
This makes the mayor
happier with the deal.
Exclusion: The tribe have
to stay out of the city, and
the people in the city have to
stay out of the jungle. This
does not change the DN to
convince Lauren, as her tribe
do not really want to go into
the city, and subtracts 4 from
the DN to persuade the
workers, as it makes them
feel more secure. It makes
the mayor significantly less
happy with the deal, and she rejects it unless
the tribe have also agreed to serve as
defenders; even then she is disappointed in the
Storm Knights. They should have realised that
being unable to send patrols into the area made
the city very vulnerable.
Failure
If a fight breaks out, the Storm Knights and
Lauren may try to contain things before they
get out of hand. Lauren does so if the
negotiations successfully completed Step B,
and the Storm Knights are trying to contain
things on their side. The Storm Knights may
always decide to try to calm things down. If
Lauren is working with them, the DC is 12, as
the task is difficult, but not impossible. There
are a variety of things that the Storm Knights
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 can try. Intimidation and persuasion tests are the
most obvious, but unarmed combat to physically
separate combatants is also a possibility, and
the players may come up with others. If Lauren
is not helping the Storm Knights to calm things
down, the DC is 16.
On a success, things do not develop into a
full-blown combat, but there is no chance of
negotiation. The Horned Hunters withdraw
into the jungle. If the Storm Knights let them
go, Lauren turns back at the last minute, and
shouts to the Storm Knights, telling them about
the Gloucester Point facility (see later). She
only tells them that it is and area of Core Earth
across the river and downstream; they get no
other information at all. On a Good success,
everyone is wary, but the characters can try to
convince them to return to negotiations. The
Dramatic Skill Resolution must be restarted
from the beginning, all the DNs are increased
by two, and the Storm Knights only have four
rounds, but at least they have another chance.
On an Outstanding success, the Storm Knights
can continue from where they left off, with an
additional three rounds. If they fail at these
second chances, Lauren withdraws her tribe
from the negotiations without combat, and
tells the Storm Knights what she knows about
the Gloucester Point facility, as for a success.
On a failure, or if the Storm Knights do not
try to calm things down, the Horned Hunters
scatter for the jungle, and things proceed as
described in the Combat section, later.
Success
Lauren is pleased to have an agreement that
recognises her tribe, and tells the Storm
Knights that there is a separate area across the
river where the jungle has no hold. It is a place
where the burning water that the use in their
building was kept, and she thinks that there is
still a lot of it there. However, there are still
people in there as well, and some edeinos
trying to dislodge them. If asked, she
remembers seeing a really big metal boat in the
water as well. She can easily give directions —
cross the Walt Whitman Bridge and follow the
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river downstream — but is not interested in
going with the Storm Knights, or lending them
any members of her tribe.
Combat
The Storm Knights may decide that the Horned
Hunters are a threat to start with, or the
negotiations may fail, and they may fail to stop
a combat breaking out. In either case, the
Horned Hunters decide that the Storm Knights
and workers are the enemy, and fight to drive
them away from the tribe’s territory. Making
peace is no longer an option.
In addition to Lauren and Shin, there are
two tribespeople, one blowgun wielder, and
one warrior for each Storm Knight; other
members of the tribe are either not present, or
kept occupied by the workers. The blowgun
wielders fall back to the jungle, and attack from
range. The tribespeople try to use interaction
attacks to make the Storm Knights more
vulnerable to the warriors, who do the actual
attacking. For the Living Land, these are
sophisticated tactics. Selecting the most
threatening Storm Knights to attack first,
however, is too sophisticated, so the
tribespeople just attack everyone, one warrior
per Storm Knight. If one warrior falls, four of
the tribespeople swarm that Storm Knight, but
if two fall, the tribe breaks for the jungle.
Lauren and Shin use their abilities to support
the warriors, as they are not the best fighters in
the group.
The Storm Knights may just let the tribe run,
or they may pursue. If they pursue, Dexterity
tests with a DN of 10 are needed before each
attack, to represent getting into position and
dodging around the trees. (In addition, the
Storm Knights are definitely in the Living Land
at this point.) Pursuit takes the Storm Knights
to the bank of the Delaware within five rounds,
from where they can see the Gloucester Point
facility. The oil tanks and tanker sitting at
anchor are clear, as is the absence of jungle.
Lauren
 Attributes: Charisma 10, Dexterity 8, Mind
8, Spirit 8, Strength 6
Skills: Dodge 9, find 9, intimidation 9,
maneuver 9, melee weapons 9, persuasion 13,
reality 9, survival 11, taunt 13, unarmed
combat 9, willpower 10
Move: 7, Tough: 8, Shock: 7, Wounds: 2
Equipment: Hrockt shoot spear (Damage
Strength +2/8)
Perks: Bolster, Helper, Rally
Possibilities: 2
Special Abilities: —
Shin
Attributes: Charisma 9, Dexterity 7, Mind 7,
Spirit 11, Strength 6
Skills: Dodge 9, faith 14, find 8,
intimidation 12, melee weapons 8, persuasion
12, survival 8, taunt 11, unarmed combat 8
Move: 7, Tough: 8, Shock: 7, Wounds: —
Equipment: Hrockt shoot spear (Damage
Strength +2/8)
Perks: Miracles (bless, healing, shape plant,
soothe, ward enemy)
Possibilities: None
Special Abilities: —
Tribespeople
Attributes: Charisma 6, Dexterity 7,
Mind 7, Spirit 7, Strength 8
Skills: Dodge 8, find 8, intimidation
8, maneuver 8, melee weapons 9,
survival 8, unarmed combat 8
Move: 7, Tough: 8, Shock: 7,
Wounds: —
Equipment: Hrockt shoot spear
(Damage Strength +2/10)
Perks: —
Possibilities: Never
Special Abilities: —
Blowgun Wielders
Attributes: Charisma 6, Dexterity 8, Mind 7,
Spirit 7, Strength 8
Skills: Dodge 8, find 8, intimidation 8,
maneuver 8, melee weapons 9, missile
weapons 10, survival 8, unarmed combat 9
Move: 7, Tough: 8, Shock: 7, Wounds: —
Equipment: Blowgun (Damage Strength/8),
hrockt shoot spear (Damage Strength +2/10)
Perks: —
Possibilities: Never
Special Abilities: —
Tribal Warriors
Attributes: Charisma 6, Dexterity 7, Mind 7,
Spirit 7, Strength 10
Skills: Dodge 8, find 8, intimidation 8,
maneuver 8, melee weapons 10, survival 8,
unarmed combat 8
Move: 7, Tough: 8, Shock: 7, Wounds: —
Equipment: Hrockt shoot spear (Damage
Strength +2/12)
Perks: Relentless
Possibilities: Never
Special Abilities: —
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SCENE 3: FILL ’ER UP
Standard Scene, Mostly Living Land
Dominant, but with some parts in Core Earth
Dominant or Core Earth/Living Land Mixed.
When the Storm Knights hear about the
possibility of rescuing some more refugees,
and finding a lot more fuel for the city’s
generators, they should be keen to go and
investigate. If they contact the mayor, she
sends some more police to help guard the
generator while the Storm Knights look for
more fuel. She does not criticise them even if
they just leave, because a realistic possibility of
more fuel is a very high priority for
investigation.
https://goo.gl/maps/51tCpU7B8BG2
The Gloucester Point facility is where
Lauren said, and it is a Core Earth hardpoint.
However, it is not very large, and only about
50 m across, and it is failing, as the forces of
Baruk Kaah press to take over. The Storm
Knights have to travel to the location, defeat
the edeinos who are attacking it, rescue the
defenders, and get oil back to the main
hardpoint.
Travel to the facility is uneventful unless
someone plays a Cosm Card that causes
problems. The Walt Whitman bridge is
fundamentally sound, but completely
overgrown. Brightly coloured birds fly from
tree to tree, and long creepers hang down
towards the river, where large reptilian shapes
move in the water. In places, the plants have
bored into the structure of the bridge, allowing
characters and animals to climb down inside,
and even through the whole structure.
Pterodactyls fly constantly to and fro overhead.
On the other side, the characters pass
through an overgrown container port, with a
container ship sunk at the river side, hundreds
of lizards the size of cats running over,
through, and around the shipping containers
that are still sitting on it. The jungle thickens
even further beyond that, and the Storm
Knights cannot tell what was there before. It is
only a few hundred metres to the facility, so
the journey takes less than an hour, and no
rolls are needed (again, unless a Cosm Card
says otherwise).
The Attackers
There are edeinos from the Redjaw Tribe
probing the hardpoint for weaknesses, aiming
to kill the humans and let the jungle take the
area. However, they do not like being within
the hardpoint, and the defenders have
firearms, so things have not gone very quickly.
The leader of the edeinos, Samnak, wants all
the glory of taking this place for himself, so he
has not called in reinforcements.
The Storm Knights should make a survival
test with a DN of 12 as they approach the
hardpoint. Lauren warned them about the
edeinos, so they are on the alert, but the jungle
may still make it hard to see. On a mishap, the
edeinos spot them and move quietly into
position for an ambush, trapping them some
distance from the hardpoint. On a failure, the
Storm Knights are within twenty metres of the
hardpoint, and can see it, when the ambush is
launched, and they can try to run to the
hardpoint during the combat. On a success, the
Storm Knights spot the edeinos as well, and
can delay the beginning of combat until they
are within running distance of the hardpoint.
On a Good success, the Storm Knights avoid
the edeinos completely, but know where they
are, and can move to ambush them near the
hardpoint boundary. On an Outstanding
Success, the Storm Knights can ambush the
edeinos from within the hardpoint.
If at least one human Storm Knight enters
the hardpoint during the combat, the
defenders join in on the Storm Knights’ side.
This effectively removes five of the edeinos
warriors from the combat, as they are either
engaged by the defenders, or taken out. (Do
not roll for inter-NPC combat.)
Samnak leads a gotak and ten ordinary
edeinos warriors. They have no meaningful
ranged combat ability, beyond throwing
spears, which is one of the main reasons why

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the defenders have managed to survive this Attributes: Charisma 6, Dexterity 9, Mind 6,
long. Spirit 11, Strength 10
Skills: Dodge 10, faith 14,
find 8, intimidation 13,
manoeuvre 11, melee
weapons 11, missile weapons
11, survival 9, unarmed
combat 11
Move: 9, Tough: 12 (2),
Shock: 11, Wounds: 1
Equipment: Hrockt-shoot
spear (Damage Strength
+2/12), hrockt-root armour
(Armour +2, Torso)
Perks: Gotak (curse, strike,
ward enemy)
Possibilities: No
Special Abilities:
• Bite/Claws: Damage
Strength +2 (12).

Edeinos Warriors

Samnak, Redjaw War-Scarred
Attributes: Charisma 8, Dexterity 11, Mind
7, Spirit 11, Strength 12
Skills: Beast riding 12, dodge 12, faith 12,
intimidation 12, manoeuvre 12, melee weapons
14, missile weapons 14, stealth 12, survival 8,
tracking 8, trick 11, unarmed combat 13
Move: 11, Tough: 14 (2), Shock: 11,
Wounds: 1
Equipment: Hrockt-shoot spear (Damage
Strength +2/14), Tortoise shell shield (+2
Defense)
Perks: Scarred, Stone Skin
Possibilities: 2
Special Abilities:
• Bite/Claws: Damage Strength +2 (14).
Redjaw Gotak
Attributes: Charisma 5,
Dexterity 9, Mind 6, Spirit 8, Strength 10
Skills: Beast riding 10, dodge 10, faith 9,
find 8, intimidation 10, manoeuvre 10, melee
weapons 11, missile weapons 10, stealth 10,
survival 8, tracking 8, unarmed combat 11
Move: 9; Tough: 10; Shock: 10; Wounds: —
Equipment: Hrockt shoot spear (Strength
+2/12)
Perks: Whirlwind
Possibilities: None
Special Abilities:
• Bite/Claws: Damage Strength +2 (12).
The Defenders
There are only seven Core Earth humans left at
the facility. Lydia Lee is the captain of the
tanker moored in the river, and three members
of her crew are with her. Myron Dalton was
the shift supervisor at the facility, and there are
another couple of staff with him.
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 defenders. She is a short and overweight
Asian-American woman in her fifties, and was
in the middle of a delivery when the world
changed. She is reality-rated, and has the Realm
Runner Perk, but has no idea what that means.
Lydia was born in New York city, but always
wanted to travel and see new places; she hitch-
hiked across the US when she was sixteen, and
when she graduated high school she signed up
with a shipping company. Gender equality
legislation meant that they had to give her the
job, but this was the eighties, and there were
nude pin-ups in the common room on the ship
and lewd comments throughout the day. So
Lydia got pin-ups of men, and insisted that her
crewmates make room for her posters. (She
still has male pin-up posters in her cabin;
official policy made her take them down from
the common rooms a few years back, and
despite raising an almighty fuss she couldn’t
get the company to back down.) She worked
hard, was no-nonsense, and was promoted.
Personally, she reckons she would have made
captain about five years earlier had she been
male, but she made captain several years ago
nevertheless, and has taken goods all over the
world. Modern ships do not need a large crew,
but her crews are normally mixed gender, and
Lydia refers to any millennials on the roster as
“snowflakes”, independent of whether they
really do behave like that. She believes that
people have to be tough enough to take what
life throws at them, rather than trying to get
life to be gentler. One could say that she is
feeling really vindicated right now.
Lydia has never married, although she has
had a number of affairs. (If asked, she lies and
says never with crewmembers.) She has never
wanted to settle down, and she is now rather
glad that she doesn’t have anyone else to
worry about. She even travelled on her off-
time, so she is good with land vehicles and a
qualified pilot, as well as a highly skilled ship’s
captain. However, she was starting to feel
unsatisfied. She was doing what she wanted,
and had achieved her ambitions, but what
now? The Possibility Wars may provide an
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answer to that. Her moment of crisis was when
the Gloucester Point facility was first attacked,
and she stepped up to lead the defence. She is
confident, somewhat abrasive, and perfectly
willing to abandon the facility.
Myron is an African-American man in his
late twenties. He wears a pride pin, even
though he is straight and cis, and is very
concerned about creating welcoming and safe
spaces for everyone, even white folk. He went
to college, and was on the graduate track in the
company, which is why he is the supervisor
despite being younger than everyone else. He
keeps in reasonable shape, and is an
enthusiastic weekend shooter down at the
range; he shoots as well as Lydia, although she
teases him that she learned by shooting at
things trying to eat her. He is now getting the
same practice. Despite what stereotypes might
lead one to expect, he has been perfectly
competent at his job, and is a good second-in-
command to Lydia now; he quickly recognised
that she had much more crisis experience than
he did.
Lydia calls Myron “Snowflake”, and keeps
hitting on him in a very direct way. This makes
him uncomfortable, but he has no idea how to
respond. He has actually considered
pretending to be gay, although he suspects that
Lydia would just declare that he needed a real
woman. (He is right.) His family live in
Philadelphia, so he is enthusiastic about any
plan that has a good chance of getting him
there safely, and he has no problem with
transferring the oil stored here to somewhere it
can do some good.
If the Storm Knights tell the defenders about
the power plant, it is easy to persuade them to
start transporting the oil across the river. Lydia
will, naturally, captain her ship, and she can
show any character how to operate the tanker
that is moored at the power station. Over the
course of a couple of days, the characters can
transfer enough oil to completely fill all the
tanks at the Southwark and Delaware
Generating Stations, and fill both tankers. That
does not move all the oil out of the Gloucester point, and disappears into the jungle if the
Point facility, but it gets most of it. This takes a characters make any threatening moves. It
total of five trips from the Gloucester Point reports back, and Baruk Kaah, aware of what
facility, and thus four trips to it, as Lydia’s ship these actions could mean, orders an attack on
starts there. Each trip takes an hour or so, and the power plant.
loading or unloading the oil takes several
hours, so each ship can make one round trip Cosm Cards
per day. Dino Attack!: A mosasaurus attacks the ship
being piloted by one of the player character
Each journey in a ship that takes it into or
Storm Knights. The character piloting the ship
out of the Living Land requires a water vehicles
may participate in the combat, but the ship
test with a DN of 8. One of the players should
may transform if they disconnect. Because of
make the rolls for Lydia, and may spend
this risk, the encounter is worth three
Destiny cards on her behalf. On a failure,
Possibilities. This can also be used as the result
something goes wrong, and the character must
of an even roll after playing the What Was
make another test to set things right. Repeated
That Sound? Cosm Card.
failures simply require repeated rolls, until the
character succeeds. Lydia has a +16
bonus to these rolls (Dexterity 11,
water vehicles +5), and so almost
certainly has no problem. If the pilot
is from Core Earth, like Lydia,
however, they disconnect on a 1;
pilots from other Cosms may
disconnect on a 1–4. This is very
dangerous, because the whole ship
starts to phase in and out. There is a
–4 penalty to the reconnection roll
because the Storm Knight is in a
Dominant Zone, and they roll every
ten seconds. Lydia has a +14 bonus
to these rolls (Spirit 9, reality +1, +4
from Realm Runner Perk). If the
Storm Knight can reconnect within
thirty seconds (three rolls), all is
well. If not, the ship turns into a
very large dugout canoe, and cannot
transport any more oil. (These rolls
take the place of the normal disconnection rolls
required when crossing realm boundaries.) Mosasaurus
Note that the characters are very unlikely to
actually lose a ship to transformation, but they Attributes: Charisma 4, Dexterity 10, Mind
should be afraid of it. 5, Spirit 9, Strength 16
While the ships are in motion, the Storm Skills: Dodge 12, intimidation 13, find 8,
Knight with the highest Mind spots an edeinos manoeuvre 12, stealth 12, taunt (10), tracking 8,
watching them from the forests on the shore. unarmed combat 12
The creature makes no move to attack at this Move: 10, Tough: 17 (1), Shock: 13,

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 Wounds: 4
Equipment: —
Perks: —
Possibilities: Never
Special Abilities:
• Armour: Scaly skin +1.
• Bite: Damage Strength +3 (19)
• Dread: While the mosasaurus is
present, any Standard Scene
immediately becomes a Dramatic
Scene.
• Fins: Move 12 in the water.
• Very Large: Most adult specimens are
up to 23 metres long or larger. Attacks
against them gain a +4 bonus.
The Deep Mist: The Mist descends on the
river, making navigation difficult. The
characters must succeed on three water vehicles
tests, rather than one, to make it to their
destination. The first time one of these tests is
failed, the ship is attacked by a flock of twelve
pterodactyls. (Treat them as a mob.) This is
worth three Possibilities because of the risk of
disconnection.
Pterodactyl
Attributes: Charisma 5, Dexterity 12, Mind
3, Spirit 8, Strength 6
Skills: Dodge 13, find 9, intimidation 8,
manoeuvre 13, survival 7, taunt (10), unarmed
combat 13
Move: 8, Tough: 6, Shock: 8, Wounds: —
Equipment: —
Perks: —
Possibilities: Never
Special Abilities:
• Bite/Claws: Strength +1 (7).
• Flight: Speed 16 in the air.
Perils of the Living Land: The flow of the
river below the player characters’ ship
suddenly becomes very rough, like rapids, and
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the characters can feel things striking the hull,
making the whole ship shake. The pilot must
make at least one water vehicles test with a DN
of 14 to keep control of the ship and get it out
of the dangerous rapids. A single success is
sufficient, but if the pilot fails three times, the
ship is damaged, imposing a –2 penalty on all
further water vehicles tests for that ship,
including later trips along the river. Another
failure increases the penalty to –4, and a fifth
failure means that the ship has been holed, and
is starting to sink.
Other characters on the ship can try to help.
This is a big ship, so they are a long way above
the water, but there are poles, small boats, and
ladders on the hull so that the crew can try to
deal with these problems. Every other Storm
Knight on the ship may make a single test
before each of the pilot’s tests (that is, one
before the first test, one before the second if the
first fails, and so on). These tests may use any
skill or attribute that the player can justify, and
have a DN of 12. Each success gives the pilot a
+2 bonus to their next test. If that test fails
anyway, all bonuses are lost, and new actions
must be tried to help out.
This is worth two Possibilities.
Lost Treasure: The Gloucester Point facility
has a stock of spare parts for both the ships
and the power plants. These can be loaded
onto either ship and taken to the Southwark
Generating Station, where they ensure the
continued usability of the plant.
SCENE 4: FIGHT FOR
LIGHT
Dramatic Scene, Core Earth/Living Land
Mixed
The Saar knows the importance of the
generating stations to Philadelphia, even if his
followers have no idea, and understands how
vulnerable the Southwark Generating Station
is. He launches a significant attack, hoping to
destroy it, and possibly push the boundary of
the hardpoint back a bit.
 This is the climactic scene of the act, a fight Lauren reminds them of that, and refuses,
against the forces of the Living Land in and citing the risk to her tribe. If they did not
around the generating station. The fight is the suggest it earlier, and can come up with
same no matter what has happened previously something to offer Lauren, then a persuasion
in the adventure, but its significance changes. test with a DN of 18 makes them into allies at
If the Storm Knights enlisted the Horned the last minute, allowing the Storm Knights to
Hunters as defenders of the city in scene two, save the generator. As an example, the Storm
they fulfil their role, and the forces that reach Knights could promise to give Lauren
the station are the ones that get past the tribe. If everything she initially asked for, if they had
the Storm Knights can defeat them, the earlier extracted concessions. If you think that
generating station is safe. their offer is particularly tempting, you can
Otherwise, there are just too many attackers, give them a bonus to the roll.
and the Storm Knights will have to abandon
the station. If the Horned Hunters are friendly The Attack
The edeinos are cautious about advancing into
to the characters, but not committed to being
Core Earth territory, because they know what
defenders, they warn them about the
firearms can do. The plan is to send in some
approaching forces. This allows time to
big dinosaurs to distract the Storm Knights,
prepare an orderly evacuation; if the characters
and ideally kill them, while the edeinos go in
defeat the first wave of attackers, they can
to mop up survivors and break things in the
withdraw from the station with a tanker full of
generators.
oil and a wide range of spare parts,
They have herded a T. rex and a mosasaurus
guaranteeing the Delaware Station’s operation
to the area, and drive them towards the Storm
for some time. They may also be able to rig a
Knights. The mosasaurus cannot leave the
trap for the next wave of attackers.
If the Horned Hunters
are hostile, the characters
get no warning at all. The
attackers know that they
have surprise on their side,
and wait for more warriors
to get into place before
attacking, so that there is no
clear first wave. Instead the
Storm Knights must hold
out for as long as possible,
before making a daring
escape on the oil tanker.
In all cases, the Storm
Knights know the stakes in
advance.

A Little Help, Here?

The Storm Knights may ask
friendly Horned Hunters to
help defend the city at this
point. If they tried and
failed to get this earlier,

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 water, so it can be avoided, but it does make it
harder to get people onto the ship for
evacuation, and it is impossible to leave that
way until the dinosaur is defeated. The T. rex
simply tries to rampage through the generating
station.
Five of the edeinos are mounted on lakten,
trained to drop stones as bombs. These use the
rider’s missile weapons and deal 13 damage to a
Medium Blast. However, the lakten cannot
“reload” during the combat. The flying edeinos
hang back, and attack if the Storm Knights
seem to be distracted by the T. rex and
Mosasaurus. After dropping the bombs, they
attack by throwing hrockt-shoot spears, and
they have seven strapped to the lakten. They
use all of these as ranged weapons, if possible,
before closing to use their claws.
The remaining ten edeinos are stealthy
scouts, and plan to sneak inside the building to
break things while the Storm Knights are busy
with the obvious threats outside.
The other Core Earth people at the station
are mainly concerned with evacuating or
staying safe, but they can alert the Storm
Knights, and also engage the edeinos so that no
Storm Knight is attacked by more than two
edeinos at a time, or attacked by edeinos while
fighting one of the large dinosaurs — unless
the Storm Knights are doing really well and
need some more peril.
The Storm Knights may choose to abandon
the power station if they are being
overwhelmed; if they had warning, they can
evacuate by withdrawing from the fight and
running for the ship, as long as the mosasaurus
has been defeated. They can also just run into
the city; the dinosaurs and edeinos do not
follow, but they do destroy the plant.
If the Storm Knights had no warning of the
attack, another edeinos warrior (see earlier for
statistics) arrives every round, but they hang
back, in the jungle, as long as the large
dinosaurs are keeping the Storm Knights busy.
The Storm Knights must defeat the T. rex and
mosasaurus before the evacuation can happen,
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and then hold the edeinos off for ten rounds
without support from the other Core Earth
denizens. Finally, they make Strength or
Dexterity tests to leap onto the ship and get
away. If these tests fail, the Storm Knights must
wait another round before trying again. If they
are being attacked by edeinos as this happens,
multi-action penalties may apply.
Lakten
Attributes: Charisma 5, Dexterity 11, Mind
4, Spirit 7, Strength 12
Skills: Dodge 13, intimidation 9, find 9,
maneuver 12, unarmed combat 12
Move: 11; Tough: 13 (1); Shock: 9; Wounds:
2
Equipment: —
Perks: —
Possibilities: Never
Special Abilities:
• Armor: Scaly skin +1.
• Bite/Claws: Damage Strength +2 (14).
• Flight: Flies at Move 13.
• Large: Most adult specimens have a
wingspan over five meters. Attacks
against them gain a +2 bonus.
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Attributes: Charisma 4, Dexterity 9, Mind 4,
Spirit 10, Strength 17
Skills: Dodge 10, intimidation 15, find 8,
manoeuvre 10, stealth 10, taunt (9), tracking 9,
unarmed combat 12
Move: 11; Tough: 20 (3); Shock: 14;
Wounds: 4
Equipment: —
Perks: —
Possibilities: Never
Special Abilities:
• Armor: Scaly skin +3.
• Bite: Damage Strength +3 (20).
• Dread: When the mighty tyrannosaur is
 present, any Standard Scene
immediately becomes a Dramatic Scene
instead.
• Fear: The predatory teeth and roar of a
tyrannosaur trigger instinctive terror.
Test Spirit or become Very Stymied.
• Very Large: Most adult specimens are
up to 18 meters long. Attacks against
them gain a +4 bonus.
Edeinos Scouts
Attributes: Charisma 5, Dexterity 10, Mind
6, Spirit 8, Strength 9
Skills: Beast riding 10, dodge 11, faith 9,
find 8, intimidation 10, manoeuvre 11, melee
weapons 11, missile weapons 12, stealth 13,
survival 8, tracking 8, unarmed combat 11
Move: 9; Tough: 9; Shock: 10; Wounds: —
Equipment: Hrockt shoot spear (Strength
+2/12)
Perks: Chameleon Skin
Possibilities: None
Special Abilities:
• Bite/Claws: Damage Strength +2 (12).
EPILOGUE
There are a range of possible outcomes to this
adventure. The mayor responds as described
earlier, and the Storm Knights may become
Heroes.
If the Storm Knights recruited the Horned
Hunters as defenders, saved the Southwark
plant, and brought in the oil from
Gloucester Point, they have
achieved a Great Success.
Philadelphia has more power
available, and more confidence.
With the Horned Hunters on their
side, there is no longer any need to
station Storm Knights to defend the
Southwark plant, freeing them up
for other tasks.
If they saved the Southwark
plant but did not bring oil across
from Gloucester Point, they achieve
a Success. Things continue as before
in the city.
If they brought the oil across but
did not save the Southwark plant,
they achieve a Tragic Success.
Nothing changes immediately, but
the city is more vulnerable, and the
power is less reliable.
Most other results are Heroic Failures. The
city has to ration power more tightly, and the
Living Land border moves in a bit, covering
the site of the Southwark Generating Station.
VIGNETTES
The following vignettes can be used to
illustrate the results of the Storm Knights’
actions. There is nothing particular for a
Success, because nothing changes in that case.
Great Success
The extra fuel means that the city can afford to
power more things. Running water is restored
to the whole city, as is plumbed sewerage. In
addition, there is enough power to restore the
cell phone network during daylight, and
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 connect it, via satellite, to the rest of the world.
The mayor announces that the network will be
turned on at dawn in two days’ time, and left
on until sunset the following day.
At dawn, the Storm Knights and the
Lakhanis are poised in the living room. As
soon as their phones show that they have
signal, they try to connect. Test Dexterity with a
DN of 16. A success means that the character
manages to connect; failure means that they
were too slow, and the overwhelmed network
blocks them. Over the next few hours, things
calm down, and the Storm Knights may be able
to make contact with friends and relatives in
areas that still have internet.
Tragic Success
The Storm Knights are at home, with the
Lakhanis, during their assigned period for
power. Ask them all what they are doing.
Suddenly, there is a power cut, affecting the
whole area. This is very frustrating, even
though it is daytime, so it is still light, and
people start spilling onto the streets,
complaining loudly about the situation.
If the Storm Knights ignore the situation,
the crowd becomes even more annoyed, and
starts to talk about marching to City Hall and
demanding that something be done. The Storm
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Knights can try to calm things down. This can
be done with persuasion or intimidation, the
latter indicating the use of authority rather
than simply trying to scare them. The DN is 10
if the Storm Knights go out immediately, 12 if
they wait a bit, and 14 if the crowd is already
talking about marching on City Hall.
If the crowd does march on City Hall, the
mayor has to call out the police and the army
to stop it turning into a riot. People do go
home, but the mood in the city sours.
Failure
The water is turned off through almost the
entire city, as there is not enough power
available to run the pumps. The Storm Knights
have to queue for the communal baths or
toilets, and collect water from a standpipe to
take back home. The people in the queues are
tense, and a fist fight breaks out between two
men over who was there first. The Storm
Knights can try to calm the situation, either
through words or by banging heads together
until people see sense. The DN for these tests is
10. If they do not, the fighting spreads, and the
police have to wade in, and start patrolling the
queues more tightly. Most of the people
waiting now look subdued and fearful, of the
police.