Intro

We continue our Hell’s Rebels Solo Adventure!

This is our third strategic turn for Hell’s Rebels Adventure 01. In the last turn, the PCs:

Increased their “management” skills to do a better job as officers.
Recruited a team of Sneaks.
Got their number of supporters up to 25.
Got a critical failure when trying to gather information, increasing their Notoriety by 4.
Handled an unhealthy rivalry between their new Sneak team and the Crow Sisters.

In the “tactical” phase, they resolved both the Crackdown at Clenchjaw’s and An Unsanctioned Excruciation events. This gave them 2 character poins total, plus Vendalfek as a special ally. It also increased Notoriety by a further 2 points.

I also realize I’ve been very lax about properly leveling up my rebellion, so let’s do that here as well.

[GM] Mythic Bookkeeping

Let’s keep the Chaos Factor at 6. I didn’t use the random tables at all, but things haven’t really gotten any less dangerous.

Our threads remain the same.

Threads

The Path xxxx
Find Shensen (Rosalia, Arcturus) x
Contacting Ms. Docur (Jania)
Get Organized (Jade) xx

Characters

The Dottari
The Chelish Citizens Group
The Red Jills
The Asmodeans
The Three-Legged Devil (location)
The Livery Grimples
The Tengu Sisters
Nan Comerivos & Friends

[Player] Proper Leveling

This was our rebellion sheet at the end of turn 2:

The Silver Ravens (End of Turn 2)

Includes Sentinel bonuses.

Rank: 2/5
Focus: Secrecy
Members: 16
Supporters: 25
Population: 11900
Treasury: $9650
Min. Treasury: $100
Notoriety: 6
Org Skills:
- Loyalty: 11
- Secrecy: 13
- Security: 11
Actions: 1
Max Teams: 2+1
Danger Rating: 20
Active Events:
Teams:
- Crow Sisters (bonus team)
  - Tier: 1
  - Members: 3
  - Actions: Earn Money, Gather Information
- Freedom Fighters
  - Tier: 1
  - Members: 6
  - Actions: Reduce Danger
- Sneaks
  - Tier: 1
  - Members: 3
  - Actions: Secure Cache.
Allies:
- Laria Longroad
  - +2 to Recruit Supporters as long as she’s a member.
  - Leadership-12, Streetwise-12
- Rexus Victocora
  - -1 Notoriety per Upkeep phase as long as he’s a member.
  - Administration-12, Public Speaking-12
- Vendalfek
  - Grants use of the Spread Disinformation action even if no other team does the same.
  - If a team does grant the action, gives a +2 bonus to its skill rolls.
Officers:
- Demagogue: Rosalia
  - May use complimentary skills on Loyalty checks.
  - Skills: Propaganda, Public Speaking, Leadership.
- Partisan: Laria Longroad
  - May use complimentary skills on Security checks.
  - Skills: Strategy, Leadership, Tactics.
- Recruiters: Urist; Arthur
  - May use complimentary skills on checks for recruiting supporters.
  - Adds rebellion rank to the number of recruited supporters, and this stacks with multiple recruiters.
  - Skills: Public Speaking, Streetwise, Savoir-Faire.
- Sentinel: Jade
  - Occupying this post gives a +1 to the rebellion’s non-focused skills.
  - May use complimentary skills on any check used to resolve an Event.
  - Skills: any of the ones listed for the appropriate category.
- Spymaster: Jania
  - Spymaster: May use complimentary skills on Secrecy checks.
  - Skills: Intelligence Analysis, Streetwise, Administration.
- Strategist: Rexus
  - Occupying this position grants a bonus action. May use its complimentary skills on the bonus action.
  - Skills: Strategy, Tactics, Administration.

I also added the +2 to Notoriety from the tactical missions, and Vendalfek as an ally.

Upkeep Phase

At the start of this phase, Rexus reduces our Notoriety by 1 to 5.

Step 1, Supporter Attrition - Unmodified Loyalty check, aided by Rosalia. The final modified roll succeeds by 2. We lose only 1d6 -> 4 supporters.

Step 2 - Notoriety Maximum: We’re just at 5, nothing to do here.

Step 3 - Treasury Shortage: We remain fine.

Step 4 - Increase Rank: We’re still above the minimum for rank 4, so we rank up twice!

That means all of our three traits increase by +1. Our maximum teams increase by +1. Our minimum treasury increases to $200 (pfft, easy). Our PCs each get two boons from ranks 3 and 4: a potion worth $1500 or less, and the title of Guardian.

Looking back at the quick and dirty rules I established on Scene 09, I don’t have rules for titles yet. In the original, those would come with bonus feats that seem to be of the “math tax” variety. Skill bonuses at rank 4, save bonuses at 9, and stuff like increased speed, initiative or HP at 14, and any feat they qualify for at 19.

Let’s instead give them a +1 Reputation with all who oppose Thrune at each of these levels, ending up at +4 at Rank 19. Let’s say it applies all the time to everyone except a large class (Thrune Supporters). That’s a x2/3 modifier, so let’s make it worth 3 points/level. The PCs don’t need to pay for it but it does increase their point value.

I’ve ammended the quick and dirty rules on scene 09 to account for this.

Activity Phase

We’re still at two actions here, with a bonus action for having a Strategist.

We can have another team, so I think it’s a good idea to recruit one. Let’s go with a team of Street Performers. This is an unpenalized Secrecy roll with a +2 from Laria and a +1 from Jania (2 successes, 1 failure). It’s a success, so we have a team.

Next I think we’ll spend our second action to upgrade our brand new Street Performers to Rumormongers, since the’ll benefit from our little fairy dragon’s help. That costs $250 from our treasury and requires no rolls.

And finally we will again use our bonus action to Recruit Supporters, because we still have room to grow. Unmodified Loyalty, plus +2 from Laria, +1 from Rexus’ Administration. A normal success and a somewhat poor effect roll gives us 7 new supporters. We’ll still be in rank 4 next turn.

Event Phase

Base chance for an event is the city’s Danger (20) + our Notoriery (5), without doubling since we did have an event last turn. We roll a 96, so nothing bad happens! However, the chance of an event will double next turn.

The Silver Ravens (End of Turn 3)

Includes Sentinel bonuses.

Rank: 4/5
Focus: Secrecy
Members: 22
Supporters: 28
Population: 11900
Treasury: $9400
Min. Treasury: $200
Notoriety: 5
Org Skills:
- Loyalty: 12
- Secrecy: 15
- Security: 12
Actions: 2
Max Teams: 3+1
Danger Rating: 20
Active Events:
Teams:
- Crow Sisters (bonus team)
  - Tier: 1
  - Members: 3
  - Actions: Earn Money, Gather Information
- Freedom Fighters
  - Tier: 1
  - Members: 6
  - Actions: Reduce Danger
- Sneaks
  - Tier: 1
  - Members: 3
  - Actions: Secure Cache.
- Rumormongers
  - Tier: 2
  - Members 6
  - Actions: Gather Information, Spread Disinformation
Allies:
- Laria Longroad
  - +2 to Recruit Supporters as long as she’s a member.
  - Leadership-12, Streetwise-12
- Rexus Victocora
  - -1 Notoriety per Upkeep phase as long as he’s a member.
  - Administration-12, Public Speaking-12
- Vendalfek
  - Grants use of the Spread Disinformation action even if no other team does the same.
  - If a team does grant the action, gives a +2 bonus to the skill roll for the action.
Officers:
- Demagogue: Rosalia
  - May use complimentary skills on Loyalty checks.
  - Skills: Propaganda, Public Speaking, Leadership.
- Partisan: Laria Longroad
  - May use complimentary skills on Security checks.
  - Skills: Strategy, Leadership, Tactics.
- Recruiters: Urist; Arthur
  - May use complimentary skills on checks for recruiting supporters.
  - Adds rebellion rank to the number of recruited supporters, and this stacks with multiple recruiters.
  - Skills: Public Speaking, Streetwise, Savoir-Faire.
- Sentinel: Jade
  - Occupying this post gives a +1 to the rebellion’s non-focused skills.
  - May use complimentary skills on any check used to resolve an Event.
  - Skills: any of the ones listed for the appropriate category.
- Spymaster: Jania
  - Spymaster: May use complimentary skills on Secrecy checks.
  - Skills: Intelligence Analysis, Streetwise, Administration.
- Strategist: Rexus
  - Occupying this position grants a bonus action. May use its complimentary skills on the bonus action.
  - Skills: Strategy, Tactics, Administration.

[GM] What’s next?

The next “tactical” scene is going to be loooong, so I’m going to cut this one off here.