This page collects an archive of the history of the fourth story in the Awakening chronicle. For details of the current story, see the main History page.
Story IV - The City of Angels
This story began on March 29th, 2011 (played on May 6th, 2012 of course ;) ) and ran through the following day. The group reunited in Los Angeles and set about getting down to the work that they had come there for, but swiftly found that the best laid plans of mice and men so often go awry...
City of Angels, Chapter I - I Love LA
Chapter I - set on March 29th. Once again, the story began with a housewarming / planning party of sorts. The group gathered at the second iteration of The Lab (the temporary residence of Odysseus, Linda and the Garou pack). Ro brought her mother over for a little Q&A about the local supernatural community, and plans were made.
Chapter I Book-Keeping Items
Linda: -1 HL Lethal (Bruised) due to her illness.
City of Angels, Chapter II - Wolves and Mirrorshades
Chapter II - Set on March 30th. The pack escorted Amrita and the mages to Silverlake for a preliminary meeting with The United Front, representatives of The Glittering Dreams Sept. After a bit of an upset involving the United Front's Ahroun taking exception to Linda, things actually went rather well, though once the Mages split off to head over to Ro's mother's Chantry, a pair of MIBs set out in pursuit of them, leading to a high tension but low-speed chase.
Chapter II Blue Books and Scenes
- A Knock On the Door - (Codes: NGI, BS. Rating: PG) This is set a little bit after the chapter ended, starting a bit before 11:30 AM. Amrita receives a troubling phone call from her father, and Joseph offers some help with what troubles her. Also, an appointment with Moon Shot is set.
- Procedures - (Codes: NGI. Rating: PG) Three agents of the NWO searching for more information on a certain set of Reality Deviants shortly after having lost their trail.
Chapter II Book-Keeping Items
Ashton: 4/6 Willpower (spent two in the pursuit evasion)
Linda: -1 HL Lethal (Bruised) due to her illness
City of Angels, Chapter III - We Interrupt These Messages
Chapter III A- set on March 30th. (Mage Side) The Mages meet with the leadership of the House of the Setting Sun and make some general agreements in principle and learn some more about the local magical landscape, but their meeting is cut short when word of another Chantry coming under attack by the entourage of a Mage with a very familiar name...
Chapter III B - (Werewolf side, and set mostly concurrently) Amrita and the Garou go to the Glittering Dreams caern up in Pasadena and meet with Moon Shot, that sept's leader.
Chapter III Blue Books and Scenes
- Complications - A continuation of Chapter IIIB. Things get unpleasantly sticky, when their meeting is interrupted by a rather urgent phone call from Linda... This bridges the gap between the two halves of the main chapter and sets the characters up to be reunited at the start of the next one.
Chapter III Book-Keeping Items
There is a 7-success Mind/Correspondence effect protecting all four Mages from mental intrusion or control.
Ashton: 4/6 Willpower (spent two in the pursuit evasion)
Linda: -1 HL Lethal (Bruised) due to her illness.
City of Angels, Chapter IV - In the Shadow of Angel Tower
Chapter IV - part of this chapter's text is from the Roll20 side, and part is from the Chatzy. The group heads into Hawthorne trying to chase down Ody's mad brother Stavros, only to come upon a scene of carnage and fire. They stumble right into Stavros' Quiet and are caught up in his madness. Then the shooting starts.
Story 4-IV Battle (Quiet Riot) - Another wiki battle page. We're using the map from our Roll20 Campaign page, but the narrative portion of the battle and many of the mechanics went here so we could continue and get some of it resolved in the time between sessions. This file is round 1 of the fight.
Chapter IV Book-Keeping Items
There is a 7-success Mind/Correspondence effect protecting all four Mages from mental intrusion or control. Ody's has only 4 successes left. Note: lacking a Prime component, this shield did not block out the impact of Stavros' Quiet warp, but it is still in force otherwise and will function normally against true Mind magic.
Ashton: 4/6 Willpower (spent two in the pursuit evasion)
Linda: -4 HL Lethal (mauled) due to her illness and enemy gunfire
Joseph: -1 HL (bruised) from enemy gunfire
Moon Phase: Crescent (all Rage rolls @ difficulty 7)
City of Angels, Chapter V - Quiet Riot 2!
Chapter V - full chatlog is here, but the below link is probably easier to digest.
See here for round 2 of the combat in the same format as round 1.
Chapter V Blue Books and Scenes
- Combat Round 3! - Another wiki combat page. This was a major turning point in the combat actually.
- Combat Round 4! - The conclusion to the big combat, as the cabal and pack desperately fight through the mind-controlled minions of Prometheus. See the pulse-pounding conclusion as brother faces brother, wolves run wyld, smart girls dive for cover and a mage with a cool fedora fights a mage with cool goggles to a standstill! And yes, it still sucks to be Hardsuit Guy.
Chapter V Book-Keeping Items
Amrita Wounded (-4HL, 3 Agg damage, 1 bashing. -2 penalty. On ground)
Ashton: 3 WP
Joseph: Injured (-3HL lethal. -1 penalty.) WP 4, Rage 3
Kijika: Incapacitated (-7 HLs aggravated. Acquired a battlescar) 3 WP, 1 Rage
Linda: Wounded (-4HL lethal damage. -2 penalty). WP 4, Quint 2
Ro: Hurt (-2HL lethal. -1 penalty), 3 WP, 1 Quint
Sean: Injured (-3 HL agg damage. -1 penalty), and his Soft-Hearted flaw is now in full force since he'll have had time to see the suffering around him, and to recognize also that he's inflicted a chunk of it just now. +2 difficulty to most dice rolls from that. 5 WP, 2 Rage
Odysseus: 3 WP, 0 Quint
Moon Phase: Crescent (all Rage rolls @ difficulty 7)
Combat End Book-Keeping Items
Amrita: Wounded (3WP. -4HL, 3 Agg damage, 1 bashing. -2 penalty.)
Ashton: 2 WP
Joseph: WP 4, Rage 1.
Kijika: Incapacitated (-7 HLs aggravated. Acquired a battlescar) 3 WP, 1 Rage. His Battle Scar is Cosmetic Damage, which lowers his Appearance by 1 point when dealing with non-Garou.
Linda: Wounded (-4HL lethal damage. -2 penalty). WP 3, Quint 0
Ro: Hurt (-2HL lethal. -1 penalty), 1 WP, 1 Quint
Sean: Injured (-3 HL agg damage. -1 penalty), and his Soft-Hearted flaw is in full force for the next few hours since he'll have had time to see the suffering around him, and to recognize also that he's inflicted a chunk of it just now: +2 difficulty to most dice rolls from that. 4 WP, 1 Rage. Acquired a Battlescar - Superficial Scar (the wound that took him down was from flechette pistol ammo.
Odysseus: Mauled (-5 HL, (2L, 3B) damage, -2 dice). 1 WP, 0 Quint
Moon Phase: Crescent (all Rage rolls @ difficulty 7)
City of Angels, Chapter VI and Conclusion
Chapter VI - Full chatlog is here. Still set on March 30th, 2011.
Chapter VI / Story End Blue Books and Scenes
- Lacrymosa - (Codes: BS, RO. Rating: PG) March 30, soon after the battle. Ody puts his brother to rest and remembers both the good and bad times of Stavros' life.
- Paradigm Shifts - (Codes: BS, RO. Rating: G) March 30th? Amrita helping Ro work through some of her wrestling with her hippocratic oath, her worldview and her Paradigm.
- Cold Case - (Codes: NGI, BS. Rating: PG) Set on the morning of the 31st. Amrita comes to The Lab with a bit of a bomb to drop on Linda and Joseph's otherwise peaceful breakfast.
- Reporting In (Codes: NGI, Rating: G) Set on the evening of the 31st. Joseph reports back to Nina Howls-Down-the-Avalanche to complete his Adren challenge, and catches up on events up north with Mingan. Written after Story 5-1
- Must Love Dogs - (Codes: BS, RO. Rating: PG) Set on the night of the 31st. Linda and Ro finally get to have a discussion Ro had kept meaning to have when this inconvenient thing called run-ins with Technocrats and then Stavros happened.
- All in the Family - (Codes: RO. Rating: PG) Set right after the above. Ro returns home and goes over her discoveries with her mother, then speaks with Mingan and lays out her new understanding.
- Taking Care of You - (Codes: RO. Rating: PG-13) Set on April 1st. Linda and Joseph have a relatively quiet and intensely personal scene that confronts some of her demons and self image issues, among other things.
- Into the Fire - (Codes: none. Rating: PG) Set on April 1st, around sundown. Rowena meditates at the House of the Setting Sun, hoping to find her calm center and get her tangled emotions under control. The attempt lands her in a Seeking.
- Vampire Hunting 101 : (Codes: BS, RO. Rating: PG) Wherein Ashton shares with Amrita a bit of the lore his family have collected for generations.
- Still in Step - (Codes: RO. Rating: PG) Evening of April 1st, Mingan manages a conversation with Ro via Skype without destroying the machine.
- Morning Routines - (Codes: RO, BS. Rating: PG) Set on April 2nd, Ro catches Linda at her morning yoga routine.
- A Vigorous Day - (Codes: None. Rating: PG-13 for some brutality) - Set on April 2nd, a little bit after the above. Joseph decides that it's time to teach Sean a thing or two about fighting, so he drags him, Linda and Ro off to an out-of-business auto garage and gives him boxing lessons and a chance to spar with a certain vicious cancer patient... (written during story 5, but taking place here. Still underway.)
- Recruiting Carter (Codes: None. Rating: G) - April 2nd, after Joseph finished with Sean. Amrita, Joseph and Ashton establish an understanding with Jack Carter and the other members of the Night Sky Pack. Written after Story 5-1, but taking place between stories.
- Gun Training and Loaded Questions - (Codes: RO, BS. Rating: G) - Ash and Ro at the gun range. Timing the early evening of the 2nd.
- Raggies and Philos and Gallies, Oh My! - (Codes: NGI, Rating: PG) - After dinner on April 2nd. Ro asks Joseph and Linda for some help understanding of Garou Auspices. Handy as a primer for players that may not know Werewolf all that well. Also mentions what's going on with Cleansing Path sept and The Warpath.
- Tribes and Traditions - (Codes: n/a, Rating: PG) - A continuation of the above, covering Garou tribes for Ro and some Mage Traditions for Joseph's benefit. Also a pretty handy primer.
Chapter VI / Story End Book Keeping Items
Joseph: He completed his Adren challenge between stories, and so his Rank has been updated.
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