Threat Clocks
Live pressure board generated from session-state.md.
Chicago pressure board. Updated: 1991-03-05 (Tuesday ~20:35). Current snapshot: Scene D063 “The Pumping Station Audience” (joint all three PCs, cliffhanger mid-audience with Lodin) closed ~20:35 PM Mar 5. Campaign start: NYE 1989. Act II (Ashes and Blood): January 1991+. Baptism by Fire: NYE 1990.. Session state is authoritative for all clock levels.
Chicago
| Clock | Track | Level | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masquerade Heat (Chicago) (HOT) | ■■■■□□ | 4/6 | D031: 36 cultists witnessed supernatural events at Hell’s Pasture (Roarke aging, vampire feeding, Dread Gaze). Scottie wiped (granite). Compound burning. Low-credibility witnesses but high numbers. D051: Three gunshots Old Chinatown ~midnight, two mortals cleaned (woman Forgetful Mind, preacher Dominated) but noise/brass left impressions. Advanced 2→3/6. D055: Auditorium Theatre opera massacre (Saturday Feb 9, ~21:15-23:15). Security guard thrown through doors (supernatural strength display). Sawed-off shotgun fired in public. Multiple civilian witnesses. Police responded. Hunters, police, and civilians begin reinforcing each other. Clock advances 3→4/6. At 4/6 local heat spills +1. D058: Neally Edwards fed publicly on Succubus Club dance floor (Friday Feb 22 ~23:00). Masquerade breach occurred. Coterie cleaned 3 mortal witnesses via Forgetful Mind before wider spread. Breach contained, no police response. Heat held at 4/6 (at threshold for 5/6). |
| Cover Story Exposure (Chicago) | □□□□□□ | 0/6 RETIRED | Warren Birch fiction made irrelevant. D047/S046: Lodin publicly named Darius’s lineage (Capone→Chuc Luc→Darius, 10th gen arithmetic). Cover no longer relevant in Chicago. Clock retired — true identity is now registered with Prince. |
| Ashes to Ashes Progress (COMPLETE) | ■■■■■■ | 6/6 COMPLETE | D031: Lodin rescued from Hell’s Pasture. Roarke destroyed (aged to dust). Cultists scattered. Adventure resolved. |
| Blood Bond Web | ■■□□□□ | 2/6 | D031: Darius consumed Menele’s blood (Step 1/3). First bond active. D047: Lodin toast deferred. D056: Lodin forced blood toast on all three PCs (Step 1/3 each — not a full Bond, mild positive feelings only). Darius carries two Step 1s: Menele (subconscious) + Lodin (conscious). Sable carries two Step 1s: Allicia (52yr) + Lodin (new). Tomás: Tremere Vinculum (chantry) + Step 1 Lodin (new). Two more drinks each to full Bond. Clock advances 1→2/6. |
| Sabbat Infiltration | ■■■□□□ | 3/6 ACTIVE | S036: Scout confirmed in CHA tunnels under Robert Taylor Homes. Mapping routes north toward Succubus Club. Sword-and-chalice marks. Bordruff tracking 6 weeks. Annabelle + Nosferatu aware. Rigaud/Wade still embedded separately. D053: Bach’s rogue Sabbat pack confirmed — scorched Kindred skull (Michael, Malkavian 8th, Gary) staked to rooftop in coterie’s Pilsen domain with Serpent of the Light veves. Pack of 4-5, woman giving orders in Creole. Separate element from Rigaud/Wade infiltration. Neally + Nicolai notified. Advance dressing for Blood Bond adventure. D055: Bach’s Sabbat pack fought openly at Auditorium Theatre (Saturday Feb 9, ~21:15-23:15). Public Sabbat attack on Elysium. Masquerade breach confirmed. Bach took 11 levels aggravated damage, retreated intact. Two-track Sabbat threat now publicly exposed: rogue Bach pack (above-ground, aggressive) vs. careful infiltrators Rigaud/Wade (underground, strategic). Clock advances 2→3/6. |
| Anarch Tension | ■□□□□□ | 1/6 | S030: Damien staked Sheriff Belthazar. Coterie interacted with Anarch faction. |
| Hunter Convergence (Chicago) | ■■□□□□ | 2/6 | S030: PCs encountered Standdown. Evidence destroyed but he lives with “body walked away.” Shepard connected. D053: Society of Leopold Chicago cell fully mapped (Sayles, Tomba, Fr. Koenig at Loyola, Margaret Weil in Archdiocese). Three national distribution points (Chicago/Herdon, New Orleans/Cavanaugh, Boston/Newbury St bookshop). Both field operatives Mesmerized + Forgetful Mind’d + post-hypnotic suggestion implanted: prioritize Dane recall/tribunal. Coterie has full Leopold intel but hunters don’t know they’ve been compromised. Clock advances 1→2/6: hunters neutralized but infrastructure intact. |
| Methuselah War (HIDDEN) | ■■□□□□ | 2/6 HIDDEN | D031: Darius blood-bonded Step 1 to Menele (frenzy over torpored body). Coterie now in Menele’s camp — unknowingly. Menele likely orchestrated body recovery + vial frenzy from torpor. Helena’s rival has agents. D047: Lodin’s formal recognition of Darius may complicate Menele’s use of him as proxy. |
| Chuc Luc’s Chicago Operations | ■□□□□□ | 1/6 NEW | D047/S046: Lodin publicly claimed lineage. Chuc Luc has not heard from Darius in 26 days. Capone household will react to Lodin’s public assertion of dominion over Darius. New clock: Chuc Luc’s Reckoning (1/6). Darius caught between sire’s autonomy conditions (#2: no Chicago Kindred contact) and Lodin’s direct authority. |
| Ballard’s Case (CRITICAL) | ■■■■■□ | 5/6 | D037: Counterattack in motion. D040: All three Annabelle properties hit simultaneously Friday night Jan 25 (Lake Shore lien, Armitage gallery lease, South Michigan subpoena). Annabelle confirmed via payphone — engaged. Ballard’s financial instruments are executing. |
| Primogen Power Plays (CRITICAL) | ■■■■■□ | 5/6 | D039: Wednesday session held. Ballard reprimanded 3-2-1 (Annabelle/Critias/Khalid vs Tyler/Neally, Inyanga abstained). Factions hardened. Inyanga = hinge vote. D047: Lodin resurfaced, reasserted formal authority, assigned coterie as direct instruments. Factions recalibrating. D058: Brennon reports Neally’s public Masquerade breach to Annabelle. Political intelligence circulates: Neally is Bond-compromised, deteriorating. Clock advances 4→5/6. |
| Succubus Club Heat | ■□□□□□ | 1/6 | D039: Dead drop discovered inside Club (Tuesday couriers, back four-top). Annabelle informed. Ballard operations inside her social territory. |
| Lodin’s Grip (HOT) | ■■■■□□ | 4/6 | S035: Prince presided over emergency Primogen session. Police mobilized around railyards. Drummond delivered. Authority reasserted through institutions. D047/S046: Lodin resurfaced (formal Primogen address), assigned coterie as direct operational eyes/ears for Prince, granted domain authority to coterie, publicly reasserted lineage control. Clock advances 2→3/6: Prince reinserting direct control. D056: Forced blood toast on all three PCs. All three drank Lodin’s blood (Step 1/3 — mild positive feelings, no compulsion yet). Two more drinks needed for full Bond. Clock advances 3→4/6: forced toast = direct control posture escalating. |
Gary (Offscreen)
| Clock | Track | Level | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dane Identifies Darius (CRITICAL) | ■■■■■□ | 5/6 | Active hunt. Saw BbF attendees, got plates. In Gary or following. COUNTER-PRESSURE D053: Sayles + Tomba Dominated with post-hypnotic suggestion to file formal complaint, request recall/tribunal. Tomba committed to “handle” Dane personally. Society internal pressure now mounting against Dane’s independence. April 1991 quarterly bulletin = next intel cycle. If recall succeeds before 6/6, clock may freeze or reverse. |
| Modius Leash (Darius) | ■■□□□□ | 2/6 | Emissary mission = continued obligation at distance. |
| Modius Leash (Sable) (CLOSED) | □□□□□□ | 0/6 | CLOSED (S033). Scene alteration (Close Thread). Modius turned inward — Internal Audit consuming attention, leash dropped. Silence, not forgiveness. |
| Modius Internal Audit (HOT) | ■■■■□□ | 4/6 | Blood-taste bomb. Allicia. Offscreen while PCs in Chicago. |
| Torch/Rack Heat (CRITICAL) | ■■■■■□ | 5/6 | Stabilized. Webb proxy. Dormant while PCs away. |
| Allicia Alliance (COMPLETE) | ■■■■■■ | 6/6 | COMPLETE. Erichtho evaluation done. Carna path active. Allicia in Gary. |
| Sharon’s Vendetta | ■■□□□□ | 2/6 | Proxy Halloran → Warwick → law firm. Sharon is IN CHICAGO. |
| Docks Heat | ■■■□□□ | 3/6 | Pipeline on autopilot. Eddie granite. |