#core #story_event #People_of_the_Lantern The mystery of the lantern's glow. If the settlement already innovated **Lantern Oven**, skip this event and roll on the **Lantern Branding** table. Otherwise, proceed with Hands of Heat below: One lucky day, a clumsy accident knocks a lantern free from the towering Lantern Hoard. A sudden flash of heat bathes the survivors as the lantern crashes to the ground. Now shattered, the lantern light dies, but the seed of an idea begins to grow. Nominate a survivor. They gain +1 courage and **[[#Experiment with Lanterns]]. ### Experiment with Lanterns Roll 1d10 | 1d10 | Result | | ----- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1 - 3 | An agitated lantern shatters in the survivor's face. Badly burned and disfigured, the survivor is exiled from the settlement as an inhuman monster. However, the other survivors learn something from this tragedy. Your settlement gains the **Lantern Oven** innovation. -1 population.<br><br>Add Story Event ![[Story_EventIcon_black.png]] [[Bone Witch]] to the timeline 3 lantern years from now. | | 4 - 5 | The survivor vigorously shakes a lantern and holds it watchfully. It bursts into blue light with a distinct hissing sound. The lantern grows hot in the survivor's clenched hands, burning their flesh. They bellow in primal triumph. Gain +1 permanent strength and the [[Red Fist]] secret fighting art. Your settlement gains the **Lantern Oven** innovation. | | 7+ | The survivor discovers hear and the settlement celebrates! Your settlement gains the **Lantern Oven** innovation. The survivor gains the [[Red Fist]] secret fighting art, and rolls on the [[#Lantern Branding]] table below! | ### Lantern Branding A feast, culminating in the ritual branding of the settlement's finest warriors by the heat of an agitated lantern. Discard half of the settlement's total resources (including storage), rounded down/ Nominate a survivor and roll on the table below. | 1d10 | Result | | ----- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1 - 3 | Tradition. All departing survivors gain +10 survival. Add Story Event ![[Story_EventIcon_black.png]] [[Hands of Heat]] to the timeline 1d10 years from now.<br> | | 4 - 7 | Branded feet. Gain +1 permanent speed. | | 8 - 9 | Branded hand. Gain +1 permanent strength. | | 10+ | Accident! Suffer the blinded severe head injury and gain +1 permanent luck. |