Fight the Power!

Pierce the Heavens is a third party module for the Lancer RPG system, inspired by Gurren Lagann and intended for a party of three to five LL0 characters. This 8-12 hour module centers the player characters (PCs) as orchestrators of a miners’ revolt, liberating workers from a deep underground mine while evading the clutches of a despot and her cronies.

Pierce the Heavens plays like a mech-scale prison break: PCs start with no mech, pilot armor, or pilot weapons, and only one piece of pilot gear of their choice. The PCs must acquire their mechs, reserves, and other pilot gear through exploring the mining community of Kestrel's Bounty. Only then will they be ready to take the fight to their oppressors!

In this module, you will find:

• One full-length Lancer mission featuring both narrative and combat beats.
• Details on Kestrel's Bounty, an underground mining settlement composed of three major locales.
• Supporting rules for narrative play while exploring the setting.
• Combat encounters presented with tactical advice and interactive environments.
• Two full-color battlemaps with square, hex, and gridless variants.
• A stylized pdf created with my Lancer RPG Template and an accessible, simplified pdf for screen readers.

RALLY THE WORKERS FOR REVOLT.

SEIZE THE MEANS OF DESTRUCTION.

ASCEND, AND BECOME LANCERS.

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Content Warning

This module deals with topics of worker suppression through police and state violence. This is depicted through mistreatment of workers, unjust incarceration, kidnapping, propaganda, and veiled physical abuse. In addition, this module includes scenes with mild claustrophobic imagery, as well as a brief depiction of starving people.

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Licensing & Additional Information

Pierce the Heavens was written as part of the Summer 2022 "Write Your First Adventure" course, hosted by Storytelling Collective's RPG Writer Workshop.

This module references NPCs and sitreps from the full, paid version of the Lancer Core Book. It additionally draws upon lore and information from the Field Guide to the Karrakin Trade Baronies, though the supplement is not required to run the module.

The battle maps were made in Dungeondraft using:

• Scifi Basic Asset Pack, Red Desert Planet Asset Pack, and Starfinder Asset Pack by Captain Tom's Asset Emporium, used under CAL-BY-NCR.
• Hex Grid Patterns by EightBitz, used under CAL-NR.

Pierce the Heavens is not an official Lancer product; it is a third party work, and is not affiliated with Massif Press. Pierce the Heavens is published via the Lancer Third Party License.

Lancer is copyright Massif Press.