Unable to restrain itself any longer, the commander of the Shadowlands forces enters the fray. While it is a fearsome foe in itself, if it can be killed, then its army will falter and fail.
All PCs participating in this stage will roll Initiative, as will the enemy commander. Combat will ensue as normal. Keep in mind, however, that if the kansen do not play fair, the Shadowlands’ chosen belie the fact of rules themselves. This will not be an easy fight, and survival is decidedly not guaranteed.
Owing to Dangerous Terrain (Core 267), PCs take Fatigue equal to the Strife showing on their kept dice. Owing to Defiled Terrain (Core 267), each PC acting in this stage must make a TN 2 Fitness or Meditation check, with failure imposing the Afflicted condition (Core 271). (Tainted beings reduce the TNs of their checks to resist effects by 1 while in Defiled Terrain.) Owing to Obscuring Terrain (Core 267), visibility is limited to Range 2 (TN adjustment is already factored into rolls for this event).
This Stage is successfully completed once the Legion kills or otherwise incapacitates the enemy commander.
