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− | + | County (Compté) : "Champagne" | |
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− | + | Viscounty (Vicomté) : "Valfranc" | |
− | + | Castellany (Châtellenie) : "Vilmaison" local Castelain (Chêtellein) : "Chevalier de Vilmaison" | |
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+ | Town : "Souspenelles" | ||
There's a little water stream in the town | There's a little water stream in the town | ||
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Music : '''(fast start) Light of the Seven (EP 10 Trial scene)''' | Music : '''(fast start) Light of the Seven (EP 10 Trial scene)''' | ||
+ | The Corpses from Valfranc were to be shipped to a little town called "Souspenelles". | ||
+ | When the players arrive there, they quickly find a warehouse, quite isolated from the rest of the town that smells really strong. | ||
+ | When they arrive, a guy locks the warehouse and starts to burn it. | ||
− | + | After '''00:39 (music time)''' they manage to bash the doors. | |
− | + | The guy screams : "Sweet Satan, invite me, for I have accomplished my duty !" | |
+ | Then suicides by hanging himself among the other corpses. | ||
+ | The warehouse used to store about a hundred dead bodies. But now it's empty. Except for a dozen villages hanged. The trail ends there. | ||
− | + | After '''03:40 (music time)''' the fire stars spreading to the forest with an incredible power. | |
− | + | All the village come to try to stop the fire. They throw water and earth at it until it stops. | |
− | + | When the other peasants see that, they say. It's the skeletal minstrel, he'll damn us all. | |
− | + | They say there have been sights of a skeletal minstrel every weeks between friday and saturday near the cemetery. | |
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− | ''' | + | '''Oldaric Lefol''' was in love with '''Evelyne''', but his father wanted to marry her to the Bourgmestre insetad. |
So he drowned him and the burried him with him instrument. | So he drowned him and the burried him with him instrument. | ||
But he pretended to drown and survived. He then left his grave to get his revenge. | But he pretended to drown and survived. He then left his grave to get his revenge. | ||
− | + | He paid some people to pretend a dancing plague, and it worked. He also poisoned the food reserves with ergot de seigle, so they have to throw their reserve and starve. | |
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* Unsolved mysteries : | * Unsolved mysteries : | ||
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=Part 1 Midnight Dance= | =Part 1 Midnight Dance= | ||
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The players will try to hunt down this skeletal ministrel and kill it. | The players will try to hunt down this skeletal ministrel and kill it. | ||
− | + | ==Ambiance track== | |
− | + | *10min It's been a long summer with heavy rain, they see crops rotting. Some peasants still trying to collect some, they search through the crop for non rotten grains. | |
1/3 of the crop is left fallow (jachère) 2/3 have been planted, but not reaped. | 1/3 of the crop is left fallow (jachère) 2/3 have been planted, but not reaped. | ||
− | + | *30min They hear screaming from inside a hut | |
(a peasant have been poisoned with ergot de seigle.) | (a peasant have been poisoned with ergot de seigle.) | ||
They visit the hut : | They visit the hut : | ||
The hut is made of clay and straws, no windows. | The hut is made of clay and straws, no windows. | ||
− | Inside the hut, a third of the area is penned off for the animals, which live in the hut with the family. A fire burn in a hearth in the centre of the hut, so the air is permanently eye-wateringly smoky. Furniture is a couple of stools | + | Inside the hut, a third of the area is penned off for the animals, which live in the hut with the family. A fire burn in a hearth in the centre of the hut, so the air is permanently eye-wateringly smoky. Furniture is a couple of stools, a bed of straw, and a few cooking pots made of clay. |
− | They are cooking leaves and mushrooms as well as rotten grain. | + | They are cooking leaves and mushrooms as well as rotten grain, there's a boar skull. The peasants beg the players not to report. That they didn't hunt the animal, it was carcass, hunting is forbidden for peasants. |
The penn is almost empty, only one very thin sheep remains. | The penn is almost empty, only one very thin sheep remains. | ||
− | + | The sick peasant see the players then scream "You will dance ! You will dance ! We will all dance !" '''Music : Chant_Entrapment-8''' | |
− | The sick peasant see the players then scream " | + | *45min A crazy peasant come to the players and tries to strangle them. "You will dance ! You will dance ! We will all dance !" '''Music : Chant_Entrapment-8''' |
− | + | *60min There's a child lost in the woods. His parents tried to get rid of him. But he came back. | |
− | + | *75min A Priest gathered lots of people in a large hut. They all start laughing incontrolably and say "You will dance ! You will dance ! We will all dance ! All of us !" '''Music : Chant_Entrapment-8''' | |
− | + | *100min At the end of the atmosphere track, they are attacked by a bunch of peasants who want to eat their meat. Either they have the Combat (skirmish) ability, or one of them is Wounded. | |
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They go to the spot where the skeletal ministrel is supposed to have appeared, in the night between friday and saturday. | They go to the spot where the skeletal ministrel is supposed to have appeared, in the night between friday and saturday. | ||
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While she dances '''Prince of Darkness - Fire Emblem''' | While she dances '''Prince of Darkness - Fire Emblem''' | ||
− | + | A yong lady, called '''Evelyne Toffea''', the Bougmestre's '''Guillaume Toffea''' young bride wakes up every saturday morning t go dance in the woods until sunrise. | |
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− | She dances every week in the woods. With withered red tulips in her hairs she wears a wonderfull | + | She dances every week in the woods. With withered red tulips in her hairs she wears a wonderfull dress. She had a bucket of withered red tulips in her chamber. |
+ | If they have the right feats or roll high, they hear a very faint music. But too distant to trace. | ||
Then she goes back home. | Then she goes back home. | ||
− | She is | + | She is sleepwalking, so if the players wake her up, she wakes up, no problem. |
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Action : Where the flowers come from ? Nobody wants to respond. But eventually they know that it comes from an old lover who died. | Action : Where the flowers come from ? Nobody wants to respond. But eventually they know that it comes from an old lover who died. | ||
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Action : Ask if she dances always on the same spot. Yes. | Action : Ask if she dances always on the same spot. Yes. | ||
− | Actually she dances where ''' | + | Actually she dances where '''Oldaric Lefol''' was burried just after his murder. |
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She have a strange reaction if the players mention him. | She have a strange reaction if the players mention him. | ||
− | If the players dig enough, they learn that ''' | + | If the players dig enough, they learn that '''Oldaric Lefol''' was a ministrel in love with Evelyne. |
− | But he was drowned in the woods near the | + | But he was drowned in the woods near the cemetry then burried in the woods. (Evelyne's father killed him, because the local Bourgmestre was also in love with Evelyne and he wanted her to marry the Bourgmestre) And they broke his Psaltery (Psaltérion en français) |
− | Actually | + | Actually Evelyne's father did this. And then burried him right here and then, with his instrument. |
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-> He was burried with his instrument. | -> He was burried with his instrument. | ||
− | Action : If the players search | + | Action : If the players search Oldaric's old broken home. They see is a stock of devil's bread (it's pure white bread). That's the end of ergot de seigle poisonning. |
− | Alternatively | + | Alternatively, there's nothing of interest in his home, but if they open his grave, Evelyne speaks of a secret hideout. That's where they find the bread. |
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+ | Once the father learns that the grave is empty. He is angry and go to the woods with a bunch of peasants with torches to go kill the ministrel. | ||
+ | He see a ministrel in the woods and chase him. | ||
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+ | At some point, they are attacked by a flock of wolfs. Either one of the players have Combat (Skirmish) or one of the players is wonded. | ||
+ | At the end of the skirmishe, Evelyne's father is found drowned, hammered by a large stick. (the same way he killed oldaric) | ||
+ | There are clear footsteps, but impossible to follow. | ||
+ | So '''Oldaric''' isn't dead !!! | ||
− | =Part 2 Peasant revolt | + | =Part 2 Peasant revolt= |
*'''Normal (before the start of step 1 of the battle) : Commanderie Templière ''' | *'''Normal (before the start of step 1 of the battle) : Commanderie Templière ''' | ||
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The soldiers come and say that it's illegal, they have to go to the watermill of the local Priory. | The soldiers come and say that it's illegal, they have to go to the watermill of the local Priory. | ||
− | But that's where they pay the taxes (for using the mill) so they refuse to do that. | + | But that's where they pay the taxes (for using the mill) so they refuse to do that?. |
− | They beat the taxman nearly to death and kick him out. | + | They beat the taxman "champarter" ("champarteur" in French) nearly to death and kick him out. |
− | They cry " | + | They cry "Champarteur, chapardeur, champarteur, chapardeur" |
Obviously, there'll be a fight the next day. | Obviously, there'll be a fight the next day. | ||
The soldiers come to the players first and ask them for help. | The soldiers come to the players first and ask them for help. | ||
− | + | The head of the guards : Captain Beaudry | |
− | The head of the guards : Captain | ||
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The Captain tells them : Regardless of what they want to do, the local castelan doesn't want any troubles with the inquisition. | The Captain tells them : Regardless of what they want to do, the local castelan doesn't want any troubles with the inquisition. | ||
If they refuse. The peasants do the same. | If they refuse. The peasants do the same. | ||
− | The head of the peasants, the Bourgmestre : | + | The head of the peasants, the Bourgmestre : Guillaume Toffea |
The peasants want to defend the illegal mill. | The peasants want to defend the illegal mill. | ||
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The soldiers will attack the next day. | The soldiers will attack the next day. | ||
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At each step, they need to find a good idea to win. If they win more than 3 phases, their side wins. | At each step, they need to find a good idea to win. If they win more than 3 phases, their side wins. | ||
− | If one of the players have the Combat (Battle) ability, give him the answers to | + | If one of the players have the Combat (Battle) ability, give him the answers to each phase. |
− | 70 soldiers, 30 Bows plus | + | 70 soldiers, 30 Bows, 1 Cavaliers (the captain) plus 1 Knight in armor (the Castellan) vs 350 peasants, 50 bows |
==Step 1 : Preparations== | ==Step 1 : Preparations== | ||
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Ambiance : One soldier/peasant seems terrified, you can hear him pee on himself. There's dreadful silence but you can hear some people praying. | Ambiance : One soldier/peasant seems terrified, you can hear him pee on himself. There's dreadful silence but you can hear some people praying. | ||
− | The Castellan has a dark armour with a salamander on the helmet. | + | The Castellan has a dark armour with a salamander on the helmet. |
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==Step 3 : Charge of the soldiers== | ==Step 3 : Charge of the soldiers== | ||
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Ambiance : Some people are trying to hold their house together. | Ambiance : Some people are trying to hold their house together. | ||
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Result. If the players have 3 win out of 4. Their side wins. If not, the other side wins. | Result. If the players have 3 win out of 4. Their side wins. If not, the other side wins. | ||
Soldiers win : | Soldiers win : | ||
− | The Bourgmestre is taken captive and he yields. Alternatively, the | + | The Bourgmestre is taken captive and he yields. Alternatively, the storehouse is destroyed. |
The peasants fight in a non-cohesive way and loose. | The peasants fight in a non-cohesive way and loose. | ||
− | If the players where on this side, the Captain | + | If the players where on this side, the Captain Beaudry owe them a favor. And grants them one soldier per person. |
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Peasants win : | Peasants win : | ||
The Captain fall off his horse. He's quickly surronded and yields. | The Captain fall off his horse. He's quickly surronded and yields. | ||
− | If the players where on this side, the Bourgmestre owe them a | + | If the players where on this side, the Bourgmestre owe them a favor. They can collect anytime. |
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Ambiance : Some people from the losers are moaning on the ground and some peasants come to collect their weapons and clothes. Stabbing some of them. Very few dead in the end. | Ambiance : Some people from the losers are moaning on the ground and some peasants come to collect their weapons and clothes. Stabbing some of them. Very few dead in the end. | ||
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=Part 3 Dancing Plague= | =Part 3 Dancing Plague= | ||
*'''Normal : Z_Normal-Bruit-Noir''' | *'''Normal : Z_Normal-Bruit-Noir''' | ||
− | ''' | + | '''Oldaric''' will trigger a dancing mania in the city : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_mania |
− | Your goal is to find | + | Your goal is to find Oldaric |
*'''The First dancer : Prince of Darkness - Fire Emblem''' | *'''The First dancer : Prince of Darkness - Fire Emblem''' | ||
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− | + | *15min They see one person leave her home and dance at the center of the city '''Music : Prince of Darkness - Fire Emblem''' | |
+ | This time, he won't wake up. | ||
His family follows him and try to cover him for the rain. They seem desperate to help him. | His family follows him and try to cover him for the rain. They seem desperate to help him. | ||
They try to stop him, to wake him up. | They try to stop him, to wake him up. | ||
− | + | *30min There's about five people dancing. People are closing their doors and isolating themselves. '''Music : Prince of Darkness - Fire Emblem''' | |
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Some people try to catch one of them to feed him. A lot of them start coughing, they are completely wet. | Some people try to catch one of them to feed him. A lot of them start coughing, they are completely wet. | ||
− | + | *45min There's 30 people dancing, they mean, some scream like zombies, one of them is wonded, and he damagnes his wound as he dances. '''Music : Eros''' A lot of people pray for them. | |
− | + | *60min They are about a hundred one quarter of the village is dancing One person falls to the ground '''Music : Eros''' he keeps crawling. And says "Help me. We will dance. We will all dance." | |
People stop caring. They lock themselves in to survive. | People stop caring. They lock themselves in to survive. | ||
− | + | *75min The remaining villageers are angry and hang '''Evelyne''' for revenge. Trigger the flower in the lake event. | |
− | + | *100min '''Music : Eros''' | |
The next day, the village is empty, everyone dances. All playres roll, the one with the lowest result dances also (that's the punishment for not ending the track). In the meantime he can play the Bourgmestre, who helps the players. | The next day, the village is empty, everyone dances. All playres roll, the one with the lowest result dances also (that's the punishment for not ending the track). In the meantime he can play the Bourgmestre, who helps the players. | ||
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− | The goal is to find ''' | + | ==Scenario Track== |
+ | The goal is to find '''Oldaric's''' hideout | ||
One by one, people will start to go on the village center and dance. | One by one, people will start to go on the village center and dance. | ||
− | This is a revenge from | + | This is a revenge from Oldaric, he wants to kill everyone in the village then raise them. |
− | Everyone dances, except ''' | + | Everyone dances, except '''Evelyne''' |
They read through inquisition registry, it seems to have happened before. Long time ago in a not related setting. It's a disease for the soul, nothing magical. | They read through inquisition registry, it seems to have happened before. Long time ago in a not related setting. It's a disease for the soul, nothing magical. | ||
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He is not at his home, because that's where they found the devil bread. | He is not at his home, because that's where they found the devil bread. | ||
− | + | Action : They ask people who knew oldaric if he had a special place to meet '''Evelyne''' | |
− | Yes, | + | Yes he had a secret hideout. |
+ | They see a lot of withered flowers. LOTS of them, so many varieties. | ||
+ | Barils even. | ||
+ | Anything of value was stolen. | ||
+ | Empty drawers, empty coffers. | ||
− | + | Action : Ask someone who knew Oldaric, why so many flowers ? Because he was very found of the language of flowers. That was the way to send him secret messages with evelyne. | |
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− | + | At night, someone put white flowers on them. | |
+ | They catch the guy, he was a cousin and friend of '''Oldaric'''his name is '''Blondel Lefol''' | ||
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+ | He says he's doing that to appease '''Oldaric''' because he knew the language of flowers very well and those flowers means "calm down" "reconciliation" https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corbeille_d%27argent | ||
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+ | Action : Ask him how could we contact/find '''Oldaric''' ? | ||
He says : let's put a lot of flowers in the middle of the town, to push him to meet. | He says : let's put a lot of flowers in the middle of the town, to push him to meet. | ||
Several choices : | Several choices : | ||
− | Corbeille d'Argent | + | Corbeille d'Argent : "calm down" "reconciliation" |
Anagallis : "appointment" | Anagallis : "appointment" | ||
− | Cyprès | + | Cyprès : "grieving" , "ethernal friendship" |
Nemophile : "Forgiveness" | Nemophile : "Forgiveness" | ||
Red Tulip : "eternal love" | Red Tulip : "eternal love" | ||
− | Achillée | + | Achillée : "War" |
Rhododendron : "Danger" | Rhododendron : "Danger" | ||
− | (check that all those flowers grow in | + | (check that all those flowers grow in france) |
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Once they do that, the little water streams starts to be filled with withered | Once they do that, the little water streams starts to be filled with withered | ||
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoris_(plante) | https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoris_(plante) | ||
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'''Eros Necropsique - La voix''' | '''Eros Necropsique - La voix''' | ||
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Also he droppped some flowers on the ground by mistake at this spot. | Also he droppped some flowers on the ground by mistake at this spot. | ||
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The table is set in fine silver cutlery. | The table is set in fine silver cutlery. | ||
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On the table there's a withered flower Anagallis means "appointment" | On the table there's a withered flower Anagallis means "appointment" | ||
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=Part 4 The appointment= | =Part 4 The appointment= | ||
− | + | The players go to the Bourgmestre's house, where the table is set. Wine is served. A mix of Hippocras mixed with Mandragora. To meet him, they have to drink. | |
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− | The | + | The sky is completely dark. Not even a star on sight. And light is much less bright than usual, less and less bright. Within hours, their torches light won't light anything. |
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− | + | Some withered flower petals fall. Flower that means death. | |
− | + | They can hear clearly someone playing Psaltery. | |
− | + | Effect of the music : Step 1 Get the "Stupid" quality. Step 2 Dance | |
− | + | Action : They either have to have great willpower or cover their ears in any way. Otherwise, they start having effects of the music. | |
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− | They | + | They are drunk, really hard to find their way in the streets of the village. |
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− | Action: | + | Action : Either one of them can focus, or they will spend a lot of time to find and of they roll two insanity rolls. |
+ | One way, is to wait until someone starts dancing and follow him. | ||
Finally they find the town center. | Finally they find the town center. | ||
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Most people are crawling on the floor trying to dance. | Most people are crawling on the floor trying to dance. | ||
Some are still walking. | Some are still walking. | ||
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− | + | The poem means : | |
− | + | The poor poet have been treated unfairly. And he's about to have the revenge that was promised to him. | |
− | + | But some strangers are here and he doesn't want or need to harm the strangers. So please stranger. Go away. | |
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+ | There's a black rain, and they feel very cold. Their need to roll or loose their mind. | ||
− | + | Action : One of the dancers mimics a violin. When they kill him, Oldaric appears in his true form. | |
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A skeleton wiht a Psaltery, he walks out of the small river. | A skeleton wiht a Psaltery, he walks out of the small river. | ||
− | Now they can see | + | Now they can see Oldaric as a squeleton and fight him. |
Action : Either the players have a quality Combat (Duel) or They need to find a smart way to kill him. | Action : Either the players have a quality Combat (Duel) or They need to find a smart way to kill him. | ||
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His shadow doesn't move though. They should strike where his shadow is. | His shadow doesn't move though. They should strike where his shadow is. | ||
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− | + | Whent hey wake up, they have some vomit at the mouth and they're in the town center. Oldaric is dead. but he's an actual guy, not a skeleton. His skin is soaked though. And he has a skeletal psaltery. |