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Très Saint Père, toute votre vie vous avez servi notre seigneur. | Très Saint Père, toute votre vie vous avez servi notre seigneur. | ||
Ainsi, c’est sans méfiance que vous avez suivi la mort quand elle est venu vous chercher. | Ainsi, c’est sans méfiance que vous avez suivi la mort quand elle est venu vous chercher. | ||
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Qui pourra à présent vous délivrer de ce piège satanique ? | Qui pourra à présent vous délivrer de ce piège satanique ? | ||
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=Intro - Archivum Secretum Apostolicum Avenionensium= | =Intro - Archivum Secretum Apostolicum Avenionensium= | ||
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He forbids the players from approaching the pope, he meet them in front of his chambers and they talk through a door. With perfume being burned in the whole room. | He forbids the players from approaching the pope, he meet them in front of his chambers and they talk through a door. With perfume being burned in the whole room. | ||
Guy de Chauliac explains the relation between the current outbreak and the Justinian Plague. | Guy de Chauliac explains the relation between the current outbreak and the Justinian Plague. | ||
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He opens the door and has a letter in his hand. | He opens the door and has a letter in his hand. | ||
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They have to find a way, any way to obtain this information. For example they can ask his valet Tancrède le Bon , he doesn't want to talk to them and he will lie, saying that indeed he was in Marseille, but his lies are not convincing, so they understand that he indeed wasn't in Marseille. | They have to find a way, any way to obtain this information. For example they can ask his valet Tancrède le Bon , he doesn't want to talk to them and he will lie, saying that indeed he was in Marseille, but his lies are not convincing, so they understand that he indeed wasn't in Marseille. | ||
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Tancrède le Bon is "the cardinal" of course he won't carry the ring on his hand most of the time, but he isn't a Trickster, so players will see that he lies and hides stuff, but they do'nt have the power to kill or imprison him (because he is protected by his cardinal) | Tancrède le Bon is "the cardinal" of course he won't carry the ring on his hand most of the time, but he isn't a Trickster, so players will see that he lies and hides stuff, but they do'nt have the power to kill or imprison him (because he is protected by his cardinal) | ||
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==The dead pope== | ==The dead pope== | ||
− | A card with a skeleton pope on it and one sentence : Remember Carcassonne . | + | A card with a skeleton pope on it and one sentence : Remember Carcassonne . (Jean XXII was part of a big inquisition trial against Fraticelli in Carcasonne and he knew things about Élie de Nabinal that he use as blackmail. Elie de Nabinal was promoted by John XII because of his fight against Fraticelli) |
The valet Tancrède le Bon doesn't know what this means and try to avoid the discussion. | The valet Tancrède le Bon doesn't know what this means and try to avoid the discussion. | ||
− | Any player with | + | Any player with Knowledge (heresy) will know what it means. |
Otherwise they have to search the past of Elie de Nabinal where they see that Jean XXII gave him the title of "Master" in 1331 because of his fight against Fraticelli in Carcasonne. | Otherwise they have to search the past of Elie de Nabinal where they see that Jean XXII gave him the title of "Master" in 1331 because of his fight against Fraticelli in Carcasonne. | ||
− | + | If they ask to check the records from that trial. They are told that the records disappeared ! Some documents disappeared ! This is unacceptable ! | |
==Assasination attempt== | ==Assasination attempt== | ||
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The same night two assasins unlock and open their door. They use a skeleton key that belonged to John XXII. | The same night two assasins unlock and open their door. They use a skeleton key that belonged to John XXII. | ||
− | + | The assasins are wearing worn crusaders armours, they don't recognise the heraldry, except that of Aimeric de Cros, a knight who fought alongside John XXII. | |
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− | The assasins are wearing worn crusaders armours | ||
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One has a flail and shield, the other has a crusader longsword and a shield. All those equipments have been stolen from dead nobles burried in Avignon | One has a flail and shield, the other has a crusader longsword and a shield. All those equipments have been stolen from dead nobles burried in Avignon | ||
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Two players need to have '''Combat (duel)''' to defeat both of them. | Two players need to have '''Combat (duel)''' to defeat both of them. | ||
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Élie de Nabinal is assassinated on that night 12th of January. He dies of the plague. (The players can’t prove he was assassinated) | Élie de Nabinal is assassinated on that night 12th of January. He dies of the plague. (The players can’t prove he was assassinated) | ||
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=Part 2 Archivum Secretum Apostolicum Avenionensium= | =Part 2 Archivum Secretum Apostolicum Avenionensium= | ||
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*They receive a letter for Guy de Chaulliac, he is critically ill and begs them to leave. | *They receive a letter for Guy de Chaulliac, he is critically ill and begs them to leave. | ||
− | *If didn't solve the plague issue : Total 6 Bishop coughin, 1 Dead. (In the room where the person died, the cross is upside down. | + | *If didn't solve the plague issue : Total 6 Bishop coughin, 1 Dead. (In the room where the person died, the cross is upside down.) |
*7 Alchemy books disappeared. If they ask the titles : Liber de compositione alchimiae, De investigatione perfectionis (Geber), De mineralibus (Albart Magnus), Opus maius (Roger Bacon), The book of Abraham the Jew. And most importantly L’élixir des philosophes and L'art transmutatoire. Nobody knew those books were here ! Except the pope himself and the librarian. '''Knowledge (heresy)''' : The rumours says that it was John XXII who wrote "L’élixir des philosophes" and "L'art transmutatoire". The librarian explains that for some reason, the pope seemed passionate about alchemy, and at some point in his life he made a bull to ban alchemy ! Very strange. | *7 Alchemy books disappeared. If they ask the titles : Liber de compositione alchimiae, De investigatione perfectionis (Geber), De mineralibus (Albart Magnus), Opus maius (Roger Bacon), The book of Abraham the Jew. And most importantly L’élixir des philosophes and L'art transmutatoire. Nobody knew those books were here ! Except the pope himself and the librarian. '''Knowledge (heresy)''' : The rumours says that it was John XXII who wrote "L’élixir des philosophes" and "L'art transmutatoire". The librarian explains that for some reason, the pope seemed passionate about alchemy, and at some point in his life he made a bull to ban alchemy ! Very strange. | ||
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− | * An entire wing full of servants is | + | * An entire wing full of servants is condemened, because all servants there are ill. They put some food then nail the door. |
* If didn't solve the plague issue : Total 58 Bishop coughin, 28 Dead ('''Music : Hail This Nightmare - BloodBorne''' One bishop died and his body is chewed by a lot of rats.) | * If didn't solve the plague issue : Total 58 Bishop coughin, 28 Dead ('''Music : Hail This Nightmare - BloodBorne''' One bishop died and his body is chewed by a lot of rats.) | ||
* 1 Heresy and Death books disappeared. If they ask the title Liber Juratus Honorii (Sworn Book of Honorius) a Necromancy Grimoire, lots of letters about the Beatific vision. All those books are about summoning the devil or summoning death herself. '''Knowledge (heresy)''' : Pope XXII in his late life had a very strange theory about Death, for which he was criticez as being a heretic. In his point of view, people don't go to heaven just after death. First they are just in the embrace of death. He was called the heretic pope several times. | * 1 Heresy and Death books disappeared. If they ask the title Liber Juratus Honorii (Sworn Book of Honorius) a Necromancy Grimoire, lots of letters about the Beatific vision. All those books are about summoning the devil or summoning death herself. '''Knowledge (heresy)''' : Pope XXII in his late life had a very strange theory about Death, for which he was criticez as being a heretic. In his point of view, people don't go to heaven just after death. First they are just in the embrace of death. He was called the heretic pope several times. | ||
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− | * | + | * The door to the wing that was nail broke, they see some servants running around. Most guards left. |
* If didn't solve the plague issue : Total 88 Bishop coughin, 58 Dead. (All the remaining bishops run away Avignon is mostly empty.) | * If didn't solve the plague issue : Total 88 Bishop coughin, 58 Dead. (All the remaining bishops run away Avignon is mostly empty.) | ||
* Books about Gold, the Fratichelli and the antichrist. If they ask the titles : All documents about the Fratichelli trials disappeared. '''Knowledge (heresy)''' : The pope was in favour of the church being rich which opposed him to the Franciscan Fratichelli, and he was called overtly as being the antichrist. And for some reason he became insanely rich, much richer than a pope should be at some point in his life. | * Books about Gold, the Fratichelli and the antichrist. If they ask the titles : All documents about the Fratichelli trials disappeared. '''Knowledge (heresy)''' : The pope was in favour of the church being rich which opposed him to the Franciscan Fratichelli, and he was called overtly as being the antichrist. And for some reason he became insanely rich, much richer than a pope should be at some point in his life. | ||
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They notice that their rooms are super cold and there's ice on the floor. They didn't notice it before, because : Before isolating them in their room, they would aerate their rooms during the day, now they can't. | They notice that their rooms are super cold and there's ice on the floor. They didn't notice it before, because : Before isolating them in their room, they would aerate their rooms during the day, now they can't. | ||
− | (In particular it's "the cardinal's" goal to weaken the papacy as much as he possibly can, so he sneaks in he rooms of the people he wants to kill and talks to them Disguised at John XXII, scare them, make sure they are terrified. He choses on purpose only Bishops who new him in life | + | (In particular it's "the cardinal's" goal to weaken the papacy as much as he possibly can, so he sneaks in he rooms of the people he wants to kill and talks to them Disguised at John XXII, scare them, make sure they are terrified. He choses on purpose only Bishops who new him in life) |
The players must understand that "the cardinal" enters through the window. | The players must understand that "the cardinal" enters through the window. | ||
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'''Knowledge (heresy)''' he speaks in Aramaic. A lost language used in the bible. | '''Knowledge (heresy)''' he speaks in Aramaic. A lost language used in the bible. | ||
− | | 45min = They smell very strong incense. Everyone rolls for poison. Anyone who fails has to speak in tongue until the end of the game (or a language that nobody in the group understands, that's ok too) | + | | 45min = They smell very strong incense. Everyone rolls for poison. Anyone who fails has to speak in tongue until the end of the game (or a language that nobody in the group understands, that's ok too) |
− | | 60min = There's the corpse of a librarian. His belly was clawed opened | + | | 60min = There's the corpse of a librarian. His belly was clawed opened. With his blood, it drew a reversed cross of blood with the claws. There's no way a human could have done that. |
| 75min = They smell very strong incense. Everyone rolls for poison. Anyone who fails has to speak in tongue until the end of the game (or a language that nobody in the group understands, that's ok too) | | 75min = They smell very strong incense. Everyone rolls for poison. Anyone who fails has to speak in tongue until the end of the game (or a language that nobody in the group understands, that's ok too) | ||
− | From this point on, they | + | From this point on, the floor is made of an insanely expensive red carpet (they didn't put it here, it was there all along), very clean except some bloody goat footsteps. There are very clean green torches regularly spaced. |
| 90min = They finally catchup with the Pope. But a random player is stabbed in the heart by the Pagan demon, instant death. | | 90min = They finally catchup with the Pope. But a random player is stabbed in the heart by the Pagan demon, instant death. | ||
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==Death== | ==Death== | ||
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'''Action : Lockpicking or some strength feats''' | '''Action : Lockpicking or some strength feats''' | ||
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+ | The madman then tries to stack the players with a poisonous dagger. Unless someone has Reflexes, he Poisons someone random. (the poison only "Wounds" people) | ||
==Heretics== | ==Heretics== | ||
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==Templars== | ==Templars== | ||
− | The book shelfs get closer and closer and there's an army of hands with chainmail | + | The book shelfs get closer and closer and there's an army of hands with chainmail, and skeleton templars (he Disguised people as skeleton templars) |
'''Action : Some smart way to pass through for each players or they get Wounded''' | '''Action : Some smart way to pass through for each players or they get Wounded''' | ||
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==Witchcraft== | ==Witchcraft== | ||
− | As they progress through the secret section, they see Pope John XXII in the distance | + | As they progress through the secret section, they see Pope John XXII in the distance waiving a scroll. |
A huge demon appears before them, with fiery wings and a fiery sword and the burning skull of deer. | A huge demon appears before them, with fiery wings and a fiery sword and the burning skull of deer. | ||
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'''Action : unless Combat (monster) need some smart way to take him down''' | '''Action : unless Combat (monster) need some smart way to take him down''' | ||
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==Death== | ==Death== | ||
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*'''Fin epique glorieuse 06-Final''' | *'''Fin epique glorieuse 06-Final''' | ||
*Then loop this Playlist '''Normal-Prima''' | *Then loop this Playlist '''Normal-Prima''' | ||
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At the end of the scenario, hey figure that the pigeons he sent were bound to Neuberg, the abbey they visited at the first episode !! | At the end of the scenario, hey figure that the pigeons he sent were bound to Neuberg, the abbey they visited at the first episode !! | ||
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And few days later, the 25th of January 1348, a HUGE earthquake shakes the entire region and destroys countless citizes and monasteries in the region. | And few days later, the 25th of January 1348, a HUGE earthquake shakes the entire region and destroys countless citizes and monasteries in the region. | ||
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By cross referencing with other books, they reaslie that the passage in question in the book was about the Opus Magnum and the Albedo (Oeuvre au Blanc) which is the second step of the realisation of the philosopher's stone, after the Nigredo (oeuvre au noir) | By cross referencing with other books, they reaslie that the passage in question in the book was about the Opus Magnum and the Albedo (Oeuvre au Blanc) which is the second step of the realisation of the philosopher's stone, after the Nigredo (oeuvre au noir) | ||
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More infos about the Book of the Acts of Solomon who is a biblical lost text : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Solomon | More infos about the Book of the Acts of Solomon who is a biblical lost text : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Solomon | ||
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The vatican secret archives are indeed 85km long https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_Apostolic_Archive | The vatican secret archives are indeed 85km long https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_Apostolic_Archive | ||