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Send to the players before the game :
=Intro=
Characters :
*Abbot Albrecht, a writer
*Father Superior RodolpheOldaric, the book binder (the evil one)
*Father Superior Arnaud (French), the illuminator he is on a trip to Avignon
*Brother Galeazzo (Lombard), the doctor
Presentation of the library: '''Music Edward Cisorhand'''
It is a large Benedictine (Cistercians) monastery dedicated to theology. The greatest of sciences.
3 levels of library plus the archives of the Societas Templois.
The archives are locked in the basement and not accessible to them, if they insist someone will come with them to visit.
*Explanations
Father Rodolphe "The Abbot" Oldaric with a bone diptychtriptych. His contract is to kill three Dukes and ship two fingers of their left hand hearts plus kill take 100 monkshearts. He poisons the Dukes then replace remove their fingers hearts after their death. For the monks he uses poisoned candlesto make them crazy so it’s easier to kill them.
=Day 1=
{{Ambiance Track
| 5min = They pass by a corridor and they notice a statue of Otto der Fröhliche in armor, and it’s written below : Otto slaying the heretics.Lots of candles and gifts in front of him. One Monk is crying, this family was the abbey’s only protectors, what will happen now ?| 15min = Everyone stops to go to pray. If they go : they notice lots of people missing at mass.A company of pilgrims arrive at the abbey, to pay homage to Friedrich II| 30min = All Axes One of the monastery are gonepilgrims is missing. He took all his belongings and left. The only thing behind : a broken Rosary.
| 45min = Dead animal before their door
| 60min = Sinister sound, like a sinister laugh, actually it's a squeaky door. In the courtyard there a hooded monk looking at them for a long long time,then he leaves.| 75min = Some books There is one book on the floor, it is completely unintelligible. The writings are completely unreadablePages and pages of gibberish.
| 90min = Someone locks players in a room by knocking down a piece of furniture, broken piece of furniture. When they go out, the bridges are sabotaged
}}
*Brother Galeazzo (Lombard), the doctor
'''Music When they analyse the body : Z_Normal-Cathédrale SilencieusePalais des Papes''' Small body in a red white red flag. ‘''His hands are joined’'' and his eyes are closed. Lots of incense burning around him.
'''Action : Check eyes and mouth ''' His eyes are completely red and his tongue is swollen. He was clearly poisoned but could be suicide.
'''Action : Open his hands '''
'''Music Danse Macabre''' Two of A scar on his fingers are missingchest, the middle finger and ring finger are his heart is missing. ! The doctor didn't notice this when he got the corpse. They were It was removed after his death. Clearly a '''murder''' ! A soldier per player will remain in reinforcement.
'''Action : Ask to see the body of Otto der Fröhliche or Leopold II von Habsburg : ''' They both wear leather gloves have the same gloves. Below their glvoes you can see that their two fingers have been replacedscar, all hearts are missing. It looks like a heresy but it's not a good enough proof.They notice a signet ring at Otto der Fröhliche’s hand.
'''Action : Inspect the gloves ring ''' There's a coat of arm with what appears to be a tree with two trunks and black wings. (if knowledge or knowledge heresy) That's the coat of arm of a Pagean ! Definitely a heresy ! A soldier will remain in reinforcement. If not, then they need next step :
[http://prima.wiki/index.php?title=[File:Coat.jpg]]
'''Action : Ask around in the monasteries if anyone know those coats of arms , search the library : '''
Study and topologies of known heresies (title of the book)
Ex: The chewing vampire
And they see finally find the coat of arms, it’s a heresy !
Other books are a little illegible too
- Abbot Albrecht the superior father who worked the garden and is the one who found the body.
-Brother Conrad (scribe mad) he Friedrich II repeatedly wanted to confess something important but didn't have time. Friedrich II had a book under his arm all the time. It's the books !
-Brother Eudes (cook), the cook who met him last at meal (but silent)
Rooms are messy for many people.
-For sure they will ask to visit the archives of the Societas Templois. They don’t see anything useful. But they see books chained, with horrible shapes and covers, if they start to read them, their faith is challenged. '''Music Z_Flippant - Dark World'''
Either way, when they discover that it’s a heresy : '''Someone locks players in a room by knocking down a piece of furniture, broken piece of furniture. When they go out, the bridges are sabotaged'''
=Day 2=
{{Ambiance Track
| 5min = They see the statue Otto der Fröhliche have been defiled, his face is broken. The candles have been all broken.
| 15min = Laud bell. The pigeon loft is emptied. Weak signal (something they can discover): Toxic mushrooms are gone
| 30min = Tierce bell. The box that contained their sceals has disappeared.
| 45min = Sext bell. '''Music : Flippant le diable est dans la boite’'’ : A player receives poison in one glass. He has one action. He need to decide to vomit. Otherwise stay feverish in bed.use Faith or die (if possible do it to a player that has Faith)| 60min = Some Tons books on the floor. The writings All of them are pure gibberish completely unreadable.| 75min = Vespers bell. The There’s a huge fire at the food, clothing and old candle storage building burned. In The whole town burns except the rubble there is a burnt monk with a metal torchAbbey. It was All the main food storage for in the city is destroyed all the city has to be in the abbey !| 90min = Compline bell. Players' door is nailed and the room is smoked'''Music : Z_Flippant-Le diable est dans la boite'''
}}
*'''Normal : Z_Normal-Département Nécrologique'''
The small town is accessible only by a mountain path with a passage through a rope because the main road is blocked. Especially with the perpetual torrential rain falling. It has been cut. The players are stuck here.
From 5 clues, they can call the cavalry. Who in any case will come after the facts.
'''Either way, at the end : Players' door is nailed and the room is smokedsmoked’'''''Music : Z_Flippant-Le diable est dans la boite '''
=Day 3=
{{Ambiance Track
| 5min = Tons of books on the floors everywhere, they don’t understand. In every floor every corridors. Most most of them ineligible.| 15min = Bell of 5:00 Lauds bell: A person found with an ax in dead, knife to the skullheart. No clues. They see Ambience: Brother Galeazzo is in the middle of a guy go down the halls with corridor looking intensely at a wagon book. When they interrupt him he is in complete shock and say cries, he's going says the devil was speaking to plant cereals and fruitshim. He distribute books on The book in complete gibberish but the floorpage he was looking at is clearly written in another unknown language. Knowledge (heresy) : It’s pagan language.| 30min = '''Music : Z_Batson-Brigands !''' Attack: As players take a flight of stairs, someone pushes a cabinet up the stairs. The cabinet will soon fall and they have little time to react. It's up to them to find a way to block it. For example, plant something on the stairs.
Very difficult to go down the stairs quickly enough, the nearest door is closed. But possibility of stalling something in the corner to block.
Great chance that a player will be seriously injured and stay to bed.
If they can catch the guy who did that, he takes them for demons and is insane.
| 45min = 7h00 Prime bell: Death. They see a wagon full of books, clearly someone have been distributing them. There’s a dead goat on it.| 60min = 9h00 Terce bell: Death. Brother Conrad says "It's the Books" and wants to burn all the books. The players have the choice to let him burn the books or not.| 60min = 9h00 Terce bell: DeathThey see Goat footsteps in the corridor, it leads nowhere. Ambience: Brother Galeazzo has visions and starts to be insane| 75min = 12h00 Sext Bell: '''Music : Z_Flippant-Le diable est dans la boite''' Death. Players hear voices calling themOne of the players, randomly chosen (if possible who has faith) just realised he has a book in his hands. They start He hears a voice asking him to go insane themselvesopen it.| 90min = 15h00 None bell: Death. Death of Brother Galeazzotabbed. From this point on, everyone is insane, nobody responds or help them
}}
*'''Normal : Kin Amar'''
For each bell, there will be a kill. The players have to find a way to stop this.
Morning Bell 4:00 AM Matins bell: A person found dead, a knife to his heart.
Main actions:
-Close the work rooms
-Close everyone in their rooms and do some rounds, or put people in different peasant rooms.(all of them are burned already)
It does not stop the dead
Jumps to the intro of the next sessions
*'''Normal : Quake'''
The players spend the night in the library with all the other monks, all candles are light in the room.
For this scene '''Music: Behelith'''
Father Rodolphe Oldaric tries to assassinate a player in the night. Dense smoke in his room. Father Rodolphe Oldaric walks between them slowly asking an insistent question, but impossible to answer: You eat our foodI never wanted to kill you. My lord didn’t order me to. You kill our brothersInstead I will offer you a secret. You steal our booksI will offer you. You cut our bridgesKnowledge. Do you have any politenesswant that ? What do (The player cannot answer)Do you have to say for your defensewant that ? I'm listening (The player cannot answer)Ok. You deserve to you. Answer. Then stab himknow !He bring the bone triptych and opens it in front of the player.(Hopefully a player with courage or Faith)If no Courage of Faith, the player gets « Insane (temporary) »
Players know it's Father superior Rodolphe Oldaric (mad book binder).
Players must stop Father Rodolphe Oldaric and have him executed.
And discover what happened in the monastery.
{{Ambiance Track
| 5min = They find bloody books all over the hallways. With a piece A drop of flesh in it. Then blood below each books, they find stick to the same guy that was planting books. But now he's "feeding" themfloor.| 15min = Father Conrad (mad scribe) (crazy) wants to burn the monastery.He tries to convince the players to help him. Madness 1 players start to Hear voices.| 30min = Father Raymond (crazy gardener) (crazy) Eudes is in the corridor exploded under a piece of furniture that fell. He was running away from something. Madness 2: Hear Another player realises that he has a bloody book in his hand. But no voices, tremble.| 45min = Fruits! A bunch of monks took all the food, all the spices, all the salt, all the chemicals of the pharamceuticals and piled them in a big basin of water and he can throw it is put to the food to die of it. Two of them are dead. The food is inedible. More food than for 48h by rationing , the monks continue to eataway.| 60min 30min = There are monks crying in a corner. He discovers his face, he has no lips, no cheeks and no tongue and bleeds abundantly. When asked who did this he wrote: "Rodolphe Oldaric devil"»| 75min 45min = Players discover that they all Father Conrad (mad scribe) (crazy) wants to burn the monastery.He tries to convince the players to help him. One of the players hear Father Oldaric’s voice « Talk to me. I have blood a secret for you.» he looks behind : Nobody.| 60min = Some bloody goat footsteps on their handsthe floor. If they follow them, it leads to the dining room full of monks who hanged themselves. They do not know whereIn the room, one of the players see a man with the head of a goat. Madness 3: Hear voicesHe invites him to enter, he has a secret for him. TrembleOther players have to stop him or he loses faith. People talk | 75min = All the monks start to them walk towards the dining room. In the middle, here is a huge circle of booksa living goat is attached in the middle. All the alive monks are shouting at each other in permissancean unknown language. -1 has all your rollsThe players have the impression that the hanged people are chanting too. They feel something terrible is going to happen.| 90min = ???A man covered with blood with a goat mask on his head come to them, he emerges from the dining hall with the [[Bone Triptych]], it is Father Albrecht who completely lost his mind, he shows it to all of them and they all lose faith. Once they kill him, they get the key and can loot the Triptych off him.
}}
Other actions:
Action, Go see Father Brother Galeazzo: (If Father Galeazzo (doctor) alive and if not burned the books) Father Galeazzo (doctor) is found hanged at home. On his table he has an open book on the page of an inhaling poison that drives people crazy. He has a broken candle he was analysing. It's a way to tell the players where the problem come from.
Action visit Father RodolpheOldaric's cell: Father Rodolphe Oldaric (mad binder) (crazy) covered his cell with candles. He is afraid of the dark. But of course he's not there.
Main actions:
If they try to go to the level 4 archives of the librarySocietas Templois, there's a grid preventing them from going updown. It's closed. They need to find Father Albrecht Albrecht’s key to open it.
Behind the gate they can hear a voice chanting.
Father Albrecht has disappeared. How to find the father Father Albrecht?
It's his garden time. Players must find his usual schedule. And they will find it in the garden. He may also see that he is missing his gardener outfit in his room.
==Secret Archives==When they arrive at the top bottom of the tower archives '''Music Gaunter o Dim'''
Go to the top of the library in his workstation behind the grid of the most secret books. There is a huge volume with jaws, Father Rodolphe Oldaric (mad binder) worked there for a long time and attached knives and bones to this big book.
The big book is readable, but it drives crazy if a player reads it.
The tower is covered with candles. Players do not feel well.
Father Rodolphe Oldaric reads the book aloud. It disturbs the players even more.
At every step, they have to roll high or go crazy.
*He explains to the players that the god of the old and the new testament are not the same and give a clear proof.
*Which means that the god of the old testament is actually Satan
*Which means that Satan created the world.
Example of inconsistencies :
===Example 1===
In the new testament, saint Timothy cannot be more clear :
1 Ti.6:16
"who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen."
And yet, in the old testament, it is the exact contrary :
1 Ki.8:12; 2 Chr.6:1; Ps.18:11
In the book of Kings, the book of Psalms and the book of Chronicles,
it is repeatedly said "The Lord has said that he would dwell in thick darkness. He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, thick clouds dark with water."
God cannot be both surrounded by Light and darkness ! Only Satan is surrounded by darness.
All the players who don't have courage have a roll, anything less than 4 and they go insane.
===Example 2===
In the new testament, Saint Luke and Saint Matthiew clearly says that you should forgive your enemies :
Mt.5:38-40; Lk.6:27-29
"But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them."
And yet, in the old testament, god is vengeful, it is said three times in both Exodus, Leviticus and Deuteronomy
"But if there is harm,[a] then you shall pay life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe."
God cannot both condone revenge and forgiveness ! Only Satan condones vengeance !
All the players who don't have courage have a roll, anything less than 5 and they go insane.
===Example 3===
In the old testament, Isaiah says that God and God alone create heaven and earth
Is.44:24
"I am the Lord, the Maker of all things, who stretches out the heavens, who spreads out the earth by myself,"
And yet, in the new testament John says
Jn.1:1-4
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men."
Let me ask you a question. Who is the Word ? Who created all things ? Who hide in darkness ? Who condone revenge ?
Who ? But SATAN ! SATAN himself created heaven and earth ! And the proof is in the bible ! Your whole life, when you called for God the creator, you have been worshipping SATAN !
All the players who don't have courage have a roll, anything less than 6 and they go insane.
===Example 4===
And let me read you the greatest secret of all.
He gives a final quote from the bible, but all the players lose their faith and faint.
(More inconsistencies : http://www.skeptically.org/bible/id7.html )
He is in a reading cage in the middle of the room with the book.
Once they turn off all the lights, it scares father Rodolphe Oldaric and he fall on his own book.
Turn off the light in real life when this happens.
Then play the music "'''Music:Behelit"'''
He is dead.
In the cage, Father Rodolphe Oldaric had kept some letters he received.
Nothing unusual in his letters, except that the writing becomes more and more confused.
They find one letter though that is very unsual
He triptych is never found even searching thoroughly the monastery.
When reading the letter '''Music Danse Macabre'''
Sir,
It is with great satisfaction that I learn your taste for our candles.
I am delighted with your new order.
Know that my institution knows how to can treat its good customers generously, you will no doubt appreciate my new merchandise.
Your devoted
Eugène Clavicle, the skeleton merchant
PS: You will be pleased to learn that I will hold a booth at the Valfranc Provins fair this yearin May. Feel free to visit me on that occasion.
*Keep the Library open, yes or no
*Burn the forbidden book, yes or no
==Post Game Bonus==
Send those to the players as a post game bonus :
As a bonus, here are some actual pictures of the Neuberg Abbey : [http://prima.wiki/images/1/18/Neuberg1.jpg] [http://prima.wiki/images/4/40/Neuberg2.jpg] [http://prima.wiki/images/c/c7/Neuberg3.jpg]
Fun fact : Indeed, three dukes died in the abbey of Neuberg : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto,_Duke_of_Austria Frederick II and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_II,_Duke_of_Austria
The Societa Templois was indeed founded by Otto and he also built the Abbey, so it's quite possible that it was the seat of the order at some point.
As crazy as it seems, this coat of arms was the real coat of a peagan family [http://prima.wiki/images/0/01/Coat.jpg] (the VON PFEILSDORF / PILEWSKI ) who where defeated by German knights, possibly the Societa Templois.
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