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Send to the players before the game :
=Intro=
Characters :
*Abbot Albrecht, a writer
*Father Superior AldredOldaric, 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 Aldred "The Abbot" Oldaric with a bone diptychtriptych. His contract is to kill three Dukes and ship their hearts plus take 100 monks hearts. He poisons the Dukes then remove their hearts after their death. For the monks he uses poisoned candles to make them crazy so it’s easier to kill them.
=Day 1=
*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''’ ' A scar on his chest, his heart is missing ! The doctor didn't notice this when he got the corpse. 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 have the same scar, all hearts are missing. It looks like a heresy but it's not a good enough proof.
'''Action : Inspect the 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 : '''
-For sure they will ask to visit the archives of the Societas Templois. They don’t see anything useful. But they see books chained XXXXXXX , with horrible shapes and covers, if they start to read them, their faith is challenged. '''Music XXXXXXXZ_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
| 60min = Tons books on the floor. All of them are pure gibberish completely unreadable.
| 75min = Vespers bell. There’s a huge fire at the food, clothing and old candle storage building. The whole town burns except the Abbey. All the food storage 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.
'''Either way, at the end : Players' door is nailed and the room is smoked’''
=Day 3=
{{Ambiance Track
| 5min = Tons of books on the floors everywhere. In every floor every corridors. Most most of them ineligible.
| 15min = Bell of 5:00 Lauds bell: A person found dead, knife to the heart. No clues. Ambience: Brother Galeazzo is in the middle of a corridor looking intensely at a book. When they interrupt him he is in complete shock and cries, he says the devil was speaking to him. The book in complete gibberish but the page he was looking at is clearly written in another unknown language. Knowledge (heresy) : It’s pagan language.
| 30min = ‘’’Music '''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. They see Goat footsteps in the corridor, it leads nowhere.| 75min = 12h00 Sext Bell: ‘’’Music '''Music : Z_Flippant-Le diable est dans la boite’’boite''' Death. One of the players, randomly chosen (if possible who has faith) just realised he has a book in his hands. He hears a voice asking him to open it.
| 90min = 15h00 None bell: Death. Death of Brother Galeazzo tabbed. 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:
*'''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 Aldred Oldaric tries to assassinate a player in the night. Dense smoke in his room. Father Aldred Oldaric walks between them slowly asking an insistent question, but impossible to answer: I never wanted to kill you. My lord didn’t order me to. Instead I will offer you a giftsecret. I will offer you. Knowledge.
Do you want that ? (The player cannot answer)
Do you want that ? (The player cannot answer)
If no Courage of Faith, the player gets « Insane (temporary) »
Players know it's Father superior Aldred Oldaric (mad book binder).
Players must stop Father Aldred Oldaric and have him executed.
And discover what happened in the monastery.
| 5min = They find bloody books all over the hallways. A drop of blood below each books, they stick to the floor.
| 15min = Father Eudes is in the corridor exploded under a piece of furniture that fell. He was running away from something. Another player realises that he has a bloody book in his hand. But no voices and he can throw it away.
| 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: "Aldred Oldaric devil »
| 45min = 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 Aldred’s Oldaric’s voice « Talk to me. I have a gift secret for you.» he looks behind : Nobody.| 60min = XXThere are Some bloody goat footsteps on the floor. If they follow them, it leads to the dining room full of monks crying in who hanged themselves. In the room, one of the players see a man with the head of a cornergoat. He discovers his faceinvites him to enter, he has no lips, no cheeks and no tongue and bleeds abundantlya secret for him. When asked who did this Other players have to stop him or he wrote: "Aldred devil »XXloses faith.| 75min = XXPlayers discover that they all have blood on their handsAll the monks start to walk towards the dining room. They do not know whereIn the middle, here is a huge circle of booksa living goat is attached in the middle. Madness 3: Hear voicesAll the alive monks are shouting at each other in an unknown language. TrembleThe players have the impression that the hanged people are chanting too. People talk They feel something terrible is going to them in permissancehappen. -1 has all your rolls.XX| 90min = XX???XXA 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.
}}
Action, Go see 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 AldredOldaric's cell: Father Aldred Oldaric (mad binder) (crazy) covered his cell with candles. He is afraid of the dark. But of course he's not there.
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 Aldred 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 Aldred Oldaric reads the book aloud. It disturbs the players even more.
At every step, they have to roll high or go crazy.
Example of inconsistencies :
"An eye for an eyewho alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, etcwhom no one has seen or can see. ExTo him be honor and might forever.21:23-25; Lev.24:20; Deut.19:21.Turn the other cheek. Mt.5:38-40; Lk.6:27-29Amen. "
"God dwells in thick darkness. 1 Ki.8:12; 2 Chr.6:1; Ps.18But to you who are listening I say:11.God dwells in unapproachable lightLove your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 1 TiIf someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also.6:16If 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 created create heaven and earth. Is.44:24.He had help. "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 Aldred 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 Aldred Oldaric had kept some letters he received.
Nothing unusual in his letters, except that the writing becomes more and more confused.
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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