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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 triptych. 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.
=Day 4 - Societas Templois=
*'''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 secret. 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 secret for you.» he looks behind : Nobody.
| 60min = Some bloody goat footsteps on the floor. If they follow them, it leads to the dining room full of monks who hanged themselves. In the room, one of the players see a man with the head of a goat. He invites him to enter, he has a secret for him. Other players have to stop him or he loses faith.
| 75min = All the monks start to walk towards the dining room and they build . In the middle, here is a large huge circle of books. A booksa living goat is attached in the middle. Some All the alive monks are chanting shouting at each other in an unknown language. The 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.
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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.
When they arrive at the bottom of the 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.
He is in a reading cage in the middle of the room with the book.
Up to them to find a way to kill father AldredOldaric.
*Bashing the grid does not work.
*Pick through the grid is too difficult.
*Possible to simply flee.
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'''
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.
Eugène Clavicle, the skeleton merchant
PS: You will be pleased to learn that I will hold a booth at the 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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