==Teaser==Send to the players before the game : 28th of October 1347, Marseilles (Provence, Holy Roman Empire) His Magnum Opus cost him everything: his fortune, his family, his soul. Under the unholy gaze frozen in clay of his demented masters he works tirelessly. The end is near, his pact is formal. Soon he will be the richest man in Marseille and probably in the whole Empire ! ⚜️⚜️⚜️💀💀💀 28 Octobre 1347, Marseille (Provence, Saint Empire romain) Son Grand Oeuvre lui aura tout coûté : sa fortune, sa famille, son âme. Sous le regard impie figé dans l'argile de ses maîtres déments, il travaille inlassablement. La fin est proche, son pacte est formel. Bientôt, il sera l'homme le plus riche de Marseille et probablement de tout l'Empire ! ⚜️⚜️⚜️💀💀💀 =Intro- Danse Macabre=
* Initial situation :
**Date : 28 October 1347
**Location : Marseilles (Provence, Holy Roman Empire)
Metaplot : An alchemist Previously, the players have found "an invitation for a Masquerade (Bal Masqué) for the book"This book explain how to summon demons and gain riches beyond imaginationToussaint 31 Oct 1347 !!!! (Fete des morts).It also explains where to find the other artifactsThere was a date, but no address on it."On the book" gave the artifacts to lots fo peopleinvitation, including there is a noble to whom he gave "drawing of the sword"All artifacts bearers should make ritual deathsand ship them to MarseilleSaint Victor Abbaye in the background. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbaye_Saint-Victor_de_MarseilleThe point being to make This is a hint that the tower of Bones and summon the black plagueball will happen in Marseille.They succeed in 1347The rest of the campaign And indeed, a ball is to try to kill "the book" and end organised there, near the plaguedocks.
The players find where the maskerade was supposed to happen. It was supposed to happen in Marseille. In the cathedral.
They arrive few weeks before to try to investigate.
Every year, a Masquerade (Bal Masqué) is organised in Marseille by the church. It happens in the cathedral : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbaye_Saint-Victor_de_Marseille
Theplot happens just before the black plague 1347 in Marseille (change the dates and places of all previous scenarios)
brough by "marin genois"
Explain about Templars disappearing.
Two artifacts :The Sword and actual point of this masquerade is to gather all the Book (scholar) representatives of the mask ???The Chastellain is a cousin of a noble in Marseille. That's why he makes a shipment of corpses. He is paid hansomely for itdifferent Bone objects.
"the Book" is an alchemist. He has a book made whose cover The ball is made of bonesHe manipulates organised by "the swordBishop" and promise him reaches beyond imagination if he accomplishes a ritual.This ritual requires lots of sacrifices and teh construction of a chapel.The aim is to summon the black plague.-Masquerade-Missing ofrans (gilles de rai style)-Altar of madness-Burning of the Chateau Babon and one block, tower of bones inside. Players trapped.(Chateau Babon is the name of a castle that disappeared in Marseille !)
During the ball, he will give them instructions on how to meet them for the final ritual : The burning of the tower.
They will organise a Masquerade (Bal Masqué)
Bal des Ardents : https://frCathedral is a living place, lots of beggars and orphans. People sick and poor. But balls are organised there too. The players go to the cathedral early.wikipediaTo prepare.org/wiki/Bal_des_ardents tragic even where The maskerade is organised every year it's not connected to "L"."L" uses this venue as a charivari ended way to secretly give instructions on the actual meeting place and time. The meeting will happen in a firethe cathedral where they will do the final ritual of the bones.The deacon of the cathedral ("Bishop") is corrupted as well.
The point of this danse macabre masquerade The cathedral is to gather all the representatives of the different objectsmostly closed. And have them inscribe on the golden Guestbook (live dBecause it'or) the position of the corpses they gots in construction. In exchange All services are held in one wing which is still openThey build a spire of whichbones, they get their payment. (each gests leave with some giftsto be sure the workers aren't aware that those are bones, some of which are full or gold or made of gold)The pages are torn as soon as they are inscribed (so it doesn't incriminate the chastelain directly)hidden in word and straws
The chastelain will hold a second marriage between whom ?
First part, a theater part, where the "monster" is introduced. Four people chained together and covered in burning materials* Explanations :
Second part"L" has been preparing a ritual for a very long time.there is a charivariFor his ritual to succeed, with he needed lots of skeletons of people dressed as beasts. They will burn and diekilled in a certain way. (part of mask's ritual to take deaths? Killed by their imagination ?)
That's why he recruited the Merchant "Coin", the Ministrel "Violin", the deacon "Bishop" etc...
They had the task to kill X people in a very specific way. "Coin" had to buy corpses or sell goods that would kill, "Violin" had to dance them to death, etc....
As a compensation, they got gold, support and a "Bone" item.
XXXXPreviously, the players have found an invitation for a Masquerade (Bal Masqué).There was a date, but no address on it.On the invitation, there is a drawing All these corpses where shipped to him to marseille encased in bricks made of the Saint Victor Abbaye in the background. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbaye_Saint-Victor_de_MarseilleThis is a hint that the ball will happen in Marseille.And indeed, a ball is organised there, near the docksflamable materials.
* Explanations :The point is to make a spire with all the corpses and burn it.
If successful, this ritual will multiply the virality of the plague and let it spread through europe.
* Unsolved mysteries :
Why triggering trigger the Black Plague ?Who organises and controls all of this is "L" ? (Where does those "bookBone" objects come from ? someone else ?)
* Historical themes :
Bal des Ardents : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal_des_ardents tragic even where a charivari ended in a fire
Cour des miracles
Orphans
Beggars
Whores
Aumone
Hospital
Cathedral
=Part 1 Cour des Miracles=
* '''Normal : Z_Normal-Cathédrale Silencieuse'''
{{Ambiance Track
| 5min = Visit of the cathedral and infirmary.
| 15min = There's an old man in his bed, with a lady sobbing at his side. She's a whore (she wears very bright colours) and he is her dying father. Her son was taken as well. Her left shoulder is bleeding a strange wound with a strange shape.
When interrogated, she will explain that she was forced to partake in satanic rituals. She remembers particularly the stench of sulfur and the heat. (more infos about her in the scenario track.
| 30min = A Leper come to them asking for Alms. He said he was refused in the Leprosy. He is an actual lepper. He tell the players that orphans are disappearing, he also tell them about people meeting at night in the crypt below the cathedral. When he goes there, he cannot find the door, he points to a wall (an actual wall). He just rememebr wrong. '''When he sees the wall Music : Alone in the Dark Mysteries'''
| 45min = They see a man counting coins. When approached he pretends to be blind. He is a thief. After they finished takling to him, their purse is gone. And so is he. '''When he sees the wall Music : Alone in the Dark Mysteries''' His left shoulder is bleeding a strange wound with a strange shape.
| 60min = They go to their room. The hostel owner have been killed. Stabbed at the left shoulder. '''When they see he is dead : Alone in the Dark Mysteries''' Their stuff have been stolen. When they leave the hostel, it burns. When it burns. '''When they see it burn : Berserk Behelith'''
| 75min = A riot between sailors (ville basse) and soldiers (ville haute) they fight against a new tax instored in the ville haute that tax goods coming from the sea and sold at ville haute. The Lepper is found dead in the riot. '''When they see the dead lepper : Berserk Behelith''' His left shoulder is bleeding a strange wound with a strange shape.
| 90min = They see a vallet feeding an orphan. He runs away and bring them to the trap. ''When they are attacked : Baston Bridgands !''
}}
The players arrive at the cathedral of Marseille. They are Greeted by the ex deacon (évèque) of Marseille : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasbert_de_Valle
He is the Camerier of the pope : E.g. he manages finances for the pope.
He managed to get funds to renovate the cathedraL.
THe current Deacon (évèque) stays in Avignon while the cathedral is being renovated.
The evil cult will pay some poor to take part of their rituals, part of the ritual is to wound them in the shoulder. The wound is the shape of a hare foot, it's the sign of the devil.
The Deacon has a crosier (crosse épiscopale) with a relic inside. A little chesspiece representing a skeleton Bishop.
He greets the players and they talk about the Masquerade that will happen.
=Part 1 Danse Macabre=* '''Normal : XXX'''The goal As they meet him, he is to uncover how this masquerade is connected to the deathplaying chess against a canon.
The players attend the Masquerade at the Chateau Borbon and understand what is happening.During the Masquerade, lots of artifact bearers are present. They come to pay their respects and receive their reward. Everyone receives presents, some of which are full of gold or made of gold.The inquisitors are allowed in, because they saw the invitation.They go to a fake masquera de at first, then find the actual masquerade and join it.Someone in the masqeurade have the master artifact (is it "book" ? "Emperor crown" ? or "pope key" ? unsure) anyhow he can control artifact bearers and hence influence the playersmake one move.
==Ambiance track==
===Fake Masquerade===
*0min
*10min
*30min Players with artifacts react crazy
*45min
===Insane Masquerade=== The game pieces have their specific moves, which are also used for Byzantine (round) chess:*0min The King moves one square in any direction.*10min The Counsellor/Queen moves only one square diagonally.*30min Players with artifacts react crazy The Elephant/Bishop moves exactly 2 spaces diagonally. It can jump over other game pieces. This means that its movement is restricted to only 8 places on the board.*45min The Knight moves like the modern chess knight: two spaces forward/backward or sideways plus one space at a right angle (an L-shape). The knight jumps over other pieces.*60min Players with artifacts react crazy The Rook moves like the modern one: unlimited movement forward, backward or sideways until it has reached another piece. It cannot jump.*75min *100min Players with artifacts react crazy The Pawn moves one square forward when not capturing. Capturing occurs one step diagonally. Unlike modern chess, the pawn does not have the two-square step as the initial move. When pawns reach the other end of the board they are promoted to a counsellor.
==Scenario Track==
The players attend the Masquerade. The lord greets them then wears a mask.Something He is off. Everyone have similar masks. They stink and they donvery cooperative (he't speak like nobles.They eat very little and dance like puppets. They are actorss a Trickster).
If The Cathedral is being expanded, they talk want to the lord, his voice is a bit offbuild some new towers https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbaye_Saint-Victor_de_Marseille#Les_remaniements_d%E2%80%99Urbain_V
Action : If He will let them visit if they tear want except the fake lord's mask, they see tower because it's not the same personunstable yet.
He then confess that Worse case scenario if they really want to visit the lord went to another tower, they see nothing. Bones are hidden inside bricks made of material that can burn but looks like stone.
They go there and discover a very corrupted masqueradeHe want to throw them on the wrong trail. So he tells them about the numerous Oprhans disappearing. (raw meat, sex, bath of alcohol, absynthe)In the crowd, they see some artifacts and they clearly feel them.The lords shows mean time he will order thugs to all of his guests taht those are inquisitors. People are defensivekill the players.
People go see the lord one by one. Also, He says there is a weird valet dressed like the gream reaper comes to every guests one by oneheretic cult in town who takes orphans.
Action : They should dress like one of the guests. Then the Grim reaper eventually come The point is to them and ask for their letterslure players into a trap.
They have half an hour to come to himvisit the hospice with the deacon.They see Leppers, old people, beggars, orphans, diseased, wounded soldiers, madman, crippled, prostitutes.
Action : Either (if the ask the orphans to stop begging, they steal need to pay, but it doesn't solve anything, just stop the reaper's bag discretely or they should give him a stolen letter from someone drunk.killings)
The letter Action : Ask the orphans where they go beg. See that there is a vague allusion to them havign killed X people in Y way. But itjust one street with zero orphan beggars (because that's too vague to be a proffwhere they disappear)
The reaper then gives them a card Action : Ask the prositute where she met with a name ??and a date?? on it. If they search, they understand the person that it's led her to the name of a dead person burried in marseillestatanic ritual.
Action The prostitute has a lot to say. Her sould is broken since her son got caught and since she partook in the satanic ritual.She remembers that she was paid by a very wealthy vallet wearing provins blue in a street in Marseille.Little did he know the horrors she would have to commit to survive.Then he put a blingfold on her and she walked on pavement, then grass, then some moving stone noise, then crawling underground, then a massive door unlocked and she arrvied in hell.She cries as she describes hell : The heat, the sulfure. She was like inside a stomach.There were statues decapitates with weird clay horrors instead of their heads.There was an assembly of people in black robes. One of them was the master of the ceremony, he was the most cruel. Under his cape there was something like wings. His voice was sweet and seductive, sweet like a knife.Most prostitutes, orfans and beggars who where brought there died if they refused to submit. She wishes that she had to courage to die, because now her soul is gone because of the horrors she commited.They should unearth made her to horrible things and as a prostitute, she have done disgusting things in the grave past but nothing of this personmagnitude. There was rape, but not only, there was murder of childrens, but not only, there was canibalism but that wasn't event he worse of it. She refuses to say what was the worse of it because it broke her sould. (some kind of combination of the three in the wrong order. The point is not to describe gruesome things to the players but to suggest them.)She cries and want to redeem.
They unearth Action : There is a reward as well as some text making it more obvious what actualy happennedvallet looking through his window all the time. But it's still too little to be a proof, sword is far too carefulFor no reason.
Action : They search his home, he is not here. He left throught the window to go to a nearby home (the two homes are very close.)
=Part 2 Missing orphans=Too many Orphans are missing, their goal The other home is to prove that "sword" is responsiblea trap. That way 's where they can take him downare attacked.
==Ambience Track==*15min *30min *45min *60min *75min *100min 'A lot of brigans with clubs come to them. ''Music When they are attacked : Baston Bridgands !'''At the end of the ambiance track, the templare leaves (or dies or soemthing)
==Scenario Track==An old but muscular man covered in Chains with a flail attack them while Combat (Skirmish) or they unearth gravesare wounded before the guards arrive.
Action =Part 2 Danse Macabre=* '''Normal : Psychlopean King in Yellow (put in the background with very very low volume : Defeat Vampire Dark Waltz)''' {{Ambiance Track| 5min = The ball starts with a feast in the cathedral. That draws all the poors. The meat tastes weird. Everyone wears a mask, even the poor. Lots of tables, from rich to poor. Different food on each tables. A very strong feeling of evil. Almost everyone have a wound at the shoulder.| 15min = A strange noble come to them and ask for a Dance. He insist. If a player dance with him or try refuse, he take off his mask and salute. He has the same face of a baron that died a long time ago. A splendid lady that radiates evil takes his hand to ask him to dance (she is the "Lover" of the danse macabre). Later on, the players cannot see him anymore.| 30min = Their drink have been exchanged with blood. They spit. In their food. They find a card with a skeleton. "Vous qui vivez: il est certain,""Quoique cela tarde, que vous danserez.""Mais quand, Dieu seul le sait!""Réfléchissez à ce que vous ferez alors. "| 45min = Someone shouts start attacking someone else with his knife. He is a madman : "Is saw them ! Human bodies in the cathedral ! Hundreds of them ! ! I hear their screams ! Don't get any closer !" He is not wounded at the shoulder. He is quickly surrounded by guests with skeleton masks, in particular a monk face hooded with a rosary (chapelet in english) made of bones that radiate evil take his hand and take him away (it's the Priest (curé), also an artifact) and he is taken out of the ball. Never to reason be seen again.| 60min = A man with a skeleton mask come to one of the players that have an artifact. He ask himto dance and the player cannot resist. This player is gone until the next phase. He is found unconscious on the way to the cemetry. With a wound on his shoulder.| 75min = '''Music : Behelit Berserk''' Characters chained together and covered in feathers and oil arrive and scream like monsters.| 90min = '''Music : Danse Macabre''' The fire starts and the maskerade stops, players are caught in the fire.}} The players attend the Masquerade / Charivari / Carnaval. All the Danse Macabre characters will attend. It's held in part of the cathedral everyone has masks. They feel some very heavy ambiance. Action : scan the crowd for artefact bearers, there are clearly lots of them who avoid the inquisitors as much as possible. They are extremely defensive.For example they see : A man completely obessed with a small chest hidden by a piece of cloth. The usurer. They see a couple sitting on a donkey. The man on the back, the lady in front. Followed by a lot of people making a lot of noise. It's a charivari, a punishment because they re-married. The donkey is followed by a man with a walking stick. He radiates evil It's the Hermit. Some of the guests start to puke blood. A doctor come to them. His face covered with a mask. He radiates evil. He walks them out of the party. They will die the next day. A Wealthy religious men with a Ring that radiates evil. The cardinal. A man with Huge arms that radiates evil. The sergent.
He insult them and say that they are slaves to the lord.
He is in fact an ex templar, who is condemned to wear a chains to attone for his sins.
He talks about orphans disappearing and he is convinced this will help them prove the lord's guilt.
Every time it rains, orphans disappear.
(if the ask the orphans to stop begging, they need to pay, but it doesn't solve anything, just stop the killings)
Action : Ask the orphans where follow them, they go beg. See can see that there is just one street with zero orphan beggars a weird person (because that's where they disappeardisguised as the grim reaper)give them all a letter.
Action: search for a place to hide from the rain. In this street there is a place to hide from the rain. That's where they get caught.
Next time it rains, Action : Either they can see a valet there. When they catch him, he instantly begs for mercy and gives them steal the guy's bag discreetely or take the keyletter from an artifact bearer who is drunk.
The key have blood on itletter is a name and date in the past and a time. It's the name of a person who died. Raymond II des Baux 1237, he was the lord of Marseille a century ago. (like barbe bleue)
He propose Action : Tonight they should go to guide themthe grave of the person with the given name. It's a small crypt.
When they leave the maskerade, the fire starts, but they are spared.
=Part 3 Altar of madness=*'''Normal : ''''''Oldaric''' will trigger a dancing mania in the city : https://enThere they see someone waiting for them.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_maniaYour goal is to find Oldaric*'''The First dancer : Prince of Darkness - Fire Emblem'''
The players discover the altar where "the sword" made his sacrifices. They found the plan of the tower, it requires a lot of corpses. Now they have to escapeget rid of him one way or another.
==Ambience Track==*15min *30min *45min *60min *75min *100min '''Music : '''Clearly there are traces of a recent passage.
=Part 3 The crypt=Scenario Track==They arrive in an annex of the castle. The will fight room by room.See a jail, where they are kept.See the place where they are killed.See the altar of madness, where their corpse is kept.On the altar, there are sketches of the tower of bones.*'''Normal : Z_Flippant-Gyorgy Ligeti''' without '''01-GyrgyLigetiRequiem'''
{{Ambiance Track
| 5min = They hear a long scream echoing and then it's gone.
| 15min = As they crawl, there's some blood stains on the floor. It taints their clothes.
| 30min = Scratching noise coming from a tomb. It's a rat inside.
| 45min = Blood dripping from the ceiling. No idea where it come from. They hear chanting. Something evil is happening upstairs.
| 60min = They see a man crawling in their direction. He was the victim of sacrificial rites, his skin is covered in cuts, his muscles are paper thin. Shortly after the players find him, he dies.
| 75min = Lots of Owl (Hiboux) arrive and look at the players. After a while. They all leave at the same time.
| 90min = The cultists found them and try to smoke them out. They are Wounded. '''Music : (fast start) Light of the Seven (EP 10 Trial scene)''' at 00:40 the gallery is full of smoke and they start to choke.
}}
On each roomsThey enter the des Baux crypt, they can use the help of there is a secret passage that lead to the ex templarcathedral. (if they kept There hear people talking and it since last timeresonates a lot.)
At each step, if they fail, they get battles from that point on, The secret passage arrives in a strange building. (it's a forgotten part of the alarm leevl goes up each time they fail.crypt of the cathedral)
===Entrance===
At the entrance of the castle, there are two guard, the players need to take them down silently.
Disguise can work. Stealth can work. Poison etc... up to the players
The entrance is concealed and they have to find the entrance. Eye of detail : reveals one of the tombs that was frequently opened Knowledge : Reveals the name of a person that is not supposed to be buried here Strength : Allows to open all tombs quickly Worse case scenario they spend a lot of time doing it. Which advances the ambiance track by one. Uner it is a very narrow tunnel recently dug, they have to crawl for a certain time, then they arrive in the crypt. One of the players is stuck. They have to help him. ===Crypt===The crypt is situated in the cathedral.When they enter, they hear people crying chanting from outside. There is a monk that heard them enter. He hides. When they are all inside , they hear a lock sound. The monk just locked the doorgate they came from, then he throw away the keys. They are locked in.
===Jail===Orphans are kept Three doors in Jailstotal : The door they came from, locked with a heavy gate. They need The heavy iron gate that leads to find a way to free them without making noisethe cathedral : Locked before they came in.Lock picking works, great strength work (they are shitty jails)Shims work as wellA strange wooden door.
Hitting on the locks workHe starts shouting, but sounds the alarmthey kill him quickly.
They hear some scratches coming from next door, like claws on the gournd (they are cleaning)have to find a way out without making too much noise.
The orphans say there are more orphans insidemonk threw away the keys through the gate they took to enter. Just one key is reachable.
===Slaughterhouse===XXXX something more interesting in this room ??Lots of valets cleaning some blood.The room is Action : they have to find a circle of sacrifice. drenched in bloodsmart way to reach it.
The room It is clearly soundproof but there a kind of ritual bellkey with a carved skull on it. They want to ring itThe key looks like a small dagger.
How to prevent them from ringing it ?There is a wooden door which is covered with metal sculptures of skeletons. Skeleton dancing with people.Truestrike to kill the guy before he has time ?Bluff to make them believe it's normal that they are here ?Any other smart ideas ?It is locked.
Strong blood stenchAction : One of the statues is perfectly identical to the Bone Chesspiece. if they pull it down, it reveals the keyhole. Then either lockpick or use the key.
===Undercrypt===
===Altar of Madness===Lots There is a very strong smell of child heads looking at sulfur that pours from the book with bonesroom behind. They are on pikes moving, liek they are chatning or somethingThe players puke. The Thé room is redvery warm. Because the blood pool de was boiling.They have the feeling than more and more heads question wether they are looking at themin hell or on earth.
Unbreathable blood stenchTHe room is an ancient crypt with statues, all of which where mutilated. INstead of their heads there is an awful clay figure sqhowing horrible sight, players can go crazy.scenes (rodin gates of hell style)
The book There are 8 statues (Lucifer is held by chains, no way to take itmissing) they represent the 9 archdevils of hell.XXXX WHAT NEXT ?[http://prima.wiki/images/1/15/3_Archdevils.png] [http://prima.wiki/images/7/7e/6_Secondary_Archdevils.png]
There are lots or alchemical equipments and a very strong stench of chemicals mixed with blood.
In the corner of the room there is a pedestal to put a book and lots of chains to keep it. But the book is absent.
They see a bookshelf and lots of notes. One open book.
Action : The last written note is a letter.
The letter explaine that the person has few weeks to hold his part of the bargain, he has to kill X people in this exact way otherwise they will come for him. And death will be the last of his worries. Signed "L."
Action : The open book is a ledger it talks about all the "bricks" brought by each persons.
Action : Read the book son the book shelf. One of them will force the user to keep it.
Action : Analyse the alchemical substances either using a skill or by reading the books.
One of the alchemical substances is very strong burning rock.
Action : use it to break the gate that leads into the cathedral.
===Cathedral===
They see the ritual happening. They understand that they are in the cathedral.
=Part 4 The tower of bones=
* '''Normal : Baston Skeleton Dance'''
They find the tower of bones. Then a fire starts.
At the end, a dark ship lands with the black plague onboard Italian sailors. (genois)
And they manage to kill "sword"
{{Ambiance Track| 5min = The fire starts. The cathedral is on fire. There's a spark of fire on their clothes which start burning.| 15min =The fire is unnaturally strong. They smell strong incense. They see some ritualists falling with candels they recognise some poor they saw before, for example the prostiture. Tha'ts how the fire started.| 30min =Ambiance TrackThe tower burns, revealing skeletal hands in the fire. An artifact bearer drops and starts drooling. The other players can wake him up.| 45min = Incense smell intensifies. They hear souls screaming. they now see clearly that the tower is hiding a spire of entwined skeletons.| 60min = The sound of souls screaming is strong and unbearable. Some heads open and scream fire then the skeleton falls. All the players who have artifact start walking toward the tower, the other players stop them, but they all temporarily insane.| 75min =More and more skeletons start falling from the tower. THe ground is glowing red with skeletons crawling. Parts of the roof caves in. They have to avoid it. | 90min =The tower collapses. Same for the roof of the Cathedral. They are hurt.}} The ritual is accomplished, they start to burn the tower. All the artifacts holders keep chanting, they are at the top of the cathedral.From times to time some people doing the ritual fall. The players try to stop the ritual but to do so they have to climb the cathedral and "Bishop" is there to attack them. As the tower burns, it reveals all the corpses bound in a spiral. Fire pours through the skulls. They hear horrible sounds, like souls. The air is filled with strong incense, makes them hallucinate. Phase after phase the fire become more unnatural and stronger. Start to burn more and more of the cathedral. BOSS fight against the deacon "Bishop". When they enter the cathedral, "Bishop" happens to be there. If they have any remo way to attacking him, they skip one step. There's a very narrow stair. "Bishop" ask a cultist to hold it with a spear. The "cultist" is a poor from before with a mark on his shoulder. He is clearly not himself. Combat skills can work or any other way to kill him. Otherwise they are wounded. They climb the stairs, "Bishop" raises a dead cultist poor man corpse. His eyes burns. One of the players clearly see that it is only a big cultist with a skeleton mask. He has a Shield and a mace. Action : Combat duel can work. Attacking the roof can work. Otherwise one player has to stay and let the others pass. He is wounded or killed. There a very narrow "poutre" they have to cross, but two crazed poors shoot at them. Action : They have to find any meaningful way of passing through. There's no protection immediately next to them, but the previous soldier had a shield. They get closer to him and he starts screaming, which breaks all the surrounding windows and there's a surge of fire, it break all remaining ground between him and them. They have a way to retreat to the nearby walls. Or they have a shot at him. Action : if they have anything to attack distantly or jump through, they can do it. If not they have to leave. If they go back, they can grab the bows of the previous soldiers, but they have to be very veyr fast. If they reach this point fast enough, they can leave indemn. Or they are hurt.
if they manage to kill him they can keep the [[Bone Chesspiece]].
==Scenario Track==Either way, they are separated from the rest of the cultists who run away.
The ritual is a success.
=The players have no choice but to jump to water to leave the burning cathedral. They see a ship that is attached to the cathedral. =Epilogue==
Epilogue musics :
*'''Epique entre-scenart gagant 12-Pista de audio 12.mp3Firelink Shrine 1h + Fire sound'''*All the city is fighting the fire for a long time. After hours of fight, the fire is finally tamed. They use large hooks to destroy the buildings around it. But for some reason the fire doesn't propagate at all outside this tower of the cathedral. All the city is helping to clear the fire. In the remnants of the cathedral, they find an ocean of burned bones.In the ocean of corpses, they see a huge iron egg containing lots of half dead people. One of them only is alive, it is an italian sailor. His body is almost entirely burned. He has a big commplicated pattern completely black on his left shoulder. His body is covered in black spots. He explains in latin that their ship was attacked and they where caught in this weird ritual. He caughts a lot. He dies in the same day. The pope is very embarrased that a person very close to him was a heretic, so he decided to change the date of his death, to make sure he couldn''Epique entre-scenart gagant 12-Pista de audio 12t be linked to this incident and made sure nobody could talk about this event.mp3''' (put Since only the tower burned, he decides to rebuild it twice). The sailor is sent to a hospital and dies shortly after there. All the people in the hospital die of the plague. The black plague is releaseed in Marseille ! 1 November 1347 ==Post Game Bonus== Send those to the players as a post game bonus : *'''Fin epique glorieuse 06-Final'''The Cathedral of Marseille : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_of_St_Victor,_Marseille*Then loop this Playlist '''Normal-Prima'''Next scenario Actual picture of the crypts below the Cathedral : Black Plague [http://prima.wiki/images/4/4e/Cathedral_Crypt.jpg] There was an actual events where during a masquerade people coevred themselves in marseille, feathers and oil and killing caught fire (even though it was not at that period) it was later called the "doctorBal des Ardents" ?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal_des_Ardents : [http://prima.wiki/images/4/46/Bal_des_Ardents.jpg]
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