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--- resources:adventure:lost_depths [2018/07/01 09:56]
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+++ resources:adventure:lost_depths [2018/08/17 10:21] (current)
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 ====== Lost Depths ======
-**WORK IN PROGRESS**
 ===== Initial Brief =====
 **THE CIRCLE CALLS FOR AID**
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   * [[user:ellieh:pc:Sabrina|Sabrina]] - Ellie
   * [[user:g_b:pc:sato_cross|Sato Cross]] - George
-  * [[user:gm_matthew:pc:Marius|Marius]] - Mat
+  * [[user:gm_matthew:pc:Marius_of_the_foresters_guild|Marius of the Foresters Guild]] - Mat
   * [[user:michael:pc:Monty|Monty]] - Michael
 ===== Summary =====
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 They find Beatrix being plagued by oversharers. Sabrina isn't sure whether this is actually a connection incursion or if it seems like a connection incursion only because she's expecting it to but they cut through the talkative plants anyway and rescue Beatrix who is also suffering from the hallucinations and explains that she fled this deep into the canyon to escape from Sirius who had killed Natasha and tried to kill her. She accompanies them as they decide to advance down a tunnel where the pebbles had come from.
-On the way, they pass through an open area where the sun shines down on an area where they find a broken wheel and a crumbling throne bemoaning their worthlessness and a crooked man from which hangs the body of one of the foresters that had died during the disastrous mission when Marius' was touched by the Forest. Sato and Garrek notice something divine beyond an opening sealed by carefully stacked rocks. Sato begins labouriously removing rocks enough to get a look inside at what seems to be a kneeling figure. Garrek simply passes through the wall into the alcove. He discovers that the figure is an ancient desiccated skeleton clutching in its hands, a torch icon and a rolled up fragment of parchment bearing strange characters. On the wall behind is scratched the message "Visions 26:8". Garrek brings the skeleton back through the wall with him. They take the icon and note but decide to leave the skeleton.
+On the way, they pass through an open area where the sun shines down on an area where they find a broken wheel and a crumbling throne bemoaning their worthlessness and a crooked man from which hangs the body of one of the foresters that had died during the disastrous mission when Marius' was touched by the Forest. Sato and Garrek notice something divine beyond an opening sealed by carefully stacked rocks. Sato begins labouriously removing rocks enough to get a look inside at what seems to be a kneeling figure. Garrek simply passes through the wall into the alcove. He discovers that the figure is an ancient desiccated skeleton clutching in its hands, a torch icon and a rolled up fragment of parchment bearing [[:resources:adventure:lost_depths#cipher|strange characters]]. On the wall behind is scratched the message "Visions 26:8". A pile of unused rocks inside the alcove suggests that the paladin walled themselves up, for reasons unknown. Garrek brings the skeleton back through the wall with him. They take the icon and note but decide to leave the skeleton close to its resting place.
 They re-enter the tunnel and progress on into a cavernous room, taken up almost entirely by a great maw in the floor with lashing tentacles and gnashing teeth. Behind them, a rockfall of pebbles blocks their egress. A huge tongue lolls out invitingly from the maw and Garrek jumps straight in down its throat, finding a long, barbed oesophagus and a stomach of burning acid. As he passes out, he farlinks back to Sabrina. The maw rolls out its tongue once more and the party definatly declare, "we're not going to walk into your mouth again!" before Garrek does exactly that.
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 ===== Debrief =====
+Gradually, a few pebbles scuttle toward Sato. Then more. And more. Before long, she is surrounded by pebbles. She flexes her new control over them. She commands them to step back and, as one, they shuffle back. She commands them to show Garrek something happy and everyone finds themselves in a new, beautiful place full of novel and wondrous sights. Sato commands "cease" and the vision vanishes, as does the defeated body of the boulder. At Garrek and Marius' request, Sato assures them that she has removed their susceptibility toward the pebbles' hallucinations.
-=====Cipher=====
+The party report back to Cornelia who doesn't seem too disheartened about the loss of one scout and is particularly grateful for the party's efforts. She isn't interested in the parchment, seeing as it's a cipher rather than linguistics.
-Actual debrief to come later. For now, just adding the cipher puzzle so my lovely players can continue to try to break it if they want.((Anyone is welcome to have a go OC but obviously won't know about it IC without good reason.))
+Accompanied by Marius and Garrek, Sato takes the icon and the cipher to the Order of the Torch. They are happy to receive the icon and though they can't help decipher the message, they are able to direct the party to a little-read text, considered by some to by dangerously close to error in parts: //The Visions of Atreus the Seer//. They read the poem related to Vision 26, particularly the eighth line and make some headway in deciphering it but Sato realises she'll need longer to crack the code.
-{{https://image.ibb.co/fqDaCJ/IMG_20180630_202220.jpg|The cipher, held by two of Sato's new subjects.}}
+Marius reports back to the Foresters Guild and asks for records about Marissa. (Note: ask Ellie.)
-(Note this is in what seemed the generally accepted orientation. That doesn't mean it's definitely the right way round.)
-And the poem found in the Visions of Atreus the Seer, with the clue "Visions 26:8".
+Sato reports to the Shaper's College, telling them about the visions. She also reports to the Order of the Throne while Garrek tell the Order of the Wheel all about his exciting adventure. Both discover that their respective Orders also have dusty books of the Visions of Atreus the Seer. The consensus is that some of the the lines are questionable and notably, many of the visions don't match to any of the standard metaphors of any of the Muses. Some suspect Atreus was either mad or a fraud but since they lived a thousand years ago, it's doubtful anyone knows the truth.
-|\\ 1 \\ 2 \\ 3 \\ 4 \\ 5 \\ 6 \\ 7 \\ 8 \\ 9 \\ 10 | **Vision 26: The Body of Rastaban**\\ Atop the mountain's peak I see, \\ 	Proud and true laid before me,\\ The comely figure of Rastaban. \\ Dressed in cloth plain yet grand, \\ A circlet born upon the brow. \\ In the veins, blood doth flow,\\ Through the body of Serjet,\\ Whose mouth is fed by duty,\\ And whose heart beats to truth. \\ Glory to Rastaban! Forsooth!|
 ====Consequences====
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   * +2 Favour
   * Strong Mind Affliction: Susceptible to any hallucinations created by psychotropic pebbles.
-  * Queen of Pebbles: You are the accepted leader of a fairly sizeable number of psychotropic pebbles which will follow your commands to the best of their ability. You can be assumed to always have one or two following you around or on your person unless you specifically send them away. Once per adventure you may call upon greater numbers of pebbles to achieve an impressive feat. They are unlikely to directly aid in combat but can be used for building temporary structures or weighing things down, for example.
+  * Queen of Pebbles: You are the accepted leader of a fairly sizeable number of psychotropic pebbles which will follow your commands to the best of their ability. You can be assumed to always have one or two following you around or on your person unless you specifically send them away. Once per adventure you may call upon greater numbers of pebbles to achieve an impressive feat. They are unlikely to directly aid in combat but can be used for building temporary structures or weighing things down, for example. Hallucinations created outside the canyon will be less powerful (the power scales on the number of pebbles in the vicinity).
 ===Marius===
   * +2 Favour
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   * +2 Favour
   * Strong Mind Affliction: Susceptible to any hallucinations created by psychotropic pebbles.
+=====Cipher=====
+{{https://image.ibb.co/fqDaCJ/IMG_20180630_202220.jpg|The cipher, held by two of Sato's new subjects.}}
+- The message found with the skeleton of an ancient paladin. It's not certain that this is the correct orientation.((Anyone is welcome to have a go at deciphering this OC but won't know about it IC without good reason.))
+|\\ 1 \\ 2 \\ 3 \\ 4 \\ 5 \\ 6 \\ 7 \\ 8 \\ 9 \\ 10 | **Vision 26: The Body of Rastaban**\\ Atop the mountain's peak I see, \\ 	Proud and true laid before me,\\ The comely figure of Rastaban. \\ Dressed in cloth plain yet grand, \\ A circlet born upon the brow. \\ In the veins, blood doth flow,\\ Through the body of Serjet,\\ Whose mouth is fed by duty,\\ And whose heart beats to truth. \\ Glory to Rastaban! Forsooth!|
+- Excerpt from //The Visions of Atreus the Seer//.
-{{tag>"lost depths" Garrek Sabrina "Sato_Cross" Marius Monty adventure}}
+{{tag>"lost depths" Garrek Sabrina "Sato_Cross" Marius_of_the_foresters_guild Monty adventure}}

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