ConquerorThe Poisoning of King Aldwin
King Aldwin is dying at his coronation feast, and the murderer is still dining at the table
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Hoofse Vermomming. De Hofdame verschijnt als een beeldschone edelvrouwe. Waarneming (Inzicht) DC 17, of een treffer die haar betovering breekt, onthult haar ware, tandeloze veengezicht.
Veenvloek. Schepsels die door de Hofdame betoverd zijn, hebben nadeel op reddingsworpen tegen haar gifaanvallen.
Gifhart. Wanneer de Hofdame sterft, barst haar hart open in een wolk moerasgas; elk schepsel binnen 3 meter moet een DC 14 Constitutieredding maken of 1 uur vergiftigd raken.
Multiattack. De Hofdame voert twee aanvallen uit met haar Vergiftigde Naald.
Vergiftigde Naald. Aanval met wapen tegen dichtbij doel: +7 om te raken, bereik 1,5 m, één doelwit. Treft: 6 (1d6+3) doorborende schade plus 10 (3d6) gifschade.
Verstikkende Nevel (Recharge 5-6). Een wolk giftige moerasnevel vult een gebied van 6 meter rond de Hofdame. Elk schepsel daarin moet een DC 15 Charismaredding maken, bij falen betoverd en verblind tot het einde van haar volgende beurt.
The Story
Rain drums against the palace windows as King Aldwin slowly dies, poisoned at his own coronation feast, his crown unguarded on a velvet cushion. Everyone around him has a reason to wish him dead, and no one has a watertight alibi. With his last strength the dying king seizes your hand and whispers that you must trust no one who holds a title.
The poison works slowly, and that is by design: the murderer wants Aldwin to live long enough to witness his own undoing. As the guests remain locked in the banquet hall, it becomes clear that not everything seated at the table is truly human. Behind one of these courtly faces lives something ancient that feeds on the death-terror of crowned heads, and it plotted this banquet long in advance.
You question the guests, dissect the menu course by course, search the bedchambers for hidden vials, and untangle who is concealing which motive. With every hour the rain falls, Aldwin creeps closer to death and the poisoner closer to the crown.
Then the mask falls. The Lady-in-Waiting with the Green Heart is no jealous noblewoman but a bog witch, and behind her courtly smile grins the toothless mouth of the fen. The poison was merely the first course of her feast. Will you unmask the Lady-in-Waiting with the Green Heart and find the antidote before the last bell tolls, or will Aldwin's crown choose a new and far more dangerous bearer tonight?
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