Hall Of Doors

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Encounter Conditions

None

Initial Text

You find yourself in a stretch of hall, lined with doors. Despite seeming long abandoned, there seems to be a lot going on behind these doors.

Summary of Choices

1. The screaming door - Fight spectral patient
2. The chanting door - Fight Third Eye Sorcerer OR Fight 2 Third Eye Sorcerers and a Twisted Hound
3. The whispering door - If you have an asylum key (otherwise nothing)
   1. Rush him - Various results - see Whispering Door.
   2. Intimidate him - Various results - see Whispering Door.
   3. Back off - Nothing
4. The silent door
   1. Open the desk - Get an asylum journal, subsequent attempts get 2-4? old pill bottles and/or an ornate letter opener
   2. Grab some books - First use, get a tome of binding; subsequently get 1-2 books, selected from: Chess for Beginners, The Eye, tome of binding
   3. Search under the desk - Only appears after using the asylum journal Get asylum key or ancient candybar if you already have a key
   4. Reading's for suckers - Nothing
5. Keep walking - Nothing

Choice Text and Results

The screaming door

You open the door into an empty room. As you glance around, looking for the source of the screaming, mist pours from under the walls and coalesces into the shape of a man.
(Fight a spectral patient)

The chanting door

You open the door and the chanting stops suddenly as one of the men inside looks towards you. Blue energy, like lightning, rips through his body, leaving him a smoking husk.

His companion tears his eyes away and extends his hand towards you.

(Fight a Third Eye Sorcerer)

or

As you open the door, the chanting winds down. A beast crackles into existence between two Third Eye members, both of whom seem delighted to see you.

(Fight 2 Third Eye Sorcerers and a Twisted Hound)

The whispering door

(Without an asylum key)

Creeping closer, you can almost make out the whispers. You try the handle, but the door is firmly locked. The lock looks like it would take one of those old-fashioned metal keys.

(With an asylum key)

(See Whispering Door)

The silent door

You head in to the quiet room. It appears to have been a library once, although everything's covered under a thick layer of dust now.

The room is lined with bookcases and an ancient wooden desk sits at the center.

Open the desk

(First time)

You pop open the drawer on the desk. The space is dominated by a thick book filled with cramped handwriting.

It seems to be a journal from one of the doctors or administrators when this was an operating asylum. You take it, in case it comes in handy.

You found: asylum journal

(Otherwise)

You open the desk drawer, exposing yourself to a massive cloud of dust. Hidden beneath the dust are an expanse of pill bottles.

With a quick check you find some that aren't empty and snag them for later.

You found: ornate letter opener (sometimes)

You found: 2-4 old pill bottles

Grab some books

Sometimes:

You grab a particularly interesting looking book and head back into the hall.

You found: tome of binding

Or, other times:

You reach out and grab a couple books before returning to the hall.

You found: 1-2 of Chess for Beginners, The Eye, tome of binding (duplicates possible)

Search under the desk

(First time)

You pat the underside of the table until you find a well-hidden key. With a sharp tug, you dislodge the ancient tape holding it there.

Looks just about right for that door you ran into a ways back.

You found: asylum key

(Otherwise)

You root around under the desk and come up empty except for a near-petrified candy bar. Guess they only hid one key down there.

You found: ancient candybar

Reading's for suckers

You go back to wandering the halls looking for trouble.

See Walk Away

Keep walking

You go back to wandering the halls looking for trouble.

See Walk Away

History

Before Nov 24, 2014:

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Trying the middle door gives:

You cautiously open the door. The whispering stops as a man turns to face you, scowling. Behind him a woman, Dr. Amundsen you presume, lies catatonic.

He reaches towards his gun. "Back off. I've got no quarrel with you and I've got orders to take her out if anything funny happens. Just back off."

Charging Saber:

NOT CONFIRMED
You jump forward, putting yourself squarely between the guard and his prisoner. He responds about as well as you'd expect.

He shouts gibberish at you and you wonder for a moment if he's gone insane. As you wonder, your world begins to swim and collapse.

By the time he's done speaking, you can barely tell which way is up.

(Fight Saber, with 1 energy of Crushed Perceptions)

or

You jump forward, putting yourself squarely between the guard and his prisoner. He responds about as well as you'd expect. He shouts gibberish at you and you wonder for a moment if he's gone insane. The air around you feels warm for a moment and swims with colors, but you feel you avoided the brunt of it.

Intimidating:
(With unknown condition fulfilled):

NOT CONFIRMED
he backs down and releases Dr. A? according to summary above

(Without that condition fulfilled, but with 6 or higher etheric defense)

NOT CONFIRMED
You feel a strange sensation, like someone opening your brain up to take a look at the contents. "Really? You think I'm afraid of you?"

"The Third Eye has made a better offer." He levels his gun at you as his tattoo blazes with golden light.

He shouts gibberish at you and you wonder for a moment if he's gone insane. The air around you feels warm for a moment and swims with colors, but you feel you avoided the brunt of it.

(Fight Saber)

Or, if you have 13? base Will or higher, the last sentence becomes:

NOT CONFIRMED
He shouts gibberish at you, which somehow seems like a dire attack. The room begins to shift and change, but you focus your will and fight back his influence.

NOTE: buffed will does not matter; <13 base will may be sufficient, needs testing; unknown which message you get if you have enough etheric defense and base will at the same time

(Otherwise:)

NOT CONFIRMED
You feel a strange sensation, like someone opening your brain up to take a look at the contents. "Really? You think I'm afraid of you?"

"The Third Eye has made a better offer." He levels his gun at you as his tattoo blazes with golden light.

He shouts gibberish at you and you wonder for a moment if he's gone insane. As you wonder, your world begins to swim and collapse.

By the time he's done speaking, you can barely tell which way is up.

(Fight Saber, with 1 energy of Crushed Perceptions)