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Archives

Environments Designed by Ettin Entertainment • Art by Arslan Ahmad
Tier
3
Type
Exploration
Difficulty
18
Impulses
Expand universe lore dump reveal planar mysteries point to quest hooks

Environment overview

A timeless cosmic library with endless bookshelves filled with tomes containing the knowledge of the universe.

Potential adversaries

Archivist of Knowledge Scrolems Rules Lawyer Author Plot Armor Foreshadow Spy

Features

Passives

passive
  • Knowledge Is Power

    Some of the universe’s greatest mysteries can be researched here with a Knowledge or Instinct Roll to explore the endless tomes.

    • Critical Success: Gain valuable information and a related useful item.

    • Success with Hope: Gain valuable information.

    • Success with Fear: Uncover vague or incomplete information.

    • Any Failure: Mark a Stress to find a lead after an exhaustive search.

  • The Loser Ledger

    Somewhere in the Vault hides a tome that is a compilation of untold stories, embarrassments, and secrets of anyone who has ever lost in the Planar Parlor Games. Once found, this massive book can be researched to find out secrets or about a specific person who lost in the Parlor Games with a Knowledge or Instinct Roll.

Actions

action
  • Shrodengir’s Book
    Fear 1

    Spend a Fear to have a piece of information being researched come to life out of the book. It shows up as a Tier 3 Solo (or any type) that must be defeated in order to learn the book’s lore.

Reactions

reaction
  • Cosmic Cover-Up
    Fear 1

    When a PC attempts to research a critical piece of information, you can spend a Fear to have it be cosmically erased from the Archives. A successful Knowledge or Presence Roll can reveal that only a God or deific power is capable of doing this to a piece of information in the Archives.

About this environment

Who wrote these tomes? What loose thread can be answered here?

Can this book be checked out? Who is the sore loser that hid the tome?

How does this piece of information manifest? Is it hostile or social?

What planar entity do the PCs think are involved? What plane will the PCs want to explore next?

Archives

Tier 3 Exploration

A timeless cosmic library with endless bookshelves filled with tomes containing the knowledge of the universe.

Impulses: Expand universe, lore dump, reveal planar mysteries, point to quest hooks

Difficulty: 18

Potential Adversaries: Archivist of Knowledge, Scrolems, Rules Lawyer, Author, Plot Armor, Foreshadow, Spy

Features

Knowledge Is Power - Passive: Some of the universe’s greatest mysteries can be researched here with a Knowledge or Instinct Roll to explore the endless tomes.

  • Critical Success: Gain valuable information and a related useful item.

  • Success with Hope: Gain valuable information.

  • Success with Fear: Uncover vague or incomplete information.

  • Any Failure: Mark a Stress to find a lead after an exhaustive search.

The Loser Ledger - Passive: Somewhere in the Vault hides a tome that is a compilation of untold stories, embarrassments, and secrets of anyone who has ever lost in the Planar Parlor Games. Once found, this massive book can be researched to find out secrets or about a specific person who lost in the Parlor Games with a Knowledge or Instinct Roll.
Shrodengir’s Book - Action: Spend a Fear to have a piece of information being researched come to life out of the book. It shows up as a Tier 3 Solo (or any type) that must be defeated in order to learn the book’s lore.
Cosmic Cover-Up - Reaction: When a PC attempts to research a critical piece of information, you can spend a Fear to have it be cosmically erased from the Archives. A successful Knowledge or Presence Roll can reveal that only a God or deific power is capable of doing this to a piece of information in the Archives.

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