The hatch

event Suspicious Hatch · Events (all zones)

You come across a house in ruins, and inside you see a large hatch. You try to open the hatch, but it is properly closed. A few seconds later, a voice speaks to you through the hatch: "Only those touched by the flames..." Then the voice remains silent, as if waiting for a passphrase. What do you want to do?

← Comes afterEastern Farmland Betty's HouseLeads to →Altar Rubble Basement Stairs Eldritch Rift (The Kingdom of Senenthia North)Northern Plains🗺 Zone mapThe Kingdom of Senenthia

★ XP⚠ Curse risk

Choices & outcomes 5 options›

[Leave] You don't know the passphrase, so you leave.

Nothing happens — you move on.notawiki summary

[Enter] Jumping on the hatch will break it. The problem will be trying to land on your feet. Single [1 or lower]

★ XP 11⚠ Curse risk

Character Success: A perfect landing, and nothing seems to be broken. You get: XP 11 per Success • Character Fail: Ouch... The Impact of the fall was too strong for you, and something broke. Character gets: Broken Bone injury • Regardless of result, continue to Basement Stairs

[Open] Try to open the hatch in a safer way than jumping on it. Group [5 or higher]

🎲 Group 5+★ XP 56

Success: You find a small opening in the hatch, and using your weapons as a crowbar, you manage to open it. You get: XP 56 Continue to Basement Stairs • Fail:?? Return to map

[Cornelius] "Hmm... That sounds very familiar. Let me remember..."

🧍 Cornelius only★ XP 60

Cornelius thinks for a while and says: "Only those touched by the flames...can see beyond the burning hand." Then he mutters under his breath to you that he thinks he remembers that he was the one who invented this nonsense... The hatch opens. You get: XP 60 Continue to Basement Stairs

[Nezglekt] "I can try to read their minds and find out."

🧍 Nezglekt only★ XP 56⚠ Curse risk

Success: Nezglekt concentrates on those behind the hatch to try to figure out the passphrase. After a while, he doesn't even need to say it, as he manages to control one of them to open the hatch directly. You get: XP 56 Continue to Basement Stairs • Fail: Nezglekt concentrates on those behind the hatch to try to figure out the passphrase. After a while, he discovers nothing, as he can't see them and can't concentrate on a specific individual. There is nothing more you can do. You have already wasted too much time here, so you leave. Nezglekt gets: Low Self-Esteem injury Return to map

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