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<blockquote data-quote="Iron Sky" data-source="post: 8157754" data-attributes="member: 60965"><p style="text-align: center"><strong>The Infinite Cross</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center">A modern supernatural investigative adventure.</p><p></p><p><strong>Ingredients</strong></p><p>•Endless Nightmare</p><p>•Final Form</p><p>•Simple Truth</p><p>•Haunted Hospital</p><p>•Princess of the Apocalypse</p><p>•Missing Puzzle Piece</p><p></p><p>The PCs arrive at the El Escorial monastery-cum-hospital rooted in the heart of Spain. An old monk leads them through its ancient, echoing corridors to the room of Isabella, the teenage "Miracle Princess" whom tabloids also proclaim “The Female Second Coming”. She lays upon a sturdy wooden bed, her famous "infinite cross" – a crucifix with an ∞-symbol cross-beam – mounted on the wall overhead. She whimpers and writhes in tormented slumber, the same symbol gruesomely carved into her arms and legs.</p><p></p><p>Investigations:</p><p>•Headlines proclaim Isabella's twin sister, Joanna, the "Penal Princess" or “Royal Antichrist” whose serial-killing spree ritualistically butchered all those whom Isabella's many miracles healed.</p><p>•Joanna captured Isabella during her spree, both bizarrely found comatose and clutching Isabella's ∞-crucifix.</p><p>•A dozen monks lie in comas: all those who tended the Princess regularly the last few months.</p><p>•Strange noises, horrible visions, hallucinations.</p><p></p><p>Joanna's strapped to a chair, catatonic, at the ultra-modern Lugar Oscuro Hospital for the Criminally Insane.</p><p></p><p>Investigations:</p><p>•Faded ∞-crucifixes barely visible under cutting scars on Joanna's wrists.</p><p>•Wardens grimly detail a troubled, disturbed youth frantically covered up by the Royal Family until Joanna's serial-killing spree rendered cover-ups impossible.</p><p>•Inmates freaking out about sound distortions, nightmares, unaccounted wounds.</p><p>•Joanna's guards and many inmates lie in inexplicable comas.</p><p></p><p>Noone can be awakened by any means.</p><p></p><p>At either location, overwhelming drowsiness overcomes PCs. If exposed repeatedly/for extended periods, they must make checks of increasing difficulty or slip into comas. Sleeping at/near either location also renders PCs comatose.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>Nightmare</strong></p><p>PCs crash into a twisted version of wherever they fell asleep:</p><p></p><p><strong>Monastery</strong>: Cracked floors. Malformed statues. Fountains burbling with bile. Distorted, discordant Gregorian Chants. Mad monks assaulting with violent, desperate pleas for release or swinging incense censors billowing poison gas.</p><p></p><p><strong>Hospital</strong>: Flickering, buzzing, source-less incandescence. Endless, squealing, incomprehensible PA summons. Arbitrarily-placed glass walls and prison bars. Panicked guards issuing nonsensical orders at gunpoint. Crazed prisoners cutting impossible symbols into their flesh.</p><p></p><p>Only forwards or backwards movement is possible as Monastery and Hospital flow endlessly together as opposite sides of a Mobius Strip. Bereft of walls and floors, both end abruptly on either side in gloomy mist. Stepping off the edge results in a fall terminating elsewhere on the Strip. No one can die yet all experience the pain of broken bones, dismemberment, and other wounds. Healing is unbearably excruciating and tortuously gradual.</p><p></p><p>Where nightmares connect lies an intricately carved floor mosaic, its pieces formed of random, interlocking geometries from monastery and prison. Examination reveals the puzzle's completion but for one missing piece shaped like Isabella's ∞-crucifix.</p><p></p><p>Isabella roams the Monastery searching for the missing crucifix amid endless, fruitless prayers for God's intercession. The PCs are clearly demons sent by Joanna to plague her. "I can't break through the puzzle nor can I convince Joanna of the Truth that might free her: God is all that is. But if He's real, why did He heal Joanna?"</p><p></p><p>Joanna hunts the Hospital screaming obscenities at the missing crucifix while committing acts of arbitrary violence on other trapped dreamers. She mocks the PCs as powerless spirits sent by Isabella to sway her. "I can't break through the puzzle and Isabella's blind to the Truth: God <em>can't</em> exist. Why would He heal a worthless, broken thing like me?"</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>Awakening</strong></p><p>Three ways to solve the puzzle:</p><p>•Realizing the puzzle mosaic joins the twins' nightmare minds and the missing piece is a clue that the puzzle must be <em>dismantled</em> piecemeal, not completed. With experimentation, puzzle pieces come apart in a particular order. If completed, <strong>all sleepers</strong> awaken where their bodies lie though monks, guards, and inmates remain hopelessly insane.</p><p>•Convince Isabella the missing piece of her riddle is God's nonexistence: if He existed He wouldn't have healed Joanna only to allow her to commit such atrocities. The puzzle mosaic shatters, nightmares peel apart, PCs awaken with <strong>Joanna </strong>at the Hospital even if sleeping elsewhere.</p><p>•Convince Joanna the missing piece of her conundrum is God's existence: only God could and would have healed Joanna for even she lies within the realm of His infinite forgiveness. Mosaic shatters, PCs awaken with <strong>Isabella </strong>at the Monastery even if sleeping elsewhere.</p><p></p><p>If Joanna awakens, she heralds the End Times come and herself the Princess of the Dominion of Hell on Earth.</p><p></p><p>If Isabella awakens, she proclaims the End Times and herself the Princess of the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth.</p><p></p><p>If either Princess doesn't awaken, they and the location housing them vanishes, leaving only mist-swirled ruins.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iron Sky, post: 8157754, member: 60965"] [CENTER][B]The Infinite Cross[/B] A modern supernatural investigative adventure.[/CENTER] [B]Ingredients[/B] •Endless Nightmare •Final Form •Simple Truth •Haunted Hospital •Princess of the Apocalypse •Missing Puzzle Piece The PCs arrive at the El Escorial monastery-cum-hospital rooted in the heart of Spain. An old monk leads them through its ancient, echoing corridors to the room of Isabella, the teenage "Miracle Princess" whom tabloids also proclaim “The Female Second Coming”. She lays upon a sturdy wooden bed, her famous "infinite cross" – a crucifix with an ∞-symbol cross-beam – mounted on the wall overhead. She whimpers and writhes in tormented slumber, the same symbol gruesomely carved into her arms and legs. Investigations: •Headlines proclaim Isabella's twin sister, Joanna, the "Penal Princess" or “Royal Antichrist” whose serial-killing spree ritualistically butchered all those whom Isabella's many miracles healed. •Joanna captured Isabella during her spree, both bizarrely found comatose and clutching Isabella's ∞-crucifix. •A dozen monks lie in comas: all those who tended the Princess regularly the last few months. •Strange noises, horrible visions, hallucinations. Joanna's strapped to a chair, catatonic, at the ultra-modern Lugar Oscuro Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Investigations: •Faded ∞-crucifixes barely visible under cutting scars on Joanna's wrists. •Wardens grimly detail a troubled, disturbed youth frantically covered up by the Royal Family until Joanna's serial-killing spree rendered cover-ups impossible. •Inmates freaking out about sound distortions, nightmares, unaccounted wounds. •Joanna's guards and many inmates lie in inexplicable comas. Noone can be awakened by any means. At either location, overwhelming drowsiness overcomes PCs. If exposed repeatedly/for extended periods, they must make checks of increasing difficulty or slip into comas. Sleeping at/near either location also renders PCs comatose. [CENTER][B]Nightmare[/B][/CENTER] PCs crash into a twisted version of wherever they fell asleep: [B]Monastery[/B]: Cracked floors. Malformed statues. Fountains burbling with bile. Distorted, discordant Gregorian Chants. Mad monks assaulting with violent, desperate pleas for release or swinging incense censors billowing poison gas. [B]Hospital[/B]: Flickering, buzzing, source-less incandescence. Endless, squealing, incomprehensible PA summons. Arbitrarily-placed glass walls and prison bars. Panicked guards issuing nonsensical orders at gunpoint. Crazed prisoners cutting impossible symbols into their flesh. Only forwards or backwards movement is possible as Monastery and Hospital flow endlessly together as opposite sides of a Mobius Strip. Bereft of walls and floors, both end abruptly on either side in gloomy mist. Stepping off the edge results in a fall terminating elsewhere on the Strip. No one can die yet all experience the pain of broken bones, dismemberment, and other wounds. Healing is unbearably excruciating and tortuously gradual. Where nightmares connect lies an intricately carved floor mosaic, its pieces formed of random, interlocking geometries from monastery and prison. Examination reveals the puzzle's completion but for one missing piece shaped like Isabella's ∞-crucifix. Isabella roams the Monastery searching for the missing crucifix amid endless, fruitless prayers for God's intercession. The PCs are clearly demons sent by Joanna to plague her. "I can't break through the puzzle nor can I convince Joanna of the Truth that might free her: God is all that is. But if He's real, why did He heal Joanna?" Joanna hunts the Hospital screaming obscenities at the missing crucifix while committing acts of arbitrary violence on other trapped dreamers. She mocks the PCs as powerless spirits sent by Isabella to sway her. "I can't break through the puzzle and Isabella's blind to the Truth: God [I]can't[/I] exist. Why would He heal a worthless, broken thing like me?" [CENTER][B]Awakening[/B][/CENTER] Three ways to solve the puzzle: •Realizing the puzzle mosaic joins the twins' nightmare minds and the missing piece is a clue that the puzzle must be [I]dismantled[/I] piecemeal, not completed. With experimentation, puzzle pieces come apart in a particular order. If completed, [B]all sleepers[/B] awaken where their bodies lie though monks, guards, and inmates remain hopelessly insane. •Convince Isabella the missing piece of her riddle is God's nonexistence: if He existed He wouldn't have healed Joanna only to allow her to commit such atrocities. The puzzle mosaic shatters, nightmares peel apart, PCs awaken with [B]Joanna [/B]at the Hospital even if sleeping elsewhere. •Convince Joanna the missing piece of her conundrum is God's existence: only God could and would have healed Joanna for even she lies within the realm of His infinite forgiveness. Mosaic shatters, PCs awaken with [B]Isabella [/B]at the Monastery even if sleeping elsewhere. If Joanna awakens, she heralds the End Times come and herself the Princess of the Dominion of Hell on Earth. If Isabella awakens, she proclaims the End Times and herself the Princess of the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth. If either Princess doesn't awaken, they and the location housing them vanishes, leaving only mist-swirled ruins. [/QUOTE]
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