Iolite

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[Passing through the arch takes you to a barren stone room. The only feature of interest is a bank of cabinets three high and five wide set in one rough hewn sandstone wall. Each cabinet has a bronze door, currently closed and featureless.]

Comments

Round Zero

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[A voice rings through the cavernous room: "Choose a penitent. Remember, the penitential must come willingly."]

((Whoever takes the role of penitent will essentially be the damsel in distress. They will still be present and may react and interact with the rest of the team in a limited fashion, but they will not be able to perform tasks. They will also be the only characters at risk of death. Whoever takes this role must consent to it without additional duress.))

Re: Round Zero

[splittheparty]

I can take this one, I think.

Re: Round Zero

[whereismypie]

Hi guys.

I'll be your resident penitent for the day.

Re: Round Zero

[hunting]

... I can do it.

DECISION

[whereismypie]

I, Dean Winchester, hereby declare that I will be Iolite's penitent for this stupid game. I fully consent, yadda, yadda, you get me.

I'm cool with it.

Instructions

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Every person naturally carries a certain amount of weight: guilt, regret, jealousy, pettiness and misdeeds. When this weight becomes too heavy, it will destroy the person who carries it. The penitent has taken on the weight for every person in the room.
At the end of the game, if they carry more than two weights, they will be injured.

If they carry more than four weights, they will be killed.

Each turn, a team may select one cabinet to open. If they complete the task inside, the individual who performed the task will claim the corresponding number of weights from the penitent's scale.

However, teams may decline to perform the labor if they choose. Tasks may only be performed consensually. Labors performed under additional duress will not remove any of the weights, and may incur punishment.

Teams may choose to return to a cabinet they have already opened but not completed, however this will require using a new turn. Each Labor may only be performed once.

Each team may take up to Five turns. However, any player other than the penitent may choose to leave at any time. This action will not forfeit the game, though there may be consequences.

Anything necessary to complete a task will be found within its cabinet.

Choices

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[The doors on each cabinet come to life, their surfaces distorting to create words. Each cabinet is also clearly marked so you can tell how many weights it is worth. The names provide a hint of what's inside.]

One Stone
1. Bloody Footprints
2. Veil of Thorns
3. Shackles
4. Voices from the Past
5. Glass Figures

Two Stones
6. Becoming the Mask
7. Disease
8. Impaled
9. Crow Food
10. Heart of Stone

Three Stones
11. Hatchling
12. Crown of Gold
13. Lock and Key
14. Bloodthirsty
15. Headless

Round One

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Discussion

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Decision

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Labor

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Round Two

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Discussion

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Decision

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Labor

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Round Three

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Discussion

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Decision

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Labor

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Round Four

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Discussion

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Decision

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Labor

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Round Five

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Discussion

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Endgame

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When you are done with the game, either because you ran out of turns or you have decided to leave, proceed to endgame.

Re: Endgame

[dramatispersonae]

[The copper cables give a wrench, jarring the penitent's shoulders hard enough to rock one out of joint, but then they fall away.

You're all free to go.]