Dungeon A Day - Furiaes Castle - Day 30

Room Description (Read the Following Text to Your Players)

(To enter this room, players must either use dungeon room 8 - the real entrance - or attempt dungeon room 16 - the false entrance. Only read this text if they come in through dungeon room 8. Otherwise, refer to "The False Entrance," below).

(To enter through the proper doorway in dungeon room 8, the players must insert all five "Noble Keys": The Fairy Skeleton's Key, The Key of Undeath, The Sorcerer's Key, The Key of Lanterns, and The Coven's Blood Key. When they do, a glowing hand symbol appears in the center of the door. The best way to complete the opening of the door is to have a "Noble" of the castle press their palm upon the glowing hand. Refer to "Opening the Gateway," below).

Upon Entry to the Courtyard: a stirring garden, cast in silver and blue moonlit rays steals your breath. But only for a moment... For the beauty and serenity are marred, deeply, by the heart-wrenching sobs of several dozen children, encircled by the thorned and barbed body of a great black dragon. 

Room Challenges

• The False Entrance: players may unlock this door by using any of the "5-Noble Keys" of Furiaes Castle (Fairy Skeleton's Key, Key of Undeath, Sorcerer's Key, Key of Lanterns, or Coven's Blood Key). The gate may also be unlocked with a successful Intelligence roll (Fate Roll Difficulty matches Avg. Party Level) reveals a pool of dark magic that absorbs light, and harms anyone who enters into its space. A Double-Success Fate Roll also reveals that this entrance is a false entrance, and leads nowhere. Characters entering this room roll Will (Fate Roll Difficulty matches Avg. Party Level, +3). If they fail, they take 1damage (Double-Hit, 2damage).
• Opening the Gateway: after the five "Noble Keys" are inserted, the gateway requires that one of the following NPCs places their palm upon the door - Lady Omega (from dungeon room 6), Lady Alpha (from dungeon room 13), Dullahan (from dungeon room 18), or Birane (from dungeon room 25). Players may use the "servants of the castle" (from dungeon room 20) to send messages to any of those NPCs. If players have ruined all of those possible ally relationships by attacking or threatening them, a successful Faith roll (Fate Roll Difficulty matches Avg. Party Level, +5) opens the gateway without any NPC help. If this too is impossible, again, the "servants of the castle" (from dungeon room 20) may be used to ask for help from the village, or dungeon room 7 may be used to allow the party to escape the castle for a time, so they can find another means of entry.
• The Black Dragon - Alecto: the players have a choice here, for the dragon assures them that it will free the children, once the oath breaker, Celidor, has gone fully insane. If they should but wait for that to happen, then the children will be freed. This could lead to a larger arc in your campaign, if you wish. Otherwise, the dragon will threaten to harm the children, drastically heightening the difficulty of a battle with Alecto. 
• Third Furiaes: if the party slays the dragon, it roars defiantly, then lies still. Just before closing it eyes, it says "I have lived for 3,000-years, and I shall live for 3,000-more..." The dragon then turns into the form of a human woman, covered in rich robes, eyes closed and lying in her own blood.
  
• Suits of Armor: should the party attack Alecto, the suits of armor (from dungeon room 21) which have not been destroyed, are animated. Up to the 20-suits of armor will run into the courtyard in 7-turns.
• Megaera and Tisiphone: if either of the other Furiaes Sisters have not been slain when the players enter into a battle with Alecto, they both appear. Megaera appears in 4-turns, and Tisiphone appears in 14-turns. If this should happen, the battle almost certainly becomes impossible to win, so you should consider helping your players avoid this fate.
• Freeing the Children: should battle begin, the children are no longer wrapped around by the dragon, and may flee. The party may help them escape to the front of the castle. Should the dragon be destroyed, the castle will begin to crumble, but the children can easily be rescued before the castle collapses, completely.
• Castle Furiaes: once the children are freed and all three sisters defeated, the castle will dissipate over the following day, as if it never existed. Should any Furiaes survive, they will return for the children.
• Ladies Furiaes: Dungeon A Day will return to Castle Furiaes in the future, and your campaign may, as well... for the Ladies Furiaes may be slain, but only a very special power may ever truly defeat them. As such, neither the Furiaes Sisters nor their floating castle have been truly bested - at least as of yet...

Enemy Stats

Black Dragon - Alecto: "Demi Boss" enemy Difficulty (match Avg. Party Level, +4). Option to use the "Pyromancer AI." There are 48-children from the village present. Every other turn that the party continues their attack, Alecto will take a turn to slay one instead of fighting the party, hoping to cause them to relent. See the Dungeon A Day - Enemy Stats and AI page for more details.

(Suits of Armor): if present - "Weak" enemy Difficulty (match Avg. Party Level, -3). Option to use the "Baseline AI." See the Dungeon A Day - Enemy Stats and AI page for more details.

(Cat Sith, Tisiphone): if present - "Demi Boss" enemy Difficulty (match Avg. Party Level, -4). Option to use the "Assassin AI." Each turn, Cat Sith summons a ghost to serve and defend it, as an Instant Action, which appears within 4Range. Each ghost is a "Weak" enemy difficulty (match Avg. Party Level, -4). Option to use the "Baseline AI." See the Dungeon A Day - Enemy Stats and AI page for more details. 

(Megaera): if present - "Demi Boss" enemy Difficulty (match Avg. Party Level). Option to use the "Royal Guard AI." Whenever this beast (Megaera) deals damage, it heals +1HP from the bite it takes out of its victim. See the Dungeon A Day - Enemy Stats and AI page for more details.

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