It's a Plague, My Deer

Written By: Brittney Perry

Plotline: Contagion

Brief: A black deer with glowing purple antlers has been spotted near the town. It acts like it wants someone to follow it. When followed, the deer leads them right to the source of the plague.

Requirements:

  • Run on Saturday Night
  • End of Contagion plot desired

    • Synopsis: Scene set up- There is an unreasonably large circle of lit rope lights. This circle represents the noxious cloud over the spring. In the center of the circle is a bucket. There is a line on the bucket indicating how much ‘potion’ needs to be delivered into the center of the spring. There is a smoke bomb behind the bucket.
    There is a possibility for mod failure.
    A black deer with glowing purple antlers comes to the town. It isn’t there to attack anyone, but to deliver a message and the spring antidote from Feihlen Brighthelm. It’s also there to get people to follow it back to the well.
    When the deer brings the people back to the large spring, the deer runs away. The group find a large spring ringed in blue light. The very air is repugnant and if you cross the light you will take 100 Elemental Chaos per second. The spring is incredibly toxic and needs to be purified. It is a two part process, one is the PCs have to pour the potion given by the deer into the well, and the second is an actual purify well cantrip to complete the process.
    Laying around the pool are pieces of PVC. One has a cup at the end. The PCs are meant to put together the pole and carefully pour the potion into the pool’s center (into a bucket with a line indicating minimum amount of potion needed), and then cast purify well onto the spring. If the PCs are successful, the lights will go off.

    Outcomes:

    1. The PCs purify the well
    2. The PCs don't purify the well, the plague continues

    Number of Cast Members: all

    Props: 200' of rope light (blue), PVC poles (30ish feet, exact center of circle is 31.83 feet), PVC pole with cup, speaker sound effect wolf howl and rat squeak, Blue Smoke Bomb, Antidote, Congratulations, you're Infected! cards, Feilen Brighthelm note, antidote for spring

    Makeup: blackout eyes, face, blackout with green face markings, blackout with green markings, black eyes

    Costuming: black rat mask, black tabard with green sash, black tabard, green sash, black clothing and tabard, dire deer mask

    Treasure: 1 gold per animal, potions and components in crates

    Hook: Black deer with purple antlers with a note

    Scenes:

      In Game: tavern Out of Game: tavern Flee Point: none
      In Game: big tainted well Out of Game: outside in combat safe area Flee Point: none

    Non Standard Effects: Pool of blue light will deal 100 Elemental Damage per second. Antidote- Death Potion if drank

    smoke- announce and ok if smoke can be used