Boneyard

## Event

*As night falls, you hear the sound of digging coming from the cemetery. You spy a coven of mages with shovels. Steadfast, they dig until they hear a metallic clanking sound.*

*They unearth a small disc. In the moonlight you can almost distinguish a pattern on its surface.*

**The Dealer draws a Necromancer of Skulls and a Horde of Skulls.**

1) Continue to watch.

*You crouch behind a gnarled oak and wait to see what happens next.*

**Dice Gambit** (Target: 15)

Success

*An apprentice arrives laden with pies and cheeses.*
*The mages make themselves comfortable and enjoy their graveyard snack.*
Failure

*An ogre trudges over the hill, dragging his club. He greets the mages with a murderous grin. They appear to be conducting some sort of trade.*
**The Dealer draws an Ogre.**
*You consider your options.*
A) Continue to watch.
*You crouch behind a gnarled oak and wait to see what happens next.*
**Dice Gambit** (Target: 15)
Success
(text about a little girl arriving and the necromancers hiding as the girl prays. nothing gameplay-wise happens)
Failure
*Another group of mages join the graveyard crew.*
**The Dealer draws a 1 of Arcane.**
*You consider your options.*
1) Continue to watch.
Nothing else of interest happens.
The mages examine the unearthed disc excitedly.
2) Sneak up on them.
**Precision Gambit** (1 small stationary Huge Success, 2 medium stationary Huge Failure, 1 large moving Huge Failure)
Huge Success
*You lift a hunk of broken headstone above your head and launch it at the gravediggers.*
*You manage to take out some of the mages before they have a chance to arm themselves.*
**The Dealer discards the Necromancer of Skulls.**
**The player enters Combat.**
*The battle resolved, you turn your attention to the half-buried metal disc. You fall to your hands and knees and begin to dig.*
**The player gains 4 Fame.**
**The player acquires The Pentacle.**
**The player acquires the Pentacle's Curse.**
*The moon sinks behind some clouds.*
A) Leave the graveyard.
(insert text here)
B) Explore the graveyard a little more.
**Wheel Gambit** (1 Gold Gain, 1 Max Life Gain, 1 Equipment, 6 Monsters)
Max Life Gain Card
*You stumble upon a shrub of glistening berries. The sweet scent is so appetising you can't help but eat a handful immediately.*
**The player acquires the Max Life Gain Card.**
*You continue on your journey.*
**Encounter Ends.**

Failure
You trip over a broken headstone and crash violently into the ground.
**The Player draws 2 Life Pain Cards.**
"Who disturbs the night?" one of the mages cries out.
**The player enters Combat.**
*The battle resolved, you turn your attention to the half-buried metal disc. You fall to your hands and knees and begin to dig.*
**The player gains 4 Fame.**
**The player acquires The Pentacle.**
**The player acquires the Pentacle's Curse.**
*The moon sinks behind some clouds.*
A) Leave the graveyard.
B) Explore the graveyard a little more.
Huge Failure
(insert text here)
B) Sneak up on them.
**Precision Gambit** (1 small stationary Huge Success, 2 medium stationary Huge Failure, 1 large moving Huge Failure)
Huge Success
*You lift a hunk of broken headstone above your head and launch it at the gravediggers.*
*You manage to take out some of the mages before they have a chance to arm themselves.*
**The Dealer discards 1 Monster Card.**
**The player enters Combat.**
*The battle resolved, you turn your attention to the half-buried metal disc. You fall to your hands and knees and begin to dig.*
**The player gains 4 Fame.**
**The player acquires The Pentacle.**
**The player acquires the Pentacle's Curse.**
*The moon sinks behind some clouds.*
1) Leave the graveyard.
*You continue on your journey.*
**Encounter ends.**
2) Explore the graveyard a little more.
**Wheel Gambit** (1 Gold Gain, 1 Max Life Gain, 1 Equipment, 6 Monsters)
Max Life Gain Card
*You stumble upon a shrub of glistening berries. The sweet scent is so appetising you can't help but eat a handful immediately.*
**The player acquires the Max Life Gain Card.**
*You continue on your journey.*
**Encounter Ends.**
Equipment Card
*On a worn grave decorated with wilted flowers, you see something glimmering in the moonlight.*
1) Take the item.
2) Read the gravestone.
*Here lies the baker, Adam. For he took on the salamander. May he forever be honoured.*
1) Take the item.
**The player acquires the Equipment Card.**
*You continue on your journey.*
**Encounter Ends.**
Failure
(insert text here)
Draw 3 life pain (-15)
Huge Failure
Your world suddenly turns upside-down. An ogre has lifted you into the air by the ankle
He gives you a gentle shake, and something falls from your person onto the ground.
**Lose 1 equipment.**

The ogre drops you absent-mindedly to investigate. "What's here, some devilish thing to kill and maim and gull?"
He flings the equipment into the distance.
(insert text here)
**Draw 2 Pain cards. Enter combat.**