This venue includes research done in a settlement, library, or even information that a PC might recall from local legends and stories; Maximum RP 4
Research Checks: DC 16 Library Lore (2 hours), DC 18 Diplomacy (2 hours), DC 20 Society (to Recall Knowledge, one action)
The PC studies the journals; Maximum RP 4
Research Checks: DC 16 Library Lore or DC 18 Society (2 hours)
The PC studies the journals; Maximum RP 4
Research Checks: DC 16 Library Lore or DC 18 Society (2 hours)
2 RP: The PC learns the location of Valthrus Manor, the year it was constructed (3044), and when it was abandoned (3047).
4 RP: Several workers who built the manor vanished shortly after completing their tasks, and the original blueprints of the manor appear to have been lost or deliberately destroyed.
6 RP: The vanished workers were those assigned to construct secret basement chambers beneath the manor, hinting that these areas held particular significance.
8 RP: The PC has gathered enough information to sketch a basic floor plan of the manor’s main levels and some basement chambers, including areas Kitchen Cellar(E1), Scriptorium (E7), and Family Crypt (E8). They also uncover notes indicating the presence of secret doors in areas Observer’s Nook (B16) and Secret Study (B21).
10 RP: The missing workers had knowledge of hidden chambers rumored to have been built eons ago by a secretive order known as the Order of the Veiled Dream. This finding unlocks the Order of the Veiled Dream topic and reveals the locations of secret doors in areas E1, E7, and E8.