Folklore: The Affliction – Dark Tales Expansion: Return to Spice Tower Rumor Card
Folklore: The Affliction – Dark Tales Expansion: Return to Spice Tower Rumor Card Rulebook
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Return to Spice Tower
You need Dark Tales to use this Rumor.
As you push through the crowds in the market you spot Ella, thanks to her vibrant hooded rainbow cloak. You have encountered her along the roads, transporting goods from Ostelink to Yorotrusk for artisans and smiths many times, and consider her a friend. She waves you over and says,
"Have you heard about the Alchemist? He hired me to retrieve spices from his homeland. When I returned he had disappeared, and a note warning others to stay away from the tower was posted to the front door. Will you help him?"
Travel to the Alchemist's Tower
Arriving at the Tower, you find the note still attached to the doorway…which is wide open. What do you do?
- CHOICE 1: Rush inside. Flip the card and read the side titled "ENTRANCE".
- CHOICE 2: Scale the walls and come in through the window. Flip the card and read the side titled "DEFENESTRATION".
Entrance
You burst through the entrance, only to find a network of vines tripping your feet. From across the room, the vines part and you find yourself facing a formidable forest champion!
- Skirmish with a Dark Dryad who has first strike.
- AFTER THE FIGHT: The vines quickly wither away and you find the Alchemist wrapped in their depths, like a verdant cocoon. He rises, shakes his head and says, "Needs more calendula," before wandering upstairs.
Reward: 25 Coins.
Defenestration
You sneak in through the window into the Alchemist's workroom. An enormous bird cage suspended from the cross beams holds him inside. Below, an old crone is pulling elixirs and rare ingredients from the shelves, to put into a bubbling vat on the fire. She mutters softly, "Tell me how to balance the shifting nature of magic?! Say it's a delicate balance? I'll show you delicate!"
- Skirmish with a Wretched Hag.
- AFTER THE FIGHT: You loom over the old woman ready to end this when the Alchemist calls out "Wait! This was a… professional difference of opinion! Just a misunderstanding!" With a twist of his fingers he pops open the doors to the cage and rushes to help the old woman. Shaking your head, you leave him to it.
Reward: 15 Lore.