Campaign VII: The Eyes of Chaos

This scenario by Carl Sargent originally appeared in White Dwarf 145.

Introduction
Once you're ready to begin playing, by a rock, and only survived because the Ogres
read the following story to the Hero thought he was dead. When he regained
players: consciousness, he discovered all his comrades
Hundreds of years ago, a desperate Chaos
had all been killed.
Warband was finally cornered and destroyed
"Their strength we know about," Pierre
in the foothills of the Vault Mountains. The
hung his head in his hands. "But such
battle was fierce and bloody, and the forces of
cunning - mon Dieu! Ogres do not hide behind
Chaos fought to the death. Hundreds of brave
rocks, mon amis - they eat them. I am the
Bretonnian warriors were killed, and rather
only survivor, and I feel ashamed to be alive
than taking their ripped and torn bodies back
when all my comrades are dead, but how can
to their families, the dead soldiers were
one man stand alone against a dozen Ogres?"
consecrated and buried in a great cave complex
Sven Hammerhalm nodded at the
carved into the side of a mountain. The caves
Bretorinian's words. Strictly speaking, Trolls
were ancient, possibly thousands of years old,
featured more heavily in the rock-eating
and appeared to be empty. The surviving
stakes than Ogres, but such cunning and
Bretonnian soldiers erected a cairn at the
trickery were unheard of among the loutish
mouth of the caves, and carved a new name
Ogre race. Magnus the wizard voiced the
above their entrance – the Tombs of the
thought which was in all their minds.
Phalanx.
"This isn't the work of ordinary Ogres, they
Accounts of the soldiers' brave struggle passed
would never be able to act in such a
into legend and grew with the telling, but the
coordinated way. Something - or someone -
location of the Tombs has not been forgotten or
must be controlling. Their master would have
lost. Once a year, a group of veteran
to be very strong, and possibly he using magic
Bretonnian soldiers make a pilgrimage to the
to enforce his commands. I seem to remember
Tombs to hold a memorial service for the dead,
some tale about the Tomb of the Phalanx, now
so their sacrifice may not be forgot ten.
that Pierre has mentioned them."
This year, only one veteran returned front
Magus thought for a while, trying to
the service, rambling deliriously about Ogres of
remember. "According to the legends, there was
great cunning. Thinking that a group of Ogres
a source of Chaos magic deep in the Tombs. It
has moved into the Tombs, the local Lord sends
was latent magic which is why the Tombs
for the Heroes to deal with them.
themselves were not affected and the soldiers
have been able to hold their service of
The Bretonnian poured out his sorry tale to
remembrance there safely each year. But if
his attentive listeners. Marching to an old
this magic exists, it is possible that someone has
battle-site burial ground to conduct a
brought it alive. I think we should find out
remembrance service for the dead, he and the
what's going on and put a stop to it quickly,
other soldiers had been ambushed by Ogres. The
before the evil can spread."
brutes showed amazing cunning, throwing a
His friends and fellow Heroes nodded in
feint attack on one side of the beleaguered
agreement. Tomorrow, at first light, they
group of Bretonnians while a stronger group
would set out to the Tombs. This was truly a
rushed from rock cover to assault the soldiers
challenge worthy of their talents!
from behind. Pierre was knocked unconscious

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CAMPAIGN RULES

Dungeon Layout Characters

There is a single complete There are three characters
dungeon to explore during the Eyes available to you during the Eyes of
of Chaos. Chaos. Each Character becomes
Each dungeon consists of three available at a particular point in the
levels. campaign as called for in the Quest
For the first level of the dungeon, Notes.
the normal rules for setting up the
entry point each level are followed. Danger
From there on you create the This Dungeon has a Danger of 2.
dungeon using the normal random
generation. The only differences
are as follows: Room Type Table
Stairs Down: if these are rolled 1D12+X Room
up as a passage feature, they -5 or less Empty - Large
are replaced by a T-Junction. -4 Hazard – Large
Stairs Out: if these are rolled up -3 Lair – Small
as a passage feature, they are -2 Tomb – Small
replaced by a Dead End. -1 Empty - Small
Rooms: Use the table to the right 0 Hazard - Small
to determine Room Types: 1 Lair - Large
Tomb Rooms: Tomb Rooms are 2 Tomb - Large
special and explained below. 3 Empty - Small
Inner Rooms: Replace any 4 Hazard - Small
Empty Rooms generated this
5 Lair - Large
way with Tomb Rooms.
6 Tomb - Large
Quest Rooms: the first time (and
7 Empty - Small
only the first time) that the
8 Hazard - Small
Heroes find a Quest Room, it
will be the Objective Quest 9 Lair - Large
Room and contain the only set 10 Tomb - Large
of stairs down. This room will 11 Inner Room
always include two Ogres. The 12 Hazard - Small
GM places these wherever you 13 Lair - Large
they wish within the room. 14 Tomb - Large
When the Heroes descend from 15 Inner Room
the Objective Quest Room, they 16 Hazard - Small
enter the area depicted on the GM 17 Lair - Large
map, which is a Quest Location. 18 Tomb - Large
19 Inner Room
Enemies 20 Hazard - Small
Unless called out by Hazard or 21 Lair - Large
Quest events, all Enemies in this 22-24 Inner Room
campaign are Orcs, Undead, 25 Tomb - Large
Skaven, and Ogres. 26+ Quest*
X = the number of rooms revealed
on this level already, minus the
Party Strength

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Running the Campaign
Unfortunately for the Heroes, the
situation is not as simple as it seems!
The Ogres who killed the old soldiers
were more than just a random band
of monsters. The Chaos Sorcerer
Johannes Wieschofer has discovered
a potent source of raw Chaos energy
deep in the catacombs, and is still
working on controlling it. The last
thing lie wants is to be disturbed, and
lie has instructed the Ogres to keep
the cave complex free from 'visitors'.
Johannes murdered his master and
stole his secrets. He was prompted
to do this when his master took
delivery of a magical cloak, redolent
with the taint of Chaos. Impatient at
the slowness of his master's
teaching, and eager for more power,
Johannes desired possession of the
cloak. Before the old man could
properly study it, Johannes stabbed
him in the back, and wrenched the
cloak from his palsied hands. Before
fleeing, Johannes gathered together
the best of his master's magic books
and treasures, the cloak, and as
much gold as he could find. He rode
away from civilisation, heading south-
east towards the mountains.
Eventually learned that a Chaos Flux
existed in an ancient cave complex in
the Vault Mountains.
The mysterious magic cloak turned
out to be an Ogre Cloak, a marvel of
chaotic magic. It could give the
wearer the form of an Ogre, and
allowed him to control the minds of
several Ogre servants. Johannes'
directions of his Ogre servants were
responsible for the ambush and
tactical cunning the Ogres displayed
when wiping out Pierre's band.
Johannes is currently investigating
a source of raw Chaos energy in the
cave complex below the Tombs of
the Phalanx. Protected by Ogres and
a rabble of other creatures which
have. been bullied into guard duty,
Johannes has begun to tap the
power of the Chaos Flux in several
ways, The most important of these is
the Eyes of Chaos which infest the
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catacombs, exerting their baneful
effects over wide areas.
In summary, the Heroes have a
perilous task ahead of them. They
think they will have to face some
Ogres, and perhaps lm Ogre
Chieftain, but they actually face a
Chaos Sorcerer with a body as
strong as an Ogre's, a plethora of
strange effects of Chaos, and more.
This is a tough Quest indeed.
Pierre Chancier: The Bretonnian
Captain Pierre Chancier joins the
Heroes as a Henchman of a Hero,
preferring those with melee related
character paths who have the most
Experience..
Pierre joins the Heroes on the
condition that they do all in their
power to kill the Ogres who wiped
out his friends and fellow men-at-
arms. Pierre will not allow the
Heroes to plunder any of the
soldiers' tombs, but treasure carried
by monsters is quite another matter.
During this Campaign, Pierre
doesn't accept any payment (counts
as Fame 0), but if the Heroes have
spare funds and offer him some
extra equipment, he will not refuse.
He may also earn Quest Rewards
for this Campaign only.
If any member of the party lose
Fate as a result of the Tomb Rooms
in this Dungeon, Pierre automatically
leaves them and flees the dungeon.
Otherwise, if the adventure is
successfully completed, Pierre will
stay as a loyal Henchman to the
Hero. Pierre’s Henchman sheet may
be found later.
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The Eyes Of Chaos: Johannes'
mastery of the raw Chaos he is
studying has extended far enough
for him to be able to place magical
Eyes of Chaos in the two lower
levels of the dungeon. These Eyes
appear as glowing skulls with huge
eye sockets; the 'bone' is white, the
eye sockets red. You may use the
Wound Counters to represent these
in game play.
These Eyes have effects which
will affect all of a room which they
are placed in, irrespective of room
size, and up to 3 squares away in
all directions in any passage they
are located in. This includes around
corners. It is possible for the
Heroes to be affected by an Eye of
Chaos before they can see it if it is
around a corner from them.
However, effects do not pass
through walls, doors, or open
doorways. The Enemies in the
dungeon, are not affected by any
adverse magical effects of the
Eyes. When Heroes enter a zone of
influence of an Eye of Chaos, roll
one dice and check the table below
for the effect which will occur:
EYE OF CHAOS MAGICAL
EFFECT'S TABLE
D12 Magical Effect
1 Anti-magic: Any Wizard trying
to cast any spell in the zone
must make an additional
Intelligence test to be able to
cast it.
2 Weakness: -1 to WS and
Strength
3 Radiant Fear: -1 to all Bravely
tests
4 Mental Enfeeblement: -1 to all
Intelligence tests
5 Distorted Vision: -1 to-hit for all
Ranged attacks BS
6 Magical Drain: The first Hero to
enter the zone has one of his
magic items drained of magic.
If he has more than one magic
item, the GM should randomly
decide which has been
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affected. If the first Hero isn't
carrying any magical items, the
second Hero is affected
instead, and so on. This drain
lasts until the end of the
expedition. Weapons and
Armour act like their mundane
equivalents. Armour suits that
cannot now be worn provide no
Toughness Bonus or Blocks.
7 Tainted Power: Enemies of PV
4+ gain Regeneration.
Enemies with this Ability
regenerate twice each turn.
8 Slowness: it costs an additional
point of movement to leave a
square inside the zone.
9 Warp Attack: All enemies gain
the Armour Piercing ability
against all Heroes and
Henchmen wearing mundane
Armour.
10 Flame Attack: All melee
weapons used by an Enemy in
this zone spits fire within the
and adds +1 damage die to its
attack, which also gains the
Flaming ability.
11 Magical Null: All magic items
possessed by Heroes are
nullified so long as they are
within the zone. Weapons and
Armour act like their mundane
equivalents. Armour suits that
cannot now be worn provide no
Toughness Bonus or Blocks.
Items are not permanently
drained, and will regain their
normal properties as soon as
they are taken out of the zone.
Spells, however, work normally
within the zone.
12 Fate Aversion: Destiny is
useless within the Zone, and
cannot be used at all. If a Hero
wants to use a Destiny, simply
inform the player that for some
unknown reason, it just doesn't
seem to have any effect, but
their Destiny is not increased.

All these effects last only for as
long as the Heroes (or items, etc.)
are within the zone, save for the
Magical Drain which has a,
ongoing effect. Some Eyes of
Chaos are special, and have
effects described in the Quest
Notes do not roll on the for these.
Destroying an Eye of Chaos:
Eyes of Chaos hover around above
the ground and can be struck at
with weapons in the usual way.
They have 8 Toughness and 1
Wound, but all ranged weapon
attacks with a range above 4 have
a -2 to-hit penalty because the
Eyes are small. Eyes of Chaos can
only be harmed by magical
weapons or damaging spells; non-
magical weapons do not damage
them. They are not affected by
spells which affect creature's minds
(such as Flight), because they
have no minds. Whenever an Eye
of Chaos is destroyed, the chaos
energy flies apart in a miniature
explosion. This will cause the Hero
who struck the blow or cast the
spell to suffer any excess damage
they caused over and above the
one needed to destroy the eye!
Dungeon Counters: Before
each Expedition, remove all
Character and Escape Dungeon
Counters.
Tomb Rooms: Tomb Rooms
contain a single coffin. They
contain no Treasure. Any Hero
Ransacking the Room or opening a
Coffin counts their Fate as one
point lower until the end of the
expedition the first time. After that,
they actually lose one point of Fate.
The Ogre Cloak: Johanne can
don or remove the cloak at the
END of his Activation as a Free
Action. He has two cards for this
reason.
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Johannes' Flux Attacks: While
in location N, Johannes can draw
one of three attacks from the power
of the Flux during each Combat
Turn. These are used as a
Vigorous Minor Action. When he
does so, roll on the following table:
Flux Attack Table
D12 Effect
1-5 Arrows of Chaos: Roll a dice
and divide by 2, rounding
fractions up. Johannes draws
this many magical 'arrows' of
energy from the Flux and fires at
the Heroes that Turn. He can
select different targets if he has
more than one 'arrow' available.
Each 'arrow' causes 1 dice of
damage.
6-10 Illusion of Terror: One target
Hero, must make a successful
pass the target's choice of
Intelligence or Bravery test or be
convinced that a nightmarish
horror of Chaos is chasing them
around the room. The GM may
move the figure a number of
spaces equal to the number by
which the test was failed.
11- Inferno of Chaos: The Chaos
12 Flux seethes with a tumult of
energy and almost seems to boil
for an instant. A horrible
screaming pandemonium fills
the room and each Hero or
Henchman in the room must
make a Toughness test or else
suffer -1 to hit will all attacks and
-1 to Tests whenever they are
inside this room. This penalty is
permanent.
Completing Objectives
Defeating Johannes Wieschofer
is the Objective. If the Heroes
complete this, they earn any
rewards appropriately.
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Level 2: The Upper Tombs
Location A
This is a simple guardroom.
Locations B & C
The monsters in these locations
have been very well trained. As
soon as the Heroes open the door
to either room, the door to the other
room will open as well. If either of
the Eyes of Chaos in the wide
passage between the rooms is
destroyed, it makes a loud bang as
it disappears. This noise is
automatically heard by the
monsters inside the rooms, and
they gain +6 to their Surprise rolls.
Location B
The Leadbelcher a great hatred of
Dwarfs, and if he enters hand-to-
hand combat with a Dwarf he can
Berserk.
Location C
The Orcs and Goblins here are
cowards and will not move into an
Ogre's Death Zone.
Location D
There is a pile of three rocks
beside the Ogre here, but he uses
his Club in the doorway. He only
uses the rocks if the Pit Traps at
Location F are activated (see below
for location details).
Location E
The Ogre here is continually
shouting at his Orc servants and
may not hear noises outside. The
Heroes receive +1 to Surprise rolls.
There are two doors to this room.
The one at the south of the
passage is a special one-way door
which only opens outwards (out of
the room into the passage). This
means it cannot open it from the
passage.
Any figure may pull a lever on the
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north wall as a Minor Action. Doing
so will open or close the Pit Traps
at Location F.
The Ogre here is incredibly
greedy, and has all the group's
Treasure to himself. There is no
Loot here, and any rolls for
Ransacking will produce no
treasure. However, the Treasure
Chest's contents is determined with
three rolls on the Treasure Chest
Table.
Location F
These Pit Traps cannot be
spotted or be disarmed by them.
They will be activated by Figures in
Location E. The Pits open or close
when the lever is pulled.
Any Hero standing on one of the
four Trap squares automatically
falls in.
Any figure standing next to an
open pit who is hit in combat must
pass a Speed Test or fall in.
Jumping over an open pit requires
two spaces of movement and a
successful Speed Test. A failed test
causes the figure to fall in.
Any figure falling into the pit
automatically loses one Wound.
Getting out of these pits requires a
Speed Test and three points of
Movement.
Location G
The bridge here has a special
trap. If a figure is stood on the
Bridge at the end of a turn, the
Door to Room H opens, if it has not
already been opened.
If nobody is stood on the Bridge at
the end of a turn, the Door to Room
H automatically closes.
Location H
The stairway leads down to the
third Level.
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Level 3: The Lower Tomb

Location I
This is the laboratory of Gregor
Wieshofer. You may place him here
wherever you wish.
There is a special magical trap on
the door here. When a Hero opens
the door, a massive blast of wind
hits all Heroes or Henchmen within
three squares of the door. Each
character must make a Strength
test. If he fails, the character- is
moved backwards two squares and
may not move in any other way
during the next Combat Turn. If a
character failing the Strength test
cannot move two squares
backwards because he comes to
rest against a wall, that is where his
forced move ends.
If another character is in the way
of the backward movement, that
character must move to the side to
allow the pushed-back character to
move past
Due to the Eye of Chaos here,
any Hero or Henchmen entering or
this room must spend an additional
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Hero or Henchmen starting their
Activation in this room has their
Movement reduced by one.
If the Eye of Chaos is still alive
when Gregor is killed, the Eye
explodes. all figures within the room
suffer five 5 dice of damage in the
GM Phase of the following turn.
As part of the Loot in this room,
the Heroes will find a Warpstone
Key. Whoever carries this must
pass a Bravery Test each turn or
suffer one Wound.
The Treasure Chest here is
trapped with a Spike Trap. In
addition to the Treasure Chest's
normal content, there is a single
Scroll of Pool of Many Places.
Lastly, the Chest also contains the
mad, demented diary of Gregor, in
a turquoise leather binding. Most of
its content; are insane ramblings
and pseudo-philosophical drivel
about the survival of consciousness
in the warp following death, but the
following section should be read to
players:
"Brother Johannes is close to
controlling the Flux now, and soon I
shall have to strike. With that damn
cloak of his I can't hope to
overcome him. I have to find some
way of getting one of the Ogres on
my side somehow. With his magical
control, it seems hopeless. But I
cannot let him triumph when I,
Gregor, should he the Master.''
Location J
The solitary Ogre in this room
hates Bretonnians, and if he gets
into hand-to-hand combat with
Pierre Chancier he adds +1 to his
damage dice against him in
combat.
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Location K
There are two Eyes of Chaos in
the passageway outside, and in
some squares their effects overlap.
Heroes and Henchmen in those
squares are subject to both adverse
effects!
This is where the main group of
Ogres live, although two of them
are permanently acting as
Johannes' bodyguards. If the
Heroes only open one of the doors
to this room, the Ogre standing
guard at the other door will open it
and emerge into the passage,
trying to pincer the Heroes and
Henchmen.
These Ogres will emerge from
their room and chase the Heroes all
the way to the steps leading back
up to the next dungeon level if they
try to flee, but the Greatgut himself
will not leave this room in pursuit.
The Treasure Chest is trapped
with a Mantrap, but contains two
rolls of the Treasure Chest Table.
Location L
This passageway has several
traps and will be a real test for the
Heroes.
The squares marked at L1 have a
Fireball trap placed on them.
At L2, there is a deep pool of
steaming acid. Jumping the Pool
costs two points of Movement and
a successful Speed Test. A figure
failing the Speed Test takes
Damage equal to the amount they
failed by. They may also opt to lose
their Armour, each point of
Toughness bonus mitigating one
such Wound.
At L3 there is a Magic Circle. Any
Wizard Hero will know that this is
deeply tainted with the power of
Chaos. The circle may be jumped
for three points of Movement and a
successful Speed Test. Anyone
stepping onto the Circle must roll
on the following table:
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CHAOS MAGIC CIRCLE TABLE
D12 Result
1 Pain: Lose 1 Wound
2 Agony: Lose 2 Wound
3 Dark Fate! You count your
Fate as one point lower until
the end of the Expedition. If
this leaves your Destiny
higher than your Fate, you
suffer from Toxin.
4 Coward: Cursed* to Lose 1
point of Bravery.
5 Destruction: Chose one of
the Hero's weapons at
random. Mundane weapons
are twice as likely to be
affected as magical ones. The
affected weapon rusts and/or
rots away to nothing.
6 Dizzy: Cursed* to Lose 1 point
of Bow Skill.
7 Clumsy: Cursed* to Lose 1
point of Weapon Skill.
8 Weakness! Cursed* to Lose 1
point of Strength
9 Moron! Cursed* to Lose 1
point of Intelligence
10 Skeleton Attack: A number of
Skeletons with a PV equal to
half the figure's Experience
appear as close to the figure
as possible.
11 Destruction: Chose one of
the Hero's Armour items at
random. Mundane Armour
Items are twice as likely to be
affected as magical ones. The
affected Item rusts and/or rots
away to nothing.
12 Blessed Fortune! Gain 1
Fate.
*These Curses are permanent.
however, a High Priest will be able to
remove any-and-all such Curse on a
Hero in-between expeditions for a
donation of 100GC to the Temple.
The Door at location L4 contains
a very fiendish Block Trap which
has a -2 penalty to Spot and/or
Disarm. If it goes off, then EVERY
figure standing in the shaded area
suffers the same damage roll.
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Location M
This, door has a glowing keyhole.
Only the Warpstone Key from
Location I can open this door.
Absolutely nothing else works, an
no effect can allow the Heroes or
their Henchmen to enter this room
unless the Key is first used. Unless
the user possessed the Warpstone
Key, Mystic Powers that allow the
un-revealed room to be seen into
will fail to reveal anything, and the
Wizard will get a severe headache
for their troubles.
When the Heroes enter this room,
the Chaos Sorcerer Johannes
Wieschofer is in Ogre form.
The Ogre by the door has the a
Potion of Regeneration which he
will drink on his first Activation. If
the Heroes kill him before this, add
the Potion to the Loot.
The Ogre in the middle of the
room wears an Amulet of Iron. This
will by added to any Loot.
The Eye of Chaos radiates the
following effects:
• All Attacks and/or Mystic
Powers by Enemies inside their
room inflict an additional point
(not die) of damage.
• Enemies within the room have a
Bravery of 11.
• All ranged attacks targeting
Enemies in this room have a
two Range Band penalty to hit.
Johannes will flee through the
open door when one of the two
Ogres here is killed and/or when
the other one has Damage within
four of their Wounds. GMs should
do their best to get him out alive.
He runs off down the passageways
into Location N and awaits the final
shoot-out with the Heroes there. If a
Hero is going to catch up with him,
then the GM may use Dungeon
Counters to add +4 per counter to
Johannes' move for one Turn
during the pursuit.

Location N
Use the Large Room With the
circle motif for this room. The circle
is the zone of Chaos Flux with
which Johannes has been working.
He will make for the far wall beyond
the Flux Zone, and he suffers no ill-
effects front passing through it.
From the far wall, standing beside
the Treasure Chest, he uses spells
and special attacks drawn from the
Chaos Flux.
To determine the contents of the
Treasure Chest roll 8D12. The
Heroes may put them into pairs as
they wish and resolve the results on
the Treasure Chest Table.
The Chaos Flux: The area
shown by the circle within Location
N is covered with a very thin,
slightly phosphorescent grey mist
which seems to contain writhing
bodies and screaming Faces.
Clawed hands, tentacles, and
worse seem to flit about within the
thin mist, grabbing at the Heroes as
they approach. Oddly, the mist
doesn't seem to restrict visibility; it's
possible to see what is on the other
side of it quite clearly. However, all
ranged attacks within or across the
Flux suffer a two Range Band
penalty to hit rolls by Heroes and
Henchmen.
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Entering the Chaos Flux: If a
Hero or Henchman wants to charge
Johannes in hand-to-hand combat
he will probably have to move
through the Flux. Movement into a
space covered by the flux costs two
points of Movement. While a
character enters the Flux, roll a dice
and consult the Magic Circle Table
from location L.
The Explosion of Chaos: When
Johannes is killed here, the Chaos
Flux begins to boil and swirl around
and the characters will know that an
imminent explosion is at hand.
They now have four Exploration
Turns to get out before the Flux
explodes, filling the room with a
devastating blast of raw Chaos
energy and killing anything and
anyone inside the room.
This should be just enough time
to get to the Treasure Chest and
make a run for it, but of course
matters won't end there. The Chaos
Flux expands front the room and
along the long passage outside at a
variable rate. Roll a dice each
Exploration Turn as the Heroes
flee. Divide the number rolled by
two, and add 3 to it, so that the
Chaos Flux advances between 4
and 9 squares up the Passage
each Turn. Anyone caught within
the Chaos Flux is forever lost to
Chaos with all their equipment!
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