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Publish the Oldest Oath Before the Moot - AI-generated fantasy Encounter

Publish the Oldest Oath Before the Moot

Encounters
Roleplay and investigation · Low · 6 players, level 17

Publish the Oldest Oath Before the Moot

The moot may publish the hidden oath and expose a containment repair, or preserve silence while the vault remains sealed.

Run the talk

Successes
0/3
Failures
0/2

Starts Neutral

Base DC 18

Success Before the moot

Failure If the party reaches Brannoch only after the moot

Party 6 players, level 17

System D&D 2024

Cheat sheet

The party wants

Get Brannoch's vote before the moot, establish the repair's real purpose, and gain access to the vault's oldest oath.

Success

Before the moot, DC 18 Charisma (Persuasion) secures Brannoch's vote for publication and his private confession.

Failure

If the party reaches Brannoch only after the moot, he votes against publication.
Clock
3 / 2
successes / failures
Base DC
18
Starts
Neutral

Read aloud

Say this

Follow the cold draft behind the newer panel and your fingers find a seam in the stone. The founders' stairs descend into a hush of iron dust and old heat; at the landing, the gauge needle rests low while its casing gives off a faint, uneven hum. Somewhere beyond the sealed door, metal answers metal with a soft ticking.

Who says what

They wantBrannoch Slate-Hand wants the truth published without being condemned as the sole author of a decision made above him.

LeverageThe altered gauge is measurable evidence; the repair's tool marks distinguish a containment seal from a thief-proofing job.

  • Brannoch

    An accusation before evidence makes Brannoch fold his arms and say, “A low needle is safer than a crowd deciding what it means.”

  • A calm question about the gauge's history gets a practical answer: “It stayed low because I kept it there.”

  • Brannoch

    Offering to include the order's origin earns a brief nod; Brannoch speaks more quietly and gives the party a chance to reach him before the moot.

  • If the party pushes after the moot, he says, “I have cast my vote. I won't pretend the record says otherwise.”

Maneuvers

DC 18Show the gauge's false reading before accusing anyone.
DC 18Ask Brannoch what he believed the low reading would prevent.
DC 18Offer to publish the repair evidence with the order's source, rather than leaving the wardens to bear the blame.
DC 21Open the vault by the Elder's word or a Dexterity (Smith's Tools) check; do not read the oldest oath until the subsequent vault combat is survived.

What the party can use

Find the hidden stair behind the newer panel with DC 20 Wisdom (Perception).
Trace the gauge adjustments to Brannoch Slate-Hand with DC 20 Intelligence (Investigation or Arcana).
Reach Brannoch before the moot and persuade him with DC 18 Charisma (Persuasion).
Ask the craft-wardens about the repair with DC 21 Charisma (Persuasion), or examine it with DC 22 Dexterity (Smith's Tools).

The battlefield

Zones

  1. 1

    Old Gauge Run25 ft

    Newer panel conceals the founders' stairs; old stone dust scratches beneath the newer fittings.

  2. 2

    Gauge Landing25 ft

    The quiet gauge sits beside the vault approach, its needle held below the true heat reading.

  3. 3

    Oldest Vault25 ft

    Beyond the sealed door wait oath-scrolls, the oldest oath on a lectern, and humming sealed gauges.

What the party can use

A newer wall panel hides the founders' stone staircase; DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) reveals the Old Gauge Run.
The heat gauge has read low for years; DC 20 Intelligence (Investigation or Arcana) traces its adjustments to Brannoch Slate-Hand.
The vault door opens with a direct word from the Elder or a successful DC 21 Dexterity (Smith's Tools) check.

Treasure

The vault contains oath-scrolls and sealed gauges; its oldest oath is on the lectern.

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