50. A Little Night Murder

You found Old Man Presticott dead at the base of the grand staircase a few hours ago. Now his lawyer has just finished reading his will. All the family members in the house will split the Old Man's riches. Well ... everyone except you. The Old Man always hated you. Maybe that's why he didn't look too surprised when you pushed him down the stairs. Things aren't all that bleak, however. If your relations don't stay in the house until dawn, you get the fortune. The Old Man's greedy servants are more than happy to split it with you. They'll make sure your kin won't make it through the night alive ... . Right Now Your character is still in the game but has turned traitor. Set aside a number of Servant tokens (crimson) equal to the number of heroes. Put each of the first three Servants in an unoccupied room on a different level of the house. If there are more than three Servants, put the extras in any unoccupied room. Treat the Servants as monsters. If there are no unoccupied rooms, divide them evenly among occupied rooms. Set up the Turn/Damage Track with a plastic clip at 0. You'll use it to keep track of time. What You Know About the Heroes In order to receive their inheritance, the heroes must spend the night in the house. If they survive until dawn, the survivors get to split the Old Man's fortune. If they all die, you inherit the fortune. You Win When ... ... all the heroes are killed before dawn. Servants The Servants are treated as normal monsters. They grow stronger as they become more desperate: Turn Speed Might Sanity 0-3 3 3 3 4-7 4 4 4 8 5 5 5 9 6 6 6 You Must Do This On Your Turn At the end of your turn, advance the Turn/Damage Track to the next number, beginning with 1. If you advance it to Turn 10, each living explorer (except you) wins. (They'll split the fortune evenly.) You can still win even if your character is dead. Your servants will be happy to split the money amongst themselves. If You Win ... Technically, you did tell the servants you'd split your inheritance with them if they helped you kill your relatives ... but they're only servants. The servants raise glasses of champagne to toast their new riches. One by one, they collapse as poison seeps through their blood. Oops. Guess you'll be the only one inheriting now.