That Wears a Crown
Don’t forget: the King dies in this one! Break the normal rules for determining the victim. Instead of becoming the victim, the character currently being visited by the killer becomes our sleuth. Their investigation of the king’s ghastly death will be a main focus of the story moving forward.
Crime Scene Clues | |||||
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A | Evidence that the king took the throne unlawfully and illegitimately | Evidence of a coming calamity hidden by the king | Evidence that an heir is not a legitimate heir | Evidence of heretical activity by the king | Evidence of treasonous activity by the king |
2 | The mysteriously exhumed coffins of the king's predecessors in the catacombs | A torn portait of the king's father, revealing a secret and clearly looted hole in the wall. | All of the king's official decrees, tattered and burned | A declaration of war, signed and sealed by the king before his death and legally binding. | A fire in the throne room raging out of control |
3 | Blackmail letters to & from the king | A note from the king blaming the suspect currently visited by the killer | The King's confession | Private & scandalous letters | Fragments of a burned document |
4 | The king's hand, covered in someone else's blood | A bloody sword in the king's hand | A vial of poison and a loaded cross bow | An altogether unknown skull | The open door to the king's secret torture chamber |
5 | The King's crown is stuck to his head | The King's crown is missing its crown jewel | The King's crown is entirely missing | The King's crown is destroyed | The King's crown is a fake |
For use during the Locked Room Murder phase of the game.