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How to Escape the Loop

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Downward Spiral of the Lost · p.13

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How to Escape

The Loop

Break the curse

Seal any one of the contracts with Vindicatus’ signet ring. Burning or destroying them does not break the curse. PCs can keep exploring, but the Entrance Hall spawns every two rooms, and there’s a cumulative 1 in 20 chance any other room is turning into a Reality Fold.

Ushered out

Overly damaging the sarcophagi and stonework and killing too many skeleton masons will make the Entrance Hall appear.

“Human” chain

Convincing a sizable number of dwellers to the PCs’ cause (a dozen at least), spacing the group in one-floor increments and walking up or down in unison will cause the mausoleum to eventually run out of options and spawn the Entrance Hall again. Eventually.

Leaving the

Mausoleum

When the PCs exit the Mausoleum, for every room they visited, the same number of Days (neutral), Weeks (mean), Months (severe) or Years (evil) have passed on the outside world. Nonetheless, Vitouan Sylcorn will still be alive, and they signed a contract. If the curse was broken, the extra dimension of the staircase starts to crumble. Dozens of crypt gnomes pour out in a panic. After a day, it vanishes into the void, and anything and anyone still inside is lost.