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Heckna’s Carnival of Shadows

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The Revelia: Heckna's demiplane. Dark carnival, drifts planes, collects oddities. Fun front, rotten core. Endless dusk; no sun, no seasons. Time=Heckna faced moon, phases show his mood (Waning=happy, Waxing=mad, None=sleep, Blood=rage). Blood moon occurred only once (rare). Features: Folks: Rubes (newbies), Revelers (locals), Thralls (clown-corrupted). Thralls speak Gobbledygook. Currency: Red Tickets (RT). Trinkets (outsider junk) buy secrets. Planar/pocket dimension spells fail. Teleporting=only carnival. Heckna Posters: Spy, project his voice, cast Vicious Mockery. Handy Helpers: Clumsy med-bots sell health potions (5 Tickets). Clown Corruption: Schnozling nose-parasites slowly turn victims to Thralls. Zones: Heckna blocks areas by magic (player level accessible). Forest (lvl 1+): Woods. Can’t leave them. The Jamboree (lvl 1+): Safer. Entrance, Ticketing booth, Hostile Hostel, Food Court, Lost & Found, Midway. The Dismaydium (lvl 4+): Deadly. Big Top, Misery-Go-Round, Heckna's Eye wheel, Flop House casino, Tunnel of Love. The Fun House (lvl 9+): Heckna's sanctum, invite only. Hall of Mirrors, various puzzle rooms, Heckna’s private Chambers. Midway Games (3 RT to play, get 5 RT if win): -BOAT-BLASTER 9000: Bumper boats, sink foes. -Dead Ringer: Ring toss on severed hands. -Dunkin’ Do Not: Hit target to dunk rival in kraken tank. -Hit-Me-Heckna: High-striker strength test. -Pin the Flail on the Donkey: Cage enraged 7-legged, 4-eyed donkey. -Pop Goes the Clown: Pop human head

Story

Heckna: killed mentor Otto, made Revelia & Cicero MC. Cruel ringleader; fears scorn; goofy, sly; always wears mask (mood-shifts). Pets: Snout, big red ball, makes schnozlings; Myrmidon, big antlion, makes popcorn swarms. Sophie: Chandler of Flesh; makes wax fiends from dead in Lab. Arachne: loud werespider acrobat, Big Top. Toymaker (TM): mute barrel construct, 6 arms, 6 turning masks (joy, sad, wrath, calm, wink, think); helps rebels. Stefano: puppet boy, TM's sign interpreter. Cicero: Heckna's ex; heart torn out making Tunnel of Love; trapped inside as immortal after trying stop Heckna. Locke: Corvum (crow-man), grumpy; sells items in Lost & Found wagon; bound as immortal after escape try & can't leave it; loves trinkets (giddy, trades secrets). Pinky: clowned bard; amnesia. Choo-Choo Cadre: At Shattered Station fixing escape train. Watt (dwarf), Pieper (gnome), Rough Tumbles (gnoll), Giggles (elf), Dee Cee (halfling, near-thrall). Areas: Food Court: Babs' Meatery, Felix's Elixirs, Candy’s Candy Emporium. Hostile Hostel: Puppet Ramona host. Flop House: Dirk's casino (shaved dwarf). Quests: Act 1: Win tickets. Pinky recalls & hits Heckna. Get Dismaydium access. Act 2: Cadre asks: kill pet to weaken him. (makes blood moon). Act 3: TM caught, Big Top rescue. Kill Sophie building army. Act 4: Fun House invite. Choices; Accept a deal: He betrays & traps party. Escape: steal train parts for Cadre & flee (Heckna alive, Locke still trapped). Fight: kill pets & him, free all.

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