SND-02: CHAOS MAZE

The following is intended for the play-by-post delve of SND-02: Fane of the Heresiarch.

Vitals + Rumors + Crusaders + Score + Watchtower + Bleak Seminary + Confessional + Black Cathedral + Ashen Ambulatory + Pleasure Crypts + Catacomb Reliquary + Death Wyverns' Crucible + Prison of Frozen Gods + Observatory + Gauntlet of Walls + Blighted Grove + Chaos Maze + Mothers' Cloister

This sprawling labyrinth beneath the Fane is stalked by a fiendish half-manticore minotaur.

If ye dungeoneers gain thy bearings and discover the inmost den at the maze’s center, thou may claim the treasures within.

Secrecy and honesty is the rule here. ALL out-of-character communications, including emails, that discuss locations of cards and strategies of this challenge are prohibited. When a dungeoneer takes his or her turn, he or she may choose to do any one of the following:

• Take a Short Rest.
• Use their keen architectural sense (alignment of walls, subtle air flow) to discern which corridors lead to dead ends (1/game).
• Use their acute sense of direction and aptitude for pattern recognition to help keep the party from getting lost  (1/game) . 
• Find a vantage point from which they can survey one of the labyrinth’s sections  (1/game) .
• Cast the Hand of Fate ritual (1/game).

Afterward, the dungeoneer must then choose two cards from the Labyrinth Deck , shown above, to reveal. The cards must be chosen at the same time/Comment post. The Dungeon Master will then post a response, indicating what time (Eastern Standard Time) those images will be revealed. The images will remain for 15 minutes real time, and then will be reverted back.

• Matching two architectural features progresses the party one or two steps in unraveling the maze.
• Matching two treasure chests reveals a hidden boon.
• Drawing one Minotaur Card indicates the party narrowly escaped the hunting beast. Matching two Minotaur Cards indicates that the Minotaur has cornered its prey and attacks!

Choosing two cards that do not match incurs 1 Blight and 5 damage which cannot be negated or reduced in any way.

After each dungeoneer has taken a turn, one row of cards is reshuffled and replaced. Play then continues into the next round.

The order of play for this challenge shall be first-come first-serve. Dungeoneers shall take their turn whenever they are ready, and then wait until after the cards are reshuffled at the end of round before taking another turn.

GO!

The dungeoneers make great headway intothe maze, but are then ambushed by the Minotaur/Manticore stalking it's twisting halls!