Gameplay

Alba quaffs their goblet of wine.
Himo takes a few sips of wine.
There isn't any other goblets of wine left for Raphael to drink, so I'll assume that they take Himo's wine, and drink the remainder.

Nothing happens for a minute, then Alba, Himo, and Raphael fall to the floor, writhe in agony for a moment, and subsequently lie still. On further inspection, it is clear that they are all dead.

For Keeper:

When you approach the cocoons, you see movement in the darkness beyond the portcullis. A giant spider, about the size of a large dog, emerges from the shadows, and watches you hungrily from the other side of the portcullis. You see venom dripping from the creature's dagger-like fangs.

For everyone else:

What do you want to do now?

Raphael would not have taken the goblet from Hiro.

For Osstaer:

You listen at the doors. You hear nothing, and after inspecting the door carefully, you see no sign of traps or other dangers. With this considered, I'll assume you want to open the door. Upon opening the door, you see a rectangular room on the other side, that has the look of a wizard's study or workshop. The room is illuminated by another pair of stone braziers, with cyan-coloured flames. One is in the north-west corner of the room, and the other is in the south-east corner.

On the east side of the room, you see a large wooden table, cluttered with alchemist's equipment, such as beakers, flasks, alembics, spirit lamps, a mortar and pestle, and so on.

On the north wall, you see two large wooden shelves, containing a huge array of dried herbs, seeds, salts, spices, resins, unguents, ointments, tonics, tinctures, pills, powders, potions, and other things of that nature. Between the two shelves, there is a wooden door on the north wall.

At the south end of the room, you see a plush divan with an ornate brass hookah in front of it. Behind the divan, there is a wooden door on the south wall.

The silver door you have entered from is on the west side of the room.

For Sardis:

Since you said that Raphael wanted to imbibe the goblet's contents, that's what I've put through. I won't be doing any retcons, but if you'd like to roll up two more prisoners to replace the dead characters, you may do so. If anyone else who has already lost a character would like to roll up a replacement, then they may do so as well.

For everyone:

What do you want to do from here?

For Asa:

You recognise that the shelves are full of alchemical reagents, and that it is likely that several of the bottles and jars on the shelf will likely contain magical potions of some kind. However, you have no way of figuring out what any of the potions do, unless test them somehow. You also find an athame in one of the desk drawers. This will function identically to a normal dagger.

For Jaws:

You're unfamiliar with any anti-spider remedies.

For Yvandra:

You test the lever. You think it will move, if some effort is applied.

For Alvin:

The spirit lamps aren't lit. You find a metal tinderbox and some tall candles in one of the desk drawers. You could light the spirit lamps with this if you wish.

For Greyward:

Excellent map, except the stairs and portcullis is on the south side. In my games, I leave it to the players to map their surroundings, if they wish to do so.

For Keeper:

The flickering stone bowl is fixed to the ground, and cannot be removed. You notice that there is no heat emitted from the cyan-coloured flames, it is a strange kind of magical "cold fire". You also see that there is no burning material or embers in the stone bowl itself, the fire is appearing as if from nothing.

For everyone:

From behind the southern door of this room, you hear a scratchy voice. It says:

"Is someone there? Is that you, Janar? Have you returned?"

What do you want to do from here, players?