Mist Filled Chasm

Mist Filled Chasm is a scripted random encounter that the player character may come across while travelling throughout the wilderness of Arkham.

Script
You stop on the ledge of a mist filled chasm that clearly should not be there… Like the slash of a cleaver, the unnatural crevice brutally seperates the frigid land that was once part of planet Earth.

Crossing to the other side will surely involve some risks but getting around it will also have a clear impact on the duration of your journey.


 * 1) Accept the loss of time and get round the chasm
 * 2) Climb down and try to find a shortcut below (Athletics)
 * 3) Climb down with the help of your grappling hook. (Item required)
 * 4) * Note: If the character has a Grappling Hook in their inventory, this option is no longer available

Option 1 (Accept...)
''You start the arduous journey to follow the outer ridges of the chasm. Under the ever-constant twilight skies, you walk and walk… On more than one occasion, you thought you heard a unsettling howl coming from the depths. Although you are worn, sweaty and scared, you decide not to slow down your steps until you see the other side to this maw of blackness. When you finally reached your destination, your body and mind had been both put to the test.''


 * Lose 5 Sanity
 * Exhaustion Increased

Option 2 (Climb...)
''With just the assistance of your bare hands, you delve deeper into the mist filled abyss that is waiting down below. Since you do not possess the necessary equipment suitable for the descent, you had to put an extra strain on your stamina.''


 * Gain 5 Experience (Athletics)
 * Exhaustion Increased

''You see a dimly lit underground labyrinth of caves before you. Resembling a colony built by oversized ants, its tunnels are branching out to every direction. Upon closer examination, you notice some pitch black cave entrances that are scattered around, staring at you like spiteful, beady, black eyes…''


 * 1) Use your pathfinding skills to find a shortcut to the other side (Survival)
 * 2) Light your lantern and explore the depths (Consumes Kerosene)
 * 3) Try to find your way to the other side of the chasm

Option 1 (Use...)
''You survey the cave system until you find the direction of the air flow travelling through the maze of stones. You hasten your steps to leave this geological mausoleum behind. When you have finally started to climb up to the surface, you feel considerable relief.''


 * Gain 5 Experience (Survival)

Option 2 (Light...)
''During your exploration of the grottoes forsaken by light, you come upon a primitive altar from past millenia. On it, there is a curious alien object which you can’t quite make out in the dimness. No sooner were you about to reach the altar than you’re startled by the blood-chilling howl from behind. There is something inhuman lurking about!''


 * Gain 5 Experience (Athletics)
 * Exhaustion Increased


 * 1) Swiftly grab the object and run
 * 2) * See "Conclusion 1" below
 * 3) Run apace!
 * 4) * See "Conclusion 1" below
 * 5) “Who’s there?”
 * 6) * See "Conclusion 2" below

Option 3 (Try...)
''You start to gropingly move through darkness. As you were tottering blindly to clear the tunnel, your lifted hands suddenly feel something warm and wet, towards which you can’t restrain a feeling of disgust. Then a shuddering voice speaks: “Welcome.” No sooner did your hear the sound than an obscure apprehension envelops your mind, as obscure as the stygian depths in which you roam… This is no human voice!''


 * Lose 5 Sanity


 * 1) Madly run away
 * 2) * See "Conclusion 1" below
 * 3) “Who’s there?”
 * 4) * See "Conclusion 2" below

Fixed Conclusions
Certain outcomes of the Mist Filled Chasm encounter are duplicated depending on the script path chosen by character.

Conclusion 1
''You falteringly advance through the labyrinth at the cost of bruising yourself and when you sight a faint ray of light seeping into the grotto, hope, albeit a meager one, kindles in you. After a challenging climb and countless cuts and bruises, you arrive at the surface once again.''


 * Lose 6 Health
 * Exhaustion Increased

Conclusion 2
''Suddenly, your body is cramped up by a great pain, as if thousands of needles are piercing it all at once. With a throat-mangling scream, you suffocate excruciatingly in the darkness of this underworld.''


 * YOU HAVE PERISHED