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The '''Mapping of the Heart''' is a ritual carried out by the [[Viconia DeVir|Inquisitor of Shar]] at the [[House of Grief]]. The mapping is performed on whoever sits on the stone bench at {{Coords|-272|9}}. Only one player per run can undergo the Mapping of the Heart. | The '''Mapping of the Heart''' is a ritual carried out by the [[Viconia DeVir|Inquisitor of Shar]] at the [[House of Grief]]. The mapping is performed on whoever sits on the stone bench at {{Coords|-272|9}}. Only one player per run can undergo the Mapping of the Heart. | ||
The answers to the mapping affect the battle with the [[Viconia DeVir]] by giving her specialized | The answers to the mapping affect the battle with the [[Viconia DeVir]] by giving her two specialized spells {{SAI|Castigate Heartform}} and {{SAI|Mapped Terror}}. The Mapping can be skipped entirely by passing a {{Ability Check|20|Investigation}} to find a button on the wall that opens the hidden passage to the [[Cloister of Sombre Embrace]]. | ||
== Questions == | == Questions == | ||
The questions are always asked in the same order. The answers provided to each question award a hidden value towards generating your Heartform, similar to how dialogue choices can improve or reduce [[Approval]] with companions.<!-- Needs values assigned to every answer and how they impact the ultimate outcome of the mapping. --> | |||
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* "What last caused you to shed a tear?" | * "What last caused you to shed a tear?" | ||
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** I spare them - but hunt down their beloved. | ** I spare them - but hunt down their beloved. | ||
** I would fabricate a grave threat, and let them live in fear of it. | ** I would fabricate a grave threat, and let them live in fear of it. | ||
* "How would you feel, if all your burdens were | * "How would you feel, if all your burdens were lifted?" | ||
** I would be happy. | ** I would be happy. | ||
** I would be restless. | ** I would be restless. | ||
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== Outcomes == | == Outcomes == | ||
The outcomes of the mapping affect the [[Viconia DeVir]] battle in two ways. She applies a curse using {{SAI|Castigate Heartform}}, the effect of which is altered by the heartform she decides for you. Secondly, your answer to "your greatest fear" changes the effect of her [[Mapped Terror]] ability. | The outcomes of the mapping affect the [[Viconia DeVir]] battle in two ways. She applies a curse using {{SAI|Castigate Heartform}}, the effect of which is altered by the heartform she decides for you. Secondly, your answer to "your greatest fear" changes the effect of her [[Mapped Terror]] ability. | ||
* | * {{Cond|Craven Heart}} - "You flee when you should fight, seek to soften every hard choice. You are untempered." | ||
* | * {{Cond|False Heart}} | ||
* | * {{Cond|Melancholy Heart}} | ||
* | * {{Cond|Violent Heart}} | ||
* {{Cond|Wayward Heart}} - Unique to [[Shadowheart]], if she sits on the bench. | |||
Revision as of 19:25, 22 November 2023
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The Mapping of the Heart is a ritual carried out by the Inquisitor of Shar at the House of Grief. The mapping is performed on whoever sits on the stone bench at X: -272 Y: 9. Only one player per run can undergo the Mapping of the Heart.
The answers to the mapping affect the battle with the Viconia DeVir by giving her two specialized spells 
and . The Mapping can be skipped entirely by passing a 
DC Investigation 20 check to find a button on the wall that opens the hidden passage to the Cloister of Sombre Embrace.
Questions
The questions are always asked in the same order. The answers provided to each question award a hidden value towards generating your Heartform, similar to how dialogue choices can improve or reduce Approval with companions.
- "What last caused you to shed a tear?"
- Grief.
- Loneliness.
- A wound.
- An onion.
- A beautiful sunset.
- Never happened.
- A Perception check is made before the next question. If successful, the character has the opportunity to cut the mapping short at this point.
Spoiler warning! This section reveals interactions with The Dark Urge.
If cut short at this point, a Dark Urge player will be told, by default, that they have a violent heart.
- "What is your unspoken desire?"
- To run away from it all.
- To indulge every hunger, every lust.
- To dominate.
- To be dominated.
- To be held.
- To bathe in wealth and power.
- "What is your greatest fear?"
- Darkness
- To be without power.
- Betrayal
- Disease.
- Turning into a mind flayer.
- Spiders.
- "How would you spite one who wronged you?"
- I would not. I would forgive them.
- I would forgive them, but slowly poison them.
- I would challenge them publicly, and humiliate them before all.
- I would kill them.
- I spare them - but hunt down their beloved.
- I would fabricate a grave threat, and let them live in fear of it.
- "How would you feel, if all your burdens were lifted?"
- I would be happy.
- I would be restless.
- I would be suspicious.
- I would manifest new burdens within a tenday.
- I would be lesser - my burdens moulded me.
- I would be grateful to the gods.
Outcomes
The outcomes of the mapping affect the Viconia DeVir battle in two ways. She applies a curse using , the effect of which is altered by the heartform she decides for you. Secondly, your answer to "your greatest fear" changes the effect of her Mapped Terror ability.
- "You flee when you should fight, seek to soften every hard choice. You are untempered."-
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- - Unique to Shadowheart, if she sits on the bench.