The main problem I can see is that as it stands, the crystal ball will likely only go to the katastrophe or their allies unless they’re feeling especially generous and hand it out freely.

Agreed, I was struggling with that part as well. Maybe this should be a named Room instead with specific rules for that Room? If a Room is called out in the rules and does not yet exist, there’s the mechanic that somewhat forces it to exist based on a random roll, so that could work.

I’m open to other mechanics that might allow this to work. I’m also curious to know if allowing a chance for non-Possessed Explorers to discover Malfeasances is something people might like to see.

For those that don’t vote in favor of this Proposal, your feedback on that aspect is appreciated, regardless of whether this winds up being an Item, Room, or something else.

Since Malfeasances (particular Traps) seem implied to be part of each room’s unchanging architecture, perhaps we could discover them by taking some kind of searching action within that room.

Maybe. I was looking for something a little harder. The Explorer Possessed by Katastrophe can already ask for the information about a Malfeasance in the Room that they occupy, so handing nearly the exact same thing to the rest of the Explorers isn’t quite what I was looking for.

What I was aiming for is a way to potentially get the location and name of one Malfeasance, and that it would require work (or perhaps not be possible) to get any more locations and names.

Here’s a backup idea:

An Explorer who is in the Seance Room during the Explorers Phase and who is not Possessed by Katastrophe may privately ask the Narrator for the location of a Malfeasance, if they have not done so since the start of the first Explorers Phase. The Narrator must choose one Room from all of the Rooms that currently have Malfeasances using a private random roll. The Narrator must then privately reply to the Explorer with the name of the chosen Room and the name of the Malfeasance in that Room, but not any other details of the Malfeasance, as soon as possible.

because Katastrophe gets to choose who (if anybody) gets the Crystal Ball.

Does also seem a little backwards that Katastrophe has to walk around inspecting rooms up close to find out how they work, while the Explorers are using eldritch psychic powers to discern secrets at a distance.

@Kevan: what do you think about my backup idea to make this a feature of a specific Room? In that backup idea a few comments up, I worded it such that each Explorer only gets to learn one Malfeasance, whereas Katastrophe over time can learn all of them.

I’m asking because I’m still looking for a way to allow more uses of the Malfeasances than just Katastrophe and friends. I think it would make for a more interesting interaction between Explorers.

Ideas and opinions on this are welcome.

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