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+## Chapter Summary
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+Omta is extremely conflicted about the PCs. On one hand, they are
+deck-touched, which means they have a certain bond with Omta. On the
+other hand, the PCs have agreed to work with Tymora, and Omta is
+terrified of Tymora. So in this chapter, Omta erects barriers that
+prevent the PCs from getting too close to the Deck, but he also makes
+overtures to communicate with the PCs. He will lower the barriers when
+he is confident that the PCs understand his point of view. This chapter
+is all about building trust.
+
+When the PCs arrive back at the remains of Castle Green, all that
+remains is the basement. Omta has created two lines of defense: first,
+he has turned the basement into a complicated labyrinth where movement
+is only feasible with Omta’s permission. Second, he has walled off the
+Deck behind an impenetrable steel door.
+
+When the PCs enter the labyrinth, they find it confusing and impossible
+to get anywhere. But they also feel a presence in the back of their
+minds, trying to communicate with them. This is Omta’s first attempt at
+communication, using the telepathic bond they share. At this stage, all
+the PCs have to do is make an effort, trying to talk to Omta. It doesn’t
+matter *how* they try to communicate, or how successful they are, as
+long as they make an effort. Once the PCs show that they care about
+establishing contact, Omta will start helping the PCs to navigate the
+labyrinth: he will take them where they want to go, if they just say
+where they want to go.
+
+Once the PCs can navigate the labyrinth, they will start finding Green’s
+employees scattered about the labyrinth. An important side quest is
+helping Green’s employees get out of the labyrinth, one by one. It can
+be quite gratifying to get everybody out safe and sound - with the sole
+exception of Green and his bodyguards, who are trapped behind the steel
+door.
+
+Eventually, the PCs will reach the steel door. By this time, Omta will
+be dissatisfied with his efforts at communication so far. The telepathic
+bond is allowing him to send vague impressions and emotions, but it’s
+bad at sending detailed information. So Omta comes up with Plan B: if
+telepathic communication isn’t working, then we can try writing! He
+conjures six parchment scrolls, and drops them at the PCs feet. Then, he
+adds six pigeonholes to the door. After the PCs decipher a scroll, they
+can put the deciphered scroll into a pigeonhole. When all six scrolls
+are deciphered, the door will open.
+
+The scrolls contain a strange form of writing: each scroll contains
+several cards from the deck, arranged in little groups. The Deck is
+using cards as a form of symbolism. Each card has a symbolic meaning.
+The PCs have collectively drawn many cards. They automatically know the
+symbolic meanings of any cards that they have drawn. But there are also
+many cards on the scrolls that the PCs *didn’t* draw, and they may have
+no idea what *those* cards mean.
+
+To learn the symbolic meanings of *those* cards, the PCs will have to
+talk to NPCs who drew those particular cards. This becomes the main
+quest of this chapter: tracking down NPCs who drew particular cards.
+Unfortunately, talking to those NPCs is not always easy. For example,
+one of these NPCs has been transformed into a rampaging beast. Another
+has been put into a coma. Figuring out how to get useful information
+from NPCs who have been drastically warped by the deck can be a
+difficult challenge.
+
+Talking to those NPCs, the PCs will discover that many of them are in
+crisis. The Deck has turned their lives upside down, for good or for
+bad. Many of them need help. The PCs have the opportunity here to build
+relationships that will end up paying off in later chapters, when these
+NPCs may become powerful allies with deck-granted powers.
+
+When the PCs finally know the symbolic meanings of all the cards, they
+will be able to decipher all the scrolls. This allows them to open the
+door, which leads to Omta’s hiding place. The PCs can then have a true
+conversation with Omta for the first time. When the conversation is
+over, the PCs are returned to Castle Green. There is no longer a steel
+barrier preventing access to Green and the Deck. The PCs can go talk to
+Green, and can negotiate to buy the Deck.
+