This room is a large, grassy, rather plain courtyard enclosed by brick walls; if anyone jumps the fence, their senses will slowly be consumed by a high-pitched whine and a hot white blaze. It's a 7-minute walk to the other side, where there is a (1) wooden door.
Halfway along the path is a skeleton in a long gray coat sitting at a table. She is fortune-teller offering three-card spreads with a custom oracle deck. She'll offer the first two cards for free, pulling the "NINE OF SKULLS" (which she interprets to mean that the party's uniting together was beyond chance, a cosmically significant event) and the "FOUR OF PIGEONS" (which she interprets to mean that the party is currently on the path to becoming lost beyond repair). She'll offer to show you the last card, representing the future or the solution to your problem, for a price equivalent to a nice dinner for eight. If so, she'll reveal the "SIX OF RUNES", which she'll interpret to mean there is a battle ahead that will decide your fate; incidentally, she has various vials of snake-oil strength potions that she's happy to offer you for a hefty sum.
An individual with particular knowledge of fortune-telling, lying, or sleight of hand might recognize that she's a phony-- stacking the deck and not connecting to the latent magic produced when the deck is shuffled. If confronted, she will not deny this; instead she will attempt to sell you another of her oracle decks, so that you can fool passers-by as well.
Tags: limen
Doors: (1) combat