a solo fantasy adventure
possessions on the character sheet. Initially,
by Chris Hind
''Tarepo'sTroubles" is something new to
the pages of WHITE WOL F - a solo
adventure. To play, you need a pencil, eraser,
scrap of paper, and one six sided die ( ld6).
After reading the instructions and
background, you start the adventure at
paragraph 1 and then follow the directions
given in the text. In those instances where
you are asked to make a decision, choose
wisely - there is no tuining back once you
have proceeded to the paragraph
corresponding to your choice.
Your Character
You playTarepo, a roguish troll. In this
fantasy world, trolls are four feet tall, warty
humanoids with hair the color and
consistency of steel wool. They are
renowned for their metal working skills and
secretive nature.
Referred to as an idiot-troll,Tarepo is a
bit of an exception. He is good with his
hands, but in a different way - interesting
objects stick to his fingers. He is also skilled
at hiding, sneaking and getting into trouble.
For combat purposes,Tarepo is defined by
five traits, described below. Keep track of
them on a scrap of paper, as they may change
during the adventure.
REACTIONS + 1: modifies the First
Strike roll (see Combat below). Tarepo is
quick-thinking and has swift reactions.
OFFENSE + 1: a combination of weapon
skill, hand-eye coordination and any magical
bonuses you receive during the adventure. It
is expressed as a positive or negative modifier
(eg. +2, 3) or no modifier at all. Tarepo has
gained rudimentary combat skills during
previous adventures, thus the positive
modifier.
DEFENSE 4: measures agility, armor
and magical protection. Tarepo's thick skin
and agility make up for any lack of armor.
HEALTH 20:Tarepo is vigorous and
lucky.
Tarepo's Troubles
You should also record Tarepo's
feature was the lack of anything resembling a
he has none (see Adventure Background).
Combat
When combat is unavoidable, you must
follow four steps to determine the outcome:
1. First Strike. Roll l d6 forTarepo
and l d6 for his opponent, adjusting each roll
with REACTIONS modifiers. Re-roll any
ties.The one with the higher roll gets to strike
first and becomes the attacker for this combat
segment. The one with the lower roll
becomes the defender.
2. Hit Determination.The attacker
rolls 1d6 and adds his OFFENSE. If the total
is equal to or higher than the defender's
DEFENSE, a hit has been scored: proceed to
step 3. Otherwise, the attack has missed and
no damage is scored: proceed to 4.
3. Damage.The damage an attack
causes depends on the weapon used. The
opponent's damage will be revealed when he
is encountered. Tarepo begins with no
weapons but his fists do 1 point of damage.
Take advantage of opportunities to acquire
better weapons. Damage scored is subtracted
from the defender's HEALTH. A defender
whose HEALTH reaches zero is dead. If
Tarepo was the defender, the adventure has
come to a bloody conclusion.
4.Tum About. If both Tarepo and his
opponent have attacked this segment, return
to step 1 and re roll First Strike for the next
combat segment. If only one of the two has
attacked, the attacker becomes the defender,
and the defender becomes the attacker: return
to step 2.
When you are ready to take on the
persona ofTarepo the troll, read on...
Adventure
Background
While exploring a stretch of wilderness
in the human kingdom ofTyre, you came
upon a strange edifice. Crazed hermits called
it Sathor Tower and connected it with
mysterious disappearances and other,
innumerable tales of evil. True or not, the
structure was certainly a curiosity.
Cylindrical in shape and built of an utterly
smooth reddish material, its most bizarre
door or window. You struck its walls to see if
it was hollow, but were unable to decide from
the resulting sound. You were about to give
up on this puzzle when the world spun into
darkness.
You awoke some time later in a cramped
cell, chained to the wall. An old man shared
your accommodations. Torchlight filtering
through the barred window on the door
flickered across smooth red walls. That is
when you realized you were inside Sathor
Tower! At first, this revelation excited you -
how mau.y people could match such a stor;?
Now, fifteen days later, the novelty is
wearing off. It is time to escape. Read
paragraph 1 to begin your adventure.
1
You must first remove the cold iron
manacles that bind your wrists. Will you try
to pull the chains from the wall (read 10),
pick the lock (read 97), or wait for a better
opportunity to escape later on (read 31 )?
2
If you possess a key ring, you find the
key to the old man's manacles and free him
(read 39). Without a key, you will have to
pick the lock with a rusty rivet you find on
the ground. Roll l d6. If the result is 1 or 2,
read 61. If the result is 3, 4, 5 or 6, read 92.
3
The lock mechanism clicks and your
manacles fall open. Rubbing your wrists to
regain circulation, you stand and examine the
cell. Read 89.
4
You stand in a hall which stretches right
and left as far as the dim torchlight allows
you to see. A third hall faces you. None of
the passages look particularly promising.
Taking a torch for future use, will you go
right (read 24), left (read 98), or ahead (read
30)?
61
5 as an exit opens easily from the inside. You
Will you:
Attack the jailer with your chains?
Read20
Persuade him to set you free?
Read46
Pilfer the keys from his belt?
Read 77
Wait for a better opportunity to escape?
Read55
6 ventilation shaft in the ceiling. You can see
Deftly, you palm the key ring without
the jailer seeing and conceal it while he gives
you your meal. Once he has left the cell, you
try - keys until one unlocks your manacles.
Nev� has a click sounded so good! Read 89.
7 Read 51
You have entered a musty vault. A
beacon of goiden light draws you to a niche in
the far wall. Resting in this niche is a dagger,
heavily inlaid with silver and gold. You may
take the silver dagger if you wish (it causes2
damage). The one stone door which serves
62
leave the room and continue down the outside
corridor. Read 76.
8 Suddenly, the chains snap! The berserker­
The twisting and rubble strewn tunnel
eventually opens out into a mine tunnel. A
portion of the ceiling has collapsed, sealing
any exit that may once have existed. Two
skeletal legs stick out from behind an over­
turned mine cart. Fresh air drops from a
sky, but the ceiling is too high for you to
climb the shaft. This glimpse of the outside
world only strengthens your determination to
escape. Will you:
Search your surroundings more
thoroughly? Read 64
Get on with your escape?
9 symbol falls loose of your jerkin and dangles
This cell is similar to the one you
escaped from. A huge woman dressed in
animal skins is chained to the wall. Without
provocation, she lunges at you, her fingers
twisted into talons, her face a snarling
crimson mask. She strains against her chains
and stretches her neck as far as it will reach
without snapping off. Spittle flies from her
frothing mouth as she chomps the air.
woman pounces. She attacks with her fists,
which do2 points of damage.
BERSERKER: REACTIONS O;
OFFENSE +1; DEFENSE 3; HEALTH 8
If you win, read 60.
10
Concentrating all the energy in your
body, you heave mightily on the chains that
bind you. Sweat breaks out on your brow and
your muscles quiver. Roll l d6. If the result
is a 1, read 63. lf not, read 25.
11
While you are hunched over, the holy
from its chain, glowing warmly. The digger
retreats to the end of the tunnel and frantically
claws at the wall. Before it can escape, the
holy symbol sprays a beam of sunlight, which
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strikes and paralyzes the digger. Its face
becomes almost calm as the curse of undeath
is lifted. Thanks to the holy symbol, you
have laid a fellow troll to rest. Read 48.
12
The passage ends at a spiral staircase.
Taking a deep breath (for you sense you are
leaving the dungeon for Sathor Tower
proper), you begin to ascend the stairs. Soon,
you reach a door on the right and presumably
the main tower level. You hear a low moan
from further up the stairs. Will you open the
door (read 59), or continue to climb (read 91).
13
You have entered the kitchen's cold
storage room. The temperature is unnaturally
cold, so a thin layer of ice covers the floor
and walls. Your breath is a misty vapor.
Hanging from the ceiling are sides of meat
which at first you assume are from pigs or
sheep. Only when warm air from the open
door causes one body to spin do you realize
that they are mutilated human bodies. If you
have eaten any stew lately, read 69. Still, the
sickening sight forces you back to the
kitchen. Read 71.
14
Nothing happens. You feel this is a
good thing so you press another button.
Which will it be?
The blue button Read 67
The yellow button Read 23
The red button Read 88
15
If you possess a key ring, you may leave
the cell (read 4). Otherwise, you may only
search for an alternate exit (read 49) or free
the old man (read 2).
16
You try each and every one of the keys
from the guard's key ring, but none of them
fit the lock. Re-read 22 and choose again.
17
The flask marked "MED" contains a
cool and sweet liquid. You immediately feel
a tingling sensation throughout your body.
Regain l d6 HEALTH. Enough of the
magical healing potion remains for one more
swallow. You may drink it at any time, now
or later. If you drink it during combat, you
will lose your attack for that segment. You
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(read 83), or leave the mine (read 51).
18
You strike your cell mate and he
releases his grip. "Fool," he cries! "We were
allies in misfortune. Now you alone suffer."
Bolts of energy flash from the old man's eyes
and sear your flesh. Lose 2 HEALTH. He
disappears before you can retaliate. Read 68.
22
19 Only a few dozen strides further, you
arrive at a door on your left. It is of solid red
You wait silently, but no one appears. A
stone and attached to the wall by two great
few moments pass. The sound of footsteps,
perhans echoes carried from another nassa2e.
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iron hinges. It is locked. Whatever is inside
is surely valuable, you think. You may try
fade. ·You press on. Read 41.
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you:
20 Pick the lock? Read 65
When the Jailer leans over to place your Use a key (if you have one)? Read 16
meal on the floor, you jump up and wrap your Break down the door? Read 79
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life will be wasted also." You must fight the
There is a flash of intense white light dark man. His hand does ld6 points of
and you feel yourself spinning, not through damage.
space, but time. Your recent history runs
backward in a blur. You land with a thump
DARK M�A�J\l": REACTIONS O;
OFFENSE O; DEFENSE 2; HEALTH 5
and discover that you are chained in a cell If you win, read 52.
with a bristle bearded old man. All the
possessions you have acquired are gone.
Read 1 to restart your escape.
28
The lock clicks and the door swings
open. You enter the room beyond. Read 7.
24
After walking for a few minutes, you
come to a point where the torches are out, so
29
you must rely on your own senses. The thin If you have a silver dagger, read 78. If
layer of dust which covers the floor and the you don't, read 33.
unrepaired cracks in the walls show that this
passage has not been used in years. Dust falls
from the ceiling. Will you walk on (read 47),
30
go back and try the left hand passage (read You follow a featureless passage. Only
41), or go back and try the forward passage periodically spaced torch sconces break the
(read 30)? monotony of the smooth red walls. You have
encountered no doors or branching corridors.
Just as you question your choice of passages,
25 you approach two rough hewn tunnels, both
What do you think you are? A crag­ about three feet in diameter, that intersect the
giant? After wasting your energy on corridor. Faint scratching comes from the
unbreakable chains, you give up. You rest for left hand tunnel, while fresh air wafts from
a moment to recover from your exertions. the right hand tunnel. Will you continue
Read 31. along the corridor you have been following
(read 42), crawl down the right hand tunnel
26 (read 8) or investigate the left hand tunnel
(read 74)?
Either a superior locksmith crafted these
manacles or the rivet you are using is too
crude a tool. The lock refuses to open.
31
Instead of dwelling on your failure, will you: After a few minutes, a sharp click and
Wait for something to happen? Read 31. grating sound surprise you. The door is
Pull on the chains in frustration? Read 10. opening! The huge and shadowy form of
your jailer enters. He carries two bowls of
foul-smelling stew. He slops one of the
27 bowls near your cell mate and brings the
You step into the cell and confront the second over to you. This may be your chance
dark man. He takes his hand from the to escape. Read 5.
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Your shoulder slams against the door,
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shoulder is a bit numb but otherwise
undamaged. Unfortunately, the strength
potion has been used up. You may NOT use
it to aid you in the next combat. Re read 22
and choose again.
33
The spider-thing attacks with its
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Additionally, each time you lose HEALTH,
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powerful poison reduces your REACTIONS
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36.
SPIRIT SPIDER: REACTIONS +l;
OFFENSE +1; DEFENSE 4; HEALTH 10
If you survive the encounter, read 70.
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have a blood-red holy symbol in the shape of
the sun, which you pocket before continuing.
Read 86.
35
No sooner do you press the red button
than you find yourself standing in the open air
with a cool breeze playing over your skin and
the smell of pine in your nostrils. Sathor
Tower's red walls seem to stare down at you
in blank anger. You race away through the
woods. Read 100.
36
You slump to the floor, rapidly slipping
into unconsciousness. The spirit-spider
returns to its shadowy, humanoid form. Its
blank face mocks you.
"Before you can enjoy the release of
death, I will steal your energy." You feel
your soul wrenched from your body. Soon
your body will be an empty husk...
37
The rat tunnel ends in a room just as you
are returning to your normal size. You place
the holy symbol around your neck and look
around. Read 7.
38
The pit is deep and your landing hard,
although something brittle breaks your fall.
Reduce your HEALTH by l d6 points. If you
are still alive, you dust yourself off, thank the
Lucky One for her divine influence, and find
out what you fell on. Read 66.
39
With his manacles removed, the old man
lunges forward and picks you up in a bear
hug. Will you:
Defend yourself? Read 18
Tell him you mean no harm? Read 85
40
You shake the shrinking salts over your
head. When the shaker is empty, the floor
rushes up to you at a dizzying speed. You
shrink, as does everything you carry, until
you are no taller than the length of your hand.
You enter the rat hole, intent on discovering
what the shiny object you saw earlier was.
Inside the rat hole, your diminutive torch
casts an equally poor light, barely a spark.
Ahead, you see a holy symbol shaped like the
sun made of a large bloodstone with copper
red rays. It is the size of your leg and the
brass chain is twice as long as your body.
Suddenly, a huge furry shape a rat the size
of a horse - darts towards you. It will be
quite a match in your tiny size. The rat
attacks with its teeth, which are sharp enough
to gnaw through lead pipe (3 damage).
GIANT RAT: REACTIONS +1;
OFFENSE O; DEFENSE 3; HEALTH 8
If you win, read 87.
41
A scream from ahead startles you. You
cautiously advance until you reach an open
cell door. Inside, a dark man has his hand on
a prisoner's head. The man in chains writhes
in agony and begins to become thinner before
your eyes. The dark man is some kind of
leech. Will you stop this torture before the
prisoner is nothing but skin and bones (read
27), or sneak by the door and continue (read
73).
42
Further down the passage, you come to a
door blocking your progress. This one has
neither lock nor window, so you assume it
isn't a cell. A musty smell seeps though the
wood. Do you wish to open the door and
enter cautiously (read-50), or rush in quickly
with surprise in your favour (read 93).
43
Which will you press?
The yellow button Read 23
The red button Read 14
The blue button Read 81
44
You find it difficult to concentrate with a
giant spider rushing towards you, but you
manage to get a brief image. This dark figure
is not the master of Sathor Tower himself, but
rather a life-force entity created and
controlled by it. Armed with this new
knowledge, will you:
Attack it? Read 29
Tell it that it cannot hurt you
since it is only an illusion? Read 57
45
The stew is bland, but fortifying.
Restore l d6 HEALTH. Your hunger is
satisfied, re-read 71.
46
"As nice as the accommodations have
been," you say, "I feel that I have out-stayed
my welcome. If you would just unlock these
manacles, I'll be on my way." The jailer
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looks at you blankly, as if he doesn't
understand your words. Re read 5 and
choose again.
47
You hear an ominous cracking sound
and look up. The cracks in the ceiling have
spread. Sand and small chunks of masonry
fall on your face. The mere sound of your
footsteps has triggered a minor collapse! Not
realizing that louder footfalls only trigger
increasingly larger pieces of stone to fall from
the weakened ceiling, you run forward,
pushing speed and endurance to a heroic limit
and wondering how long you will be able to
keep ahead of the rumbling cascade of stone
which chases your fleeing form, until a sight
seen by the crazy torchlight sends chills down
your body.
Rubble blocks the passage ahead. With
nowhere to run, you are buried under a ton of
stone. You have come to a literal dead end.
48
Fearing another encounter with fearsome
diggers, you quickly crawl back and proceed
down the main corridor (read 42).
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49
You search carefully, but discover no
other exits from the cell. The old man
continues to rattle his chains he's
becoming agitated! Will you free your cell­
mate (read 2) or leave the crazy coot to rot
(read 15)?
50
You have entered a circular room with a
deep pit in the center. A three foot wide
ledge runs the circumference. You cannot see
the bottom of the pit, but the musty smell you
detected earlier is emanating from it. An
iron runged ladder descends into the
blackness. Another door stands opposite you.
You may climb down the ladder (read 66) or
leave this room via the opposite door (read
22).
51
You may either continue down the main
corridor (read 42) or try the other tunnel (read
74).
52
The dark man's body collapses and then
disintegrates. A shadow lifts from where his
body was and floats through the ceiling. As
for the prisoner, he is quickly slipping away.
Before he dies, he raises one feeble hand and
points at some writing scratched on the wall.
It reads: TWO IS BLUE TO GET YOU
THROUGH. Memorizing this verse (you may
write it down for future reference), you go
back out into the passage. Read 58.
53
As the digger crawls forward, its blank
stare freezes your limbs. You must roll a 5 or
6 on l d6 to master your fear and escape (read
48). With any other result, the very fear for
your life prevents you from preserving it
you must defend yourself (read 95).
54
Groping through the clutter in one
cupboard, you find a salt shaker. The label
reads: SHRINKING SALTS. Re read 71 and
choose again.
67
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The jailer leaves, once again locking the
door. You wait. Hours, days, weeks and
years become indistinguishable over time.
The opportunity you wait for never arrives.
Your moldering skeleton continues to wait.
56
Only a few strides from the kitchen,
there is a rough hole about the width of your
palm in the base of the wall. You see a glint
of metal from within. Would you like to find
out what the glint is (read 94), or leave well
enough alone and continue down the passage
(read 86)?
57
''That is something I am not," the spider
hisses and plunges its mandibles into your
arm. Lose 3 HEALTH. The pain certainly
feels reai enough. Prepare to defend yourseif,
read 29.
58
The passage ends at a door. You open it
and step through. Read 71.
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You have entered a large chamber which
must take up the entire main level of the
tower. In the center of the room is a strange
device, but you haven't time to examine it
right now. A tall, shadowy figure
approaches. You instinctively know that this
is the master of Sathor Tower.
"I am glad you chose to enter this
chamber," it laughs. "I wanted to show you
how close you have come indeed, closer
than any - to escaping my tower. That
device you see behind me is a transporter. It
is how my visitors come and go. Your escape
is so close, and yet your freedom and your
life end here. Your energy is mine for the
feeding. Please struggle; it will be more
painful for you and more entertaining for
me."
The dark form blurs and changes.
Now a giant, shadowy spider advances
towards you. Will you:
Attack immediately? Read 29
Use the Wizard Eye (if you have it)
to look for a weakness? Read 44
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60
You step over the downed berzerker­
woman and leave the cell. Read 41.
61
The old man watches anxiously as you
try to pick the lock on his manacles. Just
when you think you've succeeded, the rivet
slips from your fingers and falls through a
crack in the floor. There is nothing you can
do for the old man without even the crudest
lock picking tool, so you approach the cell
door (read 15).
62
Your shoulder slams against the door
with bone numbing force. You fall back. A
huge crack runs up the center of the stone.
Without any help, the side of the door not
attached by hinges falls inward. It strikes the
floor with a boom. Note that the Strength
Potion has been used up and will not help you
during the next combat. Hoping that no one
heard the noise, you step through the portal.
Read 7.
63
The chains do not give way, but the
muscles in your shoulder do. Lose 2
HEALTH. From now on, maybe you'll use
your brain rather than your brawn. You rest
for a moment before attempting another
escape. Read 31.
64
You cautiously examine the skeleton
behind the mine cart. It seems that an
unlucky explorer fell down the ventilation
shaft, breaking both legs. His leather armor
and back-pack are rotten, but his sword,
though rusty, is serviceable (it does 3 points
of damage). You also find two metal flasks
filled with viscid, red liquid. One flask is
labeled "MED", the other "FORT". Will you:
Drink from flask "MED"? Read 17
Drink from flask "FORT"? Read 99
Ignore both and leave? Read 51
65
To successfully pick the lock with a
minimum of tools, you must roll a 5 or better
on ld6. This is a difficult lock indeed.
Certain pointed items may be of help to you
in picking the lock. If you have a key ring,
knife, or holy symbol, you will succeed in
picking the lock on a 4 or better. If you pass,
read 28. If you fail, read 80.
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66 Go through the metal door? Read 13
Go through the wooden door? Read 56
74
The bottom of the pit is covered with You light a torch and enter the tunnel.
shriveled corpses. All races humans,
trolls, giants, and faerie folk are
72 As you crawl, the scratching grows louder.
Soon you see what looks like a troll crouched
represented. Curiously, none have decayed, The jailer falls to the ground, lifeless. at the end of the tunnel, his back to you,
but instead are dry as husks, as if the liquid You take the key ring from his body and apparently digging. Your flickering torch­
had been drained from their bodies. There is unlock your manacles. You may also take the light catches his attention and he turns. Dead
nothing of value among the corpses, so you jailer's club, which does 3 points of damage. eyes fasten upon you from a sunken face.
climb back up the ladder and leave the room When you are free, you notice that the jailer's This grey faced creature is a troll, but a dead
(read 22). body, instead of just laying there like a dead one - a digger. According to stories from
thing should, is dematerializing before your your youth, unless the corpse of a miner who
67 eyes! A shapeless shadow lifts from where
the jailer lay and floats upward through the
has died during a cave-in is recovered within
seven days, it is cursed with undeath. It must
Again nothing happens. Will you press: ceiling of your cell. You were dealing with dig itself free of the earth with only its nails.
The red button? Read 35 some sort of spirit creature, not a man at all! Like all undead, diggers hate the living. You
The blue button? Read 81 After a few minutes of stunned silence, you may fight (read 95) or flee (read 53)?
The yellow button? Read 23 examine your cell. Read 89.
75
68 73 A light ahead indicates that the rat tunnel
The lock on the door proves too difficult The dark man is caught up in his feeding is ending. And not too soon the effects of
to pick. If you possess a key ring, you may and doesn't notice you sneaking by the open the shrinking are wearing off, so that you
leave the cell freely (read 4). Without a means door. You try to shake the grisly image from have to crawl the last couple of feet. When
of escape, you become another unfortunate your mind as you continue down the corridor. you are out, you wait for yourself to grow
character in the evil tales of Sathor Tower. Read 58. back to your usual 4 foot height and place the
holy symbol armmd your neck. A hall
69 stretches to the right and left. Arbitrarily, you
choose to go left. Read 30.
The thought of eating human bodies
causes you to vomit most of the stew out onto
the floor. The rest doesn't settle well in your
stomach. Lose 1 point of HEALTH. Re read
71 and choose again.

70
Once you strike the final blow, the spirit­
spider becomes a formless mist that floats up
to the vaulted ceiling and seeps through the
cracks. With it out of the way, you inspect
the device in the center of the chamber. It is
simply a large, black sphere mounted on a
tripod. On one side is the imprint of a hand,
while on the other are three buttons one
red, one blue, the last yellow. If only you can
find out how to operate this transporter. Your
right hand fits snugly into the imprint. Now,
which buttons will you push and in what
order? If you possess the Wizard's Eye, read
84. If not, read 43 to make your choice.

71
You have entered a kitchen. Pots and
pans clutter most available space. In one
comer, a cauldron of simmering stew hangs
suspended over a fire pit. If you need a
weapon, you may take a knife (2 damage).
There is a large metal door on the far wall and
a wooden door on the right. Will you:
Eat some stew (you may choose this
option only once)? Read 45
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82
Roll l d6. On a result of 1 or 2, read 90.
After a few minutes, the corridor turns On a result of 3 or higher, read 54.
lefL Read 12
83
77 Holding your nose, you tip the flask to
your lips. Its contents bum your throat going
You throw your bowl of stew against the
wall. While the jailer is distracted, you reach down. Whatever the original effect, it has
up and snatch at the keys that hang from his now mixed with the first potion and created
belt. Roll l d6. If you roll 5 or 6, read 6. poison. Pain gnaws your stomach, making
Otherwise, you miss the key ring and the you queasy. Lose 1 d6 HEALTH. Also reduce
jailer realizes what you were trying and clubs all damage you score during the next combat
you on the head (lose 3 HEALTH). Re read by 1. Cursing your greed, you head back the
5 and choose again. way you came. Read 51.
78 84
When you draw the dagger, the spider You hold the Wizard Eye in your hands
hesitates, visibly frightened. This dagger will and close your eyes, hoping that the truth will
add 1 to your OFFENSE when used against become apparent. You visualize a possible
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front of its name ( eg. SPIRIT SPIDER). To button and you are wrong. Read 43 to make
begin the battle, read 33. your choice.
79 85
Are you under the influence of a strength The old man is just showing his
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there is no way your four foot frame will be me," he says. "I am Jeri, a humble spell­
able to smash down a solid stone door. Re­ weaver. The manacles that bound me are
read 22 and choose again. Rune chains. They prevented me from using
magic to free myself or even to speak. It will
80 take all my power to escape this accursed
tower and I cannot take you with me.
You fail to pick the lock. Re-read 22. However, I will give you two gifts."
The old man plucks his left eye out of
81 the socket and hands it to you. "This eye will
allow you to see the truth in any given
There is a slight shimmering sensation situation, even if that truth is concealed by
and the feeling that you are no longer in the powerful magic. As for the second gift..."
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The corridor turns right. Read 12.
87
The rat hole extends for some distance
so you decide to explore further. Besides, in
your new size, you would have a better
chance against rats than anything you might
encounter in the hall. You certainly don't
want to be squashed against the bottom of
someone's boot! The holy symbol you have
fought so desperately for is presently too
large to wear, so you drag it behind. After a
few minutes, the tunnel forks. You may go
left (read 37) or right (read 75).
88
When you press the red button, a panel
opens in the side of the contraption. Feeling
that something is wrong, you dodge to the
side, but not quite in time. Molten metal
squirts from the opening and burns your arm.
Lose l d6 HEALTH. If you are still alive, you
may re read 43 to start the button pressing
process again.
89
The old man who shares your cell rattles
his chains to get your attention. He moves his
lips, but says nothing. Perhaps he is crazy.
He does look wild and unkept, dressed in
rags, with a thick clot of beard covering his
face. He is bound in manacles similar to your
own, but made of a silver metal with strange
symbols etched into them. Will you free the
old man (read 2), search the cell for hidden
exits (read 49), or leave via the main door
(read 15)?
92
Your lock-picking succeeds. The old
man is free. Read 39.
93
Surprise is the active word, but not as
you had hoped. When you rush into the
room, you also rush towards a gaping pit!
Roll l d6. If you roll higher than or equal to
4, you stop in time (read 50). A roll lower
than 4 means you fall into the pit (read 21).
94
If you have some shrinking salt ( and
wish to use it), read 40. Otherwise, read 34.
95
The digger's dry skin creaks as it scuttles
toward you. If you have a holy symbol, read
11. If you don't, you must rely on whatever
weapon you possess. The digger attacks with
its ragged nails, which do 2 points of damage.
DIGGER: REACTIONS -1;
OFFENSE O; DEFENSE 4; HEALTH 6
If you win, read 48.
96
With a running start, you throw yourself
against the door. Roll l d6. If the result is 1-3,
read 32. If the result is 4-6, read 62.
97
You find a rivet in the mouldy straw that
covers the damp stone floor. Not exactly the
ideal lock picking tool, but this cell isn't a
locksmith's workshop, either. You insert the
end of the rivet into the keyhole and begin to
fish about for the trigger mechanism. Roll
l d6. If you roll higher than or equal to 3,
read 3. If not, read 26.
98
After passing a number of cell doors,
which you have ignored in your haste to
escape, you hear footsteps approaching. Will
you:
Duck inside a cell until the footsteps pass
(only if you have a key ring)? Read 9
Stand your ground? Read 19
Go back and try the right
passage? Read 24
Go back and try the forward
passage? Read 30
99
The liquid inside the flask marked
"FORT'' OQ7e<: rlown your thinRt lilc-,- t,..,,,.J,-c.,
slime. Suddenly, you feel much more
powerful. You drank a magical potion of
strength, and you will now cause +1 damage
on each hit during the next combat only. You
may drink the other potion as well (read 83)
or leave this area entirely (read 51).
100
You are free of Sathor Tower! As you
begin a long journey home, you vow that your
days of snooping and trouble-making are
over. You may not be much richer than
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90
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