YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY!
AN ALARM IS SOUNDING.
AN ALARM STARTS RINGING!
DO YOU TAKE IT?
A PATROL OF GIANTS LED BY A HUMAN FIGHTER
YOU SEE A
THEY ADVANCE, WEAPONS READY
THE LEADER ADVANCES.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
HARASH
ON WHOSE AUTHORITY ARE YOU HERE?'
TYRANTHRAXUS
WITH A NOD OF THE HEAD YOU ARE LEFT ALONE.
DO YOU WANT TO GO DOWNSTAIRS?
DO YOU WANT TO GO UPSTAIRS?
FROM THE TOP OF THE GATE COMES A VOLLEY OF ROCKS.
YOU OVERHEAR THE MAGE TELL HIS COMPANION, 'HOW MUCH LONGER MUST WE WAIT BEFORE ASSAULTING PHLAN. I AM EAGER TO BECOME A BARON.'
THEY SEEM UNAWARE OF YOU.
YOU OVERHEAR THE FIGHTER TELL THE MAGE, 'YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR TALK. THE LAST GUY WHO GAVE THE BOSS LIP WAS THROWN THROUGH THE TRAPDOOR TO THE MEDUSA!'
THEY SEEM UNAWARE OF YOU.
MONSTERS ARE CHARGING TOWARD YOU FROM THE FAR TOWER. AT THE SAME TIME MONSTERS BURST ON YOU FROM THE TOWER NEXT TO YOU.
MONSTERS THUNDER DOWN THE STEPS OF THE TOWER NEXT TO YOU.
MONSTERS ARE CHARGING TOWARD YOU FROM THE FAR TOWER.
YOU HAVE SLAIN THE GARRISON. NOW IF YOU CAN BUT SLAY THE OUTSIDE GUARDS QUICKLY BEFORE THE ENEMY ARRIVES THE GATE WILL BE YOURS!
YOU HAVE TAKEN THE GATE! YOU OPEN THE GREAT PORTALS AS 20  HUMAN AND DEMI-HUMAN GUARDS IMMEDIATELY TAKE POSSESSION OF THE GUARD TOWERS.
A GROUP OF BUGBEARS APPROACH. 'THROW DOWN YOUR WEAPONS!'
FLEE
SURRENDER
ATTACK
THE BUGBEARS STRIP YOU OF ANYTHING REMOTELY VALUABLE AND SEND YOU ON YOUR WAY.
A VOICE FROM THE TOWER YELLS 'STAY AWAY FROM THE WALL!'
A VOICE YELLS DOWN, 'WE SAID STAY AWAY FROM THE WALL. THAT INCLUDES THE TOWER!'
THE GROUP OF BUGBEARS COME OVER, 'WE WARNED YOU! WHAT'S THE MATTER? CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND COMMON? I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO TEACH YOU.' THE LEADER SWINGS AT YOU.
ATTACK
TAKE THE PUNCH
FROM ARROW SLITS IN THE TOWER ARE SHOT A COUPLE ARROWS.
BEFORE YOU IS STOJANOW GATE. THIS ANCIENT EDIFICE IS BUILT ACROSS THE BEND OF THE RIVER, THUS ISOLATING THE OLD TOWN AND THE CASTLE FROM THE REST OF THE CITY.
THE MAIN WALL RISES 30 FEET WHILE THE TWO WATCHTOWER RISE TO 50 FEET. LOUNGING AROUND THE ENTRANCE ARE A GROUP OF BUGBEARS.
BEFORE THE GATE YOU CAN MAKE OUT A MAN WITH A WAGON OF GOODS WHO IS TALKING TO TWO OF THE BUGBEARS. THE MAN HANDS SOMETHING TO THE BUGBEARS AND THE GATES OPEN.
A BUGBEAR WALKS UP TO YOU. 'OKAY, LETS HAVE THE 15 GOLD.' DO YOU PAY HIM?
THE BUGBEAR TAKES THE MONEY AND THE GATE OPENS. YOU PROCEED THROUGH.
BUGBEARS WERE WAITING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GATE.
A MAN DRIVING A WAGON FULL OF FOOD AND EQUIPMENT STARTS TO DRIVE PAST YOU, GOING NORTH.
TAKE IT
LEAVE IT
YOU QUICKLY KILL THE TRADER AND GRAB HIS WAGON.
A GROUP OF MONSTERS IS WAITING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL
THEY RUSH TOWARD YOU
YOU ENTER A GUARD ROOM. THERE ARE TABLES, CHAIRS, AND BEDS HERE. ALL BUT TWO OF THE BEDS ARE 14 FEET LONG!
THERE ARE TWO HUMANS AND THREE ETTIN IN THE ROOM.
DO YOU TAKE IT?
A SPECTRE SUDDENLY APPEARS BEFORE YOU. 'THIEF! I DEFENDED THESE BOOKS IN LIFE AND I WILL DEFEND THEM IN DEATH!' IT ATTACKS YOU.
YOU SEE WHAT ONCE WAS A GARDEN, NOW-WEED FILLED. THE PLEASANT POND HAS BECOME A SWAMP.
AS YOU MOVE THROUGH THE GARDEN
YOU SEE A STRANGE GREEN PLANT GROWTH WHICH YOU RECOGNIZE AS GREEN SLIME. YOU CAREFULLY MOVE AROUND IT.
YOU STEP INTO A STRANGE GREEN PLANT GROWTH... IT'S GREEN SLIME! QUICKLY, YOU SCRAPE IT OFF, TAKING A GOOD DEAL OF DAMAGE.
YOU NOW CAREFULLY AVOID THE GREEN SLIME.
THESE ARE THE LIBRARY STACKS. OLD AND MOLDERING BOOKS ARE STORED ON SHELVES. A SIGN OVER THE ENTRANCE READS
AS YOU SEARCH THE ROOM YOU SCAN RANDOM BOOKS.
RHETORIC.
PHILOSOPHY.
MATHEMATICS.
HISTORY.
YOU FIND SPEECHES FROM FAMOUS MURDER TRIALS, PUBLIC DEBATES, ETC., BUT NOTHING OF INTEREST.
YOU FIND ESSAYS ON GEOMETRY, METAMAGICAL MATH, UNIVERSAL GEOMETRY, ETC., BUT NOTHING USEFUL.
YOU FIND WORKS ON NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, THEORIES OF ART, AND THE SUPERNATURAL SCIENCES. IT IS VERY BORING.
YOU FIND FYERDETHA'S DISCOURSES ON POWER. AMONG ALL THE DRY TEXT YOU FIND AN INTERESTING PASSAGE WHICH YOU COPY INTO YOUR JOURNAL AS ENTRY 7.
YOU FIND URGUND'S DESCRIPTION OF DARKNESS. THIS IS AN ACCOUNT OF HIS IMPRISONMENT IN THE LOWER REALMS. THERE IS A PASSAGE OF INTEREST WHICH YOU COPY AS ENTRY 19 IN YOUR JOURNAL.
YOU FIND A BOOK ENTITLED
MEDITATIONS.
THE HARMONY OF THE ROCK.
STROM'S DISCUSSIONS OF POETICS.
DXOCHRONICLES OF ARRAM.D
CHRONICLES OF ARRAM.
DISCOURSE ON THE NATURE OF WRITING.
YOU FIND VARIOUS BOOKS WHICH ARE SO FILLED WITH MYTH THAT YOU DON'T FIND ANYTHING USEFUL.
YOU FIND LEX GEOGRAPHICA, AN ATLAS DRAWN BY TOMARUS. IT HAS A MAP OF PHLAN WHICH, THOUGH OLD, STILL COULD BE USEFUL. IT BECOMES ENTRY 37 IN YOUR JOURNAL.
YOU FIND THE HISTORY OF THE NORTH. IT IS MOSTLY WRITTEN TO PLEASE A ROYAL LINE. HOWEVER, THERE IS AN INTERESTING PASSAGE WHICH YOU COPY INTO YOUR JOURNAL AS ENTRY 8.
YOU FIND THE GRAND HISTORIAN'S RECORDS OF THE ARTS OF WAR. IN IT YOU FIND A USEFUL PASSAGE WHICH YOU COPY INTO YOUR JOURNAL AS ENTRY 21.
AMID THE LITTER OF THE ROOM YOU SEE A DULL BROWN REPTILIAN MONSTER.
A264BT"Y
IT HISSES AT YOU.
YOU HEAR A HISS. AS YOU LOOK DOWN YOU SUDDENLY SEE A DULL BROWN REPTILIAN MONSTER.
YOU SEE A DULL BROWN REPTILIAN MONSTER. IT DOESN'T SEEM AWARE OF YOU.
COMBAT
WAIT
FLEE
APPROACH
SUDDENLY, YOU SPOT A DULL BROWN REPTILIAN MONSTER WHICH IS JUST COMING AWAKE.
YOU SEE A RUINED ROOM WITH ROTTED FURNITURE. HUMAN BONES LIE SCATTERED ABOUT A DESK.
YOU SEE A JAR UNDER THE FLOORBOARDS.
YOU SEE A CHAMBER FILLED WITH ROTTED FURNITURE AND BENCHES.
YOU SEE AN EMPTY ROOM. THE ONLY FEATURE IS A SERIES OF FRESCOES ON THE WALLS OF LEARNED MEN AND THE HEAVENLY PATRONS OF ART AND LEARNING. YOU GET A FEELING OF PEACE.
YOU ENTER A HALL WHICH IS FILLED WITH ROWS OF WRITING TABLES AND HIGH STOOLS. ROTTED MOUNDS OF PARCHMENT LITTER THE FLOOR.
YOU FIND A FIGHTER WITH BATTERED ARMOR AND WILD EYES COWERING IN THE CORNER. 'YAI! MERCY! MERCY!' HE CRIES. AND THEN AS SUDDENLY, 'DIE! DIE YOU SLIME FROM THE PIT!'
COMBAT
WAIT
FLEE
PARLAY
IGNORE
WATCHING YOU WARILY, HE INCHES AWAY. WHEN HE IS OUT OF SWORD'S REACH HE SCRAMBLES TO HIS FEET AND FLEES THE ROOM.
YOU SEE THE MAN IS QUITE MAD. DO YOU TAKE PITY AND INVITE HIM TO GO WITH YOU?
HE LOOKS RELUCTANT AND SAYS, 'BUT HIS MINIONS ARE THERE. HE WILL COME TOO!' DO YOU INSIST HE COME?
HE STANDS UP, MUTTERING TO HIMSELF, AND JOINS YOU.
THE MAN SCREAMS WHILE FROTHING AT THE MOUTH,
THIS ROOM WAS ONCE A STUDY. IT IS NOW A SHATTERED RUIN.
BURIED AMID ALL THE TRASH YOU SEE A BOOK.
YOU ARE IN THE ILLUMINATORS CARRELS. ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT HAS DECAYED AND LIES ROTTING ON THE FLOOR.
AMID THE TRASH YOU FIND A BOX WHICH CONTAINS GOLD FOIL.
YOU ARE IN A SMALL ROOM HAVING LITTLE MORE THAN A BENCH AND A SMALL DESK.
YOU HAVE ENTERED A STOREROOM FULL OF SUPPLIES TOO OLD TO BE USEFUL.
LOOKING UP FROM A TABLE ARE FIVE KOBOLDS.
THEY PLEAD FOR MERCY.
THEY STAND ARMS RAISED IN SURRENDER.
ONE OF THE KOBOLDS SAYS, 'IF YOU SPARE OUR LIVES WE WILL TELL YOU ALL WE KNOW ABOUT THIS AREA!' WILL YOU SPARE THEM?
THEY DESCRIBE THE SURROUNDING AREA TO YOU. YOU LISTEN CAREFULLY, QUESTION THEM AND FROM THIS, SKETCH A MAP INTO YOUR JOURNAL CALLING IT ENTRY 10.
KOBOLDS.
GOBLINS.
ORCS.
YOU ARE SURPRISED BY
A BUGBEAR LEADING A PARTY OF
YOU ARE BEING APPROACHED BY SOME ANGRY
YOU BUMP INTO SOME
YOU SPY A GROUP OF SEEDY-LOOKING
YOU HAVE SURPRISED A PARTY OF
SEVERAL ORCS ARE ARGUING OVER SOME PAPERS.
A HEALTHY-LOOKING GOBLIN IS INSTRUCTING A GROUP OF YOUNG WARRIORS.  HE SMILES AND SAYS, 'I SEE OUR OPPONENTS HAVE ARRIVED.'
LEAVE
TALK
ATTACK
YOU GO BACK OUT THE DOOR.
STAY
LEAVE
ATTACK
ACCEPT THE COMMISSION
REJECT IT
GIVE
ASK FOR MORE MONEY
REFUSE TO GIVE
THE MAN TAKES THE POTION AND GULPS IT GREEDILY.  AS YOU WATCH, HE SEEMS TO GROW YOUNGER AND STRONGER. 'EXCELLENT,' HE SMACKS, 'YOUR REWARD.'
THE ROOM IS DIRTY AND HAS A STRONG AND UNPLEASANT ODOR.
YOU HAVE ENTERED A VERY UNCLEAN STABLE.  THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT A LARGE AND UNTIDY ANIMAL HAD LIVED HERE.
YOU FIND A LONG LEATHER BAG.  WILL YOU OPEN IT?
YOU INTERRUPT SOME FEEDING KOBOLDS.
YOU WANDER IN THE OLD HEMP MARKET.  MONSTERS SCURRY AT YOUR APPROACH.  YOU OCCASSIONALLY CATCH SNATCHES OF CONVERSATIONS.
ATTACK
LEAVE
YOU EASILY MURDER THE OLD WOMAN.  EXCEPT FOR A FEW COPPER PIECES YOU FIND NOTHING OF VALUE.  THE GODS HAVE NOTED YOUR ACTIONS.
YOU LEAVE THE SHOP.
THE WOMAN'S HANDS MAKE MYSTIC PASSAGES WHILE SHE MUTTERS SOME WORDS.  HER VOICE UNDERGOES A STRANGE TRANSFORMATION ...
BLOOD AND VIOLENCE ARE WRIT BOLDLY IN YOUR FUTURE.  LOOK FOR FRIENDS WHERE YOU EXPECT ENEMIES AND ENEMIES WHERE YOU EXPECT ALLIES.
A POWERFUL ONE BECOMES AWARE OF YOUR DEEDS AND SEEKS TO DESTROY YOU.  A WEAK ONE SEES YOU AS A PATH TO POWER.
THE TIME IS NIGH WHEN THE PATHS YOU HAVE TROD WILL EMPTY AND YOU MUST SEEK NEW WAYS.  THE RIDDLE'S ANSWER IS GREAT EVIL USING GREAT GOOD FOR GREAT EVIL.
ATTACK
LEAVE
A LARGE ORC RAISES HIS HEAD AND SNARLS, 'HOW DARE YOU BREAK INTO OUR HOME?'
SOME HOBGOBLINS ARE ARGUING OVER A PILE OF GOLD.  'THIEVES!' THEY SCREAM WHEN THEY SEE YOU.
YOU FIND A LARGE NUMBER OF VALUABLES.
YOU HAVE ENTERED A SMALL STORAGE ROOM.
YOU HAVE STUMBLED INTO A TREASURE ROOM.
GUARDS RUN TO INTERCEPT YOU.
YOU INTRUDE ON A GATHERING OF MONSTER LEADERS.
YOU HAVE ALERTED THE GUARDS.
THIS LARGE ROOM IS APPARENTLY EMPTY.
YOU FIND A LOOSE FLOORBOARD.  PRYING IT UP, YOU FIND A CHEST HIDDEN BENEATH THE FLOOR.  DO YOU TAKE IT?
YOU ARE JUST NORTH OF THE ENTRY TO THE OLD ROPE GUILD.
YOU HAVE ENTERED THE MYSTERIOUS BUILDING THAT WAS ONCE THE ROPE GUILD.  MOST WHO VENTURE INTO ITS TWISTY HALLS NEVER RETURN.
I AM SORRY, BUT I HAVE NOTHING TO SELL NOW.  COME BACK SOME OTHER TIME.
A MAN HURRIES FORWARD. 'I AM SORRY, NOBLE ONES, BUT I HAVE NOTHING TO SELL.'
LEAVE
ATTACK
SPEAK
THE MAN RUNS SCREAMING INTO THE BACK OF THE BOOTH.
OHLO
SOME MONSTERS ARE TOSSING A SACK OF GRAIN. WHEN THE SACK BREAKS THEY WAIL, 'OH, NO! WHAT CAN WE THROW NOW?' ONE LOOKS YOUR WAY. 'I KNOW,' HE SAYS.
YOU HIDE.
YOU ARE CONVERSING WITH
A BUGBEAR LEADING
A PARTY OF
SURRENDER
FIGHT
TYPE IN THE NUMBER OF GP YOU OFFER.
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THEY PAW THROUGH YOUR COINS AND LEAVE.
THE MONSTERS ROB AND BLINDFOLD YOU. YOU ARE KICKED SOUNDLY AND SENT ON YOUR WAY.
FIGHT
STAY
LEAVE
LET THEM GO
STOP THEM
YOU HAVE ANGERED THE
THEY ATTACK.
