Hi again. I know Jeff Sinasac has been gone for a while, so I probably can't ask him this directly. Do you think he would mind if I adapted this into a DnD one shot for my friends? I think this is really great and would make for an interesting campaign. It would only be used one time and I'll give full credit.

Grettir
Wed Mar 14 13:56:06 2018
Star - optimum ending reached

Tough. Got there in the end.

Grettir
Fri Mar 16 21:16:19 2018
Star - optimum ending reached

Tough. Got there in the end.

Bob
Fri May 18 09:44:52 2018
Star - optimum ending reached

Great Story, good difficulty nice twists but definitely logical which i like.

ended with +3 for skill stat and combined with

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means end guy was a simple fight.

:)

meschlum Fri Jun 29 20:57:02 2018	When attacking the bats (paragraph 12), damage was reported as 1 stamina, despite varying from 1 to 6... (could reproduce). Also, the food found shortly thereafter usually performed as advertised, but it may have failed to work once (going from 17/19 to 18/19, I think). Couldn't reproduce.
	The bats are now fixed. I can't see anything wrong with the food in the next room, maybe you ate the food and drank the wine, which would give you a net gain of 1 STAMINA?

mary
Sun Sep 23 18:01:48 2018
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

This book is amazing

Cthael
Thu Oct 4 09:17:58 2018
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

Two choices in and dead with no warning other than "it's dark", although I have a lantern. (Went into maze, took 5th door, went north).

I feel like I wasted my time reading the extremely lengthy introduction, which actually made me excited to play. What a shame!

Mark
Mon Nov 19 19:49:45 2018
Star - optimum ending reached

Took me ages to find the thing I needed to win and many attempts - great story and a decent challenge. The writing was evocative and in the true spirit of a fighting fantasy book. Great work!

paul
Wed Mar 6 17:38:17 2019
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

death by net :(

HAL
Sat Oct 12 13:29:40 2019
Star - optimum ending reached

An awesome adventure, that I've just completed (on like my 50th attempt or so). Gripping, brilliantly written and almost as cunningly devious as some of the original FF Gamebooks - like Deathtrap Dungeon. Loved it

Asger
Mon Jan 20 06:55:19 2020
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

Has a Good oldschool feeling

owen
Mon Jan 20 10:38:06 2020
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

cant find the ruby

Fonz
Sun Jan 26 00:52:26 2020
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

This game is great, it's like returning to firetop mountain and my childhood, I don't think I could write this well, 4th death at the hands of a wererat's necklace (it even copies the stupid death accurately).

Robert Kingett
Fri Mar 27 13:59:15 2020

Okay, this is very, very hard. Where do I find the holy water?

Robert Kingett Sat Mar 28 14:09:57 2020	I will be playing this again because it was loads of fun. I did it without the holy water, but just for curiosities sake, where is the holy water?
	SPOILER The cobra has it, near the end. END SPOILER

Condutas
Thu May 7 18:00:19 2020
Star - optimum ending reached

GG WP.

Condutas
Thu May 7 20:59:53 2020

Plenty of uses of the luck stat while barely anyway to get luck back.

Didnt like the "you start with a random item / gold" at the start of the adventure.

Besides those 2 negative points, I considered it a very solid book, with nice background and a good story + villain.

Nice work with that :)

Jules and Sage
Mon Aug 10 00:59:48 2020
Star - optimum ending reached

This was an excellent adventure with a lot of plot twists! Loved all the gems and keys and found it a good balance of challenge and fun. Great job!

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Quasarsphere
Thu Dec 3 05:46:15 2020

This one was awesome! Very much in the tradition of the classic gamebooks. Took me a few goes, but I got there in the end. Won the last fight by sheer luck.

I think my only criticism of this one is, you need to test your luck rather a lot, but you never get to restore lost luck, as far as I know.

MPerera
Thu Dec 3 08:46:27 2020

There is one opportunity to restore luck.

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Quasarsphere
Thu Dec 3 11:26:46 2020

Ah, cheers :)

Peter Hilton
Sat Feb 13 13:15:42 2021
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

brilliant, totally brilliant.
Being a bit of a cheat, and because dying several times is tough, what about a cheat mode where you win all fights, just so you can get to the end and enjoy the story?
thanks,
Peter

kung fu space barbarian
Mon Jul 12 15:49:49 2021
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

I found 3 gold coins in a machine, fought a minotaur and took its horn, used the horn to summon a skeleton boatman, paid the boatman a gold coin to ferry me across the lake, found iron spikes and a mallet, followed a spiral pattern leading to a pearl but then got burned twice when attempting to escape, ran away from cave trolls, used the mallet and spikes to bar the door and lock them on the other side, climbed through a vent, and then got poisoned to death by spiders. Good stuff! I will try this again to see if I can get a better ending :)

Mage
Mon Oct 18 02:27:09 2021
Star - optimum ending reached

Wow, this one took me several tries, even though I still had quite a bit of memory about the "true path". Starting with the Potion of Fortune is always a big bonus for this one.

Johneleth
Wed Dec 14 10:08:48 2022
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

Slain by cave giants

Scott
Sat Dec 9 12:09:24 2023
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

A thoroughly enjoyable adventure, a classic dungeon crawl, reminds me of a combination of warlock of firetop mountain and deathtrap dungeon.

Terry Oxby
Thu Aug 8 08:48:27 2024
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

Love it, this a great exciting story.

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