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It's almost certain that there will be another LUCK test after this, so I'm going to be conservative and say 1 LUCK point, at most. (I can go with 0 as well.)

(ETA: Also, I don't seem to recall any stone bridge?)

My only concern is if the result is something like "you sprain an ankle and must now spend 2x the number of seconds for each section"...

Eh, what the hell. Jump and use the body as a mattress.

Yeah, I think we're good. Move on.

Loot before it's gone!

Oh for fu... Just fry the fucker.

We should get up close and personal, I don't think hanging around to exchange spells is a good idea -- he clearly is a more powerful wizard.

Let's put that new potion to use -- the steps are almost certainly trapped.

This mention of a ring of true sight leads me to suspect that there might be a trap here that we can't see. But is it targeted to wizards or non-wizards? I'd say Open, so that at least we can escape any glyphs of warding or similar traps going off in our face. Also, I'd suggest casting a Magic Scree...

Sounds like a plan.

Wow, 15 SKILL? Good thing we have the staff.

Yeah, let's spend 1 SKILL from the Orb.

Yea, probably right on the fire resistance potion... ah well. so: The War Dragon falls to the yellow-cloistered stars the Tower Chest here has a small shield on its lid, showing eight green stars on a yellow background (7 + 18 + 5 + 5 + 14) * 8 = 49 * 8 = 392 Other than that -- I have a hunch that g...

^ If that's the case, I assume magical fire works at least as well as non-magical.

"The most powerful of the castle's undead guardians" sounds pretty dangerous. Roast it! Let's put to work that MP we saved in the last section.

Also, half a vote to drink that Luck potion we have. If I read the adventure sheet correctly, we are now at 5/9 LUCK.

I'm not sure what this 1 MP will net us... maybe bypassing a Skill or a Luck test. Or maybe we escape being devoured by a horrible monster. I say save the MP for the upcoming battle with Zagor -- we're going to need everything we have. ETA: Also, are we now in the Great Tower? does the bonus from th...

The Knight can be detroyed by the lions within the green; [...]you find as you open it that the chest here is not a Tower Chest but has a heraldic device painted inside its lid; this shows seven red lions on a green background. (18 + 5 + 4) * 7 = 27 * 7 = 189 (Well, it seems I was partially wrong a...

Sounds reasonable.

Agreed.

I think we're nearing the endgame, and the potion of Invisibility doesn't work against Zagor or any dragon, like it says on the tin. (Well, at least that's how the Neckerchief worked.) So quaff it and save the MP for later. I doubt we're going to run into anything nastier than this guy anyway.

The Hellhorn Champion falls to the chevrons in the white;

[...]you find that the heraldic symbol on the Tower Chest shows three blue chevrons on a white background[...]

So, (2 + 12 + 21 + 5) * 3 = 40 * 3 = 120

Uh oh..... Ominous!

Yeah, loot the dome.

Hah! I knew we should have saved the goo.

Spend one MP creating the potion of fire resistance, then drink it (I assume since it's dozing it won't attack if we don't). Then attack.

Let's try the marked door with the crown. Sounds like the thing a miniboss lieutenant of evil would hide behind.

Man, how unlucky. Me, I can get behind the excuse that "no opinion on the acid" can well mean "sure, go ahead and use it, I don't care", and rewind to the round before the last to use it. (I actually considered suggesting using it for what might be the killing blow if we had been...

Skill spell for sure, no opinion on the acid.

Slay Templar. Acquire Orb of power.

Well, we have one refill for when we run out of MP. These guys might have something interesting to say. I'm divided between the jester and the castellan. The jester might have heard a couple of things, since he probably was around the king all the time, but for the castellan, it was his job to know ...