The Gaming Den

Damn, I hope there’s a way to restore Strength damage in this game.

I’d be in favor of trying the brooch on. See if there’s any upside to the room we just went in.

Oh, wow. Shadows are notoriously deadly (not sure if they have the same Str-damage abilities as they do in later editions) so I’d be tempted to just retreat asap.

Agreed; drink the restorative potion and look for another way in. Enter the cave.

I like Beroli's plan.

Look for a clue.

Yeah, sample the phial.

Bandaging is more important than cleaning at the moment.

Sneak in, but eat a meal or two first.

Go with them.

Draw our less special +1 dagger in case this one also becomes worm food.

Follow the deer.

Wait. I suspect that Moss Man and Treebeard are friends.

Investigate further.

Make new gloves.

Save our dying friend.

Hmm. We've had one good and one bad. Since Darow isn't short on HP I'd suggest we quit while we're ahead and go back to the hallway.

We already have the keyword from recruiting earlier so I'm not sure this one will give us any more help. Still, it doesn't seem like it costs us anything, so recruit them anyways. And go after the elf-spear. We don't seem to actually have a proper BBEG killing weapon so it should be useful.

Light a fire.

Ah, yeah. we got some pretty good stats now. Put on the ring and the bearclaw necklace.

Try sipping the purple phial. I assume one of these is good.

ed: also, take the ruby heart.

We can tank another 3 STAMINA points, engage in some grave robbing.

Eh, it was either going to heal us or kill us. Go with Darow Blackaxe, I think (if he kicks the bucket, then Ondrin should probably be next pick). And loot everything from Delfi's body when we get the chance, especially that +3 sword and +1 shield.

From a survival perspective staying put seems pretty wise, but from a gamebook perspective I'm guessing we're not supposed to do nothing.

Yeah, I assume the Rune of Death is where the necromancer's located, while the other two runes might have stuff that will help us against the Necromancer. So North sounds good.

I like the Goblet B theory, so drink green.

Yeah, I figure the lockup is a trap option. Go straight to the graveyard.