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Companions make adventures more interesting, even if they are bad news, so get conned out of 10 scads.

(Also, that seems an odd name for a unit of currency. Is it supposed to be some trendy futurespeak or something?)

I'll change my vote to the Heart then, to avoid the current tie, and cause I have someone to blame if it turns out to have been an obviously bad idea.

The chest opens to reveal an amulet which you now take. You may read the book or go to the deck. Since the book was already read, going to the deck. The zombies, once they see the amulet, immediately start rowing out of the cave. Using the amulet, you can command them to go in different directions,...

112 Most of the book is illegible, but the last entry, which was written in an old dialect of common, reads: 'I wish my page would get here with the key to the chest so i could get the Zombie Control Amulet. He keeps it because i lose things too easily. It doesn't matter. We're all going to die. At ...

I suggest asking about travellers who've gone missing, though that seems more likely to get hints, rather than plot necessary stuff.

Good guess. The corpses absorb the liquid, grow in size, and come to life. You now have a crew of zombies. However, they are not doing anything. One of them absorbed a little too much blood and crashed through the deck into a small room. You can enter it or re-enter the main ruins by going up the ra...

Only place to go back would be the alcove avoided as possible trap. As an aside, while I like being able to go back and forth, instead of having to keep going in one direction, going back and forth along featureless corridors sort of limits that. Also, where do wandering monsters come from? There sh...

In that case, I'd suggest google and ID card. Now, wait, that doesn't help, flashlight and googles. In universe a random unspecified ID card from a random dead person probably wouldn't be useful, could get some nobody's library card. Or could be incriminating, maybe we could frame Boche for somethin...

The ramp leads down into a huge cavern. At the bottom of the ramp, you see that the cavern is partially filled with water and functions as an underground harbour. One boat sits in the harbour, and you can board it without any problems. You may board the oat or head back up the ramp. Assuming that t...

The room must have been the workplace of an alchemist. Bottles of all shapes and sizes line the shelves. When you entered, you set off a trap causing several of the bottles to fall and crash to the floor. As the contents came in contact with the stone, a red steam rose. The stones have taken on a b...

Congratulations, you made it. Take 300 e.p. if you made it on your first try, 200 if on your second, and 100 if on your third. The tiles of the floor dissolved 25 thing gold sheets worth 50gp apiece. Also, a small piles of rocks which you did not notice dissolved revealing a skeleton with a small, ...

The room is large and with a high ceiling. On wall wall, there is a small ledge protruding out. As you enter, the door closes and lock behind you. As thin layer of mist is suddenly gathering on the floor. You need to use an item there. On the first failure, your boots or armour will dissolve. On th...

Huh...dodged an instant-kill there? Seems a bit early.

Also "a mutant what?". There are different types, not just mutant humans? Hmmm.

i am curious, recommend follow it back to the lair in the name of science/wolrdbuilding.

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You are at the end of a north-south passage. To your north there is a door. You may enter the door or go south.

I'd forgotten how many pointless corridor sections there were. Oh, and wearing the skull, or not?

I second waiting to see if there's a good reason to attack.

The Amulet works. You have successfully entered the room. It is empty except for a skull on a pedestal in the dead centre of the room. Closer examination reveals that the skull has diamonds for eyes. Also, the interior bones are missing, and the skull has been cut into two halves which are connected...

The de-magnet medallions don't work. They aren't even on the item matrix, I guess they are to explain why the magnet didn't bother them. Didn't say they had any weapons on them, but I guess the magnet would take their gold? Also, got a random encounter Bolt. You triggered a pressure plate and a pois...

Ok, so 2-1 for going all the way back (no random encounter rolled) to: You have come to the end of the corridor. It is a dead end except for what looks like a carving dug into the south wall. You may head back north or try an item or spell. For every unsuccessful attempt a random encounter happens o...

The door only really leads back eventually to: You have come to the end of the corridor. It is a dead end except for what looks like a carving dug into the south wall. You may head back north or try an item or spell. For every unsuccessful attempt a random encounter happens on a roll of 1, 2 or 3. (...

166 Your equipment falls to the floor. Simultaneously, two orcs emerge from a secret door in the south wall. You have one free turn to cast a spell, grab a metal weapon that just fell, or fire a missile. Given lack of spells or missiles, I'm guessing it's grab weapons. The wording suggests one weapo...

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The magnet has a lever at its base with three settings. It is currently pulled towards you. You may push the lever into its middle position, push its position away from you, or do nothing.

You are in a north-south corridor. To the west is a door with some writing on it. All you can make out is something like "Warning (smear) only". You can enter the room, go north or continue south. But the door is iron and sealed now, so back north to: You are at a bend in the passage. Rol...

Why is it called a "Virtual Reality Adventure"? Are they just pushing the idea of the gamebook a little far, or does VR come up in the game/

Wow, it's really rare to see such a conglomeration of terrible design all in one place. Stupid, insulting, railroading bullshit, topped off with a conga-line of save-or-dies so the iterative probability of even a cheesed out character surviving is minimal. It's making fun of the very idea that play...

Ah, exact wording was "try to leave". 151 Sorry, a wall of force has just appeared. Return to the paragraph you came from and try not to be such a coward. Yeah, the book is getting judgemental. And wasting sections. As you proceed, you hear a loud noise from above. Looking at the ceiling, ...