Let's play FF#44 Legend of the Shadow Warriors.

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Joining the town in battle is the wrong answer, and we're not fleeing, so sneak off to the tower.
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Still voting for tower.
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Yeah, these guys seem to know what they're doing, and if they know what these things are called, then they know about the explosion stuff. Tower.
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Sounds of battle come from the town as the people of Hustings defend their homes against the slaughtering Haggwort fiends. You ignore the din as you reach the foot of the pinnacle - and walk right into an ambush.

A door opens in the side of the pinnacle and six Haggwort appear. They seize you and drag you up a long spiral stairway which ends in a small room at lhe top of the tower, One end of the room is closed off by heavy drapes, If you have a weapon cross it off your Adventure Sheet - the Haggwort have just broken it! They force you to sit down at a table on which rest a sharpened wooden stake and a plate. The Haggwort mutely motion you to eat the 'food' on the plate, a mound of wet sludge. Will you eat the food or refuse?
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Well. If they wanted to kill us, this sounds like a really stupid plan to do it.

I vote eat.
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It might be something that turns us into a Haggwort or something though. In that case they would want to keep Spoopy alive.

Refuse.
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Things that look disgusting in FF sometimes turns out to be beneficial. I vote to try this local delicacy.
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Reluctantly you put some of the junk into your mouth - and immediately spit it out. It's alive! In fact, ifs a Slod-Kedbolm, whose skin is toxic. The sloppy black thing emits a high-pitched whine then slithers away. The taste still has you heaving (deduct 2 points from your STAMINA). 'ls our food not to your liking, then?' a voice enquires.

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Looking up, you see that the drapes have been lifted, to reveal a vampire-like creature rising from her throne. Her ghastly countenance is haggard with age. At her side is a living 'fireplace' which looks like the head of a Haggwort, only larger and more malevolent. lt watches both you and the creature as she walks towards you and says, 'l am Urtha. Many years ago, when I was but a vampire, the peasants of this region destroyed me with the same wooden stake that now lies on that table. Though destroyed as an Undead, I was, like the ancient Haggwort, expelled from the grave. Now I am beyond undeath. I am a Wamphyr!'

'Times are changing, the old regimes are being swept away We are entering a twilight existence of which I shall be queen! And with this...', she lifts her wrist to display an iron band '...I can command the mindless Haggwort. Guided by my experience of centuries, they will make an unstoppable army!'

lt is time to act. If you have a vial of Metal Rot, you may throw it at her iron band. If you do not, will you attack her or ask her to prove her power?
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Blue option, deactivate the Haggwort control device and get out the popcorn.
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Destroy the iron band.
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Agreed.
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Shrugging off the strong grip of your guards, you grab a vial of Metal Rot and hurl it at the iron band. If your aim is good, the glass vial will break and spill ifs contents all over the band- cross the vial off your Adventure Sheet, and then Test yout Skill..lf you succeed...√ if you fail....

Freed from Urtha's cruel domination, /the Haggwort become wild and uncontrollable. They grab the tyrant and throw her into the mystic fire- the real power in Hustings, the magic inside the Haggwort heads stems from this fiery source. It was the same magic that reanimated Urtha, and it was the only thing that could have destroyed her.

She perishes instantly. Events have come full circle, the corrupted earth-magic has run its course Something clatters at your feet, it is Urtha's Iron Band. Though you have no wish to control the Haggwort, you feel compelled lo pick it up (add it to your Adventure Sheet). You look once more at the fireplace The eyes and the mouth have closed, and the whole thing is starting to sink back down into the marsh taking the tower and the pinnacle with it. You hurry out of the place before it collapses altogether, and make for the southerly road out of town. You see the Haggwort wading back into the moors, returning to their resting places once more.
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Attacking her would be instant death, as would failing the skill roll. Asking her to prove her power gives 3 options of how, 2 of which are instant death, one of which leads to the same result as the metal rot.
The town of Hustings has been devastated by the Haggwort assault, and though you feel that you have done your best to help, your best may not have been good enough. Following the downcast Hustings refugees, you make your way along the south-bound road. If you have a Green Leaf Brooch, or if you have an iron band and the word 'Cerunnos' means something to you...√

For a moment you stand, lost in thought, but your reverie is disturbed by a familiar voice. Though no one else seems to see lt, the grass on either side of the road rustles with impressions of Jack-in-the-Green. “This is the reward for fooling with nature. The elements have no faith in man the builder, man the user, man the destroyer,, yet you carry tokens of worth. You are not the one to light fires, to chop down trees, to level mountains. You are good. The Earth-mother and the Homed God await you” You are suddenly overcome by a strange dizziness.

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Once your dizziness clears, you find yourself standing al the foot of a grassy hill crowned by a circle of ancient standing stones. You have been transported to Cauldron Ring, heartland of the elemental gods.

An awe-inspiring vision of the Horned God fills the skies, while the ghostly Sisters of Time dance within the circle They are the past, present and future manifestations of the Earth-mother, and they guard the Spear of Doom. The Horned God speaks to you with a voice like the crashing of waves: 'You have been chosen to face Voivod, Lord of the Shadow Warriors. We once made the error of trying to burn out his fire, but could only imprison him. In the millennia which have passed, we have made good our error and have forged the Spear of Doom, which gives death to the living, and life to the dead Take it, and use it wisely.'

All at once you discover the Spear in your hands, and you start lo feel dizzy once more. Enter the Spear in the Equipment box of your Adventure sheet, together with its Life-force, which you find by rolling one die and adding 5 The Spear is not a normal weapon: you may use it instead of normal combat (you must decide whether or not to do so before you start any fight) and rt will automatically defeat your foe but you must also deduct one point from the Spear's Life-force. If its Life force drops to zero, the spear becomes useless. Now, restore 6 points to your STAMINA and, if you came here from Hustings...√

There's no time to rest. Night turns into day as you leave Hustings far behind and get your first view of the Witchtooth Line, a sprawling mass of unscalable mountain peaks, monster-filled caves and treacherous narrow passes. Adventurers who can say that they've 'crossed the Line' are the most respected of their kind. Eventually, you come to a bridge and, later, to a fork in the road. Will you go to the left or to the right?
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Go left.
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Left is right!
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Is there a map in this book at all? Otherwise left.
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SlyJohnny wrote:Is there a map in this book at all? Otherwise left.
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Sweat pours off you as you walk for hour after hour beneath the blazing sun. You are retiring in a shady hollow when you hear the tramp of marching feet the grunting of countless voices coming from over a rise. These are the telltale voices of a roaming orc tribe. You crouch down, hoping to remain hidden in the hollow but the orcs see you and start scampering down the slopes on either side of you to cut off your way of escape. You search for an exit out of this tightening cordon and gasp with relief when you see a cave nearby. Then again you are in the Witchtooth line where caves are never simply caves. If you want to hide in the dark cave..., if you would rather try to outrun the orcs... If on the other hand you have a Chameleon Cloak and wish to use it to try to sneak unseen through the orc ranks....
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Blue option.
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I actually think the cloak may not work here. It's specifically great for night time, but we're trying to evade a orc tribe "under the blazing sun", so I'd rather try the cave.
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Try the blue option.
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The words of the merchant who sold you the cloak spring lo mind: 'Fine though the garment may be, 'tis best used in the hours of darkness-' At this very moment you are hying to hide in an exposed place, beneath the all-revealing light of a blazing sun. Test your Luck. lf yoa are Lucky....√

Hugging the ground, you cannot help but think that, for once, a trader at Royal Lendle has sold his merchandise short. The Chameleon Cloak works its wonders as you sneak away beneath the smelly Orcs' very noses and escape, However, you are now forced to leave the road and cut south over the difficult mountain terrain, where progress is slow. After a few hours of hard slog, you find a small mine shaft.

It goes down fifteen metres or so before ending in an illuminated chamber of some sort The narrowness of the shaft prevents you from seeing the nature of the place. If you have a rope and grapple, you may use it to climb down the shaft. If you do not have, or do not wish to use, any rope you will have to continue your journey over the mountain.
I'm with SlyJohnny here, given the set up in the cloak's description, I'd have definitely thought that such a blatant infiltration, above a "blazing sun" would tax the cloak too much and be an auto failure.
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Blue option this time. Was hiding in the cave any better than being forced to make a Luck test, incidentally?

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Down we go.
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Use the grappling hook, this is the kind of shit we got it for.
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Did I mention I love the colour Blue?
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