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Given the lack of other votes, I will rescind mine and double up on JourneymanNoob's suggestion of random selection with Horn and Tattoo

I vote for Erien. A randomer is not likely to be as good as Gorrin or Erien, and although skill is the most important attribute, I think Erien's overall stats are better. If we do go random, I'd guess we want to take the tattoo and the horn, as that's what JG gave the worst statted character, I'm gu...

Oh and for all the fuss the book makes about them the "Elven boots" are pretty pointless. You can either sell them (and gold is pretty useless from Greta Morg onwards) or use them on the Orcs but owning the bag of everything is already enough to outrun them without a stat test. The use at ...

You salute the Baron with gritted teeth and walk over to the entrance of the dungeon to take your place alongside your fellow contestants. ------------------------------------ Baron Sukumvit raises his arm aloft for the trumpets to sound the start of this year’s Trial of Champions. The crowd cheers...

OK so I'm back: Good to see the thanks but haven't quite finished yet. Alternative narrative following on from the battle with Urzel, just to play out the endgame After Urzel falls you and Throm head towards the main gate of Fang. Suddenly you are waylaid by 2 swordsmen, an axeman and a woman in a r...

Alernative narrative coming in this post, but no time at the moment.

As soon as he sees your face, Lord Azzur points at you and shouts, “It’s the murderer!” Baron Sukumvit orders his Guards to arrest you. “No, not yet!” Azzur says sharply. “ I admire the nerve of this fool. I want to know how many of my assassins have been killed.” You remain silent and take the sco...

One by one, the contestants are introduced to Baron Sukumvit and Lord Azzur. When your turn comes, the Baron asks you to remove your helmet before stepping on to the podium out of respect for his guest. Do you want to take off your helmet or do you want to refuse to take it off for fear of being re...

There is a sign above the door of the hut which says FANG FERRY. You open the door to find a man slumped in awooden chair lying face down on a table in a poo! of blood with a dagger sticking out of his back. There is a message on the table written in blood with his finger which says, Get Zeedle. Bu...

Otto tells you not to worry if you hear any sounds in the night. The creatures outside will not be able to get inside the cabin. After paying Otto, you retire to your room, locking the door behind you. You place a chair against the door handle to make extra sure nobody can enter before finally flop...

You pay the horseman 2 Gold Pieces and are soon galloping across the open plain. You soon discover that he is not keen to talk, and the only question he answers is when you ask him where he is going. “Firetop Mountain,” he replies curtly, but doesn’t elaborate when you ask him why. As the light fad...

The man brings his horse to a halt. He looks you up and down and says in a gruff voice, “I’m headed north-east. For 2 Gold Pieces Ill take you to the log cabin that’s about an hour’s ride from here. Yes or no?” Do you want to ride with the horseman or do you want to decline his offer and set off on...

The old woman nods enthusiastically when you take off your boots and signals her approval by giving you a thumbs up. You wave back at her and walk on barefooted, following the map down Quiet Street to where it ends at a T-junction. You put your boots back on and turn right into Fountain Street to w...

You give the urchin a Gold Piece, which he bites to make sure it’s real. His friends walk over, and an argument breaks out about who should keep the coin. They start pushing each other and the squabble turns into a fight. While you are distracted by the commotion, one of the urchins deftly slips hi...

Following the map, you leave the market square via a narrow alleyway to your left which leads into Spice Street, then turn right on to Boot Street, where you see a group of scruffy urchins throwing stones in a puddle. One of them runs over to you and says, “Do you want to buy a catapult? You can’t ...

The Monk’s eyes light up when you produce the 5 Gold Pieces. He rummages around in his sack and hands you a rolled-up piece of yellowed paper tied with a piece of string. After taking the coins from you, he rubs his hands together with glee and says: “Five Gold Pieces, my oh my Think of all the che...

The Monk drops his sack on the ground, and says: “The sack is certainly very full But it’s mostly balls of orange wool A woolly jumper I will knit To keep me warm through the wintry bit The only thing I have to sell Is a map leading to the Wishing Well.” He stares at you fiercely with one eyebrow r...

You walk through the main gates and mingle with the townsfolk, who are busily going about their various tasks. Nobody pays you much attention as you walk down Crown Street, which is lined on both sides with small shops and old wood and plaster houses with tiled roofs. The street leads into the mark...

The woman signals for her driver to stop, and he pulls on his reins to bring his horse to a halt. He sits there rigidly, staring straight ahead with his long whip and-reins in his hands. The woman looks down at you from her bench seat and says in a haughty voice, “I recognize you from the posters i...

Billy looks annoyed and says, “That’s not the answer I wanted. Methinks you are of no use to us. So, it’s time to say goodbye with a game of Beat-the-Buss. These are the rules, so listen carefully. Brother Bobby and I are going to climb on to the roof. I should tell you he’s got a blunderbuss. That...

Bobby’s eyes light up at the mention of the word “assassin”. He looks at his brother and says, “Brother Billy, didn’t an assassin come knocking on our door yesterday asking if we’d seen the murderer on his ‘Wanted’ poster?” “He most definitely did, brother Bobby. Now where did I put that poster?” “...

You reach for the idol and hear a click. An unseen trapdoor suddenly gives way under your feet and you fall through it, landing on the cellar floor and banging your head. Lose 2 STA MINA points. Lying on the damp floor in pain, you are plunged into darkness when the trapdoor is pulled back up and b...

You pull the gate open and walk up the path to the farmhouse with your nose twitching from the foul stench coming from the cabbages which are rotting in the field. The farmhouse itself is in a bad state of repair and all the windows are boarded up. There are two broken rocking chairs, a bucket and ...

You catch sight of a small deer grazing in the warm sunshine. You walk towards it but as soon as it sees you it bounds off and disappears into the long grass. You walk back to the path, and step on something metallic which was hidden from view by the grass. Test Your Luck. 5 is lucky --------------...

You walk east some distance until you come to a junction in the path where it meets another path running north-south. You don’t see any point in going back south so you turn left to head north towards the town, which you can see in the distance. ======================================= You hear a ru...