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Today is not Windsday or Seaday Not long after dawn, with the sun rising in the sky, you set off for the Adventurers’ Guild, ready to take on another quest to help raise your profile among the adventuring fraternity and the people of Satamonis. Do you want to stop at the Bazaar on your way or do you...

I'll accept "Vermin" but I'd have preferred "258" You spin round, almost losing your footing on the slippery ground, and lay your eyes on something truly hideous and dripping with mud. It looks like a massively overgrown maggot but sporting huge rodent-like teeth. Do you have the...

In the gloom of the shed, you spread out your Spelling Sheet on one of the wooden walls, rather than the floor, and emptying your mind wait for the Oracle to guide you... ‘Vile entities. Rats, mice, insects... Nasty!’ the voice whispers in your mind, and then it is silent once more, (V____I_) If yo...

Three way tie: 12 Zyn, 3-4 Caravan 5-6 Rattapillar we roll a 5 rattapillar it is. This should be a straightforward job,’ the Guildmaster says. “Pigboy Snouter wants someone to get rid of something he calls a “Rattapillar™ that’s made itself at home in one of his Razorback sheds. He's willing to pay ...

OK Skill 11, Stamina 12, Luck 7 it is. You hand over the money and Pinchpenny accepts it without a word of thanks before wandering off to bother someone else. ---------------------------- You are met at the door to the Adventurers’ Guild by the grizzled Guildmaster. ‘You’re back, then,’ he says as y...

OK, everybody agrees with using 8 AMANOUR to get 4 SKILL. The next passage doesn't have a stat test so I'll move it on You are just crossing the Market Square when a hand taps you on the shoulder. You turn to see a meek-looking older man, dressed in fine clothes, and carrying a small chest about his...

4 is lucky and we finish him off Nanoc and the other Strongarms have sent the rest of the brigands packing and so the caravan sets off again on the final leg of its journey. The sun is sinking below the spires of the Halls of Learning as the cavalcade passes through the Sunrise Gate and you find you...

We roll a 5 You might have spent many weeks in the saddle, crossing the Flatlands, but you are just as alert as you were when tribe of Slykk attacked your party when you were fording a meandering river. You hear the rustling of leaves as a figure drops down from a branch above you. You spur your ste...

And so, you join Nanoc the Strongarm Captain in escorting the caravan of Velenore Musek, carrying spices and animal hides to Wolftown, many leagues away on the other side of the Flatlands. Fortunately, you are provided with a horse for the duration of the trip, which takes many weeks and is not wit...

You meet Ruznik Ullsen again at the Boondocks and from there – as soon as you have paid him his fee of 4 Gold Pieces, of course (deduct the money from the Gold box on your Adventure Sheet) – he leads you to a smoky tavern called the Wizard’s Pipe. In a secluded booth in a dark corner of the drinkin...

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Spelling didn't help us before. Are we able to do each training provided we have the coin?

In JourneymanNoob's game the plot was moved on after your second attempt. Think of that as a template.

‘What do you suggest?" you ask, ‘Well, Salamonis’s Palace of Learning houses King Salamon's famous library. As well as containing books on myths, legends and monsters, there are also treatises about advanced fighting methods, Although nothing beats actual physical training when it comes to swo...

You wake the following morning to find yourself in the gutter, with a couple of rats curled up next to you, sharing your body’s warmth. You shoo them away in disgust. You have a crick in your neck and do not feel ready for the day at all. (Lose 1 STAMINA point.) But it could have been worse – at le...

‘The two cards you picked were a nine and a three,’ you tell the Dwarfs. The shaven-headed miner turns the cards over on the table in front of him, dumbstruck. You are right! The Dwarfs reluctantly hand over your winnings, accompanied by a lot of grumbling and complaining. (Add the 10 Salacoins to ...

Settling on a table of Dwarf miners, who are drinking together at a table in a darkened corner, you try to give them the same banter Rodriguez gave the landlord. Although you are not as well-practised at this sort of thing as he is, you do actually manage to persuade the five Dwarfs to agree to giv...

You follow Rodriguez to the bar, where he immediately starts to address the landlord; ‘I’m going to show you a trick which, quite honestly, astonishes me every time I do it. I kid you not. You are going to pick two cards, and, with alittle magic, I'll tell you what they are without ever seeing them...

We ignore the coin. You find a couple of seats in a quieter part of the inn and Rodriguez joins you there a few minutes later. He is carrying two mugs of spicy Hobgoblin mead. You don’t know whether he actually paid for them or whether he scammed the landlord. You take a sip of your drink and ask hi...

Although there was a slightly better path around the docks, grifting is definitely the best major decision available, taking 2 points for it https://i.imgur.com/WuKwt8c.jpeg ‘The inn is just around the corner, says Rodriguez. As you make the turn into Half Darned Lane, you can hear raucous crowd cha...

The sun is setting. A room at a cheap local hostelry will cost 1 Gold Piece, or 10 Salacoins, for one night. Do you have enough money to pay for a room and want to spend it in this way? If not, you have no choice but to sleep rough in the street. ------------------------ We don’t have enough You wa...

The Grand Parade leads all the way to the Royal Palace, but before it gets there it opens out into a square packed with stalls which are shutting up for the day. This is Salamonis’s famous Bazaar. Surrounding the square are inns and shops, and a rather dilapidated building that looks like a cross b...

I’ll walk with you, then,’ says Nanoc, and the two of you set off together into town, heading in the direction of the Sunrise Gate and leaving the hustle and bustle of the Boondocks behind. As you walk, you ask the Barbarian what life is like as a Strongarm. He tells you that it was his job to keep...

‘Sirs,’ you say, ‘during my voyage here I lost my backpack and everything in it. Who should I report this to?’ ‘Anyone you want,’ says the shorter of the two guards. ‘It won’t matter. No one will take any notice. And if they do find your pack, they'll most likely just keep it for themselves! Hah,ha...

2-2 split, I'll break by going to the docks As you soon learn, this area is actually called the Boondocks, since the goods and visitors that arrive hereare considered a boon to the city. There are all manner of hawkers peddling goods, and costermongers pushing their handcarts before \ them, crying “...

You stick at it all day and suffer no more ill effects. As they say, that which doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Snouter appreciates your help and at the end of the day hands over 5 Salacoins, (Record the 5 Salacoins on your Adventure Sheet and gain 2 AMONOUR points.) He also offers you another...

You follow Snouter inside the hut, wondering how long you can hold your breath for. This is where Snouter and his younger brother Jowler undertake what is surely the most disgusting job in all of Salamonis. They process the rotting guts of dead pigs, fish and other odorousty decaying animals. Clear...