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Heading to the track leading to what looks like the river got 3 votes, so Hector Eliwood will follow the said track.

20
You walk for a while across the long grass. The river is further away than it had first appeared. Eventually you reach the bank. The water is not swift flowing but it is clear and clean. You take a drink (add 2 points to your STAMINA). When you raise your head, you see two sets of small red boots. You lift your head up further and see that the owners of the boots are Dwarfs. They both smile. One of them bows slightly and formally introduces himself as Skiff and his colleague as Sprig. They both point to a rowing-boat. Skiff explains that customers wishing to travel up-river are few and far between now that the siege is on. He asks if you want to hire a boat to go up-river (at a very reasonable cost of 1 Gold Coin). If you agree, deduct 1 Gold Coin from your Adventure Sheet, and turn to 208. If you refuse (or cannot afford it) and wish to carry on alone, turn to 109.

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Adventure Sheet
[spoiler]Hector Eliwood
SKILL: 10 Initial Skill = 10
STAMINA: 9 Initial Stamina = 19
LUCK: 8 Initial Luck = 8
PROVISIONS: 10
CITADEL WALLS: 11/14
Notes:
None
GOLD: 14
CUBES:
5 Black Cubes
GEMS:
1 Star Crystal
CLUES, OBJECTS FOUND:
Potion of Fortune
Sword
Leather Armour
Backpack[/spoiler]

We can afford it and they might give us information too, so pay them.

Pay for the ride!

Votes registered, Hector Eliwood will agree to hire a boat to go up-river.

208
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You get into a brightly coloured rowboat and the Dwarfs begin to pull at the oars. They are very pleased at getting a customer. The boat is old and leaks. Now and then, one of the Dwarfs bails out the water with a green cup. You are grateful for the rest. You ask them of any dangers ahead to the north. Skiff tells you of troops of Orcs, soldiers and Goblins on raids of plunder but nothing else. Suddenly, Sprig shouts ‘Giant’ and both of them disappear over the side of the boat. You turn around just as a giant hammer crashes into the boat. Test your Luck. If you are Unlucky, you are showered with wooden splinters (throw a die and deduct the result from your STAMINA points).

The boat sinks with you in it. Then a large arm reaches into the water and plucks you out. Do you draw your sword and stab at the Giant (turn to 388) or go quietly without a struggle (turn to 50)?

Rolling the dice yielded an 11, meaning that Hector Eliwood was Unlucky. Rolling the die yielded a 3, meaning that Hector Eliwood takes 3 Stamina points of damage worth of wooden splinters.

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Adventure Sheet
[spoiler]Hector Eliwood
SKILL: 10 Initial Skill = 10
STAMINA: 6 Initial Stamina = 19
LUCK: 7 Initial Luck = 8
PROVISIONS: 10
CITADEL WALLS: 11/14
Notes:
None
GOLD: 13
CUBES:
5 Black Cubes
GEMS:
1 Star Crystal
CLUES, OBJECTS FOUND:
Potion of Fortune
Sword
Leather Armour
Backpack[/spoiler]

Go quietly, for now.

Agreed, let’s try to get some advantage before we fight a giant.

Let the giant pull us out.

Going quietly without a struggle already received 3 votes, so Hector Eliwood will do that.

50
The Giant drops you into a large sack. He walks off humming something like ‘Fee-fi-fo-fum’. Inside the sack there are various bits of animals, vegetables and lumps of coal. After a long time all the contents of the sack are upended. You fall on to a rocky floor and find yourself in a cave with a large blazing fire at the entrance. The rest of the cave is strewn with all manner of rubbish. You look at the Giant. He has sat down and is staring at you as he munches at a piece of cow. He then speaks in a booming voice. ‘Where is Djakk?’ He looks at you expectantly and then puts on a high voice, ‘I don’t know.’ He repeats the question, ‘Where is Djakk?’ You think that he is demented. Do you humour him and give him a location for Djakk, whoever he might be (turn to 186), or do you tell him you don’t know (turn to 323)?

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Great. Jack and the Beanstalk is not what I want to be reminded of when I'm playing FF.

Tell him we don't know.

Tell him we don't know.

I say we humour him and play along to distract his attention from us so we can GTFO.

Votes tallied, Hector Eliwood will tell him he doesn’t know, as that won over humoring him and giving him a location for Djakk by a 2-1 vote.

323
You tell him, in all truth, that you don’t know. He gets very angry at this and repeats, ‘I don’t know,’ in a high-pitched voice. He picks up a large wooden club and strikes the ground close to you. You decide that you must run or get crushed, but in which direction? Towards the entrance to the cave (turn to 272) or into the dark depths (turn to 31)?

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Entrance to the cave.

Into the depths. We might find something useful there.

Entrance. There's more likely to be life-saving giant beanstalks out in the open.

Yeah, we want to get as far away from this giant's home turf as possible. Go to the entrance.

We know the giant can exit the entrance, we don't know that it can go (or see) into depths, so hide in the dark.

Votes counted, Hector Eliwood will run towards the entrance to the cave, as that won over going into the dark depths by a 3-2 vote.

272
The fire at the entrance is intense. The Giant is chasing you, intent on murder. Do you run through the fire (turn to 166) or stand and fight (turn to 63)?

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Run through the fire.

Through the fire, since that seems like it will be less damage than being caught by a giant.

Votes registered, Hector Eliwood will run through the fire.

166
You leap through the white-hot flames and coals. If you have a Black Cube in your possession the flames feel strangely cool. You get outside the cave unharmed (deduct 1 Black Cube from your Adventure Sheet). If you have no Black Cube, then throw a die and deduct the result from your STAMINA, then reduce your SKILL by 1 point. You have been badly injured but have escaped the Giant, who does not follow you.

You look around at the countryside. You see a wood to your left and a flat plain in front of you. Both lead north. Which way do you choose: towards the woods (turn to 210) or the plain (turn to 282)?

Hector Eliwood does have a Black Cube, which is used to get through the flames.

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Adventure Sheet
[spoiler]Hector Eliwood
SKILL: 10 Initial Skill = 10
STAMINA: 6 Initial Stamina = 19
LUCK: 7 Initial Luck = 8
PROVISIONS: 10
CITADEL WALLS: 11/14
Notes:
None
GOLD: 13
CUBES:
4 Black Cubes
GEMS:
1 Star Crystal
CLUES, OBJECTS FOUND:
Potion of Fortune
Sword
Leather Armour
Backpack[/spoiler]

Hope losing that cube doesn't bite us in the ass. I don't think we're being pursued by soldiers or giants anymore, so the presumably more straightforward path of the plains is more worthwhile than the probably stealthier path of the woods.

Vote registered, Hector Eliwood will choose the plain.

282
You walk across the grassy plain for many hours. You notice the Bracelet on your wrist glowing (mark a captured Citadel Wall on the Adventure Sheet). There is no one around but occasionally you catch sight of groups of wild horses. Eventually, you come into a small valley. At its head stands a statue of a monk making the sign of a cube with his palms. The statue has been daubed in blood and the head half chopped off. The track continues towards a small village just visible on the horizon. Turn to 3.

3
You walk into a village and notice a lot of activity. The villagers are bringing in their sacks of grain and rice and stacking them in a central store. They eye you with suspicion but let you pass. You head for an inn and sit down on a bench outside the building and rest (add 4 points to your STAMINA). A little girl skips past you with a bag of rice. Suddenly, the bag breaks and all the rice spills on to the ground. She begins to cry that she’s already late for school and gets down on her knees to pick up the grains. Do you help her (turn to 182) or do you sit back and relax (turn to 60)?

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Adventure Sheet
[spoiler]Hector Eliwood
SKILL: 10 Initial Skill = 10
STAMINA: 10 Initial Stamina = 19
LUCK: 7 Initial Luck = 8
PROVISIONS: 10
CITADEL WALLS: 10/14
Notes:
None
GOLD: 13
CUBES:
4 Black Cubes
GEMS:
1 Star Crystal
CLUES, OBJECTS FOUND:
Potion of Fortune
Sword
Leather Armour
Backpack[/spoiler]

Help her.

Help, obviously.