This hall is obviously intended for ritual bathing, as there are a number of drain holes in the floor. Although empty, the dripping water indicates that it is still in use.
Above a cold fireplace hangs a large cauldron containing the remains of a rather poor meal.
You see a crude hole hacked into the floor and an unmistakable smell pervades the area… you have found the latrine.
In front of you stands a statue of black stone — a faceless male figure. In all probability it is an image of the god without a name.
Do you
- Touch the statue?
- Smash the statue?
- Pass by?
[NAME] feels somehow strange and notices something has changed. The god without a name has shown mercy!
[NAME] feels a tremendous stabbing pain and immediately pulls back.
With violent blows you smash the blasphemous idol of the god without a name until there remains nothing but shattered pieces of stone.
Suddenly, dozens of small crossbow bolts shoot up from the floor!
[NAME] is hit by the bolts and suffers some fairly serious wounds.
Along the corridor wall sit half a dozen cultists dressed completely in long, black robes. As soon as they notice you, they jump up to attack while one of them tries to flee down the hallway.
A steep ladder placed precariously in a narrow shaft leads down.
Do you want to climb down?
You climb down, one by one, taking great care not to shift the unstable ladder.
There is a lever on the wall here.
Do you pull the lever?
You don’t hear a sound when you pull the lever.
Strange!
Oops!
You nearly stepped on a trap door.
Suddenly, a pit opens up beneath your very feet and you drop into a narrow shaft. With rising speed you slide down the smooth-sided tunnel, until you finally reach level ground again.
The chest contains a large black crystal resting delicately on a bed of night-black velvet. The crystal fairly emanates evil.
Do you want to crush the crystal?
How are you going to destroy the crystal?
- Smash it to bits
- Cast “Destructibo”
- Cast “Ignifaxus”
The crystal withstands the blow without even a scratch. What’s worse, the energy of the blow rebounds and wounds [NAME].
Unfortunately, the spell fails and nothing changes… other than the fact that the crystal strikes back and wounds [NAME].
Slowly, hairline fractures form on the surface of the crystal. As it shatters apart into innumerable fragments, the aura of evil dissipates and nothing remains but a bunch of shards in a ragged old chest.
A soft clicking noise shows that the lever did have some kind of function.
Only because you have some sort of sixth sense for danger do you notice a pit trap in front of you. You carefully pick your way around the obstacle without anyone being hurt.
[NAME] and [NAME] plunge into a pit trap. The narrow walls of the pit dampen the blow, but they did fall some 15 paces.
[NAME] plunges into a pit trap. The narrow walls of the pit dampen the blow, but [NAME] did fall some 15 paces.
As if from a great distance, you can hear desperate cries for help…
A dark pit in front of you and the helpless whimpering that reaches your ears raises a chill down your spine.
Do you attempt a rescue?
Pity you have no rope with you. That makes a rescue attempt impossible.
One rope isn’t enough for a pit of 15 paces depth. You’ll need a second rope or a wand spell to reach the bottom of the pit.
You lower the ropes down the pit until you feel someone tugging. Slowly, your companions climb out.
You lower the ropes down the pit until you feel someone tugging. Slowly your companion climbs out.
A ladder goes up from here.
Do you use it?
A lever sticks out from the wall.
Do you
- Ignore the lever
- Pull it down sharply?
- Pull it and then hold it in place?
The lever snaps back.
Who will hold the lever down?
[NAME] has trouble keeping the lever down.
You are standing in front of a forbidding altar covered with cryptic symbols in a strange language that you don’t recognize. On the altar, there is a statuette of a faceless man, lying prone.
Do you destroy this altar to the god without a name?
With your improvised tools, it takes quite a while to damage the idol and obliterate all the blasphemous symbols. While you are at it, a small black figurine, maybe a span tall, falls out of a cavity: the faceless man again.
Do you want to keep the figurine as proof of your victory?
- Yes
- No, we’ll smash it
With powerful blows, you destroy this image of the God Without a Name as well.
Suddenly, [NAME] discovers a secret door in the wall.
After a while, [NAME] even manages to get it open.
Unfortunately, [NAME] is unable to open it.
[NAME] cannot open it. Adding insult to injury, a poisoned needle shoots out and wounds [NAME].
You leave this unfriendly place and continue your journey towards [NAME] tired, but well satisfied.