There’s a steep path leading up the mountain to the west; up there, you can see a number of caves.
Halfway up the mountain in the north, there’s a stone tower. A narrow stairway leads up via a number of landings.
In the north, a dirt track winds up the mountain and ends a few hundred paces in front of a cave entrance. Do you want to
The road turns swampier by the pace until it finally ends in the mud of the Brinask Marshes.
You are forced to turn back.
The path ends in front of a rockface. You have to go back.
The path runs up to a sheer rockface and leads deeper into the mountain via a cave. Do you
In the east, a small footpath leads up the mountain where it ends in front o fa cave entrance. Do you want to
You come upon a large lake in the woods. You notice a log cabin some distance away on the shore. Do you
knock and enter the cabin
or simply walk on past it?
You land on the left bank of the Svellt by a small bit of open ground at a ferry station.
You reach the bank of the Svellt. The road ends at a small open area with a ferry station. You see a landing-stage in the river. Do you decide to
go to the landing-stage
or to continue your journey on this side of the river?
A jolt goes through your ship. The skipper steers to the left bank of the Svelltand surveys the damage. “Looks like we’ll have to stay here for an hour or two to give me a chance to repair this. Can’t be helped, I suppose.”
“We have to land her again so I can check on the repairs,” the skipper statesand sets course to the left river bank once more.
Tiefhusen
Svellmia
You have hardly left the boat to take a bit of a walk while you wait when five shady figures jump from the bushes. Apparently, they’ve only been waiting for your boat to arrive.
The skipper fled with his boat when he saw those brigands. Sure looks to me like you’ll be wearing down your shoes some more again.
The path you’re on has been turning damper with every step for some time now, and on both sides of it, reed has started to replace the trees and bushes common so far. Now the path ends, and you face a log road leading right into the swamps.The same swamps, if you don’t mind me reminding you, that are so dangerous noone enters them if it can be helped…
Do you want to
You’ve actually made it! You have found a way out of the hostile swamplands alive. I can imagine you must be feeling pretty thankful. And you’d probably feel evenbetter if you could be sure that you will never have to enter this forbidding and dangerous area again…
When you’re back in the settlement, the question poses itself again. Do you
Back in the settlement, you have to decide anew. This time, do you want to
What do you want to do after coming back to the middle of the village?
Considering the danger threatening, how about appeasing the gods once more through a sacrifice?
daringly enter the swamp
or rather choose a different path?
You haven’t got any money to tithe!
Which one of you would like to tithe something to his birth patron?
How many silver crowns shall [NAME] give to [NAME]?
Right now, you have a total of [NAME]between you all.
Does anyone else want to make an offering?
Do you want to take this opportunity to thank the gods for their help and ask for their continuing assistance?
leave the swamps
or continue wandering through the marsh?
enter the cave
or rather turn around and go back?
climb up the path and take a look inside the cave
or rather save your strength and walk on?
walk up the dirt track to the cave and go in
or rather preserve your strength and journey onward?
enter the hole
or just turn back?
You’re back at the entrance of the now collapsed cave. There is no way you could get any farther now.
You once again reach the small clearing in the forest with the mossy, overgrown remains of a small, dilapidated castle rising up at its eastern edge. Do you want to
enter the ruins and use the secret passage again
or continue on your journey?
When you reach the small Dwarven town of Rorkvell, you find to your horror that the Orcs have taken over. You have no choice but to turn back now.
You have reached a small forest clearing. There are the mossy, overgrown remains of a small, dilapidated castle at its eastern edge.
The path ends at the entrance to a natural cave. The hole has a diameter of about two paces. Do you want to
The door to the secret passage is locked and you don’t carry the key.
You unlock the door though you do not manage to open it. It was barricaded from the inside and can not be opened even with the mightyest efforts.