Solution to Masks of Mayhem

Masks of Mayhem

This is not the shortest or easiest path; it is more gratifying to face difficult situations and barely succeed. Rather than minimizing risk, this solution includes as many interesting parts as possible, while avoiding sections that are blatantly harmful or provide no useful information. You may need high initial scores; this path assumes favorable dice rolls.

Sword, leather armor, backpack, 10 Provisions, Potion of Fortune 1 You set out through the Gate of Skulls Helmet, [Hever horn] 53 Strike out west through Affen Forest 21 Camp by the lakeside 316 Settle down to sleep straight away 226 You suddenly wake up Lu-1 257 Seize your sword and face the Kraken 322 Use burning branches with your sword 207 Battle each TENTACLE 6/6 6/6 6/6 6/6 6/6 St- 346 You can summon the spectral army [Galrin 100] Lu+2 385 Press on through the dark forest 171 Defeat each SPRIGGAN 6/8 7/8 106 In the morning take the north-east path 10 GP, garnet ring 398 Duck down into the undergrowth St- 251 Stand up and extend friendly greetings 334 Let yourself be taken away 28 Tell the Wood Elves of your quest 218 Your hands are not tied 154 Ask what they have seen in the mirror 169 You must continue your quest elsewhere [Between two oaks] Lu+1 382 Press on in the mist-shrouded hills 138 Turn left on the animal trail 156 Fight the WIGHT 9/12, stay where you are -Sword, ancient sword Sk+1 362 Look around the dilapidated buildings 181 Investigate the fairly intact hut 107 Look around the gloomy hut 279 Question the groveling hermit further 92 You translate the runes and leave Iron scepter [one ruler] 231 Investigate the main shaft 36 Go down the ladder into darkness 289 Let yourself go into space 54 You land safely Lu-1 124 You pick yourself up and look around 313 Go west in the mossy tunnel 237 Continue along the main tunnel Copper nugget 364 Carry on past the small fissure 57 Plod on through the darkness 352 You cross a span of stone over a chasm Lu-1 373 Keep to the left-hand wall 309 Fight the DORAGAR 9/10 172 You have time to grab three items 5 GP, Snattacat's tusk, stone statuette 141 You cross the chasm safely again Lu-1 86 You pass the main shaft and carry on east St- Lu+1 388 Continue past the horrible smell 370 Wade through the pool of stagnant water 151 Carry on struggling through 104 You struggle to the other side of the pool 15 Take the left branch at the fork St- 399 Press on stealthily in the darkness 51 You use your head Lu-1 33 You grope for something on the floor 64 Fight the NANDIBEAR 9/11 222 You met the Doragar family in the mine 112 You have a Snattacat's tusk 301 You screw the lid off the engraved tusk 8 seeds [11 dragons] 112 You have a statuette 30 The goddess's name is Cholumbara 112 You have inspected the items you acquired 121 In the morning you leave the deadly mine -1 Provision St+ Lu+2 343 You have more than two Provisions left 200 The journey to Fallow Dale is uneventful 178 Pass through the village 305 Go into the village inn 99 Buy food and drink then leave the village -1 GP St+2 24 Cross the plowed field 396 Offer the farmer Cholumbara 66 You make your way to the castle gates -Stone statuette Lu+1 78 Go straight away to join Lord Hever 42 Decline to have your things taken 389 Go with Hever to his Privy Chamber St+4 184 Ask the bard to make up a song about you 232 You feel flattered and go to bed [Scepter and orb] Lu+1 26 You do not have a magic crystal mirror St+2 149 Accept Hever's test 240 Your hounds surround the Tiger Spear, hounds 371 Defeat the SABRE-TOOTHED TIGER 11/12 Hounds 333 You have proven yourself worthy -Spear, -hounds, St+3 Lu+2 Tiger's claws, Yachar horn 384 Go over to Hever 93 Fight the HELLFIRE SPIRIT 9/12 with Hever Horn 132 You leave Fallow Dale restocked Provisions 20 Wait by the tiny trail 202 Head south-west along the trail 105 Carry on along the trail 304 You dig in the earth with your sword 6 GP St-3 140 Press on through the grass 34 You rest for a while and then carry on -1 Provision 68 You followed the ant trail 291 Continue north 243 Walk through the ruined village 386 Fight SKELETONS 5/8 5/7 together, north Bejeweled choker Horn 84 Poke around the lifeless houses 315 Carry on north through the village 56 Approach the mumbling old woman 23 Slap her face to shock her out of hysteria 164 Offer her something precious 326 Give her a garnet ring 44 Ask her what happened to the village -Garnet ring, [Juja marsh] 249 Leave her and head north 336 See what home-made wares Canches has 80 You buy what you can afford -20 GP, Cloak of Invisibility, Healing Potion, Antifreeze Potion 336 Continue on your way north 13 Stay where you are -2 Provisions 148 You realize your only hope is a fire-break 206 Start a fire to the north 168 You are safe within your fire-break 114 You go north to the edge of a huge canyon 10 Head west along the cliff Lu+1 70 Do not use the Cloak of Invisibility 327 Kill the GIANT BLOODHAWK 7/12 201 You come to the lip of a large waterfall 293 Dive underwater 380 Kill the ALLIGATOR 7/8, see something At-1 122 Dive down again to investigate the throne 261 Take the orb from the skeleton's hand 320 You still have your helmet 161 Head north for a while Orb [21 ruler's sway] 357 Follow the rivulet upstream 25 Use the Healing Potion on the warrior 338 Ask her about the Juja -Healing Potion 353 Bury her and carry on north [Middle way] 125 Explore Marsh Vile 345 Jump straight on deeper into the marsh 165 Continue jumping straight ahead 193 Go half left 264 Go straight on in the thick mist 215 Ask the Juja about Morgana's lair [208 oak in apple out] St+4 Lu+2 167 He guides you back to Pikestaff Plain [Wooden door] 374 Walk around the copse -1 Provision 126 Investigate the two flourishing oak trees 387* Raise the scepter and orb between the oaks 22* You know how to leave Vashti's land 208* You have the apple seeds 88 You find yourself by the oak trees -8 seeds, [Morgana's trap] 37 You have an Antifreeze Potion 344 You progress into the icy mountains -Antifreeze Potion 128 Attack the two hill tribesmen 282 Fight both TRIBESMEN 8/10 7/12 together Snow-shoes Horn 173 You are alone deep in the mountains 287 Carry on trudging through the snow 341 Take the pass west of Krill Garnash 284 Remain in the narrow western pass 123 You are wearing snow-shoes 198 Kill the CHION 7/13 Horn 267 Use the Cloak of Invisibility 46 Slay the ICE DRAGON 10/10, search cave -Cloak of Invisibility Horn 204 You find yourself at the mouth to a tunnel 256 Take the wooden door in the middle 32 Go right at the fork 224 Continue down this branch Torch 49 Carry on past the side-passage 16 Enter the large cavern 59* Call on Galrin 100 You leap towards Morgana's throne 295 Slay MORGANA 11/6, you were not cursed Horn 81 You talked to Vashti 258* Your suspicions have fallen on Ifor Tynin 40 Kill THE TRAITOR 8/10 Horn 400 Victory is yours