Solution to Phantoms of Fear

Phantoms of Fear

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.

Telessa, leather armor, backpack, Potion of Fortune 1 Proceed towards the health of Affen forest 306 You stand in a ring of six elder trees Pw+1 380 Head west through the familiar forest 344 Seek the company of the indistinct voices 387 Step through the trees into the clearing 59 Tell the six travelers of your mission Pw+1 209 They tell you of traps marked by saplings 298 The animals have been harvesting food 50 You are able to find some Provisions Provisions 376 Fight the WILD BOAR 6/5 Boar tusks 326 Walk past with the sapling to your right 265 Spend the night in a mighty oak's branches 198 Do not struggle free from the Tree Devil 289 Sharpened twigs pierce your eyes 49 The dream abruptly changes 144 Start walking on the featureless plain 91 Stay where you are in the eye of the storm 164 The eye is formed by wind, water and fire Pw+2 253 Go back to sleep 341 You must get on with your mission 172 Take a north-west direction 150 Continue through the valley 282 Approach the vast pile of bones 101 Ask the stag statues for a gift 28 You thank them and proceed up the valley Antler-horn [12] Lu+1 383 Search for a suitable large cave Lu+1 181 Spend the night in the recently used cave 357 You dream of a ring formed by six pools Pw+2 319 Explore the narrow tunnel into darkness 35 Risk exploring it without foreknowledge 279 Carry on ahead to the dim glow 124 Examine the trapped skeleton 295 Avoid any contact with the boulder 110 Carry on across the small cavern 61 You look out over the blighted forest 386 Stay where you are observing the scene 373 You are struck while breathing out Lu-1 175 None of the evil blast entered your lungs 57 You will enter a region of unknown terrors 239 Bathe in the clear pool 199 You rest in the sun and drift off to sleep St+2 Lu+2 160 You spurn the temptation of the fairy folk 31 You step into Ishtra's cruel kingdom Elder branch [22] 259 Walk around the patch of bare ground 191 Hack through the ROOTS 6/12 6 Follow the trail across the soggy ground 69 Go into the fenced-off area 122 Crawl through the prickly holly bushes 277 You receive no scratches Lu-1 206 Watch the ramshackle hut for a while 47 Throw your sword away from you 375 Bide your time with the insane Wild Man -Telessa 301 You pierce the veil of madness in his mind 152 Spend the night in his humble abode Telessa, amber cube #20 86 Defeat the TREE /16 23 The Wild Man introduces himself Pw+1 215 Accept his company 183 Morpheus must be weakened, not killed Eric Rune-axe Lu+2 89 Do not investigate the peaceful deer 146 Eric takes on three of the raiding party 323 Fight each DARK ELF 8/6 7/6 7/8 19 Fight both DARK ELVES 8/7 5/4 together -Eric Rune-axe 392 You step through the Gate of Ivory Disguise Lu+2 350 The dream world and real world overlap [* -20, # +50] 362 Take the path to your right 151 Go over to the pile of ancient bones 27 These warrens were once home to heroes Lu+1 84* Flip from the tunnels to the dream world 64 Follow a wide river which runs north 365 Carry on past the silver tower 192 Fight the serpentine tiger 40 The peaceful village recedes away Pw+1 231 Obey the unspoken voice 371 You are sucked back through a vortex 331 Explore the tranquil garden 139* Flip from Galana to the real world Lu+1 Pw+1 189 Kill the groggy ORC GUARD 7/6 92 Lock the door behind you Key, wooden bowl #9 63 You carry on north -Key Lu+1 274 Go in the narrow tunnel straight ahead 143 You are not carrying a two-handed axe 381 Turn west in the well-lit passage 348 Kill the CHAOTIC ORC 7/6, go left 90 Go along the passage leading east 179* Flip to the dream world at the crossroads Lu-1 159 The huge Drake will obey your commands 260 Ask it to take you to more Power 46 Defeat the HOATZIN /12 340 You gain some Power for your victory Pw+1 361 Walk left along the smoking river 238* Flip from the beach to the real world 288 There is a smell of fear in the air 188 Go straight ahead past the "DANGER" sign 21 You manage to resist the petrifying wail 102 Fight the BANSHEE 9/8, search the cavern 195 Walk along the eastward passage Crystal ball #30 388 Turn right past the Troglodytes 123 Open the imposing double doors 176 Say you are on your way to the kitchen 299 Head straight ahead past the squad leader 269 Enter the steamy kitchen 113 Fight the COOK 6/10 379 You leave the dining-hall and return north Lu+1 310 Try a numbered door 55 Eat some food and try another door St+4 33 Walk on up the corridor Lump of ice [33] 217 Turn left to the feeling of terrible doom 73* Flip to the dream world in the evil aura 53 Combat the HARPY /10 then Pw-1 the CLAWBEAST /12 then Pw-1 the WRAITH /14 Pw-1 364 Battle MORPHEUS 8/20, stop fighting 250 Face Ishtra in the real world Pw+ 346* You have acquired some numbered artifacts 126 Arrange the objects opposite in a circle 173 The goat-headed crocodile shrieks in agony 234 The Demon Prince's spirit is banished -Antler-horn, -crystal ball #30, -elder branch, -amber cube #20, -lump of ice, -wooden bowl #9 400 You have rid Titan of Ishtra