Solution to Midnight Rogue

Midnight Rogue

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.

Shortsword, leather jerkin, backpack, hand-lamp, torch, tinder-box, 5 GP, 10 Provisions, Potion of Fortune, Pick Pocket, Spot Hidden, Secret Signs 1 Try the Noose for gossip and rumors 203 Go to the Rat and Ferret tavern 309 Ask the landlord Bald Morri about Brass -1 GP 195 Pay him for information -GP 364 You recognize the symbol on the bar-top 253 Join the game of pin-finger [Two keys] 278 You flick the knife between your fingers 14 Try your luck elsewhere in the Noose 10 GP 203 Visit Madame Star the clairvoyant 117 Pay her to read your future 289 Thank her and look for a beggar -2 GP, [place of death 289] 26 Give Bargo the Wheeler a gold piece 234 Leave the Noose and try elsewhere -1 GP, Lu+1 rope and grapnel 387 Go to the Merchant's Guild 129 Ignore the movement in the clump of trees 246 Hide and watch the guard manning the door 74 Look around for an unguarded entrance 210 Carry on around the building 271 Try to force your way through the Footpads 151 You charge but the gang closes around you 96 Defeat each FOOTPAD 7/5 6/6 5/6 196 The rest of the Footpads turn and run 5 GP, rags 386 Go in the back door 159 Stay where you are in the dark room 61 Stand still and hope for the best 119 Tell the beggar that you are a friend 291 You wish him pleasant dreams and leave Lock-picks Lu+1 350 Check the carpeted passage for traps 357 Try the left-hand door with a coin symbol 3 You pick the lock open with a faint click 259 Search the richly carved wooden desk 90 Examine the strong-looking iron door 10 GP, key "L", [Barrow Hill 90] 377 Pick the large complicated lock 295 You leave the strongroom hurriedly 21 Search for clues in Brass's house 156 A bobbing light shines into your face 293 Make a break for it 97 You dodge between the guardsmen and run 188 You twist and turn through back-streets 177 Try the smaller house on the left 32 Pick the locked door 211 Head for the door at the end of the hall Black hooded cloak 318 You investigate across the street 384 Climb the drainpipe up to the windows 108 You rapidly reach the upper floor Lu-1 238 Pick open the front door 276 Examine the suit of armor 62 Retrieve the object behind the armor 147 Investigate the door beneath the landing 1 GP 47 Open the door to the servants' quarters 255 You retreat from the sleeping dog quietly 95 You decide to try the upper floor 368 Investigate the doors on the landing 45 Try to hide from the young man 215 You wait and then creep across the balcony Lu+1 325 Listen at the door on the left 277 You slip inside the moonlit bedroom 396 Take the key around Brass's neck 10 GP 361 Brass does not stir 185 Go to the door at the end of the landing Key "R" 321 You pick the lock open with a soft click 134 Search the huge wooden desk 143 Search the rest of the study Silver paper-knife 242 Investigate the safe behind the portrait Bottle of brandy 104 You have both keys 55 You turn the keys together -Key "L", -key "R" 335 Leave the room via the window 20 GP, [E.O.B. 335] 306 Try to find the Eye of the Basilisk 144 Head for Singing Bridge 22 Knock on the door painted "KEEP OUT" 307 Run away from the old man 144 Look for the Eye at Barrow Hill 284* You have all three clues 392 Start looking by the ancient barrow 30 You spot something scratched in the stone 132 It looks like the sign meaning "mark" 100 You start to look around the garden 77 Inspect the statue 301 Jump across the small walled pond 148 You reach the plinth safely 8 Point the statue at the standing stone 383 The grassy mound reveals a small doorway 343 You spot a loose flagstone in the steps 286 You avoid the trap and carry on down 240 You do not have a silver whistle 280 Fight the BATS 5/12 At-2 43 Look for a way around the great stone slab 198 You make a hole big enough to crawl in 150 Stay in the burial chamber alcove 366 Fight each SKELETON 6/5 5/4 Lu+1 31 Destroy the SKELETON LORD 8/6 288 You recognize a symbol on the plinth -Shortsword, helmet, Sk+1 longsword, stone axe At+ 102 It reveals a flight of steps going down 300 You sneak lightly past the sleeping Ogre 279 You carry on down the passage 342 Very slowly take the key by the scorpion 13 You step through the great iron doorway 79 Go right in the passage 351 Climb carefully down the hole 216 You drop cautiously to the floor 236 Advance into the darkened room 352 You sneak silently into the darkness 24 You pick open the door in front of you 324 Ignore the glowing bottle and carry on 252 Try to disrupt your shadow 113 You hold your torch high before you 67 You spot a series of holes in the walls 381 You evade the trap and follow the passage Lu+1 191 Part of the symbol in blood is missing 39 You pause and prepare to move on 302 You hurl yourself to the floor 12 Fight the dead thief shambling towards you 82 Destroy the ANIMATED CORPSE 5/6 At+ 23 You have a magic weapon 142 Fight the POSSESSOR SPIRIT 10/10 At+ Lu- 323 Drink the potion from the cracked flask 5 GP, throwing knife 247 The potion restores you Sk+ 323 Make sure the caged Dwarf is a thief 86 Leave before the Shapechanger frees itself 229 You slam the door behind you 155 You sneak through the bones past the holes 25 You let out a sigh and shudder 84 Listen at the door 10 Combat the WOOD GOLEM 8/6 St-2 123 You are using a torch 98 The Golem stumbles about burning fiercely 136 Search through the huge pile of treasure 46 Fight the SCITALIS 8/10 At+ St-2 168 You leave the bones and carry on 2 Provisions, maze map 374 You throw yourself to one side 207 Kill the GIANT SPIDER 7/8 At+ 353 You climb the ceiling in darkness 265 Investigate the silk-wrapped bodies 290 You carefully avoid the sticky strands 382 You resume your climb 2 Provisions 341 You spot something glinting in the mold 88 You grip the doorknob cautiously 197 You run through the cloud of spores 69 You have a map 362 You follow the route through the maze 178 Wound the CRYSTAL WARRIOR 10/13 169 Shatter the CRYSTAL WARRIOR 10/11 99 You pick the lock of the chest 360 You see the disc is on a fine wire St-4 182 Slowly lift the disc off the trap 208 You breathe a sigh of relief -Maze map, obsidian disc 316 Knock the gem out of the light 130 Block the light with something 292 Use an obsidian disc 87 You keep the heavy disc steady 214 You hold the gem in both hands -Obsidian disc, fake gem 400 You've passed your test