Solution to Stealer of Souls

Stealer of Souls

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, shield, lantern, 10 Provisions 1 Stay and fight the huge black bird 127 Combat the GIANT STORMBIRD 8/12 167 You made no attempt to run away 223 You set out for the Isle of Despair Provisions St+ 143 The sailor commends you on your bravery Jar of ointment 249 Throw some food at the giant Skull Crab 270 You row away to the shoreline -1 Provision 102 Greet the huge muscular giant 328 Accept his offer of food and shelter 118 You set off inland to the west Message Scroll [350], 3 Provisions 257 You feel wet and miserable -2 Provisions 38 Head north to hilly terrain and bracken 238 Settle down to sleep in the small cave 337 You get some sleep as a storm thunders -1 Provision 10 Say "Hello" to the strange talking lizard 86 You have already killed one Stormbird 378 You won't have trouble with the one left 256 You set off for the rocky outcrop 206 You climb the slippery surface to the nest 368 Fight the GIANT STORMBIRD 7/12 288 You thank the lizard and speed back 3 GP, rose pearl, Silver Medallion 349 You settle into the hammock to sleep 158 You are awakened by the Sprite rummaging Lu-1 239 Tell him you might spare his life 39 You wake next morning fairly refreshed Luck Powder x3 St+2 103 Go north past the skull at the crossroads 327 Clouds of buzzing insects swarm around -Jar of ointment 191 Keep out of the fighting Hobgoblins' sight 311 You duck behind the vegetation Lu-1 14 They exchange blows and are both dead 135 Look around the shuttered cottage room 215 You step over a tripwire and untie the man 71 Ask him the way to the Iron Crypts -1 Provision 56 Ask him about the scroll you have [Evil south-west] 302 You set off southwards in good spirits 2 GP, [Alkandi south] Lu+1 250 Go south past the bloodied feathers 128 Try to greet the two wildly gesturing men St-2 168 They guide you into their village 208 Trade some Treasure with Alkandi St+3 329 You complete your purchases -4 GP, -rose pearl, silver feather, Ebony Key, ivory cat statuette, phial of white oil, 2 Provisions 101* Thank him and ask about the Message Scroll Lu+1 350 You ponder his words and set off north [Beware of singing] 181 Make for the small gray building -1 Provision 379 Attack the man reaching out to you 69 He wields a heavy ebony mace 367 Defeat the DARK PRIEST 9/13 117 You settle down in this evil place 5 GP Lu-1 237 You have a Silver Medallion 192 Head to the trail and set off north-west Lu+1 339 You enter the dreaded Iron Crypts 120 Fight each GOBLIN 5/5 5/6 300 Take the west door from the Goblin room Bone dice 205 Go north at the junction 136 Look closely at the faint wall-carving 216 Take the north passage Lu-1 184 Open the fetid smelling door 6 Fight each RAT MAN 5/5 5/6 At-2 57 Make a thorough search of the dirty room 259 You set off back south 2 GP, grappling iron, St-2 Lu+1 blue silk glove 303 Take the passage leading east 72 You press on past the Goblin room 160 Enter the lamp-lit chamber to the north 225 Defeat the OGRE 8/10 20 Thick iron bars block your way back 3 GP, 2 Provisions 280 Fight the CAVE SNAKE 6/7 At-2 330 Examine the unusual stalagmite formation 145 Chip away at the encrusted body 266 Investigate the slender white flask -1 Provision 204 You trudge south along the passageway Potion of Healing x2 156 Head west at the junction 356 Retrace your steps back from the singing 193 You press on further east 285 Enter the darkened chamber 335 Move in to attack the skeletal figure 169 Combat the SKELETAL WARRIOR 10/10 236 You take the steps down into a room 52 Try a door in the south wall 121 Try to talk with whatever is inside 209 Sit down at the Orcs' table for a drink 359 You have a pair of bone dice 105 Take out a pair of bone dice 41 Gamble some Treasure on a dice game 291 You win at the gambling game 89 The Orcs drown their sorrows in more beer GP 254 Search the unconscious Orcs' room 137 Go back to the north 6 GP 346 You open the east door away from the smoke 4 Fight the TROLL 8/9 226 Search the Troll's room 130 You must escape the thick acrid smoke 4 GP, bunch of keys 260 Do not use the Ebony Key in the east door 243 You search and find a concealed door Lu-1 146 Check where you heard the small voice 334 You have found a powerful ally -Sword, Magical Sword At+1 St-2 58 You push open the trapdoor in the ceiling -1 Provision 375 You swiftly dispatch the snoring Orc 99 Investigate a door to the east 15-foot rope 304 See what lies beyond the north door 1 Provision 35 Investigate the dead end 365 Your Silver Medallion shines white light 170 You are unnerved by the gruesome illusion St-1 203 Travel east and then north 7 Enter the rock-strewn chamber 354 Offer the strange creature a gift 67 Offer him a silver feather 83 The Birdman thanks you and flies off -Silver feather, [item west] 292 Go west along the passage from this roost 122 Continue on westwards past the fungi 51 Go north into a daylight-filled chamber 385 Kill the RAZORBEAK BIRD 8/7 At+1 St+ 26 You have a grappling iron and a rope 162 You clamber back down and set off south Spider Headband 42 You head west and then southwards 218 Open the east door 90 Use the phial of white oil on the rust 138 Press on southwards -Phial of white oil, incense x3 283 Investigate the door with an iron grille 131 Open the door and help the slumped people 18 You have a bunch of keys to open the lock 211 Offer the sick prisoner food and water 242 Investigate the slightly loosened brick -1 Provision, [secret door] 178 Open the small wooden box 374 You go back and check for the secret door Potion of Healing 98 You surprise and slay one of the two Orcs 59 Fight the ORC 5/6 At+1 St+ 264 Open the easterly door of the guard room 1 GP 315 A brief vision passes before your eyes 147 You leave and open the south door [Amber cross door] 333 Open the darkwood door to the west 34 You have an Ebony Key 386 Enter the room and open the chest 293 The ring bears runes you cannot decipher Silver Ring 114 You open a door marked with an amber cross 393 Fight the ORC 5/6 shouting for his Master At+1 St+ 202 You rush a cowled figure ruining his spell 11 He curses and draws a wicked studded flail 321 Combat the DARK PRIEST 9/12 At+1 St+ 187 Search the minion's bodies 353 Try the east door in the Orc's room 1 GP 123 You check the south door and open it 1 Provision St+2 50 You have some incense 234 You can burn incense and inhale the fumes Incense-burner 305 Open the east door on the landing St+2 219 You discover a comfortable room 107 Kill the man sleeping on the bed 290 Search the guard's room Lu-1 91 You leave and try the southern door -Leather armor, Sk+1 chain-mail, crowbar 245 Sit down at the table and eat some food 324 Say the people upstairs sent you St+3 196 Ask the young man for directions 320 You thank him and leave the dining room [West, right, left] 17 Take the eastern passage at the junction 228 Open the door and investigate the fight 262 Help one Orc against the other 148 Talk to the Orc you helped 33 You ask about torturers and prisoners 97 Investigate the "DANGER" sign door 172 Open the door with an Ebony Key 201 Enter the pitch-dark room 392 Fight the DIADRONE 8/12 At+1 St+ 12 You try to open the banded chest Lu-1 399 A scything blade swings up opposite you 246 Open the locked chest with an Ebony Key 355 The key fits and the chest springs open -Ebony Key 153 You go back and open the south door Bronze Ring, Platinum Amulet 124 Look around the half-open east door 28 Go in and talk with the misshapen creature 220 Wait for him to return with his prisoner 383 Help the haggard old man 108 You have a bunch of keys to free his hands 289 The prisoner conjures a ball of fire 76 Finish off the HALF-OGRE TORTURER 8/8 At+1 St+ 273 You help the weak wizard to a chair -1 Provision 140 You hand Alsander his wizard robes 325 He will teach you three spells 188 Choose the "Dispel Fear" spell 2 You may negate the effects fear has on you 188 Choose the "Fire Globe" spell 16 A ball of fire will shoot from your hand 188 Choose the "Speed" spell 213 You may avoid blows in swordfights 188 You have decided which spells to learn [Dispel Fear, Fire Globe, Speed] 61 You make your preparations and set off 281 Fight each DARK ELF 8/6 7/5 At+1 St+ 96 You step into a swirl of rainbow colors 8 GP, 6 Provisions 229 Take the black shifting passage 149 Cast a "Dispel Fear" spell 200 Follow the gray passageway 112 Fight the SPECTER 7/7 At+1 Sk- St+ 189 Take the green passage past the tombs 395 Water fills your lungs as you drown 13 Open the flask and sip its contents 165 Mocking laughter echoes down the corridor 387 Search your backpack for something to use 48 Use an ivory statuette against the rats 93 A huge spectral cat chases them -Ivory cat statuette 152 Follow the fork filled with rainbow light 125 Let the shimmering figure touch you 398 Take the yellow-green passage Sk+1 St+4 Lu+1 307 Hold out a hand wearing a glove 29 Take the azure passageway past the snakes St+4 Lu+1 272 You cross the chasm to a dark tunnel 296 Combat the DEATH SKULL 9/10 St- 15 Take the frosty passage beyond iron gates 331 Say a prayer for the souls of the dead 134 Take the dark-brown earthy way out Sk+1 Lu+1 247 Fight the Skeletal Illusion 397 Your Silver Medallion shines brightly 95 Follow the blue passageway past the statue 261 Attack the Blue Dragon with your sword 214 Laughter resounds through the cavern 150 Fight the huge Spider with your sword St-2 175 You are wearing a headband 198 A vortex of light dissolves the Spider 269 Cast a "Fire Globe" spell at Mordraneth 94 He is engulfed in flame and smoke 222 You run up the right-hand set of steps 351 You are wearing a Silver Ring 79 The ring absorbs the whirling black bolus 46 Slay MORDRANETH 8/11 Speed, At+1 St+ 400 You have earned glory and rewards