Solution to Dead of Night

Dead of Night

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.

Nightbane, hooded robes, Godsfire, backpack, 5 Provisions 10 GP, Silver Cross, Holy Water x3, Banish Undead, Holy Circle, Speak Demon 1 Follow the road under the hanging skeleton 107 Ignore its laughing and race onwards 126 You carry on to your village of Crowford 51 Go to the tavern to look for your parents 166 Listen to the argument from outside 289 Visit the priest after the tavern 378 Talk to your old friend Darrow 244 Visit the village priest now 353 Open your parents' grave 85 Invoke Banish Undead on the creatures Spade 31 The Blight Demons recoil from your power -Spade 277 You must look for your parents elsewhere Map, [captives cave 150] 148 Head to Sharleena in the Horned Hills 61 Ask to be present at the summoning 214 You are conversant with the Demon tongue 241 Myurr's tower is in the Cragrock Peaks 161 Draw a protective circle around yourself 190 Flee the burning cottage 81 You promise to make Myurr pay 142 Stop and see what the peasants are up to 4 Stay to help them with the tragic ceremony 134 Think of another way to defeat the Vampire 103 A peasant drives a stake into his heart Lu+1 303 Continue on your quest to Weddonbridge 249* You know of a nearby cave to look for 150 You creep forward to a flying skull 281 Crimson beams shoot harmlessly overhead Lu-1 121 Hold your ground against the dark device 208 Your blade cleaves the levitating skull St- Lu- 371 You are bathed in a peculiar glow Meditation 58 Dismount at the monument and offer prayers 306 Use Meditation in unison with your gods 25 You find a secret compartment Holy Amulet 105 Move towards the large stone building -Godsfire 312 The enraged villagers slay the Demon Lu-1 159 They drag its scaly carcass from your back 338 Help the villagers survive until morning 286 Seal the trapdoor with the Holy Amulet 359 Fight the MOON DEMON 7/6 -Holy Amulet 212 Cram the villagers into your Holy Circle 110 The Demons are engulfed in blue flames 230 You travel north in search of your parents Lu+1 351 Wait for the sound of flapping wings -1 Provision 140 Attack the cloudy winged shape [Magrand] 175 You fall through a weak barn roof Lu-1 57 You make your way to the marshland village 153 Ask a farmhand where you can find Magrand 382 Wait for the angry villagers to catch you 60 Persuade the enraged mob by talking 361 You prove you are not a follower of Evil 321 Volunteer to help the people of Colton St+4 335 Use Banish Undead on the Zombies 87 Their corpses gurgle into the marsh 196 Look for another way into the mill tower 349 You climb the pile of bricks to the hole Lu-1 28 Listen to the foul tongue of your nemesis 235 Surprise the Necromancer MAGRAND 6/6 [Beyond the pane] 293 The villagers cheer their liberator 5 GP, Potion of Destiny 11 Use Meditation at the old broken shrine 32 Take the road to Stanford St+2 391 Stop and investigate the guttural chanting 198 You must stop the Rite of Reanimation 104 Smite the MOON DEMON MAGE 6/9 268 Attack the body of Magrand with your sword St-2 65 Combat the ABOMINATION 6/13 248 Defeat the mutated ABOMINATION 10/ 285 You destroy the horrible stone altar Sk+1 Lu+2 24 Go over to the farmer in the market area 143 Go with Tom to help defend his farm 156 Combat each SKELETON 7/6 at your entrance At+1 St+4 193 Use Banish Undead on remaining Skeletons 117 You destroy all the Skeletons 129 You have successfully defended the family 102 You make your farewells and leave 3 Provisions Lu+1 187 Board the burly man's barge to Axmoor -2 GP 389 Dive into the river and haul the boy out 160 Grumont cannot thank you enough 2 GP 317 Accept Venghul's offer to see your future 236 You all retire for the night [Pyramid of Bone] St+2 381 Stand and fight the flailing tentacles 62 Kill the TENTACLES 9/8 40 The barge speeds away down the river 130 Enter the repulsive edifice's massive door 141 Gain access via the hole in the ground 73 Descend the semi-organic tube 186 You inhale the choking stinging gas Lu-1 245 You feel your body start to fall 346 Use Meditation in the slimy dungeon 133 Press your Cross against the living wall [Cross, heart] St+1 Lu+1 80 The tendrils thrash about in pain 263 Fight both DEMONIC SERVANT guards 8/7 7/7 together 280 Continue along the wide corridor Keys 101 Enter the tremendous wave of heat 254 Attack DEMONIC SERVANT 6/7 at the controls 309 You understand the Demonic script 377 Turn the Red Dial [Feed, Drain, Additive] 213 Escape back the way you came 272 Climb up the ladder to a wooden hatch 364 Turn right and open the unguarded door 323 Free the captives from the living furnace 352 Destroy the DEMONIC SERVANT 6/7 233 Quickly try to destroy the worm-furnace 356 Throw Holy Water into the fleshy orifice 164 The mouth explodes and is sealed forever -Holy Water 191 You resist the black aura of corruption 69 Shatter the Death-Stone with Akkarra 59 You utter the seven fatal words -Holy Water 287 Follow the road north past the raft iSk+1 iLu+2 229 Climb a tree and hide from the wagon 274 Jump down to free the dozen captives 354 You leap and manage to stay on your feet Lu-1 147 The prisoners tell you of Dunningham 240 Talk to the strange-looking woman 347 Her advice contains both truth and lies 74 Walk towards the uncouth laughter [Crakanat, right balance] 183 Distract the Orcs by throwing coins 194 You throw a handful of Gold Pieces -GP 340 Your ploy works 276 You leave the Orcs behind 313 Give the watchtower guard a password 242 Say "Crakanat" 209 Look in the wooden barrels 203 Search the pile of Orcish clothing 128 Climb up the ladder to a trapdoor Cloak, helmet 157 You are disguised as an Orc 170 You climb up another ladder to Old Beady Lantern 253 Pour lantern oil over the Baleful Eye 82 You escape from the fire down the rope -Lantern 224 Run from the ruins to the Pond 344 Go beyond a Temple to the Courthouse -Cloak, -helmet 66 Descend the steps hidden by cobwebs 358 Tip the balanced scales to the left 29 A blue light fills your body with energy Lu+ 184 Enter the wood-paneled hallway 288 Go through the door marked with a sword 267 Persuade the Sorcerer that he is wrong St+4 237 Use Meditation to feel an aura of power 297 The Sorcerer beckons you to follow him 348 You find your way through a forest Demon-Slaying sword At+4 245 Protect yourself with Holy Circle 96 The huge Demon screams in pain and rage 98 Rub out the sigil and enter the tower 266 You enter a corridor with Demon paintings 195 Step over the glowing writing on the floor 292 Open the door with the clattering sound 392 Listen to the Demonic Pandemonium music 14 Speak to Branner the priest at the funeral 218 He hands you the ring from his finger Branner's ring 199 Enter the silent room 68 Go through the west door from the red room 47 Open the north door from the orange room 379 Enter the east door from the yellow room 124 Go in the north door from the green room 363 Climb the spiral staircase upwards 56 Destroy the Skeleton with Banish Undead 6 Attack the protected Skeleton 329 Defeat the HORNED SKELETON 8/14 226 Pass through the mirror pane 398 Fight MYURR 14/25, destroy the pyramid -Holy Water At+4 273 Myurr attempts to corrupt you with hate 163 The bone pyramid explodes outward 400 You have saved the world of Titan Parents