Solution to House of Hell

House of Hell

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.

Coat Sk-3 1 Creep around the house to investigate 289 Walk up to one of the other windows 137 See where the light is coming from 345 Wait and listen for a little longer 68 Try the kitchen door 306 Go back to the front door and knock 357 The butler leads you into a reception hall 8 Study the paintings 304 Look at the middle-aged gentleman 37 Look at another painting 250 You rub your eyes and look again [Man in gray] Fe+1 277 Relax and drink the brandy with Kelnor 394 You go into the dining-room Fe-1 309 Take red wine 395 Choose duck for your main course 115 You chat with the Earl of Drumer 28 Take fruit, coffee and brandy 224 The butler leads you to the Erasmus room 5 Leave the room 59 Climb into bed 23 Try to break down the door 128 You are unlikely to break it down St-2 158 Surprise whoever is about to come in 373 Leap on the man and attack him 399 Battle the HUNCHBACK 7/7 220 Force him to answer your questions 234 Ask him about the people in the house 308 You leave the room, locking him in [Gray in Asmodeus] 350 Follow the landing around to the left 257 Enter the Azazel room 358 Investigate the crude laboratory further 117 Examine the liquids in the glass vials 341 Take a sip of the yellow liquid 161 The liquid will protect you from injury 385 You came from the right 26 Enter the Mephisto room 298 Force the door 390 You continue along the landing Frayed rope 287 Go through the door with no name 86 Investigate the window 110 You head back to the landing [Mordana in Abaddon 88] 193 Try the unmarked door 377 Search through the storeroom shelves 83 Leave and return to the landing Meat-knife, garlic Sk+3 233 Ignore the unmarked door and go on 374 Turn left down the passageway 339 Try the door to the Asmodeus room 154 Wound the WHITE-HAIRED MAN 7/9 Fe+1 162 Hold up your hands 313 Ask him how you can convince him 300 Ask him how you may defeat the Master 105 Follow him out to the passageway [Kris knife, Mordana] 378 Continue back towards the landing 272 Follow the passage around to the left 175 Try the unmarked door ahead 103 Enter and investigate the bedside table 163 Eat the night-time snack 226 Leave the room St+4 Lu+1 243 Enter the Belial room 312 Rest here 261 You catch your breath St+4 380 Grab the rising sheet Fe+1 70 You breathe a sigh of relief and leave Fe-1 329 Try the Abaddon room 335 Walk over and wake the old woman 139 Wait to see what will happen next Fe+2 246 Ask her for information about the house 170 Defeat both GREAT DANES 7/6 6/6 and search 19 Ask her about secret rooms in the house 321* You know her name is "Mordana" 88 Ask her about secret rooms in the house 295 You consider the information and leave [Shekou, under cellar stairs -10] 159 You creep downstairs 132 Try a door on the right 285 Try the door opposite 353 Have a little tipple from the decanter 292 Examine the corner shelf Flask of brandy St+3 192 Examine the fireplace Silver dagger Sk+2 303 Read through the letters 364 Turn back to the face on the mantelpiece 85 Try another approach 145 Move slowly backwards towards the window 64 You hurl the soil over the Fire Sprites 375 Press the secret button 392 A trap-door opens beneath you 397 Quickly search the room for a weapon Lu-1 Fe+1 355 Wait to see whether the figure will help 263 Leap across the room and attack 56 Battle the HUNCHBACK 7/7 72 You have come across this hunchback before 138 Stop fighting and jog his memory 198 Offer Shekou a drink of brandy 93 Look around -Brandy, [mixed up] 166 Walk further up and try another door 209 Talk to the balding man in gray 363 Leave immediately [Red room, key behind mirror] 91 Continue along the corridor 91 Try another door in the right-hand wall 112 Claim to be one of the Master's friends 16 The assistants tie you onto the rack 381 The torturer will consider your answers 38 Answer "Drumer" straight away St- 352 Answer "Abaddon" straight away St- 57 Answer "Kelnor" quickly St- 333 Answer "Mordana" immediately St- 76 Answer "Shekou" immediately St- 315 The torturer turns to you 235 You answered "Drumer" {5} 194 You answered "Abaddon" {10} 130 You answered "Kelnor" {15} 297 You answered "Mordana" {20} 141 You answered "Shekou" {25} 280 The torturer stammers humble apologies 265 Refuse his help and leave the room 248 You continue along the passageway 393 Hide under the stairs Fe+1 320* You are in position to find a secret door 310 Look for secret doors 276 Try a password 237 Say "Murder" 174 Enter the small chamber 48 You flip back the lid of the wood box 35 Leave and climb the stairs Kris knife Lu+3 293 Enter the door opposite 113 Investigate the reception room further Fe+1 324 Grab the leather box and take it with you 147 Quickly dive through the mirror Leather box 3 You open the leather box Golden Key 160 Try the right-hand door 294 You have a Golden Key 10 You leave the chamber Cast-iron key #27 Lu+2 204 Step back through the mirror 349 You wait for silence and leave the room 131 Turn right and follow the hallway 58 Try the door on the left 323* You have a cast-iron key 296 Pull the rope to ring for the butler 318 Attack Franklins the butler first 351 Continue pursuing him 336 Wound FRANKLINS 8/8 At+3 181 You are using the Kris knife Fe+3 109 Battle the HELL DEMON 14/12 At+6 400 You watch the fire destroy the house