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Haha! I suspect that weird landing method is brought to you by Morris Simon’s realization that Carr and Dalris were going to get smushed otherwise. Yes, but think how much more exciting it was to take this roundabout path! Also: if any readers guessed that Yellow Marsh would be the key to the...

70 We face the hungry roc, raise our hands, and shout the spellword “Vyehdo!” A yellowish-green aura surrounds Rufyl the Roc. “It hardens into a transparent film at first, then into an opaque envelope that bulges with the roc’s struggling figure.” The outer surface hardens even more, turns...

This time the Google dice do not cooperate: they deliver a 6 & 1 for a total result of exactly 26. I assume (and hate) that we are being punished for choosing to max out our INT. 202 Dalris cries out that it’s no use: Rufyl can’t understand her any more. He’s headed for “the nearest landing...

Commentary: “Below you, a barren marsh…” barren adjective 1. (of land) too poor to produce much or any vegetation. 2. (of a place or building) bleak and lifeless. How does the adjective barren differ from other similar words? Some common synonyms of barren are bald, bare, naked, and nude...

I grit my teeth as the first of two Google “dice roller” dice comes up a 5. The second one spins and comes up… a 1! Woohoo! Seldom have I inwardly cheered so loudly for a 1 on a d6. INT 19 + 5 + 1 = 25. A successful failure. --- 125 Rufyl squawks loudly and turns away from Seagate Island...

166 We ask Dalris to use her “druid magic” to talk to Rufyl the Roc to convince him to turn around. [That is: to stop flying towards the roc nesting ground on Seagate Island and to go back to the mainland, towards Saven, which was our original destination.] Dalris says she’ll give it a try...

Based on this and other sections to come, apparently Rufyl’s mind starts out OK but becomes progressively more bestial as time progresses. Which is not at all how Polymorph Other works in the PH, but <insert usual disclaimer here>. Wendel has a lion-skin rug, so rather than fear of lions, the...

What I mean was - why stop at potions of cure light when you can buy potions of cure critical wounds for a mere 5,000 GP (becomes negligible at Epic levels) and restore 3d8+20 HP.

I dunno, the PCs are often selfish and jerky, so turnabout is fair play. Why shouldn’t the Abbot decide that his quest is of vital importance, far more than our petty lives?

99 Being tucked up against the roc’s body shields us from the tremendous wind generated by his flight. But Dalris yells out that Rufyl is not headed for the mainland but for Seagate Island. We realize the reason for this is that the only rocs in Tikandia have a nesting ground in the craggy...

Indeed! The AD&D 1e roc has a 60-foot wingspan and “prey upon large creatures such as cattle, horses, and elephants.” The Monster Manual has a picture of a roc with an elephant in its talons — the largest elephant IRL (the African bush elephant) stands 11 feet tall at the shoulder and weighs up...

A roll of 2, 3 barely gets us to 24. 129 We command Rufyl to show himself so we can see his shape. The sight of a miniature Draco conflagratio horribilis draws the attention of the marines on the nearby war galley who shout to each other “Kill it and its friends!” but make no move to do so...

It’s not worth putting so much work into such a bad adventure. Your time is surely worth more than the… (checks eBay)… twenty bucks it would cost to buy a print copy of Cairn of the Winter King, or the $28 for Reavers of Harkenwold, or from DriveThru the $7.19 for the PDF of Madness at Gardmore...

What if we instead Polymorph Rufyl into a flying creature to carry us to safety? --- 3 We state that our only chance is to get off this “scow” before the marines board it, and thus we will transform Rufyl into a Roc. Tears spring to Dalris’s eyes and she begs us not to risk Rufyl’s life...

Hahahahaha! Perhaps Carr should have attended the same prestigious magical academy as (contact)’s character Jespo Crim from the Liberation of Tenh story hour.

All responses are biased but that truism aside. Possibly true statements although [citation needed]. But stating these and only these — By implication 4e had no other major goals? Which is demonstrably false given a reading of the preview books, extant wizards.com articles, and the PH/DMG...

It’s extremely biased and as usual doesn’t cite any sources.

I voted ‘GM was sick’ but I was actually out of town.

On a failure we don’t even get the spell off successfully: we put Rufyl into the comatose-and-partially-on-another-plane trance (completely made up for this gamebook), then bumble around until we all get shot to death by angry archclericy marines. I meant to comment before: if they are close...