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Slaughter Caves, The (Slaughter_Caves.txt)

SLAUGHTER CAVES
Written by Mike Jessop (1989)
Walk Through by Dorothy Millard (Spectrum Version)

Scenario
Down through the years it has been the dream of many to negotiate the damp tunnels and twisty
passages of the "Slaughter Caves."  Some had even plucked up enough courage to attempt it,
but despite all their stalwart efforts, they have failed, and the dragon still stands guard over the
fabled pile of treasure that has been the goal of them all.  Now it is your turn to brave the
terrors of the caves and to attempt to wrest the vast wealth from the grasp of the mighty scaled
beast.

Walk Through
(Start in a passageway with the iron portcullis behind you), READ PLAQUE, N, W (small room where the
west doorway is blocked by a large web), EXTINGUISH TORCH, EXAMINE WEB, BREAK WEB, W, EXAMINE WELL
(full of water - see a bucket and rope), UNTIE ROPE, GET ROPE, GET BUCKET, FILL BUCKET (with water),
E, N, N, OPEN DOOR, E (prison where you see a man who appears to be unconscious, chained to the
wall), EXAMINE MAN, HELP, GIVE WATER TO MAN, ASK MAN TO HELP (he says "Those of greed shall not
succeed"), W, TIE ROPE TO STALAGMITE, DROP BUCKET, S, S, E, E (by large dining table), EXAMINE
SKELETON (find a loose bone), GET BONE, W, W, N, EXAMINE CORRIDOR (notice a loose rock), PUSH ROCK
(it moves and a compartment in the wall slides open revealing a large dog which grows at you
viciously), GIVE BONE TO DOG (it lies down and begins to eat it), EXAMINE DOG (wearing a collar),
GET COLLAR, EXAMINE COLLAR, WEAR COLLAR, OPEN DOOR, E (small room), GET POT, W, S, E (small
rectangular room), OPEN DOOR, 

WEDGE DOOR WITH POT, N, N (see a man hanging from a noose), EXAMINE MAN (rope is in fact a snake
which wraps itself around your neck but impales itself on the studded dog collar), DROP COLLAR,
EXAMINE MAN (find a large key, some mouldy cheese and a large silver mirror), GET KEY, GET MIRROR
(leave the cheese), EXAMINE MIRROR (very big), S, S, W, GET TORCH, N, N (to where you tied the rope
to the stalagmite), DROP TORCH, DROP KEY, GET BUCKET, HOLD ROPE, W (you climb down through the
illusion to a room filled with stone statues - both the snakes and the floor were illusions),
EXAMINE STATUES (life like), CLOSE EYES, PULL BLANKET, HOLD MIRROR, OPEN EYES, LOOK (see stone
statue of Medusa in a cage), DROP MIRROR, EXAMINE CAGE (see a door in the side), OPEN DOOR IN CAGE,
ENTER CAGE, EXAMINE CAGE (find a secret compartment in the bottom in which there is a pile of very
cold rocks and the room is growing cold), SCOOP ROCKS IN BUCKET, LEAVE CAGE, S (room containing a
blood stained pit), PULL LEVER (a huge Fire Demon storms into the pit), THROW ROCKS AT DEMON (it
vanishes in a cloud of steam), DROP BUCKET, D (pit), E (nauseating room where you see the corpse of
a gladiator), EXAMINE GLADIATOR (find a gleaming sword), GET SWORD.

W, U, N (room of statues), OPEN DOOR (a giant frog jumps out), KILL FROG (with sword), N (small dank
room), GET SHIELD, S, U (the rope), GET KEY, GET TORCH, HOLD ROPE, W, S, D (pit), E (nauseating
room), UNLOCK DOOR, OPEN DOOR, N (boiling oil pours out of the grates but you hastily raise the
shield to protect you), N (ledge), D (forest of giant mushrooms), N (a giant beetle rushes out of
the mushrooms toward you but you hack it to pieces with your sword - these will attack you while in
this area), ENTER HUT, GET MALLET, LEAVE HUT, S, W (clearing), N, N (by pool), DRINK WATER (you are
refreshed), S, W (river), DROP TORCH, DROP MALLET, DROP SHIELD, E, N (by pool), DRINK WATER (you
must refresh yourself after each attack by a giant beetle), S, S, E, N, ENTER HUT, GET PLANKS, LEAVE
HUT, S, W, N, N (by pool), DRINK WATER, S, W, PLACE PLANKS ACROSS RIVER, GET SHIELD, GET MALLET, GET
TORCH, S, W (clearing where a fire burns), LIGHT TORCH (from fire), E, N, CROSS PLANKS, N (rocky
ledge), N (ledge overlooking the valley), PULL LEVER (hear a grating sound), LOOK (the portcullis is
now raised).

W (tomb), EXAMINE TOMB (covered in hieroglyphics), OPEN TOMB (a mummy lumbers out), BURN MUMMY (you
throw the torch at the mummy and it bursts into flame), EXAMINE TOMB (find a wand), GET WAND, E
(ledge), EXAMINE WAND (the words "open sesame" are engraved on it), E (in front of a small
temple guarded by the guardian), HIT GUARDIAN WITH MALLET (he slumps to the floor), DROP MALLET, SAY
OPEN SESAME (doors open), DROP WAND, W, S, S, CROSS PLANKS, E, N (by pool), DRINK WATER, S, S, E, U
(ledge), S, S, W (pit), U, N, U (rope), S, S, E, N, E (pedestal), GET CROWN, W, S, W, N, N, HOLD
ROPE, W, S, D (pit), E, N, N, D (mushroom forest), W, N, N (by pool), DRINK WATER, S, W, CROSS
PLANKS, N, N, E, ENTER TEMPLE (in the centre is a large stone throne), SIT ON THRONE, WEAR CROWN
(there is a flash and two dragon shaped talismans appear, one gold and one brass), DROP CROWN, GET
BRASS TALISMAN (the other one disappears), WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT (you hear a grating sound), LOOK
(see an opening to the south), S (large open topped cave where you see a huge bronze dragon perched
upon a pile of treasure... he asks if you have anything for him), GIVE TALISMAN TO DRAGON (he asks
you a riddle), SAY SUN ("Well done", roars the Dragon, "Climb up." Not being the
type to argue with a dragon, you climb up onto its back. With one flap of its gigantic wings you go
soaring up into the night sky, heading for home with the hoard of treasure clutched in its talons).

OVERALL RATING: 100%

Taken from Dorothy Irene's site: http://dorothyirene.fateback.com/

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