Fighting Fantasy: Caverns of the Snow Witch [Game over :(]

[Thurhame]

I believe the

Potion of Strength

(stamina) to be an excellent idea. Mainly because I've never played this game before and have no idea how likely Skill is to go down. Not really worried about luck since part of its usage is disabled. If it weren't for that, I'd go for the luck potion, given its excellent initial roll and strong combat potential.

[Thurhame]

Hm... ok, lets go with that then.

Potion of Fortune

.

[Thurhame]

I don't suppose there's an option to test the ice bridge first? Meh, if it's a bridge it'll probably hold. Visibility is probably too poor to tell how far the crevasse extends, so no way to predict how long it will take to go around.

I vote for the

Bridge

Wait. What the heck is an ice bridge doing here? Who the heck would (or

could

) make a bridge out of ice? I bet it's the front gate to something.

I vote for

skirting the crevasse

.

[Thurhame]

To me, crossing the bridge is the obvious option. That's what made me stop and think. Because as you said, the obvious option tends to be the wrong one in fiction, esp. mystery-type fiction.

[Thurhame]

Plus if the monster is so huge it may not go onto the bridge.

Aren't we

trying

to find the monster?

[Thurhame]

Not sure how effective a sword will be at digging a shelter, but I don't want to get caught in a blizzard.

Dig a shelter

.

[Thurhame]

Decent chance those footprints belong to whoever or whatever we're tracking. Also, if we spend any time looking through the inside of the hut we're likely to be surprised by its owner if I know anything about fictional tropes. Following the footprints though is likely to run us into unexpected trouble... I don't suppose there's an option to wait outside the hut? No, waiting is always useless. Frying pan or fire, hm...

Heck with it, we're supposed to be tracking this thing.

Follow the footprints

.

[Thurhame]

First off,

Eat 4 (Four) Provisions

. That should restore our stamina to 20 if I remember the rules correctly.

I don't see any difference between left and right. But my gut tells me to

Turn Left

.

[Thurhame]

It's amazing what a difference a single point of Skill makes. If what we've faced so far is representative of the future, or if the battles are going to keep getting harder, I'm beginning to regret not taking the stamina potion.

[Thurhame]

Better only four provisions than only four HP.

[Thurhame]

Tell him I have come to join the Snow Witch's followers.

I believe in following Rule #1: Don't Piss Off The Locals. As well as Rule #3: Exploit Everything.
(From the Interdimensional Traveler's SurvivalHandbook by the main character of the Best SI Fanfic Ever, Sleeping With the Girls by AdmiralTigerclaw of SamuraiPenguinStudios. (Despite the name, there's no inappropriate content, just good old trying to keep from being fried/smashed to a pulp/sliced and diced in worlds that outclass you by several orders of magnitude.))

[Thurhame]

I guess it's up to equinox to tiebreak again.

[Thurhame]

Alright, in the interests of keeping the game moving,

Nod and walk by

.

[Thurhame]

Let's take the

left branch

. Better not to invite trouble.

[Thurhame]

Ooh, tough one.

Let's see... If we climb up, they're liable to take us prisoner or something. If we pull on the rope, we're still trapped. Stuck between a rock and a hard place...

[Thurhame]

pull on the rope

[Thurhame]

Since our fifth member doesn't seem to be here, I'll just switch to keep the game moving.

Climb Up

[Thurhame]

If you find yourself forgetting games, at the bottom of each page there's a "Bookmark topic" link which lets you store all your active games in one place. I discovered it recently and have been using it ever since.

[Thurhame]

Where is our mod?

[Thurhame]

We lose our sword, but I guess it can't be helped.

Run Away

[Thurhame]

@Mod:

I have no problem with that solution.

@Yuriko:

That's what we're doing. We came from the left fork and turned left at the intersection, so now we're in the right fork.

[Thurhame]

I'm hungry.

Enter the crude kitchen.

[Thurhame]

Take the cake and leave.

Does the cake count as a Provisions?

[Thurhame]

I don't like being outnumbered.

Run for the tunnel.

[Thurhame]

Could be a trap; we'll have to go carefully.

Turn left.

[Thurhame]

A collar? Interesting. But first things first.

Help the Dwarf out of the pit.

[Thurhame]

I've seen similar tricks before. No guarantees, of course, but in my experience its most likely to be the left one.

Strike the man to our left.

[Thurhame]

Try to smash his prism

[Thurhame]

Not sure. What do you guys think?

[Thurhame]

I don't know; the decorations seem to suggest it's somwhere important.

Enter the center tunnel.

[Thurhame]

Oh, didn't notice our health is down by 4 now.

Eat a provision, the run to the opposite tunnel.

[Thurhame]

go right

[Thurhame]

Knock

, because, whynot?

[Thurhame]

Kill the Zombie!

[Thurhame]

We need a tiebreaker.

[Thurhame]

Garlic

sounds useful if we run across any vampires.

Pickled lizards' tails

sounds like it might be useful for bribing hungry guard dogs or something maybe?
Not sure what to pick for the last one.

@mod:

Do the four large dragon eggs count as a single item?

[Thurhame]

then I'll vote for the

four large dragon eggs

as the third item.

[Thurhame]

It was a good game, but I'll take my leave now.