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Reluctantly you abandon your attempt to open this iron portal and turn instead to a sloping passageway which descends to a deeper subterranean level of this ancient temple. You set off down this damp passage and at length it ends at a vault where the only exit appears to be a vertical pit at its centre. Cautiously you approach the pit and peer through its barred grill.

To your surprise, you see the floor of another torchlit passageway less than a dozen feet directly below the grill. With Prarg's help you pull open the rusty cover, then you lower yourself through the hole and drop down into the corridor below, followed by your companion. The pervading aura of evil is stronger now, and you feel certain that with every step you are drawing closer to finding the Doomstone. You are thinking to yourself that perhaps your progress has been almost too easy when suddenly you sense imminent danger.

Pick a number from the Random Number Table. If you possess Grand Pathsmanship, add 2 to the number you have picked.

If your total score is now 0-2, turn to 132.

If it is 3-6 turn to 205.

If it is 7 or higher, turn to 92.

Text copyright © 1991 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1991 Brian Williams.