The Call of Adventure

You awake in a castle tower. You can't remember how you got here. Just being in the castle gives you a bad feeling. You need to get out of this place. In the room there is a window and on the floor there is a bear skin rug. [[Peer out of the window.->peer]] [[Jump out of the window.->jump]] [[Check under the rug.->Rug]]

You check under the bear skin rug. Under the bear skin rug there is a ladder leading down into a room with a tunnel. You walk to the end of the tunnel. There are doorways to your east and west. There is torchlight shining from the east room. The room on the west is very dark. [[Go east.->East 1]] [[Go west.->West 1]]

You go east. You arrive in a torchlit room. In the room there is a locked door, next to the door is a sleeping goblin, hanging from his belt is a sword and a set of keys. [[Try to take the keys.->Take keys]] [[Try to take the sword.->Take sword]] [[Punch goblin.->punch goblin]] <img alt="goblin" src="https://images.tabletopaudio.com/sleeping-ogre.jpg">

You travel west. You arrive at a small room lit only by moonlight through cracks in the wall. There is a nothing but a chair and table in the room. Everything in the room is covered in a thick layer of dust. On the table is a pen and paper. Scrawled on the paper is "Libertus is freedom, Plutus is wealth. Choose wisely". [[Go back and go east.->East 1]]

You are in a marble room, there are exits to your north and west. In the center of the room is a coffin. To your west there is a gate. [[Go north.->North 2]] [[Go west.->West 2]] [[Open the coffin.->Open sarcophagus]]

The very big goblin? The one with the sword? [[Yeah.->The sleeping goblin?]] [[Nevermind.->East 1]]

You want to punch the goblin? [[Aye.->Aye]] [[Nevermind.->East 1]]

The sleeping goblin? With the keys? Next to the locked door? [[Yeah, punch him.->Punch him]] [[Ohh I get what you're saying..->East 1]]

The goblin wakes up, completely unscathed. He takes one look at you and slices you in half with his sword. You are dead. [[Play again?->You awake in a castle tower]] [[Finish.->Finish]]

You arrive at a dead end. Scribbled on the wall is "GREED WILL GET YOU NOWHERE". [[Go back.->Arrive in marble room]] [[Wait.->Wait?]]

You go west. You stand before a foreboding gate, made of bones. It seems like it can be unlocked. [[Return to marble room.->Arrive in marble room]]

In the coffin is a skeleton. Around his neck is a golden amulet. As you open the one of the skeletons's fingers loosens and falls off. [[Take the golden amulet.->Take gold amulet]] [[Take skeleton's finger.->Skeleton's finger]] [[Close coffin again.->Arrive in marble room]]

As you go to take the golden amulet you can sense that it is hot to the touch, do you still wish you take it? [[Take the amulet.->Amulet death]] [[I change my mind.->Open sarcophagus]]

You take the skeletons finger, once taken the coffin slams shut. There are exits to your north and west. [[Go west.->West 2 SF]] [[Go north.->North 2 SF]]

You take the keys without waking the goblin and unlock the door. [[Go through the door.->Arrive in marble room]]

Wait? Why are you waiting? It is a dead end there is nowhere to go except when you came. [[Go whence I came.->MR WIC]]

You are in a marble room, there is exits to your north and west. In the center of the room is a coffin. [[Go north.->North 2]] [[Go west.->West 2]] [[Open the coffin.->Open sarcophagus]] [[Go whence I came.->North 2]]

You feel a burning sensation in your hands, it soon spreads to all of your body. Everything begins to go dark... Once you can see again, only a marble roof is in view and you are unable to move. A figure stands over you. Once your eyes adjust to the light you begin to make out the figure. It's you. You realise that the skeleton, through the amulet, has swapped bodies with you. You are doomed to lay in the sarcophagus until the next unwilling victim touches the amulet. Everything goes dark once again as the lid of the coffin is closed. [[Play again?->You awake in a castle tower]] [[Finish.->Finish]]

You go west. You stand before a foreboding gate, made of bones. [[Use skeleton finger to open gate.->Open skeleton gate]]

You pass through the skeleton gate. You enter a room full of artwork and statues. In the center of the room is a statue of the Greek god Plutus and next to it, a statue of Libertus. There is a door that leads outside of the castle. [[Kneel before Plutus.->Plutus]] [[Kneel before Libertus.->Libertus]] [[Exit the castle.->Castle exit 1]]

You arrive at a dead end. Scribbled on the wall is "GREED WILL GET YOU NOWHERE" [[Go back and try west instead.->West 2 SF]] [[Wait.->Wait? SF]]

Wait? Why are you waiting? It is a dead end there is nowhere to go except when you came. [[Go whence I came.->MR WIC SF]]

You are in a marble room, there are exits to your north and west. In the center of the room is a coffin. [[Go north.->North 2 SF]] [[Go west.->West 2 SF]] [[Go whence I came.->North 2 SF]]

You recklessly leap out of the window and just as you are about the plummet to your death you jolt awake... [[...->You awake in a castle tower]]

You look out of the window, you appear to be very high up, it's a long way to the ground. A fall from this height would surely kill you. The castle is surrounded by lava. In the distance you see forest. [[Jump out of the window.->jump]] [[Check under the bear skin rug.->Rug]]

You kneel before Libertus. The castle door opens and a bright light guides you out. The door of the castle shuts behind you. There is a forest just in sight in front of you, a way out. Standing between you and freedom is a chasm of fire. The light leads you to the wall of the castle. It leads you to a loose brick. You push the brick and a secret bridge opens over the chasm. The light leads you out to the forest, to freedom. [[Finish.->Finish]]

You kneel before the statue of Plutus. The room begins to glow a golden colour. The castle door opens as well as secret compartment in the wall, inside, a vast amount of treasure. You take as much as can fit in your pockets. You hear something behind you. Another goblin appears, this one awake. [[Run out of the castle.->Castle exit 2]] [[Stand your ground.->goblin death 2]]

You attempt to open the castle door, it is locked. You return to the statues. [[Kneel before Plutus.->Plutus]] [[Kneel before Libertus.->Libertus]]

You run out of the castle with your pockets full of treasure, the door of the castle shutting behind you, just escaping the goblin. There is a forest just in sight in front of you, a way out. Standing between you and freedom is a chasm of fire. It may be possible to jump it normally but it is unlikely with all the treasure in your pockets. [[Jump it anyway, with the treasure in your pockets.->jump w t]] [[Sacrifice half of the treasure, leaving it behind before jumping.->jump w h2]] [[Leave all the treasure behind and jump.->jump w o]]

The goblin seems infuriated with you for taking the treasure. It charges at you with it's sword. You try to counter attack but it is futile. The goblin stabs you with his sword. You are dead. [[Play again?->You awake in a castle tower]] [[Finish.->Finish]]

The treasure weighs you down more than you imagined. you grab onto the ledge of the crevice but your fingers are slipping. You maybe able to climb up if you get rid of the treasure. [[Try to climb with all of your treasure.->climb w t cr]] [[Drop your treasure.->drop t cr]] [[Drop half of your treasure.->drop ht cr]]

You attempt to jump over the chasm. You almost make it over but just about miss. You grab onto the ledge of the chasm, You feel your fingers beginning to slip. You think about what brought you here, where you went wrong and what you did to deserve this. If only you valued your freedom over monetary gain. You lose grip and fall into the flames. You are dead. changed my mind lol, fail forward ig

You easily make it across the chasm, the ledge you jumped from crumbles dropping the treasure into the lava. You wonder if you would've been able to make it with the treasure but that doesn't matter now. You run into the forest, away from that horrible castle. You are free. [[Finish.->Finish]]

You grab the sword from the goblin. The goblin is not happy. The goblin goes for a punch. [[Attack the goblin with the sword.->try to attack]] [[Try avoid the attack.->avoid attack]]

You instinctively avoid the goblin's punch. [[Counter attack the goblin with the sword.->Counter attack]] [[Run away.->Run]]

You try to attack the goblin but his punch is too swift, before even getting the chance to draw the sword, the goblin hits you. You fall to the floor. [[Attempt to stab the goblin one last time.->last attack]] [[Accept your fate.->Accept fate]]

The goblin, unprepared for you to have dodged is hit by the blade and falls to the ground. The sword shatters. You take the keys from the goblin and unlock and unlock the door. [[Go through the door.->Arrive in marble room]]

With moments to spare before the goblin finishes you off you grab the sword and strike him through the heart, killing him. The sword shatters. You take a moment to collect yourself. You grab the keys you and unlock the door. [[Go through the door.->Arrive in marble room]]

You accept your fate. The goblin takes pity on you... But not enough not to kill you. The goblin stabs you through the heart. You are dead. [[Play again?->You awake in a castle tower]] [[Finish.->Finish]]

You try to run from the goblin. He is blocking the way you came from and the only way out his locked and the goblin has the keys on his belt. [[Attack the goblin.->Attack 2]] [[Accept your fate.->Accept fate]]

You turn around quickly on stab the goblin with the sword. The sword shatters but the goblin falls to the ground. You take the keys from the goblin and unlock and unlock the door. [[Go through the door.->Arrive in marble room]]

You drop the treasure and see it fall into the flames. You get your gripping and are able to climb up. You wonder if you would've been able to make it with the treasure but that doesn't matter now. You run into the forest, away from that horrible castle. You are free. [[Finish.->Finish]]

You drop half your treasure and just about clamber up. You wonder if you would've been able to make it with all of the treasure but that doesn't matter now. You run into the forest, away from that horrible castle. You are free. [[Finish.->Finish]]

You feel your fingers beginning to slip. You think about what brought you here, where you went wrong and what you did to deserve this. If only you valued your freedom over monetary gain. In your hubris you lose grip and fall into the flames. You are dead. [[Play again?->You awake in a castle tower]] [[Finish.->Finish]]

The End. Thank you for playing $name. Game by Finn Reynolds Inspired By Limmy's Show's 'Adventure Call' Image credits: Guide at the start - BBC Scotland Sleeping goblin - Tabletop Audio Shoutouts to Baz [[Play Again?->You awake in a castle tower]]

Welcome to The Call of Adventure My name is Falconhoof and I will be you guide on your quest. [[Continue...->Cont1]] <img alt="falconhoof." src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gaXUT_CMHmg/hqdefault.jpg">

(set: $name to (prompt: "What is your name traveller?", "")) Greetings $name [[Let us begin our quest.->You awake in a castle tower]]

You drop half your treasure and just about make the jump. You wonder if you would've been able to make it with all of the treasure but that doesn't matter now. You run into the forest, away from that horrible castle. You are free. [[Finish.->Finish]]