This sixty-foot tall room is perfectly cylindrical. Slowly swinging across the center of the room is a massive axe blade. You assume the stem of the pendulum must vary in length during the course of its swing, for the wickedly sharp blade never rises more than six inches from the floor, even as it nears the walls.
Directly across the room from you, past the silently swinging monster axe, a single white feather leans against the barren wall.
GameMaster
Okay, here's the shtick. The swinging axe that the players see is actually an illusory replica of the real, invisible axe, swinging perpendicular to the illusory one. The one they see is swinging side-to-side, the one they don't is swinging toward them. Should a character try the simpleton's approach and just stroll down the center of the room, he will quickly find his hair parted -- all the way down to his toes.
The feather can be safely retrieved if a character skirts the edge of the room and quickly snatches it.
Score Chart
+3 For testing the apparent blade for illusion.
+5 For discovering the invisible blade (without being hit by it).
+5 For brave soul recovering the feather.
-10 For dying in this room.
+5 For best role player.
More Code of the Rats Introductory Fantasy Adventure
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Introduction
Adventure Set Up
1. Entry Room
2. Room of Abstinence
3. Room of Peace
4. Room of Forethought
5. Pit Trap
6. Wolves and Sheep
7. Dank and Dark
8. Room of Humor and Wisdom
9. Room of Caution
10. The Lone Plaque
11. Hall of Consistency
12. Mud-Filled Room
13. Room of Questioning
14. The Portcullis
15. Room of Reversal
16. Room of Trust
17. Room of Power
18. Room of Disunity
19. The Darkened Hallway
20. Room of Mindlessness
21. Room of Acceptance
22. The Rotating Tunnel
23. The Refreshments
24. Lemmings Leap
25. If Left is not Right
26. Room of Day
27. Room of Cogitation
28. A Locked Door
29. Room of Illogic
30. Room of Dishonesty
Epilogue
Map of the Dungeon
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