The chamber has apparently been finished in some marble-like, black rock, polished to a high sheen. The walls and ceiling have been done in this polished ebony, but the floor has been tiled in a random pattern of three by three-foot colored squares. Every color of the rainbow is represented: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, and indigo. The room is very large and the uniform gloss makes the dimensions of it uncertain. Only two sections of the floor are uncolored; a ten by ten-foot section at the entrance, and a similar section directly across from you. These landings are done in the same black marble as the walls and ceiling. Carved into the floor before you, in letters that glow with a bright blue fire, is the word "Illogic." Again, the smell of ozone hangs heavy in the air. Bright motes of viscous magical electricity flicker and dance across the high ceiling. Far across the chamber, a squat pedestal rests on the opposite landing. Upon it appears to be a heavy, iron key. GameMaster: Show the players the expanded room map of this area. It's your adventure! Go ahead and tear it out, if you like! The proper path across this room is to follow the logical progression of colors: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet (Roy G. Biv). Any deviations from this path will cause the dancing electricity on the ceiling to coalesce into a bolt of magical lightning -- frying the offending character into a charcoal briquette and shooting hair, teeth, and eyeballs all over the room. Diagonal moves are acceptable; jumping tiles and repeating tiles are not. When the iron key is touched, all the tiles change color - to black: the room is then safe. The key on the pedestal opens the locked door in area 28. Score Chart +5 For the first character realizing that the R.O.Y.G.B.I.V. pattern is the natural, and therefore logical, pattern of colors. +3 For the brave soul walking the pattern. +6 For successfully navigating the pattern. -10 For dying in this room. +5 For best role player. More Code of the Rats Introductory Fantasy Adventure 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 Back to Shadis #21 Table of Contents Back to Shadis List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master List of Magazines © Copyright 1995 by Alderac Entertainment Group This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com