A FISTFUL OF NECRONOMICON	

by G. E. Hoyle (Zenobi)

You are Brian, a friend of Rodney's who needs your help to retrieve the Necronomicon 
before his master, the High Mage returns.

This walkthrough gets you 95 points. I am unsure if I've missed something, or whether 
that is the maximum score.

Go E, EXAMINE RODNEY, LOOK UNDER TABLE, GET TRAP, EXAMINE TRAP, GET CHEESE 
CAREFULLY, EXAMINE CHEESE, EXAMINE TABLE, EXAMINE TABLE CAREFULLY, EXAMINE 
INITIALS, EXAMINE INITIALS CAREFULLY (Brian gets a pen-knife), MOVE SHELVES, MOVE 
SHELVES, LOOK, GET WALLET, EXAMINE WALLET (Brian has 100 coins), SEARCH SHELVES, 
EXAMINE POTION (pigeon spit), W, LOOK IN CAULDRON, EXAMINE BOOK, READ WRITING 
[Brian finds the ingredients for a Homing spell – pigeon spit (to drink) and cheese (to 
eat), and say Armani + object you want), E, TALK TO RODNEY, GIVE BOOK TO RODNEY. 
When he asks for it GIVE POTION TO RODNEY. When he asks for it GIVE CHEESE TO 
RODNEY (Brian is told he is to look for  the Necronomicon rather than Rodney and to say 
CAVN EKAHS when he finds the Necronomicon to teleport back). Brian find himself in a 
forest.

Go N, N, NW, SEARCH CLEARING (Brian is caught in a rope trap and is told he needs to 
pay money to get released), EXAMINE ELVES, EXAMINE ROPE, SAY NO (the elves leave), 
CUT ROPE, EXAMINE ROPE, GET ROPE, N, N, EXAMINE TROLL, W, GIVE COIN, W, READ 
SIGN, W, W, S, EXAMINE STRAW, SEARCH STRAW (Brian finds cheese), EXAMINE CHEESE, 
TALK TO BLACKSMITH (Brian needs 100 coins to buy a horse), TAKE HAMMER (Brian 
can't), BUY HAMMER (Brian is told a trade can be arranged for a cold drink), N, W, N 
(Brian is told he needs to look older before he can enter the saloon), E, N, EXAMINE 
WOMAN, TALK TO WOMAN, GIVE COINS, EXAMINE KEY, UP, UNLOCK DOOR, OPEN 
DOOR, S, DROP KEY, EXAMINE BED, EXAMINE PILLOW, EXAMINE MATTRESS, EXAMINE 
HOLES, INSERT HAND IN HOLE (Brian is bitten), PUT CHEESE IN TRAP, DROP TRAP, N, WAIT 
(until Brian hears a squeak), E (Brian finds a rat in the trap), INSERT HAND IN HOLE (Brian 
pulls out a toupee), EXAMINE TOUPEE, MAKE BEARD, EXAMINE BEARD, WEAR BEARD, N, 
DOWN, S, W, S, READ SIGN (Brian reads the cost of the items for sale), BUY HAT, BUY 
JACKET, EXAMINE HAT, EXAMINE JACKET, GET ALL, WEAR HAT, WEAR JACKET, N, TALK TO 
TROLL (he lets Brian into the saloon), LISTEN (Brian hear about a card game), EXAMINE 
TABLE, EXAMINE DWARF, EXAMINE ELF, EXAMINE GOBLIN, N, TALK TO BARTENDER, GIVE 
COIN, GET MUG, EXAMINE MUG, S, REMOVE HAT, REMOVE JACKET, REMOVE BEARD, E 
(you breathe a sigh of relief when they talk to you), EXAMINE POT, TALK TO DWARF, TALK 
TO ELF, TALK TO GOBLIN (Brian is invited to play), SAY YES. There is a random chance of 
winning or losing. If you lose, go back to a saved game and try again. When Brian wins, 
EXAMINE WALLET, STAND, LISTEN,  S, S, BUY LAMP, GET LAMP, EXAMINE LAMP (it consists 
of a firefly), N, E, S, DROP HAT, DROP JACKET, DROP BEARD, GIVE BEER (Brian gets the 
hammer), EXAMINE HAMMER, BUY HORSE, EXAMINE HORSE, RIDE HORSE, EXAMINE TREES, 
EXAMINE MOSS, GET MOSS, N, W, EXAMINE PROP, HIT PROP WITH HAMMER, EXAMINE 
PROP, S, FEED FLY, EXAMINE LAMP (the fly is now buzzing around), S, EXAMINE SHAFT, 
EXAMINE LADDER, TIE ROPE TO RUNG. CLIMB DOWN ROPE, E, EXAMINE RUBBLE, EXAMINE 
CRACKS, INSERT KNIFE IN CRACK, E (dusty chamber), WIPE DUST, GET NECRONOMICON, 
EXAMINE NECRONOMICON. When the fly stops, FEED FLY again, SAY CAVN EKAHS. Brian 
is teleported home, the master returns, he is none the wiser about what has gone on, 
and you are done.

Terri Sheehan
2002-08-09

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