Rite of the Druid

Rite of the Druid, version 0.1.0
By Paul Weller
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Solution by Garry Francis
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You are a trainee or junior druid. When the game starts out, you are undergoing an initiation
ceremony to become a true druid. The old man Drew, the tribe's most powerful druid, asks
whether you are ready to face the trials. You assure him that you are. He then gives you a goblet of
murky purple ooze. When you drink it, your mind goes black and you awake in a strange land of fire
and ice.

Your objective is to find the rune of power and use it to return to your tribe. However, it also
needs a second item and this item determines your destiny. You find the second item by talking to
the animals and giving them a treasure. There are three different endings as follows:
- Give the silver coins to the owl to get a feather and gain wisdom.
- Give the golden mask to the stag to get a horn and gain righteousness.
- Give the precious gems to the scorpion to get a stinger and gain deceit.

There doesn't appear to be a "correct" solution. In the solution below, I show you
how to find all the treasures, but you can only get one of the second items, so the solution
branches to show you how to get each one. The end game depends on which of the second items you have
with you at the end.

You'll need to EXAMINE everything in this game. Most of the responses are just for colour, but
they sometimes include subtle hints, so subtle that you may not even realise that they are hints.

Some optional (but significant) commands are shown in parentheses. These can be omitted once you
know what to do.

S
S
S
X DRIFTWOOD (you find a length of rope)
GET ROPE
N
W
(X CLIFF) (you see a bird's nest below)
TIE ROPE (to boulder)
(L) (exit added D)
D
GET EGG
U
E
E
N
BREAK EGG (a blue orb appears)
GET ORB
W
W
X MARSH (you find a cauldron)
GET CAULDRON
N
E
E
N
FILL CAULDRON (with coloured fluid)
S
W
W
W
POUR CAULDRON INTO WELL (one of the doors opens)
(L) (exit added to W)
W
(X STALAGMITE) (there's something inside it)
BREAK STALAGMITE (you find some gems and a large key)
GET ALL
(X GEMS) (varying colours that glint appealingly in the light)
(X KEY) (it is shaped like an ankh, suggesting an Egyptian connection)
E
E
N (the orb lets you see in the dark)
W
X SARCOPHAGUS (you find a leg bone)
GET BONE
(X IT) (there's dry flesh clinging to it)
E
N
FILL CAULDRON (with acid)
S
E
X HOLES (you find some silver coins)
GET COINS
(X IT) (large, round with crescent moon)
W
S
S
E
E
S
(X WOLF) (she looks scrawny, probably hungry)
THROW BONE (wolf chases it, leaving den unprotected)
X DEN (you find a handle and snake skin)
GET HANDLE
(X IT) (it's bent in two places, like a starting handle)
N
W
N
E
E
(X PYRAMID) (there's a large doorway at the base)
(X DOOR) (it has a keyhole)
UNLOCK DOOR (with brass key)
OPEN DOOR
(L) (exit added to N)
N
X CONTAINER (you find rusty metal and a golden mask)
GET ALL
(X METAL) (its true form is trapped under the rust)
(X MASK) (gold and blue with black and white painted eyes)
POUR ACID ON METAL (it reveals a small metal cog with a hole in the middle)
S
W
W
N
(X MECHANISM) (it has a small square hole and is missing a disc)
USE HANDLE (it clicks into place)
USE COG (it snaps into place)
TURN HANDLE (a series of steps appear)
(L) (exit added D)
D
X TREE (you find a rune, raven explains how to use it and flies away)
GET RUNE
U
S
(TALK TO RAM) (hold up the rune of power)

Ending 1: Wisdom
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S
S
(TALK TO OWL) ("wisdom...silver disc...moon in sky")
GIVE COINS (he leaves you a feather and flies off)
GET FEATHER
N
N
HOLD RUNE (years later, you become a wise leader and negotiate with invaders)
***THE END***

Ending 2: Righteousness
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S
E
(TALK TO STAG) ("follow my lead...when they look upon me...")
GIVE MASK (stag leaves a horn and dashes off into the woods)
GET HORN
W
N
HOLD RUNE (years later, you become a righteous leader and fight off invaders)
***THE END***

Ending 3: Deceit
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E
(TALK TO SCORPION) ("confusion and deceit...coloured glass")
GIVE GEMS (it leaves a stinger and burrows into the sand)
GET STINGER
W
HOLD RUNE (years later, you become a devious leader and poison invaders)
***THE END***