You take it and make your way back up to the path. It might not sell for much in its current state, but perhaps you can find someone who can use it. You find nothing of worth, except a chunk of glittering metallic ore. In the gloom of the narrow canyon, you find the old remains of a wooden cart, apparently having fallen down years ago. Something glitters in the dim sunlight that reaches the base of that cavern. When playing the Iron Hunger fate: 75 ore can be used in place of encountering Metal Ore.Īs you traverse a particularly tricky trail across a mountain ridge, you notice a dark ravine beneath you. The monk and player will then spend some time creating a powerful weapon, the Battle Hammer.Īfter creating weapon: The player finds the place completely empty. With the Metal Ore: The same occurs, but the player can show the monk the ore. Without the Metal Ore: The player meets the monk, who laments that the Forge used to make great weapons but they were attacked and all their metal was stolen. You bid the monk farewell and leave him standing in the silent, empty ruin. 'Thank you, warrior, for giving this old relic one last chance to prove its worth. Eventually, you hold the completed weapon in your hands. By day, you toil together at the forge, and by night you swap tales of your adventures for a share of his food.

You spend several days with the old monk.

'If you're willing to put in the hard work, stranger, together we could fire up the old forge one last time!' The monk's eyes widen in surprise and he exclaims, 'By the Old Gods, where did you find that?!' He looks the metal over carefully. All of the others who survived the attack left long ago.' I have stayed here all these years, but only the ghosts remain to keep me company.

I know not what became of them in the years that followed. 'The king's army never returned after that day. 'They destroyed most of our tools and took our supplies, including all of the rare metal ore that we used to craft our weapons.' 'Long ago, we of the brotherhood forged holy weapons to support the war against the infidels - but the infidels were strong, and one day, one of their raiding parties took us by surprise.' Searching the building, you meet an old man dressed in dirty robes. On a dusty, lonely plain, you come across the shattered remains of an old monastery. Ignoring it generates a new choice to exchange 1 food for a worthless (non-)item. The ore does not appear in the inventory, but its presence changes the Holy Forge encounter. When the Metal Ore encounter is activated, the player can investigate to retrieve the ore. Both are safe spaces and it is highly recommeded to include them in the deck even though luck may put the two encounters on different floors in an order that makes them impossible to use properly. Holy Forge and Metal Ore are a pair of encounter cards that only function when both in the deck, with the exception of expansion cards like The Elder Lizard which also use Metal Ore. Searching through the building you meet an old man dressed in dirty robes.Īs you traverse a particularly tricky trail across a mountain ridge you notice a dark ravine beneath you. On a dusty, lonely plain you come across the shattered remains of an old Monastery.

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