| 129 Your progress northwards down the long sloping tunnel is now becoming very difficult. The angle of the floor has steepened to the point that it is hard to maintain a firm footing, and you are forced to use your sword as an anchor to stop yourself overbalancing and tumbling down the incline. After a hard 20 minutes struggle you come abruptly to a deep ravine that cuts through the tunnel. The rift is a good 4 metres wide, and you can only just see the tunnel opening on the other side; it is nothing more than a dark smudge at the very edge of the light thrown by your torch. Below, in the darkness of the rift's depths you can hear the sound of rushing water. It is a rumbling distant sound coming from hundreds of metres below. The tunnel behind is blocked. Your only possible way is forward across the divide. Taking a step back, you undo your backpack and hurl it across to the other side. With a sigh of relief you see it fall inside the tunnel opening opposite and disappear into its darkness. Next goes the torch and shortly after your weapon. After a moments contemplation you take a few further paces back and running for all your worth you attempt to leap the chasm.
| Roll one dice and add your strength value to it.. If the sum of these values exceeds 17 you will be able to make it across. Turn to section 28. If the sum of these values is less than 18 you have failed and meet an unfortunate end in the swirling diseased waters far below. Perhaps in another life you will have better luck.
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