The Ferryman awaits

The verb list is an important tool as in Ferryman it is essential to give correctly worded instructions, otherwise odd things may happen. For instance try entering NORTH WEST (NW) in the Valley of the Shadow of Death!

It has about 90 evocatively described locations which on occassions give a chill of horror... "The smell reminds you of places where mould grows on rotting flesh".

In other places the atmosphere is quite haunting... "Towering above you is a stone tree, its roots dive into the rock and its trunk holds its vast branches high into the sunless sky".

There are also thirty interesting objects which perform a variety of peculiar functions.

You begin the adventure as a ready made sacrifice: "You have been magically paralysed from the neck down . . . the Preist raises a small yellow stone above your head".

Your actions now must be quick and decisive: SAY NIMLAX - DOWN - PUSH PRIEST - DOWN - SOUTH - DOWN.

From Electron User 4.6 (Pendragon)

 

Vocab

GET_TAKE
DROP_PUT
NORTH
NORTHEAST_NEAST
EAST
SOUTH
SEAST_SOUTHEAST
SWEST_SOUTHWEST
WEST
NORTHWEST_NWEST
UP
DOWN
INVENTORY_LIST
EXAMINE_INSPECT
LOOK
SHOUT_SCREAM
KILL_ATTACK_MURDER
SHAKE_WAVE
TASTE_LICK_NIBBLE
UNLOCK_LOCK
QUIT
DRAW
SMASH_DESTROY_KICK_HIT
WEAR
s
THINK
SWIM
JUMP
PUSH_SHOVE_PRESS
PULL_TUG
WAIT
EAT_CONSUME_SWALLOW
DRINK
SAVEGAME
RESTORE_LOADGAME
SPIT
DIG
OPEN
CLOSE
THROW
BURN_LIGHT
SAY
SMELL_SNIFF
MEND_REPAIR
BLOW_PLAY_SOUND
GET
    

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