Murder in Irliss
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Murder in Irliss is an adventure published by Reston Publishing in 1982 for the single-player fantasy role-playing game High Fantasy.
In 1978, Jeffrey Dillow and Craig Fisher designed a single-player role-playing game called High Fantasy. In 1982, Reston Publishing released Murder in Irliss, a 149-page adventure written by Jeffrey Dillow for the High Fantasy system.[1]
The adventure scenario is intended for a single player character,[2] and is set in the kingdom of Irliss, where Prince Rand has been assassinated.[3] The player takes on the role of Faren, the Captain of the Guards, who is given the task of discovering the murderer.[4]
The player starts the adventure at Scene 1 out of 605; the choice the player makes at the end of each scene determines the path taken through the book, ultimately leading to success or failure. It is replayable because the killer is a different character each time the adventure is played.[2] There are actually five murder mysteries with different clues — the player chooses one of five "fatestones" at the start of the adventure; each fatestone leads the player down a different path through the adventure, each leading to a different murderer.[4]