Item - Caïthness l'élémentaliste

The first thought that occurred to me when looking at Caïthness' stats was "I should avoid fighting!" To hit, I must roll less than nine on three dice, and all of this to inflict one lousy die worth of damage. Caïthness doesn't have any offensive spells when she starts; she can only reduce the Combat and Initiative scores of her opponent, and only once per fight (if the spell even succeeds).

During the adventure, I lost almost all the fights I was involved in. Hopefully, they aren't numerous.

The first time I played, I enjoyed wandering in this world, visiting Selartz or Kandaroth, traveling on the "Voie des Bâtisseurs" (Road of the Builders), and so on. From time to time, I was in locations where I needed to have 5 or 6 Power Points to go any further. I thought "Hmmm, those places must be useful, I'll get back later." Then I died in a fight.

Next try, I went to places I knew of to gain some Power Points and visited the places I hadn't been able to get into. I grew stronger, and found a place where I needed 10 Power Points. "Hmmm, that must be the ultimate place where I'll win." I carefully collected my Power Points, met the ultimate villain, examined his stats and exclaimed "WHAT?!?!!?"

A round later, I was bathing in my own blood and wondering how I could possibly win.

I won. I won't explain how; it's possible but very tough. My guess is that the ultimate opponent can easily match an alliance of several players.

This book is very interesting. I liked the idea of playing a given character, of choosing the attitude I wanted during the encounters, and the pleasurable freedom to wander in this adventure. The book is non-linear, and it's a good thing. The problem is that it's rather short. You never have more than two choices (unless it's a choice from the book of heroes). Still, it's a fun adventure.

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