Saruman The Grey

Saruman The Grey is a random event.

In the event, you can make one of the following choices:

Move backwards: Saruman has orcs take you back 8-15 spaces.
Become incapacitated: You become Incapacitated.
Receive a Lesser Curse: Saruman casts a spell on you to give you a random Curse from the generic Lesser Curse-givers pool.

If you have an Improbability Device, it can be used before making one of the above choices to change this event into Saruman The White.

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Saruman The Grey
You stand in front of Saruman the Grey. 'What is this magic? I was never the Grey. Never! You, mortal... you will pay for Gandalf's foolishness. Choose how you will suffer!' [Move backwards] [Become incapacitated] [Receive a Lesser Curse] Saruman the Grey? Let's use your Improbability Device on him!

Upon selecting [Become incapacitated]:

Incapacitation
Saruman whacks you on the head with his wooden staff. 'Foolish mortal! Your kind deserves no love from eternals!' [Ouch!]

Upon selecting [Receive a Lesser Curse] without spell protection:

Lesser Curse
Saruman holds his wooden staff up in the air and shouts an incantation. 'Feel my power, human. Suffer damnation!' You are cursed with Curse of Cold/Relativity/Resurrection/Riches. [Continue]

Upon selecting [Receive a Lesser Curse] with spell protection:

Lesser Curse
Saruman holds his wooden staff up in the air and shouts an incantation. 'Feel my power, human. Suffer damnation!' However, you evade Saruman's Curse of Cold/Relativity/Resurrection/Riches with your Hallucination. You quickly run away as Saruman shakes his staff at you in anger! [Heh, nice!]

Upon using an Improbability Device:

Improbability Device
You use your Improbability Device on Saruman! Saruman the Grey suddenly fades away and becomes... [Continue]

Selecting an option while Dead:

Dead
You died somehow. Saruman looks at your corpse with contempt. [Continue]