I’m going to play this without looking ahead making and sticking to choices as I go.
I accept the quest. The prophecy is explizit I have a chance and my conscience wouldn’t allow me leave these people to their misery.
My weapons of choice will be sword and shield. Versatile and great in the narrow environment of a cave. Never underestimate the protection of a shield. The magic of the staff was tempting, but lacking in the ability to actually deal lethal strikes.
I choose light amor, from experience I can tell I’m still able to keep stealthy and the protection might be needed. I’m not going naked.
The next items are all good, but I choose the magic ring. I was already tempted to take the staff and the utility of the spells might come in handy.
Equipped and after three days of workout and rest I return to the magic man to discuss the next steps. He explains that I can choose my path once and that it may affect the power of the monster.
I choose the path with thorns. My sword should be able to hack me a path through and the light armor should give at least some protection against scratches. At least it isn’t as deadly as 60 hyenas.
For the cave itself I choose to go through the dwarves. This will be the time we’re the ring will make me invisible and I trust myself to be sneaky enough to pass by them without being recognized. The magic man said that this path might give me a stroke of luck in the battle against the monster.
As I’m about to leave the magic man offers to divine the nature of the beast. I accept, forfeiting the blessing I just received (which otherwise would not have helped me at all as I suddenly realized).
The monster is the size of a dog, which sounds not too terrible.
And it has the body of a dog, which still sounds okay to fight against.
Finally it has two heads. Heads of a human male.
I pause to look at the magic man.
“What can they do? Cast spells?”
“They can talk.”
Silence.
“Oh”
I guess the prophecy didn’t care about me as the chosen one at all.
Today was just the day where the monster choose to transform in the most harmless and stupid shape possible.
A few hours later I’m exhausted and slightly injured back in the village.
I choose the sacred herbs and enjoy a very long life free of diseases.