Craig Shaw Gardner. A Difficulty with Dwarves. 1987. Through the efforts of the magician Ebenezum and his faithful disciple Vuntvor, the city of a thousand forbidden pleasures, the brilliant Vushta, was torn from the clutches of the evil demons of Goloadia. However, the victory, not only not final, also came at a high price for the heroes - now not only Ebenezum, but also all his fellow wizards have caught a magical runny nose... Salvation from the misfortune will have to be sought in the little-explored lands of the Eastern Kingdoms, where Vuntvor and his friends go, armed a tutorial on magic (fourth edition), a magical toothpick (not a lethal weapon, but extremely annoying) and a sword named Cuthbert (suffers from PTSD). And then there are these vile gnomes...