myself if i had to judge would have been a classic. make her outside match her inner uglyness. be it with polymorph or permenent injury... oh and gouge their toung too.
huh, seems spirt dog is a counter balance to the guides meddling. that's actually nice karma and all that... ya know if the guide had a bit of clarity then he should instead make everything go perfect to a point so our mc here would willingly put themselves into dangerous positions outta...
this, buddha's response was to seal him in a mountain and tricking him into wearing a band that causes unbearable pain with the correct sutra. its been a bit since i read about the monkey king though so hope i remembered right.
tbf you prob COULD make meth from the stuff in a home depo store... say getting the fantasy world high on meth could be VERY profitable and if you get the taxman hooked they are likely to forget a few zero's in exchange~