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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 17, 2014 23:52:33 GMT
From TUFFF (August 2011)... Unless you go advanced-mode FF adventuring is a fairly solitary business. From the books I've read the NPCs (non player characters) tend to have a life expectancy of roughly 2 paragraphs (or roughly 5 minutes in real-time). However there are 1 or 2 that stick in the mind. My favourites are: Throm (Deathtrap Dungeon): Your alliance with Throm starts out warily but soon blossoms into a full-blown bromance. Together it feels like you just might make it through this thing alive. Sadly the dwarf trial-master has other ideas... Istu (Siege of Sardath): The demon who becomes your guardian angel, so to speak. Istu stays with you for a large portion of the book as nothing can really threaten him save other demons, even those he tends to rip apart with his claws. Yet he also remains a somewhat mysterious ally, the hinted-at rivalry between Istu and Pnea only raises further questions. My FF reviews: z3.invisionfree.com/Orc__Goblin_Warpath/index.php?showtopic=29374 |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 17, 2014 23:54:51 GMT
From TUFFF... Vantaine, the warrior girl you rescue from the vampires in Heydrich Mansion always stuck in my mind, despite only really having anything to do with her in a single paragraph. She gives a very decent attack bonus gameplay wise, but otherwise is another bland companion that I wish had more involvement in the storytelling. Grog, an orcly companion who you can actually converse with, has more dimensions than many other so-called allies often thrown at you, and as luck would have it, he's carrying part of your destiny in his knapsack. Jesper the Mongoose is perhaps my favourite (until I remember a better one). He speaks in a witty tongue, performs tricks, hatches eggs, decapitates snakes, and is quite the 'ladies mongoose'. Can any other ally ever do these things? Didn't think so. Two Words |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 17, 2014 23:56:27 GMT
From TUFFF... Nice, what books are those ones? I should also give an honourable mention to Zoot Zimmer (Return to Firetop Mountain): The helpful guy who gives adventurers a free lift on his giant eagle. When you later find him in a prison cell he has been blinded but despite that he still offers to come along and help you. Alas you know his survival hopes are practically zero, in fact he doesn't make it past the end of the corridor.
My FF reviews: z3.invisionfree.com/Orc__Goblin_Warpath/index.php?showtopic=29374 |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 17, 2014 23:56:56 GMT
From TUFFF... Vantaine (Revenge of the Vampire)
Grog (Creature of Havoc)
Jesper (Master of Chaos) Two Words |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 17, 2014 23:57:28 GMT
From TUFFF... Jesper was indeed hilarious. Speak in extremes, it will save you time. |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 17, 2014 23:59:32 GMT
From TUFFF... All I can remember is the old man that appears in a vision to our hero, and is traped in a cell, right before fighting the dragon in ff1 - warlock of firetop mountain. |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 17, 2014 23:59:59 GMT
From TUFFF... Can't remember that at all!  Speak in extremes, it will save you time. |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 18, 2014 0:01:04 GMT
From TUFFF... Probably you're right, reading the book again I did not see the old man, only the old man in pit, awkward I think I remembered it like this in the adventure must read it again  |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 18, 2014 0:01:27 GMT
From TUFFF... Memory can be a strange, misleading thing. |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 18, 2014 0:03:07 GMT
From TUFFF... Of course Jesper takes the prize as the best companion ever, but aside from him I liked the Skull of Mora Tao from Moonrunner and Throm from Deathtrap Dungeon.
I think I should give mention to Symm from Crypt of the Sorcerer, solely due to his epic moustache.
The worst ally ever has to be Littlebig from Eye of the Dragon. I hated that chatty little runt, and Ian even forced your character to grow fond of him again your will. Grrr... |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 18, 2014 0:03:27 GMT
From TUFFF... If any companion deserved to go the way of Mungo, it was Littlebig. |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 18, 2014 0:04:23 GMT
From TUFFF... I hated that chatty little runt, and Ian even forced your character to grow fond of him again your will. Grrr... You can always imagine those slaps on the back your character always seems to be giving him get progressively harder and harder . . . I think Reinhardt from Magehunter deserves points for being such an obnoxious liability of a companion. |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 18, 2014 0:05:12 GMT
From TUFFF... I hated that chatty little runt. Heh heh! For a minute I misread that, transposing the initial c- of chatty a little further forward, which still made sense... |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 18, 2014 0:06:15 GMT
From TUFFF... Having played Howl of the Werewolf I think we must add Ulrich to this list. He saves your life in the opening scene and then risks his life again to help you. Not since Deathtrap Dungeon did I feel so remorseful about having to kill my new best friend. 
My FF reviews: z3.invisionfree.com/Orc__Goblin_Warpath/index.php?showtopic=29374 |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 18, 2014 0:07:18 GMT
From TUFFF... Jann the Minimite is quite a memorable ally too. I've never liked him though, seeing as I always choose to be a Sorcerer. Two Words |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 18, 2014 0:07:37 GMT
From TUFFF... I have a soft spot for the skull from Moonrunner. |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 18, 2014 0:08:03 GMT
From TUFFF (May 2012)... van Richten from Howl of the Werewolf. He gave me a flintlock pistol and came as far as the last level of the castle to confront Countess Isolde. He fought a lot of bad guys alongside me. A brave man . *SALUTE* |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 18, 2014 0:08:51 GMT
From TUFFF (December 2012)... Throm. Razaak's apprentice |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 18, 2014 0:10:00 GMT
From TUFFF... Despite Blood of the Zombies being quite unplayable and everything, Ian did give us Amy whom I thought was a likeable ally. There's nothing like saving a chick that makes you feel heroic. Two Words |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 18, 2014 0:10:54 GMT
From TUFFF... I never read Blood of the Zombies. I read here that people were curious to know if the old Ian Livingstone could be back. ("the old" - city of thieves, caverns, deathtrap dungeon, crypt of the sorcerer). So? Is this book as great as his old books? Or did he lost his brightness? Razaak's apprentice |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Mar 18, 2014 0:11:53 GMT
From TUFFF... Is this book as great as his old books? For my money, it's down there with Armies Of Death and Legend Of Zagor as one of the very worst in the whole range. It's certainly the book with the least replay value. |
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Post by deadshadowrunner on Mar 18, 2014 4:11:41 GMT
Talking about Jesper reminded me of Vesper.He's a good bad guy,and didn't ditch you like I thought he would.Earns you a quick buck too.
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Post by symm on Mar 21, 2014 7:55:52 GMT
Tabasha the Bazouk
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