Post by alziel on Apr 22, 2017 12:16:00 GMT
Hi all,
In the Crypt of the Sorcerer thread, I received a couple of requests to post up my statistics for each book as I am currently playing through the books in chronological order (original order) and fairly (with some reasonable exceptions as noted).
It's also worth noting that I am very familiar with books 1-10 and some of the others (hence the reason why some books seem to be completed in much fewer attempts than others).
Below I will list all the books that I have completed thus far along with the stats that I played with on the successful attempt and the number of attempts it took me. I will continue to add to the list as I progress through the series:
1) The Warlock of Firetop Mountain - 2 Attempts (10/20/12)
2) Citadel of Chaos - 3 Attempts (11/19/8/17) - I struggled to remember the best way to defeat Balthus Dire!
3) Forest of Doom - 2 Attempts (11/18/10)
4) Starship Traveller - 3 Attempts - I won't list all the stats for this one as it was never necessary to pick up the dice!
5) City of Thieves - 1 Attempt - (11/23/12)
6) Deathtrap Dungeon - 7 Attempts - (12/18/11)
7) Island of the Lizard King - 6 Attempts - (10/18/11)
8) Scorpion Swamp - Selator Quest - 3 Attempts (12/21/10), Poomchukker Quest - 1 Attempt (11/19/11), Grimslade Quest - 2 Attempts (11/21/8)
9) Caverns of the Snow Witch - 2 Attempts (12/21/10)
10) House of Hell - 6 Attempts - (12/21/7/9)
11) Talisman of Death - 3 Attempts - (11/22/9)
12) Space Assassin - 4 Attempts - (11/15/12/14)
13) Freeway Fighter - 15 Attempts - (12/32/12 - Car 12/32)
14) Temple of Terror - 7 Attempts - (11/15/9)
15) The Rings of Kether - 6 Attempts - (11/17/7 - Ship 10/4)
16) Seas of Blood - 9 Attempts - (11/19/10 - Crew 12/16)
17) Appointment with F.E.A.R. - Super Strength - 4 Attempts - (13/20/8 - Hero Points: 28), Psi Powers - 3 Attempts - (9/19/8 - Hero Points: 25), ETS - 4 Attempts - (12/20/10 - Hero Points: 30), Energy Blast - 3 Attempts (12/21/11 - Hero Points: 23)
18) Rebel Planet - 20 Attempts (12/23/11)
19) Demons of the Deep - 7 Attempts to reach best ending - (11/14/10)
20) Sword of the Samurai - 4 Attempts (13/25/11) -been a while since I played this, so I can't recall why my stats are higher than Initial maximums....
21) Trial of Champions - 46 Attempts!!! (12/20/12) - in books like this, once I have discovered the correct route and success is dependent on luck and the RNGs alone, I will mostly just carry out all the necessary dice rolls rather than read my way through.
22) Robot Commando - 4 Attempts - (12/16/12)
23) Masks of Mayhem - 36 Attempts - (12/23/13) - Luck boosted by Potion of Fortune. Again, I just mostly go through the motions with dice rolls once I get the correct route mapped out. Many attempts just to gain the Orb (1 in 6 chance)
24) Creature of Havoc - 9 Attempts - (11/23/8)
25) Beneath Nightmare Castle - 7 Attempts - (9/19/9/13) - been a few weeks since I played this - there must have been a boost that could increase Initial Willpower.
26) Crypt of the Sorcerer - 22 Attempts - (12/24/12) - from this point forward, I decided to use a system where I would re-roll stats on each attempt but would only replace a previous stat with a newly rolled stat IF the newly rolled stat was higher. This meant that I ended up with maximum stats eventually. Also, for this adventure alone I decided to count the Skill bonuses from the Chainmail and the Defender Shield as Attack Strength bonuses (from attempt 21 onward). I made the exception to my 'fairness' rule on this one adventure because of the insane difficulty of the battle with Razaak (I really don't know what Ian Livingstone was thinking when he wrote this... )
27) Star Strider - 2 Attempts so far - (12/21/12/11 at present) - I am really struggling with this one. Not because it's difficult but because it is so poorly written and boring to me!! The first FF book that I'm struggling with for that reason. I recall this being a general issue with Luke Sharp, though....*sigh*
Comments welcome and feel free to add your own lists/stats.
In the Crypt of the Sorcerer thread, I received a couple of requests to post up my statistics for each book as I am currently playing through the books in chronological order (original order) and fairly (with some reasonable exceptions as noted).
It's also worth noting that I am very familiar with books 1-10 and some of the others (hence the reason why some books seem to be completed in much fewer attempts than others).
Below I will list all the books that I have completed thus far along with the stats that I played with on the successful attempt and the number of attempts it took me. I will continue to add to the list as I progress through the series:
1) The Warlock of Firetop Mountain - 2 Attempts (10/20/12)
2) Citadel of Chaos - 3 Attempts (11/19/8/17) - I struggled to remember the best way to defeat Balthus Dire!
3) Forest of Doom - 2 Attempts (11/18/10)
4) Starship Traveller - 3 Attempts - I won't list all the stats for this one as it was never necessary to pick up the dice!
5) City of Thieves - 1 Attempt - (11/23/12)
6) Deathtrap Dungeon - 7 Attempts - (12/18/11)
7) Island of the Lizard King - 6 Attempts - (10/18/11)
8) Scorpion Swamp - Selator Quest - 3 Attempts (12/21/10), Poomchukker Quest - 1 Attempt (11/19/11), Grimslade Quest - 2 Attempts (11/21/8)
9) Caverns of the Snow Witch - 2 Attempts (12/21/10)
10) House of Hell - 6 Attempts - (12/21/7/9)
11) Talisman of Death - 3 Attempts - (11/22/9)
12) Space Assassin - 4 Attempts - (11/15/12/14)
13) Freeway Fighter - 15 Attempts - (12/32/12 - Car 12/32)
14) Temple of Terror - 7 Attempts - (11/15/9)
15) The Rings of Kether - 6 Attempts - (11/17/7 - Ship 10/4)
16) Seas of Blood - 9 Attempts - (11/19/10 - Crew 12/16)
17) Appointment with F.E.A.R. - Super Strength - 4 Attempts - (13/20/8 - Hero Points: 28), Psi Powers - 3 Attempts - (9/19/8 - Hero Points: 25), ETS - 4 Attempts - (12/20/10 - Hero Points: 30), Energy Blast - 3 Attempts (12/21/11 - Hero Points: 23)
18) Rebel Planet - 20 Attempts (12/23/11)
19) Demons of the Deep - 7 Attempts to reach best ending - (11/14/10)
20) Sword of the Samurai - 4 Attempts (13/25/11) -been a while since I played this, so I can't recall why my stats are higher than Initial maximums....
21) Trial of Champions - 46 Attempts!!! (12/20/12) - in books like this, once I have discovered the correct route and success is dependent on luck and the RNGs alone, I will mostly just carry out all the necessary dice rolls rather than read my way through.
22) Robot Commando - 4 Attempts - (12/16/12)
23) Masks of Mayhem - 36 Attempts - (12/23/13) - Luck boosted by Potion of Fortune. Again, I just mostly go through the motions with dice rolls once I get the correct route mapped out. Many attempts just to gain the Orb (1 in 6 chance)
24) Creature of Havoc - 9 Attempts - (11/23/8)
25) Beneath Nightmare Castle - 7 Attempts - (9/19/9/13) - been a few weeks since I played this - there must have been a boost that could increase Initial Willpower.
26) Crypt of the Sorcerer - 22 Attempts - (12/24/12) - from this point forward, I decided to use a system where I would re-roll stats on each attempt but would only replace a previous stat with a newly rolled stat IF the newly rolled stat was higher. This meant that I ended up with maximum stats eventually. Also, for this adventure alone I decided to count the Skill bonuses from the Chainmail and the Defender Shield as Attack Strength bonuses (from attempt 21 onward). I made the exception to my 'fairness' rule on this one adventure because of the insane difficulty of the battle with Razaak (I really don't know what Ian Livingstone was thinking when he wrote this... )
27) Star Strider - 2 Attempts so far - (12/21/12/11 at present) - I am really struggling with this one. Not because it's difficult but because it is so poorly written and boring to me!! The first FF book that I'm struggling with for that reason. I recall this being a general issue with Luke Sharp, though....*sigh*
Comments welcome and feel free to add your own lists/stats.