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Post by philsadler on Aug 14, 2022 20:10:51 GMT
Steven King once wrote so many books that his publishers asked him to slow down because they couldn't keep up. His solution? Invent his own writer and call him Richard Bachman and then continue to publish under that name.
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Post by philsadler on Aug 14, 2022 13:14:25 GMT
Just reading those Demonspawn rules makes my head hurt.
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Post by philsadler on Aug 13, 2022 20:11:00 GMT
People say there are worst books than Crypt, and they're quite right. Having said that, no FF book has made me as angry, what with its random deaths, ludicrous difficulty, unfairness, illogicality, silly dice rolls and ridiculous rhymes in the middle of nowhere.
Who else has ever gotten actually angry at an FF book?
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Post by philsadler on Aug 13, 2022 17:09:50 GMT
What do you mean by 'fake' spells? Spells that don't exist at all?
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Post by philsadler on Aug 13, 2022 13:40:03 GMT
Thanks for the answers, Gabe!
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Post by philsadler on Aug 10, 2022 15:42:04 GMT
Am I sensing a slightly 'naughty' answer from Wilf?
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Post by philsadler on Aug 10, 2022 12:16:10 GMT
Here's my new set of questions even though I said I'd never do this again (don't worry, I always say that). Thank God I'm no longer at summer camp...
Eligible books are:
The 59 Fighting Fantasy gamebooks published by Puffin Steve Jackson's Sorcery! The 6 Fighting Fantasy gamebooks first published by Wizard Books The 4 new Fighting Fantasy gamebooks already published by Scholastic.
Please submit your answers by PM no later than 00:00 (BST) on August 20th.
1. Name a creature that could damage your skill score in a fight [need creature name, reference with proof of skill reduction in a fight and the name of the book].
2. Name a creature that can damage your luck score in combat (this does not include you testing your own luck before, during or after the fight) [Need creature name, reference with proof of luck reduction in a fight and book name].
3. Name a creature that could damage any of your initial stats during a fight [Need creature name, reference with proof of an initial stat reduction in a fight and book name].
4. Name a book where it's possible to increase all the initial levels of skill, stamina and luck [Need reference(s) with proof of initial skill, stamina and luck increase and a book name].
5. Identify a reference where you lose skill stamina and luck [Need reference with proof of skill stamina and luck reduction and a book name].
6. Name a creature that could disarm you during a fight [Need creature name, reference with proof that it could disarm you in a fight and a book name].
7. Name a Were Creature [Need creature name, reference with that creature and the name of the book it appears in].
8. Name an item you can gain that could kill you, regardless of your stamina score [Need an item name, reference with proof that the item can kill you and a book name].
9. Name an enemy with 2 weapons [Need an enemy’s name, reference number proving it has 2 weapons and book where the enemy comes from].
10. Name a creature that requires a silver weapon to kill [Need name of creature, reference proving it requires a silver weapon to kill and the name of the book it appears in].
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Post by philsadler on Aug 9, 2022 21:52:42 GMT
Not wishing to look through 22 pages of competition, but is this the first time two people have won?
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Post by philsadler on Aug 9, 2022 19:33:30 GMT
Master of Chaos – Peter’s wife That's a bit rude.
He called Adrius, Kieran and me a 'Moonrunner', which also sounds a bit rude.
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Post by philsadler on Aug 9, 2022 16:19:30 GMT
For Q3 (3) Name a Fighting Fantasy gamebook in which, at some point, valuable or essential information is provided by a full-page illustration (not including maps) and not the accompanying text.)
I always wondered if the Chattermatter in Creature of Havoc at 323 would have qualified? After all, there it is, hidden on the ceiling.
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Post by philsadler on Aug 9, 2022 9:36:22 GMT
You could be right, but I'm sure that at one point you literally tripped on a stone.
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Post by philsadler on Aug 9, 2022 6:27:14 GMT
Wasn't there a Luck roll near the end of Crypt, where you tripped over a stone or something and could lose a whopping 2ST? I'd rather have lost the St that the Luck.
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Post by philsadler on Aug 6, 2022 18:09:04 GMT
Wasn't there a Lone Wolf where you had to guess the culprit? Pretty sure it was one of the early ones, perhaps even the first?
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Post by philsadler on Aug 3, 2022 15:42:07 GMT
Just had a quick play of this one and noted the fairness of the combats, fairness being quite rare in FF these days. The gangee was a good companion. The idea of you losing your hand was odd but different, but the idea that, without a weapon, you only lose 1 skill point was super odd - is your character some sort of one-armed martial arts master like the fabled Chinese hero The One-Armed Boxer?
All, in all, I didn't play it much because I was soon killed in combat with my reduced attack strength of ... 5, which meant that a small child could probably have killed me quite easily. However, a sequel to Citadel of Chaos without the magic system? Odder still (unless you get back magic later?).
Good adventure!
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Post by philsadler on Jul 31, 2022 5:40:37 GMT
Maybe we whine too much about the FF difficulty level being set too high.
I think though that the reason a lot of FF adventure's difficulty is set 'too high' is simply because the writers keep including powerful enemies that you can't weaken or avoid. I consider that a bit cheap. Whereas what I try to do is to hide the best path and options/items/whatever very well, rather than just say, 'Here's a skill 11 enemy, deal with it.'
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Post by philsadler on Jul 29, 2022 15:27:57 GMT
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Post by philsadler on Jul 29, 2022 6:46:41 GMT
When was the last time he wrote a good un?
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Post by philsadler on Jul 27, 2022 6:19:32 GMT
No one fancy posting another set of questions yet?
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Post by philsadler on Jul 24, 2022 19:27:29 GMT
Just had an interesting conversation about this book. I'm posting it here but snipping spoilers:
Good afternoon. Pedro
If you have time, I would like to have a word with you about your last book. But only when / if you want, of course. Today at 16:20 16:20 You sent I'm at work right now, but later on will be fine (I'm at a summer camp and times are variable). Today at 18:22 18:22 You sent I'm here now Today at 19:11 19:11 Pedro
Ok. How are you ? You sent good today, and you? Pedro Good good. Pedro
You recall someone that did some reviews from some of your books, in the past, named Condutas? You sent I reckon I do. Pedro
That's me mate. You sent oh! You sent Very nice Pedro
And I have a load of questions about your last book. You sent sure Pedro
It's ready and complete as it stands, I assume? You sent it is Pedro
for example, your code: Pedro
After over 25 deaths, I code the book code done. [SNIP spoilers] Pedro
This was the translation. I think there might have been some letters mistakes there, for "X" and "Z" You sent looks good apart from 'No ezit.' Should be no exit Pedro Ok, that was close. I need to figure where the "X" is then. Pedro
How am I suppose to translate this into "[SNIP spoilers]" ? I killed my head but I have been unable to see the connection You sent [SNIP spoilers] You sent [SNIP spoilers] Pedro
(Yeah, I check the entire book and still don't understand the connection there mate) You sent Maybe my riddle/puzzle was too obscure? Pedro [SNIP spoilers] As that what we were supposed to do? You sent [SNIP spoilers]Pedro
Shiittttttt You sent Pedro yeah I would never figure that shit out by myself, at all. Pedro
Nobody else talked with you about the code? You sent Not many people have talked about the book at all.
You sent
I guess you had to keep fighting The Undying each time you failed? I'm interested how far you could have got. Pedro oh, painfully deaths soon after. I never made it to the end at all (not using op stats, 12-24-12) Pedro
with broken op stats, then yes You sent Pedro
this book is not harder than Hellfire, at least. not the obvious amount of items needed You sent I tested the book (of course I know it well) and could definitely do it with 9/9/18. But then I know it back to front.
You sent
nothing is harder than Hellfire Pedro
the second question is the lich queen riddle. You sent Ah, that was a real bastard I know Pedro
It's the same problem. I tried words like "destiny" "soul" "future" "stuck" Added them all together and no logic there You sent Do you mean: You sent [SNIP spoilers] Pedro Yes that riddle. the lady has a [SNIP spoilers] that you might or might need later to turn a fight with one of the [SNIP spoilers] easier
Pedro
never got the [SNIP spoilers], however You sent Hmm. I think you have the wrong end of the stick with this difficult riddle. The riddle itself contains [SNIP spoilers]
You sent
If you want I can tell you exactly, or give you a clue(s) Pedro Oh? I thought we had to found a word, convert the word for number and then go to [SNIP spoilers] (yes, I checked the entire doc to see where the bloody number was) Pedro
So is basically add and subtract the numbers on the text to go to [SNIP spoilers]? You sent Nope. Much worse than that. Pedro then I have no clue at all Pedro
this book is way harder than Riders of the Storm, that's for sure You sent [SNIP spoilers]You sent
I thought Riders was too easy.
You sent
Even when you know what to look for, the riddles is still a right bastard. Pedro damn wtf. Pedro yeah... it's not obvious at all. And you are right, Riders is way easier. Pedro I still prefer your house of pain, for the reasons I said in the past. Pedro
But this one, your last book, had this 2 riddles that I honestly couldn't figure out, like, at all. You sent In my defence she does say this: You sent “Then listen well because I am about to recite a riddle to you and it will contain a secret code that I will then ask you for. This code consists of a string of numbers. Take those numbers and then add them all together to come up with one final figure and then tell me what that figure is.” You sent And the [SNIP spoilers]is
You sent
useful but not essential Pedro
she did indeed but I never look at this like a "[SNIP spoilers]" string of numbers puzzle but as a "found the right word, convert to numbers, add them all up" You sent Hmm. Pedro
I mean, in hellfire you had a puzzle like that, answering it and go to the number. In riders, I don’t think you even had a hard puzzle, just like knew where to summon the Trinitour You sent Perhaps I should've made it clearer? Difficult to judge between giving clues and giving too much. Pedro
nah, probably not. well not for this one. The hellfire code, yeah, definitely should put somewhere in the book we are supposed to see the first letters of each sentence You sent I'm still haunted by people telling me Riders was too easy. Never again! Pedro
Hellspeak You sent Not too sure about just outright telling the reader Pedro
Well, there is also the fact that a lot of people played Riders using the stats from the final of hellfire... you could potentially go there with 13-28-13 stats You sent Holy moly
You sent
I never knew that. I could easily do Riders on 9/9/18 Pedro
If you play fighting fantasy online, on the site, your hellfire adventure, you can continue it after the end and go straight to Riders of the storm You sent Holy cow. I never knew that. Pedro
Live and learn You sent Pedro
I think thats it. You sent ok Pedro
Your book was definitely harder than riders of the storm and harder than house of pain You sent I agree. Maybe too hard. Pedro
but mainly because I never figured those bloody two riddles You sent I can't stand easy books. Pedro
the last one is almost a dead sentence, I mean, -1 stamina in each paragraph is a pain You sent Which bit is that? Pedro
I mean, winning your dark domain without knowing the code by the end of the adventure You sent Ah. Well, that was the idea really - that you SHOULD know the code.
You sent
Originally that bit was an Instant Death like so: You sent
An alarm goes off as you punch in the wrong code. The ground shakes and instantly opens to form an utterly gigantic mouth. This mouth licks its teeth and smiles as you fall screaming into it, never to be seen again ... Pedro
SHIIItttttt You sent So, believe it or not, I WAS giving you a small chance
I don't mind a lot the ancient memory and put information that you have to die to get for another walkthrough. Well, 1 year ago I honestly didn't like you having that in Deathtrap Pedro
But in a way, I understand now it means the book can be more complicate with stuff like You sent I like a bit of meta in my old age Pedro
I mean, it forces the player to actually explore *everything and then more* before he finally founds the right path You sent I do like to hide the path
You sent
Too much dumbing down these days Pedro I said in Deathtrap? I think even in House of pain you had that. The third questioner question was impossible to be answered by a "one run in true path" person. Pedro
But I have to agree with you there, it makes the book harder and that's a good thing You sent no easy street from me
You sent
And these days I do like a sort of 'Questioner' at the end of a kind of Final Gauntlet. It makes things more exciting I reckon. Pedro yeah agreed Pedro well, that was all mate. Pedro I don't really had a review written, not unlike in the other books Pedro
but besides that two riddles that, for the love of god, I never figured... You sent Cool conversation. Would you mind if I put it on the Fight Fantazine webpage, minus swearing and spoilers? Pedro the book is surprisingly opened and balanced Pedro I mean, is there any review in all of this? not really, more like comments. Pedro
But shoot it up, for sure You sent Thanks. Let me know if you ever fancy a quick review, because that sort of thing really helps. Pedro
AND ASK THE PEOPLE IN FIGTHING FANTASY ONLINE TO CREATE A TOPIC FOR EACH OF YOUR BOOKS! You sent I reckon I will! Pedro
It took me easily some weeks until I notice you have written a book You sent Pedro
tell them some users (Me, Condutas) said you deserve more exposition You sent I'll ask Pedro
You sent Pedro
anyone said anything about your deathtrap one? You sent Quite a few things here and there
You sent
seems quite popular Pedro xD Pedro
have a good one mate. You sent See ya. Nice chat! Pedro I have to go cook on this bloody weather now
indeed it was. we might catch up more comments later mate You sent OK. Seeya mate
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Post by philsadler on Jul 24, 2022 15:19:56 GMT
You mean, have a few less or none at all? I haven't played this book yet but when I do, I don't want it to be pathetically easy.
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Post by philsadler on Jul 24, 2022 14:48:10 GMT
Any way to make GOD less easy (apart from playing blindfold or something)?
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Post by philsadler on Jul 24, 2022 10:52:24 GMT
Scouserob you are going way beyond me here, but I take your (obviously knowledgeable) word for it.
Wish I paid attention in maths.
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Post by philsadler on Jul 24, 2022 9:54:57 GMT
So, there was only 1/720 chance that people would choose the same (reversed or otherwise) and 2 people actually did?
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Post by philsadler on Jul 24, 2022 9:26:26 GMT
Is the amount of permutations 36 [6x6]?
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Post by philsadler on Jul 24, 2022 9:13:06 GMT
So by shear chance I was form 3, but was it possible to get a wrong answer?
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Post by philsadler on Jul 24, 2022 7:02:10 GMT
I happy to say that I still don't understand the Masks six-number question and that I still got a correct and unique answer (never really read Masks properly because it kept killing me every other reference).
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Post by philsadler on Jul 22, 2022 17:34:29 GMT
I've come to the conclusion that a skill 7 character can't beat any book if they have to fight a skill 10 opponent (Warlock if you want the treasure or Battle Blade Warrior). The biggest difference in skill should be 2 for a fight where either side could win, which makes balancing a book for characters with a skill of 7-12 very difficult. It's like skill 7 characters need their own special items to overcome opponents or special items that raise skill to a certain level. Demons of the Deep has a good one - you have a swordfighting lesson which is a combat. If you win, your initial skill goes up by 1, but if you lose, it goes up by 2, indicating that worse skill values get a bigger boose. Well, Demons Of The Deep also has the special bath sauna where you reroll all your values of course.
Sounds interesting. Can you give the reference number please?
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Post by philsadler on Jul 19, 2022 6:33:07 GMT
Is 48 too old to be reading FF? Is 48 too old to be running FF-themed quizzes?
I wouldn't know, I'm 49.
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Post by philsadler on Jul 17, 2022 6:36:58 GMT
It's been a long time since I've read the book, but why didn't the inmate use his key to try and escape?
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Post by philsadler on Jul 11, 2022 7:22:46 GMT
I second you Wilf!
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