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Post by terrysalt on Dec 5, 2021 7:17:42 GMT
Deathmoor - 9/14/8 In a run of astonishingly bad luck a skill 7 pelagine and skill 6 pelaginette murdered me.
Deathmoor - 10/14/8 Well, that luck test at the start has gotten me twice now.
Deathmoor - 10/14/9 The baron hit me once which didn't kill me but did make my provisions 25% weaker. This meant I completely ran out of them so even if the pool crawler hadn't killed me, I couldn't have healed up after the fight and likely would have died soon after anyway.
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Post by terrysalt on Dec 5, 2021 10:41:44 GMT
Deathmoor - 11/14/9 The baron didn't poison me but a timber wolf DID eat half my provisions so like before, I ran out. Unlike before, however, I managed to survive the adventure with 4 stamina left. I'm not too keen on this one. For whatever reason it didn't capture my interest like some of Robin's earlier works. It's definitely the fairest his gameplay has ever been though. Next is another Jonathan Green book so I assume we'll be going from Deathmoor to more death.
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Post by CharlesX on Dec 5, 2021 11:14:01 GMT
So, will you be using the voluntary fail to work out the code, using the sylas solution, or the champskees solution as well; some people say you can work out the code without failing the tracking test? Green himself has tweeted it was a mistake to make failing the tracking test correct to finding out the code!
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Post by a moderator on Dec 5, 2021 12:58:15 GMT
some people say you can work out the code without failing the tracking test I'm one of them. Some pointers on key-less codebreaking from a playthrough I did a while ago: Let's see, now that combination appears four times, so it could be 'the'... So translating those symbols makes that word look like it might be 'through', and that can only be 'to', which fits the 'through' hypothesis...
With the help of the extra letters from 'through' I can identify what must be 'great' and 'high', so now I have every vowel. They make it possible to work out a good half dozen more words, and the additional letters those provide make finishing it off easy work. Even with the spelling mistake on the third line. What would be the word for such an error in a carved inscription? A gravo?
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Post by terrysalt on Dec 5, 2021 19:12:18 GMT
So, will you be using the voluntary fail to work out the code, using the sylas solution, or the champskees solution as well; some people say you can work out the code without failing the tracking test? Green himself has tweeted it was a mistake to make failing the tracking test correct to finding out the code! I'll be using Champskees' guide because I find his formatting easier to follow. If he says to fail a skill test, I will.
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Post by terrysalt on Dec 5, 2021 23:30:05 GMT
Knights - 7/14/7 The dwarven breastplate reduced my attack strength by 1, then I fell down a hole and lost a skill. Then I found a shield which reduced enemy skill by 1. After all that, I was effectively skill 6 and a boar was able to very easily kill me.
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Post by terrysalt on Dec 6, 2021 1:40:48 GMT
Knights - 8/14/7 Despite once again falling in the hole, I held out long enough to die to a bunch of mummers.
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Post by terrysalt on Dec 6, 2021 7:18:45 GMT
Knights - 9/14/7 Falling into this hole is becoming a tradition at this point. The mummers got me again but this time I was just 2 rounds away from the fight ending automatically. Knights - 10/14/7 Survived the mummers but died very soon after them to a briar as my limbs were entangled with vines and I couldn't fight well (and yes, I fell in the hole).
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Post by terrysalt on Dec 6, 2021 9:56:59 GMT
Knights - 11/14/7 I avoided the hole and made it all the way to the final area. Sadly "pass 2 luck tests in a row or die" forced me to take the latter option.
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Post by terrysalt on Dec 6, 2021 23:09:21 GMT
Knights - 11/14/8 Another failed luck test, this time to be able to understand the magical writing in a book. I couldn't, so I missed vital information.
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Post by terrysalt on Dec 7, 2021 0:44:48 GMT
Knights - 11/14/9 It's a good old fashioned hole falling. My god, it's been a while. But the hole didn't actually matter that much as I failed a 4d6 stamina roll and got sacrificed to Darkthorn.
Knights - 11/17/9 Here's a new one. Everyone's favourite hole (no, not Courtney Love) cost me a skill point, which meant I failed a skill roll. Which meant I didn't fight the mummers, which meant I didn't get an honour point. Which meant I had to fight a cockatrice which meant I died when I rolled a 6. So I rather unexpectedly get a reroll for next time!
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Post by terrysalt on Dec 7, 2021 3:54:47 GMT
Knights - 11/17/9 - 1 reroll I swear random.org is doing this on purpose with this damn hole. The loss of skill meant I ran out of healing and died against Belgaroth.
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Post by terrysalt on Dec 7, 2021 7:44:56 GMT
Knights - 12/17/9 - 1 reroll *sigh* This double luck test is going to be like the hole but for the endgame, isn't it?
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Post by terrysalt on Dec 7, 2021 10:00:51 GMT
Knights - 12/17/10 - 1 reroll I somehow passed all the luck tests and since I also avoided the hole this time, I steamrolled through pretty much all the combat in the game. That was a really good book. It's way too long though and putting all the fatal luck rolls right at the end was not very nice. Up next is my favourite Paul Mason book. I always really liked the body swapping aspect of Magehunter.
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Post by CharlesX on Dec 7, 2021 13:36:29 GMT
Were you to die before you encounter Mencius, would you be increasing Skill and\or Stamina like every other FF, even though this will be detrimental\counter-productive in this case? Thinking about it, it wouldn't be detrimental\counter-productive, because the only non-luck challenges are when you are in Mencius's body. It would however be weird, in a way piling weirdness upon weirdness, to add to the skill (or the stamina) of a fixed, swapped, body.
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Post by terrysalt on Dec 7, 2021 19:17:41 GMT
Were you to die before you encounter Mencius, would you be increasing Skill and\or Stamina like every other FF, even though this will be detrimental\counter-productive in this case? Thinking about it, it wouldn't be detrimental\counter-productive, because the only non-luck challenges are when you are in Mencius's body. It would however be weird, in a way piling weirdness upon weirdness, to add to the skill (or the stamina) of a fixed, swapped, body.
I'll probably have to treat this like I would have treated Starship Traveller. Whichever character I'm playing as is the one to get the stat boost. Yeah, weird to make my enemy stronger but weird books need weird solutions.
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Post by terrysalt on Dec 7, 2021 21:11:06 GMT
Magehunter - 7/14/7 That's what we like, a nice quick game. The first time I touched the dice was to fail a luck test that cost me the game. Much better than doing this at the end of the book! Magehunter - 7/14/8 Okay, I got all the way to Mencius and died. He deals 2 damage every round and that's what killed me so Mencius' body gets a stamina increase. Magehunter - 7/14/8 - Mencius +2 stamina That bought me an extra round of combat which was enough for me to take him down. The fight with Mencius seems a bit unbalanced (I'm glad I started with only 14 stamina!) but I can forgive that because the rest of the book is so good. Now on to a book I only know by reputation, and it's not a good one. Let's see if Keith's writing can save what sounds like an utterly broken and error-riddled gameplay experience!
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Post by terrysalt on Dec 7, 2021 23:08:39 GMT
Revenge - 7/14/7/4 I attacked Endrel and proceeded to hit him exactly zero times before I died.
Revenge - 8/14/7/4 The good news is that I managed to hit Endrel this time. The bad news is that he hit me rather a lot more.
Revenge - 9/14/7/4 Endrell 3 - Hero 0
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Post by terrysalt on Dec 8, 2021 3:27:03 GMT
Revenge - 10/14/7/4 I made it quite a good way through but a corpse golem rolled two double sixes during the fight, each of which caused it to deal double damage to me. This ended poorly for me.
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Post by terrysalt on Dec 8, 2021 5:20:35 GMT
Revenge - 11/14/7/4 I got into a staring competition with a basilisk.
Revenge - 11/14/8/4 Getting really good at basilisk staring, not so good at vampire hunting.
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Post by terrysalt on Dec 8, 2021 9:27:20 GMT
Revenge - 11/14/9/4 I kill the basilisk, turn the two statues of my former selves to face each other so they can have the ultimate staring contest then carry on to kill the Count and his sister.
That was not as good as the first one but still pretty solid. While there were more errors than I think can be excused, the guide points them out and they can be worked around. At one point I was told to fight two attack rounds against an enemy I had never been given stats for! Credit where its due though, Martin McKenna is an amazing artist. That alone goes a long way to redeeming the book.
Up next is one I remember not liking. I don't remember specifics except that there was a map puzzle that I never solved (I just read every reference until I found the one congratulating me on solving it). I don't know if I'd be able to solve it now but I do now I won't have to try since the guide will solve it for me!
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Post by daredevil123 on Dec 8, 2021 11:51:32 GMT
Will you be using the Puffin or the Wizard edition of Curse of the Mummy? I think the latter is quite a bit easier.
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Post by terrysalt on Dec 8, 2021 18:52:15 GMT
Will you be using the Puffin or the Wizard edition of Curse of the Mummy? I think the latter is quite a bit easier. I only own the Puffin version so no easy mode for me.
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Post by terrysalt on Dec 8, 2021 22:05:08 GMT
Curse - 7/14/7 Rather unsurprisingly, the 10/10 scorpion with two attacks was more than I could handle.
Curse - 8/14/7 Keeping a promise made in 1984, it rocked me like a hurricane.
Curse - 9/14/7 I see why they lowered its skill to 8 in the Wizard version.
Curse - 10/14/7 The wind of change finally blows and I get to see more of the book. I make it all the way to Akharis' tomb but get cut down by a caarth warrior.
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Post by terrysalt on Dec 9, 2021 1:30:32 GMT
Curse - 11/14/7 CAAAAAAARTH! CAAAAAAARTH!
Curse - 12/14/7 A great roll for the healing pyramid sharpened my sword which helped a lot. What didn't help was killing Akharis then rolling a 10 on the final luck roll. So close!
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Post by terrysalt on Dec 9, 2021 6:23:33 GMT
Curse - 12/14/8 The unluckiness continues and I go back to dying to the caarth.
Curse - 13/14/8 The accursed are another fight that were reduced in skill in the reprint. I can see why.
Curse - 14/14/8 I was doing well against the 3d6 stamina tests but not this time. I rolled a 16 so 2 more stamina for next time.
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Post by terrysalt on Dec 9, 2021 8:15:59 GMT
Curse - 14/16/8 Once again everything was riding on the final luck test. This time however, a shaman was able to make his teleport spell work. Game over. I win. This was better than I remembered it in terms of writing. The gameplay is obviously ridiculous (and if the stat blocks are accurate, the Wizard version is still pretty brutal) but considering some of the stuff I've had to deal with in this series, a fight against the 12/10 and 11/11 accursed is fine. Okay! Puffin books are done. On to the single most disappointing book in the series.
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Post by jmisbest on Dec 9, 2021 16:40:52 GMT
Curse - 14/16/8 Once again everything was riding on the final luck test. This time however, a shaman was able to make his teleport spell work. Game over. I win. This was better than I remembered it in terms of writing. The gameplay is obviously ridiculous (and if the stat blocks are accurate, the Wizard version is still pretty brutal) but considering some of the stuff I've had to deal with in this series, a fight against the 12/10 and 11/11 accursed is fine. Okay! Puffin books are done. On to the single most disappointing book in the series. In my opinion Eye of The Dragon is only(?) the 5th most disappointing of The 70 or so Regular Books in the series, but we are allowed our opinions. What do you think of The 4 FF Books that in my opinion are worse then Eye of The Dragon? In 4th place is Phantoms of Fear but only if your trying to win with Power not Artefacts, in 3rd place is Sorcery Book 4 but only if your playing as A Warrior, in 2nd place is Black Vein Prophecy and in 1st place is Blood of The Zombies
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Post by CharlesX on Dec 9, 2021 18:29:22 GMT
Curse - 14/16/8 Once again everything was riding on the final luck test. This time however, a shaman was able to make his teleport spell work. Game over. I win. This was better than I remembered it in terms of writing. The gameplay is obviously ridiculous (and if the stat blocks are accurate, the Wizard version is still pretty brutal) but considering some of the stuff I've had to deal with in this series, a fight against the 12/10 and 11/11 accursed is fine. Okay! Puffin books are done. On to the single most disappointing book in the series. In my opinion Eye of The Dragon is only(?) the 5th most disappointing of The 70 or so Regular Books in the series, but we are allowed our opinions. What do you think of The 4 FF Books that in my opinion are worse then Eye of The Dragon? In 4th place is Phantoms of Fear but only if your trying to win with Power not Artefacts, in 3rd place is Sorcery Book 4 but only if your playing as A Warrior, in 2nd place is Black Vein Prophecy and in 1st place is Blood of The Zombies Aside from Blood I would think most FF fans would say those works were average or below-average but not 'worst', but it's all subjective. Hands up any FF can who likes Starship Traveller (as written)? I prefer the power route through Phantoms Of Fear, but then I like the Bravestone (has Jumanji entered pop culture? It has now!) harder route through Sword Of The Samurai, which many FF readers deeply dislike.
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Post by a moderator on Dec 9, 2021 18:50:13 GMT
Why don't we take the disappointment discussion to a dedicated thread and leave this one for its intended purpose?
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