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Post by a moderator on Dec 21, 2023 0:01:52 GMT
As I don't know when I'm next going to be able to access the board, here are the details of the last two titles for this year's challenge. Week 52 City of Thieves (4 dice) Rebel Planet (4 dice) Unnecessary risk bonus Both books include an optional encounter in which you can gain something which may be of use to you, but which can kill you if a die roll doesn’t go your way. You can get an extra 5 points by taking the chance and getting away with it. City of Thieves: Win 20 gold pieces by swallowing a non-poisonous pill. Rebel Planet: Steal a baryon grenade and escape from your pursuers. Yes, one of these challenges is significantly more risky than the other, but if you picked the book with that one in, you already chose the trickier adventure, so it seems clear that you like to live dangerously anyway. Please state if you use a guide, if you allocate dice at character creation rather than taking them as they fall, or if you make more than one attempt at a book. Only combats which you win should be included in the list of enemies defeated. Week 50 scoring1st: evilwizard – 17 (stats bonus 2 + victory bonus 10 + most fights won bonus 5) 2nd: terrysalt – 16 (stats bonus 1 + victory bonus 10 + most fights won bonus 5) 3rd: kieran – 15 (stats bonus 5 + closest to victory bonus 5 + most fights won bonus 5) 4th: hallucination - 14 (stats bonus 4 + victory bonus 10) 5th: trialmaster – 4 (stats bonus 4) Bith terrysalt and evilwizard fought the exact same list of enemies in Stealer of Souls, so they each get the bonus. Running totals1st: evilwizard - 702 2nd: terrysalt - 688 3rd: hallucination - 618 4th: King Gillibran - 287 5th: kieran - 213 6th: trialmaster - 84 7th: kalieum - 78 8th: peasantscribbler - 76 9th: juniorhornet - 45 10th: nathanh – 33
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Post by terrysalt on Dec 21, 2023 6:23:19 GMT
City of Thieves
Skill: 12 Stamina: 14 Luck: 8
Assigned stats: Yes Guide: Yes Attempts: 1
items: 6 provisions, 46 gold, helmet, iron spike, potion of mind control, silver flute, chalk, eyepatch, black pearls, knucklebones, garlic, silver arrow, mirror, hag's hair, chainmail, lotus, tattoo, ring of James Bond
fights: 2 city guards, madman, ogre, snakes, 2 wild dogs, pirate, 3 pirates, goblin, giant centipede, 3 rats, 3 vagabonds, serpent queen, leaf beasts, Sourbelly, Fatnose, orc, 2 moon dogs, 2 zombies, 2 death hawks, mummy, 3 skeletons
info: rolled a 4 and avoided the poison pill
The second moon dog got me down to 2 stamina which was pretty scary but fortunately the dice were kind and luck rolls got me enough extra damage to kill it. Once the moon dogs were dead, the rest was easy and Silverton now worships me.
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Post by trialmaster on Dec 22, 2023 12:13:25 GMT
Rebel Planet
Sk 9 St 20 Lu 11
Random stats No guide 1 attempt
I fell in to greenspine's devious unnecessary risk bonus trap and failed by rolling a 6 when trying to exit from the cellars having taken the baryon grenade!
Items: 1620 credits, laser sword, baryon grenade, keys, earth coins.
Kills: 2 guards, watchman
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Post by hallucination on Dec 26, 2023 21:24:06 GMT
Rebel Planet Skill 12, stamina 14, luck 11 1st attempt, dice allocated, guide used, victory! (Though the Street Fighter very nearly finished me off!)
Items/notes: digits 101; office number 239; digits 100; Scabrok 262; sword; wire cutters; mind probe; staff 7 metals; meet Dorado -100; palindrome 100101001; basement entry 110; sealed tube of Elmonite explosive; photon grenade. Credits 850
Fights won: Street Fighter; Laphodrom; Scabrok; Black Marketer; Rockbuzzard; Arcadian
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Post by evilwizard on Dec 30, 2023 18:14:13 GMT
City of Thieves Skill 10 Stamina 16 Luck 11
Items: Potion of Fortune, 80 Gold Pieces, Merchant’s Pass, Helmet, Take Ring of Fire, Iron Spike, Silver Flute, Potion of Mind Control, Chalk, Eye Patch, Black Pearls, Knucklebones, Garlic, Silver Arrow, Hag’s Hair, Lotus Flower, Tattoo, Owl Talisman, Ring of the Golden Eye
Kills: Madman, First Pirate, Second Pirate, Third Pirate, Goblin, First Rat, Second Rat, Third Rat, First Vagabond, Second Vagabond, Third Vagabond, Ape Man, First Moon Dog, Second Moon Dog, First Death Hawk, Second Death Hawk, First Skeleton, Second Skeleton, Third Skelton
Not counted: Leaf Beasts, Mummy, Zanzibar Bone
Extra Risk: Rolled a 5 so survived
1 attempt, no allocation, guide used, victory
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Post by a moderator on Dec 31, 2023 0:00:10 GMT
Around 24 hours to get in results for week 52.
Week 51 scoring 1st: hallucination - 16 (stats bonus 1 + victory bonus 10 + most fights won bonus 5) 2nd: evilwizard – 14 (stats bonus 4 + victory bonus 10) 3rd: terrysalt – 12 (stats bonus 2 + victory bonus 10) 4th: trialmaster – 11 (stats bonus 1 + closest to victory bonus 5 + most fights won bonus 5)
Running totals 1st: evilwizard - 716 2nd: terrysalt - 700 3rd: hallucination - 634 4th: King Gillibran - 287 5th: kieran - 213 6th: trialmaster - 95 7th: kalieum - 78 8th: peasantscribbler - 76 9th: juniorhornet - 45 10th: nathanh – 33
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Post by CharlesX on Jan 6, 2024 19:53:50 GMT
Hi partly entirely on thealmightymudworm 's advice this is to remind players here the Amateur Adventures rolling challenge is back on, with the challenge being to get (& post) the best possible ending for Hovel Of The Vampire between January 15th 12:00 and 21st January 12 p.m., a 37 reference adventure with artwork. The winner has the honour of setting the next Amateur Adventure challenge.
Which by coincidence is an adventure by thealmightymudworm . He didn't set it though, muggins did.
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Post by a moderator on Jan 7, 2024 0:00:10 GMT
If people will excuse the impertinence of posting in the thread after CharlesX has hammered the stake in, here are the final scores. Week 52 scoring 1st: terrysalt – 22 (stats bonus 2 + victory bonus 10 + most fights won bonus 5 + risk bonus 5) 2nd: evilwizard – 19 (stats bonus 4 + victory bonus 10 + risk bonus 5) 3rd: hallucination - 16 (stats bonus 1 + victory bonus 10 + most fights won bonus 5) 4th: trialmaster – 2 (stats bonus 2)
Running totals 1st: evilwizard - 735 2nd: terrysalt - 722 3rd: hallucination - 650 4th: King Gillibran - 287 5th: kieran - 213 6th: trialmaster - 97 7th: kalieum - 78 8th: peasantscribbler - 76 9th: juniorhornet - 45
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Post by kieran on Jan 7, 2024 0:04:04 GMT
Well done evilwizard and thanks for doing this again greenspine.
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Post by terrysalt on Jan 7, 2024 0:59:07 GMT
There's no shame in being second!
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Post by trialmaster on Jan 7, 2024 10:24:26 GMT
Thanks for running this Greenspine. Although I was late in joining, I enjoyed going back through some of these adventures and the randomness of which books would come up each week. For the most part I tried to take them on with random dice rolls, using my ageing memory with some scribbled notes and mapping for reference, understandably with limited success. At least I made it to 6th!
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Post by evilwizard on Jan 7, 2024 16:22:19 GMT
Thanks for running this greenspine, it was fun.
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Post by hallucination on Jan 7, 2024 21:54:28 GMT
Cheers, greenspine! Congrats, evilwizard!
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