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Post by Joseph on Apr 22, 2025 15:52:07 GMT
Is it: The trapdoor encounter in Gates Of Death?
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Post by Per on Apr 22, 2025 18:16:11 GMT
Nope! More hints: The eyes beneath the trapdoor belong to some goblins. They're there because they have reason to think you're deep asleep so they can club you and take your stuff. They think this because they're in cahoots with the innkeeper. You're at the inn because the Aleph put you there. It's Sky Lord !!!1 |
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Post by Joseph on Apr 22, 2025 19:27:11 GMT
Total guess:
The only FF gamebook I know of which mentions an Aleph is Spectral Stalkers, so is it that? Although I haven't read Spectral Stalkers in ages, don't have it anymore, and haven't mapped it out. |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Apr 23, 2025 4:05:06 GMT
That's definitely it. I'll stay in spoilers as it now seems somehow impolite to post openly before Per officially confirms but Spectral Stalkers is definitely the only FF which mentions the Aleph – the slightly TARDISy invention of Dr Who editor Peter Darvill-Evans – and I'd remembered this scene by the third hint anyway. If you survive the encounter you end up taking the round sign for the inn as its shape reminds you of the Aleph (like so many other things). |
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Post by Per on Apr 23, 2025 12:29:25 GMT
You're right, it is Star Strider, the only title to feature Goblins.
(I think confirmation normally shouldn't be needed when an exact source is located or the respondent is otherwise confident in their correctness.)
(Also is anyone else having intermittent trouble accessing Proboards using Firefox?)
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Post by Joseph on Apr 24, 2025 14:50:30 GMT
After a few minutes you hear footsteps coming down the corridor. The door opens and a man walks into the room wearing nothing but a towel round his fat stomach.
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Post by throm on Apr 24, 2025 18:29:14 GMT
Is it City Of Thieves, that part in the pirate ship where you confront the man who was taking a bath?
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Post by Joseph on Apr 24, 2025 18:41:13 GMT
Is it City Of Thieves, that part in the pirate ship where you confront the man who was taking a bath? That's correct, ref 12. Maybe do spoiler next time, though that was an easy one. |
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Post by throm on Apr 24, 2025 19:29:29 GMT
You jabber something along the lines of, "Oh, my lady, your most humble servant apologises for his rude intrusion!"
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Post by Joseph on Apr 26, 2025 18:02:20 GMT
2 guesses: The Serpent Queen in City Of Thieves? Katarina Heydrich in Vault Of The Vampire? |
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Post by throm on Apr 26, 2025 18:47:19 GMT
It's neither of those, but I'll give a hint: the lady you're talking to is not fully human. |
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Post by paperexplorer on Apr 27, 2025 6:09:52 GMT
Is it When you stumble in on Lucretia Dire in Citadel of Chaos |
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Post by throm on Apr 27, 2025 9:37:44 GMT
It's not. I'll provide the next sentence of the paragraph, althought it might not be of much use. Bowing low before the astonished creature, you step backwards, making to leave the tent. |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Apr 27, 2025 13:37:57 GMT
I'm pretty sure this is from Battleblade Warrior – the lizard woman in a slime bath. There's a picture and everything. |
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Post by throm on Apr 27, 2025 13:57:21 GMT
That's it! Your turn.
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Apr 27, 2025 23:09:34 GMT
You hurl yourself against the door, and instantly the air is filled with a dense mustard-coloured cloud of spores. The door swings open, though, and you half-fall through the doorway into a small chamber, not stopping to breathe until you are well clear of the spore-cloud.
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Post by Peter on Apr 28, 2025 7:03:21 GMT
This seems like
where you encounter
that you have to
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Post by Joseph on Apr 28, 2025 12:20:48 GMT
I agree with Peter. Although: Good reference, because that could easily have been a spore cloud in Siege Of Sardath or the writing stye is even similar to Creature Of Havoc. |
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Apr 28, 2025 13:36:31 GMT
This seems like
where you encounter
that you have to
That's it.  Quick work – I thought that might take people a while because it could slot into a lot of books.
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Post by Peter on Apr 29, 2025 6:07:20 GMT
"I do not know of such a place," he says sadly, "but I believe there is some kind of evil shrine to the south-west. Perhaps this is what you seek".
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Post by Peter on May 1, 2025 8:05:30 GMT
Is this too obscure? The words are spoken by an old man, after you untie him from a chair.
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Post by Per on May 1, 2025 9:30:06 GMT
With that clue I can determine it to be Stealer of Souls 56 'I'm terribly sorry, but I'm unable to answer your questions as you have failed to please me. Goodbye.' The eyes of the carved face close again and you are left to ponder what to do next. |
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Post by King Gillibran on May 1, 2025 10:08:24 GMT
With that clue I can determine it to be Stealer of Souls 56 'I'm terribly sorry, but I'm unable to answer your questions as you have failed to please me. Goodbye.' The eyes of the carved face close again and you are left to ponder what to do next.This sounds like Armies of Death with the oracle but Im not sure. |
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Post by Per on May 1, 2025 12:07:31 GMT
With that clue I can determine it to be Stealer of Souls 56 'I'm terribly sorry, but I'm unable to answer your questions as you have failed to please me. Goodbye.' The eyes of the carved face close again and you are left to ponder what to do next.This sounds like Armies of Death with the oracle but Im not sure. That is... correct! |
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Post by King Gillibran on May 2, 2025 6:20:35 GMT
I hope it this isnt too hard!!!
A meat cleaver gripped tightly in one podgy hand, the cannibal cook charges at you, his rolls of fat wobbling disgustingly
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Post by scouserob on May 2, 2025 8:37:49 GMT
I hope it this isnt too hard!!! A meat cleaver gripped tightly in one podgy hand, the cannibal cook charges at you, his rolls of fat wobbling disgustinglyFinally, one that I recognise. 😀
Bloodbones.
That'll be Bladderwrack the cook down in the Virago's kitchen after just chucking a pan of boiling water at you. |
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Post by King Gillibran on May 2, 2025 10:49:22 GMT
I hope it this isnt too hard!!! A meat cleaver gripped tightly in one podgy hand, the cannibal cook charges at you, his rolls of fat wobbling disgustinglyFinally, one that I recognise. 😀
Bloodbones.
That'll be Bladderwrack the cook down in the Virago's kitchen after just chucking a pan of boiling water at you. Congrats! Bloodbones is one of my favourite FF purely for the atmosphere and story!!! |
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Post by scouserob on May 2, 2025 12:26:12 GMT
He holds it close to his face, admiring the workmanship in the dragons.
'Merciful Manticores, [redacted],’ he exclaims, and lets out a long low whistle.
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Post by Joseph on May 2, 2025 12:27:50 GMT
Is this:
One of the dragon artefacts in Temple Of Terror? I'd guess it might be when you show the Dwarf at the end. |
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Post by scouserob on May 2, 2025 12:34:55 GMT
In reply to the spoiler text guess immediately above: No it is not The dwarf near the end of Temple of Terror |
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