4) Revenant Rising

[champskees]

Revenant Rising is a bit different from the other Gamebook Adventures released up to this point in the sense that you play a dead character. I thought they got a lot right in this adventure, some of the enemies are quite powerful, but as you have your weapon Soulsdeath for the majority of the adventure, you shouldn’t have too many issues completing it. Liked the idea of providing counsel in regards to the battle, but thought the execution was poor and felt like my actions didn’t really make things easier; a large part of the battle relies on lucky random die rolls.

Recommended Fitness: 9+

Start with:

- Short Sword (4 Offense).
- Leather Armour (3 Defence).
- 2 Healing Potions (+10 Vitality when used).
- Backpack.
- Lantern.
- Flint & Tinder.

Saul & You

- Insist that you stick to the path.
- Stay hidden until they all go into the tunnel.
- Follow the orcun into the tunnel.
- Leap into the pool of green slime to try to escape.
- Your hands are not bound.
- Fight Off 2 Def 2 Vit 20 Slime Fiend.
- Take Hand Axe (3 Offense).
- Leave both well alone & leave via the far rusted door.
- Fight Off 4 Def 1 Vit 25 Torture Master.
- Take a swig from the flask (+4 Vitality).
- Thoroughly search the room.
- Take Vial of Acid.
- Add note: You have sniffed red powder.
- Leave via the iron door in front of you.
- Fight Off 2 Def 2 Vit 12 Giant Rat & Off 2 Def 2 Vit 10 Giant Rat together.
- Take Battle Axe (5 Offense).
- Take 2 Healing Potions (+10 Vitality when used).
- Leave via the red door.
- You have recently inhaled a strange red vapour.
- Leave via the stout wooden door to your left.
- Fight Off 5 Def 5 Vit 20 Man of Living Stone.
        o Use all of your healing potions here.
- You are dead.

Revenant’s Revenge

- Vitality & Fitness Restored to Initial Level.
- Take Soulsdeath (6 Offense).
        o Each time you kill an enemy, restore 2 Vitality.
- Add note: Conventional healing will not heal you, meditation will.
- Stay on the trail & meet them.
- Help the priestess who stood up for you.
- Fight Off 3 Def 4 Vit 23 Vevir Priest.
- Allow Alaera to travel with you (restore 3 Vitality).
- Take Alaera’s Silver Pendant.
- Investigate.
- Challenge the small man’s champion.
- Punch him in the face (2 Damage).
- Poke him in the eyes.
- Uppercut him in the face (3 Damage).
- Try kneeing him in the groin.
- Risk lifting him up to throw him.
- Test Fitness.
        o Fail:
                o 3 Damage & Test Fitness.
                        • Fail = 3 Damage
                o Risk lifting him up to throw him again (repeat above).
        o Success: Defeat opponent.
- Take 20 Pestados.
- Bid the small man farewell & leave the carnival.
- Stay where you are & let the wagon reach you.
- Take Soft Boots (-4 Pestados).
- Take Longbow & Arrows (-11 Pestados).
- Roll D6.
        o 1-2: Draw Soulsdeath & prepare to fight.
        o 3-4: Hurry along the highway & leave this strange minstrel to his melancholy melodies.
        o 5-6: Give them three Pestados (-3 Pestados) & Take Light Plate Armour (5 Defense, requires 9 Fitness).
- Continue along the highway (+6 Vitality).
- Try to pick off a few with your longbow.
- Stop to face them.
- Head into the village & offer what aid you can.
- Investigate the raucous laughter.
- Fight Off 4 Def 3 Vit 24 Soldier & Off 4 Def 3 Vit 19 Soldier together.
- Spare the scoundrel’s life.
- Add note: Hawkmen to attack archers.
- Take Letter of Recommendation.
- Ask him about the shaman he mentioned.
- Ask the headman for directions to the shaman’s home.
- Follow him (+8 Vitality).
- Add note: You have met the strange dark-skinned man.
- Try sneaking into the camp to kill Saul, or even just to spy on the enemy army.
- Sneak around to the back of the tent to eavesdrop on what is being said inside.
- You are wearing soft boots.
- Add note: First attack wave expendable.
- Sneak away into the night & try to enter Falavia.
- You have a letter of recommendation for Baron Rodrigo (+3 Vitality).
- Give him information on the first wave of soldiers.
- Give information on other attacks.
- You have no more information to give.
- Support the suggestion you fight as an archer.
- Go and watch the hypnotist’s show.
- You wish to pay (-2 Pestados).
- Put your hand up.
- See Imvesso.
- Add note: You can now strengthen your willpower.
- Go to a market stall.
- Sell Soft Boots (+3 Pestados).
- Take Vial of Gumberry Juice if you can afford it (-4 Pestados, +10 Vitality when used).
- Leave the market stall.
- Find a place to spend the night.
- Investigate.
- Chase the soldier.
- Test Fitness.
        o Success:
                o Fight Off 4 Def 4 Vit 23 Soldier (traitor).
                o Add note: You have foiled a conspiracy.
- Try the Belching Toad.
- You have a Silver Pendant.
- Take Vial of Gumberry Juice (+10 Vitality when used).
- You got advice from a dark-skinned man.
- Add note: Alarea says she will help you.
- Heed her advice & return to the barracks (+4 Vitality).
- You are a part of Lion squadron.
- The baron has increased the number of archers.
- Test Fitness. Fail = 7 Damage.
- Roll 2D6.
        o 2-4: Fight Off 4 Def 3 Vit 22 Soldier & Off 4 Def 3 Vit 25 Soldier together.
- If you have not foiled a major conspiracy:
        o Test Fitness.
                o Fail: Roll D6.
                        • 1-2:
                                o Fight Off 4 Def 3 Vit 21 Soldier & Off 4 Def 3 Vit 24 Soldier together.
                                o Fight Off 4 Def 3 Vit 26 Soldier & Off 4 Def 3 Vit 23 Soldier together.
                        • 3-4: Fight Off 4 Def 3 Vit 21 Soldier & Off 4 Def 3 Vit 24 Soldier together.
                        • 5-6: You kill all of the soldiers.
- Roll D6.
        o 1-3:
                o 3 Damage.
                o Fight Off 4 Def 2 Vit 27 Orcun & Off 4 Def 2 Vit 29 Orcun together.
        o 4-6:
                o The baron has increased the number of archers.
- Roll D6.
        o 1-2:
                o You do not have a feathered amulet.
                o Fight Off 5 Def 5 Vit 23 Pike Soldier & Off 5 Def 5 Vit 20 Pike Soldier together.
        o 3-4:
                o You are not wearing a Gold Ring (10 Damage).
                o Fight Off 3 Def 4 Vit 19 Priest.
- Fight Off 5 Def 4 Vit 45 Saul.

Spirit World

- Restore Vitality & Fitness to Initial Values.
- Someone has agreed to help you in the spirit world.
- Investigate the light.
- You have found a way to strengthen your willpower.
- Ignore them & head onto the mountains.
- Choose the yellow guide.
- Continue to wait.
- Refuse.
- Do not allow him to do so.
- Choose to ignore your old enemy & head onward through the mountains.
- Stand your ground.
- Leap over it onto the orange step.
- Quickly pull yourself onto the yellow step.
- Climb up to the green step (+3 Vitality).
- Vault onto the indigo step.
- Fight the monstrosity (6 Damage).
- Leap over it to the top of the steps (10 Damage).
- Face the necromancer’s aspect unarmed.
- Fight Off 1 Def 1 Vit 10 Makros’ Aspect.
- Turn back to Alaera’s voice.
- Test Fitness.
        o Success = Test Fitness+3.
                o Success = Test Fitness+6.
                        • Success = Ultimate Victory.
                        • Fail = Ultimate Victory.
                o Fail = Ultimate Victory.
        o Fail = Ultimate Victory.

[kieran]

Jan 20, 2014 9:19:52 GMT champskees said:

Liked the idea of providing counsel in regards to the battle, but thought the execution was poor and felt like my actions didn’t really make things easier; a large part of the battle relies on lucky random die rolls.

Fair point. My idea was to make those bits of advice minor advantages rather than game changers. They're all relatively easy to obtain so I didn't want to have it that doing so made the battle a foregone conclusion. But yes, I could probably have implemented it better. It's probably also a weakenss that the battle is at it's most interesting if you fight in the infantry without any information about Saul's plan while as it's at its dullest if fighting as an archer with all the relevant bits of information. Though obviously the latter makes things a lot easier.

[champskees]

You wrote this book?? Wow, well congrats then, it was one of the better ones.

[kieran]

Thanks. And interesting to see we agree about the easiest route!

[anson]

Does anyone know whether you need to find the passages where you've lost a battle or failed a Fitness check as well as the "instant death" passages to get the "Defeatist" achievement? I've explored the main paths through the book and thought I'd found all the possible endings, but still no luck.

[champskees]

Mar 19, 2015 19:52:25 GMT anson said:

Does anyone know whether you need to find the passages where you've lost a battle or failed a Fitness check as well as the "instant death" passages to get the "Defeatist" achievement? I've explored the main paths through the book and thought I'd found all the possible endings, but still no luck.

Yes, I believe so.

Initially I tried to get 'all achievements' in the books but to go for this one is simply masochistic.

Let it go and move on.

[kieran]

Um yeah, I doff my cap to anyone who gets that achievement!

[vagsancho]

Revenant Rising. What is this? Is it another 400 paragraphs gamebook?

[offm]

it a gamebook adventure by Tin Man Games!
p.S. You Posted more in half an hour than myself in a year of forum