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Post by jmisbest on Sept 14, 2019 9:38:05 GMT
To answer Sylas's query about what if you died from Combat and/or other Stamina Loss then you are revived with a remaining Stamina value of either 3D3+1 Stamina or half rounded down your normal Stamina, whichever is lower. Sorry about forgetting to add that
Also initially forgot to mention that the bit about cheating death by going back in time by up to 3 paragraphs varies a bit if used in The 1st edition AFF Books or any multi-player Campaign with both Chapters and A GM in that The GM decides what the equivalent is in chapters
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Post by jmisbest on Sept 30, 2019 18:47:03 GMT
Can someone tell me what adventures could I reasonably beat if using the right guides with A Character with A Skill 6+2 or 8, A Stamina 12+4+2 or 18 and A Luck 6+6 or 12? and if I do Port of Peril should I raise Skill to 12? or Stamina to 24?. Please and thank you
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Post by a moderator on Sept 30, 2019 19:01:40 GMT
You should have a chance at The Citadel of Chaos, The Forest of Doom, Beneath Nightmare Castle or Spectral Stalkers. Possibly The Keep of the Lich-Lord.
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Post by sylas on Sept 30, 2019 19:38:36 GMT
About a third of them.
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Post by daredevil123 on Sept 30, 2019 19:51:46 GMT
Starship Traveller and The Gates of Death would pose absolutely no problem. Night of the Necromancer would be a bit more of a challenge but would definitely still be doable.
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Post by kieran on Oct 1, 2019 9:16:53 GMT
You have 50% chance or better of beating these books with minimum stats provided you follow the optimum route: Starship Traveller Gates of Death Spectral Stalkers Citadel of Chaos Forest of Doom Moonrunner Space Assassin Night of the Necromancer Daggers of Darkness Portal of Evil For the stats you're talking about there should be significantly more books you should be comfortable beating. Champskees' excellent stat book will keep you right: fightingfantazine.proboards.com/thread/588/ff-stat-book?page=1
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Post by jmisbest on Oct 14, 2019 21:02:54 GMT
Here's something I've been doing in secret for years, which is to prove that if not having The Circuit Breaker VS The Titanium Cyborg didn't result instant defeat followed by instant death in the same paragraph that their was a tiny chance that A Silver Crusader with Super Strength could win. What do you think?
I've proven that in Appointment with FEAR you can beat The Titanium Cyborg without The Circuit Breaker but it needs Super Strength, your current Skill to still be 13, A current and initial Stamina of 24 and A current and initial luck of at least 11
Saying that though I did it at the rate of 15 tries a week and all in all it took almost 120 weeks to do 1,798 attempts and even then I only managed it once. What do you think? and what challenge should I do next?
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Post by tyrion on Oct 14, 2019 21:20:02 GMT
Crypt of the sorcerer obviously. With non-max stats.
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Post by philsadler on Oct 15, 2019 4:56:16 GMT
Crypt of the sorcerer obviously. With non-max stats. LOL!
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Post by daredevil123 on Oct 15, 2019 17:44:08 GMT
Crypt of the sorcerer obviously. With non-max stats. Seconded.
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Post by bloodbeasthandler on Oct 21, 2019 22:23:16 GMT
Has anyone else played Book 3 of the Cretan Chronicles 'The Return of the Wanderer'? When roaming around in Hades you might meet Sisyphus rolling his boulder endlessly up a hill only to have it slip from his control and roll back to the bottom, or find a shade whose punishment is smashing two pebbles together in his hands in an attempt to pound them to dust.
For all eternity.
For some reason I am minded of this here.
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Post by Wilf on Oct 22, 2019 6:41:53 GMT
Completing that book is a bit of a challenge, too...
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Post by kieran on Oct 22, 2019 8:47:58 GMT
Completing that book is a bit of a challenge, too... And you don't exactly feel buoyed by victory when you do so...
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Post by vastariner on Oct 22, 2019 12:01:10 GMT
Has anyone else played Book 3 of the Cretan Chronicles 'The Return of the Wanderer'? When roaming around in Hades you might meet Sisyphus rolling his boulder endlessly up a hill only to have it slip from his control and roll back to the bottom, or find a shade whose punishment is smashing two pebbles together in his hands in an attempt to pound them to dust. For all eternity. For some reason I am minded of this here. Albert Camus made the point that, in the afterlife, Sisyphus had a purpose. Most of the shades in Hades had an eternity of greyness. Sisyphus had something to do, even if it was futile. He existed. In spite of the impossibility, he could live in the moment. "On doit imaginer Sisyphe heureux."
May be a representation of the sun, always travelling across the sky, only to have to do it again the next day. His name is curious as it does not fit any Greek words, unlike most Greek names. "sisyra" means goatskin and "sophos" means wise, those are the closest. His brother Salmoneus was struck by a Jovian (Zeusian) lightning bolt for simulating thunder, so it is possible that the goat-link might be something to do with tragedy ("goat-song") or divination (to make himself wise). So Sisyphus' punishment is one for trying to second-guess the Divine.
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Post by philsadler on Oct 22, 2019 12:44:35 GMT
I absolutely love Greek mythology! So thanks for this information.
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Oct 25, 2019 4:06:26 GMT
Has anyone else played Book 3 of the Cretan Chronicles 'The Return of the Wanderer'? When roaming around in Hades you might meet Sisyphus rolling his boulder endlessly up a hill only to have it slip from his control and roll back to the bottom, or find a shade whose punishment is smashing two pebbles together in his hands in an attempt to pound them to dust. For all eternity. For some reason I am minded of this here. Albert Camus made the point that, in the afterlife, Sisyphus had a purpose. Most of the shades in Hades had an eternity of greyness. Sisyphus had something to do, even if it was futile. He existed. In spite of the impossibility, he could live in the moment. "On doit imaginer Sisyphe heureux."
A concept touched on in a slightly less highbrow way here. (Note the red button.)
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Post by jmisbest on Nov 4, 2019 17:01:23 GMT
I'm planning to do Rings of Kether Playthrough tomorrow and I want to know if you think that the character I generated for it is too weak to win?
He has A Skill 6+6 or 12, A Stamina 2+2+12 or 16, A Luck of 6+6 or 12, A Ships Weapons Strength of 10 and A Ships Shields Strength of 4
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Post by kieran on Nov 4, 2019 17:42:05 GMT
I'm planning to do Rings of Kether Playthrough tomorrow and I want to know if you think that the character I generated for it is too weak to win?
He has A Skill 6+6 or 12, A Stamina 2+2+12 or 16, A Luck of 6+6 or 12, A Ships Weapons Strength of 10 and A Ships Shields Strength of 4 No, I think you should do fine with those stats
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Post by jmisbest on Nov 9, 2019 21:53:01 GMT
Just for a laugh I've converted 3 Foes or 1 foe that you must fight, 1 that you can fight and 1 that you never fight and could never beat from Assassins of Allansia into Lone Wolf Terms and The Combat Ratio is what my character fights at. So what do you think of these conversions?
1 Combat Skill 71(+4 due to Power Strike) and Endurance 80 hoard of 110 Elderly, weak, ill-trained and ill-equipped and ill-trained Naar Worshipping Civilians
1 Combat Skill 75(+0 due to Power Strike) and Endurance 85 Half-Giant/Half Dragon who is A Ex Army Colonel and now A Pirate Admiral
Urzle Ironface. He is The Combat Skill 79(-6) and Endurance 114 Grand-Master of all of Magamunds Assassins and who is both A Vampire AND A Half Giant/Half Dragon
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Post by jmisbest on Nov 10, 2019 20:13:01 GMT
I've got a question about which came first?. Can you help?
So we know that Assassins of Allansia is before Deathtrap Dungeon and that The Hero of Assassins of Allansia killed Lord Azzurs Master Zinbar Bone, but is it known if he did it in City of Thieves? or Port of Peril?
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Post by a moderator on Nov 10, 2019 20:36:13 GMT
Some of the Lone Wolf books feature gods who aren't as powerful as those characters. Joe Dever's issues with power creep are as nothing compared to yours.
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Post by marblefigure on Dec 12, 2019 13:59:48 GMT
Scorpion Swamp IF and only if you stick to the good quest and always insist that you will only do good (huge hint). Edit Guys, Warlock of Firetop mountain is winnable with a skill 8 character, remember the unique potion rule.
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Post by jmisbest on Dec 30, 2019 16:21:01 GMT
I have a question about Port of Peril and Assassins of AllansAssassins of Allansiaia, can you answer it?
It says in Assassins of Allansia that Lord of Azzur wants The Hero of Assassins of Allansia dead cos he, or she, killed Zinbar Bone who is his Master
The problem I have is that Zinbar Bone has been killed in both City of Thieves and in Port of Peril so it could be revenge for Zinbar Bone's Death in City of Thieves or in Port of Peril
So does anyone know if it ever bee confirmed whether The Hero of Assassins of Allansia is the one that killed Zinbar Bone in City of Thieves or the 1 that did it in Port of Peril?
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Post by vastariner on Dec 30, 2019 20:23:39 GMT
I'm assuming that the hero with the tattoo who killed Bone in CoT would be recognizable because of the tattoo, so there would not be a need for Azzur to put up images of their likeness.
So therefore I reckon it's the hero from PoP.
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Post by jmisbest on Jan 12, 2020 21:20:31 GMT
Before a week today I plan to do The 4 Sorcery Books, Rings of Kether and Appointment With FEAR with Energy Bolt, I've rolled each characters stats and want to know if you think they will be good enough. Here they are. What do you think?
My character in The 4 Sorcery Books stats are Skill 4+6 or 10, Stamina 12+5+3 or 20 and Luck 6+4 or 10 The Character in The Rings Of Kether's stats are Skill 6+6 or 12, Stamina 12+6+1 or 19 and Luck 6+4 or 10
The Character in Appointment With FEAR with Energy Bolt’s stats are Skill 6+6 or 12, Stamina 12+4+3 or 19 and Luck 6+3 or 9
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Post by schlendrian on Jan 12, 2020 22:09:32 GMT
What would you do if I said no?
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Post by jmisbest on Jan 13, 2020 3:52:56 GMT
What would you do if I said no? Not much I'll just look a guide up on the net and hope I'm lucky when it comes to making the dice rolls
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Post by kieran on Jan 13, 2020 11:02:39 GMT
All these characters should have no problem with those books (assuming you choose wisely too of course!). I would actually recommend playing Rings of Kether with a lower Skill - a Skill of 12 allows you to pretty much breeze through it.
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Post by jmisbest on Jan 14, 2020 15:45:26 GMT
I have a question about my FF RPG. Can you help?
In Bloodbones you automatically lose the fight with The Voodoo God(name forgot) unless you have The Magic Bone-Sword Nightdeath but if I do 1 or more other adventures in my FF RPG I can easily acquire a magic weaponmagic weapon
If I do Bloodbones in my FF RPG what would you suggest?. Do I need The Magic Bone-Sword Nightdeath to beat the final boss(name forgot) or will any magic weapon do?
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Post by jmisbest on Jan 21, 2020 23:39:10 GMT
Just for a laugh I decided to determine my characters stats before I choose which Book I'm going to play and want to know if you think that their is any Book I can't beat with very lucky stats of Skill 6+6 or 12, Stamina 12+3+3 or 18 and Luck 6+6 or 12?
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