Let's Play Fighting Fantasy 41: Master of Chaos

Sirocco · Post by **Sirocco** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 2:49 pm

Point taken.

I'm just worried a bit about our Notoriety.

Let's visit Kanstrin's first and we'll decide later.

MisterDee · Post by **MisterDee** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 3:05 pm

Whatever we do, I think we should NOT go to the wine snob bar. It sounds suspiciously like a "you have no place here, peasant, have 3 Shame and 10 Notoriety" trap.

SlyJohnny · Post by **SlyJohnny** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 7:44 pm

Kanstrin's Guursh Bar is not what you might have expected! The name is a joke - this is the one high-class place in the Old Quarter. With your dubious appearance, it won't be easy to get past the huge bouncer at the door. He is probably human, but he looks as if he has some Trollish blood in him! Will you:

Try to bribe your way in?
Try to bluff your way in?
Try Koyala's Bar instead?
Try the Gambling Hall instead?

In case anyone didn't pick up on the hi-lar-ious pun of that name for a high class joint, Guursh in Fighting Fantasy is an orc alcohol that knocks non-orcs on their feet. Fighting Fantasy in general not going in much for moral relativism, so the bad guys are ugly and drink vile, classless booze.

Adventure Sheet

Huge Nuge

SKILL 11/11
STAMINA 15/17
LUCK 12/12

Notoriety: 5/8

Skills: Blindsight, Acute Hearing, Tracking, Move Silently

Equipment: 2/12 Provisions
Boots with hidden coin compartments
14gp (including 2 hidden)
Silver Whistle
Backpack
Waterskin
Leather armour and shield
Lantern
Ring of Endurance
Boots of Stealth
Medicinal herbs, 2 bags
Preservative spices, 2 bags
Potion of Healing

MisterDee · Post by **MisterDee** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 8:19 pm

With maxed out Luck, I think we can attempt a bluff.

Dr_Noface · Post by **Dr_Noface** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 3:43 am

bluff the dumb orog

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 3:47 am

It's time for Huge Nuge to make a Bluff check.

SlyJohnny · Post by **SlyJohnny** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 5:04 am

'Move aside, my good fellow,' you say with all the
natural authority you can muster, and you claim that you are meeting someone of importance inside. Now you must Test your Luck.

(We are Lucky!)

The door's guardian ushers you in with a grunt; turn to 148.

You walk into the plush, carpeted hallway of the building, and stroll towards the bar. Richly dressed merchants, a couple of men in impressive military uniforms, haughty women in silk, lace and velvet... you are not really at home in such places! You are fortunate to find an expensive drink standing, untouched, on a deserted table, so you can sit here and sip it without having to pay the exorbitant prices charged for drinks here. After a while a door behind the bar opens briefly, and you glimpse two men in leather jerkins dashing out of the kitchen towards the rear of the building. They are ruffians, not at all in keeping with the customers or the liveried staff here! Will you stay where you are, ignoring this little excitement, or leave and check the back of the building to see what the men are up to?

Adventure Sheet

Huge Nuge

SKILL 11/11
STAMINA 15/17
LUCK 11/12

Notoriety: 5/8

Skills: Blindsight, Acute Hearing, Tracking, Move Silently

Equipment: 2/12 Provisions
Boots with hidden coin compartments
14gp (including 2 hidden)
Silver Whistle
Backpack
Waterskin
Leather armour and shield
Lantern
Ring of Endurance
Boots of Stealth
Medicinal herbs, 2 bags
Preservative spices, 2 bags
Potion of Healing

Dr_Noface · Post by **Dr_Noface** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 5:56 am

check it out

SGamerz · Post by **SGamerz** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 12:07 pm

Follow them and hopefully arrive in time to stop their attempt to kidnap some rich nob who will reward us with lots of loot.

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 12:36 pm

Check it out.

SlyJohnny · Post by **SlyJohnny** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 9:05 pm

Huge Nuge follows two rough and ready men he doesn't know out into a dirty alleyway behind a bar in the hopes of locating a rich nob, and he isn't even carrying protection, but hey, who am I to judge?

Heading for the back of the building, you notice a shadowy figure standing at the top of a flight of stairs leading up to the upstairs rooms. Seeing you, he raises a long, slim obiect to his lips, and you hear a small dart zip past your head! Will you:

Run away from here?
Run up the stairs to attack?
Fire back at the figure with a crossbow (if you have one)?

Adventure Sheet

Huge Nuge

SKILL 11/11
STAMINA 15/17
LUCK 11/12

Notoriety: 5/8

Skills: Blindsight, Acute Hearing, Tracking, Move Silently

Equipment: 2/12 Provisions
Boots with hidden coin compartments
14gp (including 2 hidden)
Silver Whistle
Backpack
Waterskin
Leather armour and shield
Lantern
Ring of Endurance
Boots of Stealth
Medicinal herbs, 2 bags
Preservative spices, 2 bags
Potion of Healing

MisterDee · Post by **MisterDee** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 10:53 pm

Charge! Nobody shoots his load at Huge Nuge!

Omegonthesane · Post by **Omegonthesane** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 10:55 pm

Have Huge Nuge penetrate the man who was previously blowing darts at him.

Also, unfuck your tags.

SGamerz · Post by **SGamerz** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 11:19 pm

Since we lack the option of shooting our load back at him from a distance, we need to go up close and personal to stick our blade into him.

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Thu Nov 06, 2014 12:04 am

Huge Nuge gotta choke a bitch.

SlyJohnny · Post by **SlyJohnny** » Thu Nov 06, 2014 12:37 am

What tags? Wait, is it my posts causing this dumb formatting? How do I fix it?

Huge Nuge charges eagerly towards the strange man and his blowpipe!

(We have the Blindsight skill.)

You see on the stairs some caltrops - viciously spiked metal discs which could have injured or even lamed you! You leap over them and attack the man, who has drawn a sword to fight you.

The small man looks fearful but ready to do his best against you, and he shouts to someone behind the door where he stands guard! If you have already hit this man with one or more crossbow bolts, reduce his STAMINA to the correct amount, otherwise, use the figure given below for him.

FOOTPAD

Skill 8, Stamina 7

Combat Log

Huge 18, Footpad 17. Huge at 17, Footpad at 6
Huge 18, Footpad 14. Huge at 17, Footpad at 5
Huge 22, Footpad 16. Huge at 17, Footpad at 4.
Huge 17, Footpad 15. Huge at 17, Footpad at 3.
Huge 20, Footpad 16. Huge at 17, Footpad at 2.
Huge 21, Footpad 16. Huge at 17, Footpad at 1.
Huge 21, Footpad 15. Huge at 17, Footpad ded.

You kick open the door at the head of the stairs and are greeted by a surprising scene. A small, greasy, dark-haired man in a leather jerkin stands facing you, his back against the far wall; he is holding a dagger across the throat of an unconscious Dark Elf who is slumped forward so that you cannot see his face. 'One move and the Elf gets it,' the man cries out nervously. 'Over there, slow, while I get out the door,' and he gestures to one side. Will you attack him, knowing that the helpless Dark Elf can be slain in an instant, or do as the man tells you?

Adventure Sheet

Huge Nuge

SKILL 11/11
STAMINA 15/17
LUCK 11/12

Notoriety: 5/8

Skills: Blindsight, Acute Hearing, Tracking, Move Silently

Equipment: 2/12 Provisions
Boots with hidden coin compartments
14gp (including 2 hidden)
Silver Whistle
Backpack
Waterskin
Leather armour and shield
Lantern
Ring of Endurance
Boots of Stealth
Medicinal herbs, 2 bags
Preservative spices, 2 bags
Potion of Healing

Dr_Noface · Post by **Dr_Noface** » Thu Nov 06, 2014 12:49 am

dont risk the elf life, he will give us clues

Mr Shine · Post by **Mr Shine** » Thu Nov 06, 2014 12:52 am

What tags? Wait, is it my posts causing this dumb formatting? How do I fix it?

Remove the last [ / quote ] from the post that begins "Kanstrin's Guursh Bar"

Do as the man says. Although counter-intuitave, I think we should try to save the elf.

Mr Shine · Post by **Mr Shine** » Thu Nov 06, 2014 1:01 am

Also the text specifically mentions our last oppononent has a sword, and offers no reason why we can't relieve his corpse of it, yet doesn't give us a sword in the text for some dumb reason.

SGamerz · Post by **SGamerz** » Thu Nov 06, 2014 2:10 pm

Nah, we don't need the sword anyway. We just beat a guy to death with our bare hands! That's so much cooler.

Also, do as the man says. This is probably the same Dark Elf that saved our ass from the Kraken back on the slaver ship. We owe him one. Let's keep him alive to return the debt.

Then we can kill him and loot his corpse with a clear conscience.

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Thu Nov 06, 2014 4:39 pm

Help out the Elf.

SlyJohnny · Post by **SlyJohnny** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 1:14 am

You edge one way round the room; the man, dragging his burden, edges along the opposite wall, towards the door. Eventually he reaches it - only to trip over the body of his colleague! He panics, drops the Dark Elf's body and rushes down the stairs. He is very swift and can elude you if you try to follow. Have you seen a Dark Elf before during this adventure? (We have.)

Now you can see the Dark Elf's face, you recognize him as the one you have seen before. Dark Elves may be evil by nature, but killing a drugged and helpless creature - even a Dark Elf - would be a cowardly, evil act in itself. You get on with searching the bodies of the men you have overcome, keeping one eye on the Elf.

Bit of an error here in that we only killed one of the men, but okay.

You find 4 Gold Pieces on the body of the footpad (add this to your treasure) and you are just pocketing this when a soft, keen voice whispers behind you. 'I had not expected to be rescued by you,' murmurs the Dark Elf, who has evidently regained consciousness very quickly. He is sitting up, and his hand is resting on the hilt of his sword, although he has not drawn it. Deep-violet eyes look impassively at you as he awaits your reply. Will you attack him or talk with him?

Adventure Sheet

Huge Nuge

SKILL 11/11
STAMINA 15/17
LUCK 11/12

Notoriety: 5/8

Skills: Blindsight, Acute Hearing, Tracking, Move Silently

Equipment: 2/12 Provisions
Boots with hidden coin compartments
18gp (including 2 hidden)
Silver Whistle
Backpack
Waterskin
Leather armour and shield
Lantern
Ring of Endurance
Boots of Stealth
Medicinal herbs, 2 bags
Preservative spices, 2 bags
Potion of Healing

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 3:03 am

Huge Nuge isn't this guy, so let's talk to the Dark Elf.

MisterDee · Post by **MisterDee** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 8:25 am

Yeah, let's talk.

SGamerz · Post by **SGamerz** » Fri Nov 07, 2014 1:04 pm

Chat up the sexy Dark Elf.