[Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 10 - House of Hell

[Darth Rabbitt]

Wake her up.

[Queen of Swords]

Rise and shine, lady.

[JourneymanN00b]

Votes registered, Chris Redfield will walk over and wake her.

139

You step over to the bed and shake the old woman gently. But as soon as you touch her withered skin, you jump back in horror. She is stone-cold! Dead! Add 2 FEAR points for the shock. As you stand by the bed, shivering, a low moan comes from the body. Its eyelids flick open and pure white eyes stare up at the ceiling. She has no pupils! Do you wish to wait to see what will happen next (turn to 246), or will you beat a hasty retreat and return to the passageway (turn to 159)?

Please make your votes before 6:00 PM PST to guarantee that your votes will be counted.

Adventure Sheet:

Chris Redfield
SKILL: 12 Initial Skill = 12 Starting Skill = 9 (Initial Skill – 3)
STAMINA: 15 Initial Stamina = 15
LUCK: 8 Initial Luck = 8
ITEMS OR EQUIPMENT CARRIED:
Letter Opener (Increases SKILL to Initial value in combat)
FEAR: Maximum Fear = 10 Current Fear (Starts at zero): 4
NOTES:
‘Mordana in Abaddon’ message (turn to 88 to use)

[Beroli]

Wait.

Why do we have 4 Fear? I count 1-1+1+2=3.

[Darth Rabbitt]

Wait.

[Thaluikhain]

Wait.

Also, 2 points for that?

[JourneymanN00b]

Wait.

Why do we have 4 Fear? I count 1-1+1+2=3.

After drinking the brandy, we took 1 Fear from pretending to go into bed, 1 Fear from encountering the young woman ghost, and 2 Fear from the old woman encounter.

Wait.

Also, 2 points for that?

Yes, 2 points of Fear was correct for encountering the dead woman.

Votes registered, Chris Redfield will wait to see what happens next.

246
You hear words coming from the old woman, yet her lips do not move. ‘Stranger, how dare you invade the private bedchamber of the woman of the house?’ she asks. You stammer an apologetic reply. She orders you: ‘Begone, intruder. Leave an old woman to die in peace!’ Will you leave her as she wishes (turn to 159) or ask her for information about the house (turn to 170)?

Please make your votes before 9:30 AM PST to guarantee that your votes will be counted.

[Darth Rabbitt]

Ask her for information.

[Beroli]

Ask for information. Don't bother to point out to her that she's already died, in peace or otherwise, or that apparently plenty of other people here are dying not in peace.

[Queen of Swords]

Yes, ask for information.

[JourneymanN00b]

Votes registered, Chris Redfield will ask her for information about the house.

170

‘What business of yours is this house?’ she screams. ‘If you will not go of your own accord, then my hounds will see you off. And if they cannot, I will do it myself!’ With these words, a wooden panel slides open in the wall. Two huge GREAT DANES spring out and attack. Resolve your battle with the dogs (fight them one at a time):

First GREAT DANE SKILL 7 STAMINA 6
Second GREAT DANE SKILL 6 STAMINA 6

If you defeat the dogs, you may either leave the room (turn to 159) or remain to search it (turn to 19).

The fights:

First Great Dane:
Round 1: First Great Dane Attack Strength: 14, Player Attack Strength: 15;
First Great Dane Stamina: 4, Player Stamina: 15
Round 2: First Great Dane Attack Strength: 15, Player Attack Strength: 23;
First Great Dane Stamina: 2, Player Stamina: 15
Round 3: First Great Dane Attack Strength: 10, Player Attack Strength: 24;
First Great Dane Stamina: 0, Player Stamina: 15

Second Great Dane:
Round 1: Second Great Dane Attack Strength: 15, Player Attack Strength: 18;
Second Great Dane Stamina: 4, Player Stamina: 15
Round 2: Second Great Dane Attack Strength: 12, Player Attack Strength: 17;
Second Great Dane Stamina: 2, Player Stamina: 15
Round 3: Second Great Dane Attack Strength: 12, Player Attack Strength: 17;
Second Great Dane Stamina: 0, Player Stamina: 15

Chris Redfield flawlessly defeats the two Cerberuses Great Danes.

Please make your votes before 6:00 PM PST to guarantee that your votes will be counted.

[Beroli]

Stay and search.

[Omegonthesane]

We didn't defeat the dogs to be scared off anyway. Stay and search.

[Darth Rabbitt]

Search the room.

[JourneymanN00b]

Votes registered, Chris Redfield will remain to search the room.

19
You search the room, while the old woman threatens you from her bed. You recognize some of the plants, as most of them are common houseplants. The woman’s voice grows frantic as you poke around in a herb garden by the window. A thought dawns on you and you turn to her, threatening to destroy her plants unless she is able to give you the information you require. She shrieks at the thought of you harming her plants and agrees. What will you ask her:

How to find the man in grey? Turn to 388
About the secret rooms in the house? Turn to 321
What tonight’s ‘festivities’ are? Turn to 283

Please make your votes before 9:00 AM PST to guarantee that your votes will be counted.

[Darth Rabbitt]

Secret rooms sound like the most useful.

[Thaluikhain]

Yeah, secrets. Do we even know about a man in grey, though I could have just forgotten or missed that bit.

[Queen of Swords]

For all we know, the man in grey might have changed his clothes so he's now the man in orange. Secret rooms sound like a better idea.

[Thaluikhain]

For all we know, the man in grey might have changed his clothes so he's now the man in orange.

Or levelled up to white, but giant flaming demon thingies would need to be involved for that.

[Beroli]

Or levelled up to white, but giant flaming demon thingies would need to be involved for that.

Good thing there surely aren't any of those around here.

Ask her why she's a living corpse, what her relationship is to the Earl of Drumer for her to call herself the woman of the house, and how many people have died here.

That's not an option? Okay, ask her about secret rooms.

[JourneymanN00b]

Votes registered, Chris Redfield will ask her about the secret rooms in the house.

321
‘Before I will answer your question,’ she says, ‘you must tell me something – what is my name?’ Do you know what her name is? If so, you will have noted a reference number to turn to, should you be asked this question. Turn to this reference. If you do not know her name, she will not answer your question no matter what you threaten to do to her plants, and you will have to leave the room by turning to 159.

As a matter of fact, we *do* know her name. It’s Mordana, and we were told to turn to 88 in the event of this type of situation.

88

She curses. ‘Damn you, stranger,’ she hisses. ‘All right then, I will answer your question.’ Which question did you ask her?

How to find the man in grey? Turn to 65
About the secret rooms in the house? Turn to 295
What tonight’s ‘festivities’ are? Turn to 55

The question was about the secret rooms in the house.

295
‘Secret rooms?’ she laughs. ‘Why this house is riddled with secret passageways and secret rooms. Most are in the cellar though, but some of the upstairs passages lead to them. The most cunning secret room is the Master’s most trusted hiding-place. It can only be reached by one way, and that is from under the stairs in the cellar. A password is needed and I knew the old one, but it has recently been changed. Shekou will know the new password …’ The woman’s eyes close, as if the conversation has been a great strain. You leave her be and consider the information you have been given. When you are in a position to find the secret door in question (under the cellar stairs), you may try to find it by deducting 10 from the reference you will be on at the time, and turning to the new reference. No other clue as to its location will be given. But first you must find the password! Leave the room by turning to 159.

159
Having explored most of the rooms upstairs, you decide to risk searching the ground floor. You follow the landing back round to the staircase and creep downstairs. Turn to 132.

132
You walk down the stairs cautiously, looking in every direction. There is no one about. In the hallway below you may choose to try either a door on the left (turn to 353) or a door on the right (turn to 285) or you can walk up to the front door and open it (turn to 222).

Please make your votes before 1:00 PM PST to guarantee that your votes will be counted.

Adventure Sheet:

Chris Redfield
SKILL: 12 Initial Skill = 12 Starting Skill = 9 (Initial Skill – 3)
STAMINA: 15 Initial Stamina = 15
LUCK: 8 Initial Luck = 8
ITEMS OR EQUIPMENT CARRIED:
Letter Opener (Increases SKILL to Initial value in combat)
FEAR: Maximum Fear = 10 Current Fear (Starts at zero): 4
NOTES:
‘Mordana in Abaddon’ message (turn to 88 to use)
When at the cellar stairs, deduct 10 from the current reference to search for the secret door

[Queen of Swords]

Yeah, we're definitely not getting out through the front door just yet.

A door on the left instead.

[JourneymanN00b]

Vote registered, Chris Redfield will begin his crusade against fascism by trying the door on the left.

353
The door opens into a large, but cosy, drawing-room. The dying embers of a warm fire burn in the hearth. Comfortable chairs are arranged around the fireplace. Two glasses and a decanter stand on a glass-topped table between the chairs. There are plants in tall stands on either side of the windows, and there is another door next to the one you came in. Do you wish to explore the room further (turn to 119), leave through the other door (turn to 218) or will you have a little tipple from the decanter (turn to 292)?

Please make your votes before 3:00 PM PST to guarantee that your votes will be counted.

[Queen of Swords]

I hope having a drink won't mean we lose the option to explore the room, because I vote we not leave that decanter untippled.

[Darth Rabbitt]

Leave no decanter untippled.