Let's Play Fighting Fantasy: The Port of Peril

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Sat Jan 27, 2018 5:40 am

You rub the orange wax over the open wound on your ankle. You feel a tingling sensation in your legs, but the uncomfortable feeling quickly subsides as the stikkle wax neutralizes the toxic venom. Breathing a sigh of relief, you carry on down the tunnel and soon arrive at another junction.

If you want to go left
If you want to go right

Adventure Sheet
Harry Balzac
SKILL: 10/10
STAMINA: 13/20
LUCK: 9/11
Equipment: Sword, Finely Crafted Chain-Mail Coat, Bracelet of Power, Bow (6 arrows)
Provisions: 10 Meals (restore 4 STAMINA each)
Potions: Potion of Fortune (restores LUCK to Initial+1)
Money: 8 Gold Pieces, 12 Copper Pieces
Keys: Iron Key, 20 Brass Keys
Items: Map, Ball of Twine, Candle, Small Brass Bell, Oil Lantern, Knife, 2 Pieces of Chalk, Brass Owl, Rope, Bag of Copper Nails, Water Flask, Unicorn-Head Goblet, 4 Teeth, Silver Button, Glass Eye, 3 Polished Stones, Dried Nettles, Cast-Iron Pig Trinket, Long Knife, Locket of Hag's Hair, Box of Fish Hooks, Bag of Salt
Jars: Rats' Tails, Small Bones, Worms, Dead Flies, Sheep Eyeballs, Lotus Flower, Noop Powder, Siff-Saff Paste

Omegonthesane · Post by **Omegonthesane** » Sat Jan 27, 2018 9:09 pm

To the left, to the left

angelfromanotherpin · Sat Jan 27, 2018 10:54 pm

Do NOT enter by the cave entrance. Climb the crag to a ledge twenty metres above. Move the standing branches aside to reveal the secret entrance. Enter here and turn left, right, right at the junctions. An iron chest will be found in the Crystal Cave. Good luck! Murgat Shurr.

Right.

Queen of Swords · Post by **Queen of Swords** » Sat Jan 27, 2018 11:57 pm

Follow the directions (until and unless they're proven false).

SGamerz · Post by **SGamerz** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 12:33 am

Keep following the in-game walkthrough.

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 2:06 am

Ahead you see the tunnel leads into a chamber which is lit by oil lamps. As you get nearer you see there is a large iron cauldron suspended above a burning log fire by a chain attached to the ceiling, its simmering contents making dull bubbling and plopping sounds. A huge creature with a large round head lumbers into view with a long wooden spoon in its hand. Dark green in color, the creature has a bloated torso and stocky arms and legs. Its eyes and ears are small, but it has a wide mouth with bulbous purple lips and long teeth protruding from its lower jaw, many of which are broken., It is wearing a filthy apron stained with blood and grime. The NORGUL stops, sniffs the air and looks around, before shuffling over to the cauldron. It dips the wooden spoon into the cauldron and scoops a spoonful of thick green sludge with an eyeball sticking out. It puts the wooden spoon to its fat lips and noisily slurps down the sludge before sucking the eyeball into its mouth with a loud plop. 'Delicious,' it says in a deep, rasping voice. 'Eyeballs are so succulent. Mmmmmm.' You watch the creature bite down on the eyeball, its jaw slamming shut when the eyeball pops open inside its mouth, whereupon a wide smile of satisfaction spreads across its pockmarked face. To reach the tunnel beyond, you have no choice but to face the Norgul.

If you have a jar of sheep's eyeballs that you want to offer to the Norgul to let you pass
If you would rather run in to attack the creature

Queen of Swords · Post by **Queen of Swords** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 2:27 am

Offer it the eyeballs.

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 4:08 am

Give rando plot ticket to rando plot ticket taker.

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 4:27 am

You take the jar of eyeballs out of your backpack, and hold it in front of you as you step into the Norgul's lair. The creature's lower jaw drops down in amazement, and it lets out a ferocious roar which causes drool to trickle out of its open mouth and down its chin. 'A jar of eyeballs?' it says slowly in a deep rasping voice. 'This must be Uzzuk's lucky day.' The Norgul lumbers towards you, arms outstretched with evil intent.

If you want to shout out that you will smash out the jar unless it stops in its tracks
If you would rather drop the jar and draw your sword to fight the Norgul

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 4:35 am

Wait, what? Uh, take plot ticket hostage, I guess?

Queen of Swords · Post by **Queen of Swords** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 4:45 am

Darth Rabbitt wrote:he Norgul lumbers towards you, arms outstretched with evil intent.

I'm picturing a monster trying to hug us.

Threaten to smash the jar.

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 5:19 am

The Norgul comes to a halt, caught in two minds as to whether to attack you or not. You seize the opportunity to bargain with it.

If you want to tell the creature that you will give it the jar of eyeballs if it lets you pass through its lair
If you want to tell the Norgul that you will give it the jar of eyeballs if it gives you something in exchange and also lets you pass through its lair

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 5:51 am

I don't want anything this thing would give us. But who knows if it's another plot coupon? Try for the extra benny.

Omegonthesane · Post by **Omegonthesane** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 6:59 am

Agreed. (On both counts.)

Thaluikhain · Post by **Thaluikhain** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 12:31 pm

Is a Norgul a FF monster? Cause I don't remember it, and google doesn't seem to bring back relevant results.

Anyway, if there are two options, one being the same but with better stuff, I'm guessing the latter won't work. But try it anyway.

Queen of Swords · Post by **Queen of Swords** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 12:31 pm

We're already carrying around so much junk, what's a little more?

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 4:42 pm

'Nobody enters my lair and makes demands of me,' the Norgul says angrily. It is a powerful creature which fights with brute strength and savage aggression. Enraged, it roars loudly and launches a frenzied attack on you with flailing fists, eager to feast on your eyes. Its thick hide is not easy to pierce, even with your sharp-edged sword.

NORGUL SKILL 10 STAMINA 9

Combat Log:

(Now this is more like a standard Ian Livingstone opponent with his double-digit SKILL. Close to a mirror match in our current state.)
Norgul 17, Harry 14. Harry is at 11.
Norgul 17, Harry 18. Norgul is at 7.
Norgul 18, Harry 17. Harry is at 9.
Norgul 13, Harry 16. Norgul is at 5.
Norgul 14, Harry 18. Norgul is at 3.
Norgul 21, Harry 20. Harry is at 7.
Norgul 14, Harry 18. Norgul is at 1.
Norgul 15, Harry 15. Tie.
Norgul 18, Harry 12. Harry is at 5.
Norgul 19, Harry 22. Norgul is dead.

(Ouch, the fight took 8 STAMINA from us. Do we want to eat anything? This was actually the better option; not asking for something extra from the Norgul results in it getting a free hit in when you give it the eyeballs.)

A search of the Norgul's lair reveals a string purse hidden in a small recess in the wall. You untie the purse and find that it contains 5 Gold Pieces. Add 1 LUCK point. You place the purse in your backpack and walk over to the tunnel at the back of the Norgul's lair and soon arrive at another junction.

(Another left-right choice, but since at this point we're clearly following the map's directions, I assume we go right.)

Ahead you see the tunnel opens up again and find yourself in an enormous underground limestone cave. Huge crystal stalactites hang down from the high ceiling which sparkles in the light from your lantern. Water drips down from the tips of long and short stalactites into pools on the cave floor, echoing loudly. You are excited to think you might be standing in the Crystal Cave shown on Murgat Shurr's map. You notice that the ceiling to your right has a large round hole in it, as though something had bored its way through, and there is a patch of transparent goo on the floor directly beneath the hole. At the back of the cave there is a large shard of crystal lying on the cave floor with an iron chest placed on it.

If you want to walk over to look inside the chest
If you would rather take a closer look at the hole in the ceiling

Adventure Sheet
Harry Balzac
SKILL: 10/10
STAMINA: 5/20
LUCK: 10/11
Equipment: Sharp-Edged Sword, Finely Crafted Chain-Mail Coat, Bracelet of Power, Bow (6 arrows)
Provisions: 10 Meals (restore 4 STAMINA each)
Potions: Potion of Fortune (restores LUCK to Initial+1)
Money: 13 Gold Pieces, 12 Copper Pieces
Keys: Iron Key, 20 Brass Keys
Items: Map, Ball of Twine, Candle, Small Brass Bell, Oil Lantern, Knife, 2 Pieces of Chalk, Brass Owl, Rope, Bag of Copper Nails, Water Flask, Unicorn-Head Goblet, 4 Teeth, Silver Button, Glass Eye, 3 Polished Stones, Dried Nettles, Cast-Iron Pig Trinket, Long Knife, Locket of Hag's Hair, Box of Fish Hooks, Bag of Salt
Jars: Rats' Tails, Small Bones, Worms, Dead Flies, Lotus Flower, Noop Powder, Siff-Saff Paste

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 5:01 pm

Pound 2x jerky, examine chest.

Omegonthesane · Post by **Omegonthesane** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 5:27 pm

Agreed.

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 6:30 pm

As you walk over to the chest, you see a large globule of green slime drip down from the hole in the ceiling on to the floor with a dull plop, fizzing on contact with water. A loud squelching sound comes from above, and you look up to see a large gelatinous blob appear in the hole in the ceiling.

A huge semi-transparent, gelatinous worm with pulsating innards which produce a luminescent green glow starts to slide down through the hole. It's a flesh-eating GIANT LAVAWORM, a deadly creature and scourge of the Cave Trolls. The bloated jelly-like worm flops down on to the cave floor with a dull splat. It has powerful sonar senses for echolocation, and slithers towards you, intent on dissolving you with its acidic mucous secretion and feeding on your liquid remains. You must fight it. Normal weapons have little effect on Lavaworms. (Harry possesses a pouch of salt.)

You rummage around inside your backpack to find the pouch, and hurriedly pour the salt out into the palm of your hand. You hurl it at the Giant Lavaworm bearing down on you and watch it thrash about trying to shake off the granules. But the salt sticks to its slimy skin, and the worm's gelatinous flesh begins to melt like butter in a heated pan. Soon there is nothing left on the floor apart from its innards and entrails lying in a pool of green slime.

Poking through the innards of the Lavaworm with the tip of your sword, you find a copper necklace with a circular copper name tag with the initials MG etched on it lying in the pool of green slime - no doubt the initials of some poor soul who came to the caves in search of gold but ended up as food for the Lavaworm.

If you want to wear the necklace
If you would rather leave it where it is and inspect the iron chest

Adventure Sheet
Harry Balzac
SKILL: 10/10
STAMINA: 13/20
LUCK: 10/11
Equipment: Sharp-Edged Sword, Finely Crafted Chain-Mail Coat, Bracelet of Power, Bow (6 arrows)
Provisions: 8 Meals (restore 4 STAMINA each)
Potions: Potion of Fortune (restores LUCK to Initial+1)
Money: 13 Gold Pieces, 12 Copper Pieces
Keys: Iron Key, 20 Brass Keys
Items: Map, Ball of Twine, Candle, Small Brass Bell, Oil Lantern, Knife, 2 Pieces of Chalk, Brass Owl, Rope, Bag of Copper Nails, Water Flask, Unicorn-Head Goblet, 4 Teeth, Silver Button, Glass Eye, 3 Polished Stones, Dried Nettles, Cast-Iron Pig Trinket, Long Knife, Locket of Hag's Hair, Box of Fish Hooks
Jars: Rats' Tails, Small Bones, Worms, Dead Flies, Lotus Flower, Noop Powder, Siff-Saff Paste

Omegonthesane · Post by **Omegonthesane** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 9:08 pm

Equip necklace of strangulation.

Queen of Swords · Post by **Queen of Swords** » Sun Jan 28, 2018 11:27 pm

Since we haven't died so far...sure, why not, wear the necklace and let's see what happens.

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 12:13 am

The necklace is cursed and will bring you bad luck and make you weak. Reduce your LUCK and SKILL scores by 2 points. Not yet aware of the effects of the cursed necklace, you walk over to the iron chest.

(And finally here's a cursed item, although since this is a Livingstone book it just provides some stat penalties rather than auto-killing us. I guess it makes more sense for a weak and unlucky person to be eaten by the Lavaworm than someone with a useful magical necklace. It's still a shame we get a 2-point SKILL penalty after finding 2 SKILL-boosting items back when we were still at full. The LUCK hit is much less scary because of our potion.)

Although you're excited by the thought of having finally reached your goal, you approach the iron chest with caution. Much to your surprise, there is no lock on the chest. Sensing a trap, you lift the lid with the tip of your sword, and cannot believe your eyes when you do. Apart from a small wooden box inside, the chest is empty! Somebody has beaten you to it. You curse loudly and kick the chest in anger, which sends it spinning across the cave floor. The wooden box falls out, and you pick it up to see that it is made of polished mahogany and has an ornately carved lid with a beetle motif in its centre. You shake the box and hear something rattle inside. Inspecting it closely, you see that the lid is tight-fitting.

If you want to open it
If you would rather put the box in your backpack without opening it

Adventure Sheet
Harry Balzac
SKILL: 8/10
STAMINA: 13/20
LUCK: 8/11
Equipment: Sharp-Edged Sword, Finely Crafted Chain-Mail Coat, Bracelet of Power, Cursed Copper Necklace, Bow (6 arrows)
Provisions: 8 Meals (restore 4 STAMINA each)
Potions: Potion of Fortune (restores LUCK to Initial+1)
Money: 13 Gold Pieces, 12 Copper Pieces
Keys: Iron Key, 20 Brass Keys
Items: Map, Ball of Twine, Candle, Small Brass Bell, Oil Lantern, Knife, 2 Pieces of Chalk, Brass Owl, Rope, Bag of Copper Nails, Water Flask, Unicorn-Head Goblet, 4 Teeth, Silver Button, Glass Eye, 3 Polished Stones, Dried Nettles, Cast-Iron Pig Trinket, Long Knife, Locket of Hag's Hair, Box of Fish Hooks
Jars: Rats' Tails, Small Bones, Worms, Dead Flies, Lotus Flower, Noop Powder, Siff-Saff Paste

angelfromanotherpin · Mon Jan 29, 2018 12:26 am

Take it without opening it, just because if it wasn't the right answer it wouldn't be offered.

Queen of Swords · Post by **Queen of Swords** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 2:17 am

I'm guessing there will be a good time in the future to open the box. So, just take it for now.