[Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 72 – The Dungeon on Blood Island

[deaddmwalking]

Definitely say no.

[JourneymanN00b]

Replying ‘No’ received 3 votes, so X Pectopa Tronum will answer that way.

128
The Ghost-Witch smiles contentedly and says, ‘That is wonderful. I am so happy that you found my little Lawrence. Please put him on my tray.’ If you want to give the cat to the Ghost-Witch, turn to 221. If you would rather keep the cat and walk past the Ghost-Witch, turn to 160.

Please make your votes before 7:00 PM PST or a choice receives 3 votes to guarantee that they will be counted.

[Beroli]

Give the cat to her.

[SGamerz]

Give her back her kitty.

[JourneymanN00b]

Votes registered; giving the cat to the Ghost-Witch.

221
You place the marble cat on the tray and watch the Ghost-Witch stroke the small figure with her spidery hands. ‘I’m so happy. Lawrence was gone too long,’ she whispers softly. ‘You have been very kind to me, unlike one of the other scavengers who I had to cast a spell of Undeath on. You might see him rotting away in the dungeon somewhere. As for you, you may take two of my treasures as a reward for bringing Lawrence back to me.’ With a sigh of relief, you examine the items on her tray, which are an Orc skull with curved tusks, a small brass pig, a small silver shoe, a large pebble with a painting of a sword on it, a Gold Piece, a small bottle containing pink sand, a bone die and an empty silk purse. After putting two of the items in your backpack, the Ghost-With glides past you down the staircase and along the passageway before disappearing left round the corner. If you want to climb to the top of the staircase, turn to 327. If you want to go back down the steps and turn right at the junction, turn to 265.

Please make your votes on which items to take and where to go next before 9:00 AM PST or a choice receives 3 votes to guarantee that they will be counted.

Adventure Sheet
X Pectopa Tronum
SKILL: 8 Initial: 10
STAMINA: 21 Initial: 23
LUCK: 10 Initial: 10
EQUIPMENT:
Doom Sword
Backpack
Craggen Knife
2 Throwing Daggers
Brass Button
Small Bottle of Mullweed Oil
Rabbit’s-foot Charm
Hand Axe
Sentinel Shield (+1 Attack Strength)
Rope
Worm Paste Tin
Breastplate (+1 Attack Strength)
Piece of Chalk
Glass Eyeball
Bottle Labelled Weezle Juice
Chewed Bone
GOLD PIECES: 3
TREASURE:
Silver Ring (etched with ‘111’)
Copper Dragon Ball
Brass Dragon Ball
Silver Dragon Ball
2 Bone Dice
Copper Bracelet (Worn, -1 Skill)
Bronze Key
Silver Coin
PROVISIONS: 8
RESURRECTIONS: 0

[SGamerz]

Orc skull 100% since it was checked.

Not sure about the rest. Half vote for pebble as second item

Climb to the top.

[Dogopolis]

Orc skull as we know where it goes, and bone die as it seems like a collectible we need.

And climb to top.

[Beroli]

Orc skull and silver shoe. Climb to the top.

[JourneymanN00b]

Votes recognized; taking the Orc Skull with curved tusks and climbing to the top of the staircase. I will break the 1-1-0.5 tie regarding the second item and have X Pectopa Tronum take the bone die.

327
When you reach the top of the steps, you see that the narrow passageway carries straight on. With the burning torches spaced far apart on the wall, it is difficult to see far ahead, but there is a door in the left-hand wall just a few metres away. You try to open it but find it is locked. There is a note pinned to the door that says ‘Knock three times to enter’. If you want to knock on the door, turn to 353. If you want to keep on walking, turn to 230. If you want to go back down the staircase and turn right at the junction, turn to 265.

Please make your votes before 7:00 PM PST or a choice receives 3 votes to guarantee that they will be counted.

Adventure Sheet
X Pectopa Tronum
SKILL: 8 Initial: 10
STAMINA: 21 Initial: 23
LUCK: 10 Initial: 10
EQUIPMENT:
Doom Sword
Backpack
Craggen Knife
2 Throwing Daggers
Brass Button
Small Bottle of Mullweed Oil
Rabbit’s-foot Charm
Hand Axe
Sentinel Shield (+1 Attack Strength)
Rope
Worm Paste Tin
Breastplate (+1 Attack Strength)
Piece of Chalk
Glass Eyeball
Bottle Labelled Weezle Juice
Chewed Bone
Orc Skull
GOLD PIECES: 3
TREASURE:
Silver Ring (etched with ‘111’)
Copper Dragon Ball
Brass Dragon Ball
Silver Dragon Ball
3 Bone Dice
Copper Bracelet (Worn, -1 Skill)
Bronze Key
Silver Coin
PROVISIONS: 8
RESURRECTIONS: 0

[Dogopolis]

Knock knock knock

[deaddmwalking]

Knock 3 times.

[Beroli]

Knock three times.

[JourneymanN00b]

Knocking on the door received 3 votes, so X Pectopa Tronum will do this.

353
As soon as you start to knock on the door, it flies open, and you are jumped on a burly TROLL GUARD who lands a heavy blow on your head with a wooden club. If you are wearing a helmet, lose 1 STAMINA point. If you are not wearing a helmet, lose 2 STAMINA points. You stumble backwards against the opposite wall and try to clear your head as the Troll Guard raises his club to strike again. You must fight him.

     TROLL GUARD     SKILL 7     STAMINA 6

If you win, turn to 245.

X Pectopa Tronum is not wearing a helmet.

The fight:
Round 1: Troll Guard Attack Strength: 12, Player Attack Strength: 16;
Troll Guard Stamina: 4, Player Stamina: 19
Round 2: Troll Guard Attack Strength: 10, Player Attack Strength: 19;
Troll Guard Stamina: 2, Player Stamina: 19
Round 3: Troll Guard Attack Strength: 16, Player Attack Strength: 13;
Troll Guard Stamina: 0, Player Stamina: 17
Round 4: Troll Guard Attack Strength: 12, Player Attack Strength: 18;
Troll Guard Stamina: 0, Player Stamina: 17

X Pectopa Tronum loses a further 2 Stamina points before he takes out the Troll Guard.

245

There are skulls hanging on long spikes nailed to the wall

A search of the Troll Guard’s pockets produces nothing more than a dried pig’s ear and a snot-filled rag it was using as a handkerchief. You look inside the Troll’s rancid-smelling room and see creature skulls hanging on long spikes nailed to the back wall. There is a battered iron chest on the floor, a crude wooden bed in one corner, a bucket and ladle, and a plate of bread and mouldy cheese next to a jug of water on a table. At the back of the room, you see a heavy wooden door that is bolted shut with iron bars across it, secured with large padlocks. There is an eye carved on the door and an iron key hanging on a nail below it. Will you:

     Open the iron chest?     Turn to 385
     Try to open the door at the back of the room?     Turn to 67
     Eat the bread and cheese?     Turn to 168
     Close the door and walk on?     Turn to 230
     Close the door, run back down the staircase and turn right at the junction?     Turn to 265

Please make your votes before 7:00 PM PST or a choice receives 3 votes to guarantee that they will be counted.

Adventure Sheet
X Pectopa Tronum
SKILL: 8 Initial: 10
STAMINA: 17 Initial: 23
LUCK: 10 Initial: 10
EQUIPMENT:
Doom Sword
Backpack
Craggen Knife
2 Throwing Daggers
Brass Button
Small Bottle of Mullweed Oil
Rabbit’s-foot Charm
Hand Axe
Sentinel Shield (+1 Attack Strength)
Rope
Worm Paste Tin
Breastplate (+1 Attack Strength)
Piece of Chalk
Glass Eyeball
Bottle Labelled Weezle Juice
Chewed Bone
Orc Skull
GOLD PIECES: 3
TREASURE:
Silver Ring (etched with ‘111’)
Copper Dragon Ball
Brass Dragon Ball
Silver Dragon Ball
3 Bone Dice
Copper Bracelet (Worn, -1 Skill)
Bronze Key
Silver Coin
PROVISIONS: 8
RESURRECTIONS: 0

[Beroli]

Open the iron chest.

(This book already gets the gross-out award; I wonder if it also wants you to eat mouldy cheese, but I'm not voting for it!)

[SGamerz]

Open the chest.

But if opening it turns out to be a bad option, then I suggest we eat the bread and cheese after that if we are still allowed to, since then that would be more likely to be the good option.

[JourneymanN00b]

Votes acknowledged; opening the iron chest.

385


When you lift the lid, your nostrils are filled with the terrible stench coming from the rotten meat stored inside the chest. A cloud of BLACK FLY swarms out of the chest and buzzes round your head. You hold your breath and drop the lid, but cannot avoid being stung by the Black Fly as they fly out of the room. Lose 1 STAMINA point. If you have not done so already, you can either eat the food on the table (turn to 168) or try to open the door at the back of the room (turn to 67). If you would rather leave the room and head north up the passageway, turn to 230. If you want to leave the room and run back down the staircase and turn right at the junction, turn to 265.

X Pectopa Tronum has not already eaten the food on the table. Please make your votes before 9:00 AM PST or a choice receives 3 votes to guarantee that they will be counted.

Adventure Sheet
X Pectopa Tronum
SKILL: 8 Initial: 10
STAMINA: 16 Initial: 23
LUCK: 10 Initial: 10
EQUIPMENT:
Doom Sword
Backpack
Craggen Knife
2 Throwing Daggers
Brass Button
Small Bottle of Mullweed Oil
Rabbit’s-foot Charm
Hand Axe
Sentinel Shield (+1 Attack Strength)
Rope
Worm Paste Tin
Breastplate (+1 Attack Strength)
Piece of Chalk
Glass Eyeball
Bottle Labelled Weezle Juice
Chewed Bone
Orc Skull
GOLD PIECES: 3
TREASURE:
Silver Ring (etched with ‘111’)
Copper Dragon Ball
Brass Dragon Ball
Silver Dragon Ball
3 Bone Dice
Copper Bracelet (Worn, -1 Skill)
Bronze Key
Silver Coin
PROVISIONS: 8
RESURRECTIONS: 0

[SGamerz]

Okay, now I vote to eat the food.

Then open the door at the back of the room.

[deaddmwalking]

Eat the food. If it doesn't restore stamina and/or incapacitate us, we should eat a ration , then open the door.

[Beroli]

Open the door.

[Dogopolis]

Eat food, and assuming it doesn't do something really special open the door.

I'm guessing we probably can't open the door, but that iron key will be helpful for our Gnome pal.

[JourneymanN00b]

Votes counted; X Pectopa Tronum will eat the food on the table, as that won over opening the door at the back of a room by a 3-1 vote.

168
The bread is stale but edible, and the cheese tastes sour even after cutting off the mould. But you are hungry and devour everything on the plate, washing it down with slugs of water. Add 2 STAMINA points. If you have not done so already, you can either open the chest (turn to 385) or try to open the door at the back of the room (turn to 67). If you would rather leave the room and head north up the passageway, turn to 230. If you want to leave the room and run back down the staircase and turn right at the junction, turn to 265.

X Pectopa Tronum will now try to open the door at the back of the room, since there were enough votes to do so after eating the food on the table.

67
You take the iron key off the back of the door and put it in the lock. The key turns and the padlock pops open. You place the key in the second padlock, which also opens. You put the key in your pocket just as somebody suddenly starts thumping violently on the other side of the door. ‘Meat! Meat! Give me meat!’ an angry voice booms out. If you want to unbolt the door, turn to 8. If you want to leave the door bolted, and you have not done so already, you can either eat the bread and cheese (turn to 168) or open the chest (turn to 385). If you would rather leave the room and head north up the passageway, turn to 230. If you want to leave the room and run back down the staircase and turn right at the junction, turn to 265.

X Pectopa Tronum has already eaten the bread and cheese and opened the chest. Please make your votes before 7:00 PM PST or a choice receives 3 votes to guarantee that they will be counted.

Adventure Sheet
X Pectopa Tronum
SKILL: 8 Initial: 10
STAMINA: 18 Initial: 23
LUCK: 10 Initial: 10
EQUIPMENT:
Doom Sword
Backpack
Craggen Knife
2 Throwing Daggers
Brass Button
Small Bottle of Mullweed Oil
Rabbit’s-foot Charm
Hand Axe
Sentinel Shield (+1 Attack Strength)
Rope
Worm Paste Tin
Breastplate (+1 Attack Strength)
Piece of Chalk
Glass Eyeball
Bottle Labelled Weezle Juice
Chewed Bone
Orc Skull
Iron Key
GOLD PIECES: 3
TREASURE:
Silver Ring (etched with ‘111’)
Copper Dragon Ball
Brass Dragon Ball
Silver Dragon Ball
3 Bone Dice
Copper Bracelet (Worn, -1 Skill)
Bronze Key
Silver Coin
PROVISIONS: 8
RESURRECTIONS: 0

[Dogopolis]

Leave, and head back down staircase.

[deaddmwalking]

Back down the staircase.

[Beroli]

Do any of our provisions count as meat?

Unbolt the door.

[SGamerz]

Unbolt the door and feed it.