[LP] The Way of the Tiger. (Complete)
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Go to the edifice, we can't guarantee we know enough about the forest to navigate.
Kaelik wrote:Because powerful men get away with terrible shit, and even the public domain ones get ignored, and then, when the floodgates open, it turns out there was a goddam flood behind it.
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This bears a haunting resemblance to the 50/50's that plague book 5 during the battle - the correct choice cannot be deduced by rhyme or reason, just a crapshoot all the way.
That said, im going with the singing grove, partly to break to the tie and partly because its explcitly mentioned that its a male voice, whereas sing-lure-trap tropes are traditionally female.
May the sexist stereotypes not lead us astray.
Although i managed to ace it without dying on my very first reading - just choose the most defensive tactic from your advisors, always reinforce when prompted, unless the other choice is to personally lead. But you automatically lose the pursuit option, as your "victory by attrition" tactics exaust your army.
Theres even a path where, I shit you not, you get to win even if you refused Honoric's challenge
Theres even a path where, I shit you not, you get to win even if you refused Honoric's challenge
May the sexist stereotypes not lead us astray.
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You push your way deeper into the bamboo grove, seeing as you do so that your hands have turned increasingly pale, like alabaster gleaming in the sickly moonlight. The hymn grows more discordant as you approach. You step into a clearing to see that the sound is coming from a monk lying on his side, bleeding into the grass from where his brown habit has been slashed near the shoulder. His face is covered in shadow from his hood.
He spots you, and when you try to speak to him he simply chants louder, his song becoming corrupted beyond all recognition into one of ineffable damnation.
• Try to help him staunch the blood flow?
• Seek to silence him by attacking?
• Sing something to drown out his foul chant?
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You emerge from the bamboo grove only to find yourself ankle-deep in blood-soaked rice paddy fields. Countless cursed monks in brown habits seem to battle each other in grim silence with an assortment of weapons, doomed to struggle in endless martial art duels, never resting, never healing, always suffering. They seem oblivious to your presence, but you give them a wide berth nonetheless.
Beyond the series of fields you can make out a pagoda made of dark stone with a twisted roof, which gives off a red glow. It seems to be almost an invitation in the darkness – or a challenge. You steal closer under the moonlight, at times feeling as incorporeal as a shade. You crouch by a tree in the outer courtyard and all is still.
If your bodily sensations were working as normal then the hairs would rise on the back of your neck, as you think you sense movement in the darkness within, but cannot make out anything in the gloom.
• Climb the tree and see if you can spot what is coming?
• Freeze where you are and wait?
• Rush for the pagoda?
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After what happened the last time I counselled "not wait", I have to say wait.
Kaelik wrote:Because powerful men get away with terrible shit, and even the public domain ones get ignored, and then, when the floodgates open, it turns out there was a goddam flood behind it.
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You stand before the tiger, your hand out to try and keep the animal calm. It is not the Spirit Tiger, the servant of Kwon that speaks in dreams, but its eyes focus on you in the darkness and you feel Kwon's strength flowing through the animal that represents his power. You may add 5 to your Spirit score.
The creature turns and pads off into the distance. You gather yourself and head for the pagoda.
You step into the open door of the tall pagoda, the entrance lit by a single red lantern. You enter a large hall with matting over the floor bearing the symbol of an inverted cross entwined with a snake. The walls of the hall change every so often, from being plain wood, to a daylight courtyard, to a moonlit garden, and on again. Standing waiting for you there is a figure dressed in red.
(Avenger did not kill Aiguchi the Weaponmaster in the Ring of Vasch-Ro.)
The Grandmaster of Shadows stands before you, a quarterstaff in his grip. By all appearances he is as real as when you first met in the valley of Scorpions. You restrain your instinct to hurl yourself at this enemy whose last act was to destroy your left eye.
'You killed me before the altar of my god, Avenger,' he says, his voice calm and plain. 'You heaped insult upon my Ryu and its students. I think it only fitting that I take your remaining eye now as my trophy.'
Living or dead, he cannot be allowed to stop you. The Grandmaster of Shadows taps the quarterstaff to the floor and the strange visions of the hall are replaced with darkness. Your emerald eye does not seem to serve you in this place. However, familiar with your opponent's ninja magic, you circle silently, listening for any clue as to where he is.
You hear the sound of his quarterstaff swooshing through the air.
• Try to block it and slam a Leaping Tiger kick at the wielder?
• Seek to slide underneath it in a Dragon's Tail throw?
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