[Let's Play] Fighting Fantasy 60 – Eye of the Dragon

[JourneymanN00b]

Votes registered; dropping the doll on the floor to break it.

19
The doll is hollow and breaks into small pieces on the floor. Lying amid the clay shards you see a gold ring. Inscribed on the inside of the ring you see some strange runes which you don’t understand. You hand the ring to Littlebig who presses it close to his nose to read the inscription. ‘It says “ring of zombie control”, I believe,’ Littlebig says rather smugly. ‘That could come in useful. Here, you better take it.’ You place it on your middle finger before walking back down the corridor. Turn to 234.

234
As you walk back along the corridor you suddenly see something in the wall that you hadn’t noticed earlier. It’s a small hole, just big enough to put your hand into. If you want to reach into the hole, turn to 101. If you would rather keep walking back to the junction and head straight on, turn to 354.



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

Adventure Sheet
Sinbad
SKILL: 12 Initial Skill = 12
STAMINA: 11 Initial Stamina = 17
LUCK: 7 Initial Luck = 10
NOTES AND ITEMS:
Backpack
9 Provisions
Leather Pouch
47 Gold Pieces
Emerald Eye
Sword
Axe Head
Mirror Piece
Healing Potion
Chain-mail Coat
Gold Nugget
Silver Box
Crystal Dagger
Garlic Cloves
Large Tooth
Bronze Key Stamped With ‘85’
Leather Bag
Dagger
Gold Ring
Lucky Charm
Glass Ball
Broken Dagger
Iron Key Stamped With ‘34’
Short Stick
Leather Pouch
Iron Breastplate
Dried Leaves
Silver Key Stamped With ‘14’
Gold Key Stamped With ‘325’
Staff of Thunder
Bronze Shield
Copper Key Stamped with ‘192’
‘Hole in the Wall’ Spell: Azang Bazang-zang
3 Silver Coins
Silver Armband
Dark Blue Bottle
Rope
Ring of Zombie Control
RESURRECTION USED: No

[Queen of Swords]

Reach in.

[Thaluikhain]

Investigate random hole.

[JourneymanN00b]

Votes registered; reaching into the hole.

101
As you put your hand slowly into the hole, Littlebig shakes his head and tells you that you must be mad. You half expect to feel terrible pain as some unseen creature bites your hand off, but nothing happens. You reach further into the hole until your shoulder is pressed hard against the wall and your fingertips touch something that feels soft. Your immediate thought is that it is a rat and you withdraw your arm quickly. But convincing yourself that it is not a rat you reach back into the hole and pull out what turns out to be an old sock! Inside the sock you find 3 Gold Pieces, a small silver cross and a wavy-bladed knife. ‘Some people have all the luck!’ Littlebig says shaking his head. ‘That’s no ordinary knife, that’s a kris knife. They are made by the demon priests of the abyss. Their blades are forged in cursed flames and are the only blades that can pierce the skin of a Lesser Demon.’ You place the unholy knife in your belt, pocket the other findings and walk on. Turn to 354.



354


The dimly lit passageway stretches into the distance as far as you can see. The walls and floor are damp and there is a musty smell in the air. Littlebig seems unconcerned by the situation and starts talking loudly, his words echoing down the passage. ‘I don’t suppose you ever met my famous uncle Bigleg did you?’ he asks excitedly. Without waiting for an answer he says, ‘Bigleg died a hero saving the dwarves of Stonebridge! That’s the village where I come from too. It’s just north of where we are now in Darkwood Forest or, as some folk call it, the Forest of Doom. Bigleg was a good friend of Yaztromo, the most famous wizard of Allansia. Now you must have heard of him! Anyway …’ Littlebig stops talking mid-sentence when you see something on fire flying down the corridor towards you at high speed. It’s a fireball and it’s coming straight at you. ‘Look out!’ screams Littlebig, pushing you against the wall. The fireball flies past you and you watch it explode at the end of the passage. ‘Missed! I can’t believe it!’ shouts a man in a gruff voice. You look ahead again to see a man in purple robes appear out of the smoke with his arms pointing at you. He is bald and wears a pointed purple skullcap. His short beard is also pointed and he looks very angry. He starts to mutter an incantation, readying himself to cast another spell. You are being attacked by an EVIL WIZARD. Will you:

Attack him with your sword?       Turn to 320
Use one of your magic items?       Turn to 177
Offer him some gold pieces?       Turn to 96

Please make your votes before 9:00 AM PDT or a choice receives 3 votes to guarantee that they will be counted.

Adventure Sheet
Sinbad
SKILL: 12 Initial Skill = 12
STAMINA: 11 Initial Stamina = 17
LUCK: 7 Initial Luck = 10
NOTES AND ITEMS:
Backpack
9 Provisions
Leather Pouch
50 Gold Pieces
Emerald Eye
Sword
Axe Head
Mirror Piece
Healing Potion
Chain-mail Coat
Gold Nugget
Silver Box
Crystal Dagger
Garlic Cloves
Large Tooth
Bronze Key Stamped With ‘85’
Leather Bag
Dagger
Gold Ring
Lucky Charm
Glass Ball
Broken Dagger
Iron Key Stamped With ‘34’
Short Stick
Leather Pouch
Iron Breastplate
Dried Leaves
Silver Key Stamped With ‘14’
Gold Key Stamped With ‘325’
Staff of Thunder
Bronze Shield
Copper Key Stamped with ‘192’
‘Hole in the Wall’ Spell: Azang Bazang-zang
3 Silver Coins
Silver Armband
Dark Blue Bottle
Rope
Ring of Zombie Control
Silver Cross
Kris Knife
RESURRECTION USED: No

[Thaluikhain]

Ok, the kris knife is an ok callback, the Bigleg stuff is not.

Attack...with new kris knife.

[Queen of Swords]

Use one of our magical items.

[SGamerz]

Use item.

[JourneymanN00b]

After counting up the votes, it looks like Sinbad will be using one of his magic items.

177
If you have any of the following magic items, you may choose to use one now.

Lion Charm.       Turn to 138
Moonstone Brooch.       Turn to 52
Staff of Thunder.       Turn to 333

If you do not have any of these items you can either attack the Evil Wizard with your sword (turn to 320) or offer him some Gold Pieces (turn to 96).

Out of the three listed magic items, Sinbad only has the Staff of Thunder, and I assume that he will use it.

333
Gripping the staff tightly, you strike its end as hard as you can against the floor.

‘Hold on to me tightly Littlebig,’ you shout at the top of your voice. There is an almighty, deafening crack of thunder, followed by a massive shock wave that rolls down the corridor like a giant invisible wave. Anything in its path is picked up and rolled along at high speed, including the evil wizard who attacked you. Moments later all is quiet again and the wizard is nowhere to be seen. ‘That will teach him to attack a couple of adventurers who meant him no harm,’ mutters Littlebig. ‘Come on, let’s get going,’ you say, slapping him on the back. ‘There is no time to lose!’ Turn to 291.

291
You watch Littlebig whistling happily to himself, as he walks along, and feel very pleased to have such a good companion with you to explore this infernal dungeon. Then a dark thought suddenly crosses your mind. What if you do not find the emerald eye and have to return to the Blue Pig Tavern empty handed and explain to Henry Delacor that you have failed? Would he believe you? Would he still give you the antidote to the poison? You talk to Littlebig about your concerns and he replies in his usual jovial way, ‘Well, we are going to find the emerald eye and the golden dragon, so failure is out of the question. And if that Henry what’s-his-name refuses to give you the antidote, he will have me to deal with. Ha!’ Littlebig’s optimism is infectious and you feel immediately positive again. Looking ahead to the junction at the end of the corridor you see a scrawny, little old man with a very long white beard sitting on a wooden chair facing you. He doesn’t seem particularly concerned at seeing you. He slowly puffs out his cheeks and starts humming a song to himself. Will you:

Attack him with your sword?       Turn to 160
Talk to him?       Turn to 30
Ignore him and turn left?       Turn to 363
Ignore him and turn right?       Turn to 122



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

[Queen of Swords]

Talk to him.

[Thaluikhain]

Talk to him.

[JourneymanN00b]

Votes registered; talking to him.

30
If you are wearing a silver armband, turn to 56. If you are not wearing a silver armband, turn to 279.

Sinbad is wearing a silver armband.

56
You sense there is something very strange about the old man. He looks as though he is desperate to do something but is unable to do so. Little do you know that the armband used to belong to a powerful cleric who spent his time ridding the world of demons, and it is protecting you now from a terrible attack by a Lesser Demon. You ask the old man if he has any knowledge of the emerald eye but he does not reply. ‘Let’s keep moving,’ Littlebig whispers nervously, ‘I don’t trust this fellow’. If you want to follow the left-hand passage, turn to 169. If you want to follow the right-hand passage, turn to 286. If you would rather attack the old man, turn to 160.



Please make your votes before 9:00 AM PDT or a choice receives 3 votes to guarantee that they will be counted.

[Thaluikhain]

Attack...and this time we should be able to use the kris knife.

[SGamerz]

Attack the disguised demon

[Queen of Swords]

Sure, attack.

[JourneymanN00b]

Votes registered; attacking the old man.

160


Littlebig frowns and says, ‘I’ve got a feeling that this is not such a good idea.’ But you ignore his words and run at the old man with your sword raised. You are almost within striking distance when the old man leaps up and instantly metamorphoses into a horrific beast almost three metres high and covered in scaly black skin. Steam hisses from its nostrils and a terrible stench of foul breath blows out of its fanged mouth. It has a large head with long horns curving out of the top. Its hands end in hooked claws. It has cloven hooves and a long, lashing tail. You are face to face with a raging HELL DEMON and you realize that your sword will cause it no harm. It fends off your blow with ease and strikes back with its iron-like claws. Lose 2 STAMINA points. You reel back from the blow and hear Littlebig shouting something from behind you. You just catch the words ‘wavy blade’ and they puzzle you. Suddenly the words make sense. If you have a kris knife, turn to 195. If you do not have this knife, turn to 371.

Sinbad has a kris knife.

195
As the raging Hell Demon closes in for the kill, you frantically grab the fabled knife from your belt and strike out and up at the demon’s throat. It tries to block the knife with its muscular arm but howls in pain as the tempered blade severs it completely, like a knife cutting through butter. Amazed and excited, you lunge at the demon again, spurred on by Littlebig’s shouts of encouragement.

HELL DEMON       SKILL 10       STAMINA 10

Each time you win an Attack Round, the kris knife will cause 2 SKILL points and 4 STAMINA points of damage. If you win, turn to 232.

The fight:
Round 1: Hell Demon Attack Strength: 17, Player Attack Strength: 16
Hell Demon Stamina: 10, Player Stamina: 7
Round 2: Hell Demon Attack Strength: 15, Player Attack Strength: 21
Hell Demon Skill: 8, Hell Demon Stamina: 6, Player Stamina: 7
Round 3: Hell Demon Attack Strength: 20, Player Attack Strength: 17
Hell Demon Stamina: 6, Player Stamina: 5

Okay, so the Hell Demon got two lucky blows against our hero, where Sinbad only got one strike against the Hell Demon with the kris knife. Should Luck be used for the rest of the fight? If so, should it be used to reduce the damage that our hero takes or to inflict additional damage?

The first choice to receive two votes will be used to resolve the rest of the battles. If no option has a winning margin before 7:00 PM PDT, I will make the choice based on which votes are cast.

Adventure Sheet
Sinbad
SKILL: 12 Initial Skill = 12
STAMINA: 5 Initial Stamina = 17
LUCK: 7 Initial Luck = 10
NOTES AND ITEMS:
Backpack
9 Provisions
Leather Pouch
50 Gold Pieces
Emerald Eye
Sword
Axe Head
Mirror Piece
Healing Potion
Chain-mail Coat
Gold Nugget
Silver Box
Crystal Dagger
Garlic Cloves
Large Tooth
Bronze Key Stamped With ‘85’
Leather Bag
Dagger
Gold Ring
Lucky Charm
Glass Ball
Broken Dagger
Iron Key Stamped With ‘34’
Short Stick
Leather Pouch
Iron Breastplate
Dried Leaves
Silver Key Stamped With ‘14’
Gold Key Stamped With ‘325’
Staff of Thunder
Bronze Shield
Copper Key Stamped with ‘192’
‘Hole in the Wall’ Spell: Azang Bazang-zang
3 Silver Coins
Silver Armband
Dark Blue Bottle
Rope
Ring of Zombie Control
Silver Cross
Kris Knife
RESURRECTION USED: No

[Beroli]

We now have 4 more Skill than the Hell Demon and it'll lose 2 Skill every time we win an Attack Round. Don't use Luck unless it's that or die.

[SGamerz]

With our STAMINA at 5, using it to reduce damage is pointless if we only use it once (it'll still take exactly 3 blows to kill us), and with our LUCK at 7, our chances aren't good if we test it more than once. Use it to increase damage once if and only if the demon has us at 1 STAMINA and we are still less than one blow away from killing it.

[JourneymanN00b]

Thank you for voting. Luck will not be used unless the demon gets our hero to 1 STAMINA and it still takes more than one blow to kill it.

The fight, continued:
Round 4: Hell Demon Attack Strength: 17, Player Attack Strength: 18
Hell Demon Skill: 6, Hell Demon Stamina: 2, Player Stamina: 5
Round 5: Hell Demon Attack Strength: 14, Player Attack Strength: 18
Hell Demon Skill: 4, Hell Demon Stamina: -2, Player Stamina: 5

Thankfully, Sinbad takes no further damage before he finishes the Hell Demon off.

232
Littlebig looks down at the bloody corpse and says, ‘How did that thing find a way to our world? It must have killed and eaten the poor old man and taken his image to roam through the dungeon looking harmless. It’s a good thing that you had the kris knife or we would have been eaten too.’ Littlebig points to the floor and says, ‘Hey, what’s that on the floor under the chair?’ You look to where he is pointing and see a leather bag. Will you:

Open the leather bag?       Turn to 140
Leave it and go down the left-hand passage?       Turn to 169
Leave it and go down the right-hand passage?       Turn to 286



Please make your votes before 9:00 AM PDT or a choice receives 3 votes to guarantee that they will be counted.

[Queen of Swords]

Open the bag.

[Thaluikhain]

Open the bag.

[SGamerz]

Open the bag.

[JourneymanN00b]

Opening the leather bag received 3 votes, so Sinbad will take a look at what's inside it.

140
Inside the bag you find a small bronze statuette of a monkey with its hand covering its eyes. After deciding whether or not to keep the statuette, you set off again. If you want to go down the left-hand passage, turn to 169. If you want to go down the right-hand passage, turn to 286.

Please make your votes on whether to keep the statuette or not and whether to go down the communist or fascist route before 9:00 AM PDT or a choice receives 3 votes to guarantee that they will be counted.

[Queen of Swords]

Keep the statuette, go left.

[SGamerz]

Left

[JourneymanN00b]

Votes registered; keeping the statuette and going down the communist route.

169
Littlebig notices something on the floor and runs ahead to investigate. It’s a large stone chest some two metres long with a very heavy-looking lid. ‘Funny place to leave this,’ Littlebig says, stating the blindingly obvious. ‘I wonder what’s inside?’ If you want to try to lift the lid off the chest, turn to 35. If you would rather walk on, turn to 156.



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

Adventure Sheet
Sinbad
SKILL: 12 Initial Skill = 12
STAMINA: 5 Initial Stamina = 17
LUCK: 7 Initial Luck = 10
NOTES AND ITEMS:
Backpack
9 Provisions
Leather Pouch
50 Gold Pieces
Emerald Eye
Sword
Axe Head
Mirror Piece
Healing Potion
Chain-mail Coat
Gold Nugget
Silver Box
Crystal Dagger
Garlic Cloves
Large Tooth
Bronze Key Stamped With ‘85’
Leather Bag
Dagger
Gold Ring
Lucky Charm
Glass Ball
Broken Dagger
Iron Key Stamped With ‘34’
Short Stick
Leather Pouch
Iron Breastplate
Dried Leaves
Silver Key Stamped With ‘14’
Gold Key Stamped With ‘325’
Staff of Thunder
Bronze Shield
Copper Key Stamped with ‘192’
‘Hole in the Wall’ Spell: Azang Bazang-zang
3 Silver Coins
Silver Armband
Dark Blue Bottle
Rope
Ring of Zombie Control
Silver Cross
Kris Knife
Bronze Monkey Statuette
RESURRECTION USED: No