andyr
Kai Lord
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Post by andyr on Mar 24, 2005 3:29:36 GMT
@ Black Cat.
Hey, I feel your query is a tad ambiguous... Do you mean people who accompany LW *withing the actual gamebook texts* or also in the background history info? For instance, Rimoah goes around with LW a lot, but never during an adventure. Also, do you mean people who set off in a mission with him or characters he encounters during the book (like the rescued Alchemist in Kalte)? Finally, if a character show up in several books, what do you take into account, each case or the "final result" as last time LW sees the guy as per LW20? That's interesting, as then one would have to include a certain anonymous character who might later have a name...
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Post by Black Cat on Mar 24, 2005 4:59:23 GMT
@ Black Cat. Hey, I feel your query is a tad ambiguous... Do you mean people who accompany LW *withing the actual gamebook texts* or also in the background history info? For instance, Rimoah goes around with LW a lot, but never during an adventure. Also, do you mean people who set off in a mission with him or characters he encounters during the book (like the rescued Alchemist in Kalte)? Finally, if a character show up in several books, what do you take into account, each case or the "final result" as last time LW sees the guy as per LW20? That's interesting, as then one would have to include a certain anonymous character who might later have a name... It is not me you should ask, but snfcn: he's the one who made the question. But I have the same interrogation than you: there's A LOT of people who traveled with LW without dying or being forced to be separated from him. So, people might argue about who they include or not in their answers.
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Post by Zipp on Mar 24, 2005 5:18:15 GMT
I'm guessing what he's saying is basically, "who are the guides who survive?"
In this case, I'll throw out some of the answers.
Banedon All but one of the coach passangers The four kai that accompany you in hunting Wolf's Bane
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Post by andyr on Mar 24, 2005 6:13:32 GMT
That's why I was trying to cut down the chances...
The coach passengers disqualify, because you can kill any of them...
I'll try to do some fast history:
LW1 Banedon, but that's an optional encounter
LW2 Lord Axim of Ryme
LW3 Loi-Kymar or whatever, the Toran Alchemist
LW4 Captain D'Val (if the siege of Ruanon counts as "travelling")
LW5 Banedon Nolrim and co. Tipasa
LW6 The Varetta sage Gwy-whatever does not travel with you!
LW7 Nobody for real...
LW8 Same, Paido is lost in dire straits
LW9 Banedon Banedon's friend in Tahou
LW10 Prince Graygor and others in the battle seem to survive, but if you choose to go meet Sebb Jarel, he buys it.
LW11 You meet lots of rulers, but that's not "travelling with LW", although you count that you save Lorkon Ironheart from the Chaosmaster.
LW12 The Slavemaster, but it's a brief encounter
LW13 The Captain of Palmyrion
LW14 Banedon, sure...
LW15 Captain Prarg
LW16 The Slavemaster, now President of Magador
LW17 Prarg again!
LW18 You meet lots of rulers and some escorts... I don't remember if the Palmyrion captain from book 13 buys it or it is his son.
LW19 Your four Magakai students... one of them is "you" in the NO series, that's why he has a name which cannot be known...
LW20 You are a loner there, unless Alyss counts.
That tried to be exhaustive, but I'm sure I left a few out...
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Post by North Star on Mar 24, 2005 11:33:44 GMT
Well, it's never said if the guides actually survive or not. Fenor, Bryce and Kenon (I think) are all killed messily several ways, but when you fall down the crevice, the book only says that they go off without you. It doesn't actually say if they survive NS.
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Post by Relenoir on Mar 24, 2005 12:04:21 GMT
You think so? I can see the interpretation, but they never mention in 'The Story So Far" section that you were once captured by Wolf's Bane in the Tyso Necropolis. And all four of those guys had names. ~Relenoir, not sure.
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Post by North Star on Mar 24, 2005 12:10:52 GMT
Isn't the fifth student actually mentioned, but never referenced? I'm sure that Book 18 talks about your five most gifted students and then only pictures four (all male, of course).
NS.
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Post by Doomy on Mar 24, 2005 12:16:04 GMT
[Pssst! Doomy! The answer to your question is: Sagard the Barbarian. ] Indeed it is! Your turn! The question was inspired by your reference to Conan knockoffs, BTW.
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Post by Ghost Bear on Mar 24, 2005 13:55:18 GMT
The answer was Fryearl and Warmarshall of the Royal Estates. I could be picky and say that I wanted the full title of the Warmarshall of the Royal Estates since it references a specific region of Sommerlund... But I won't.
-GB
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Post by outspaced on Mar 24, 2005 17:05:44 GMT
Indeed it is! Your turn! The question was inspired by your reference to Conan knockoffs, BTW. Ahhhh, Conan. Where would the "let's make a fantasy film" excuse for putting lots of women in skimpy, revealing clothes while carrying plastic swords be without ye? OK, an easy one (once again, FF-themed): - What was the name of the (ultimately unpublished) 60th FF book that was available to pre-order on Amazon for about 5 years before being officially announced dead? And name the author who was going to write it as well! (Gotta make it a bit more tricky after all! )
Hey, NS, maybe you'd like to join in? I know you're a gamebook fan (though you're not as sad as I am! ). (BTW--does the [ list] function make the actual question stand out, easier to find on the page?)
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Post by Black Cat on Mar 24, 2005 17:21:24 GMT
The answer is Bloodbones by Jonathan Green.
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Post by Zipp on Mar 24, 2005 18:35:22 GMT
Isn't the fifth student actually mentioned, but never referenced? I'm sure that Book 18 talks about your five most gifted students and then only pictures four (all male, of course). NS. Don't you mean book 19? I don't believe your gifted students are mentioned in Dawn of the Dragons. And there are only four in Wolf's Bane. Even Wolf Bane says (page 72 in the abrigded), "Then your four frail acolytes will die."
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Post by North Star on Mar 24, 2005 20:02:25 GMT
I thought it was Dawn of the Dragons, myself.
Question then, since Outs kindly invited me. Which book, set in an Inca/Aztec-themed world, has the hero Morning Star looking for his dead brother, Evening Star, in the underworld and other places?
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Post by outspaced on Mar 24, 2005 20:49:03 GMT
Tut-tut, NS! You've got to answer a question first before you can ask one! Question then, since Outs kindly invited me. Which book, set in an Inca/Aztec-themed world, has the hero Morning Star looking for his dead brother, Evening Star, in the underworld and other places? (Incidentally, the answer is Necklace of Skulls by Dave Morris, Book 4 of the Virtual Reality Gamebooks series. And you play Evening Star who has to rescue your brother Morning Star. ) The answer is Bloodbones by Jonathan Green. Spot on, BC! (The dreaded Green and his stupidly hard FF books, eh?) Now, BC, go forth and confound us with your cunning!
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Post by Black Cat on Mar 25, 2005 2:44:06 GMT
Now, BC, go forth and confound us with your cunning! Ok, it might be easy for someone to find the answer if he owns the book, but I'm asking these questions anyway: The following few sentences can be found on the back cover of a certain gamebook: My questions are: - What is the name of the book?
- What is the name of the author(s)?
- What is the name of the series?
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