x2 Fireseeds?

[Zipp]

Hey guys. Man, sol, posting it up the wa-zoo today. Wow, I actually got to use that word in writing. Never been done before. Okay, on to question.

I'm never sure whether to count multiple Fireseeds as taking up one slot all together, or if each gets it's own special item slot. Any, well, opinion I guess we're calling it?

[Nathan P. Mahney]

It's in the rules somewhere - no matter how many Fireseeds you got, they take up one space.

[Sol]

I can second that notion. I believe I saw a rule on that as well.

It was funny - I always had SO MANY fireseeds at the end of Book 12... I was a fireseed hoarder. In the end, they seemed to be of limited use. Go figure!

I remember having a chance to blow up the Croacyx with them, or having the chance to use one in the Jungle of Horrors (it hits swamp gas if you do and burns you)... jeez, are they ever good? They might have been good in Book 7... but otherwise, that's about it I think.

[outspaced]

I seem to recall that you can throw a Fireseed at a Drakkar aboard an ironclad in The Masters of Darkness, but I don't recall exactly how to get to that section. I always thought maybe the Fireseeds should have had extra rules to make them more useful (i.e. "A Fireseed can inflict d10 damage if thrown at an enemy prior to combat, but only one be used per combat"). Oh well.

[Zipp]

That would have been helpful against Zada last night. I did kill him, legitimately I might add, after praying to Kai (not kidding you). He had 9 life. I had 2. Had to roll a 9 or 0 to win. And I did.

[Malphis]

What are the exact uses of the fireseeds? I seem to remember that they are quite useless, after playing through quite a few times and using the fireseeds once or twice.

I am quite sure that you only need only one space to carry all the fireseeds. Can anyone check for the section that says this?

Can anyone compile all the sections where you can use these fireseeds? Could be useful in my next play-through though...

Edit: Found this in Lone Wolf Club Newslettter: Summer Special 1987.

[Q:] In some books you can choose Fireseeds at the start. It says 3 Fireseeds--if you take all three does this mean you have taken 3 [separate] items from the 5 you are allowed to pick? . . .

[A:] The Fireseeds are Special Items which count only as 1 item no matter how many of them you possess. However, when you use them be sure to note how many you have left. Also, for the purpose of determining your maximum number of Special Items (12), all Fireseeds count as 1 item.

Wonder what is the maximum number of Fireseeds anyone has hoarded?

[PurpleTurtle]

Same thing goes for the ever so yummy Tarama seeds in Grey Star. I was quite the Tarama hoarder, definitely well in the double digits by book 4.

[Sol]

Thanks, Malphis! I checked but couldn't find the appropriate section. I mean who knows? Otherwise each Fireseed might have been the size of a coconut and then the 1-seed-1-special-item would make sense!

Sol