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Flight from the Dark title page posted:You are Lone Wolf. In a devastating attack the Darklords have destroyed the monastery where you were learning the skills of the Kai Lords. You are the sole survivor. The Lone Wolf books contain a doorstopper of a tale about the rise of a young man from feckless layabout to god among men, going from sneaking through the woods and avoiding single Kai Wisdom posted:With a wise choice of Kai Disciplines and a great deal of courage, any player should be able to complete the mission, no matter how weak their initial COMBAT SKILL or ENDURANCE points score. Well. I'm here to tell you that 'should' is an overstatement. Even in the very first book, it isn't possible to avoid all of the RNG screws and combats, so if the dice hate you, you aren't getting out alive. Which is where our two heroes come in. This is Goofus. 'Sup? And this is Gallant. Hello! Goofus and Gallant both enjoy the Lone Wolf book series, but they approach it in very different ways. Goofus likes fighting. He takes the path that gets him into the most combats. Gallant always tries to take a peaceful solution. He takes the path that avoids as many combats as possible. Goofus hates losing. Whenever he's asked to pick a random number, he cheats and picks the best outcome. (Among other things, this means he is literally incapable of being hurt in a fight unless special rules are in play.) Gallant accepts that, sometimes, the dice just don't like him. Whenever he's asked to pick a random number outside of combat, he gets the worst possible result. In combat, he lets the dice fall where they may. Goofus isn't terribly bright. Whenever a choice leads to an actively unpleasant outcome, provided it doesn't also cheat him out of a fight, he takes it. He also takes the least useful Kai Disciplines. Gallant is a careful player. He plans a route through the book that gives him the best chance of reaching the end. He doesn't rely on Kai Disciplines unless he has to, but if he does, he always picks the right ones. Now, Goofus and Gallant get top billing in this particular LP, but there's a third hero. Let's call him George. George has slightly above-average luck. That is, if you arrange the ten results of a die roll from best to worst, he always gets the fifth-best result. That means that he always rolls a 6 in combat and usually rolls a 5 in other random decisions, which is just enough to get the better result of a 50-50 check. (Occasionally the results in the book aren't 0 = worst, 9 = best. In those cases, he still gets the fifth-best result.) Compared to Goofus and Gallant, George also has an advantage and a disadvantage. The disadvantage is that he doesn't get to choose his path through the books; that's up to you lot. The advantage comes in the selection of Kai Disciplines. Unlike Goofus (who actively avoids Disciplines that would help) or Gallant (who never uses a Kai Discipline unless there's no recourse), George's Kai Disciplines and initial equipment are in a state of quantum flux. Whenever he reaches a decision where he can use a Kai Discipline or piece of equipment that he can theoretically have, you can choose whether to collapse part of his waveform and give him what he needs to follow that path. Whenever he reaches a decision where a state must be known (for instance, you go one way if you have a Discipline, or another if you don't), you choose which way the waveform collapses. In other words, you can retroactively change his character sheet, as long as it's consistent with everything he's done thus far. So. Can Gallant get through the Lone Wolf series without dying horribly too often? Can Goofus survive his poor decision-making, even with his outright cheating? And can you get
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Credit for this LP goes to the Project Aon website, especially to those who took the time to make directed graphs for each book in the series. I wouldn't have been able to even start this project without them! And, of course, to Joe Dever, who wrote the books in the first place. Character Sheets (may contain spoilers!) Goofus COMBAT SKILL: 19 ENDURANCE: 24/29 Kai Discipline: Weaponskill (Sword). Quantum Disciplines: Any four except Healing, Mindshield, or Sixth Sense. Weapons: An Axe and a Giak Spear. Belt Pouch: 41 Gold Crowns. Backpack Items: A Meal, a Vordak Gem, and a Scroll. Special Items: A Map of Sommerlund. Quantum Items: The most useful of a Helmet (+2 EP while worn), two Meals, a Chainmail Waistcoat (+4 EP while worn), a Healing Potion (+4 EP when used), or 12 Gold Crowns. Kill Count: Five Giaks, one Vordak, one Burrowcrawler, one Gourgaz, a Giak and Doomwolf, and a Drakkar. Gallant COMBAT SKILL: 10 ENDURANCE: 12/20 Kai Disciplines: Healing, Camouflage, and Mindblast. Quantum Disciplines: Any two not yet chosen except Sixth Sense. Weapons: An Axe and a Sword. Belt Pouch: 3 Gold Crowns. Backpack Items: Two Meals. Special Items: A Map of Sommerlund. Kill Count: One Giak and Doomwolf. COMBAT SKILL: 15 ENDURANCE: 27/27 Kai Disciplines: Sixth Sense, Healing, and Camouflage. Quantum Disciplines: Any two not yet chosen except Tracking or Hunting. Weapons: An Axe and the Prince's Sword. Belt Pouch: 25 Gold Crowns. Backpack Items: Two Meals and one Meal of Laumspur. Special Items: A Map of Sommerlund, a Crystal Star Pendant, and a Helmet (+2 EP while worn). Kill Count: One Burrowcrawler and one Gourgaz. FredMSloniker fucked around with this message at 21:52 on Mar 18, 2017 |
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The Story So Far... posted:In the northern land of Sommerlund, it has been the custom for many centuries to send the children of the Warrior Lords to the monastery of Kai. There they are taught the skills and disciplines of their noble fathers. The Game Rules posted:You keep a record of your adventure on the Action Chart. Goofus has a COMBAT SKILL - CS for short - of 19 and an ENDURANCE total - EP for short - of 29. Gallant has a CS of 10 and an EP of 10, while our Lone Wolf has a CS of 15 and an EP of 15. Kai Disciplines posted:Over the centuries, the Kai monks have mastered the skills of the warrior. These skills are known as the Kai Disciplines, and they are taught to all Kai Lords. You have learnt only five of the skills listed below. The choice of which five skills these are, is for you to make. As all of the Disciplines may be of use to you at some point on your perilous quest, pick your five with care. The correct use of a Discipline at the right time can save your life. As previously mentioned, Goofus and Gallant will both choose their Kai Disciplines automatically. However, as it's not yet clear which are the most and least useful Disciplines, they'll do the same retroactive choosing of them as we will - with one exception. As veterans of the books know, Healing is OP. Therefore, Gallant will take it, and Goofus will not. We'll pick our Disciplines as needed, so I'll ask you about Healing when the time comes. Equipment posted:You are dressed in the green tunic and cloak of a Kai initiate. You have little with you to arm yourself for survival. It isn't entirely clear which of these will be more or less useful to Goofus or Gallant, so we'll leave their equipment in quantum uncertainty for now. It's worth noting, though, that Goofus has 9 Gold Crowns, Gallant has none, and our Lone Wolf has 5. I'm also going to let you choose from that list if and when it's important, rather than make you roll. How to Use Your Equipment posted:Weapons The most important takeaways here are the limits on how much of various things we can carry, because that's the sort of thing that can collapse our waveform. If we fill (or lose) our Backpack, for instance, we can't possibly still have any undetermined Backpack Items! If and when that comes up, I'll let you know. I'll skip over the rules of combat. I'll be handling that automatically anyway. Levels of Kai Training posted:The following table is a guide to the ranks and titles that are bestowed upon Kai Lords at each stage of their training. As you successfully complete each adventure in the Lone Wolf series, you will gain an additional Kai Discipline and gradually progress towards mastery of the ten basic Kai Disciplines. Kai Wisdom posted:Your mission will be one of great danger, for the Darklords and their servants are a cruel and fierce enemy who give and expect no mercy. Use the map to help you steer a correct course for the capital. Make notes as you progress through the story, for they will be of great help in future adventures.
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Flight from the Dark, Page 1 posted:You must make haste for you sense it is not safe to linger by the smoking remains of the ruined monastery. The black-winged beasts could return at any moment. You must set out for the Sommlending capital of Holmgard and tell the King the terrible news of the massacre: that the whole élite of Kai warriors, save yourself, have been slaughtered. Without the Kai Lords to lead her armies, Sommerlund will be at the mercy of their ancient enemy, the Darklords. I'll go right. It's the safest option I have. Well, I'm going left! I can get more kills that way. So, what'll it be? Follow Goofus to the left, Follow Gallant to the right, or Decide we had Sixth Sense all along and go that way instead? Oh, I almost forgot - This isn't a vote! That always leads to bandwagoning, and then the first few people that speak up are the ones in charge. Instead, your decisions will go into a raffle. When it comes time to choose, I'll randomly select someone who made a decision and use theirs. So call out your decision and hope for the best!
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Use our third eye option.
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Sixth Sense
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Take the left path.
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As my choice for disciplines would probably be hunting, sixth sense, healing and mind blast, I'm going to vote for sixth sense.
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Sixth Sense
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Rolling...Page 1 posted:If you wish to use your Kai Discipline of Sixth Sense, turn to 141. (Thanks, Tiggum!) Page 141 posted:Your Sixth Sense has warned you that some of the creatures that attacked the monastery are searching the two paths for any survivors of their raid, but you can avoid both tracks by making your way through the undergrowth of the woods. Page 56 avoids the section of the book we can only get to by having Sixth Sense, so I'm sending us the other way. Page 333 posted:You have cut your way through the thick undergrowth for nearly half an hour when you hear the beat of wings high above the trees. Looking up you can just make out the shape of a Kraan approaching from the north. It is one of the monsters that attacked the monastery and on its back are two grey-skinned creatures armed with long spears. Page 131 posted:You have covered about a quarter of a mile when you hear shouting and a noise like thunderclaps ahead. Edging nearer, you soon make out a clearing that you recognize to be the site of the ruins of Raumas, an ancient forest temple. Yup, neither Goofus nor Gallant see this fellow in the first book! Goofus because he's chasing down kills, and Gallant because going this way forces him to fight something he doesn't have to. So now that we've seen him, how should we handle this?
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Rush to the attack!
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# ? Mar 13, 2017 05:28 |
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I say throw a rock!
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Darg zegor ar lajak! Throw a chunk of marble at the Giak’s head. We've got to help. obviously, but we may as well get a sneak attack in rather than announcing ourself.
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Attack!
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Yell a warning!
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Throw a rock!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEdg4glpCkg&t=18s
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Rolling...Page 131 posted:If you wish to shout a warning to the wizard, turn to 241. (Thanks, Odysseus S. Grant!) Page 241 posted:The wizard heeds your cry and spins around just in time to loose a searing bolt of energy at the Giak. The creature’s head disintegrates in flames and its twitching body falls in a heap at the foot of the pillar. The Giak officer sees you and shouts, ‘Ogot … Ogot!’ to his cowering troops, who quickly run away from the ruins to the safety of the forest beyond. This is the only way to meet this guy without a chance of bloodshed. (Throwing Page 349 posted:He is a young blond-haired youth with deep brooding eyes. His face is lined with exhaustion and the grime of battle, and his long sky-blue robes bear evidence of living rough in the wilds. He shakes your hand and bows. ‘My eternal thanks, Kai Lord. My powers are nearly drained. Had you not come to my aid, I fear I would have ended my days atop a Giak lance.’ As you might guess from my comments, we'll be meeting him again in later books. In the original printings, you were asked if you had the Crystal Star Pendant to find out if you'd met Banedon before; Project Aon has changed the relevant choices to ask if you've ever had it. There is, however, at least one situation where having the physical object on you is important... Page 293 posted:With a wave of his hand, Banedon leaves the ruins and you continue your mission, pushing on through the thick woods ahead. You have not gone far when you realize several pairs of yellow eyes are watching you from the undergrowth to your left. Suddenly, a black arrow skims the top of your head. It is a Giak ambush and you must run as fast as you can to escape it. Page 281 posted:As you race through the trees you can hear the horrible cackle of the Giaks close behind you. Soon the trees start to thin out and directly ahead you can see a rocky hillside. Which way do we go?
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Also, I realized any weapon would be the least useful thing Gallant could have started with, so I collapsed his starting equipment waveform and gave him a Sword. And for those wondering, we will see Goofus and Gallant's adventures when the time is right.
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Run through the forest.
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# ? Mar 13, 2017 17:16 |
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Okim ezar aztaag. My vote is to climb the hill, just because I think I remember it being slightly more interesting...
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Tiggum posted:Okim ezar aztaag. My vote is to climb the hill, just because I think I remember it being slightly more interesting... Not calling the raffle here, just want to know: what Giak-English dictionary are you using? The couple I Googled up didn't have some of those words.
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# ? Mar 13, 2017 18:21 |
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Let's carry on through the forest! (And I can't believe I didn't see this thread soon enough to vote for the first Go Left of the series.)
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# ? Mar 13, 2017 18:28 |
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Gallant's adventure sounds like it will be very short. Climb that hill!
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Forest.
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Rolling...Page 281 posted:
Page 77 posted:The Mountain Giaks are unaccustomed to pursuing their prey through forests and you soon outdistance them, until finally the sound of their grunts and curses disappears completely. Page 19 posted:Just ahead through the tall trees you can see clumps of dark-red gallowbrush, a thorny briar with sharp crimson barbs. The common name for this forest weed is ‘Sleeptooth’, for the thorns are very sharp and can make you feel weak and sleepy if they scratch your skin. Okay, this is a page where you must turn to a specific page if you have a specific Discipline. Therefore, if you choose to go to either 272 or 119, you are also deciding that our Lone Wolf does not have Tracking. (Obviously going to 69 means he does.) With that in mind, which way should we go?
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# ? Mar 13, 2017 19:43 |
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Push deeper! What could go wrong?
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# ? Mar 13, 2017 21:31 |
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Push on! Tracking is boring and retreat is shameful.
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We must go deeper.
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What does Tracking say?
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# ? Mar 14, 2017 00:26 |
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Poison ivy builds character. Push onward!
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Raneg adog. Okim naog aga jat, ash jigi kor gorak-dajo zut. Return to the track.FredMSloniker posted:Not calling the raffle here, just want to know: what Giak-English dictionary are you using? The couple I Googled up didn't have some of those words.
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Rolling...Page 19 posted:
So our Lone Wolf doesn't have Tracking. Page 119 posted:The gallowbrush tears your cloak and scratches deep into your arms and legs as you slowly force your way through. Fifteen minutes later you emerge from the briars and stagger onwards between the trees. And is now down 2 EP. Which means we have two questions to answer, and I'll raffle twice (though the same person could win both): Do we have Healing and which way from here?
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Also, random trivia; if we had made either other choice at that point, we would have met up with Goofus. More about that when we do meet up.
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# ? Mar 14, 2017 05:18 |
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Yes, we have healing, because only a goddamn moron would not pick the best ability in the game, and to counteract that good decision let's
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# ? Mar 14, 2017 05:42 |
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Tiggum posted:Yes, we have healing, because only a goddamn moron would not pick the best ability in the game Hey!
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# ? Mar 14, 2017 06:19 |
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Hook us up with that Wolverine regeneration, by the Kai gods. Most broken discipline in the game series, the Kai wisdom in the books should have read "pick healing you moron". No raffle entry for the other choice. E: by the way, can Omobono fucked around with this message at 06:33 on Mar 14, 2017 |
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Hell yes we have Healing.
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# ? Mar 14, 2017 06:36 |
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Healing and Fall Down The Hill A Hero's Journey needs some injury here and there. :p
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Omobono posted:E: by the way, can No. Gallant wouldn't cheat, and Goofus wouldn't cheat that much (or else he'd just have all of the Kai Disciplines). That's why I'm keeping their Disciplines in flux for now. That, and to actually know ahead of time which Disciplines are most and least useful, I'd have had to compute the Two True Routes through all 20 books ahead of time, and pacing it out a bit means this LP actually gets done. Anyway. Everyone's on the same page decision-wise, so no need to roll. Page 119 posted:If you wish to slide down the slope as carefully as you can, turn to 226. Page 226 posted:At first the descent is quite easy, but you soon find it difficult to see clearly and your legs feel very weak. The ‘Sleeptooth’ scratches are affecting you, and suddenly you pitch forward and slip head-first into darkness. As previously mentioned, our Lone Wolf has slightly above-average luck, which means that he always gets the better of two 50-50 outcomes. Which is good, because... Page 338 posted:When you awake, you find yourself lying at the foot of a steep slope in a tangle of long grasses. Your Backpack and Weapons are missing and your head aches violently. You cannot tell how long you have been unconscious, but you realize that time is running out and you must press on. Standing up, you notice your Backpack and Weapon on the slope above. They must have broken free when you fell. You quickly retrieve them and move off into the trees ahead. ...if we'd failed that check, one of our weapons would be broken. The only way for it not to be our axe would be if we found a second weapon in the monastery, so we'd have to choose between being armed (and losing our quantum equipment in the process) or still having access to the non-weapon quantum equipment. Fortunately, that didn't happen (and our Page 113 posted:You have been walking for over half an hour when your eye is caught by some bright red flowers growing near to a mossy bank. You recognize the plants to be Laumspur, a rare and beautiful herb much prized for its healing properties. So which way do we go from here?
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