Let's Play Lone Wolf: Book 29 and beyond!

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The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

I found out about this series from the book thread trying to find Grailquest, found the website for Lone Wolf and went through like half the series in a day! I seroiusly love it :v:

Anyway for skills lets go with

Healing,Hunting,Mindblast,Mindshield,Animal Kinship

# ¿ Aug 17, 2017 04:18

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# ¿ May 17, 2024 00:11

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

We've got pretty decent stats so combat after this first book will not be that big of a deal, it's just kind of rough early on as the first 3 books more so than the others have a lot more "you chose poorly" type instakill scenarios in it, the second one in particular but we'll get to that when it comes up.

Also let's head Right

# ¿ Aug 17, 2017 11:27

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

Forward! :black101:

# ¿ Aug 19, 2017 12:41

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

The rules technically say that you regen one point for each page done without combat, we haven't had a combat this page so really you could regain that lost point immediately. Plus if you didn't have healing that would be a health point that is totally gone so i would call it a perk of having that discipline.

Although OP is in charge here, so we will keep our boo-boo :v:

Go Around, by the way

# ¿ Aug 20, 2017 12:12

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

take a look!, loot everything!

Glad to see that hunting is already paying dividends

# ¿ Aug 22, 2017 09:28

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

nae on the soap the fancy smell will probably bring monsters. Also let's go around the scary cave

# ¿ Aug 22, 2017 17:29

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

Kanthulhu posted:

Join the group and bring our loot

An extra weapon around will be helpful and there is strength in numbers.

# ¿ Aug 23, 2017 20:07

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

So just a fun fact since we are now past that wagon with the kids, there is no downside to running away. The page afterwards is basically a "are you sure you want to do that, you monster?" but the rest goes on like you had saved them.

get their attention Probably a good idea to tell the local royalty we're all that's left of the warrior monks

# ¿ Aug 26, 2017 11:14

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

I always either take the river or the graveyard, running straight towards the entirety of the enemy army always seems like a pretty obvoius game over to me.

Keep running We have enough to health to take any kind of damage from a fight that might occur.

# ¿ Aug 30, 2017 09:46

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

We have potions correct? The only time you can actually use them is in combat right? or is it only outside of combat?

# ¿ Sep 1, 2017 08:52

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

So i know it's jumping ahead a bit, but other than exploring the graveyard closely or going your own way through the city, the next book mentions some items that i don't know how you'd find otherwise.

But in any case, we are to close to the end to risk getting shanked in an alleyway or something. So lets follow him

# ¿ Sep 2, 2017 03:24

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

Tiggum posted:

Not sure what you're referring to here?

It's not really made clear in the text, but our original escort has slipped away somehow and we can only choose to follow the new guy or try to find our own way. There's no possibility of staying with the first guy.

some kind of key or crystal i want to say? i might be thinking of something between the 2nd and 3rd books then.

# ¿ Sep 2, 2017 08:44

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

Ratatozsk posted:

There's one particular Special Item Crystal Star from Banedon in this book you can only pick up VERY early on (like miss it if you take the wrong path 1st or 2nd choice of the book.) To my knowledge it only has one unique use in the second book, otherwise it simply serves as a reminder that, 'Hey, something happened in book 1' without any obvious benefit.

I believe you can pick up an encounter specific key in the Graveyard as well as 20 gems from smashing skulls but I don't think they're ever referenced again in the series. I'll admit that I don't recall all the specifics of this first book perfectly.

That's exactly i was thinking of! i haven't found it in either runs of the first book i've done so far though so who knows what it actually does.

Anyway, since we still have that fancy sword from the Prince, lets be better at using it by taking Weaponskill-Short Swords. Let's also grab the shield since i don't recall many other opportunities to get one otherwise.

# ¿ Sep 3, 2017 06:40

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

I say we call "Fire! On the water!" :v:

# ¿ Sep 4, 2017 06:01

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

I feel like this whole "lost" section was suppose to be longer when originally written, but maybe trying to survive and mcguyver your way back to civilization would have made the book to long?

In any case we've got the money to spare and we did kind of scare the guy Pay to ride inside

# ¿ Sep 7, 2017 23:42

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

There is a way to make this super obvious, but i believe the only way to see it would be to have enough money to buy the ticket, but not enough to pay the 1 gold for the inn room. Perhaps if you start with this book then that might be an issue since there's not a ton of opportunities to get gold in this so far.

For my vote, lets attack Parsion

# ¿ Sep 10, 2017 05:17

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

My first time through this i did in fact murder the merchant, i figured only sombody with connections could possibly afford such rare and powerful poison. :v:

Now why nobody is willing to listen to you and look at the note, and why the Knights of the White Mountain aren't willing to stick up for you at this point? Who knows. But let's Run because these guards are probably the second hardest fight in the book and it's a nice little escape sequence that we have here.

# ¿ Sep 11, 2017 00:31

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

Cross the bridge if there is Any trouble we can simply mindblast it

# ¿ Sep 14, 2017 04:17

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

Run away

# ¿ Sep 18, 2017 04:45

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

Leraika posted:

It's great that that they really start easing off of the CYOA-style deaths following this book, because yeah, poo poo ain't fun.

Surrender

At least not until the second series, i want to say it's the 3rd and 4th books of that go back to this kind of dickery.

# ¿ Sep 19, 2017 06:58

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

Congrats gents, we are officially overpowered :getin:

lets get in that hulk

# ¿ Sep 19, 2017 16:41

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

ahahaha wow so this is the other path? I believe you also get ambushed and get to cover yourself in oil the other way. But i definitely don't remember getting attacked by natives and having to take a kid hostage while going the other way :psyduck:

They won't mess with us while we have a hostage though take him with us

# ¿ Sep 24, 2017 03:10

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

You like Castle Death the most? I'm kinda the opposite, that's probalby the first book where Dever was like "okay, enough of this Sommerswerd bullshit, all combat is going to be hard and there will be a ton of instant death traps" i do like the setting at least though, a classic dungeon crawling adventure.

# ¿ Sep 28, 2017 03:28

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

Since we are already past him, the dude in the circle is EVIL! You know this because he guesses the previous Lord in Ragadorn's name instead of the current one, you DO remember that random name that random lady told you last book right? :v:

Also yeah the Silver Helm is the big take way out of Book 2 since there isn't anything else like it that increases CS. The Firesphere is pretty good as well though, we will get much use out if it!

Anyway, let's try our luck with a random Weaponskill as well as taking the Chainmail Coat and the 2 potions

# ¿ Oct 6, 2017 12:20

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

Tiggum posted:

Oh yeah, forgot about him. Not just evil but in fact a Helghast sent by the Darklords to kill Vonotar for his failure. He'd managed to imprison but not kill it, and you've got to assume that the Darklords probably sent more than one, so it kind of makes our mission look a bit like a waste of time.

And yes, Weaponskill is with a random weapon. There's a 4/10 chance of getting something that works with the Sommerswerd, but otherwise it's pretty much a waste.

Didn't know it was random until reading this thread! Especially considering the Aeon version with the statskeeper app just lets you click whatever whenever you want.Made me wonder why there are so many options when past the second book there is no reason to pick a weaponskill that isn't sword/bow related.

Like, even considering you could pick any book in the series as a starting point and could not have the Sommerswerd.i don't recall that many different types of weapons being in one book over another so starting "fresh" there's not much point to it either.

Tiggum posted:

Nope. You have to use it as your weapon to get its bonuses. You've got to have some limitations.

It's written vaguely enough to NOT have limitations though! i say we Zoro this poo poo up and wield our holy blade in our mouth while dual-wielding 2 other weapons we find this adventure :v:

The Shame Boy fucked around with this message at 14:22 on Oct 6, 2017

# ¿ Oct 6, 2017 14:20

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

A rare moment that Lone Wolf gets actual dialog in these things! As in things that get put into quotes and not just descriptors of what you said because of a choice.

Peep that hut

# ¿ Oct 7, 2017 02:13

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

If he owns the loot then it would be a crime to loot him, unless he is evil and no sixth sense thing has warned us this guy is evil.

go inside

# ¿ Oct 7, 2017 11:32

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

Having the Sommeswerd is an experience check in it's own right. There really isn't a need to have certain rank checks on top of it really.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2017 04:12

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

Take Potion, Take Rope, because then we will prepared for anything!

# ¿ Oct 20, 2017 18:49

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

attack! As climactic as this is suppose to be i'm betting we 3 round his rear end with the sommerswerd.

# ¿ Oct 23, 2017 02:51

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

I might be misremembering the wiki, but isn't the dagger also suppose to be some kind of special weapon kinda deal? Don't think it ever really comes up though.

I'll be mr.contrarian and pick Weaponskill maybe we'll get lucky!

# ¿ Oct 24, 2017 04:01

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

Fight to the death!

# ¿ Oct 25, 2017 13:43

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

Wow, there is SO MUCH book i missed by giving up immediatly thinking to avoid endangering the crew of the ship or causing some kind international incident.

that said, i'm pretty sure we can take these guys barehanded with the power of our minds, we can just pick up the sword afterwards [

# ¿ Nov 4, 2017 01:47

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

and yall LAUGHED at me when i wanted to get weaponskill! It came in handy! For one fight

# ¿ Nov 9, 2017 18:52

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# ¿ May 17, 2024 00:11

The Shame Boy: Jan 27, 2014; Dead weight, just like this post.

Was really hoping you would hold us ransom until sombody solved the puzzle :v:

# ¿ Nov 23, 2017 03:36

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