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poo poo on the rug
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185 On the other side of the doorway you stumble down a step and into a vaulted corridor. At the other end is a doorway identical to the one you have just stepped through. A counter runs along one side of the corridor, and behind it is a room containing rows of empty hatstands. Asleep on the counter is an old Dwarf. He opens one eye as you approach. "Good day, I suppose," he grumbles. "And I hope you had a fruitful visit to the Library in Limbo. Don't bother to tell me, I don't really care. If you left a cloak or a hat on your way in, don't try asking me for it. This is the way out, and I haven't got anything of anybody's. There's the door from Nowhere to Somewhere." "But to where, exactly?" you ask. "Exactly anywhere you like. Of course, if you want to go somewhere particular, it helps to think about it while you're walking through the door." You stride through the doorway and step across the threshold. Do you fill your mind with thoughts of your home world, Khul (turn to 51); do you try to imagine the Ziggurat World (turn to 234); or do you think about your mysterious burden, the Aleph, and rely on its influence to choose your destination (turn to 21)?  (picture unrelated, it's just on the same page) we reach an internal design error in the game. the only way the reader can know what the ziggurat world is at this point is if they chose to find and read the wizards book; which we didn't, so we have no idea. it's an easy mistake to make. so to remain faithful to the spectral stalkers experience, i will not tell you what the ziggurat world is.
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Feb 14, 2021 02:15
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PathAsc posted:poo poo on the rug
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Feb 14, 2021 02:20
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i try to focus on the aleph world (21) but i'm distracted by the scary skeleton
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Feb 14, 2021 02:20
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We are freemen on the land, creating no joinder, none can sway us. We are not traveling, but passing by. As such, the aleph has no say here, gently caress you I'm going home.
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Feb 14, 2021 02:22
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lets go home. get some cider
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Feb 14, 2021 03:51
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Aleph (21) we chug a lugged now orb
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Feb 14, 2021 05:06
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focus on the skeleton
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Feb 14, 2021 16:40
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i feel like the skeleton is the key to all of this
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Feb 14, 2021 16:50
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Thinking about that along
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Feb 14, 2021 17:44
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Hahaha he got a little skellie pecker
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Feb 14, 2021 17:59
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poopnanners posted:Hahaha he got a little skellie pecker gary oldmans diary posted:the key to all of this
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Feb 14, 2021 18:03
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that's why he;s so angry
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Feb 14, 2021 18:07
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Mozi posted:i try to focus on the aleph world (21) but i'm distracted by the scary skeleton Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:focus on the skeleton gary oldmans diary posted:i feel like the skeleton is the key to all of this poopnanners posted:Hahaha he got a little skellie pecker  21 You are in an unlit tunnel. You can see nothing, and can feel only the cool, smooth stones on both sides. You grope towards the indistinct sound of chanting voices. The chanting becomes louder, urgent and frenzied. You take one more step, the floor gives way beneath your feet, and you are sliding helplessly down a chute and into flickering light. You land on a dais of rune-carved flagstones and, as you pick yourself up, you see that you have emerged from the mouth of a gigantic stone skull that forms one wall of the torchlit hall. The voices are suddenly silent. You turn to find yourself looking up into the fiery eye-sockets of another skull - but this one is the living face of a giant warrior-priest, who howls with joy as he thanks his grim deity. "As I foretold, mighty Glund, you have given us an omen. This creature will be our victory sacrifice. I, Syzuk the Devastator, will shed its lifeblood at the battle's end on an altar of a thousand vanquished foes. Warriors! Can you now doubt our victory? To arms!" Two soldiers begin to climb on to the platform. Will you fight them (turn to 139), wait for them to re-capture you (turn to 85), or try to escape by re-entering the mouth of the stone skull (turn to 348)? youuu idiots perepelki fucked around with this message at 00:23 on Feb 15, 2021 |
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Feb 15, 2021 00:20
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i turn around and try to get back up the stone skull real smooth-like (348)
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Feb 15, 2021 00:26
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Exit, skull left! (348)
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Feb 15, 2021 02:39
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let syzuk the devastator recapture you and attempt to have you be a blood sacrifice as part of a larger plan to win his trust (85)
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Feb 15, 2021 03:15
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is "recapture" another of the book bugs?
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Feb 15, 2021 04:07
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lol surrender
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Feb 15, 2021 04:09
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so far we have 2 votes for coolly exiting vs. 2 votes for throwing ourselves on the mercy of syzuk the devastator
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Feb 15, 2021 08:24
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We teleported in, there's no guarantee that going back through the skull is gonna take us anywhere. I say rumble and prove our worth as a warrior!
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Feb 15, 2021 08:30
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo1VInw-SKc
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Feb 15, 2021 11:19
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perepelki posted:so far we have 2 votes for coolly exiting vs. 2 votes for throwing ourselves on the mercy of syzuk the devastator Well, when you put it that way.... Can I go with fight instead?
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Feb 15, 2021 16:47
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Yeah we are hosed, let em capture us. 85
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Feb 15, 2021 17:07
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more like syzuk the devastatingly reasonable and sexy
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Feb 15, 2021 17:14
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lol, now we have 2 votes for flee, 2 votes for fight and 2 votes for surrender syzuk won't wait all day!
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Feb 16, 2021 01:05
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we'll never find out what's under that loincloth if we don't act soon
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Feb 16, 2021 01:15
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Let’s climb back up into that comforting skull mouth
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Feb 16, 2021 01:23
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after prolonged deliberation, we're getting back in the skull 348 You flee beneath the pointed slabs of stone that are the upper teeth of the enormous skull, and find yourself in the dark cavern of its mouth. Looking back you see the dull glow of the bony warriors' eyes; they seem to be reluctant to follow you into the mouth of their god Glund. You breathe a sigh of relief, but you are not safe yet. As you become accustomed to the gloom, you see that the chute down which you slid is above you and out of reach, and both of the two tunnels at the back of the cavern look dark and dangerous. Your pursuers, urged on by their leader Syzuk, are advancing hesitantly behind you. You choose one of the tunnels and trust to your good fortune. Test Your Luck. If you are Lucky, turn to 292. If you are Unlucky, turn to 121. (i have done as instructed and am pleased to announce that we were Lucky)
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Feb 16, 2021 01:29
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luck be a skelly tonight!
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Feb 16, 2021 01:30
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to my great annoyance, the book now takes the liberty of making not just one but several bad decisions for us. 292 You follow the twisting tunnel, aware of side-passages and junctions, and soon you are blundering about in a black labyrinth of subterranean paths. At last you see light: the shape of a door outlined by a yellow gleam. You step through into a small room furnished as a study. Avoiding an area of the floor on which arcane symbols have been chalked, you move towards the log fire that is blazing in the fireplace, only to awaken the red-robed old woman who is dozing in the armchair. She stares at you in horror before stammering that you should not be here in your workroom. You explains that you are trying to escape from Syzuk the Devastator, and she smiles at you. "Drink this," she says, pouring a thick brown liquid from a bottle into a pewter flagon. "It will restore your strength and calm your nerves." You sniff the liquid: it smells wholesome, like a good vegetable soup, and you drink it. The old woman - Glund's Chief Priestess - told no lies: the drink restores up to 4 points of Stamina. It also relaxes you, and within a minute you are completely paralysed! She summons a squad of Skeletal Warriors, who knock you unconscious and carry you away. Turn to 215. the good news is that we have now restored all our stamina. our stats Skill: 9 Stamina: 19 Luck: 7 Trail: 0 Gold: 4 Provisions: 2 Items: one bottle of siccator and a sword
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I'm always lucky baby
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Feb 16, 2021 01:49
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Def help him, why not
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Feb 16, 2021 01:53
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it's our chariot now, sorry syzuk!
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Feb 16, 2021 01:55
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syzuk has been our friend and father for many pages now. we must help him (191)
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Feb 16, 2021 02:08
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I say we help him
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we choose to do the right thing and immediately suffer for it 191 Grasping the arrow-shaft with both hands, you brace your feet against Syzuk's ribcage and pull with all your might. The arrow springs from the warlord's shoulder-joint and you fall onto your back. Syzuk picks up his sword and gives you a ghastly grin. "Thank you, fool!" he snarls. "Your act of kindness will not save you. Now nothing can save my enemies on this battlefield. On, my warriors! Destroy them all! Let none live! We will perform Glund's sacrificial ritual at the summit of a mountain of corpses!" Your only chance is to attack Syzuk while he is still weak from his wound. You launch yourself at his back. SYZUK Skill: 8 Stamina: 10 (i have never once done this in all my years of reading these books, but just for you i played out the battle with dice and so we can claim this victory righteously under fighting fantasy law) If you defeat him, you hear a chorus of despairing cries from the ranks of Skeletal Warriors. The battle becomes fiercer as their opponents counter-attack and the chariot is caught in a ferocious skirmish. You kick Syzuk's body out of it and try to control the war-horses. Turn to 155.
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155 The chariot is pulled by two black horses with red eyes and bronze armour. They are whinnying in confusion, pulling the chariot in circles and trampling the wounded under their hooves. Several Elves fight their way toward you, but they cannot reach the chariot; the wheels, glowing with a pale luminescence, seem to terrify them. You can do nothing but cower in the chariot as the horses careen across the moorland. Suddenly a wheel hits a boulder. The axle snaps, you and the broken wheel are thrown clear and the horses drag the wreckage into the distance. You recover your breath, and inspect the wheel: its luminosity comes from the circular, rune-engraved bronze cover of the hub. The metal roundel is apparently dangerous to Elves, but it causes you no harm. (If you keep it, make a note on your Adventure Sheet.) You scan the landscape: you are alone. You take the Aleph from your pack and lose yourself in studying its myriad moving pictures. It seems to expand and surround you. Roll one dice. If you roll an even number, turn to 51; if you roll an odd number, turn to 36. gained: syzuk's hubcap the game wants me to roll a dice, but tbh i prefer goon diplomacy. 51 or 36? edit: i rolled odd too, so that's 3; 36 it is perepelki fucked around with this message at 02:47 on Feb 16, 2021 |
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perepelki posted:155 I rolled a die, got odd
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