[Fighting Fantasy] Caverns of the Snow Witch

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

This snow witch certainly does run a very multicultural workplace.

Other than Firetop Mountain, I think all of the Fighting Fantasy adventures tend to be, maybe because the artists want to draw all sorts of crazy stuff other than endless orcs and goblins. Citadel of Chaos in particular is a pretty wild workplace.

 

[Joshua Randall]

Indeed! The Mos Eisley Cantina that are the FF books, and D&D adventures early on, is a huge part of the appeal.

 

[Jfdlsjfd]

I'd posit it's also to have varied enemies to , even if, with only two stats, skill and stamina, variations are mostly cosmetic. But fighting endless series of goblins doesn't seem as fun.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I hover at the doorway to the kitchen a moment. The chef likely doesn't remember every single soldier in the snow witch's employ and this might help me shake the goblins who are probably still pursuing.

I step inside.

The gnome chef barks at me immediately: "Dinner isn't ready for another two hours -- wait for the bell."

Seeing my haggard state, he relents a little.

"You can take some of that stale cake, though, if you want."

((Take the cake and leave, turn to 290))
((Attack the chef and kitchen assistant, turn to 187))

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I grab the cake and inhale it as I leave. It's stale and almost tasteless, but it gives me a bit of energy.

I'm feeling almost myself again. I just need to find myself a new weapon.

((Stamina 15/15, Skill 8/9, Luck 9/12, Potion of Fortune and 8 provisions in my backpack. I also have leather armor.))

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I brush the crumbs from my fingers -- they don't taste good enough to be worth finishing off -- as I continue down the tunnel.

Ahead of me, I hear the sound of chanting voices.

I pause at the entrance to a large cave. Ten robed and hooded figures kneel in worship before an ice statue of a demon.

There are two other exits from the cave, one to the left, one to the right.

((If you are wearing a cloak, turn to 384))
((If you are not, turn to 260))

((I haven't seen a cloak, so ...)

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I take a deep breath and then project an air of casualness as I walk through the cavern toward the tunnel to my right.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I am almost out of the cave when I hear the chanting stop. Behind me, I can hear the worshippers get to their feet.

"Why did you not stop to sing the praises of the Frozen One?"

((If you have a magic flute, you can tell them you have been ordered to go play it for the snow witch, turn to 31))
((If you want to fight them, turn to 143))
((Or you can run for it, turn to 33))

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

There are 10 of these people and I've got no sword.

I get ready to run for it, but I slip on some ice and am suddenly overwhelmed.

((More accurately, I clicked the wrong choice and since I didn't enable cheat mode on the app, I can't go back.))

The group is a mix of goblins, orcs and hill men. I am dragged to a circle of ice, dyed blue, before the demon effigy. There are wild cries and exultant cheers and I'm thrown into the circle.

The ice begins to crack and suddenly the effigy comes to life. A blast of icy vapor pours from its nostrils.

((Roll 2d6))

((I roll a 7, passing the Skill check))

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I roll out of the way of the frozen vapor and prepare to somehow fight this ice demon with my bare hands.

((Ice demon: 11 Stamina, 9 Skill))

((It looks like the game gave me back my sword somehow, but I also have my warhammer, so I am not penalized in combat.))

((I roll an 11, giving me a 19. The ice demon rolls an 11, giving it a 20. I suffer 2 points of damage.))
((I roll a 6, giving me a 14. The demon rolls a 7, giving it a 16. I suffer 2 points of damage.))
((I roll a 10, giving me an 18. The demon rolls a 4, giving it a 13. I do 2 points of damage.))
((I roll my luck, getting an 8, and do two extra points of damage and lose another point of Luck.))
((I roll a 10, getting an 18. The demon rolls a 7, getting a 16. I do 2 points of damage.))
((I roll my luck again, getting a 5, doing another 2 points of bonus damage, and losing another point of Luck.))
((I roll a 7, getting a 15. The demon rolls a 7, getting a 15. We both miss.))
((I roll a 6, getting a 14. The demon rolls a 9, getting an 18. I take 2 more points of damage.))
((I roll a 7, getting a 15. The demon rolls a 9, getting an 18. I take yet another 2 points of damage.))
((I roll an 8, getting a 16. The demon rolls a 12, getting a 21. I take yet another 2 points of damage.))
((I roll a 7, getting a 15. The demon rolls a 7, getting a 16. I take 2 more points of damage. We are each 1-2 blows from death.))
((I roll a 9, getting a 17. The demon rolls a 3, getting a 12. It takes 2 more points of damage.))
((I roll my luck, but get an 8, over my luck score, and do only 1 point of damage as a result and lose yet another point of luck.))
((I roll a 5, getting a 13. The demon rolls a 10, getting a 19. I take another 2 points of damage. Whoever wins this next roll wins.))
((I roll an 8, getting a 16. The demon rolls an 11, getting a 20. I take 2 points of damage.))

((I am dead.))