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The Forest of Doom

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The Forest of Doom	comment	The Forest of Doom is the third entry in the Fighting Fantasy series of gamebooks, written by Ian Livingstone.You are a sword for hire, owning nothing but your weapon, a leather armor and a rucksack for your possessions. You're travelling north, looking for a job, when you stumble into a wounded Dwarf, delirious from the poisonous arrows in his body. In his final moments, the Dwarf mentions a precious Hammer he must find in the dreaded Forest of Doom and deliver to someone named Gillibran in Stonebridge, as well as a sorcerer, Yaztromo, living in a tower south of the Forest. After burying the Dwarf and taking his money pouch, you head south towards Yaztromo's tower to begin a dangerous task: recover the Hammer of Stonebridge, split in half and lost in the depths of the Forest of Doom, and take it to Stonebridge, currently besieged by Trolls, in order to save the Dwarves from destruction.The Forest of Doom is the standard Livingstonian adventure: a dungeon crawl where the dungeon's walls and ceiling are made of trunks and branches. While there are multiple paths across the Forest, only a specific one will allow you to find both parts of the Hammer and bring them to Stonebridge. Should you fail to find one of the two Plot Coupon pieces (or any at all) you're given the chance to restart from the beginning... if you can survive a certain life-or-death roll.It also contains the first appearance of Yaztromo the Wizard, an important background character of the series, as well as the locations of Darkwood and Stonebridge. Has a sequel in Temple of Terror and the battle for Stonebridge is mentioned and seen in Caverns of the Snow Witch.Has a Videogame adaptation available on Steam.
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The Forest of Doom / int_185e498d	comment	Chased by Angry Natives: What happens if you have to return to Yaztromo's tower passing through the hills. There's a chance you won't be able to outrun them, resulting in your death. This is also what ultimately killed Bigleg, the Dwarf you meet in the introduction.
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The Forest of Doom / int_3fe2b13f	comment	Ungrateful Bastard: Several. When you release the Goblin from the Ogre's cage, the little bastard will still attack you. Helping a stranger out of a trap results in getting some of your items stolen. The tied-up barbarian isn't the least bit grateful for being set free.
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The Forest of Doom / int_434a6d40	type	Evil Sorcerer
The Forest of Doom / int_434a6d40	comment	Evil Sorcerer: Subverted with Arragon, who's dressed and acts like a stereotypical evil wizard, but in reality he's a harmless charlatan who loves to scare people into giving him their belongings.
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The Forest of Doom / int_4b5817c1	comment	Truth Serums: The Eye of Amber, when worn around your neck, can force people to tell you the truth. It's used to unmask Arragon the Magician.
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The Forest of Doom / int_4f4372e9	type	Early-Installment Weirdness
The Forest of Doom / int_4f4372e9	comment	Early-Installment Weirdness: Being Ian's first solo gamebook, this book notably lacks Ian's trademark "Gotta Catch Them All" elements where missing an item or two would render the book unwinnable, with players allowed repeated chances to collect the two essential MacGuffin items (the hammer's head and handle) - bypass the forest without it, they can simply backtrack, pass a LUCK test, and try again. Difficult, compulsory bosses are also absent, with most enemies' skills being in single-digits (there's three SKILL 10 opponents in the forest - the shapechanger, wyvern and the Fire Demon, but they can be avoided) and one of Ian's few books where one can actually finish the adventure with a skill of 9 or below. Also, your character can be downright sociopathic in a few instances if you want to (see Sociopathic Hero).
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The Forest of Doom / int_5527dc0c	type	Plot Coupon
The Forest of Doom / int_5527dc0c	comment	Plot Coupon: The two halves of the Hammer of Stonebridge, which was dropped in the forest, split in half by two passing Goblins who then went separate ways. You have to recover both the handle and the head and bring them back to Stonebridge.
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The Forest of Doom / int_5e2f5ad2	type	You Kill It, You Bought It
The Forest of Doom / int_5e2f5ad2	comment	You Kill It, You Bought It: If you destroy the Fire Demon and decide to wear his crown, you will become the next Fire Demon, in a Non Standard Game Over.
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The Forest of Doom / int_60bba69b	type	Magic Potion
The Forest of Doom / int_60bba69b	comment	Magic Potion: Early on, the wizard Yaztromo can sell you a variety of magic items before you explore the dreaded forest, including potions that cure poison, potions that help you keep still during an earthquake, and two flavors of potions that respectively control plants and insects.
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The Forest of Doom / int_6ff43af4	type	Antidote Effect
The Forest of Doom / int_6ff43af4	comment	Antidote Effect: Most of the items Yaztromo has to sell. While they do have a purpose inside the forest against specific obstacles, the presence of a single path to victory makes the majority of them redundant, since you won't meet the obstacles they were meant for. There's even one (the Rod of Water-Finding) that is never actually used no matter what route you take, and apparently is only there as a red herring.
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The Forest of Doom / int_8b13fbc9	type	Inescapable Net
The Forest of Doom / int_8b13fbc9	comment	Inescapable Net: One of the purchasable items Yaztromo can sell you, which you use to trap a sleeping troll.
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The Forest of Doom / int_96a33f11	type	Riddle for the Ages
The Forest of Doom / int_96a33f11	comment	Riddle for the Ages: It's implied that the Ghoul in the crypt killed and ate the Goblin thief and then took the hammer head... but it's not made clear how it could have left the stone casket, whose lid is so heavy you'll need magic dust just to open it, in the first place. Maybe ghouls are really strong?
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The Forest of Doom / int_98b1dc8f	type	Luck-Based Mission
The Forest of Doom / int_98b1dc8f	comment	Luck-Based Mission: Getting back alive in one piece from Stonebridge through the hills is a matter of a dice roll.
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The Forest of Doom / int_9918518b	type	Press X to Die
The Forest of Doom / int_9918518b	comment	Press X to Die: One of the first options given by the book is to either attack Yaztromo, or follow him into his tower. If you choose the first option, Yaztromo will turn you into a frog and end your adventure right away.
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The Forest of Doom / int_9ac6b0c1	type	Sociopathic Hero
The Forest of Doom / int_9ac6b0c1	comment	Sociopathic Hero: Maybe it is a slight case of Early-Installment Weirdness, but in this book you're given a chance to start a fight with almost everyone you meet, regardless if they're hostile or not, such as the man with hunting dogs, the centaur at the riverside, and a random dwarf. In fact, one of the first choices offered by this book is whether you'd like to attack Yaztromo or not!
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The Forest of Doom / int_9b54d536	type	Evil Counterpart
The Forest of Doom / int_9b54d536	comment	Evil Counterpart: Bigleg, Gillibran and the rest of the Dwarfs of Stonebridge are good-natured sorts, but you can meet another Dwarf named Trumble. He hails from the town of Mirewater, which is inhabited by evil-inclined Dwarfs who hate their rivals in Stonebridge. In fact, Trumble is the one who started the whole quest by sending his trained eagle to steal Gillibran's Hammer.
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The Forest of Doom / int_a04eb363	type	Lizard Folk
The Forest of Doom / int_a04eb363	comment	Lizard Folk: The book introduces the reptilian-like Shapechanger, as seen on the cover, this time disguised as a goblin.
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The Forest of Doom / int_b58b4e3c	type	Too Dumb to Live
The Forest of Doom / int_b58b4e3c	comment	Too Dumb to Live: Attacking Yaztromo, even after he warns you that his power is great, is the fastest and dumbest way to end the game.
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The Forest of Doom / int_b7059ab0	type	Dungeon Crawling
The Forest of Doom / int_b7059ab0	comment	Dungeon Crawling: As said above, this adventure is essentially an open-air dungeon crawl, with trees acting as walls and paths acting as corridors.
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The Forest of Doom / int_b749f89d	type	Our Ogres Are Hungrier
The Forest of Doom / int_b749f89d	comment	Our Ogres Are Hungrier: In the first half of the forest lies the cavern of an ogre who has captured one of the two Goblins who split and stole the hammer. He's about to cook the still-living goblin when you stumble upon his lair.
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The Forest of Doom / int_b97a2fa7	comment	Forced Transformation: Yaztromo's favourite method of dealing with hostile adventurers. The crow you encounter early on in the forest is a transformed human, and Yaztromo has promised to turn them back if they can bring him 30 gold coins. It's quite possible he's the one who turned them into a crow to begin with. Yaztromo can also turn you into a frog if you're foolhardy enough to attack him.
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The Forest of Doom / int_cfd569ac	type	Take Your Time
The Forest of Doom / int_cfd569ac	comment	Take Your Time: Despite the impending Troll invasion, the fact that you're free to return to Yaztromo's tower to search the forest again if you fail on your first try suggests that you can travel for days and days up and down Darkwood Forest and Stonebridge won't fall.
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The Forest of Doom / int_d2c0e2ed	type	Schmuck Bait
The Forest of Doom / int_d2c0e2ed	comment	Schmuck Bait: Your quest is to help the Dwarves of Stonebridge, so you might be tempted to think that any Dwarf you run into would want to help you. The only Dwarf you can meet in the Forest, however, is from a rival city and is looking for the Hammer for his own plans.
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The Forest of Doom / int_d2d520f4	comment	Our Ghouls Are Creepier: A Ghoul sealed in a casket inside a crypt in the middle of the forest holds one half of the Hammer of Stonebridge. Like the one from previous books, it can paralyze you with three strikes, but can be killed with Holy Water.
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The Forest of Doom / int_d88e125e	comment	Our Dragons Are Different: A small, green and fire-breathing wyvern is encountered near the end of the forest.
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The Forest of Doom / int_da650ce1	comment	I'm Dying, Please Take My MacGuffin: Bigleg tells your character to take the Hammer of Stonebridge to Gillibran before dying from arrow wounds.
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The Forest of Doom / int_dd963bd3	comment	Our Giants Are Bigger: One of the encounters in the forest.
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The Forest of Doom / int_e5421161	comment	Expy: The Fire Demon looks nearly identical to the Balrog (except maybe smaller).
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The Forest of Doom / int_e542d80a	comment	Gonk: The strongman who owns the levitation dust needed for the second hammer piece doesn't wear a shirt and the way his muscles and body are depicted makes him look hideous.
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The Forest of Doom / int_e9d0e7ce	comment	Useless Item: One of the items Yaztromo sells (Rod of Water-Finding) isn't used anywhere in the book. Similarly, some items found in the forest seem like they'd serve a purpose later on (e.g. the wooden whistle and the throwing knife) but never do.
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The Forest of Doom / int_eaa2b8f8	comment	Bewitched Amphibians: At the beginning of the adventure, if you choose to attack Yaztromo instead of seeking his assistance, he turns you into a frog and throws you into the grass at the edge of the forest.
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