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Way of the Tiger

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Way of the Tiger	comment	Way of the Tiger is a series of Gamebooks written by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson, set on the fantasy world of Orb. The player takes the role of a Ninja named Avenger, who seeks revenge against the killer of his mentor and father-figure, a quest that ends up drawing him into larger events on his world's stage.The series originally ran for six books and ended in a massive cliffhanger where Avenger fell into the bottom level of The Bowels of Orb in the final paragraphs, leaving his fate in question. However, a Kickstarter campaign to revive the series succeeded, and work is being done to make hardcover versions of the books, as well as a prequel and a finale. At this time, the prequel and the six books have been done, and the finale (book 7) was written in November 2014.Interestingly, this series was not the first appearance of Orb. The setting was previously used in the 11th Fighting Fantasy book, Talisman of Death, which was also written by Smith and Thomson. Several characters from Talisman of Death return for Way of the Tiger.
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Way of the Tiger / int_12a22bd8	type	Katanas Are Just Better
Way of the Tiger / int_12a22bd8	comment	Katanas Are Just Better: Averted. In fact, Katanas are almost never mentioned; the only time being in the prequel by Rōnin and Samurai. The evil ninja of the Way of the Scorpion have Ninjato Swords, but they aren't special (other than how cool you look when you inevitably disarm them, that is). Downplayed if you took Onikaba's warriors with you in Book 3, as their skill with their swords makes the difference in combat.
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Way of the Tiger / int_15e76b62	type	WorfEffect
Way of the Tiger / int_15e76b62	comment	Worf Effect: Depending on your choices in a fight, this could happen to you. For example, in book 6, if you fight a half-troll mook and use a throw that involves jumping at a foe and grabbing them with your legs, you'll die! The mook turns out to be part dwarf, making him a natural master of the axe and so he slams it into your crotch before you can land the throw on him. This despite you having earlier killed beings that are way, way, way above the half-troll's league.
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Way of the Tiger / int_17330d6c	type	Terrible Trio
Way of the Tiger / int_17330d6c	comment	If you manage to successfuly tread the vengeance path in the last book, then that's what's presumably in stock for the Terrible Trio of Thaum, Tyutchev and Cassandra, stuck with the hostile denizens of the Rift.
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Way of the Tiger / int_17d5e071	type	Weapon of X-Slaying
Way of the Tiger / int_17d5e071	comment	Weapon of X-Slaying: Mandrake makes a rapier engraved with a Rune of Eternal Sleep and your name, meaning that's a weapon crafted specifically to kill you.
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Way of the Tiger / int_18683fc2	type	Power-Up Letdown
Way of the Tiger / int_18683fc2	comment	Power Up Letdown: When Avenger replaces his missing eye with the Gem. You'd think that a magical gemstone for an eye would be only good. But everything is seen as green and with swirling mist, so Avenger still has to keep that eye closed which means he's still only working with one eye. However the Gem does have magical benefits.
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Way of the Tiger / int_187bddc1	type	Religion of Evil
Way of the Tiger / int_187bddc1	comment	Religion of Evil: The priests of Vile, Vasch-Ro, and Nemesis are explicitly evil, never pretend they aren't evil, and have public temples in many cities (with followers comprising not-insignificant demographics in those cities). At one point, Avenger wonders what on earth possesses men to worship evil gods like this.
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Way of the Tiger / int_18bf4326	type	Anti-Magic
Way of the Tiger / int_18bf4326	comment	In the first book if you spy on the 3 greatest champions of evil in the world, you'll see some hard feelings between Honoric and Manse the Deathmage. Manse is the world's best wizard and casts a spell at Honoric, only to find out — as noted above — that Honoric's magical sword instantly dispels any magic being cast. This becomes important when you decide the order of who to assassinate.
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Way of the Tiger / int_191a3673	type	Graceful Loser
Way of the Tiger / int_191a3673	comment	Graceful Loser: After his defeat, with his last breath, Yaemon congratulates Avenger for his skills before dying. In book 4, if you ambush one of the Way of the Shadow ninjas with a poison needle, he will die cursing you and your god for besting him with such a simple trick... yet with his final breath concedes "But you are truly ninja..."
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Way of the Tiger / int_1e14ea2a	type	Boss Battle
Way of the Tiger / int_1e14ea2a	comment	Boss Battle: Every book featured at least one climactic fight (and not always at the end), which usually involved a more complicated series of tactical decisions than the standard dice-roll battles.
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Way of the Tiger / int_1e679bd0	type	The Quisling
Way of the Tiger / int_1e679bd0	comment	The Quisling: The Priesthood of Nemesis is nominally loyal to the Overlord. This doesn't stop them from try to welcome invaders from the Rift or usurpers of his throne should the chance present itself.
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Way of the Tiger / int_216ff5ed	type	Moses in the Bulrushes
Way of the Tiger / int_216ff5ed	comment	Moses in the Bulrushes: How Avenger was found. Yes, he does have Royal Blood.
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Way of the Tiger / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
Way of the Tiger / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: In the first book if you spy on the 3 greatest champions of evil in the world, you'll see some hard feelings between Honoric and Manse the Deathmage. Manse is the world's best wizard and casts a spell at Honoric, only to find out — as noted above — that Honoric's magical sword instantly dispels any magic being cast. This becomes important when you decide the order of who to assassinate. In the second book, you learn that Tyutchev, Cassandra and Thaum are wanted for murdering the High Priestess of Illustra and pillaging her church. If you manage to get your hands on Tyutchev's pouch in book 6 or 7, you can recover the Heart of Illustra and give it back to the heroes looking for it, so that they may escape the Rift with you.
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Way of the Tiger / int_246268be	type	Flipping Helpless
Way of the Tiger / int_246268be	comment	Flipping Helpless: Avenger can flip enemies on their backs with different throw techniques. He then follows up with an attack that gets significant bonuses to hit and damage.
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Way of the Tiger / int_293cdcd9	type	Bare-Fisted Monk
Way of the Tiger / int_293cdcd9	comment	Barefisted Monk: The evil Scarlet Mantis Monks. Part of the portfolio of Avenger's god, Kwon, is Unarmed Combat. Most of Kwon's followers are depicted as martial arts monks, albeit not as skilled in fighting as Avenger is.
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Way of the Tiger / int_32da548d	type	Arch-Enemy
Way of the Tiger / int_32da548d	comment	Arch-Enemy: Avenger perceives Yaemon as this while growing up. After Yaemon dies, Honoric (his ally who survives the initial Roaring Rampage of Revenge) is more than eager to take Yaemon's place as your arch-nemesis for the rest of the series.
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Way of the Tiger / int_35a13198	type	World's Best Warrior
Way of the Tiger / int_35a13198	comment	World's Best Warrior: Yaemon and Honoric are explicitly said to be this. Honoric is the greatest swordsman in the world, while Yaemon is the greatest martial artist. On top of this, Manse the Deathmage is best black magician in the world while Mandrake is the best assassin. The Forces of Evil just get the best of everything, it seems. No wonder the gods of evil get pissed when Avenger kills off their best toys. Unsurprisingly, Avenger himself is declared by the Grandmaster of the Island of Dawn to be the deadliest individual in the world after hearing of who you've killed.
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Way of the Tiger / int_36400864	type	Catharsis Factor
Way of the Tiger / int_36400864	comment	In the last book, you can try to toss some Blood of Nil into the eyes of the Black Widow. All you get is a wound and her attention but also satisfaction.
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Way of the Tiger / int_3669a9e2	type	Multi-Melee Master
Way of the Tiger / int_3669a9e2	comment	Multi-Melee Master: The proud Weapon Master Aiguchi is glad to show off his skills with his many weapons, including a recurve bow, a naginata (main weapon), a nunchaku (secondary weapon) and a truckload of daggers.
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Way of the Tiger / int_38047858	type	Squishy Wizard
Way of the Tiger / int_38047858	comment	Squishy Wizard: Manse the Deathmage is the most powerful wizard in the world, and can kill you with one spell. Unfortunately for Manse, he's also a Glass Cannon. You have to neutralize his magic in one of two ways (either by having a special amulet or stealing Sorcerak), but once you do, he's so feeble that you don't even have to roll dice or choose a tactic in order to kill him.
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Way of the Tiger / int_38317f87	type	Evil Is One Big, Happy Family
Way of the Tiger / int_38317f87	comment	Evil Is One Big, Happy Family: The followers of evil gods in this setting — particularly Vile, Nemesis, and Vasch-Ro — never seem to have any issues working together, especially when it comes to making trouble for Avenger.
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Way of the Tiger / int_38b05ae7	type	Poorly Disguised Pilot
Way of the Tiger / int_38b05ae7	comment	Poorly-Disguised Pilot: The world of Orb and the characters Cassandra, Tyutchev and Thaum appear in the Fighting Fantasy gamebook Talisman of Death. (Especially obvious since most of the 'fantasy' books in Fighting Fantasy take place on a planet called Titan.)
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Way of the Tiger / int_38f5ed1a	type	Dragged Off to Hell
Way of the Tiger / int_38f5ed1a	comment	Dragged Off to Hell: In Book 7, the already damned Yaemon tries to pull this on Avenger, so that he'll forever suffer in the lake of boiling blood.
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Way of the Tiger / int_3bebfcc0	type	Living Lie Detector
Way of the Tiger / int_3bebfcc0	comment	Living Lie Detector: If Avenger chooses to learn "Shin-ren" (Heart-Training) he becomes one of these.
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Way of the Tiger / int_3d699462	type	Curb-Stomp Battle
Way of the Tiger / int_3d699462	comment	Curb-Stomp Battle: Avenger can find himself on the receiving end of these when he makes a wrong move. Failing to deal with Yaemon, Honoric, and Manse in the correct order means you can end up facing Honoric and Yaemon together with predictable results. During Usurper!, unless you get help, you end up being being killed after Astaroth summons three other demons to help him when you try and retake the throne.
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Way of the Tiger / int_3e01fd7	type	Arrow Catch
Way of the Tiger / int_3e01fd7	comment	Arrow Catch: If Avenger has the skill Arrow-cutting, he can catch arrows in his barehands though he prefers to just deflect them away.
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Way of the Tiger / int_3ed23024	type	Surprisingly Realistic Outcome
Way of the Tiger / int_3ed23024	comment	Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: You managed to sneak behind a Dark Elf sorceress busy casting some deadly spells on your allies and you're given the chance of just taunting her to take her attention off your friends. She promptly turns around and finish casting her spell on you, with deadly results.
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Way of the Tiger / int_3f737576	type	Climax Boss
Way of the Tiger / int_3f737576	comment	Climax Boss: The Grandmaster of Shadows is the strongest enemy of Book 4 and fought in an intese, epic duel similar to the battle against Yaemon, but he's only the midway point of the game. Book 7 has the battle against the Brain Maggot to leave the Rift once and for all.
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Way of the Tiger / int_3ff34221	type	To Hell and Back
Way of the Tiger / int_3ff34221	comment	To Hell and Back: It's taken 27 Real Life years, but Avenger is finally coming home.
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Way of the Tiger / int_426e1e63	type	Story-Driven Invulnerability
Way of the Tiger / int_426e1e63	comment	Story-Driven Invulnerability: Though you can fight many of the major villains in earlier books, you simply cannot kill them outright as they have to escape alive to appear in later books to avoid continuity errors. It is expressed in the reprints that the ones you did kill spent money to have a priest resurrect them.
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Way of the Tiger / int_43555d33	type	Heroes Prefer Swords
Way of the Tiger / int_43555d33	comment	Heroes Prefer Swords: Averted. Avenger prefers to fight unarmed, using kicks, punches, and throws. His only "weapons" (shuriken, poison needles, and garrote) are assassination tools that he uses to one-shot enemies instead of fighting them. In fact, in the third book, if he uses a magical dagger that can kill demons in one hit, you have to roll a Fate roll because Avenger has never trained with the weapon.
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Way of the Tiger / int_443b78cd	type	Tranquil Fury
Way of the Tiger / int_443b78cd	comment	Although less overtly stated than the fight with Aiguchi, Yaemon himself plays this trope straight when Avenger confronts him in book 1. Finding himself alone with Avenger on the rooftop of Quench-Heart Keep, Yaemon does not attempt to summon his guards or flee to safety. Instead, the two nemeses exchange a polite martial arts bow, trade a couple lines of surprisingly calm banter, and settle into the one-on-one battle that Avenger has longed for all his life.
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Way of the Tiger / int_44fc28e8	type	Honor Before Reason
Way of the Tiger / int_44fc28e8	comment	Honor Before Reason: No less than two villainous examples happen in the series. In book 3, if you encounter Honoric, it's possible to get ensnared in a random hunter's trap during the confrontation. Honoric then has you at his mercy, but refuses to kill a helpless opponent — not even one such as you, who previously poisoned him with Orb's most metal venom while he was sleeping. Frustrated, Honoric spares Avenger's life, much to the latter's utter bewilderment. In book 4, after you kill the Grandmaster of Shadows in his lair (and get maimed in the effort), his ninja followers rush in to surround you... but state that they are honorbound to let their master's killer leave (much as it irks them).
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Way of the Tiger / int_457655dd	type	Human Popsicle
Way of the Tiger / int_457655dd	comment	Human Popsicle: In the jail of the Forbidden Shrine you find out that most prisoners are kept frozen in blocks of ice. Some of them are poisoned, so that they suffer undying for a long time.
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Way of the Tiger / int_464dd7cc	type	The Unfought
Way of the Tiger / int_464dd7cc	comment	The Unfought: Played with, while you canonically fight and beat Honoric in Book 5 - that fight isn't lethal for him as his elite horsemen chase you away. If you are in the battle where Honoric does get killed, you never get the chance to re-fight him in the chaos of the battle. Instead it's Doré le Juine who's the one dragging out Honoric's corpse.
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Way of the Tiger / int_474e3977	type	You Have Failed Me
Way of the Tiger / int_474e3977	comment	You Have Failed Me: If you don't manage to kill Honoric in Warlord!, you'll find Honoric in the last book as a wreck of a beggar whose eyes were gouged out. This was punishment from his sword.
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Way of the Tiger / int_479d4e5a	type	Would Hurt a Child
Way of the Tiger / int_479d4e5a	comment	Would Hurt a Child: Manse the Deathmage who sacrifices children to his dark god. In Book 4, if you go through the Valley of Undead Kings and try to rescue a child, the Ringwraith expies will kill her.
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Way of the Tiger / int_47ae290f	type	Let's Fight Like Gentlemen
Way of the Tiger / int_47ae290f	comment	Let's Fight Like Gentlemen: In book 3, Aiguchi the Weaponmaster challenges you to a duel in a special divinely-sanctified dueling area. You can refuse the duel (or flee the area once you've accepted), but will suffer penalties if you do. To the Weaponmaster's credit, the fight itself is strictly one-on-one with no attempts to gimp you (or any other dirty tricks) beforehand. If you win, the evil priests who run the dueling area will respect your victory and allow you to leave unmolested. Although less overtly stated than the fight with Aiguchi, Yaemon himself plays this trope straight when Avenger confronts him in book 1. Finding himself alone with Avenger on the rooftop of Quench-Heart Keep, Yaemon does not attempt to summon his guards or flee to safety. Instead, the two nemeses exchange a polite martial arts bow, trade a couple lines of surprisingly calm banter, and settle into the one-on-one battle that Avenger has longed for all his life.
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Way of the Tiger / int_47e4f5f5	type	Golden Ending
Way of the Tiger / int_47e4f5f5	comment	Golden Ending: If you stole Thaum's pouch from the second to last book, you can save Glaivas, Doré le Juine Thybault, Vespers and Eris (Taflur cannot be saved, as he does a Heroic Sacrifice at the beginning of the last book); and "get vengeance" on Tyutchev, Cassandra and Thaum.
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Way of the Tiger / int_49d59be9	type	Scenery Porn
Way of the Tiger / int_49d59be9	comment	Scenery Porn: Assassin has a sequence when you are at a Lord's estate and you can't sleep one particular night and so you walk around. What follows is an evocative sequence of a palatial residence in the dead of night that creates a beautiful atmosphere while still giving off the feeling that something is wrong. Then you find a dead guard and you're suddenly being garroted and the book's climatic action sequence begins.
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Way of the Tiger / int_4b045a8a	type	Villainous Valour
Way of the Tiger / int_4b045a8a	comment	Villainous Valour: In Book 3 and in Book 5, Honoric insists on fighting Avenger in a duel.
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Way of the Tiger / int_4c7e2c2d	type	Heroic Fantasy
Way of the Tiger / int_4c7e2c2d	comment	Heroic Fantasy: The setting's overall genre, albeit with some Wutai around Avenger's homeland. The planet is a step or two closer to a World of Badass than usual, too.
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Way of the Tiger / int_4cacfcc3	type	Honey Trap
Way of the Tiger / int_4cacfcc3	comment	Honey Trap: The Femme Fatale Foxglove has the ability to entrance men, which she can make semi-permanent if she manages to kiss them.
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Way of the Tiger / int_4faa04bb	type	Dream Team
Way of the Tiger / int_4faa04bb	comment	Dream Team: Yaemon, Honoric, and Manse the Deathmage are respectively the deadliest Scarlet Mantis master, the commander of the Legion of the Sword of Doom, and Orb's most powerful black magician, their plot for world domination would have brought even the gods of good to heel if Avenger hadn't stopped them.
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Way of the Tiger / int_519f108a	type	Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Way of the Tiger / int_519f108a	comment	Throwing Your Sword Always Works: Played with — Honoric can throw his sword "Sorcerak" at you in one fight, but the magical blade has the specific magical ability to fly, making this a viable tactic rather than a desperation move. And rather than throwing it directly, he commands the sword to fly at you.
Way of the Tiger / int_519f108a	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_519f108a	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_519f108a
Way of the Tiger / int_52600ad6	type	Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu
Way of the Tiger / int_52600ad6	comment	Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu: The entire battle with Astaroth and his cadre: while you are fighting a Duke of Hell barehanded, it really feels like you're hopelessly outmatched, even with the help of Dama or Doré to even the odds. Fighting Astaroth alone has you suffering several wounds you just can't avoid, the only reason why you can beat Scourge is the fact that he's weaker outside of Hell and even after slaying a severely wounded Astaroth you're left too weak to keep fighting, forcing you to rely on your allies to take over the city of Irsmuncast.
Way of the Tiger / int_52600ad6	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_52600ad6	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_52600ad6
Way of the Tiger / int_53c8d46	type	The Underworld
Way of the Tiger / int_53c8d46	comment	The Underworld: The Bowels of Orb, a seemingly endless underground network filled with evil beings of every sort. Its entrance is inconveniently close to civilized lands, too. Subverted in that it's not the place where the souls of the dead come to spend eternity, but just a domain of wickedness and depravity.
Way of the Tiger / int_53c8d46	featureApplicability	-0.3
Way of the Tiger / int_53c8d46	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_53c8d46
Way of the Tiger / int_53fd0a77	type	Out of the Frying Pan
Way of the Tiger / int_53fd0a77	comment	Out of the Frying Pan: The finale of Book 6 has you, alongside the two parties of heroes and, possibly, Foxglove, escape down the Worldworm to evade the colossal Karthak beast and the Dark Elves guard on it: as a result, everyone end up in the lair of the Black Widow, the demigoddess who rules the Rift.
Way of the Tiger / int_53fd0a77	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_53fd0a77	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_53fd0a77
Way of the Tiger / int_5a194444	type	But Not Too Bi
Way of the Tiger / int_5a194444	comment	But Not Too Bi: In the reprint, it is stated that Foxglove's Charm Person can be used on men and women alike. Yet, during Book 6 and 7, she always tries her skill on men, never once trying to captivate Cassandra.
Way of the Tiger / int_5a194444	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_5a194444	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_5a194444
Way of the Tiger / int_5c91635a	type	Bare-Handed Blade Block
Way of the Tiger / int_5c91635a	comment	Barehanded Blade Block: Generally averted — Avenger has thin but strong rods of iron built into his costume sleeves allowing him to block bladed weapons without injury. That said, Avenger does do the "clap catch" technique in one fight with a sword-wielding Way of the Scorpion ninja. (The text at least acknowledges the "extraordinary judgment and coordination" you needed to perform the feat.)
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Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_5c91635a
Way of the Tiger / int_62259825	type	Nintendo Hard
Way of the Tiger / int_62259825	comment	Nintendo Hard: The series is definitely a gamebook example of this. One on one, Avenger can readily kill anything that's not a high-end supernatural being or epic villain, often without even being seen. Unfortunately, he's still far from invincible and healing is sparse, so every hit a mook does manage to land on Avenger adds up. Worse yet, modifiers to combat and/or new skills only show up in the first three books. If you don't play through these books, you're stuck using a bare-bones Avenger while the enemies become increasingly difficult.
Way of the Tiger / int_62259825	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_62259825	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_62259825
Way of the Tiger / int_63389669	type	Brain Monster
Way of the Tiger / int_63389669	comment	Brain Monster: The Brain Maggot at first resembles a giant human brain before uncoiling itself in a giant snake-like form.
Way of the Tiger / int_63389669	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_63389669	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_63389669
Way of the Tiger / int_6439de78	type	Heroic Sacrifice
Way of the Tiger / int_6439de78	comment	Heroic Sacrifice: Taflur in Redeemer! goes down trying to fight the Black Widow herself, losing his sword and his head to the arachnid's massive fangs.
Way of the Tiger / int_6439de78	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_6439de78	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_6439de78
Way of the Tiger / int_6492f4ca	type	Spirit Advisor
Way of the Tiger / int_6492f4ca	comment	Spirit Advisor: The Spirit Tiger, a servant of Kwon the Redeemer, occasionally appears in dream sequences to help Avenger.
Way of the Tiger / int_6492f4ca	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_6492f4ca	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_6492f4ca
Way of the Tiger / int_64f0c18c	type	Critical Existence Failure
Way of the Tiger / int_64f0c18c	comment	More generally, Avenger is not entirely protected by Critical Existence Failure. If you make a particularly boneheaded move (or bad die roll) in the wrong place, you can be instagibbed even if you're at your full 20 Endurance.
Way of the Tiger / int_64f0c18c	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_64f0c18c	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_64f0c18c
Way of the Tiger / int_659ef759	type	Implacable Man
Way of the Tiger / int_659ef759	comment	Implacable Man: Everyman, the golem that the evil gods send after you to avenge the death of Yaemon, Manse and (almost) Honoric is one — you can defeat him in combat, but he will just get right back up again and follow you no matter where you run to. It takes kicking him into the Rift (an almost bottomless chasm leading to the depths of The Underworld) to stop him. And even that doesn't kill him. In the last book, Everyman will attack a Giant Spider demi-god to get at Avenger (who himself is now stuck in the underworld). Presumably the spider takes the time to kill Everyman all 100 times required to kill him for good.
Way of the Tiger / int_659ef759	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_659ef759	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_659ef759
Way of the Tiger / int_675a7d05	type	OrpheanRescue
Way of the Tiger / int_675a7d05	comment	Orphean Rescue: Book 6 begins with Avenger setting off to rescue Glavias from Bowels of Orb.
Way of the Tiger / int_675a7d05	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_675a7d05	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_675a7d05
Way of the Tiger / int_6b486b81	type	Revive Kills Zombie
Way of the Tiger / int_6b486b81	comment	Revive Kills Zombie: In Usurper!, you are attacked by Ringwraith expies, the only way to kill one happens to be scrolls of raise dead. Holy water and other attacks merely drive them off.
Way of the Tiger / int_6b486b81	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_6b486b81	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_6b486b81
Way of the Tiger / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
Way of the Tiger / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: Avenger himself, whose initial goal in life is indeed to avenge his murdered foster-father. After he accomplishes this goal and moves on to other adventures, Avenger keeps his moniker as a Name To Run Away From Really Fast.
Way of the Tiger / int_6bda9a30	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_6bda9a30	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_6bda9a30
Way of the Tiger / int_6ca2ae39	type	Mercy Rewarded
Way of the Tiger / int_6ca2ae39	comment	Mercy Rewarded: As tempting as it is, letting the Lord Steward of Nemesis go unharmed if you didn't make him member of your council and were insulted by him is the safest choice, as harming him will net you a loss of popularity.
Way of the Tiger / int_6ca2ae39	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_6ca2ae39	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_6ca2ae39
Way of the Tiger / int_6ec989d8	type	Guide Dang It!
Way of the Tiger / int_6ec989d8	comment	If you don't kill Honoric in book 5 (and you probably won't), you can encounter him in book 7 as a blind beggar, having being reduced to the shadow of his former self by his own egotistic sword Sorcerak.
Way of the Tiger / int_6ec989d8	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_6ec989d8	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_6ec989d8
Way of the Tiger / int_6ee09826	type	Religious Bruiser
Way of the Tiger / int_6ee09826	comment	Religious Bruiser: With religious belief being so wide-spread and fervent, every character including Avenger is a faithful devotee and the vast majority of them are also dangerous in a fight. Handling the militant faithful becomes an important part of Avenger's life after becoming Overlord.
Way of the Tiger / int_6ee09826	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_6ee09826	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_6ee09826
Way of the Tiger / int_7621a56b	type	Poison Is Evil
Way of the Tiger / int_7621a56b	comment	Poison Is Evil: Averted, as Kwon (and by extension Avenger) has no problem with this method of killing enemies. Specifically, Avenger has poisoned needles with Spiderfish Toxin, and the much rarer black blood of Nil.
Way of the Tiger / int_7621a56b	featureApplicability	-1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_7621a56b	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_7621a56b
Way of the Tiger / int_77538ed4	type	Admiring the Abomination
Way of the Tiger / int_77538ed4	comment	Admiring the Abomination: At the end of book 2, when Avenger stays with Lord Kiyamo, a rival Way of the Scorpion ninja sneaks past (and kills) seven samurai guards in order to make an attempt on Avenger's own life. After the latter comes out on top, Kiyamo expresses shock that his house's security could have been breached so easily, but Avenger consoles him: "Do not feel shamed, Lord. There was nothing you could have done in any case. He was Ninja."
Way of the Tiger / int_77538ed4	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_77538ed4	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_77538ed4
Way of the Tiger / int_77666408	type	Combat Tentacles
Way of the Tiger / int_77666408	comment	Combat Tentacles: The Nyruk in Book 7 is a horrible skinless humanoid who can whip you with multiple tentacles from his back.
Way of the Tiger / int_77666408	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_77666408	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_77666408
Way of the Tiger / int_7919a45b	type	Duel to the Death
Way of the Tiger / int_7919a45b	comment	Duel to the Death: Aiguchi the Weaponmaster will challenge you to a combat sacred to both Vasch-Ro and Fate in a sacred ring. If you refuse the challenge you get cursed by Fate, while if you accept you'll find out that for once the bad guys follow the rules to a T.
Way of the Tiger / int_7919a45b	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_7919a45b	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_7919a45b
Way of the Tiger / int_7b8f5f07	type	Charm Person
Way of the Tiger / int_7b8f5f07	comment	Charm Person: One of the powers of the Sceptre which Avenger inherits as Overlord of Irumscast. In Book 5, you can use this ability to win over the bickering council who are deciding whether to send you reinforcements.
Way of the Tiger / int_7b8f5f07	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_7b8f5f07	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_7b8f5f07
Way of the Tiger / int_7c862b8a	type	Chronic Backstabbing Disorder
Way of the Tiger / int_7c862b8a	comment	Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: As a spymistress, the leader of a Gestapo-like secret police force, and a worshiper of a god famous for deception, Foxglove is definitely this. A lot of her favors have some hidden agenda attached. In the last book practically everything she does will get you killed (or captured and THEN killed) if you accept her pleas for help.
Way of the Tiger / int_7c862b8a	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_7c862b8a	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_7c862b8a
Way of the Tiger / int_7eb73553	type	Bullying a Dragon
Way of the Tiger / int_7eb73553	comment	Bullying a Dragon: If you spy on Honoric's training in book 1, you see him effortlessly best several soldiers at once (using an ordinary sword). Not to be outdone, Manse the Deathmage humiliates Honoric by turning the sword into a tulip in front of the assembled troops. Honoric responds to this by unsheathing his magic sword Sorcerak, which nullifies all magic, leaving Manse defenseless (and painfully aware of it). Unfortunately for Avenger, Honoric simply skulks off at that point rather than slaughtering Manse right then and there.
Way of the Tiger / int_7eb73553	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_7eb73553	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_7eb73553
Way of the Tiger / int_80580ffe	type	Optional Stealth
Way of the Tiger / int_80580ffe	comment	Optional Stealth: Subverted in earlier books, where the stealthy approach was always the safest way out of trouble, though in Book 6 you have to make your way to the Rift: depending on your choices of path, you can either spend the entire book without triggering a single fight before you finally reach the climax or, if you're spotted, have to fight your way in the subterranean domain of evil.
Way of the Tiger / int_80580ffe	featureApplicability	-0.3
Way of the Tiger / int_80580ffe	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_80580ffe
Way of the Tiger / int_82f05a5d	type	ConservationOfNinjitsu
Way of the Tiger / int_82f05a5d	comment	Conservation of Ninjutsu: The series observes this trope religiously. With one exception, Avenger never travels with other good ninjas and is therefore a badass who can carry his own gamebook franchise. The exception proves the rule, as it happens in the prologue book, which tells the story of how Avenger completed his ninja training alongside several other prospective Way of the Tiger ninjas. All of these ninjas-in-training are plenty badass already, but none of them (including Avenger himself) are quite as awesome as Avenger in the main series. Meanwhile, the evil Scorpion ninjas are only tough when they're alone (on a special climactic mission to assassinate you, you've mowed through their ranks to face their Grandmaster one-on-one, etc).
Way of the Tiger / int_82f05a5d	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_82f05a5d	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_82f05a5d
Way of the Tiger / int_84f4a870	type	Puzzle Boss
Way of the Tiger / int_84f4a870	comment	Puzzle Boss: Against certain opponents, like the Blue Dragon or the Kraken in book 4, you can't fight with standard martial arts, but rather have to find craftier ways of dealing with them. The Brain Maggot fought at the climax of book 7 is a really unforgiving example.
Way of the Tiger / int_84f4a870	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_84f4a870	featureConfidence	1.0
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Way of the Tiger / int_858dc9aa	type	Unwinnable
Way of the Tiger / int_858dc9aa	comment	Unwinnable: If you manage to capture Cassandra at the beginning of Book 6, do not take her magic sword away, or you will die at the end of the book. (This was avoidable in the original, it is not in the reprint.) In book 7, if you haven't found the Paladin's Sword by the time you meet Glaivas and Dorné, then just restart, as you'll be forced to handle the Scepter to Glaivas and it will be taken later by Foxglove.
Way of the Tiger / int_858dc9aa	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_858dc9aa	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_858dc9aa
Way of the Tiger / int_8871bbd8	type	Eye Beams
Way of the Tiger / int_8871bbd8	comment	Eye Beams: The Devil Beast can shoot red energy beams from the eyes, but can be recharged and used a second time.
Way of the Tiger / int_8871bbd8	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_8871bbd8	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_8871bbd8
Way of the Tiger / int_8878f3be	type	Badass Army
Way of the Tiger / int_8878f3be	comment	Badass Army: Book 5 has Honoric's Swords of Doom who really live up to their name and he gets further reinforcements including Scarlet Mantis Monks. Avenger starts off with the makings of one with his Shieldmaidens and he'll be able to recruit more - especially if he gets the Heroes of Fate on his side. Glaivas and Doré le Juine will then bring Elves, Rangers and Paladins to further Honoric's pain.
Way of the Tiger / int_8878f3be	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_8878f3be	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_8878f3be
Way of the Tiger / int_8967e17f	type	Back from the Dead
Way of the Tiger / int_8967e17f	comment	Back from the Dead: Honoric is saved in the nick of time by Vasch-Ro's interference, so that he may come back to hunt Avenger. If Foxglove is executed or dies while escorting you in book 6, she'll reappear in Book 7, revived by the Black Widow as her latest follower.
Way of the Tiger / int_8967e17f	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_8967e17f	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_8967e17f
Way of the Tiger / int_8a4988bb	type	Mind Rape
Way of the Tiger / int_8a4988bb	comment	Mind Rape: Old Ones and other people from the Rift can use their mind powers and sheer hatred to hurt Avenger, who must use Inner Force to resist their psychic attack.
Way of the Tiger / int_8a4988bb	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_8a4988bb	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_8a4988bb
Way of the Tiger / int_8c96ae78	type	No One Could Survive That!
Way of the Tiger / int_8c96ae78	comment	No One Could Survive That!: Avenger may find to his cost that a demonic Duke of Hell can No-Sell an inner force powered punch directly to the face.
Way of the Tiger / int_8c96ae78	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_8c96ae78	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_8c96ae78
Way of the Tiger / int_8e59e4a6	type	Cthulhumanoid
Way of the Tiger / int_8e59e4a6	comment	Cthulhumanoid: Old Ones are a race of squid-like, cave-dwelling evil humanoids of great power. You encounter one in an underground room of the royal palace in book 3 and later fight him to death in book 5.
Way of the Tiger / int_8e59e4a6	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_8e59e4a6	featureConfidence	1.0
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Way of the Tiger / int_8ea9eb54	type	Black Swords Are Better
Way of the Tiger / int_8ea9eb54	comment	Black Swords Are Better: Honoric wields the Sorcerak, a large black sword which costantly exudes smoke. Not only the blade is impossibly sharp, but it can also nullify all magic, cause supernatural fear in others and even fly and move on its own. Sorcerak is also a sentient demon in the shape of a sword.
Way of the Tiger / int_8ea9eb54	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_8ea9eb54	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_8ea9eb54
Way of the Tiger / int_8f628fb7	type	Forest Ranger
Way of the Tiger / int_8f628fb7	comment	Forest Ranger: Glaivas the Ranger, who is in several books. This is specifically his job title.
Way of the Tiger / int_8f628fb7	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_8f628fb7	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_8f628fb7
Way of the Tiger / int_901dbf9a	type	Cliff Hanger
Way of the Tiger / int_901dbf9a	comment	Cliffhanger: The series was an infamous example of this for many years, as book 6 was published in 1987 (and indeed ended on a cliffhanger), while the 7th and final book (concluding the storyline) did not appear until 2015.
Way of the Tiger / int_901dbf9a	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_901dbf9a	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_901dbf9a
Way of the Tiger / int_90b66e22	type	Femme Fatale
Way of the Tiger / int_90b66e22	comment	Femme Fatale: Foxglove. If you carry her around in book 6 she'll often try to seduce you so that she can enchant you.
Way of the Tiger / int_90b66e22	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_90b66e22	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_90b66e22
Way of the Tiger / int_95265081	type	Leeroy Jenkins
Way of the Tiger / int_95265081	comment	Doré le Juine; a friendly Leeroy Jenkins-type.
Way of the Tiger / int_95265081	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_95265081	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_95265081
Way of the Tiger / int_96795ca	type	Do Not Attempt
Way of the Tiger / int_96795ca	comment	Do Not Attempt: At the beginning of every book. "Do not attempt any of the techniques or methods described in this book. They would result in serious injury or death to an untrained user."
Way of the Tiger / int_96795ca	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_96795ca	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_96795ca
Way of the Tiger / int_9d17b859	type	Made of Iron
Way of the Tiger / int_9d17b859	comment	Made of Iron: The Arabaru-Kami is inhumanly powerful and can shrug off even strikes imbued with Inner Force. Let's hope you still have a vial of Blood of Nil...
Way of the Tiger / int_9d17b859	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_9d17b859	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_9d17b859
Way of the Tiger / int_9e943076	type	One-Man Army
Way of the Tiger / int_9e943076	comment	One-Man Army: In the first book, you can get the opportunity to spy on Honoric training. Using only a normal sword, Honoric has several soldiers attack him at once. Without much effort, he disarms three of them and drives the rest back, and Avenger can discern that Honoric could have killed them all at will. And this is without his sword unsheathed!
Way of the Tiger / int_9e943076	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_9e943076	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_9e943076
Way of the Tiger / int_a2b38d3b	type	Eye Scream
Way of the Tiger / int_a2b38d3b	comment	Eye Scream: Done to Avenger by a shuriken from an evil master ninja. This will be the worst hurt anyone in the series has done to Avenger (at least canonically). Later in the same game, if you lack an Amulet of Nullaq, you can get rid of a Kraken by tossing a force-empowered shuriken in its eye. If one was unable to kill Honoric, you'll find him as a blind beggar in the last book; his eyes torn out by Sorcerak as punishment for his failure. In the last book, you can try to toss some Blood of Nil into the eyes of the Black Widow. All you get is a wound and her attention but also satisfaction. In the same book, the Impostor subjected himself to this to impersonate the Avenger.
Way of the Tiger / int_a2b38d3b	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_a2b38d3b	featureConfidence	1.0
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Way of the Tiger / int_a414c3f0	type	One-Hit Kill
Way of the Tiger / int_a414c3f0	comment	One-Hit Kill: As a ninja, Avenger specializes in these, as he is often able to instakill enemies with his razor-sharp garrote, shuriken, poison needles, or simply a well-timed (and, if necessary, Inner Force-boosted) strike or throw. If Avenger learns Yubi-jutsu (Nerve-striking), his opportunities for one-hit kills increase even more. Manse does this to his victims with his favorite Finger of Death spell.
Way of the Tiger / int_a414c3f0	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_a414c3f0	featureConfidence	1.0
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Way of the Tiger / int_a414c3f0
Way of the Tiger / int_a5a3ae2b	type	Orifice Invasion
Way of the Tiger / int_a5a3ae2b	comment	Orifice Invasion: In Book 6, an unlucky choice will result in a tiny spider known as Daughter of Nullaq going down your mouth and living in your head. Get two of them and it's game over.
Way of the Tiger / int_a5a3ae2b	featureApplicability	1.0
Way of the Tiger / int_a5a3ae2b	featureConfidence	1.0
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Way of the Tiger / int_a6275bef	type	Cool Sword
Way of the Tiger / int_a6275bef	comment	Cool Sword: Honoric's sword Sorcerak, a black sword that emits wisps of smoke when drawn. What sets it apart from other swords is that Sorcerak can generate fear, dispel magic from even epic-level wizards, and fly through the air. Avenger eventually learns that Sorcerak is a sentient Evil Weapon — and not above discarding a wielder that has disappointed it.
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Way of the Tiger / int_a6441fa	type	Gratuitous Ninja
Way of the Tiger / int_a6441fa	comment	Gratuitous Ninja: Really, this is the premise of the series. In the '80s with a glut of gamebooks, the Way of the Tiger series set itself apart from the others with the main draw of being a ninja with "real" ninja skills.
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Way of the Tiger / int_a7325f9e	type	The Many Deaths of You
Way of the Tiger / int_a7325f9e	comment	The Many Deaths of You: Like many gamebooks of the 80's, Way of the Tiger took an indulgent approach with player death scenes after bad choices or unlucky die rolls.
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Way of the Tiger / int_a7b324e	type	Handicapped Badass
Way of the Tiger / int_a7b324e	comment	Handicapped Badass: Avenger himself. He loses an eye in a later book but gets a little better via magical implant. Regardless whether he gets a replacement or not, he takes a rather significant hit to his combat abilities.
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Way of the Tiger / int_abbe5875	type	Evil Weapon
Way of the Tiger / int_abbe5875	comment	If one was unable to kill Honoric, you'll find him as a blind beggar in the last book; his eyes torn out by Sorcerak as punishment for his failure.
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Way of the Tiger / int_abd29ad8	type	No-Sell
Way of the Tiger / int_abd29ad8	comment	No-Sell: Some enemies are though enough to shrug off the effects of Spiderfish poison, but only a selected handful can tank the super-rare Blood of Nil. Starting from Book 2 onward, you may run into powerful demonic enemies (like the Araberu-Kami, Astaroth or the Brain Maggot) downright immune to your Inner Force-powered fists.
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Way of the Tiger / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
Way of the Tiger / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: The orcs near the beginning of Book 5 will have this reaction if you're able to fell the Cave Troll sent against you and promptly run away.
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Way of the Tiger / int_ad451179	type	Cruel Elephant
Way of the Tiger / int_ad451179	comment	Cruel Elephant: The Spawn of the Rift is a hideous abomination taking the form of a phantom, fleshless mammoth monster with three misshaped heads filled with horns, fangs and teeth.
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Way of the Tiger / int_ad90927	type	Scripted Battle
Way of the Tiger / int_ad90927	comment	Scripted Battle: Like most gamebooks, combats in Way of the Tiger are resolved using die rolls (although unlike most gamebooks, you usually have a choice about which move to use). One standout feature of the series is that the climactic encounters go much farther than that, adding a series of tactical decisions (and chances to use your ninja skills) before settling into the die-roll battle.
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Way of the Tiger / int_ad94c7a0	type	Scars Are Forever
Way of the Tiger / int_ad94c7a0	comment	Scars are Forever: In Book 5, there's two opportunities for Avenger to be badly mutilated in the face. This has dire consequences as he's looking for allies and no one wants to join with someone that hideous.
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Way of the Tiger / int_ad9559e6	type	Arc Villain
Way of the Tiger / int_ad9559e6	comment	Arc Villain: The Black Widow and her cult are this in the final two books, though the real final boss is unrelated to them.
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Way of the Tiger / int_adb98918	type	All-Powerful Bystander
Way of the Tiger / int_adb98918	comment	All-Powerful Bystander: Solstice always praise the high powers of Time, but never once he'll lift a finger to help you, no matter the cause.
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Way of the Tiger / int_b1346878	type	Fate Worse than Death
Way of the Tiger / int_b1346878	comment	Fate Worse than Death: Given that many of the evil gods are against you, it's not surprising that they're doing their best to deliver you to the eternal torments of their pits of despair. If you don't kill Honoric in book 5 (and you probably won't), you can encounter him in book 7 as a blind beggar, having being reduced to the shadow of his former self by his own egotistic sword Sorcerak. If you manage to successfuly tread the vengeance path in the last book, then that's what's presumably in stock for the Terrible Trio of Thaum, Tyutchev and Cassandra, stuck with the hostile denizens of the Rift.
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Way of the Tiger / int_b61f1b2b	type	TouchÃ©
Way of the Tiger / int_b61f1b2b	comment	In book 4, if you ambush one of the Way of the Shadow ninjas with a poison needle, he will die cursing you and your god for besting him with such a simple trick... yet with his final breath concedes "But you are truly ninja..."
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Way of the Tiger / int_b8fdf22a	type	Fighting a Shadow
Way of the Tiger / int_b8fdf22a	comment	Fighting a Shadow: Killing demons sends them back to their home plane.
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Way of the Tiger / int_bf2a1181	type	Blade on a Rope
Way of the Tiger / int_bf2a1181	comment	Blade on a Rope: The Grandmaster of Shadows uses a (mispelled) Kyoketsu-shoge as a weapon, depicted as a long hair rope with a machete-like blade on one end and an iron ring on the other. He skillfully uses the weapon in an attempt to ensnare Avenger.
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Way of the Tiger / int_bfaff026	type	Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy
Way of the Tiger / int_bfaff026	comment	Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: The Way of the Scorpion ninja in Assassin!.
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Way of the Tiger / int_c37813c5	type	Ninja
Way of the Tiger / int_c37813c5	comment	Ninja: Good-aligned ninjas practice the Way of the Tiger and follow the god Kwon; evil ninjas practice the Way of the Scorpion and follow Nemesis, the Supreme Principle of Evil. And yes, the Conservation of Ninjutsu is in play here.
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Way of the Tiger / int_c3844d3d	type	Flesh Golem
Way of the Tiger / int_c3844d3d	comment	Flesh Golem: Everyman is one, a disgusting, walking patchwork of different corpses and green ooze. Because he's made of so many people, you must kill him over a hundred times to finally put it to rest, a fight impossible for a human.
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Way of the Tiger / int_c3fc7139	type	Wutai
Way of the Tiger / int_c3fc7139	comment	Wutai: The hidden bases of the Tiger and Scorpion Ninjas as well as the Isle of Plenty. But outside these relatively small regions, the setting is a roughly traditional Heroic Fantasy.
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Way of the Tiger / int_c92bd7ed	type	Spiders Are Scary
Way of the Tiger / int_c92bd7ed	comment	Spiders Are Scary: The followers of the evil goddess Nullaq have an arachnid motif and attire, rule over venomous animals, can conjure web and feed their victims to giant spiders. You later meet the demigoddes Black Widow and her court of arachnid horrors deep in the darkest pits of the Rift.
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Way of the Tiger / int_c948fd40	type	Ki Manipulation
Way of the Tiger / int_c948fd40	comment	Ki Manipulation: One of the earliest examples in Western gaming, Avenger can tap into his "Inner Force", which allows him to strike with bone-shattering force. He can also expend his Inner Force to endure attacks on his mind or withstand harsh environments.
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Way of the Tiger / int_c9868780	type	Playing Possum
Way of the Tiger / int_c9868780	comment	Playing Possum: With Feign Death you can pretend to die to make enemies lower their guard and get the drop on them. This is also the very last trick of the Impostor after you seemingly kill him in combat.
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Way of the Tiger / int_cc4d190a	type	Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?
Way of the Tiger / int_cc4d190a	comment	Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: The world's mightiest wizards and warriors, primordial beastgods, giants, ifrit, an Eldritch Abomination or two, demigods and demons — all have died under the fists and feet of Avenger. Downplayed in that many times it's clear that Avenger is outmatched against certain monsters, such as the one-sided battle against Astaroth.
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Way of the Tiger / int_ccb636fe	type	Kraken and Leviathan
Way of the Tiger / int_ccb636fe	comment	Kraken and Leviathan: The Kraken here is less than a Giant Squid and more like an Animalistic Abomination related to the vile goddess Nullaq. One guards the way to the island where the Scepter and the Emerald Orb are kept.
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Way of the Tiger / int_d0f63e83	type	Magnetic Hero
Way of the Tiger / int_d0f63e83	comment	Magnetic Hero: The other power of the Sceptre is that it inspires loyalty in friendly forces. If your troops are positive to you, Avenger can even lead them against the Swords of Doom who's magic swords generate fear.
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Way of the Tiger / int_d1814802	type	Big Red Devil
Way of the Tiger / int_d1814802	comment	Big Red Devil: Astaroth's true form is this. His servants are more diverse, including a giant centaur with a snake for a tail and a lion skull for a face and two massive demonic hyenas.
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Way of the Tiger / int_d39e327f	type	What the Hell, Hero?
Way of the Tiger / int_d39e327f	comment	What the Hell, Hero?: In Book 6, Avenger will get one from his god Kwon if he decides not to go rescue Glaivas. Kwon's so pissed that he takes a large chunk of Inner Force away from Avenger, who then decides to go on the mission anyway.
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Way of the Tiger / int_d58d2b7e	type	Post-Final Boss
Way of the Tiger / int_d58d2b7e	comment	Post-Final Boss: In Book 7, the battle with Landlack is this, after you dealt with the Impostor.
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Way of the Tiger / int_d5b3df2d	type	Dark Action Girl
Way of the Tiger / int_d5b3df2d	comment	Dark Action Girl: Cassandra, a female warrior and psychopath.
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Way of the Tiger / int_d654552	type	ExcitedEpisodeTitle
Way of the Tiger / int_d654552	comment	Excited Episode Title!: Every book has an exclamation point.
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Way of the Tiger / int_d9e9ad7e	type	The Cavalry
Way of the Tiger / int_d9e9ad7e	comment	The Cavalry: In Usurper, if you were nicely social to a knight errant earlier in the book, he will suddenly appear when you most need help against a demon lord and his minions. Failing this, you might instead have a talisman which animates a big statue of Dama to intervene against the demon lord.
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Way of the Tiger / int_daba0e87	type	Acquired Poison Immunity
Way of the Tiger / int_daba0e87	comment	Acquired Poison Immunity: One of the abilities you can choose at the beginning. There are two instances where one can choose a new skill. If granted by Avenger's god, Kwon, it's as if he had studied since birth. However in a book where a Ninja Master offers to teach a skill, he says they just don't have the years to build up the immunity. Honoric has this as well after surviving the first book. His god intervenes magically to keep him from dying from the Blood of Nil, and thereafter ordinary poisons (including your Spiderfish-poisoned needles) are nothing to him. Your ninja opponent at the end of Assassin! has this ability, reacting contemptuously if you use a poison needle attack on him.
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Way of the Tiger / int_db912a80	type	The Good King
Way of the Tiger / int_db912a80	comment	The Good King: Avenger's father, the previous Overlord of Irsmuncast before the Usurper, was both beloved and just. Avenger can try to be a just Overlord himself, but it's not easy in a city with a budget, bickering factions, and a significant population of Nemesis worshipers.
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Way of the Tiger / int_dda99fa8	type	Despair Event Horizon
Way of the Tiger / int_dda99fa8	comment	Despair Event Horizon: In the final book, you can once again encounter Honoric, who has clearly passed this point due to being blinded and abandoned by his magic sword after you defeated his army in book 5. Despite all the shit the two of you have done to each other by this point, Honoric puts up only a brief, half-assed attempt at defense if you decide to kill him.
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Way of the Tiger / int_e0606d52	type	Optional Boss
Way of the Tiger / int_e0606d52	comment	Optional Boss: In Book 2, before the final boss encounter, you have to fight two different opponents, depending on your choice: if you directly help the villagers, then you have to kill an Obakemono and the Hannya demon behind him, while if you proceed forward to Kiyamo's castle, you have to defeat Lord Jikkyu, an Arabaru-Kami.
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Way of the Tiger / int_e1acc872	type	From Nobody to Nightmare
Way of the Tiger / int_e1acc872	comment	From Nobody to Nightmare: The Impostor who takes your place in book 7, nearly destroying all you worked hard for and ruining the Manmarch? Just a nameless mook of the Way of the Scorpion who excelled at disguising, armed with a magic belt given to him by Landlack and Mandrake's enchanted rapier, made specifically to kill you.
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Way of the Tiger / int_e2ccee25	type	Animal Motifs
Way of the Tiger / int_e2ccee25	comment	Animal Motifs: Kwon and his cult has the tiger, Nemesis has the Hawk and the followers of Nullaq have both spiders and octopoids. The Dark Elves in the Rift have both spiders and crows.
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Way of the Tiger / int_e2f7ab99	type	Assassin Outclassin'
Way of the Tiger / int_e2f7ab99	comment	Assassin Outclassin': This trope is zig-zagged when Avenger gets into it with Mandrake, the Guildmaster of the Assassins and greatest killer in Orb. When they first meet in book 2, it is Avenger who is so badly outclassed by Mandrake's traps that (if he didn't take the right skills) he might need literal divine intervention to survive Mandrake's attention, and the latter escapes no matter what. But when Mandrake returns in book 4, it's possible for Avenger to be so on top of things that he not only sees right through Mandrake's expert disguise, but kills him with an easy die roll.
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Way of the Tiger / int_e3f34fb4	type	Featureless Protagonist
Way of the Tiger / int_e3f34fb4	comment	Featureless Protagonist: While almost everyone assumes that Avenger is male (and the cover illustrations portray Avenger that way), the character is never actually stated to be male or female. The reprint specifically mentions that honeypot Foxglove is trained in seducing both men and women, so Avenger's gender remains ambiguous.
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Way of the Tiger / int_e44da6cc	type	Makeup Is Evil
Way of the Tiger / int_e44da6cc	comment	Makeup Is Evil: Foxglove is always describe wearing colorful, variegated makeup. She's also a dangerous and scheming priestess of Nemesis.
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Way of the Tiger / int_e5421161	type	Expy
Way of the Tiger / int_e5421161	comment	Expy: The inhabitants of the Rift and the Rift itself call to mind the Underdark from Dungeons & Dragons, including a Lloth look-alike in the Black Widow, Spider People serving her as high-ranked servants and Illithid-like Old Ones. The true nature of Sorcerak is a nod to Stormbringer.
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Way of the Tiger / int_e6630c8b	type	GameplayAndStoryIntegration
Way of the Tiger / int_e6630c8b	comment	Gameplay and Story Integration: At the beginning of Book 2, you're told that you start the game without your dose of Blood of Nil, as you have already used it in book 1 to take down Honoric. More generally, Avenger is not entirely protected by Critical Existence Failure. If you make a particularly boneheaded move (or bad die roll) in the wrong place, you can be instagibbed even if you're at your full 20 Endurance.
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Way of the Tiger / int_e6661fc2	type	Press X to Not Die
Way of the Tiger / int_e6661fc2	comment	Press X to Not Die: The fights between you and Yaemon (then, in a later book, Honoric) are kinda like this. No dice rolls, instead you choose which attacks you wish to use against them. If you picked a good choice, then the enemy takes a set amount of damage that can be doubled by using Inner Force. Otherwise you take a set amount of damage and in some cases can wind up getting crippled in the fight. This can lead to a dissonance in play, where you can come out scoring a Flawless Victory against epic villains like Yaemon and wind up getting carved by an orc mook.
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Way of the Tiger / int_e7c33c6a	type	True Sight
Way of the Tiger / int_e7c33c6a	comment	True Sight: If his missing eye has been replaced with the Gem, Avenger can look using the new eye and see through illusions.
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Way of the Tiger / int_e8bf967	type	Shoot the Mage First
Way of the Tiger / int_e8bf967	comment	Shoot the Mage First: Discussed in the Prequel; Avenger can walk into some kind of Summoning Ritual in a ship. If you attack the mage first, they will flashback to their Mentor saying "Yes, always attack the magic user first." This is also good advice any time you fight Tyutchev, Cassandra, and Thaum. Thaum will always open with trying to cast something nasty, so you want to interrupt him first.
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Way of the Tiger / int_eb81c601	type	Big Damn Heroes
Way of the Tiger / int_eb81c601	comment	Big Damn Heroes: Villainous version. When you're curbstomping Honoric down to a few measly hitpoints, his elite shocktroopers will jump in and drive you off with pikes and arrows before carting him off to safety. As Honoric is an Honor Before Reason kind of guy, he berates his troops (even as they're dragging him off) for besmirching his honor in such a way, too.
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Way of the Tiger / int_ee4286cd	type	Leave Him to Me!
Way of the Tiger / int_ee4286cd	comment	Leave Him to Me!: In book 4, it's possible for Avenger to sniff out Mandrake as an imposter in his court before the latter completes his plan to assassinate Avenger. On this path, Avenger is asked if he wants his guards to neutralize Mandrake, only to reply that he will reserve that pleasure for himself.
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Way of the Tiger / int_f0864fd9	type	Combat by Champion
Way of the Tiger / int_f0864fd9	comment	Combat by Champion: Book 5 touches on this when Honoric challenges you to a duel before your army clashes with his. The trope is ultimately averted, though, as a) neither of you believe you're dueling instead of letting your armies go to battle, and b) after you get the upper hand, Honoric's forces pull him away before you can finish him off.
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Way of the Tiger / int_f217a6e	type	MacGuffin Guardian
Way of the Tiger / int_f217a6e	comment	MacGuffin Guardian: To reach the Orb and the Scepter, you have to pass over a giant Kraken (which can be pacified with the Amulet of Nullaq) and then fight against the ghastly Devil Beast lurking on the island.
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Way of the Tiger / int_f594c8a9	type	Fed to the Beast
Way of the Tiger / int_f594c8a9	comment	Fed to the Beast: How the priesthood of Nullaq carries on their sacrifices.
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Way of the Tiger / int_fb6b207f	type	You Killed My Father
Way of the Tiger / int_fb6b207f	comment	You Killed My Father: Twice. Yaemon killed Avenger's adopted father, setting off the latter's quest for vengeance. After Avenger defeats Yaemon, the latter reveals that he killed Avenger's biological father, too.
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Way of the Tiger / int_fd7267dd	type	Master of Disguise
Way of the Tiger / int_fd7267dd	comment	Master of Disguise: One of Mandrake's more awesome skills, as he is able to impersonate even one of Avenger's advisors (and fool the other advisors) leading up to the final confrontation between the two. While it doesn't come into play as often as his more lethal talents, Avenger himself has learned "the Seven Ways of Going", enabling him to travel in disguise as a seemingly harmless minstrel. (And yes, Avenger can perform as a minstrel, too.)
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Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Dragged Off to Hell / int_f52eb927
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Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Flipping Helpless / int_f52eb927
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Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Giant Squid / int_f52eb927
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Gratuitous Ninja / int_f52eb927
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Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Ki Manipulation / int_f52eb927
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Master Swordsman / int_f52eb927
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Mother of a Thousand Young / int_f52eb927
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	Obvious Beta / int_f52eb927
Way of the Tiger	hasFeature	One-Hit Kill / int_f52eb927
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