#FABLED LANDS SOKARA SERIES#

The War-Torn Kingdomįabled Lands 1, 1995, Dave Morris and Jamie Thomson There were twelve books planned for the series, but only six were published in UK editions, and only the first few in the US. The UK publishings are much better, in my opinion, with color maps and a little better layout.

#FABLED LANDS SOKARA SERIES#

NOTE: This series was published under two names Fabled Lands in the United Kingdom, and Quest in the United States. This sounds a little artificial, but it works very well in practice, and helps the game flow well without getting overly clunky. If you do, then you go to a special section. These affect the game, as some sections will ask if you have a certain codeword. You will pick up codewords throughout the game as you accept quests, accomplish quests, and encounter unique circumstances that give you knowledge or prestige. This helps add to the story you tell with your character, because you don't have to worry about remembering to ignore certain things in the section, like some gamebooks make you do. This makes sure that if something special happens at a certain location, it doesn't happen again and again, only once. Later, if you go to the same section, you will note that you have already ticked the box and then move on to a separate paragraph. Sometimes, the first time you enter a section, you are instructed to check a tickbox. The game handles through the use of tickboxes above certain sections, and through the use of codewords. Buy the books and discover them for yourself.īecause there is no set storyline, you can wander around to your heart's content. There are some subtlities to the classes and attributes, but I won't go into that here. The Troubadour is high in CHARISMA, and is an incessent traveler. The Wayfarer is high in SCOUTING, and seems to do best in the wilderness and deep forests. The Rogue is high in THIEVERY and seems to do best in urban environments. the Warrior, high in COMBAT, is a good character to start with, though he/she is certainly deficient in finesse. The Priest is high in SANCTITY and does best with adventures that shy away from combat. There are also six character classes to choose from: Priest, Mage, Rogue, Troubadour, Warrior, and Wayfarer. They are fairly self-explanatory, based on their names, with the exception of SANCTITY, which measures your spiritual strength. You can take that to the bank.įabled Lands characters have six attributes: CHARISMA, COMBAT, MAGIC, SANCTITY, SCOUTING, and THIEVERY. If you bite off more than you can chew, or do somethign stupid, you will die. I really like this concept, and I've never had a character survive long enough to actually run out of things to do. Each book probably contains close to a score of little adventures or quests for you to get involved in. You can go wherever you want, and do whatever you want. Each has strengths and weaknesses, and certain classes are far better suited for certain adventures than others. You can choose from six different character classes. You see, nothing is set in the Fabled Lands. Then you get the new book, go to that section, and take over from there.

The book will tell you to get another book in the series that covers that geographic area, and will tell you what paragraph to go to in that new book. Then you head West, and eventually got to the border of a neighboring area. You wander around there for awhile, gettting quests and undergoing several adventures. Let's say that you start with book 1, which covers the Eastern section of one of the main continents. Each book in the series covers a certain geographic area. The concept is that the player can send his character anywhere in the world that he/she wants. The Fabled Lands series of gamebooks (printed under the name Quest in the United States) is one of the coolest concepts to hit the gamebook scene ever.

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