Let's Play: Lone Wolf 1 "Flight from the Dark"

Considering how much better LW2 is compared to LW1, I would very much hope for a sequel thread.

Yes please yes please yes please on the sequel thing, but even without it, this was indeed a really damn good thread. Way to be awesome, Loki.

I still can't believe that we got ourselves into more trouble in five seconds of wandering around the city than in the whole time we spent in that stupid graveyard.

I told you that graveyard was safe!

To be fair, that trap we got out of with Sixth Sense was probably deadly.

But anyway, I like that the final boss of this game was jumping from one roof to another.

It was kind of like Prince of Persia, in that regard.

The final enemy was even a decrepit old man!

Secret: if you decide to follow the guards, they take you straight to the King.

I decided that I'm not going to post the rest of the pictures from Flight From the Dark. If you're really interested to see what we missed go check it out on your own at Project Aon.

I'm not your errand boy, I've got a Sword to find.



He's putting a time limit on my quest? There goes all the aimless wandering.

All right! Level up! Help me out, Talking Time. Which new discipline should I learn? The ones left to chose from are:

Hunting

This skill ensures that a Kai Lord will never starve in the wild. He will always be able to hunt for food for himself except in areas of wasteland and desert. The skill also enables a Kai Lord to be able to move stealthily when stalking his prey.


Tracking

This skill enables a Kai Lord to make the correct choice of a path in the wild, to discover the location of a person or object in a town or city and to read the secrets of footprints or tracks.

Weaponskill

Upon entering the Kai monastery, each initiate is taught to master one type of weapon. If Weaponskill is to be one of your Kai Disciplines, pick a number in the usual way from the Random Number Table, and then find the corresponding weapon from the list below. This is the weapon in which you have skill. When you enter combat carrying this weapon, you add 2 points to your COMBAT SKILL.

Mindshield

The Darklords and many of the evil creatures in their command have the ability to attack you using their Mindforce. The Kai Discipline of Mindshield prevents you from losing any ENDURANCE points when subjected to this form of attack.

Mind Over Matter

Mastery of this Discipline enables a Kai Lord to move small objects with his powers of concentration.



So many choices... I'm looking at that shield, but ultimately it's up to you guys.

C'mon, Talking Time. IT'S A NEW ADVENTURE.

I'd go with tracking as your new skill, and the shield and two meals for your new equipment.

EDIT: Did not know that he already had a chainmail waistcoat.

I'm cool with the shield

but we need hunting so we always have food!

also how much gold do we have now? and what do we use it on?

I already have a chainmail waistcoat from the first book.

34 gold. There were a couple of shops in "Flight from the Dark" but we managed to avoid them.

We also have the map, that crazy gem, the crystal star necklace, a dagger, and the Prince's sword.

Sounds like Weaponskill: Sword + Prince's Sword (and eventually Summerswerd?) might be awesome, so I say you go with that.

Shield and Healing Potion.

Also you should be like "Hey I have a couple horses standing around nearby, mind if I go grab them?" Then you can ride Dirty Dancing along on the journey, but butcher Havanna Nights to produce a bunch of Meals.

As much sentimental value as that dagger has, I'd say swapping it for something with some serious distance, like the spear, and then picking up the shield sounds like a good move. Or if we're fans of daggers, a potion for a rainy day, I suppose, but with our Healing skill, it probably won't be too useful. As far as Kai skills goes, Mindshield might be the best for survivability but come on. Mind over Matter. We could, like, depants people from quite a distance away and not get caught.

I don't even know if those two guys are even alive anymore. And for this journey, we're going to be traveling in style. No more bareback for us.

Weaponskill may be random, but since you can choose from almost every type of weapon in the game right now, you've pretty much got a guaranteed +2 to combat skill here, so I say go with that.

Aside from whatever weapon that ends up being, yeah, the shield sounds nice.

I say we learn Tracking, since there were a few opportunities for that earlier.
We should take the shield and two meals with us.

Woo! I'm in at ground floor for this one!

Using my spider sense, I foresee the following:

"You scrape your backpack against a cliff. A meal falls out."

"You emerge triumphant with the key, but you're soaked in swamp water. Your rations are now inedible."

"Having gone down the left path, you pass through a swarm of hungry pickpockets. They steal your lunch."

In other words, I vote for hunting. (Although Brickroad presents a solid case for Weaponskill: Sword). (EDIT: oh, right -- the type of weapon is determined randomly. Well, that's no good.)

As for the treasury? I say go for the shield.

Dude, Mind over Matter. Anyone can be good with a sword or tracking animals or hunting, but how many people can lift girls' skirts with their mind? Yeah.

Take the shield and, probably a better weapon than the dagger.

Put me down for some Mind Blastin'.

Don't you mean Anti-Mind Blastin'?

Hunting means you don't need to bother with meals at all, which makes it very, very useful. I would go for that and the Shield.

I also suggest Hunting, although Mind Over Matter is tempting if you want to be Lone Jedi.

Honestly, the Awesomeswerd will make us pretty much invincible for every book on out, so it's not like we need weaponskill in it.

But we do needs us some Brain shields. Or maybe thought movin'.

I'd say Weaponskill, but Mind Shield is also acceptable.

Take the broadsword and the waistcoat. Leave all of your other equipment behind. Change your character's name to Conan. Instant win button? I think so.

Mindshield or Mind over Matter. Be all the Jedi that you can be!

The shield sounds good, and maybe a better weapon in place of the dagger.

We're going to need Hunting, I fear.

And don't dare leave that shield behind. We'll need all the CS we can get.

Right. It should also go well with the normal shield.

Given the choice of equipment that you can take with you, I'd grab the shield and the meals - this makes Hunting irrelevant, since it's unlikely that you'll need to eat more than twice in 40 days anyway. As for Kai skills, I totally want to see you take Mind Over Matter, since I can't remember ever using it myself. Dance, Loki, dance!

Okay, so I tailed up the votes and hunting beat out mind over mater by one point. As for the treasury 2 meals and new weapon tied. Since I've got hunting now I figure we'll skip the meals and I'm trading the dagger for the mace. I'm also picking up the shield which brings my combat skill up to 18.

I also spent some time getting a new wardrobe for my nautical adventures, and I grew a dashing new mustache to boot!





A fight on the very first page? Nice.

MACE TO THE HEAD.

Aw. This book is a tease.



Well, Talking Time. HOW SHOULD WE BLOW THIS GUY'S MIND?