#the casket of souls

[traduccionesdelibros]

Thero mi idolo

[vintagerpg]

Oh man, Casket of Souls (1987) is the second (and last) Fantasy Questbook, this one written by Ian Livingstone and published by Penguin instead of Puffin, but it still has something indelibly “Fighting Fantasy” about it. Unlike The Tasks of Tantalon, this puzzle book had a prize — a gold-plated casket made by Citadel miniatures, reproducing the titular treasure right there on the cover.

Plot is straight up — demon takes over the world, the only thing that can stop him is the casket and the proper spell. You’re guided through story by the ghost of a wizard (who gives you the casket at the end) and you have to divine the hints in his narration to locate the twelve treasure that will lead the way to the twelve words of the spell (and their proper order). Unlike Tasks, these are all hidden picture puzzles. Somehow, that doesn’t make it any easier. We recorded a podcast on this book and at that time, I had spend about two hours looking and found three and suspected the location of one more. I’ve devoted another two hours now and I’ve only gotten one more, and that involved turning the book upside down. I suspect mirrors are needed to solve the one I am half sure of, I just can’t be bothered because I’m old and bitter. It’s fun though, even if I am convinced some of the puzzles are bullshit. This book hurts my head way less than Tasks.

This is largely because of the art by Iain McCaig. I mean, just look at it. The puzzle elements are subtle enough that every page in the book is a fantasy art portfolio piece. The cover, and the illustration of the wizard and his smoking hand, are high on my list of all-time great fantasy paintings (and I think both are reproduced in McCaig’s art retrospective book, and a lot of the piece were also recycled for the short-lived BattleCards game). Just gorgeous all the way through!

[triumviiirate]

i spend a lot of time thinking about the empty space between jim and bones at spock's funeral

[im-not-buying-it-ether]

Oh hey @thefantasmarex and all other Cap adopts Kon AU enthusiasts

Fun idea, but Billy has delt with resurrections and spirits before and can visit different afterlives and gods for many a reason. How much you wanna bet he’d go on a huge, months long search across every afterlife and banging on the door of every pantheon looking for Conner after he dies?

Or failing that, Superboy Prime is canonically a prisoner of the Monsterlands in the rebirth comics; so how much you wanna bet Billy is going to make his life hell after taking away a member of his family?

[roguecoffeebean]

Crazy how the moment you unleash your OCs into the public you lose all agency over them. You can be like actually you know what I hate his guts & people would be like didn't ask, don't care, gimme more

[iphigeniarising]

[haveyoureadthisfantasybook]

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vote no if you have not finished the entire book.

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[laurelwinchester]

i don’t understand the obsession some parts of the spn fandom have with the bunker.

‘‘it’s their home! they’ve never had a home and now they have the coolest home ever! i love it so much! the show got so much better when they gave them a homebase!’’

motherfucker it DOESN’T HAVE ANY WINDOWS

[shackld]

suspect r is the love of chief's life but zoya is literally her soulmate and they kiss i hope this helps

[50sfem]

Went to my grandma's funeral yesterday. Idk why I had put makeup on I just cried it off.

[traduccionesdelibros]

En la vida soy Thero, por eso lo amo.

[vintagerpg]

Don’t forget to bring a mirror! This week on the Vintage RPG podcast, we’re looking at Casket of Souls (1987), a puzzlebook by Ian Livingstone that spins out of the success of the Fighting Fantasy series. You, too, can pore over Iain McCaig’s lush art work, looking for clues to solve the riddle and win the titular, gold-plated casket! Well, you could in 1987, anyway. The contest is long over, but half the fun is the journey right? Well, maybe not…this is one of the hardest puzzlebooks I’ve ever encountered…

[paradife-loft]

huh. because they're basically the same kind of item & shape, I had always assumed the little headstone Ciaran sets up for Artorias in the coliseum was a miniature version of the main headstone in Sif's arena

but they're actually not the same design at all - the initial marker looks like it came from a broken piece of the actual panel walls of the arena itself (the carved ones with the cloranthy & fleur-de-lis-esque symbols). the large gravestone meanwhile has some carved text and a different, kinda generic geometric motif seen in a couple of other places in Anor Londo.

[acesheart]

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