History Literature / TheRiddlingReaver

* FantasyCharacterClasses: Mostly averted, as character creation's only really geared toward the standard fighter who's the hero of most of the solo books. Optional rules are there for one (and ''only'' one) player to roll up a mage.

* FantasyCharacterClasses: Mostly averted, as character creation's only really geared toward the standard fighter the hero of most of the solo books. Optional rules are there for one (and ''only'' one) player to roll up a mage.

* TooDumbToLive: Invoked, the book states that if the heroes tries to fight the Devlin ignoring the massive pails of water lying around then they deserve to be annihilated.

* AttackBackfire: If a Mage botches a spell roll, then the Game Master is advised to have the spell backfire on him (for example, the cloning spell creates a temporary EvilTwin of the caster). It is, however, advised that this be humorous rather than dangerous, because the quest is already plenty dangerous.

* AttackBackfire: If a Mage botches a spell roll, then the Game Master is advised to have the spell backfire on him (for example, the cloning spell creates a temporary EvilTwin of the caster).

''The Riddling Reaver'' is a multi-player SpinOff of the long-running ''Literature/FightingFantasy'' series and a follow-up to "Fighting Fantasy: The Introductory Role-Playing Game".

* WeaponBasedCharacterization: All the heroes start with a sword, but they have the choice of different weapons: [[DeviousDaggers Daggers]] inflict less damage, [[CarryABigStick Maces]] are the same as swords, [[AnAxeToGrind Axes]] and [[BladeOnAStick Spears]] can, depending on the dice roll, deal less or more damage per attack. Finally, [[EpicFlail Morning Stars]] and [[{{BFS}} Greatswords]] can be used to deal more damage, but they come with a SKILL malus (the former for its chain, the latter because it's huge and cumbersome).

* WeaponOfChoice: All the heroes start with a sword, but they have the choice of different weapons: [[DeviousDaggers Daggers]] inflict less damage, [[CarryABigStick Maces]] are the same as swords, [[AnAxeToGrind Axes]] and [[BladeOnAStick Spears]] can, depending on the dice roll, deal less or more damage per attack. Finally, [[EpicFlail Morning Stars]] and [[{{BFS}} Greatswords]] can be used to deal more damage, but they come with a SKILL malus (the former for its chain, the latter because it's huge and cumbersome).

* BalefulPolymorph: Accidentally pissing off a genie on the ''Twice Shy'' will have a player character turned into a monkey. He can still fight though, but with their SKILL greatly reduced.

* WeaponOfChoice: All the heroes start with a sword, but they have the choice of different weapons: [[KnifeNut Daggers]] inflict less damage, [[CarryABigStick Maces]] are the same as swords, [[AnAxeToGrind Axes]] and [[BladeOnAStick Spears]] can, depending on the dice roll, deal less or more damage per attack. Finally, [[EpicFlail Morning Stars]] and [[{{BFS}} Greatswords]] can be used to deal more damage, but they come with a SKILL malus (the former for its chain, the latter because it's huge and cumbersome).

* ALoadOfBull: In one scenario you can fight a Minotaur in an arena. One which can [[PoisonousPerson breath poison]] from its nostrils, but is otherwise quite weak.

* OneManArmy: [[spoiler: Having made it to the final act, the players (around 3 - 5 of them) will have to do battle against the Reaver's Replicanth army. All 130 of them!!!... thankfully though, there are ways to quell their numbers and they are flimsy enough to go down easily]].

The first stop of adventure is the southern city of Kallamehr, previously seen in ''Literature/SlavesOfTheAbyss'', where upon arriving the players discover Baron Bluestone (husband of Lady Carolina Bluestone, previously featured in ''Abyss'') battling the Reaver. Unfortunately, the players arrive just in time to see Bluestone being flung off his tower by the Reaver. The heroes then set off to pursuit the Reaver; but for some reasons, the Reaver seems to be tempting the heroes to follow him, since he left behind clues of his whereabouts in a magic riddle box. Players will need to outsmart the Reaver and stay ahead of him as they attempt to track him across the city before reaching the harbour.

The heroes' pursuit of the Reaver reaches a magic ship, the ''Twice Shy'', decked in Kallamehr harbor. But upon getting aboard the ship, the heroes discover the voyage will not be a pleasure one: the ''Twice Shy'' is teeming with monsters, spirits, and various traps, tricks and more riddles of the Reaver's devising.

Getting off the ''Twice Shy'', the heroes lands in a beach somewhere in the jungles of southern Allansia. After saving an explorer named Waxley, he became a companion of the players because of his knowledge of how to get to a mysterious shrine housing an artifact of great power. After an intense jungle trek filled with battles against monsters and killer plants, the heroes discover the shrine is actually an ancient creature waiting for sacrifices to willingly (or unknowingly) enter its guts; the artifact, the Pendulum of Fate, is hidden in the very heart of the creature. Unfortunately, the Riddling Reaver makes yet another appearance and steals the Pendulum to enact his plans to upset the balance between Order and Chaos.

The heroes pursue the Reaver to prevent him from using the Pendulum for his own nefarious reasons. His lair, "The Reaver's Roost", is nearby, but this place is not like any other villain hideout the heroes may have come across in past adventures: Chance rules supreme here; strange traps and hazards await them, and above all, an ever-increasing army of Replicanths created by the Reaver pose a serious threat to their mission. The heroes must rely on their wits and luck more than ever to save the world from destruction.

* AttackOfTheMonsterAppendage: In the jungle level of Act Three, players are attacked by the tendrils of a [[ManEatingPlant giant pitcher plant]] which attempts to drag players into its maw.

** The Devlin's cage is located in a room containing pails of water, the only element it is weak against, for some reason.

* GiantSpider: Shows up in the jungle of Act Three, and the Reaver's lair in Act Four.

* ALoadOfBull: In one scenario you can fight a Minotaur in an arena. One which can [[PoisonousPerson breath poison]] from its nostrils...

* MixAndMatchCritters: The Chimaera, fused between a lizard, eagle, and lion, from Act Two. It is capable of having three attacks at the same time, preventing players from ganging up on it.

* RodentsOfUnusualSize: In Act Two, while aboard the ''Twice Shy'', players can encounter one of these.

* SquishyWizard: Downplayed; players who choose to be wizards have access to spells, but similar to ''Literature/{{Sorcery}}'' they have a malus of -2 when rolling dice for their SKILL value.

* ScaledUp: Not the Reaver, but he can change a wooden pole into a giant snake to hold off the players as he made a getaway.

''The Riddling Reaver'' is a multi-player SpinOff of the long-running ''Literature/FightingFantasy'' series and a follow-up to Fighting Fantasy: The Introductory Role-Playing Game.

Up to four players can participate in this game; the Hero, which is the GameMaster, who narrates the story for three or more players - each with their own SKILL, STAMINA and LUCK stats - and sets up scenarios, events, and battles for the players on a long, hazardous mission - to confront the cunning Riddling Reaver.

The Riddling Reaver works with the basic rules of gameplay set out by Fighting Fantasy. This book will requires the GameMaster to be at least a seasoned player of Fighting Fantasy and having access to Titan - The Fighting Fantasy World and Out of the Pit for further information to enhance the gameplay.

* WombLevel: One rather long scenario in Act Three takes place in the stomach of a massive subterranean monster.

* SwallowedWhole: This can happen to the entire party, when a ship they're aboard gets swallowed by a SeaMonster.

* AnomalousArt: On board the Twice Shy, players risk getting attacked by a portrait of the Reaver.

* BalefulPolymorph: Accidentally pissing off a genie on the Twice Shy will have a player character turned into a monkey. He can still fight though, but with their SKILL greatly reduced.

** Wheelies from ''Literature/CitadelOfChaos'' shows up in the Reaver's lair in Act Four.

** The Reaver can sic another Fire Demon, similar to the one from ''Literature/TheForestOfDoom'', ''Literature/TrialOfChampions'', ''Literature/FangsOfFury'' and ''Literature/TowerOfDestruction'' on the players. Once again they're FireSword -wielding enemies which can breath fire and uses whips as their sidearms.

** Iron-Eaters, which earlier on appeared in ''Literature/TempleOfTerror'', ''Literature/CryptOfTheSorceror'' and ''Literature/{{Deathmoor}}'' shows up again in the WombLevel. This time they attack en masse however.
** The Reaver can sic another Fire Demon, similar to the one from ''Literature/ForestOfDoom'', ''Literature/TrialOfChampions'', ''Literature/FangsOfFury'' and ''Literature/TowerOfDestruction'' on the players. Once again they're FireSword -wielding enemies which can breath fire and uses whips as their sidearms.

* SmashedEggsHatching: Getting trapped in a chamber full of giant centipede eggs, the players have to make their way out by doing this... resulting in hordes of vicious baby centipedes attacking the players.

* ContinuityCavalcade: And how! Enemies from previous installments of ''Fighting Fantasy'' comes in en masse to challenge the players.

* WombLevel: One scenario in Act Two takes place in the stomach of a massive sea monster.

* ContinuityCalvacade: And how! Enemies from previous installments of ''Fighting Fantasy'' comes in en masse to challenge the players.

** The temple where the Pendulum Artifact is located is guarded by Eye Stingers, similar to that from ''Literature/TempleOfDoom''.

* ContinuityNod: