Some stories have a message...kinda...

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WARNING! (The real one)

This story is pretty offensive, it can get graphic and downright ruthless at times so if you don’t like that sort of humor, don’t read this story. But if you read it anyway don’t complain if you get offended, I did warn you and keep in mind it IS only a story.

(Or read it anyway, get offended and leave a hilariously triggered comment, that's fine too.)

Also, don't bother trying to "win" either. You can't. Just heed the moral lessons you may learn.

One musician's tale in a dying world

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If you’ve read and liked Necromancer, then this might interest you as this story takes place during the same course of events of that story. (Not a prequel, not a sequel, but an equal!)

However, this story is definitely more “story” than “game”. In fact you shouldn’t even bother reading it if you’re intent on “winning”. You can’t. That being said, there is a “true ending” to this story and you’ll probably know if you get it. If you do get it, you can consider it a “win” if you like.

There are a few points in the story where there are links that lead to “Letters to Home”. While not necessary to understand the story, they do provide a little more insight into the protagonist’s thoughts and feelings on various situations.

The last hope for a dying empire

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This story can be very long assuming you're not dying. Years pass and your surroundings will most likely change. You may very well live a life time in the story.

As with any of my writings, the story comes before the game. However while there isn't a complex inventory and all of that, you can technically "win" by getting one of the epilogues.

There are 13 epilogues total.

There are also several points in the story where there are links that lead to more background information on various people, places, things and events. While not completely necessary to understanding the story, they do give you more insight into it.

Carnivals aren't all fun and games.

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While there is only one spot that contains extra histories for this story, it's basically the background information of all the major characters and factions. It's strongly recommended that these are read due to the fact that your character will be interacting with most of these folks in his attempts to successfully accomplish his task(s).

This story has a very factional feel to it, so choose your allegiances carefully to get one of the better endings.

If you see a bright light, duck and cover!

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I should point out that this story can be very long assuming you're not dying. Years pass and your surroundings will most likely change. You may very well live a life time in the story if you're lucky. You will also experience a completely different adventure depending on how you escaped the initial nuclear strike. (Assuming you do survive it.)

As with any of my writings, the "story" comes before the "game". However, this story was written in a "game like" format. So while there isn't a complex inventory and all of that, you can technically "win" by getting one of the 4 special endings. (You'll know if you get one because you'll get an epilogue)

This one's for the kids, no really!

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This story has clear cut win/lose endings. There is nothing excessively unusual about this story, it's just a simple "children's story".

(Yes, you can still die in it)

Running the family business isn't easy!

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In a few places there are links for history or certain characters. While not necessary to understand the story, they do provide further background information.

There are several endings varying in degrees of good/bad or neutral outcomes. Technically there is one very happy ending, but it isn't labeled as such.

Underneath the sickness there's love...

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WARNING!

This story contains a lot of graphic content, if you are offended by ultra violence, explicit sexual descriptions, tons of swearing, blasphemy, inappropriate dark humor, and brutal misanthropy in general then DO NOT read this story!

Of course now that I’ve mentioned all the things it contains, you’ll probably read it anyway, you sick little monkey.

Well don’t complain if you get offended, I did warn you and keep in mind it IS only a story.

(Or read it anyway knowing it'll offend you and leave an amusingly triggered comment. That's fine too.)

This also isn't really a "win/lose" type story. While there are some endings better than others, this is basically just a tale about a very twisted man and his very twisted lifestyle.

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This story is definitely more "story" than "game", however there are two distinct paths that can be followed, each with their own pitfalls and additional choices. There is also "one true" ending in which can be considered a "win" (You'll know if you got it, because you'll get an epilogue)

This story can get long, and assuming you're surviving, years do pass in it and you and your environment will change. There are a few points in the story where there are links that lead to more background information on various people and things. While not completely necessary to understand the story, they do give you more insight into it. The text that accompanies some of the pics are also done for similar purposes (Your journal entries, personal thoughts, letters written to you, etc)

Humanity never changes...

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There are links leading to various background information and your character's current thoughts throughout the story. In some cases these may provide greater insight since some mysterious things can occur in this story.

There are also several endings varying in degrees of good/bad/neutral outcomes. Technically there is one ultimate "winning" ending, but it isn't labeled as such.

Emotions can be wonderful or dangerous...

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This story has a few bits that are probably a bit on the disturbing side. Not many, but they are there in places. So if you don't like that sort of thing, you probably shouldn't read it.

This story in general is probably a bit odd and less verbose than most of my other stories. There are also several endings varying in degrees of good/bad/neutral outcomes. While there are some endings better than others, this is basically just the tale of a teenager who definitely has some issues.

From humble beginning to infamy and beyond!

Additional notes:

This story is a fully self contained one and can easily be read on its own, however it also acts as a "sequel" to Innkeeper.

As with any of my writings, the story comes before the game. However while there isn't a complex inventory and all of that, you can technically "win" by getting one of the 12 epilogues.

Things would be so much easier if your name was Mary Sue

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This story is a fully self contained one and can easily be read on its own, however it also acts as:

A direct sequel to the "Good Girl" short story in Tales From The Basement.

A semi sequel to the other TFTB short stories, Repression, TRASH, Love SICK and Geek.

A semi prequel to Ground Zero.

As with any of my writings, the story comes before the game. However while there isn't a complex inventory and all of that, you can still "win" by getting one of the epilogues.

There are 16 epilogues total.

Because Basement Dwellers are people too!

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This story is three stories in one. Your first choice will lead to a separate tale of a different “basement dweller”. Each one is mostly different in tone.

Ebay Escapist is weird and random. It’s the least verbose of the three. (Or my stories in general)

Good Girl is the longest and most descriptive of the three. There is some weirdness going on here too, but is mostly kept much more in "reality". There is a cast of characters link in the beginning to help you keep up with who’s who.

Anime Addict has a lot of offensive language and humor, so if you don't like that sort of thing you shouldn’t read this one.

In all the tales there are several endings varying in degrees of good/bad/neutral outcomes. While there are some endings better than others, these are basically just tales of basement dwellers.

It's an edgelord boogaloo!

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This story is three stories in one where it follows a different protagonist based on the first choice.

This story is also probably really offensive or something. Probably shouldn't read it if that's not your thing, but feel free to do so anyway and complain loudly in the comments since those are always good for a laugh.

Anyway, there's your extra warning. You can't say you weren't told.

Incel Insanity and Whining Wokie are all new tales, while Film Fanatic is a "reboot" of sorts of an older story called Exploitation Theater. Yes, it's finally here and been greatly expanded on.

As always the story is always more important than the game focus, but also as always, you definitely can get better endings than others.

Three ladies. Three legends.

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This story is a fully self contained one and can easily be read on its own, however it also acts as a connection to Rogues, Eternal and Necromancer.

As with any of my writings, the story comes before the game. However there is an epilogue for each "winning" ending.

Yee Haw! It's a trailer park life for me!

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This story has a ton of offensive langauge and humor so if you don't like that sort of thing, you probably shouldn't read it. Though given the setting, the language used is pretty accurate.

This also isn't really a "win/lose" type story. While there are some endings better than others, this is basically just a tale about a typical day of a degenerate that lives in a trailer park.

Hard to believe this thread is only 4 years old based on some of the posters in this thread. Seems like some of them (Like the infamous IAP) have been gone way longer.

Yeah looks like they even added a lot more games since the last time I looked at it which was years ago.

Not just a rando, but a retarded one.

Which I suppose is indeed idiocy any way you look at it. Could be the savant kind though.

Wow, I really let this thread go on a bit too long without an addition. Currently have a scifi IF called “Trap for Winners” and the “Untold” series to go through and haven’t gotten to them at all.

So I’ll go over an IF I played a long time ago and still remember most of it. (Or at least all the important bits)

Outsider!

So first things first, this is a completely FREE game you can play on the http://www.ffproject.com/ website. There’s a shitload of free games on there they all mainly use the old Fighting Fantasy book format. Don’t know what that is? Well go read my Fighting Fantasy review thread in the Reading Corner.

Anyway, going to spoil the hell out of this story so if weren’t intending on playing through it anyway or don’t care about being spoiled, well read on. (Probably still going to forget a few things anyway)

Outsider has you in the role of a super assassin because your mother was burned as a witch and you never knew who your dad was, so there’s a lot of tragic childhood going on here. Because of this, you grew up murdering the shit out of people for a living.

Still, you temporarily stopped being an angsty asshole for awhile when you met your girlfriend Eddora. She was an assassin too and she was a HAWT dark elf. Needless to say, getting magical dark elf vagina on the regular put you in a much better mood. (Now you were just a regular asshole)

However, all good things come to an end, and one day Eddora leaves a note by the bed apologizing and saying she has to go “find herself.” (Women, go an’ figure ‘em!)

And now you’re back to being an angsty asshole. Worse perhaps, since now you’re also moping about Eddora. You’re also thinking a lot about who your dad might really be since you’ve been going through your dead mom’s journals and narrowed it down to 3 guys. A necromancer, a count, and a crusader of all people. (Your mom didn’t discriminate)

The story starts with you coming back from a hiatus, so you’re supposed be getting back into the whole murder for hire thing. You’ll also be attempting to track down the men who might be your father as well.

Gamewise it uses the typical Skill, Stamina and Luck scores, in addition to a Psychic score. As fitting for a super assassin, your stats sort of start out already maxed out, still plenty of ways to die in normal combat though. Besides regular combat, you’ve got a little magic about you as well hence the psychic score.

So that’s the set up and from there you get hired for your first missions. You actually can get a premature ending pretty quickly if you turn down two jobs in a row in the beginning. It mentions how you lost your taste for murder and you don’t ever get offered another job again. You become an NPC and get a normal job. You also marry some other NPC and you get to live the rest of your life like a schnook.

However, if you get back into the whole killing thing, you’ll soon get a job where you have to assassinate some necromancer. And this would be the first man you can investigate as being your dad.

Infiltrating the necro’s lair actually has some references to other sword and sorcery stories. Namely Conan (You find books on the shelf that are basically about him) and Elric. Or more specifically Elric’s sword Stormbringer. This intelligent evil sword is hanging on a rack and wants you to use it. It increases your skill stat quite a bit, but there’s a cost and I don’t just mean your other stats. Anyone that’s familiar with the Elric stories should know that sword is cursed and will bring doom to whoever uses it.

I never picked it up, but there is a fun way it screws you royally later towards the end. That’s actually a bit of a theme in this game. Like any FF style book, it’s “gauntlet” in that you are always going forward with maybe a few deviations for a premature end. However, a few of the earlier choices will affect the “final ending”.

Anyway, how you deal with the necromancer also affects getting the “true ending”. In fact, this is the case for ALL your potential dads. If you actually kill any of them, you won’t learn the proper info on who your real dad is.

In any case, it’s not the necromancer. After speaking with him a bit and learning a few things you figure out he can’t possibly be your father. Still, he’s more than willing to see you as his son/apprentice. Taking him up on this offer will lead to a pretty good ending where you become a master of undead and conquer shit with him.

Yeah, sounds like a win to me, but we’ll move on.

So you do a few more missions and there’s other events going on in the city. A few encounters that were of the odder type were meeting some weird prostitute that could poison you instantly with a touch. It’s sort of implied she’s not even of your world, possibly even an alien. She’s described as very “gray” looking and oversized eyes and she’s obviously lost on this world trying to get back to her own. Another weird encounter is in a graveyard where you meet some freak that’s embedding metal into his body. When you fight him he’s called a “Metal Fetishist” and I know this had to be a reference to the old Japanese cult movie “Tetsuo The Iron Man”

Both of them are odd scifi additions to an otherwise fantasy based game, but whatever.

So eventually you’ll get a contract for the count and same deal here. You can either kill him or get more info. Turns out he’s not your dad either, however the count himself is REALLY convinced that you are his son. The count doesn’t have any children of his own and he really wants an heir so badly that he’s more than willing to just let you move into the castle. Again, you can get a premature ending with you becoming a minor ruler of sorts or head back to your home city and mope some more.

While moping, you there’s more shit going on in the city and whispers of changes and such. Nothing major yet though, but it’s starting to look like assassins are becoming a rarer breed or at least there aren’t as many around anymore. It’s mainly you and a few other badasses. One of those is your rival or at least the guy that’s always getting compared as being the one that’s as skilled as you are.

So next big contract and surprise surprise it’s the crusader. Same thing, kill him or speak with him about your mom. He’s not your dad either, however he sees that you’re a trouble soul and all that so he offers to teach you the light side of magic and hopes to change your ways. You study under him a bit and you get the choice of turning your life around. Doing this results in you also becoming a crusader for good and another premature ending.

Of course you can as usual go back home and wallow in self pity because you can’t find your dad. Lol.

So at this point you’re starting to get targeted and even your contact who usually is giving you your contracts betrays you. (And you have to kill him) You also start getting messages from your rival who is also going on about how your time is coming to an end. (Not just you either, he means for all assassins) For awhile you start playing it a bit safe and do nothing but stay in the tavern you have a room at and get a bit fat and out of shape. Lol.

Eventually you snap out of it (Or else you get killed) and take care of your rival and lo and behold Eddora comes back into your life!

So you got a few mixed feelings about her, and she sort of explains herself that she needed to see the world and experience life beyond just being an assassin and she had to do that without you.

But she’s back now and you get the option of forgiving her or telling her to fuck off. Telling her to fuck off leads to a bad ending. Basically you just continue your assassin life without thinking much more about it, but as I said, major changes are coming and the general public doesn’t really want super assassins just hanging out in the city anymore. Eventually you and few hardened elite are all that’s left when you all finally get hunted down and killed.

Forgiving her however leads to uncovering a bit more of what’s going on with the changes in the city. Eddora helps you out on this front. Seems like everyone from the nobles to the thieves guild are trying to eliminate the assassins guild, but two in particular are another dark elf noble and a vampire noble. They got some plot to actually have a proper standing army/militia/whatever to keep law and order as opposed to folk paying cutthroats to run around and resolve their problems.

It’s been awhile since I played, so I’m sure there’s more to it that I’m forgetting but I do remember finding it odd that assassins were being “phased out”. Like seriously? There’s NEVER going to be a time in the “new age” where someone isn’t going to need someone offed secretly and sneakily?

In any case, the dark elf noble and the vamp capture you and your girl, and after you escape you have a big showdown with them both. You end up fighting the vamp and in an amusing (or not amusing) addition to the combat, if you ever roll snake eyes, you have to turn to a special event where the vampire ends up biting your crotch causing you to shout “I AM NO LONGER A MAN!” in a high pitched voice. The vamp then spits out what he bit off.

It’s not clear if he bites your dick off or your balls off, or possibly everything, but either way the combat continues until one of you is dead. (Assuming the damage from the bite didn’t kill you)

So if you win, you’ll get a premature ending if you didn’t get all the info from your potential fathers. Basically it has you riding away from the city with Eddora and you feeling a sense of unfinished business remarking of how you never learned who your real father was. The ending then goes several decades into the future with a tour guide at some location saying “This alleyway was the place where two notorious assassins were finally brought down, but they say at midnight you can still hear them laughing.” (Something like that anyway, it's the first major ending I got when playing it)

If you did get all the info though, you’ll get the chance to get the “true ending” or at least one of them.

Basically you go back over your mom’s diaries and figure out how to bring her back from the dead so you can just ask her directly. Your mom as it turns out is a mean old bitch who wasn’t some misunderstood witch, she definitely was evil.

She does a lot of taunting you, and eventually she admits who your real father is. He was the village idiot. When questioned why she fucked some retard, she said just because she was bored and liked the whole debasedness of it.

So now you got the image of some retard with a goofy looking face fucking your mom (No, seriously you actually get these images since your mom invades your mind with them). If you weren’t angsty before, you sure as hell are now.

However, I sort of thought this was a bit overblown. I mean you obviously “beat the genetic odds” since you aren’t retarded and it wasn’t like you were the one fucking a retard. Your mom’s “flex” doesn’t really seem all that impressive even as far as taunting you goes, after all you already knew she was fucking a bunch of guys.

In any case, you have to fight her burnt corpse. This also has the risk of Eddora dying in the fight which will affect the ending you get.

Okay, so you kill your bitch of a mom. NOW on to the endings.

So if you were unlucky enough to get Eddora killed during the battle, you basically fall to grief. I forget if you kill yourself or just eventually let someone kill you, but the result is the same. A variation involves if you allowed the Count to live. You get someone delivering a message saying the Count just died of natural causes and that you inherited a castle and land. This results in you taking over, but you remain miserable, ordering paintings to be drawn up of Eddora in all your rooms and you’re just one of those melancholy rulers until your die shortly thereafter unable to go on.

The worst ending however is if Eddora lives, but you previously got your dick bitten off. Oddly the dick variable only gets considered if you also let the Count live so you inherit his castle. What ends up happening is you and Eddora take over the castle and rule, but due to being unable to “perform” in the normal way, you start engaging in a lot of other degeneracy. Worse, you also start dabbling in black magic to try to “fix” yourself. In short you got Slaneesh style demon orgies going on every night and eventually even Eddora can’t put up with it anymore and kills you.

Probably the next worst is if you picked up Stormbringer WAY back when you were messing about in the necro lair. The sword ends up killing you with a laugh saying “I was always more evil than you.” (Which is a direct line it says to Elric in the book) Talk about your long troll.

The good ending is if Eddora and you survive (dick intact) but you ended up killing the Count anyway after learning the info. You don’t get the inheritance, but you ride off with her.

Of course the best ending is the same as the last one, but you didn’t kill the Count so you get the inheritance. You rule and have a whole mess o’ half breed babies with Eddora.

And that’s it. Pretty much more or less explained the major bits in order anyway.

There was a sequel, but it’s a lot shorter (Way shorter) and I thought it sucked compared to this one. I think it’s more like just a story set in the same world and written by the same author, since there aren’t any of the same characters.

This one though of course I liked a lot.

Seems about right.

Amun-Ka was an asshole.

I liked the style of Amun-Sekh though. Made all his son's brides his daughters after disposing of the traitor.

Also, funniest shit ever:

Anyway, this contest's top stories had a lot of female protagonists, so got more to point to when someone comes asking for that.

Yeah that happened last year. Basically any images you were hosting on there will break after about a half a day or so.

I had to redo the entire HATE archive and some of the game threads around that time. Good thing I kept precise back ups of where everything was supposed to go.

Probably will start featuring stuff after they get a few more ratings.

I got the good ending and called it a win.

Also Fluxion managed to write a story encompassing several prompts except the one he actually picked.

Oh okay, it still counted with the harsh desert environment, but it easily could have been a story written for the harem prompt we had last year. (Better than the one we did get for that prompt too)