FREE FABLED LANDS: LORDS OF THE RISING SUN PDF Dave Morris,Jamie Thomson,Russ Nicholson | 250 pages | 27 Aug 2012 | Createspace | 9781478377108 | English | United States fabled lands products for sale | eBay Fabled Lands is a series of fantasy gamebooks written by established gamebook authors Dave Morris and Jamie Thomson and published by Pan Books, a division of Macmillan in the mid s. Originally planned as Fabled Lands: Lords of the Rising Sun twelve-book series, only six were released between and before the series was cancelled. The first two books were also printed under the name Quest in the U. Beginning in Julythe makers of Fabled Lands launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund completion of Book Seven; the Kickstarter campaign hit its base target within the first 45 minutes it was online. The first app, Fabled Lands: Lords of the Rising Sun on The War-Torn Kingdomincluded new colour art and original coloured in art from Russ Nicholson, and was released on January 20, The second app was released in June, Following Megara's decision to withdraw from app development indigital rights reverted to the authors and the apps were withdrawn from sale. The RPG rules were based on the original rules of the game books but expanded to accommodate an adventuring party in a pen-and-paper roleplaying context, rather than as a gamebook experience for a solo player. The RPG and first of the source books were released in mid The books deviated from other mainstream gamebooks such as the Fighting Fantasy or Lone Wolf series in a number of ways. The most notable of these was the open-ended, free roaming gameplay. Other gamebooks gave the character a linear questwith some leniency in how they went about accomplishing it; when they completed the quest, the gamebook ended. The Fabled Lands series gave the player an entire fantasy world to roam around in, doing whatever they wished with no limits or linearity; there was no set quest and there is no way to "finish" the series unless the player dies. There are hundreds of quests in the six books that were published, of varying lengths. The Fabled Lands: Lords of the Rising Sun is free to pursue these at their leisure, or spend their time doing entirely Fabled Lands: Lords of the Rising Sun things - wandering, trading, exploring or building up their abilities. Each book contained a different geographic area of the Fabled Lands, and the player could easily travel between regions by switching to another book. The books became increasingly difficult as they progressed, with tougher enemies and harder quests; this was to account for the player becoming more powerful as they went through each book. Although the final six books in the series have never been published or even writtenDave Morris has indicated in the past that he is interested in reviving the series:. I'd love to complete the series. It would take some time to get back into the flow of it, but I still have our very extensive notes. I would think the first step might be to set up books as Web pages and see what kind of interest they generated. This, I think, is a better format for gamebooks now - we are no longer in the era of the printed word. If that worked out, and the net publisher could set up a subscription system, I think Fabled Lands and many other gamebook series could enjoy quite a renaissance. On September 13,Dave Morris indicated that the series had a possible chance of a revival on his blog, saying, in response to a fan query Fabled Lands: Lords of the Rising Sun the future of the fabled lands and particularly the book The Serpent King's Domain"My lips are sealed, though I will say that Frank Johnson, the head of Fabled Lands LLP, was throwing those same words around last week. InBook 7 of the series, titled "The Serpent-King's Domain," was funded successfully via a Kickstarter campaign. Series creators Morris and Thomson did not write Book 7, but were involved with the Kickstarter campaign, Fabled Lands: Lords of the Rising Sun Thomson appeared in- person in a promotional video for the Kickstarter campaign. Hetley co-produced. Russ Nicholson returned to provide illustrations and Kevin Jenkins returned to create the cover of Book 7. A playable demo of Book 7 was made available to the public for free download via the Kickstarter campaign page. The Fabled Lands system was fairly simple, as with most other gamebooks. The player has six basic attributes:. The player's initial score in each of these six attributes is determined by their chosen profession. There are six different professions to choose from: WarriorMagePriestRogueTroubadour and Wayfarer a wandering traveller, most similar to Rangers in other fantasy systems. The player has opportunities to increase these abilities throughout the books by completing quests. For example, after successfully tracking down a wild boar in a forest, the player can roll two diceand if they score higher than their SCOUTING ability they can increase it by 1. No ability can be raised higher than 12, or drop below 1. When the player is given the opportunity to use an ability, the task is given a Difficulty rating. The player rolls two dice and adds their score in the ability; to succeed in the task, they must score higher than the difficulty. For example, a player wishes to calm down an angry innkeeper. The player would have to roll 7 or higher to succeed. It is possible to obtain "blessings" in various abilities from different shrines and temples, which allow the player to reroll failed ability rolls. These work once only, however, and cost money. Their own Stamina score is given when they begin playing, and can be increased by going up in Rank which gives them 1d6 Stamina. The player's starting Rank is equal to the number of the book they begin in e. The player can increase Rank by performing extremely difficult tasks, such as slaying a dragon or defeating three samurai in unarmed combat the book will Fabled Lands: Lords of the Rising Sun the player when they can increase in Rank. The player can carry up to 12 possessions, which are marked in bold text e. The player can carry unlimited amounts of cash. The series feature a number of smaller quests, which can help the player increase their personal might, status and wealth. Set in the land of Sokara, shortly after a civil war in which the king was overthrown in a military coup. This background provides the book's two major quests; the player can choose to either Fabled Lands: Lords of the Rising Sun the heir to the throne and his band of partisans regain power, or assist the new leader General Grieve Marlock in crushing the last few pockets of resistance. Other quests involve assassinating the king of Fabled Lands: Lords of the Rising Sun rat-men infesting the sewers in the city of Yellowport, looting treasure from the lair of Vayss the Sea Dragon, delivering packages between the druids of the City of Trees and the Forest of Larun, defeating Fabled Lands: Lords of the Rising Sun Black Dragon Knight in combat to the death and rescuing a trapped god from the summit of Devil's Peak. Set in the prosperous kingdom of Golnir, wealthy from its rich agriculture. A common complaint readers had about the second book was that it was far more difficult to find quests than in the first book. There are still several major quests, however, including slaying a dragon for the Baroness Ravayne the ruler of Golnirsearching for magical artefacts for the wizard Estragon, bringing to justice a murderer on behalf of his victim's ghost, finding the key of stars to gain access to a treasure filled tomb in the Forest of the Forsaken and making a map of the northern mountains. The quests in the second book have a more whimsical, fairy tale nature to them than those in the first book. This gives Golnir a Fabled Lands: Lords of the Rising Sun strong Merry England atmosphere. Set in the Violet Ocean, which separates the northern continent of Harkuna from the southern continent of Ankon-Konu. Travel is severely restricted without a ship, making it a difficult book to start off in, particularly for less experienced gamebook readers. Over the Blood-Dark Sea is also one of the first in the series to feature regular danger - the player is almost always at risk of piratesstorms and even sea monsters. Key quests include assassinating Amcha, king of the pirates, enrolling at a wizard's college in the city of Dweomer to learn magicsearching for buried treasure Fabled Lands: Lords of the Rising Sun hidden islands and climbing the enormous mountain on Starspike Island. Set in the Great Steppes, an environment of grasslandsplains and tundra similar to Siberia and Mongolia. Key quests include liberating the Citadel of Veris Corin for the King of Sokara closely linked with quests in The War-Torn Kingdomreleasing the King of Harkuna from his prison underneath the Rimewater closely linked with quests in The Court of Hidden Faces and killing the immortal tyrant Kaschuf based on the legend Fabled Lands: Lords of the Rising Sun Koschei the Deathless who rules over the village of Vodhya which requires the player to find and release his soul, hidden on an island in Over The Fabled Lands: Lords of the Rising Sun Sea. This was the first book in the series to introduce the concept of a harsh environment - out on the Steppes, the player must make constant SCOUTING rolls in order to find enough food, and on the northern steppes the player loses one point of stamina a day from the cold, unless they have a wolf pelt to keep warm.