#titan fighting fantasy

[druidx]

what do you mean, there isn't a comprehensive dictionary I can google for a conlang I made up?

[aquadestinyswriting]

Ayyyy, Aqua! :D Happy STS! So I'm making my way through Titan Modern AU, and . . . actually, take two questions on it. 8)

I have legitimately looked everywhere, and I am severely curious. :') Have you thought of a title for this one, or is its title literally just Titan Modern AU?

More importantly, tho, how much did you have to change to make the world of Fangthane's Folly fit the modern day? (And what did you end up keeping? I notice there's magic and dwarves, but how different are these bits compared to their DnD roots?)

Hope this ask finds you well! :D o/

Hi Jax, this is technically a day late, but not really because time zones are a thing :P. I am very well, thank you. I am enjoying the fact that the words seem to be flowing quite easily for the time being and taking advantage of that to write a lot for all my ongoing series and creating new ones. Thanks very much for the questions, I have a lot to talk about with this AU :D. Answers are under a cut because the second one is going to get quite long.

Question 1

I don't currently have an actual title for this one yet. I have a tendency to title WIPs towards the end of writing them and this one is no exception. I have some vague ideas, but I'm not too concerned about it just yet. Especially since there's a high possibility that this one is going to throw some major curveballs my way once I get into the thick of the plot that might well change the kind of title I want to give it.

Question 2

Ah, the dwarves are technically not a thing for this one. Everyone is more or less human, unless it's directly stated otherwise. The reason Fangthanian women can have beards at all is down to a slight genetic quirk which means they are pre-disposed to much higher testosterone levels than average. The Throffite community, in particular, is very insular and tend to inter-marry within themselves due to a history of discrimination against them.

As to how I changed the setting to fit with the modern aesthetic:

I've modelled Fangthane city a little bit after towns like Fort William, since the location of Fangthane in Allansia has a relatively similar geography to that of the Scottish Highlands. So Fangthane city is no longer built into the mountain, but is a city that was built very close to the mountain (which is now called Ben Oir). Extrapolating from there, and taking into account the maps that exist of Allansia, it was a a matter of figuring out how and why there would be outposts for the kingdom that are so far away from the capital. In that case, an old empire made a lot of sense, and taking into account the relative time period this AU is set in (roughly the 90s to early 2000s), it also made sense that said empire had been disbanded, but that communities deriving from it still exist (hence why Stonebridge and Firetop are still mainly natively Fangthanian). So, yeah, culturally speaking Fangthane is basically the UK transplanted into Allansia at this point.

I wanted some of the history of Toreguarde to remain intact because there are plot things related to that that will pop up later in the story. The city was almost destroyed, officially, by what is considered to have been a terrorist organisation that was working on behalf of another state and/or one of the ruling council of Toreguarde of the time who went just teeny bit mad with power (Greydown was an absolute ass in canon, and is in this AU too).

As the setting, rather purposefully, appears to be lacking in magic, no mentions are made of demons, portals or the breaking of reality, even by those who were present at the time. The remaining Heroes still exist, but I'm working out what their exact roles in all that were. Egrim is still a priest, so that's him covered. Alexis, upon talking to Dru about it, was probably a sniper that was a part of the military forces of Toreguarde at the time, while Selene was probably some sort of science-y nerd person brought in to help explain some of the weirder stuff that went on that was kind of acknowledged and then later given plausible and sensible scientific explanations. She just happened to be somewhat decent at this diplomacy lark when communication with the reinforcements from Fangthane started going south, hence her current role in the story. She probably worked quite closely with Ivan, who I have yet to figure out the details of, with regards to that. I also need to figure out what Fai did and what happened to him...

I am doing a lot of this worldbuilding and adjusting Fantasy canon on the fly, to be quite honest, so not a lot of it is set in stone just yet. However, I have given some thought to the Throffite community both in Fangthane and in Toreguarde and some of their history and culture, drawing a lot on what I established about Throffism in the fantasy canon and doing some major research into the irl history of such things to make sure that anything I write about it is handled as sensitively as possible. I have also written copious notes on the hows and whys of the fractious relationship between Fangthane and Toreguarde that would fit in with more modern (Western, as that is what I'm familiar with) political norms.

[oldschoolfrp]

The Bonerat Caves, an orc settlement (Titan: The Fighting Fantasy World, by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, Puffin Books, 1986)

[evilhorse]

Conan is not intimidated by their sharpened swords or gleaming helmets.

(Conan the Barbarian FCBD 2023)

[vintagerpg]

This is Titan: The Fighting Fantasy World. Originally published in 1986 in a larger A4 size with color plates, this is in the A5 edition from 1989. No color plates, boooo. That cover by Chris Achilleos has been fixed in my brain for decades, tho, and there is plenty of lovely black and white art by FF’s stable of regular artists (I couldn’t guess a percentile, but unlike Out of the Pit, a good number of these illustrations are new).

Color plates or not, this is the superior edition, because there’s more words. It’s all system agnostic, not a mechanic in sight. And while all the information here derives directly from “facts” established in the gamebook series, it feels new and cohesive in a way getting it piecemail over two dozen books could never really rival. We get pretty exhaustive surveys of the three main continents — Allansia and Khul of the Fighting Fantasy books, and The Old World of the Sorcery books (not to be confused with WFRP’s Old World, I guess, even though John Blanche and John Sibbick and a bunch of other GW artists are in here). We also get info on underwater kingdoms, astronomy, the gods, a good deal of history and details on the ever-present threat of the forces of Chaos. Wait, are we SURE this isn’t Warhammer? There are clear similarities, sharing as they do a core creative pool, but Titan is a little more disorderly, a little less tidy. As such, it feels a bit more over the top, and maybe a touch more violent, if you can believe it. I love the Old World, but I’ve been visiting Titan since 6th grade, so it’s my clear favorite. Plus, pound for pound, its got more Russ Nicholson.

[givemewallywestorgivemedeath]

hello, i would like to hear about the titans fantasy au O.O

Oh man, you really shouldn't enable me like this... but if you insist!!

Alright, here's the setting: We're in some weird Lord of Rings/DnD fantasy setting with various magical creatures and inconsistent technological developments. Were tunics worn at the same time as ball gowns? Were carriages used at the same time as broad swords? I don't know! And I'm not doing any historical research! It's just haphazardly medieval!

Donna, for the most part, is relatively unchanged. She fits into this setting rather well. She is the demigod daughter of Zues, warrior in training, third in line to be Queen of the Amazons. At 13 years old she is a new arrival from her island nation and she is hoping to learn monster hunting (she's hoping to learn by doing). The one condition of her joining Diana was that she was supposed to stay with Diana at all times. Both of them nodded and smiled in agreement when their mother, the Queen, said this. Both immediately parted ways once their boat hit the shores of this new and exciting world.

Speaking of new and exciting, the King of Atlantis' ward is tagging along for the first time to see the surface world. Garth is fascinated (and a little terrified) and he's hoping to learn new types of magic! The Crown Prince (his older brother) Koryak says that he will make a fearsome mage one day and he really doesn't want to let him down. Garth imagines that one day his brother will rule as King and Garth will be there at his side as the Head Mage. He really has to work on his skills to get to that point though! Hence studying abroad. He's also... maybe... looking to meet some friends. Or any friends, really. He doesn't have any and he's heard good things.

Lord Richard of Gotham is so tired of politics. His... 'father' is the Crown Prince, next in line for the throne of Gotham. Not that anyone, including Bruce, is happy about it. The Kane family has had the crown for centuries and now, because the King only had daughters and Bruce's mom had the audacity to marry a Wayne (their rival house), they stand to lose it all. Thankfully, Bruce's status as Crown Prince is only temporary. As soon as Princess Kate Kane is married off, her husband will automatically be next in line. (Although they've sure been taking their time with that. What's the hold up?) So Bruce doesn't have to ever worry about being King and Dick (as Bruce's totally legitimate love child that Bruce didn't make up to make sure Dick could inherit everything if he ever died, don't do the math on their ages) doesn't ever have to worry about the throne at all. Sure, he's technically second in line but it's as far away from reality as a nightmare and just as scary. For right now all Dick has to worry about is being a squire, going on adventures and learning how to be a great knight! What could go wrong!?

Crown Prince Elroy is fucked. Seriously fucked. The old Crown Prince Oliver saw Roy at an archery competition and decided 'Yeah, that one.' Ollie offered him a room, food and all the arrows he could ever want. When Roy found out that Ollie was taking a page out of Robin Hood's book, Roy was overjoyed. The two of them had a blast stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. It was great! And then Ollie's father, the King, found out. He disowned Ollie, not that Ollie cared, and life went on as normal with one major giant exception. The King didn't have any other children (legitimate children anyway) and Ollie was now disowned. So the King legitimized Roy as Oliver's bastard child and heir. Or, sorry, Elroy because apparently 'Roy' wasn't fancy enough. Now Elroy is the Crown Prince. Elroy is under lock and key so that Ollie can't influence him. Elroy is being forced to study. (The King promised him that this was just to make Ollie see reason but Roy isn't so sure... the King is putting a lot of effort into his training...) The only saving grace is that Roy is being sent away this summer to learn sword fighting. Archery is 'a cowards sport' apparently and Roy 'needs to expand his horizons'. Well.. they certainly agree on that last one. Roy is making a break for it and he's not coming back.

Wally is a young apprentice working for his Uncle Barry. He's learning how to make medicine and treat wounds and find useful herbs. At least, he's learning that sometimes. A lot of his time is spent being a delivery boy. Uncle Barry says that's an important part of any medical treatment, actually delivering the medicine. Wally thinks that he just wants him to burn off energy. Regardless, Wally spends most of his time delivering medicine and he does it well. It helps that he can cross the continent before most people can blink their eyes. He can't tell anyone that though. Barry has made that part extremely clear. As far as their patients are concerned, Barry is a local doctor who just lives outside of whichever town they're in. There's a lot of things Wally can't tell people. Like how his eyes glow and magic lights up on his fingertips when he's excited. Or how he doesn't really like hats, he just has to wear them to hide his slightly too pointy ears. He gets it. He does. He's heard the whispered stories of fae, the hushed talk of changelings, he's read the old cracked tomes on the Elven Folk. He knows what people will think he is. But he isn't. He really isn't. He's just... Wally. And sure, he might be a little bit odd but he's just as human as the next guy, he swears!

Donna finds herself left on the doorstep of the greatest monster hunters in this new world. Garth is accepted to shadow some of the best defense mages ever. Dick finds himself stopping in with some fellow Knights (he is soon to be one after all) on his way home after a particularly hard mission. Roy finds himself shipped off to learn sword fighting from some 'trusted experts'. Wally is on a routine delivery run to drop off some supplies for his Uncle's good friends. Whether it's fate or something far more sinister, they all find themselves at the temple of the Knights of the Emerald Flame. Sir Hal Jordan, who was not ready for the sudden onslaught of children, panics and gives them a mission to get them out of his hair.

The rest, as they say, is history.

[dyscomancer]

the padding sections of ffxvi are abysmal. you are really gonna make me wait for the next kickass kaiju fight to make me walk around town #5 and do bland errands for flippant standoffish quest npc #7 huh

[moonilit]

I mean when they said in the ambition trailer ‘a war of the Eikons’ i thought we are going to see them actually having wars and fights between them, like legit fights and we were going to integrate into the politics and battle strategies being the wild card, like i really wish we had more of odin and bahamut fight, more of Ramuh and titan, and who is phoenix fighting against? Yk, we technically got that but it was so skewed to Clive pov it all just washed in the bg *sigh*

[i-am-blue15]

[aquadestinyswriting]

Make Me Write Tag

I was tagged by the lovely @blind-the-winds for this. I have a few ideas I can't decide between, so let's go.

No-pressure tags: @sparrow-orion-writes, @the-down-upside-finch, @philosophika and @ashirisu

Option 1 will include the "words" Selene and Elowyn have afterwards because who doesn't love family drama? Also the canon events may be slightly modified due to the events of To Heal a Broken Soul.

Option 3 is based on my vague memories of that very old story I talked about one time and will involve Merri/Elowyn shipping.

Note the poll time is a week to allow this to properly circulate and because I promised @druidx that I'd do the 'Laurence Tate Debacle' after the story for the Night of the Anvil's Fall.

[oldschoolfrp]

Yaztromo's Tower, in Darkwood Forest (Russ Nicholson, Titan: The Fighting Fantasy World, by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, Puffin Books, 1986)

[freyayuki]

Final Fantasy Record Keeper Titan Magicite Fight

The fights in the 6-star Magicite Dungeons in the Final Fantasy Record Keeper (FFRK) mobile game are quest level 550.

Titan is the 6-star earth Magicite that’s weak to the wind element. Decided to try taking on the physical-weak version of Titan.

My team was:

Angeal Hewley from Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

Have Angeal’s Awakened Arcane Soul Break 2 (AASB2), Synchro Arcane Soul Break (SASB), and Limit Beak Overstrike (LBO).

Usually, if I have at least 2 BDL relics for a char, that’s my cue to make their Hero Ability.

Since I have Angeal’s AASB2 and Sync, I should make his Hero Ability. I want to, really I do. And if the resources to make these abilities weren’t so scarce, I would have gladly done so.

The problem is the scarcity of these resources and the fact that Angeal’s Hero Ability is pretty bad.

His damage is also kinda lacking even with a fully complete Record Board. He does have some supportive capabilities too, but still.

It feels like he’s trying to be both a DPS and a support but he does neither well. I do hope he gets new and better tech soon.

Nevertheless, I’m glad that I have some of Angeal’s relics, especially his AASB2 because the animation for that features Genesis Rhapsodos from Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (#ad).

Currently, Genesis is my absolute, most fave Final Fantasy char. He’s the reason why I’m playing Final Fantasy Record Keeper.

Anyway, Angeal deals physical wind and holy elemental damage so he’s part of both my physical wind team and my physical holy team.

For this fight against Titan, Angeal served as my secondary DPS. Still haven’t made his Hero Ability though.

Have Angeal equipped with the 6-star wind and ice Spellblade ability called Snowspell Strike. His second skill slot has the 5-star Spellblade ability called Raging Quadstrike which is only at rank 3.

Zack Fair from Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VII

Have Zack’s wind Chain Soul Break, AASB2, Sync and a few of his other relics. Completed his Record Board and created his Hero Ability, Rush Assault.

Zack served as my main and primary DPS although he has supportive capabilities too with some of his tech.

For instance, he can imperil wind and increase the critical hit damage of the party.

Aside from Zack’s Hero Ability, he’s also equipped with the 6-star Celerity ability called Ripping Storm. It’s only at rank 3 though because I ran out of the resources needed to max it.

Vaan from Final Fantasy XII

Have Vaan’s wind Chain Soul Break, which is the main reason why he’s part of this team.

Zack’s my main DPS so I didn’t want him to also have to juggle casting his Chain, especially since that would require a whole lot of gauges.

I have one of Vaan’s Awakenings and 2 of his Ultra Soul Breaks. Would love to get his Sync and his other AASB to improve my physical wind team.

Vaan is equipped with Lifesiphon and a rank 3, 6-star Thief ability called Storm Assault.

Elarra from Final Fantasy Record Keeper

Ultra Soul Break 1 (USB1), Magika Album

USB2, Magika Orare

Glint+ Soul Break (G+), Magika Amuletum

Glint Soul Break (G), Magika Pius

Elarra served as my healer. She can provide Regenga and hi fastcast. She can even help buff the party.

Elarra’s equipped with the Warrior’s Hymn and Passionate Salsa abilities.

Tyro from Final Fantasy Record Keeper

AASB, Fantasy Grimoire Vol. I

Arcane Overstrike Soul Break 3 (AOSB3), Triple Phase

USB4, Arbiter’s Tome

USB3, Divine Veil Grimoire

USB1, Warder’s Apocrypha

Glint Soul Break (G), Purifying Grimoire

Burst Soul Break (BSB), Keeper’s Tome

Unique Soul Break 2, Sentinel’s Grimoire

Legend Materia Relic 1 (LMR1), Archival Secrets

Tyro was here to Wrath and Entrust and support the party with his AASB and USB4. The aforementioned Soul Breaks can increase the party’s critical hit chance.

These relics combo very well with Elarra’s Magika Orare which increases the party’s critical hit damage.

Titan has a few annoying gimmicks. For instance, at certain thresholds, he will create this earth wall.

As long as it’s there, you can’t damage Titan. To get rid of this wall, you have to deal, IIRC, at least 50k+ damage at once.

I borrowed the Fabula Mage Roaming Warrior to help me with this. I also delayed summoning my Odin Magicite since his entry deals 99999 damage, which is more than enough to destroy the wall.

Titan also hits fairly hard. Having an Odin and 2 6-stars in my Magicite deck helped though.

Of course, Tyro Entrusted a lot to Elarra so she could keep everyone alive. AFAIK, I cast his Sentinel’s Grimoire too for more defense.

Super pleased to have been able to defeat Titan with this team. My clear time was 38.32 seconds. Even got to use both Zack and Angeal together, which is awesome.

I do wish I could get more wind tech for Vaan though so I could try taking on physical and wind-weak White Odin or Argent Odin. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to defeat Odin just with what I currently have right now since that fight is quest level 600.

If I can get the wind Sync of Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII, I could add him to my party.

I already have most of Cloud’s wind relics, including his AASB and even his True Arcane Soul Break (TASB) or Arcane Dyad Soul Break (ADSB), and he’s a really good wind DPS so he’d definitely be able to help.

I can probably try to make him work now but I don’t want to use him without his Sync. I know that’s not even his most OP relic (it’s actually his Ultra Cross Slash Ultra Soul Break which I don’t have yet but can easily lens from the The Record Lab), but still.

Just don’t want to use Cloud when he feels incomplete like this. Don’t want to make his Hero Ability either until I have both his Sync and AASB.

Conclusion

So what about you? Have you tried any of the 6-star Magicite fights yet? What do you think about these quests? Feel free to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a comment below or by reblogging or replying to this post.

Notes:

screenshots are from my Final Fantasy Record Keeper game account

[givemewallywestorgivemedeath]

Soooo will we see Eobard in the fantasy AU? Maybe as an unseelie counterpart to Max Mercury?

Eobard will be in the fantasy au 100%.

The role Eobard plays is a little hard to get into without spoiling some things but he is Unseelie.

He's not a counterpart to Max though. Max and Eobard are like two ships in the night. They don't really interact much. Max was more present in Fae society before the war and he's completely absent during and after. Max only really gets back into things briefly when Jay and Johnny are teenagers. He becomes more active when Wally is a teenager.

Eobard, meanwhile, is incredibly active in Fae society. He's the King of the Unseelie Court. But he's way younger than Max. Eobard wasn't alive for the war.

Let's just say that Eobard has a vested interest in the half-fae. Particularly in creating them and making them swear allegiance to him and his court. There's a reason all the Fae raised half-elves are Unseelie. Eobard gets what he wants.

And uhhhhhhh, well... Eobard gets word that he's been swindled. That one of his previous deals, the next born child of a man in return for returned sanity for said man's wife, had been broken. See, the couple had delivered twins. The first born of the two was a happy healthy baby girl. The second was stillborn. The wife had quickly swapped the two and Eobard was given the lifeless infant instead of the infant he'd been promised. At the time he'd been forced to settle. Getting his revenge in other ways but otherwise leaving the baby girl alone.

A couple decades later and the truth was revealed. Eobard at once went to reverse this tragedy. Although the girl had no doubt lost her powers by then, Eobard would still take pleasure in ripping her from her family and taking her back to where she rightfully belonged.

So Eobard went off to collect Iris West.

And that went about as well as you would expect.

[miaqc1]

[fantasygamer93youtube]

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Ch 2 Summon Entity Titan Combat Simulator Fight & Midgardsormr Boss Fight #8 https://youtu.be/J3AqNwDb9Qk #finalfantasy7 #finalfantasy #finalfantasy7remake #finalfantasy7rebirth #finalfantasyviirebirth #finalfantasyvii #finalfantasy7

[mapas-fantasticos]

Maps of the world of Titan and the continents of Allansia, Khul and the Old World from the gamebook series Titan: The Fighting Fantasy World.