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* TheInfested: one of the many monsters you can encounter is the Ant Symbiote, a zombie-like corpse animated by a colony of ants living in the body. Upon being killed hundreds of ants disperses from the carcass instantly.
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* AllUpToYou: [[spoiler:The Kallahmehr government recruits a small army of heroes, but they all die without making an impact. Everything's on the shoulders of the player's character.]]
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* ItsAllUpToYou: [[The Kallahmehr government recruits a small army of heroes, but they all die without making an impact. Everything's on the shoulders of the player's character.]]
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* EpicFail: You can get caught in a goblin "ambush", where most of the assailants end up taking each other out for you. [[spoiler:Then subverted when one of them turns out to be an [[TinyHeadedBehemoth ogre with the head of a goblin]] that can actually put up a good fight.]]
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler: Even though you're stuck in the abyss in the good ending, you find yourself with a talking snake for a sidekick, but he teaches you all his secrets and eventually you set off another quest with cosmic stakes.]]
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler: Even though you're stuck in the abyss in the good ending, you find yourself with a talking snake for a sidekick, but he teaches you all his secrets raising you unto a demigod, and eventually you set off another quest with cosmic stakes.]]
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler: Even though you're stuck in the abyss in the good ending, you find yourself with a talking snake for a sidekick, but he teaches you all his secrets and eventually you set off another quest with cosmic stakes.]]
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* AntiVillain: The Riddling Reaver, despite being the one who killed Kallamehr's previous ruler, actually shows up to help out the hero when another villain's threatening the city, [[spoiler: admonishing them to focus on the big picture, and giving them an item that lets them insta-kill the main villain's avatar]].
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''Slaves of the Abyss'' is the 32[[superscript:nd]] entry of the ''Literature/FightingFantasy'' series of {{Gamebooks}}, written by Paul Mason and Steve Williams. It's a semi-sequel to the tabletop module ''Literature/TheRiddlingReaver''.
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''Slaves of the Abyss'' is the 32[[superscript:nd]] entry of the ''Literature/FightingFantasy'' series of {{Gamebooks}}, written by Paul Mason and Steve Williams. It's a semi-sequel to the tabletop module ''Literature/TheRiddlingReaver''.
''Literature/TheRiddlingReaver'', the setup being influenced by things that happened there.
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* CarvedMark: [[spoiler:After you defeat Sige, her true form, a ghost-like being made of smoke, will swoop into you and leave behind a glowing injury which changes colour periodically. You actually ''need'' this mark to succeed in your quest]].
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* CarvedMark: [[spoiler:After you defeat Sige, her true form, a ghost-like being made of smoke, will swoop into you and leave behind a glowing injury which changes colour periodically. You actually ''need'' this mark to succeed in your quest]].quest, since it's a continuity marker that you uncovered her plot and killed her]].
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* OneHitKill: Your Fangthane Steel sword lets you do this if you roll double-6's for yourself in a fight (only if you can still use it, of course).
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''Slaves of the Abyss'' is the 32[[superscript:nd]] entry of the ''Literature/FightingFantasy'' series of {{Gamebooks}}, written by Paul Mason and Steve Williams.
Williams. It's a semi-sequel to the tabletop module ''Literature/TheRiddlingReaver''.
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* WiseSerpent: Althea the sorceress's familiar is a serpent named Caduceus who serves as her advisor, and a wise ally to the forces of good. In the book's best ending, Caduceus even helps you obtain the power of the gods so you may rule over the abyss.
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* BeeAfraid: Running into a hornet swarm (summoned by Bythos himself!) gets you overwhelmed instantly, and leads to 2/3 instant death decisions.
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* ScaryStingingSwarm: Running into a hornet swarm (summoned by Bythos himself!) gets you overwhelmed instantly, and leads to 2/3 instant death decisions.
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* BigBadEnsemble: Bythos, the Master of the Abyss, Lady Sige the Silent and Luthaur the traitor.
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* BigBad: Bythos is far and away the mightiest and most pressing threat, and fittingly the FinalBoss, but see below.
* BigBadEnsemble: Bythos, the Master of theAbyss, Abyss [[DimensionLord controls his dimension and covets Titan]], but [[spoiler: the treacherous noble Lady Sige the Silent Silent]] works with and Luthaur the traitor.against him to take over Allansia.
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** The Gatherer seems to be this to Bythos, leading his servants.
** Also, [[spoiler: Luthaur the adventurer for Lady Sige the Silent, being mightier than her in battle as per the earliest example of the trope.]]
** The Gatherer seems to be this to Bythos, leading his servants.
** Also, [[spoiler: Luthaur the adventurer for Lady Sige the Silent, being mightier than her in battle as per the earliest example of the trope.]]
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* CoverDrop: This will happen - with you as a prisoner - if you get stung by Bythos's hornets.
* ShoutOut: The cover art depicting a barred prison window floating in space is possibly a reference to Music/{{Supertramp}}'s album cover ''Crime of the Century''.
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* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: You can learn the special move, ''Spitting Fly'' from your mentor Barolo, which allows you to throw your sword with deadly precision. Most of the time it's an effective OneHitKill move. [[spoiler:But if you meet Bythos in person, DON'T try this move on him. Just... don't]].
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* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: You can learn the special move, ''Spitting Fly'' from your mentor Barolo, which allows you to throw your sword with deadly precision. Most of the time it's an effective OneHitKill move. [[spoiler:But if you meet Bythos in person, DON'T try this move on him. Just... don't]].don't. Unless you got him laughing mad first]].
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* SignificantAnagram: Majiem-Nosoth, the tentacled monster, is an anagram for Jamie Thomson, another author of various Gamebooks.
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* SignificantAnagram: Majiem-Nosoth, the tentacled monster, is an anagram for Jamie Thomson, another author of various Gamebooks.Gamebooks, notably the ''Literature/TheFabledLands'' series.
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* EvilIsBigger: When you meet Bythos for the last time in his realm, you will see he has become a giant. You will need to get a bit closer to his level...
