History Literature / TheFabledLands

In July 2015 a Kickstarter campaign to fund Book 7 (''The Serpent King's Domain'') was launched [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/57119387/fabled-lands-the-serpent-kings-domain/posts/1292216 here]].

* CanonImmigrant: ''The Keep of the Lich Lord'', originally a Literature/FightingFantasy novel, has been reprinted in the Fabled Lands setting; and can be used as an opening quest.

For example, you can choose to help a disposed king reclaim his throne, or you can assassinate him in the name of the new regime. You can climb the dizzying social circles of a mask-wearing theocracy, play the stock market for massive profit, or even buy your own ship and make a living as a merchant by buying low and selling high. The sheer volume of options in the game is what makes Fabled Lands stand out as a series.

* WizardingSchool: Dweomer in Book 3 has a college for mages that the player can join to improve their magical skills and obtain some quests. Prospective candidates should not have too high a Sanctity skill when applying for the college, as being too pious is seen as a detriment to the pursuit of magical studies. Passing the Sanctity check during the application process will result in the player being teleported straight to Smogmaw.

* ClassAndLevelSystem: Kind of, you can choose a class at the beginning of your play-through, and each one is better at something then the other. You have a sort of level, or Rank; there's no ExperiencePoints system, but certain specific achievements or victories grant you a rank increase or the chance thereof. Of course, there are certain RandomEncounters (such as battles with pirates) that cause this, allowing for LevelGrinding by just going back and forth.

* CanonImmigrant: ''The Keep of the Lich Lord'', originally a Literature/FightingFantasy novel; has been reprinted in the Fabled Lands setting; and can be used as an opening quest.

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: If you have the title Saviour of Vervayens, they'll give you certain items for free at their market. Attempt to sell these free items back to them and they'll run you out of town.

* LostForever: Almost anything can be LostForever, so don't get too attached to your awesome equipment. A special prize, however, goes to the Savior of Vervayens Isle title; you can only get it [[spoiler:if you start off in Book 3, and only if you're dumped on the isle by the RandomNumberGod.]] If you don't get it then, you'll never get it.

* DeathIsCheap: It certainly is if you remember to pay for a resurrection (which is only cheap if your patron god is the god of death or war. And if you've remembered to leave some money aside to pay for all the equipment you just lost. [[SubvertedTrope Hmmmm.... maybe it's not that cheap after all]]). If you [[EveOnline only fly what you can afford to lose]], and don't rely on unique items, it's cheap (in fact, some strategies use death as a quick ticket back to Yellowport). If not, ContinuingIsPainful.

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'''''The Fabled Lands''''' is a series of ChooseYourOwnAdventure gamebooks that were written by Dave Morris and Jamie Thomson. It was first released in the mid-nineties, and, to this day, is probably ''the'' most elaborate gamebook series ever written.

** Sokara is a fantasy medieval version of the EnglishCivilWar, with a military dictator and the rightful heir to the throne in hiding.

* CallBack: The pregen wizard character for the third book is the villain from Morris's earlier [[GoldenDragonFantasyGamebooks The Temple of Flame]].

The complexity of gameplay falls somewhere between FightingFantasy and ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. There are six stats (Charisma, Combat, Magic, Sanctity, Scouting and Thievery) to keep track of, with skill checks and fight scenes requiring (at most) two six-sided dice. There are also six character classes to choose from (Warrior, Mage, Priest, Rogue, Troubadour and Wayfarer), which determine your starting statistics and influence some quests. As the adventure unfolds, you increase your power in three main ways: finding better equipment (most equipment offers a boost to one stat), increasing your Rank (a rough equivalent to "character level") by completing major quests or overcoming exceptional trials, and increasing your basic stats through training or the completion of minor quests and challenges.

** Akatsurai is [[JidaiGeki feudal Japan]], complete with samurai.

The complexity of gameplay falls somewhere between FightingFantasy and DungeonsAndDragons. There are six stats (Charisma, Combat, Magic, Sanctity, Scouting and Thievery) to keep track of, with skill checks and fight scenes requiring (at most) two six-sided dice. There are also six character classes to choose from (Warrior, Mage, Priest, Rogue, Troubadour and Wayfarer), which determine your starting statistics and influence some quests. As the adventure unfolds, you increase your power in three main ways: finding better equipment (most equipment offers a boost to one stat), increasing your Rank (a rough equivalent to "character level") by completing major quests or overcoming exceptional trials, and increasing your basic stats through training or the completion of minor quests and challenges.

* CanonImmigrant: ''The Keep of the Lich Lord]]'', originally a Literature/FightingFantasy novel; has been reprinted in the Fabled Lands setting; and can be used as an opening quest.