History Literature / WayOfTheTiger

* ChekhovSGun: In the first book if you spy on the 3 greatest champions of evil in the world, you'll see some hard feelings between Honoric and Manse the Deathmage. Manse is the world's best wizard and casts a spell at Honoric, only to find out that Honoric's magical sword instantly dispells any magic being cast. This becomes important when you decide the order of who to assassinate

** The evil Red Mantis Monks.

* PressXToNotDie: The fights between you and Yaemon, then in a later novel Honoric, is kinda like this. No dice rolls, instead you choose which attacks you wish to use against them. If you picked a good choice, then the enemy takes a set amount of damage that can be doubled by using Inner Force. Otherwise you take a set amount of damage and in some cases can wind up getting crippled in the fight. This can lead to a dissonance in play, where you can come out scoring a PerfectVictory against epic villains like Yaemon and wind up getting carved by an orc mook.

* PressXNotToDie: The fights between you and Yaemon, then in a later novel Honoric, is kinda like this. No dice rolls, instead you choose which attacks you wish to use against them. If you picked a good choice, then the enemy takes a set amount of damage that can be doubled by using Inner Force. Otherwise you take a set amount of damage and in some cases can wind up getting crippled in the fight. This can lead to a dissonance in play, where you can come out scoring a PerfectVictory against epic villains like Yaemon and wind up getting carved by an orc mook.

*** Not really, Honoric was croaking but his god intervened and saves his ass, setting the stage for a later book

* BigDamnHeroes: Villainous version. When your curbstomping Honorice down to a few measly hitpoints, his elite shocktroopers will jump in and drive you off with pikes and arrows before carting him off to safety.

* BarehandedBladeBlock: Averted - Avenger has thin but strong rods of iron built into his costume sleeves allowing him to block bladed weapons without injury.

* HitmanWithAHeart: Avenger himself. In fact the second book's title is Assassin and throughout the series, Avenger has murdered quite a few evil people. But he is always a champion of the forces of good and amongst other things, he's the disciple of the god of redemption.

* HitmanWithAHeartOfGold: Avenger himself. In fact the second book's title is Assassin and throughout the series, Avenger has murdered quite a few evil people. But he is always a champion of the forces of good and amongst other things, he's the disciple of the god of redemption.

* Chekhov'sGun: In the first book if you spy on the 3 greatest champions of evil in the world, you'll see some hard feelings between Honoric and Manse the Deathmage. Manse is the world's best wizard and casts a spell at Honoric, only to find out that Honoric's magical sword instantly dispells any magic being cast. This becomes important when you decide the order of who to assassinate

* BarehandedBladeBlock: Averted - Avenger has thin but strong rods of iron built into his costume sleeves allowing him to block bladed weapons without injury.

* CrippledBadAss: Avenger himself. He loses an eye in a later book but gets better via magical implant. But while he's one-eyed, he takes a significant hit to his combat ability

* KatanasAreJustBetter: Averted. In fact, Katanas are never mentioned. The evil Ninja of the Scorpion have [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninjat%C5%8D Ninjato Swords]], but they aren't special.

** Avenger himself uses punches and kicks in melee. Part of the portfolio of his god, Kwon, in Unarmed Combat.

The series was originally 6 books long that ended in a very large {{cliffhanger}} where Avenger fell into the bottom level of [[{{Hell}} The Bowels of Orb]]. However, a Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign was recently [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1615043334/the-way-of-the-tiger-gamebooks-new-collectors-edit successful]]; and work is being done to make hardcover versions of the books; as well as a prequel and a finale. At this time, the prequel and first book have been [[http://megara-entertainment.com/necklaces-tiger-1.html done.]]

* ReviveKillsUndead: In ''Usurper!'', you are attacked by [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Ringwraith]] [[{{Expy}} expies]], the only way to kill one happens to be scrolls of raise dead. Holy water and other attacks merely drive them off.

* ArchEnemy: Avenger grew up thinking this of Yaemon, but it's Honoric who is in the most books.

** Avenger himself uses punches and kicks in melee.
* CliffHanger: The end of the 6 book; written in 1987
* DoNotAttempt: At the beginning of every book.

* ForestRanger: Glavias

* MosesInTheBullRushes: How Avenger was found.
* ThePaladin: Doré le Juine. Also the Paladin King of Tor.
* PoisonIsEvil: Averted, this is a perfectly acceptable way of killing enemies. Specifically, he has poisoned needles with Spiderfish Toxin, and the much rarer BlackBlood of Nil.

* YouKilledMyFather: Twice. Yaemon killed Avenger's adopted father and upon confronting Yaemon, Avengers learns he killed his blood father as well.

The '''''Way Of The Tiger''''' is a series of gamebooks written by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson set on the fantasy world of Orb. Orb was the setting of the 11th {{Literature/Fighting Fantasy}} book, ''Talisman of Death''; written by the same authors and having many of the same characters. The series is about a {{Ninja}} named [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Avenger]]; who in getting [[YouKilledMyFather revenge]] against the killer of his [[MentorOccupationalHazard mentor and father-figure]]. Naturally, this lead to much larger events.

The series was originally 6 books long that ended in a very large {{cliffhanger}} where Avenger fell into the bottom level of [[{{Hell}} The Bowels of Orb]]. However, a {{Website/Kickstarter}} campaign was recently [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1615043334/the-way-of-the-tiger-gamebooks-new-collectors-edit successful]]; and work is being done to make hardcover versions of the books; as well as a prequel and a finale. At this time, the prequel and first book have been [[http://megara-entertainment.com/necklaces-tiger-1.html done.]]

!!The ''Way Of The Tiger'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: One of the abilities you can choose at the beginning. There are two instances where one can choose a new skill. If granted by Avenger's god; Kwon, it's as if he had studied for years from birth. However in a book where a Ninja Master offers to teach a skill, he says they just don't have the years to build up the immunity.
** Honoric has this as well; which is how he survived the first book.
* ArchEnemy: Avenger grew up thinking this of Yaemon; but it's Honoric who is in the most books.
* BarefistedMonk: The evil Red Mantis Monks. Avenger himself uses punches and kicks in melee.

* ForestRanger: Glavias.

* {{Ninja}}: Avenger is certainly capable of stealth, yes. But he can also be an HighlyVisibleNinja if you choose him to be. Better do well on those rolls.
** Good Ninjas of the Tiger follow the god Kwon; evil Ninjas of the Scorpion follow Kwon's evil brother, Vile.

* PoisonIsEvil: Averted, this is a perfectly acceptable way of killing enemies
** Specifically, he has poisoned needles with Spiderfish Toxin, and the much rarer BlackBlood of Nil.

* YouKilledMyFather: Twice. Yaemon killed Avenger's adopted father and upon confronting Yaemon; Avengers learns he killed his blood father as well.

The series was originally 6 books long that ended in a very large cliffhanger where Avenger fell into the bottom level of [[{{Hell}} The Bowels of Orb]]. However, a {{Website/Kickstarter}} campaign was recently [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1615043334/the-way-of-the-tiger-gamebooks-new-collectors-edit successful]]; and work is being done to make hardcover versions of the books; as well as a prequel and a finale. At this time, the prequel and first book have been [[http://megara-entertainment.com/necklaces-tiger-1.html done.]]

'''''The Way Of The Tiger''''' is a series of gamebooks written by Mark Smith and Jamie Thomson set on the fantasy world of Orb. Orb was the setting of the 11th {{Literature/Fighting Fantasy}} book, ''Talisman of Death''; written by the same authors and having many of the same characters. The series is about a {{Ninja}} named [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Avenger]]; who in getting [[YouKilledMyFather revenge]] against the killer of his [[MentorOccupationalHazard mentor and father-figure]]. Naturally, this lead to much larger events.

!!''The Way Of The Tiger'' provides examples of the following tropes: