Crypt of the Sorcerer
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|caption1=The original cover of ''Crypt of the Sorcerer'' illustrated by Les Edwards
|image2=[[Image:Ff6wizard.jpg|150px]]
|caption2=The Wizard cover of ''Crypt of the Sorcerer'' illustrated by Les Edwards
|location=Allansia, Titan
|references=400
|authors=[[Ian Livingstone]]
|illustrator=John Sibbick
|coverillustrator=Les Edwards
|year=1987
|number=26
|ISBN=ISBN 0-14-032155-1
|wcoverillustrator=Les Edwards
|wyear=2002
|wnumber=6
|wISBN=ISBN 1-84046-396-1
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'''''Crypt of the Sorcerer''''' is a single-player roleplaying gamebook, written by [[Ian Livingstone]], illustrated by John Sibbick and originally published in 1987 by Puffin Books. It was later republished by Wizard Books in 2002. It forms part of [[Steve Jackson (UK)|Steve Jackson]] and [[Ian Livingstone]]'s [[Fighting Fantasy]] series. It is the 26th in the series in the original Puffin series (ISBN 0-14-032155-1) and 6th in the modern Wizard series (ISBN 1-84046-396-1).
==Story==
{{Quotation|''An ancient evil is stirring in bowels of the earth, and the land is blighted. After being entombed for one hundred years, the dread necromancer Razaak has been re-awoken and is poised to fulfil his promise of death and tyranny. His army of undead are at large across Allansia, bringing death and destruction to all who resist.''<br><br>''It is up to YOU to find the only weapon to which Razaak is vulnerable - his own magic sword! Only then might you survive the dangers that await you in his evil lair - the Crypt of the Sorcerer!''}}
Razaak, an evil [[necromancer]], has re-awoken after being entombed for a hundred years. He plans to send his army of undead to take over Allansia. The main objective for the reader is to find his sword, the only weapon which will harm him, and then to find and defeat him. Companions, an archer and a dwarf are found along the way to help with the adventure.
The central plot of Razaak the necromancer bears more than a passing similarity to the [[Conan]] story '[[Black Colossus]]'.
This is one of the hardest Fighting Fantasy books, since the victory path is very narrow, leaving very little room for error and therefore making gameplay extremely unforgiving. There are many certain artefacts and items that must be collected in order to be successful. For instance, part of the adventure involves fighting a rare creature known as the Gargantis to get its horn; the only way to defeat it is by gaining the power of chameleonite camouflage (optional, but having it helps) and a sanity crystal as a protection. But in order to gain the crystal in the first place, the player must expose himself to a deadly menace at the start which can easily end the game very quickly, if the die roll to be made is unlucky enough. Not only that, there are other crucial dice rolls scattered throughout the book that have a significant chance of getting an instant death, which has nothing to do with the player's Skill, Stamina, or Luck scores. Therefore even if the player has maximum scores, the chances of him/her surviving is still deemed to be small.
==See also==
*[[Fighting Fantasy]]
*[[List of Fighting Fantasy gamebooks]]
==References==
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* {{cite web
| title=Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks on gamebooks.org
| url=http://www.gamebooks.org/show_series.php?id=11}}
* {{cite web
| title=Crypt of the Sorcerer on gamebooks.org
| url=http://www.gamebooks.org/show_item.php?id=62}}
* {{cite web
| title=Crypt of the Sorcerer on the Internet Archive record of the old fightingfantasy.com site
| url=http://web.archive.org/web/20051127132124/www.fightingfantasy.com/ffb26.htm}}
Official sites:
* {{cite web
| title=Crypt of the Sorcerer on the official Fighting Fantasy website
| url=http://www.fightingfantasygamebooks.com/ff6.htm}}
* {{cite web
| title=Crypt of the Sorcerer on the Wizard Books website
| url=http://www.iconbooks.co.uk/wizard/wbook.cfm?isbn=1-84046-396-1}}
</div>
[[Category:1987 books|Crypt of the Sorcerer]]
[[Category:Fighting Fantasy|Crypt of the Sorcerer]]
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