The Rings of Kether

Infobox Fighting Fantasy book


caption=The cover of "The Rings of Kether" illustrated by Terry Oakes
location=Space
references=400
authors=Andrew Chapman
illustrator=Nik Spender
coverillustrator=Terry Oakes
year=1985
number=15
ISBN=ISBN 0-14-031860-7
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"The Rings of Kether" is a single-player roleplaying gamebook written by Andrew Chapman, illustrated by Nik Spender and originally published in 1985 by Puffin Books. It forms part of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy series. It is the 15th in the series in the original Puffin series (ISBN 0-14-031860-7). There are currently no announced plans to republish this book as part of the modern Wizard series.

The book has two different successful endings, one of which is contained within the 400th reference.

tory

Unlike most Fighting Fantasy gamebook, the story takes place in a science fiction setting, with the player taking on the role of a Narcotics Officer seeking to break up a drug ring located on the planet of Kether. Players are given a reasonable degree of freedom as they travel between various locations on the planet's surface and in orbit, and there are multiple paths to the final confrontation with the heads of the crime ring. The major element which distinguishes this gamebook from others in the series is the heavy use of Skill rolls, which are employed several times in quick succession during the course of the book. There are also rules for ship-to-ship combat and, unusually for a Fighting Fantasy book, different rules for unarmed and armed personal combat.

ee also

*Fighting Fantasy
*List of Fighting Fantasy gamebooks

References

* cite web
title=Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks on gamebooks.org
url=http://www.gamebooks.org/show_series.php?id=11
* cite web
title=The Rings of Kether on gamebooks.org
url=http://www.gamebooks.org/show_item.php?id=52
* cite web
title=The Rings of Kether on the Internet Archive record of the old fightingfantasy.com site
url=http://web.archive.org/web/20051127132124/www.fightingfantasy.com/ffb15.htm