Vault of the Vampire

Infobox Fighting Fantasy book


caption=The cover of "Vault of the Vampire" illustrated by Les Edwards
location=Mauristatia, Old World, Titan
references=400
authors=Keith Martin
illustrator=Martin McKenna
coverillustrator=Les Edwards
year=1989
number=38
ISBN=ISBN 0-14-032877-7
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"Vault of the Vampire" is a single-player roleplaying gamebook written by Keith Martin, illustrated by Martin McKenna and originally published in 1989 by Puffin Books. It forms part of Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy series. It is the 38th in the series in the original Puffin series (ISBN 0-14-032877-7). There are currently no announced plans to republish this book as part of the modern Wizard series.

tory

In this book the player sent by some villagers to Castle Heydrich, to rescue a girl who was kidnapped by a vampire, the evil Count Reiner Heydrich, and hopefully kill the Count. The player can find various members of the Heydrich family in the castle, like Katrina Heydrich, the evil sister of the Count, who is actually 70 years old, but drinks the blood of virgins to stay young, and Wilhelm Heydrich, an insane cousin of the Count. After killing the count, the player must also destroy Katrina Heydrich as Katrina was actually scheming to kill the Count so she could be the Countess.

Rules

This book is unusual in that it uses a FAITH score. Unlike the usual three scores, the FAITH score can exceed its Initial value. The player can also get certain "Afflictions" during the adventure.

equel and other references

The book had a sequel, "Revenge of the Vampire". This was the only direct sequel to be written by an author other than the series' co-creators. The location of Mauristatia was reused by Jonathan Green in "Howl of the Werewolf".

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=Vault of the Vampire on gamebooks.org
url=http://www.gamebooks.org/show_item.php?id=82
* cite web
title=Vault of the Vampire on the Internet Archive record of the old fightingfantasy.com site
url=http://web.archive.org/web/20051127132124/www.fightingfantasy.com/ffb38.htm