Rogue Mage

Mini Fighting Fantasy Adventures
Outline
Location:	Wolftown, Allansia
References:	200
Publication details
Author(s):	Graeme Davis
Illustrator(s):	Tony Ackland and Pete Martin
First published:	June 1986
Publication:	Warlock (Issue 10)
Previous Mini-FF:	Fortress Throngard
Next Mini-FF:	The Land of Changes
Reprint
Published:	September 24 1992
Publication:	The Fighting Fantasy 10th Anniversary Yearbook

Rogue Mage is a single-player role-playing mini adventure written by Graeme Davis and illustrated by Tony Ackland and Pete Martin. It was published in 1986 in issue 10 of Warlock by Games Workshop. It was later reprinted, with minor emendations to the Background section, in The Fighting Fantasy 10th Anniversary Yearbook (ISBN 0-14-036290-8) in 1992 by Puffin Books, but has not been reprinted since.

Creation

Background

“

Rescued from certain death... for a fate worse than death!

”

After losing all your money living the high life after a successful adventure, you are arrested after attempting to steal from a merchant. A wizard from the Guild of Magicians steps into the debate over you future and offers a way out. If you can successfully defeat the rogue mage Galthazzeth you can earn your freedom.

Rules

The mini adventure in general follows the original rules set down in The Warlock of Firetop Mountain (see Game System).

Unique Rules

Players can only eat Provisions when allowed by the instructions on a page, and only one meal can be eaten at a time. In later books players can eat at any time outside of battle. Also, while a player has only one Potion, it contains two doses.

Equipment List

• 5 Provisions
• Choice of one of three Potions (see Game System for generic fantasy setting choices)

A backpack is mentioned in the "Background". It is assumed that the player also starts with a Sword and Armour.

Illustrations

The illustrations were by Tony Ackland and Pete Martin. There were 3 full page (or equivalent) illustrations and 6 minor repeated illustrations scattered throughout the text. The paragraphs with a full page illustration were: 1¹, 17¹ and 147¹.

1. The illustration in this instance is placed some "distance" from the paragraph in question probably due to reasons of layout.

Intertextual References

Main Characters

YOU: Hero of Rogue Mage

• Galthazzeth - Mage
• Guild Wizard

Locations

• Wolftown

Encounters

• Antmen - Regular/Worker
• Clone Slime
• Galthazzeth
• Ghost
• Giant Beetle
• Goblins - Regular/Shaman
• Human - Bandit
• Imitator
• Man-Octopus
• Scitalis
• Slime Figures
• Slithering Horror
• Whip
• Zombies

Further Notes

• The Warlock version was written to be usable under both Fighting Fantasy and Dungeon and Dragons rules.
• Translated into Japanese as 魔術師の地下要塞 in issue 8 of the Japanese version of Warlock (ウォーロック).

Errors

See Also

• Battle of Grey Rock
• The Fighting Fantasy 10th Anniversary Yearbook
• Midnight Rogue
• The Ring of Seven Terrors
• Warlock

Reviews

External Links

• Character Sheet from The Fighting Fantasy 10th Anniversary Yearbook - Retrieved 2014-09-29

References