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<p>For a few tense moments you pause to consider a plan of action. The radiant light from the archway raises the hairs on the nape of your neck&emdash;a sure sign that danger lies here. But as you focus on the eerie curtain of light, you sense that beyond it lies the only certain route by which you can gain access to the higher levels of this dread citadel.</p>
<choice idref="sect52">If you wish to pass through the shimmering archway, <link-text>turn to 52</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect158">If you decide to search for an alternative way of reaching the upper levels of the crystal spire, <link-text>turn to 158</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect158">If you decide to search for an alternative way of reaching the upper levels of the <!--ERRTAG-RE-87045-->Crystal Spire<!--/ERRTAG-RE-87045-->, <link-text>turn to 158</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The moment you project the correct number at the lockplate, the entire portal begins to shimmer and lose its solidity. It becomes transparent and then fades completely, as if evaporating into thin air. With a smile of satisfaction on your lips at having solved the riddle, you step through the <!--ERRTAG-RE-89634-->now open<!--/ERRTAG-RE-89634--> archway and into an adjoining hall.</p>
- <p>This vaulted, oblong-shaped hall is illuminated by flickerings of electrical fire which arc between two free-standing pillars at the far end of the chamber. Beyond the pillars you can make out the shadowy entrance to another chamber; it is the only other exit from this hall. You realize at once that to pass between the pillars could prove to be fatal: the power arcing between them is as great as any lightning storm raging in the skies above Xaagon. Yet there may be a way of avoiding contact with this raw power. You notice that the two free-standing pillars do not go all the way to the ceiling there is a gap, a little over two feet wide above them.</p>
+ <p>This vaulted, oblong-shaped hall is illuminated by flickerings of electrical fire which arc between two <!--ERRTAG-RA-90182-->freestanding<!--/ERRTAG-RA-90182--> pillars at the far end of the chamber. Beyond the pillars you can make out the shadowy entrance to another chamber; it is the only other exit from this hall. You realize at once that to pass between the pillars could prove to be fatal: the power arcing between them is as great as any lightning storm raging in the skies above Xaagon. Yet there may be a way of avoiding contact with this raw power. You notice that the two <!--ERRTAG-RA-90182-->freestanding<!--/ERRTAG-RA-90182--> pillars do not go all the way to the ceiling there is a gap, a little over two feet wide above them.</p>
<choice idref="sect136">If you possess Kai-alchemy, and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 136</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect297">If you wish to attempt to climb one of the pillars and squeeze through the gap in order to reach the adjoining hall, <link-text>turn to 297</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect211">If you decide to throw caution to the wind and run between the pillars, <link-text>turn to 211</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The bodies of the ghastly creatures undergo a swift and gruesome transformation upon the instant you deal them the <foreign>coup de grâce</foreign>. Their torsos implode with dramatic effect, and they barely have time to cry out in agony as their twisted remains hit the floor and crumble to dust.</p>
- <p>You sheathe your weapon and step away from the foul-smelling mounds of dust. Then you hurry out of this black-floored chamber by a short passage which leads into an adjoining hall. This vaulted, oblong shaped hall is illuminated by flickerings of electrical fire which arc between two free-standing pillars at the far end of the chamber. Beyond the pillars you can make out the shadowy entrance to another chamber; it is the only other exit from this hall.</p>
- <p>You realize at once that to pass between the pillars could prove to be fatal: the power arcing between them is as great as the lightning storm which is raging in the skies above Xaagon. Yet there may be a way of avoiding contact with this raw power. You notice that the two free-standing pillars do not go all the way to the ceiling&emdash;there is a gap, a little over two feet wide above them.</p>
+ <p>You sheathe your weapon and step away from the foul-smelling mounds of dust. Then you hurry out of this black-floored chamber by a short passage which leads into an adjoining hall. This vaulted, oblong shaped hall is illuminated by flickerings of electrical fire which arc between two <!--ERRTAG-RA-103910-->freestanding<!--/ERRTAG-RA-103910--> pillars at the far end of the chamber. Beyond the pillars you can make out the shadowy entrance to another chamber; it is the only other exit from this hall.</p>
+ <p>You realize at once that to pass between the pillars could prove to be fatal: the power arcing between them is as great as the lightning storm which is raging in the skies above Xaagon. Yet there may be a way of avoiding contact with this raw power. You notice that the two <!--ERRTAG-RA-103910-->freestanding<!--/ERRTAG-RA-103910--> pillars do not go all the way to the ceiling&emdash;there is a gap, a little over two feet wide above them.</p>
<choice idref="sect136">If you possess Kai-alchemy, and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 136</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect297">If you wish to attempt to climb one of the pillars and squeeze through the gap in order to reach the adjoining hall, <link-text>turn to 297</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect211">If you decide to throw caution to the wind and run between the pillars, <link-text>turn to 211</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>36</title></meta>
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- <p>Quickly you make your way across the hall, <!--ERRTAG-RE-107138-->zigzagging<!--/ERRTAG-RE-107138--> to dodge pillars, chunks of stone, and the many bodies of Ixiataaga's former undead slave-warriors which are raining down from the shattered stairwell above. Assisted by your Kai Disciplines, eventually you reach the lowest level of the crystal spire where the entrance hall and grand arch open out into the city. You are racing through a torrent of crystal dust towards the grand arch, the main exit, when a massive shockwave shakes the entire edifice. You are within seconds of escaping when, to your horror, you see the walls buckle and the grand arch begin to collapse.</p>
+ <p>Quickly you make your way across the hall, <!--ERRTAG-RE-107138-->zigzagging<!--/ERRTAG-RE-107138--> to dodge pillars, chunks of stone, and the many bodies of Ixiataaga's former undead slave-warriors which are raining down from the shattered stairwell above. Assisted by your Kai Disciplines, eventually you reach the lowest level of the <!--ERRTAG-RE-108002-->Crystal Spire<!--/ERRTAG-RE-108002--> where the entrance hall and grand arch open out into the city. You are racing through a torrent of crystal dust towards the grand arch, the main exit, when a massive shockwave shakes the entire edifice. You are within seconds of escaping when, to your horror, you see the walls buckle and the grand arch begin to collapse.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score is 14 or less, deduct 1 from the number you have picked. If you <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> score is 24 or higher, add 1.</p>
<choice idref="sect316">If your total is now 3 or lower, <link-text>turn to 316</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect193">If it is 4 or higher, <link-text>turn to 193</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You hurl yourself to the floor to avoid the onrushing bolt of energy, but your reactions are too slow. It catches you in the back and an explosion of white-hot fire obliterates your senses. In this terrifying instant, the light that is your life is snuffed out.</p>
- <p>Tragically, you have fallen victim to the power of the Deathstaff. Your life and your quest end here in the crystal spire of Ixia.</p>
+ <p>Tragically, you have fallen victim to the power of the Deathstaff. Your life and your quest end here in the <!--ERRTAG-RE-128699-->Crystal Spire<!--/ERRTAG-RE-128699--> of Ixia.</p>
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<meta><title>62</title></meta>
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- <p>You hurry across the chamber, zigzagging to dodge pillars, chunks of stone, and the many bodies of Ixiataaga's former undead slave-warriors which are raining down from the upper levels of the crystal spire. Aided by your <!--ERRTAG-RE-136622-->Kai Mastery<!--/ERRTAG-RE-136622-->, eventually you reach the lowest level of the spire where the entrance hall and grand arch open out into the city. You are racing through a torrent of crystal dust towards the grand arch, the main exit, when a massive shockwave runs through the entire building. You are within seconds of escaping when, to your horror, you see the walls buckle and the grand arch begin to collapse.</p>
+ <p>You hurry across the chamber, zigzagging to dodge pillars, chunks of stone, and the many bodies of Ixiataaga's former undead slave-warriors which are raining down from the upper levels of the <!--ERRTAG-RE-137114-->Crystal Spire<!--/ERRTAG-RE-137114-->. Aided by your <!--ERRTAG-RE-136622-->Kai Mastery<!--/ERRTAG-RE-136622-->, eventually you reach the lowest level of the spire where the entrance hall and grand arch open out into the city. You are racing through a torrent of crystal dust towards the grand arch, the main exit, when a massive shockwave runs through the entire building. You are within seconds of escaping when, to your horror, you see the walls buckle and the grand arch begin to collapse.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score is 10 or less, deduct 1 from the number you have picked. If your <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> score is 20 or higher, add 1.</p>
<choice idref="sect316">If your total is now 3 or lower, <link-text>turn to 316</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect193">If it is 4 or higher, <link-text>turn to 193</link-text>.</choice>
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- <combat><enemy><!--ERRTAG-RE-143354-->Chaos Horde<!--/ERRTAG-RE-143354--></enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">50</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">48</enemy-attribute></combat>
+ <combat><enemy><!--ERRTAG-RE-143354-->Chaos-horde<!--/ERRTAG-RE-143354--></enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">50</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">48</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>Unless you have attained the Kai rank of Sun Lord, you must reduce your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> by 4 for the duration of this combat, due to your disadvantageous position.</p>
<choice idref="sect82">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 82</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>73</title></meta>
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- <p>You advance cautiously along the ice-slick decking towards the high curving prow of this alien vessel. Strange and intricate carvings decorate every inch of its coal-black timbers, and runic symbols embellish the metal plates which sheathe the hull forward of the main mast. Calling upon your Kai senses, you determine that this vessel was not constructed by the unhuman creatures who crewed it, but that it is an ancient ship, built and crafted by a race of mariners who have long since disappeared into the mists of time. Closer examination of the timbers reveals it to be more than fifteen thousand years old.</p>
+ <p>You advance cautiously along the ice-slick decking towards the high curving prow of this alien vessel. Strange and intricate carvings decorate every inch of its coal-black timbers, and runic symbols embellish the metal plates which sheathe the hull forward of the <!--ERRTAG-RE-149236-->mainmast<!--/ERRTAG-RE-149236-->. Calling upon your Kai senses, you determine that this vessel was not constructed by the unhuman creatures who crewed it, but that it is an ancient ship, built and crafted by a race of mariners who have long since disappeared into the mists of time. Closer examination of the timbers reveals it to be more than fifteen thousand years old.</p>
<p>An open hatch at the bow leads down into a gloomy hold where you discover a tangle of rotten rags and rusty weapons. Among this debris you find a Stone Bowl, a Crystal Tiara, and a Coil of Oiled Rope. (If you wish to keep any of these Backpack Items, remember to adjust your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> accordingly.)</p>
<p>You are about to venture deeper into the hold when suddenly you hear Prarg's voice&emdash;he is calling for you to come to the stern.</p>
<choice idref="sect271"><link-text>Turn to 271</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>84</title></meta>
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- <p>Disappointedly you turn away from the lockplate and descend the steps to the entrance hall below. You are still resolved to find and defeat the Deathlord, but in order to do so you must get to the upper levels of the crystal spire. Faced with no alternative, you walk forwards and enter the shimmering archway.</p>
+ <p>Disappointedly you turn away from the lockplate and descend the steps to the entrance hall below. You are still resolved to find and defeat the Deathlord, but in order to do so you must get to the upper levels of the <!--ERRTAG-RE-163440-->Crystal Spire<!--/ERRTAG-RE-163440-->. Faced with no alternative, you walk forwards and enter the shimmering archway.</p>
<choice idref="sect8"><link-text>Turn to 8</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You hit the snow and roll beneath the ice-shelf barely seconds before the leading edge of the avalanche comes roaring down. Tons of rock and ice engulf your shelter, but miraculously it does not collapse under the incredible weight.</p>
- <p>When at last the terrible roaring ceases, you count yourself fortunate still to be alive. Buried beneath countless tons of snow, you begin the slow and laborious process of digging yourself out of this icy tomb.</p>
+ <p>When at last the terrible roaring ceases, you count yourself fortunate <!--ERRTAG-RE-182574-->to still be<!--/ERRTAG-RE-182574--> alive. Buried beneath countless tons of snow, you begin the slow and laborious process of digging yourself out of this icy tomb.</p>
<choice idref="sect179"><link-text>Turn to 179</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>105</title></meta>
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- <p>As you slay the last of these golden-winged horrors, their torn bodies dissolve into a hot, steamy vapour which is carried away on a foul breeze. The few Lavas that remained with Tagazin, having seen what has befallen their comrades, now abandon the demonlord to his fate. Tagazin curses their apparent cowardice as they take to the air and speed away.</p>
- <p>For a moment you stare at the demonlord and he returns your gaze; his bitter hatred of you burns brightly in his supernatural eyes. Then he turns and drives himself on towards the Shadow Gate. You give chase, determined to stop him, but you slow your pace when suddenly you see a wide rent appearing in the sky high above. Through a tear in the clouds you see a new host of Lavas come swooping down.</p>
+ <p>As you slay the last of these golden-winged horrors, their torn bodies dissolve into a hot, steamy vapour which is carried away on a foul breeze. The few Lavas that remained with Tagazin, having seen what has befallen their comrades, now abandon the <!--ERRTAG-RA-183228-->Demonlord<!--/ERRTAG-RA-183228--> to his fate. Tagazin curses their apparent cowardice as they take to the air and speed away.</p>
+ <p>For a moment you stare at the <!--ERRTAG-RA-183228-->Demonlord<!--/ERRTAG-RA-183228--> and he returns your gaze; his bitter hatred of you burns brightly in his supernatural eyes. Then he turns and drives himself on towards the Shadow Gate. You give chase, determined to stop him, but you slow your pace when suddenly you see a wide rent appearing in the sky high above. Through a tear in the clouds you see a new host of Lavas come swooping down.</p>
<choice idref="sect272">If you possess Grand Huntmastery, <link-text>turn to 272</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect241">If you do not possess this Discipline, <link-text>turn to 241</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>106</title></meta>
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- <p>The corridor gradually ascends to a high galley which overlooks a chamber two storeys deep. A dozen undead slaves clad in silvery robes are busy attending to a vast machine constructed of quartz-like crystal and black metal. Through holes in its side they probe and manipulate long glassy rods which reach into the machine's core. From these holes there radiates a brilliant, ghostly light.</p>
- <choice idref="sect313">If you possess Grand Huntmastery, and have attained the Kai rank of Sun Lord, or higher, <link-text>turn to 313</link-text>.</choice>
+ <p>The corridor gradually ascends to a high <!--ERRTAG-RE-184244-->gallery<!--/ERRTAG-RE-184244--> which overlooks a chamber two storeys deep. A dozen undead slaves clad in silvery robes are busy attending to a vast machine constructed of quartz-like crystal and black metal. Through holes in its side they probe and manipulate long glassy rods which reach into the machine's core. From these holes there radiates a brilliant, ghostly light.</p>
+ <choice idref="sect313">If you possess Grand Huntmastery, and have attained the Kai rank of <!--ERRTAG-RE-184763-->Sun Lord or higher<!--/ERRTAG-RE-184763-->, <link-text>turn to 313</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect127">If you do not possess this skill, or if you have yet to attain this level of Kai Mastery, <link-text>turn to 127</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You see that the Deathstaff is no longer vibrating with power. You sense that Ixiataaga has expended all of its unholy energy in one massive burst, in the hope of destroying you quickly and utterly. It will be several minutes before the Deathstaff recoups its dark powers&emdash;you must act swiftly if you are to turn this to your advantage. You raise the Power Spike and shout: <quote>For Sommerlund and the Kai!</quote></p>
- <p>Then, with a single mighty leap, you traverse the fiery moat and land on the plinth within an arm's length of the Deathlord's foul form. Your brave and bold action takes Ixiataaga aback, but he quickly recovers and, with unnervering speed, he spins around to counter your attack.</p>
+ <p>Then, with a single mighty leap, you traverse the fiery moat and land on the plinth within an arm's length of the Deathlord's foul form. Your brave and bold action takes Ixiataaga aback, but he quickly recovers and, with <!--ERRTAG-RE-186556-->unnerving<!--/ERRTAG-RE-186556--> speed, he spins around to counter your attack.</p>
<choice idref="sect77"><link-text>Turn to 77</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>109</title></meta>
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- <p>As the last skeleton warrior falls to your lightning swift blows, you drag yourself out of the freezing water, across the bony bodies of those you have valiantly defeated, and stumble up the steps to the top of quay. You are met by Captain Lanza and his men, all of whom are clearly amazed that you are still alive.</p>
+ <p>As the last skeleton warrior falls to your <!--ERRTAG-RE-186923-->lightning-swift<!--/ERRTAG-RE-186923--> blows, you drag yourself out of the freezing water, across the bony bodies of those you have valiantly defeated, and stumble up the steps to the top of quay. You are met by Captain Lanza and his men, all of whom are clearly amazed that you are still alive.</p>
<p><quote>We have this enemy beaten,</quote> yells Lanza. <quote>We've slain more than half their number and the rest have their backs to the sea. Will you help us finish the job, Grand Master?</quote></p>
<p><quote>Gladly,</quote> you reply. <quote>For Kai and Ishir, we'll send them all to meet their unholy maker!</quote></p>
<choice idref="sect340"><link-text>Turn to 340</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>110</title></meta>
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- <p>You tug the Sommerswerd from its scabbard and a vibrant golden light erupts along the full length of its divinely-crafted blade. For the first time you see clearly the mysterious creature illuminated by the glow of your sword: the sight is chilling to behold. Its mouth is a mass of twisted fangs and from its huge, bear-like body there writhes a score of slimy tentacles, each tipped with a venomous claw. Its reptilian head is domed and at its centre there protrudes a twisted horn, longer than a broadsword.</p>
+ <p>You tug the Sommerswerd from its scabbard and a vibrant golden light erupts along the full length of its divinely-crafted blade. For the first time you see clearly the mysterious creature illuminated by the glow of your sword: the sight is chilling to behold. Its mouth is a mass of twisted fangs and from its huge, bear-like body there writhes a score of slimy tentacles, each tipped with a venomous claw. Its reptilian head is domed and <!--ERRTAG-RE-188251-->from its centre<!--/ERRTAG-RE-188251--> there protrudes a twisted horn, longer than a broadsword.</p>
<p>As the goodly light of the Sommerswerd washes over its ghastly face, it ceases to advance and gives vent to a loud gibbering howl of fear. You seize the advantage and strike out at its throat with the tip of the sun-sword.</p>
<combat><enemy>Ixian Mhagani</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">38</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">60</enemy-attribute></combat>
- <p>Ignore any <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point losses you may sustain during the first two rounds of combat. Also, remember to apply all the appropriate bonuses to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> whilst using the Sommerswerd against this undead enemy.</p>
- <choice idref="sect56">You may evade the combat at any time after the third round, by <link-text>turning to 56</link-text>.</choice>
+ <p>Ignore any <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point losses you may sustain during the first two rounds of combat. Also, remember to apply all the appropriate <!--ERRTAG-RE-188994-->bonuses<!--/ERRTAG-RE-188994--> whilst using the Sommerswerd against this undead enemy.</p>
+ <choice idref="sect56">You may evade the combat at any time after the <!--ERRTAG-RE-189144-->third round by<!--/ERRTAG-RE-189144--> <link-text>turning to 56</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect16">If you win the fight, <link-text>turn to 16</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>111</title></meta>
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- <p>You will yourself to rise once more and slowly you return to the edge of the shaft, but your strength is waning and it is now impossible for you simultaneously to fight and maintain this spell.</p>
- <p><quote>For Sommerlund and the Kai!</quote> you shout, and leap among the monstrous chaos-creatures crowding the stairs, lashing out in a wide arc as your feet touch down on the slimy steps. Gleefully, the unnatural horde close in around you for the kill.</p>
+ <p>You will yourself to rise once more and slowly you return to the edge of the shaft, but your strength is waning and it is now impossible for you <!--ERRTAG-RE-189640-->to simultaneously fight<!--/ERRTAG-RE-189640--> and maintain this spell.</p>
+ <p><quote>For Sommerlund and the Kai!</quote> you shout, and leap among the monstrous <!--ERRTAG-RE-189825-->Chaos-creatures<!--/ERRTAG-RE-189825--> crowding the stairs, lashing out in a wide arc as your feet touch down on the slimy steps. Gleefully, the unnatural horde close in around you for the kill.</p>
<combat><enemy>Chaos-horde</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">46</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">48</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>These beings are immune to all forms of psychic attack, except Kai-surge and Kai-blast.</p>
<choice idref="sect263">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 263</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Abruptly the ghastly laughter ceases, as if the Deathlord has seen something which has shaken his arrogant confidence in his own invincibility. Your senses tell you that it is the Sommerswerd&emdash;he has recognized that you possess one of the few weapons capable of destroying him. It is a realization that shocks him to the core.</p>
<p>You move forwards, eager to exploit your advantage, but the Deathlord reacts swiftly. He utters a guttural sound and, in the next instant, a massive bolt of energy shoots from the tip of the Deathstaff and comes speeding towards your chest.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. For every level of Kai rank you have attained, above that of Kai Grand Guardian, add 1 to the number you have picked.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. For every level of Kai rank you have <!--ERRTAG-RE-192076-->attained above<!--/ERRTAG-RE-192076--> that of Kai Grand Guardian, add 1 to the number you have picked.</p>
<choice idref="sect178">If your total score is now 2 or less, <link-text>turn to 178</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect47">If it is 3&endash;6, <link-text>turn to 47</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect280">If it is 7 or more, <link-text>turn to 280</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>116</title></meta>
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- <p>Despite your prayers, your Kai senses tell you that you have indeed been seen by the creature on the jetty. Then you hear something which sends a shiver of fear racing down your spine; it is the dull, muffled noise of an underwater gate being winched open. You suspect that the undead have released a predator into the lake and, a few moments later, your Kai sixth sense confirms your fear.</p>
+ <p>Despite your prayers, your Kai senses tell you that you have indeed been seen by the creature on the jetty. Then you hear something which sends a shiver of fear racing down your spine; it is the dull, muffled noise of an underwater gate being winched open. You suspect that the undead have released a predator into the lake and, a few moments later, your <!--ERRTAG-RE-194896-->Kai Sixth Sense<!--/ERRTAG-RE-194896--> confirms your fear.</p>
<choice idref="sect348">If you wish to turn around and swim back towards the jetty, <link-text>turn to 348</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect21">If you choose to continue swimming towards the shore, <link-text>turn to 21</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>117</title></meta>
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- <p>Lanza is a stocky, hard-nosed soldier whose leathery, frost-bitten face bears living testimony to the five years he has spent as commander of this bleak, godforsaken outpost. His posting here had been his punishment for a drunken brawl in a Vadera tavern in which he had killed, albeit in self-defence, the brutish elder son of Haglar, the mayor of the city. At his court martial he had been allowed to choose his fate&emdash;command of the notorious Azgad Island garrison, or death by hanging. Lanza readily admits that there have been times when he has felt that he made the wrong choice.</p>
+ <p>Lanza is a stocky, hard-nosed soldier whose leathery, frost-bitten face bears living testimony to the five years he has spent as commander of this bleak, godforsaken outpost. His posting here had been his punishment for a drunken brawl in a Vadera tavern in which he had killed, albeit in self-defence, the brutish elder son of Haglar, the mayor of the city. At his <!--ERRTAG-RE-195749-->court-martial<!--/ERRTAG-RE-195749--> he had been allowed to choose his fate&emdash;command of the notorious Azgad Island garrison, or death by hanging. Lanza readily admits that there have been times when he has felt that he made the wrong choice.</p>
<p>Lanza's private quarters comprise a sparsely-furnished chamber near the top of the watchtower. You warm yourself in front of an open grate and listen as he and Prarg discuss your onward passage to Ixia aboard the garrison's ice-boat. At length, Lanza voices his fears about recent sightings at sea&emdash;strange craft which sail beneath the waves and ships crewed by the living dead. As you listen to his chilling account, you look out through the chamber's slit window at an icy mist which is creeping in from the north. It swirls knee-deep around the watchtower and the harbour wall.</p>
<choice idref="sect39">If you possess the Discipline of Grand Huntmastery and have reached the rank of Sun Lord (or higher), <link-text>turn to 39</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect61">If you possess Kai-alchemy and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 61</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>118</title></meta>
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- <p>The grim-faced undead conduct a thorough search of the hold, passing many times within inches of where you are hiding, yet they fail to find you. Your Kai mastery of Assimilance keeps you safe from detection. As you wait patiently for them to leave the hold, your thoughts turn to the Lencian crewmen. The sound of fighting on the deck above has long ceased and you are fearful that the crew may have been slain by these merciless enemies.</p>
+ <p>The grim-faced undead conduct a thorough search of the hold, passing many times within inches of where you are hiding, yet they fail to find you. Your <!--ERRTAG-RE-197377-->Kai Mastery<!--/ERRTAG-RE-197377--> of Assimilance keeps you safe from detection. As you wait patiently for them to leave the hold, your thoughts turn to the Lencian crewmen. The sound of fighting on the deck above has long ceased and you are fearful that the crew may have been slain by these merciless enemies.</p>
<choice idref="sect186">If you wish to follow the undead when they leave the hold, <link-text>turn to 186</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect314">If you choose to stay hidden in the hold, <link-text>turn to 314</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You emerge into a chamber composed entirely of polished black crystal, where you see myriad reflections of yourself trailing away into infinity within its mirror-smooth walls. You cast your gaze around this eerie chamber and see that you are not alone. Standing guard at an open archway are a trio of undead creatures, the like of which you have never seen before. They are armed with barbed tridents which they hold loosely in their corpse-green hands.</p>
<p>Suddenly they become aware of your presence and come scurrying towards you, their tridents raised in readiness to pin you to the wall.</p>
- <choice idref="sect287">If you possess a bow, and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 287</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect287">If you possess a <!--ERRTAG-RE-199244-->Bow<!--/ERRTAG-RE-199244-->, and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 287</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect64">If you do not, <link-text>turn to 64</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>123</title></meta>
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- <p>You look into the eyes of the approaching demonlord and muster all your strength to summon a pulse of psychic energy. The pulse forms a radiant ball of power which speeds across the chamber and slams into Tagazin's mind, making him flinch and falter.</p>
+ <p>You look into the eyes of the approaching <!--ERRTAG-RE-202090-->Demonlord<!--/ERRTAG-RE-202090--> and muster all your strength to summon a pulse of psychic energy. The pulse forms a radiant ball of power which speeds across the chamber and slams into Tagazin's mind, making him flinch and falter.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. Now double the number you have chosen and make a note of the total in the margin of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect45">To continue, <link-text>turn to 45</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>124</title></meta>
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- <p>The third wave of undead come staggering across the heaped bodies of their slain confederates. They are led by a skull-faced warrior that clutches a ball of a liquescent, glass-like substance in its mangled hand. You raise your weapon and draw it back in readiness to strike a blow at the creature's ghastly face. It reacts to your move by hurling the glassy ball into the air. Moments later, there is a blinding flash and the ball comes hurling towards your forehead like a streak of molten light.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you possess either Grand Huntmastery or Grand Pathsmanship, add 1 to the number you have picked. If you possess both of these Grand Master Disciplines, you may add 3.</p>
+ <p>The third wave of undead come staggering across the heaped bodies of their slain confederates. They are led by a skull-faced warrior that clutches a ball of a liquescent, glass-like substance in its mangled hand. You raise your weapon and draw it back in readiness to strike a blow at the creature's ghastly face. It reacts to your move by hurling the glassy ball into the air. Moments later, there is a blinding flash and the ball comes <!--ERRTAG-RE-203234-->hurtling towards<!--/ERRTAG-RE-203234--> your forehead like a streak of molten light.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you possess either Grand Huntmastery or Grand Pathsmanship, add 1 to the number you have picked. If you possess <!--ERRTAG-RE-203527--><em>both</em><!--/ERRTAG-RE-203527--> of these Grand Master Disciplines, you may add 3.</p>
<choice idref="sect102">If your total score is now 6 or less, <link-text>turn to 102</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect85">If it is 7 or more, <link-text>turn to 85</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Fearing detection by the undead attendants, you hurry from this high galley by means of a sloping tunnel which descends to an empty hallway. All along the left wall of this narrow passage are glassy portholes that are caked with ice and grime. Vigorously you scrape the encrusted filth from one of these circular windows and peer through it. Your curiosity is rewarded by a stunning sight.</p>
+ <p>Fearing detection by the undead attendants, you hurry from this high <!--ERRTAG-RE-205201-->gallery<!--/ERRTAG-RE-205201--> by means of a sloping tunnel which descends to an empty hallway. All along the left wall of this narrow passage are glassy portholes that are caked with ice and grime. Vigorously you scrape the encrusted filth from one of these circular windows and peer through it. Your curiosity is rewarded by a stunning sight.</p>
<choice idref="sect198"><link-text>Turn to 198</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You stare at the spiked helm and a strange sense of purpose forms in your mind. You know that this artefact is wholly Evil, yet you have the curious notion that it could also be put to use in the cause of Good. Your Kai instincts tell you that this helm was forged and fashioned by Naar, the Dark God, and that its power is such that it can destroy most beings, living or dead. It may even be powerful enough to destroy Deathlord Ixiataaga.</p>
- <p>You pick up the helm and, with a swift and violent action, you smash it on to the ground. The crystal spike snaps cleanly from the top of the helm and you
place it into your belt. (Record this Special Item on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as a Power Spike, which you carry in your belt. If you already carry the maximum number of Special Items permissible, you must discard another in favour of this one.)</p>
- <p>Resolutely, you turn and walk towards the Shadow Gate. As you leap into its spinning core, you pray that you will arrive back in Magnamund with time enough to thwart the Deathlord's evil plan.</p>
+ <p>You pick up the helm and, with a swift and violent action, you smash it on to the ground. The crystal spike snaps cleanly from the top of the helm and you
<!--ERRTAG-RE-206415-->stow it in your belt<!--/ERRTAG-RE-206415-->. (Record this Special Item on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as a Power Spike, which you carry in your belt. If you already carry the maximum number of Special Items permissible, you must discard another in favour of this one.)</p>
+ <p>Resolutely, you turn and walk towards the Shadow Gate. As you leap into its spinning core, you pray that you will arrive back <!--ERRTAG-RE-206849-->on Magnamund<!--/ERRTAG-RE-206849--> with time enough to thwart the Deathlord's evil plan.</p>
<choice idref="sect200"><link-text>Turn to 200</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>131</title></meta>
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- <p>You sense that the wisps of black smoke are a manifestation of several evil beings, each possessed of a strong psychic presence. Fearing attack, you quickly draw upon your Kai mastery to construct a defensive wall to protect yourself from psychic assault. It is a wise precaution, but one that could prove less than effective against these powerful entities.</p>
+ <p>You sense that the wisps of black smoke are a manifestation of several evil beings, each possessed of a strong psychic presence. Fearing attack, you quickly draw upon your <!--ERRTAG-RE-208843-->Kai Mastery<!--/ERRTAG-RE-208843--> to construct a defensive wall to protect yourself from psychic assault. It is a wise precaution, but one that could prove less than effective against these powerful entities.</p>
<p>Moments after your psychic wall is in place, the wisps streak across the chamber and encircle your body. They accelerate to a dizzying speed before launching a massive wave of psychic energy at your mind.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. (In this instance, 0 = 10.)</p>
<p>The number which you have picked is equal to the number of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points you lose as a result of this massive psychic assault.</p>
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<p>You hurtle through the smoke towards the harbour wall, but unfortunately you have mistimed your leap and you miss the quayside by just a few feet. You glance off the wall and tumble head first into the sea: lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<p>The frigid water is shockingly cold, but at least your Magnakai Discipline of Nexus protects you from its numbing chill and you are able to surface quickly. Burning chunks of timber and sailcloth rain down all around as you strike out towards a flight of stone steps that rise out of the sea to the top of the quay. However, upon reaching the steps you are met by a dozen skeletal warriors who are determined to slay you before you can haul yourself out of the icy water.</p>
- <combat><enemy>Ixian undead</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">41</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">46</enemy-attribute></combat>
+ <combat><enemy><!--ERRTAG-RE-210597-->Ixian Undead<!--/ERRTAG-RE-210597--></enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">41</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">46</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>These beings are immune to all forms of psychic attack, except Kai-surge and Kai-blast. Also, because you are still in the icy water, you must reduce your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> by 5 for the duration of this combat.</p>
<choice idref="sect109">If you win this fight, <link-text>turn to 109</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You lasso the spur of rock on your first attempt and pull yourself out of the cloying mire barely seconds before the unseen creature, which is circling below the surface, moves in to attack your legs. On reaching the spur, you retrieve your rope and set out to climb the wall of this shaft.</p>
- <p>Above, the snickering horde of chaos-creatures watch your ascent with eager anticipation. When you are within a few feet of the top, you unsheathe your weapon and get ready to fight your way out of the shaft one-handedly.</p>
- <combat><enemy>Chaos horde</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">50</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">48</enemy-attribute></combat>
+ <p>Above, the snickering horde of <!--ERRTAG-RE-216006-->Chaos-creatures<!--/ERRTAG-RE-216006--> watch your ascent with eager anticipation. When you are within a few feet of the top, you unsheathe your weapon and get ready to fight your way out of the shaft one-handedly.</p>
+ <combat><enemy><!--ERRTAG-RE-216266-->Chaos-horde<!--/ERRTAG-RE-216266--></enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">50</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">48</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>Unless you have attained the Kai rank of Sun Lord, you must reduce your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> by 4 for the duration of this combat, due to your disadvantageous position.</p>
<choice idref="sect82">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 82</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Frantically you strike out for the shore with the jaws of the gruesome Gybia snapping at your heels. Fortunately, as you reach the shallows, the creature is forced to abandon its pursuit and let you escape. Coughing and retching violently, you stagger out of the icy water and stumble to the cover of some boulders which lie embedded in the shore. Here, as you slowly recover, you find to your dismay that during your hasty escape from the Gybia, you lost all but two items from your Backpack.</p>
- <p>Erase all of your Backpack items with the exception of those which you have recorded in spaces 4 and 6 on your Backpack Items list.</p>
+ <p>Erase all of your <!--ERRTAG-RE-217422-->Backpack Items<!--/ERRTAG-RE-217422--> with the exception of those which you have recorded in spaces 4 and 6 on your Backpack Items list.</p>
<choice idref="sect304">To continue, <link-text>turn to 304</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Fearful that you could be discovered here at any moment, you bring your face closer to the door and make a detailed examination of the combination lock. On the surface it appears to be straightforward, but your Magnakai Discipline of Nexus alerts you to the fact that it is protected by sorcery. Failure to tap in the correct number more than once will activate an alarm.</p>
<choice idref="sect217">If you possess the Discipline of Kai-alchemy, and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 217</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect81">If you possess Magi-magic, and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 81</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect74">If you possess neither of these disciplines, or choose not to use them, <link-text>turn to 74</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect74">If you possess neither of these <!--ERRTAG-RE-218512-->Disciplines<!--/ERRTAG-RE-218512-->, or choose not to use them, <link-text>turn to 74</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>At the first opportunity you sprint away from the wooden crates and descend the staircase to a closed door. It is a sturdy portal, carved from solid rock and banded with strips of bronze. You test it with the toe of your boot and, to your surprise, it swings open with barely a sound.</p>
- <p>Beyond the door lies a rough-hewn chamber lined with racks of ancient crystal spears and swords. Despite the millenniums which have passed since they were crafted by Old Kingdom armourers, these weapons still hold a keen edge and gleam like new.</p>
+ <p>Beyond the door lies a rough-hewn chamber lined with racks of ancient crystal spears and swords. Despite the <!--ERRTAG-RE-222108-->millennia<!--/ERRTAG-RE-222108--> which have passed since they were crafted by Old Kingdom armourers, these weapons still hold a keen edge and gleam like new.</p>
<p>Casting your eye around this weapon store there appears to be no other exit save the one by which you entered.</p>
<choice idref="sect286">If you possess Telegnosis, <link-text>turn to 286</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect226">If you do not possess mastery of this Discipline, <link-text>turn to 226</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>After a few minutes of intense concentration your use of your Magnakai Discipline pays off. Successfully you will the lock to disengage, yet the effort required is far greater than you could have anticipated and it leaves you mentally weakened: lose 4 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<p>The portal begins to shimmer and lose its solidity. At first it becomes transparent and then it fades completely, as if evaporating into thin air. With a smile of satisfaction on your lips at having overcome it, you step through the now-open archway and into an adjoining hall.</p>
- <p>This vaulted, oblong-shaped hall is illuminated by flickerings of electrical fire which arc between two free-standing pillars at the far end of the chamber. Beyond the pillars you can make out the shadowy entrance to another chamber; it is the only other exit from this hall. You realize at once that to pass between the pillars could prove to be fatal: the power arcing between them is as great as any lightning storm raging in the skies above Xaagon. Yet there may be a way of avoiding contact with this raw power. You notice that the two free-standing pillars do not go all the way to the ceiling&emdash;there is a gap at the top, a little over two feet wide.</p>
+ <p>This vaulted, oblong-shaped hall is illuminated by flickerings of electrical fire which arc between two <!--ERRTAG-RA-224359-->freestanding<!--/ERRTAG-RA-224359--> pillars at the far end of the chamber. Beyond the pillars you can make out the shadowy entrance to another chamber; it is the only other exit from this hall. You realize at once that to pass between the pillars could prove to be fatal: the power arcing between them is as great as any lightning storm raging in the skies above Xaagon. Yet there may be a way of avoiding contact with this raw power. You notice that the two <!--ERRTAG-RA-224359-->freestanding<!--/ERRTAG-RA-224359--> pillars do not go all the way to the ceiling&emdash;there is a gap at the top, a little over two feet wide.</p>
<choice idref="sect136">If you possess Kai-alchemy, and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 136</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect297">If you wish to attempt to climb one of the pillars and squeeze through the gap in order to reach the adjoining hall, <link-text>turn to 297</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect211">If you decide to throw caution to the wind and run directly between the pillars, <link-text>turn to 211</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Despite their misshapen form, the moment these macabre horrors catch sight of you, they charge forwards with frightening speed. Gibbering and howling like demons, they hurl themselves upon you and attempt to slay you with fang and claw.</p>
- <combat><enemy>Chaos horde</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">52</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">50</enemy-attribute></combat>
+ <combat><enemy><!--ERRTAG-RE-226631-->Chaos-horde<!--/ERRTAG-RE-226631--></enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">52</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">50</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>These beings are immune to all forms of psychic attack, except Kai-surge and Kai-blast.</p>
<choice idref="sect235">You may evade this combat after six rounds, by <link-text>turning to 235</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect190">If you win the fight, <link-text>turn to 190</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>146</title></meta>
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- <p>The instant you set foot inside the cave entrance, you hear a noise which makes you freeze in your tracks. A ghastly half-gibbering, half-growling sound issues from the dark recesses of the cave&emdash;a warning from the creature which dwells here that you are not a welcome visitor. You scan the inky darkness and see the glint of two yellow eyes as they emerge from a fold in the rock wall. Slowly the eyes advance. You use your ability to see in the infra-red spectrum of light, in order to discern the outline of this shadowy creature, but it is to no avail. You can detect no heat patterns. The reason for this is simple&emdash;the creature now advancing towards you gives off no heat because, like everything else in this wretched land, it is already dead.</p>
+ <p>The instant you set foot inside the cave entrance, you hear a noise which makes you freeze in your tracks. A ghastly half-gibbering, half-growling sound issues from the dark recesses of the cave&emdash;a warning from the creature which dwells here that you are not a welcome visitor. You scan the inky darkness and see the glint of two yellow eyes as they emerge from a fold in the rock wall. Slowly the eyes advance. You use your ability to see in the <!--ERRTAG-RE-227734-->infrared<!--/ERRTAG-RE-227734--> spectrum of light, in order to discern the outline of this shadowy creature, but it is to no avail. You can detect no heat patterns. The reason for this is simple&emdash;the creature now advancing towards you gives off no heat because, like everything else in this wretched land, it is already dead.</p>
<choice idref="sect206">If you wish to escape from the cave while you can, <link-text>turn to 206</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect28">If you choose to draw your weapon and defend yourself, <link-text>turn to 28</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>As you slay each of the insectoids in turn, their bodies return to their original wispy form. These trails of black smoke swirl harmlessly around the chamber before evaporating into the porous stone which frames the Shadow Gate. You are relieved to see the back of these hideous creatures, but your comfort is all too short-lived; no sooner have they vanished than a new horror appears in the chamber, rising up out of the stone floor.</p>
- <choice idref="sect311">If you have ever been to the Isle of Ghosts, in a previous Lone Wolf adventure, <link-text>turn to 311</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect311">If you have ever been to the Isle of <!--ERRTAG-RE-230763-->Ghosts in<!--/ERRTAG-RE-230763--> a previous Lone Wolf adventure, <link-text>turn to 311</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect80">If you have not, <link-text>turn to 80</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>A few hundred yards beyond the rise, you see Tagazin moving along a track which leads to the top of a small hillock. Here, contained within an arch of ancient stone, you see a whirling vortex: it is unmistakably an open Shadow Gate.</p>
- <p>Surrounding Tagazin are a host of winged, dragon-like creatures, with horny skins that glimmer like gold in the wan light. By the slow, laborious way in which the jackal-like demonlord is moving his limbs, you sense that he has been injured and greatly weakened by his passage through the void.</p>
+ <p>Surrounding Tagazin are a host of winged, dragon-like creatures, with horny skins that glimmer like gold in the wan light. By the slow, laborious way in which the jackal-like <!--ERRTAG-RE-231547-->Demonlord<!--/ERRTAG-RE-231547--> is moving his limbs, you sense that he has been injured and greatly weakened by his passage through the void.</p>
<choice idref="sect205">If you have ever been to the Plane of Darkness before, in a previous Lone Wolf adventure, <link-text>turn to 205</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect227">If you have not, <link-text>turn to 227</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>If you decide to keep any of the above, record them on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as Backpack Items.</p>
<p>You leave the chamber and hurry down the stone staircase to the archway below. The Drakkarim patrol you sighted earlier is now nowhere to be seen, enabling you to leave the barbican and enter Xaagon without further confrontation.</p>
<p>Warily you trek through the awesome ruins of this age-old city, where once, in the time of the Old Kingdoms, a proud and mighty race reigned supreme.</p>
- <p>You have just passed a derelict mausoleum when you are forced to halt and hide from a passing troop of Ixian warriors. You watch as they march stiffly along an ice-choked avenue towards a plaza that is dominated by a huge frozen fountain. Beyond the fountain's solid plume of water you see a broad ramp which ascends to a grand archway at the base of the crystal spire.</p>
- <choice idref="sect9">If you possess Grand Huntmastery and have attained the Kai rank of Sun Lord, or higher, <link-text>turn to 9</link-text>.</choice>
+ <p>You have just passed a derelict mausoleum when you are forced to halt and hide from a passing troop of Ixian warriors. You watch as they march stiffly along an ice-choked avenue towards a plaza that is dominated by a huge frozen fountain. Beyond the fountain's solid plume of water you see a broad ramp which ascends to a grand archway at the base of the <!--ERRTAG-RE-235533-->Crystal Spire<!--/ERRTAG-RE-235533-->.</p>
+ <choice idref="sect9">If you possess Grand Huntmastery and have attained the Kai rank of <!--ERRTAG-RE-234972-->Sun Lord or higher<!--/ERRTAG-RE-234972-->, <link-text>turn to 9</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect122">If you do not possess this skill, or if you have yet to reach this level of Kai Mastery, <link-text>turn to 122</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>153</title></meta>
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- <p>Silently you climb the stairs and peer over the lip of the hatch; you are just in time to witness a scene which shocks you to the core. You see that the undead Drakkarim warriors have slain all of the Lencian crewmen and have heaped their bodies around the base of the main mast. One of the undead, clad in a filthy grey cloak embroidered with alien symbols, utters a chilling liturgy over the corpses of the slain. You sense something is very wrong. The chill air crackles with power and sparks of evil energy whirl around their bodies. When at last the liturgy ends, you see to your horror the slain Lencians rise up and take their places alongside the Drakkarim undead.</p>
+ <p>Silently you climb the stairs and peer over the lip of the hatch; you are just in time to witness a scene which shocks you to the core. You see that the undead Drakkarim warriors have slain all of the Lencian crewmen and have heaped their bodies around the base of the <!--ERRTAG-RE-236097-->mainmast<!--/ERRTAG-RE-236097-->. One of the undead, clad in a filthy grey cloak embroidered with alien symbols, utters a chilling liturgy over the corpses of the slain. You sense something is very wrong. The chill air crackles with power and sparks of evil energy whirl around their bodies. When at last the liturgy ends, you see to your horror the slain Lencians rise up and take their places alongside the Drakkarim undead.</p>
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<p>You rise once more and return to the edge of the shaft, drawing on reserves of strength and determination both to fight and maintain your levitation spell.</p>
- <p><quote>For Sommerlund and the Kai!</quote> you shout, as you lash out at the monstrous chaos-creatures crowding the edge of the pit.</p>
+ <p><quote>For Sommerlund and the Kai!</quote> you shout, as you lash out at the monstrous <!--ERRTAG-RE-237766-->Chaos-creatures<!--/ERRTAG-RE-237766--> crowding the edge of the pit.</p>
<combat><enemy>Chaos-horde</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">37</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">45</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>These beings are immune to all forms of psychic attack, except Kai-surge and Kai-blast.</p>
<choice idref="sect318">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 318</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>155</title></meta>
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- <p>You draw upon your newly-achieved mastery of Deliverance and feel yourself slip into the trance-like state which is necessary in order to perform a Kai Exorcism. Soundlessly you mouth the words of the evocation and feel your goodly powers, like a warm electrical current, flow out from your fingertips. Within seconds this aura sweeps through the ship and engulfs the evil entity. You sense resistance but it is shortlived; the evil succumbs to your exorcism and quickly vanishes.</p>
+ <p>You draw upon your newly-achieved mastery of Deliverance and feel yourself slip into the trance-like state which is necessary in order to perform a Kai Exorcism. Soundlessly you mouth the words of the evocation and feel your goodly powers, like a warm electrical current, flow out from your fingertips. Within seconds this aura sweeps through the ship and engulfs the evil entity. You sense resistance but it is <!--ERRTAG-RE-238772-->short-lived<!--/ERRTAG-RE-238772-->; the evil succumbs to your exorcism and quickly vanishes.</p>
<p>You may restore any <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points lost during your adventure so far.</p>
<choice idref="sect345">To continue, <link-text>turn to 345</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>An undead Drakkarim soldier steps forward, takes hold of the shaggy beast's harness, and leads the wagon towards a stockpile of metallic containers. Clearly he intends to load these on to the wagon for transportation back to the submarine. Fearing discovery, you leap from the rear of the moving wagon and hide yourself among a stack of empty wooden crates. From here you observe two possible ways by which you could leave this busy cavern; by an unguarded staircase in the north wall, or through an open archway in the east wall.</p>
+ <p>An undead Drakkarim soldier steps forward, takes hold of the shaggy beast's harness, and leads the wagon towards a stockpile of metallic containers. Clearly he intends to load these on to the wagon for transportation back to the submarine. Fearing discovery, you leap from the rear of the moving wagon and hide yourself among a stack of empty wooden crates. From here you observe two possible ways by which you could leave this busy <!--ERRTAG-RE-239673-->cavern: by<!--/ERRTAG-RE-239673--> an unguarded staircase in the north wall, or through an open archway in the east wall.</p>
<choice idref="sect141">If you wish to leave this cavern by the staircase, <link-text>turn to 141</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect7">If you choose to leave through the open archway, <link-text>turn to 7</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You descend from the submarine's viewing platform and slip unseen into the frigid lake, thankful that the Platinum Amulet you are wearing is powerful enough to protect your body from the ill-effects of such devastatingly cold water. Rather than risk being seen by a patrolling group of undead warriors, you gulp a lungful of air, dive below the surface, and strike out for the distant shoreline.</p>
- <choice idref="sect133">If you possess Kai-alchemy, and have reached the Kai rank of Sun Thane, or higher, <link-text>turn to 133</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect133">If you possess Kai-alchemy, and have reached the Kai rank of Sun <!--ERRTAG-RE-244423-->Thane or higher<!--/ERRTAG-RE-244423-->, <link-text>turn to 133</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect309">If you do not possess this skill, or if you have yet to attain this level of Kai Mastery, <link-text>turn to 309</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>You retreat hurriedly from the onrushing horde and evade them by descending a stair which leads down into the ship's hold. Above you can hear the frenzied shouts of the Lencian crewmen as they engage the undead Drakkarim in fierce hand-to-hand combat. Suddenly, the body of a Lencian comes tumbling down the stairwell to land in an untidy heap at the bottom, the hilt of rusty sword protruding from his chest. Then the clatter of steel-shod boots on the steps warns you that his killers are about to appear, and quickly you scan the darkness looking for a place to hide.</p>
+ <p>You retreat hurriedly from the onrushing horde and evade them by descending a stair which leads down into the ship's hold. <!--ERRTAG-RE-246098-->Above, you<!--/ERRTAG-RE-246098--> can hear the frenzied shouts of the Lencian crewmen as they engage the undead Drakkarim in fierce hand-to-hand combat. Suddenly, the body of a Lencian comes tumbling down the stairwell to land in an untidy heap at the bottom, the <!--ERRTAG-RE-246396-->hilt of a rusty sword<!--/ERRTAG-RE-246396--> protruding from his chest. Then the clatter of steel-shod boots on the steps warns you that his killers are about to appear, and quickly you scan the darkness looking for a place to hide.</p>
<choice idref="sect208">If you possess Assimilance, <link-text>turn to 208</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect126">If you do not possess this skill, <link-text>turn to 126</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The sun-sword begins to glow and become warm in your hand. The blade points of its own accord towards the spiked helm and, at once, you sense that it is prompting you to destroy the evil artefact. Obediently you obey its silent request. You raise the sun-sword and bring it crashing down on the helm, splitting it asunder. There is a violent splash of hissing sparks and, when the sparks dissipate, you see that no trace of the helm remains; it has been utterly destroyed.</p>
- <p>Purposefully, you turn and walk towards the Shadow Gate. As you leap into its spinning core, you pray that you will arrive back in Magnamund in time to thwart the Deathlord's evil plan.</p>
+ <p>Purposefully, you turn and walk towards the Shadow Gate. As you leap into its spinning core, you pray that you will arrive back <!--ERRTAG-RE-247617-->on Magnamund<!--/ERRTAG-RE-247617--> in time to thwart the Deathlord's evil plan.</p>
<choice idref="sect200"><link-text>Turn to 200</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Leaning at a slant to make headway into the blizzard, you trek determinedly through deep snow that is heaped in drifts around the breached city wall. As you pass through the gap, you catch brief glimpses of ruined buildings through the sleeting gale. You also become aware of a noise&emdash;a low hum&emdash;which is reverberating beneath the howl of the wind. You stop to listen and at once you determine that this strange noise is coming from the crystal spire.</p>
+ <p>Leaning at a slant to make headway into the blizzard, you trek determinedly through deep snow that is heaped in drifts around the breached city wall. As you pass through the gap, you catch brief glimpses of ruined buildings through the sleeting gale. You also become aware of a noise&emdash;a low hum&emdash;which is reverberating beneath the howl of the wind. You stop to listen and at once you determine that this strange noise is coming from the <!--ERRTAG-RA-250051-->Crystal Spire<!--/ERRTAG-RA-250051-->.</p>
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- <p>Wearily you press on through the awesome ruins of this age-old city, where once a proud and mighty race of the Old Kingdom reigned supreme, until you are forced to halt and take cover from a passing troop of skeletal warriors. You watch them march stiffly along an ice-choked avenue towards a plaza which is dominated by a frozen fountain. Beyond the fountain's solid plume of water you see a broad ramp which ascends to a grand archway at the base of the crystal spire.</p>
- <choice idref="sect9">If you possess Grand Huntmastery and have attained the Kai rank of Sun Lord, or higher, <link-text>turn to 9</link-text>.</choice>
+ <p>Wearily you press on through the awesome ruins of this age-old city, where once a proud and mighty race of the Old Kingdom reigned supreme, until you are forced to halt and take cover from a passing troop of skeletal warriors. You watch them march stiffly along an ice-choked avenue towards a plaza which is dominated by a frozen fountain. Beyond the fountain's solid plume of water you see a broad ramp which ascends to a grand archway at the base of the <!--ERRTAG-RA-250051-->Crystal Spire<!--/ERRTAG-RA-250051-->.</p>
+ <choice idref="sect9">If you possess Grand Huntmastery and have attained the Kai rank of Sun <!--ERRTAG-RE-249397-->Lord or higher<!--/ERRTAG-RE-249397-->, <link-text>turn to 9</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect122">If you do not possess this skill, or if you have yet to reach this level of Kai Mastery, <link-text>turn to 122</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Banedon reaches for a small wooden box which lies half-buried on a shelf, amongst a clutter of scrolls and charts. As he does so, he is momentarily distracted by the Platinum Amulet which you wear on a cord around your neck. You notice the suddenly inquisitive look in his eye.</p>
<p><quote>How did you come by that?</quote> he asks, as he stares fixedly at the amulet.</p>
- <p><quote>It was given to me by Gwynian&emdash;the Sage of Varetta. I'm sure its powers kept me safe from the perils of the Maakengorge. Tell me my friend, have you heard of this sage?</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>It was given to me by Gwynian&emdash;the Sage of Varetta. I'm sure its powers kept me safe from the perils of the Maakengorge. Tell <!--ERRTAG-RE-250332-->me, my<!--/ERRTAG-RE-250332--> friend, have you heard of this sage?</quote></p>
<p><quote>Oh yes,</quote> replies Banedon, thoughtfully, <quote>I know Gwynian. If the amulet you wear was given to you by him then, perhaps, you do not need the special protection I had in mind after all.</quote></p>
<p>Banedon takes the small wooden box and hands it to you. Upon opening it you discover it contains a platinum amulet, almost identical to the one you are already wearing.</p>
<p><quote>I see what you mean,</quote> you say, as you close the lid and return the box to Banedon.</p>
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<p>You unsheathe the Sommerswerd and a brilliant golden light erupts along its divinely-crafted blade. The goodly light of the sun-sword washes over your ghastly adversaries, causing them to howl with naked fear. Instantly you seize the advantage and strike out at them before they can get away.</p>
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- <p>These undead creatures are immune to Mindblast and Kai-surge. Ignore any <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point losses you may sustain during the first two rounds of combat. Also, remember to apply all the appropriate bonuses to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> whilst using the Sommerswerd against these undead enemies.</p>
+ <p>These undead creatures are immune to Mindblast and Kai-surge. Ignore any <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point losses you may sustain during the first two rounds of combat. Also, remember to apply all the appropriate <!--ERRTAG-RE-251910-->bonuses<!--/ERRTAG-RE-251910--> whilst using the Sommerswerd against these undead enemies.</p>
<choice idref="sect173">If you win the fight, <link-text>turn to 173</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>As your divine blade inflicts the wounds which destroy these creatures, their bodies undergo a swift and gruesome transformation. They implode, twisting and shrinking as they contract, until all that is left are three evil-smelling pools of bubbling black venom surrounded by melted ice and fragments of smouldering cloth.</p>
- <p>You sheathe the Sommerswerd and step away from the foul remains. But as you turn to leave the ruins, you hear a terrifying howl that makes your blood run cold. With fearful anticipation you look up at the towering crystal spire and see, illuminated by lightning flashes, the awesome figure of Deathlord Ixiataaga. He stands behind the parapet of a window in the upper reaches of the spire, the Deathstaff raised high in his ungodly hand. He has sensed the presence of the Sommerswerd and he has determined to destroy it.</p>
+ <p>You sheathe the Sommerswerd and step away from the foul remains. But as you turn to leave the ruins, you hear a terrifying howl that makes your blood run cold. With fearful anticipation you look up at the towering <!--ERRTAG-RE-259049-->Crystal Spire<!--/ERRTAG-RE-259049--> and see, illuminated by lightning flashes, the awesome figure of Deathlord Ixiataaga. He stands behind the parapet of a window in the upper reaches of the spire, the Deathstaff raised high in his ungodly hand. He has sensed the presence of the Sommerswerd and he has determined to destroy it.</p>
<p>You see a flash of white light explode at the tip of the Deathstaff and, in the very next instant, you feel agonizing pain shoot through every part of your body. Then an explosion of white-hot fire obliterates your senses and, in a terrifying instant, the light that is your life is snuffed out.</p>
<p>Tragically, you have fallen victim to the Deathlord of Ixia. Your life and your quest end here.</p>
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<p>Using your mastery of the Kai mind Discipline of Grand Nexus, you focus on the hole and attempt to will the lock open.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. For every level of Kai mastery you have attained, above that of Kai Grand Guardian, add 1 to the number you have picked</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. For every level of <!--ERRTAG-RE-260752-->Kai Mastery<!--/ERRTAG-RE-260752--> you have attained, above that of Kai Grand Guardian, add 1 to the number you have picked</p>
<choice idref="sect328">If your total is now 7 or less, <link-text>turn to 328</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect203">If it is 8 or more, <link-text>turn to 203</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>You utter the words of the <!--ERRTAG-RE-258103-->Brotherhood Spell <spell>Levitation</spell> and<!--/ERRTAG-RE-258103--> immediately you feel yourself rising up out of the mire. You clear the scummy surface and continue to float up the shaft until you are face-to-face with the chaos-creatures who are crowded around the pit's edge. You draw your weapon and prepare to fight your way through them, but, as soon as you lash out at your first target, you falter and slip a few feet into the gaping shaft. You are finding it difficult to maintain your levitation spell and fight at the same time.</p>
+ <p>You utter the words of the <!--ERRTAG-RE-258103-->Brotherhood Spell <spell>Levitation</spell> and<!--/ERRTAG-RE-258103--> immediately you feel yourself rising up out of the mire. You clear the scummy surface and continue to float up the shaft until you are face-to-face with the <!--ERRTAG-RE-261529-->Chaos-creatures<!--/ERRTAG-RE-261529--> who are crowded around the pit's edge. You draw your weapon and prepare to fight your way through them, but, as soon as you lash out at your first target, you falter and slip a few feet into the gaping shaft. You are finding it difficult to maintain your levitation spell and fight at the same time.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score is 15 or lower, deduct 2 from the number you have picked. If your <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score is 36 or higher, add 1.</p>
<choice idref="sect111">If your total is now 5 or less, <link-text>turn to 111</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect154">If it is 6 or more, <link-text>turn to 154</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You dive to avoid the onrushing bolt of energy but your reactions are too slow. It catches you in the upper body and an explosion of white-hot fire obliterates your senses. In this terrifying instant, the light that is your life is snuffed out.</p>
- <p>Tragically, you have fallen victim to the power of the Deathstaff. Your life and your quest end here in the crystal spire of Ixia.</p>
+ <p>Tragically, you have fallen victim to the power of the Deathstaff. Your life and your quest end here in the <!--ERRTAG-RE-265009-->Crystal Spire<!--/ERRTAG-RE-265009--> of Ixia.</p>
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- <p>At the top of the stairs you find a chamber where the walls and floor are thick with frost. Standing beside a locked door is a crystal plinth on which lies an Onyx Key covered by a clear glass dome. Your Kai sixth sense tingles as you approach it&emdash;you sense that the glass dome is protected by sorcery.</p>
+ <p>At the top of the stairs you find a chamber where the walls and floor are thick with frost. Standing beside a locked door is a crystal plinth on which lies an Onyx Key covered by a clear glass dome. Your Kai <!--ERRTAG-RE-265312-->Sixth Sense<!--/ERRTAG-RE-265312--> tingles as you approach it&emdash;you sense that the glass dome is protected by sorcery.</p>
<choice idref="sect307">If you already possess an Onyx Key, <link-text>turn to 307</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect86">If you possess Kai-alchemy or Grand Nexus, and wish to use one of these Disciplines, <link-text>turn to 86</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect268">If you do not possess the Special Item, do not have or choose not to use the Disciplines, then <link-text>turn to 268</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect268">If you do not possess the <!--ERRTAG-RE-265801-->Special Item, or do not<!--/ERRTAG-RE-265801--> have or choose not to use the Disciplines, then <link-text>turn to 268</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>To your regret, the new wave of Lavas reach the demonlord before you and form a protective circle around his creamy-coloured body. Those that remain in the sky, beat the air with their mighty wings, causing a powerful <!--ERRTAG-RE-265861-->down-draft<!--/ERRTAG-RE-265861--> which holds you at bay.</p>
- <p>Shielding your eyes from the stinging dust-choked wind, you look up to see that one of the winged creatures is cradling a curious item in its horny hands, an item which radiates an intense aura of evil power. At first glance it resembles a large metal bowl with a sharp spear of crystal fixed to its underside, but when the Lavas descends towards Tagazin and inverts it, you suddenly realize its true purpose and design. It is a helm of power, affixed on top with a crystal spike. The Lavas places the helm upon the demonlord's head and the spike begins to glow menacingly.</p>
+ <p>To your regret, the new wave of Lavas reach the <!--ERRTAG-RE-271699-->Demonlord<!--/ERRTAG-RE-271699--> before you and form a protective circle around his <!--ERRTAG-RE-271813-->cream-coloured<!--/ERRTAG-RE-271813--> body. Those that remain in the <!--ERRTAG-RE-271900-->sky beat<!--/ERRTAG-RE-271900--> the air with their mighty wings, causing a powerful <!--ERRTAG-RE-265861-->down-draft<!--/ERRTAG-RE-265861--> which holds you at bay.</p>
+ <p>Shielding your eyes from the stinging dust-choked wind, you look up to see that one of the winged creatures is cradling a curious item in its horny hands, an item which radiates an intense aura of evil power. At first glance it resembles a large metal bowl with a sharp spear of crystal fixed to its underside, but when the Lavas descends towards Tagazin and inverts it, you suddenly realize its true purpose and design. It is a helm of power, affixed on top with a crystal spike. The Lavas places the helm upon the <!--ERRTAG-RE-272627-->Demonlord's<!--/ERRTAG-RE-272627--> head and the spike begins to glow menacingly.</p>
<p>Now all of the Lavas ascend into the sky where they wait to view a confrontation which is about to commence. Suddenly Tagazin, revitalized by the power of the spiked helm, comes charging at you with his head lowered, snorting gruffly like a raging bull.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you possess Grand Huntmastery or Grand Pathsmanship, add 3 to the number you have picked.</p>
<choice idref="sect257">If you total is now 4 or less, <link-text>turn to 257</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>You climb the stairs cautiously and peer over the lip of the hatch in time to witness a scene that shocks you to the core. You see that the undead Drakkarim warriors have slain all of the Lencian crew and have heaped their bodies around the base of the main mast. One of the undead, who is clad in a filthy grey cloak embroidered with alien symbols, utters a chilling liturgy over the corpses of the slain. The chill air crackles with power and sparks of evil energy whirl around their bodies. When at last the liturgy ends, you see the dead Lencians rise up and take their places alongside the Drakkarim undead.</p>
+ <p>You climb the stairs cautiously and peer over the lip of the hatch in time to witness a scene that shocks you to the core. You see that the undead Drakkarim warriors have slain all of the Lencian crew and have heaped their bodies around the base of the <!--ERRTAG-RE-274268-->mainmast<!--/ERRTAG-RE-274268-->. One of the undead, who is clad in a filthy grey cloak embroidered with alien symbols, utters a chilling liturgy over the corpses of the slain. The chill air crackles with power and sparks of evil energy whirl around their bodies. When at last the liturgy ends, you see the dead Lencians rise up and take their places alongside the Drakkarim undead.</p>
<p>Numb with shock, you slowly retreat down the stairs and hide yourself in a corner of the ship's hold while you consider a new plan of action.</p>
<choice idref="sect298"><link-text>Turn to 298</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Quickly you instruct the helmsman to listen out for your directions, then you leave the wheelhouse and make your way forward to the bow. The vast bulk of any iceberg lies hidden beneath the surface and, with this chilling thought in mind, you lean over the prow and keep a careful watch on the waterline. This ship is strongly built but a collison with a submerged ridge could easily rip its hull wide open.</p>
+ <p>Quickly you instruct the helmsman to listen out for your directions, then you leave the wheelhouse and make your way forward to the bow. The vast bulk of any iceberg lies hidden beneath the surface and, with this chilling thought in mind, you lean over the prow and keep a careful watch on the waterline. This ship is strongly built but a <!--ERRTAG-RE-275996-->collision<!--/ERRTAG-RE-275996--> with a submerged ridge could easily rip its hull wide open.</p>
<p>Guided by your telepathic directions, the helmsman steers the vessel towards a passage that is over-shadowed on either side by two monstrous mountains of ice.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you possess Grand Huntmastery, add 3 to the number you have picked.</p>
<choice idref="sect182">If your total score is now 4 or less, <link-text>turn to 182</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>The creatures yield to your powerful blows, but the grievous wounds you deal them draw neither blood nor ichor. The ground around your feet is crawling with severed segments of the chaos-creatures. Hacked and dismembered, they continue to wriggle forwards, forcing you grudgingly to retreat towards the steps.</p>
+ <p>The creatures yield to your powerful blows, but the grievous wounds you deal them draw neither blood nor ichor. The ground around your feet is crawling with severed segments of the <!--ERRTAG-RE-277074-->Chaos-creatures<!--/ERRTAG-RE-277074-->. Hacked and dismembered, they continue to wriggle forwards, forcing you <!--ERRTAG-RE-277215-->to retreat grudgingly<!--/ERRTAG-RE-277215--> towards the steps.</p>
<p>When, to your mounting horror, you witness the dismembered segments press themselves together to form composite creatures of impossible shape and design, your nerve breaks and you flee headlong down the steps. The hideous gibbering shrieks of the reformed chaos-creatures echo in your ears as you descend into the claustrophobic depths of this sunken building. At first their cries sound hungry and frantic, like those of a ravenous pack of starving wolves denied their prey, but suddenly you realize that they are not cries of hunger at all&emdash;they are howls of glee. The gibbering chaos-creatures are enjoying the sight of you rushing headlong to your doom!</p>
<p>You skid to a halt but it is already too late. With chilling abruptness, the slimy stairs open up and you fall feet-first into a deep, dark pit.</p>
<choice idref="sect59"><link-text>Turn to 59</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>191</title></meta>
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- <p>At the sound of a key turning in the lock, you tense yourself in readiness to launch a surprise attack upon the instant the door swings open. The heavy portal creaks inwards and you hurl yourself at the head of a small group of skeletal warriors who stand framed in the doorway. You collide with their leader and slam him to the ground. In his bony hand he clutches a rod which hums with the power contained within its silvery haft. He had intended to use its power on you, to extract details of your mission, but the swiftness of your attack has pre-empted this. The skeletal being shrieks with anger as you wrestle the rod from his grasp. Suddenly, a blast of red-hot fire erupts from its tip, carving a fist-sized chunk of stone from the cell wall. The recoil of the blast makes you drop the rod, which falls to the floor, close to the booted feet of the other skeletal guards.</p>
+ <p>At the sound of a key turning in the lock, you tense yourself in readiness to launch a surprise <!--ERRTAG-RE-278446-->attack the<!--/ERRTAG-RE-278446--> instant the door swings open. The heavy portal creaks inwards and you hurl yourself at the head of a small group of skeletal warriors who stand framed in the doorway. You collide with their leader and slam him to the ground. In his bony hand he clutches a rod which hums with the power contained within its silvery haft. He had intended to use its power on you, to extract details of your mission, but the swiftness of your attack has pre-empted this. The skeletal being shrieks with anger as you wrestle the rod from his grasp. Suddenly, a blast of red-hot fire erupts from its tip, carving a fist-sized chunk of stone from the cell wall. The recoil of the blast makes you drop the rod, which falls to the floor, close to the booted feet of the other skeletal guards.</p>
<choice idref="sect54">If you wish to snatch up the rod before the skeletal guards retrieve it themselves, <link-text>turn to 54</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect222">If you decide to ignore the rod, you can attempt an escape through the open door by <link-text>turning to 222</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Intuition prompts you to take out the Onyx Key from your pocket and try it in the hole. It fits perfectly and, when you twist it clockwise, the entire portal begins to shimmer and lose its solidity. It becomes transparent before fading completely, as if evaporating into thin air. You go to retrieve the Onyx Key but it, too, has disappeared (erase this Special Item from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>).</p>
- <p>Relieved that you have overcome this obstacle, you step through the now-open archway and into an adjoining hall. This vaulted, oblong-shaped hall is illuminated by flickerings of electrical fire which arc between two free-standing pillars at the far end of the chamber. Beyond the pillars you can make out the shadowy entrance to another chamber; it is the only other exit from this hall. You realize at once that to pass between the pillars could prove to be fatal: the power arcing between them is as great as any lightning storm raging in the skies above Xaagon. Yet there may be a way of avoiding contact with this raw power. You notice that the two free-standing pillars do not go all the way to the ceiling&emdash;there is a gap, a little over two feet wide above them.</p>
+ <p>Relieved that you have overcome this obstacle, you step through the now-open archway and into an adjoining hall. This vaulted, oblong-shaped hall is illuminated by flickerings of electrical fire which arc between two <!--ERRTAG-RA-280795-->freestanding<!--/ERRTAG-RA-280795--> pillars at the far end of the chamber. Beyond the pillars you can make out the shadowy entrance to another chamber; it is the only other exit from this hall. You realize at once that to pass between the pillars could prove to be fatal: the power arcing between them is as great as any lightning storm raging in the skies above Xaagon. Yet there may be a way of avoiding contact with this raw power. You notice that the two <!--ERRTAG-RA-280795-->freestanding<!--/ERRTAG-RA-280795--> pillars do not go all the way to the ceiling&emdash;there is a gap, a little over two feet wide above them.</p>
<choice idref="sect136">If you possess Kai-alchemy, and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 136</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect297">If you wish to attempt to climb one of the pillars and squeeze through the gap in order to reach the adjoining hall, <link-text>turn to 297</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect211">If you decide to throw caution to the wind and run between the pillars, <link-text>turn to 211</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>You emerge from the crystal spire with barely seconds to spare. As you descend the main ramp which leads away into the streets of Xaagon, the great archway disintegrates completely, bringing with it a vast section of the foundation wall. This collapse begins a chain reaction of destruction that culminates in the spectacular fall of the upper spire, which crashes down upon the city like some massive crystal tree felled at the roots.</p>
+ <p>You emerge from the <!--ERRTAG-RE-282679-->Crystal Spire<!--/ERRTAG-RE-282679--> with barely seconds to spare. As you descend the main ramp which leads away into the streets of Xaagon, the great archway disintegrates completely, bringing with it a vast section of the foundation wall. This collapse begins a chain reaction of destruction that culminates in the spectacular fall of the upper spire, which crashes down upon the city like some massive crystal tree felled at the roots.</p>
<p>You run without stopping, through the quaking streets to the shattered west gate, and then onwards through the deepening snow towards the narrow mountain pass. You are more than a mile from the walls of Xaagon when eventually you stop to rest and survey the destruction you have left behind.</p>
<choice idref="sect250"><link-text>Turn to 250</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Lying beneath Banedon's chart table is a seemingly plain leather sword belt and scabbard. Banedon retrieves these items of equipment and hands them to you. <quote>Here, Grand Master. This scabbard has been impregnated with the rare mineral&emdash;korlinium. It will shield the radiant power of your sword.</quote></p>
- <p>You exchange your old belt and scabbard for these new ones. (Mark the
korlinium scabbard as a Special Item on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. You need not discard another item in its favour if you already carry the maximum number of Special Items permitted.)</p>
+ <p>You exchange your old belt and scabbard for these new ones. (Mark the
<!--ERRTAG-RE-282913-->Korlinium Scabbard<!--/ERRTAG-RE-282913--> as a Special Item on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. You need not discard another item in its favour if you already carry the maximum number of Special Items permitted.)</p>
<choice idref="sect22"><link-text>Turn to 22</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p><quote>Stand firm!</quote> you shout, attempting to rally the nervous Lencians as the craft speeds ever nearer. When less than a hundred leagues distant, its great prow begins to creak open. It is as if you are looking into the ghastly maw of a hungry sea predator. The fearful sight alarms the Lencian crew and they flee towards the bow of the ship in panic: <quote>Save us!</quote> they cry, <quote>Ishir save us! It's going to eat us alive!</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>Stand firm!</quote> you shout, attempting to rally the nervous Lencians as the craft speeds ever nearer. When less than a hundred leagues distant, its great prow begins to creak open. It is as if you are looking into the ghastly maw of a hungry sea predator. The fearful sight alarms the Lencian crew and they flee towards the bow of the ship in panic: <quote>Save us!</quote> they <!--ERRTAG-RE-285121-->cry. <quote>Ishir<!--/ERRTAG-RE-285121--> save us! It's going to eat us alive!</quote></p>
<choice idref="sect236"><link-text>Turn to 236</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You flee the chamber, escaping past many Ixian and Drakkarim guards who stand rigidly immobile, fixed in the poses and attitudes they were in the very moment you vanquished the Deathlord. It was his power which gave them un-life; now that power is no more.</p>
- <p>Fearing your survival, you sprint across heaving, buckling slabs of broken stone that were once smooth tiled floors, and rush down staircases that crack and twist beneath your feet. You are racing down one such stairwell when suddenly an entire section collapses, leaving a gaping hole more than fifty feet deep. Above you, a row of pillars topple like storm-shaken trees, blocking the stairs completely, and making it impossible for you to retrace your steps.</p>
- <choice idref="sect29">If you possess Kai-alchemy, and have attained the Kai rank of Sun Thane, or higher, <link-text>turn to 29</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect326">If you possess Telegnosis, and have attained the Kai rank of Sun Lord, or higher, <link-text>turn to 326</link-text>.</choice>
+ <p><!--ERRTAG-RE-285729-->Fearing for your survival<!--/ERRTAG-RE-285729-->, you sprint across heaving, buckling slabs of broken stone that were once smooth tiled floors, and rush down staircases that crack and twist beneath your feet. You are racing down one such stairwell when suddenly an entire section collapses, leaving a gaping hole more than fifty feet deep. Above you, a row of pillars topple like storm-shaken trees, blocking the stairs completely, and making it impossible for you to retrace your steps.</p>
+ <choice idref="sect29">If you possess Kai-alchemy, and have attained the Kai rank of Sun <!--ERRTAG-RE-286336-->Thane or higher<!--/ERRTAG-RE-286336-->, <link-text>turn to 29</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect326">If you possess Telegnosis, and have attained the Kai rank of Sun <!--ERRTAG-RE-286539-->Lord or higher<!--/ERRTAG-RE-286539-->, <link-text>turn to 326</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect225">If you do not possess either of these Disciplines, or if you have yet to attain the relevant levels of Kai Mastery, <link-text>turn instead to 225</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>You trudge stoically through the snow and ice towards the distant circle of rocks, hoping all the while that they will afford you some protection from this incessant blizzard. When you are within a few dozen yards of the circle, you hear a deafening <onomatopoeia>crack</onomatopoeia>! which sets your pulse racing. With that split-second warning, a huge expanse of rock and ice breaks away from the slopes above and swiftly transforms itself into a thundering avalanche. Wide-eyed with horror, you watch as a million tons of ice, snow, and shale comes rumbling down the mountainside towards you.</p>
+ <p>You trudge stoically through the snow and ice towards the distant circle of rocks, hoping all the while that they will afford you some protection from this incessant blizzard. When you are within a few dozen yards of the circle, you hear a deafening <onomatopoeia>crack!</onomatopoeia> which sets your pulse racing. With that split-second warning, a huge expanse of rock and ice breaks away from the slopes above and swiftly transforms itself into a thundering avalanche. Wide-eyed with horror, you watch as a million tons of ice, snow, and shale comes rumbling down the mountainside towards you.</p>
<p>Galvanized into action, you turn and run from this deadly white wall of destruction. It is almost upon you when you see a low shelf of rock near the base of the pass, and desperately you dive for cover beneath it.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you possess Grand Huntmastery, add 2 to the number you have picked. If you possess Grand Nexus, you may add another 2.</p>
<choice idref="sect99">If your total score is now 4 or lower, <link-text>turn to 99</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The howling winds of the void rip at your face and clothing as you plummet into the core of the lightless abyss. You lose all sense of time until, in the remote distance, you see tiny motes of light come streaking towards your face. Then, as suddenly as it began, the sensation of falling through deep space is replaced by an abrupt cessation of movement.</p>
- <p>Stunned and disorientated, you shake your head and rise uneasily to your feet. As your blurred vision clears, you see that you have returned to the chamber of the crystal spire from where you were first sent tumbling into the Shadow Gate. It is empty now. Fearing the worst, you use your Kai skills to determine the time and the date. To your immediate relief you discover that only a few hours have elapsed during your absence from Magnamund; it is still possible for you to achieve your quest.</p>
- <p>You resolve to find the Deathlord, even if it means searching every chamber of the crystal spire. You turn to leave this hall, but a noise behind you makes you freeze in your tracks. The sudden stench of decay and corruption tells you that you may not have to look too far to find your adversary after all.</p>
+ <p>Stunned and disorientated, you shake your head and rise uneasily to your feet. As your blurred vision clears, you see that you have returned to the chamber of the <!--ERRTAG-RA-292181-->Crystal Spire<!--/ERRTAG-RA-292181--> from where you were first sent tumbling into the Shadow Gate. It is empty now. Fearing the worst, you use your Kai skills to determine the time and the date. To your immediate relief you discover that only a few hours have elapsed during your absence from Magnamund; it is still possible for you to achieve your quest.</p>
+ <p>You resolve to find the Deathlord, even if it means searching every chamber of the <!--ERRTAG-RA-292181-->Crystal Spire<!--/ERRTAG-RA-292181-->. You turn to leave this hall, but a noise behind you makes you freeze in your tracks. The sudden stench of decay and corruption tells you that you may not have to look too far to find your adversary after all.</p>
<choice idref="sect90"><link-text>Turn to 90</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>201</title></meta>
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- <p>You climb the rigging rapidly until you reach the middle section of the main mast. Here you cut free a guide rope and use it to swing clear of the burning ship. Your Kai skills enable you to see through the billowing clouds of smoke and, as your swing begins to lose momentum, you get ready to release your grip and make your jump to the quayside&emdash;a distance of more than fifty feet.</p>
+ <p>You climb the rigging rapidly until you reach the middle section of the <!--ERRTAG-RE-292595-->mainmast<!--/ERRTAG-RE-292595-->. Here you cut free a guide rope and use it to swing clear of the burning ship. Your Kai skills enable you to see through the billowing clouds of smoke and, as your swing begins to lose momentum, you get ready to release your grip and make your jump to the quayside&emdash;a distance of more than fifty feet.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you have Grand Huntmastery, add 1 for every level you have attained above that of Kai Grand Defender.</p>
<choice idref="sect132">If your total score is now 5 or less, <link-text>turn to 132</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect317">If it is 6 or more, <link-text>turn to 317</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Your Kai mastery warns you that you have inadvertently triggered a silent alarm. You unsheathe your weapon and turn to leave this rubble-strewn chamber, but as you move towards the stairs you hear a sound that makes you spin on your heel: it is the grating rumble of stone on stone.</p>
+ <p>Your <!--ERRTAG-RE-292820-->Kai Mastery<!--/ERRTAG-RE-292820--> warns you that you have inadvertently triggered a silent alarm. You unsheathe your weapon and turn to leave this rubble-strewn chamber, but as you move towards the stairs you hear a sound that makes you spin on your heel: it is the grating rumble of stone on stone.</p>
<p>From out of a secret panel in the wall to your left come six skeletal warriors, each one brandishing a rust-pitted sword. They make no sound, yet their eye sockets are aglow with sorcerous fire as they rush across the chamber towards you.</p>
<choice idref="sect242">If you wish to stand and fight these skeletal warriors, <link-text>turn to 242</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect343">If you choose to escape from this chamber by the stairs, <link-text>turn to 343</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>203</title></meta>
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- <p>After a few minutes of intense concentration your Kai mastery pays off. Successfully you will the lock to disengage, yet the effort required is far greater than you could have anticipated and it leaves you mentally weakened: lose 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
+ <p>After a few minutes of intense concentration your <!--ERRTAG-RE-293855-->Kai Mastery<!--/ERRTAG-RE-293855--> pays off. Successfully you will the lock to disengage, yet the effort required is far greater than you could have anticipated and it leaves you mentally weakened: lose 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<p>The portal begins to shimmer and lose its solidity. At first it becomes transparent and then it fades completely, as if evaporating into thin air. With a smile of satisfaction on your lips at having overcome it, you step through the now-open archway and into an adjoining hall.</p>
- <p>This vaulted, oblong-shaped hall is illuminated by flickerings of electrical fire which arc between two free-standing pillars at the far end of the chamber.</p>
- <p>Beyond the pillars you can make out the shadowy entrance to another chamber; it is the only other exit from this hall. You realize at once that to pass between the pillars could prove to be fatal: the power arcing between them is as great as any lightning storm raging in the skies above Xaagon. Yet there may be a way of avoiding contact with this raw power. You notice that the two free-standing pillars do not go all the way to the ceiling&emdash;there is a gap at the top, a little over two feet wide.</p>
+ <p>This vaulted, oblong-shaped hall is illuminated by flickerings of electrical fire which arc between two <!--ERRTAG-RA-295051-->freestanding<!--/ERRTAG-RA-295051--> pillars at the far end of the chamber.</p>
+ <p>Beyond the pillars you can make out the shadowy entrance to another chamber; it is the only other exit from this hall. You realize at once that to pass between the pillars could prove to be fatal: the power arcing between them is as great as any lightning storm raging in the skies above Xaagon. Yet there may be a way of avoiding contact with this raw power. You notice that the two <!--ERRTAG-RA-295051-->freestanding<!--/ERRTAG-RA-295051--> pillars do not go all the way to the ceiling&emdash;there is a gap at the top, a little over two feet wide.</p>
<choice idref="sect136">If you possess Kai-alchemy, and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 136</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect297">If you wish to attempt to climb one of the pillars and squeeze through the gap in order to reach the adjoining hall, <link-text>turn to 297</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect211">If you decide to throw caution to the wind and run directly between the pillars, <link-text>turn to 211</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>As you stumble away from the cave mouth, you look back over your shoulder to see the mysterious creature illuminated momentarily by a flash of lightning. The sight is chilling to behold. From the creature's huge, bear-like body there writhes a score of slimy tentacles, and from the top of its reptilian head there protrudes a twisted horn, longer than a broadsword. It gives a loud gibbering howl of victory before returning to its evil-smelling lair.</p>
- <p>Denied shelter in the cave, you return to the bottom of the pass and seek cover among the circle of rocks which lie on the southern face. When you are within a few dozen yards of the circle, you hear a deafening Crack! which sets your pulse racing. With that split-second warning, a huge expanse of rock and ice breaks away from the slopes above and swiftly transforms itself into a thundering avalanche. Wide-eyed with horror, you watch as a million tons of ice, snow, and shale comes rumbling down the mountainside towards you.</p>
+ <p>Denied shelter in the cave, you return to the bottom of the pass and seek cover among the circle of rocks which lie on the southern face. When you are within a few dozen yards of the circle, you hear a deafening <!--ERRTAG-RE-298425--><onomatopoeia>crack!</onomatopoeia><!--/ERRTAG-RE-298425--> which sets your pulse racing. With that split-second warning, a huge expanse of rock and ice breaks away from the slopes above and swiftly transforms itself into a thundering avalanche. Wide-eyed with horror, you watch as a million tons of ice, snow, and shale comes rumbling down the mountainside towards you.</p>
<p>Galvanized into action, you turn and run from this deadly white wall of destruction. It is almost upon you when you see a low shelf of rock near the base of the pass, and desperately you dive for cover beneath it.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you possess Grand Huntmastery, add 2 to the number you have picked. If you possess Grand Nexus, you may add another 2.</p>
<choice idref="sect99">If your total is now 5 or lower, <link-text>turn to 99</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You strike your killing blow and the creature's tongue flickers in and out as it hisses like a sleeting gale. It drops to its knees, its talons scrabbling for your legs, and its eyes flaring brightly with evil fire. Quickly you step back and watch the flames that are its eyes flicker and go out. Then it crumples to the icy ground, its body transforming swiftly into an evil-smelling pool of bubbling black venom.</p>
- <p>The destruction of the Cabalah seems to weaken the attacking horde. They falter and Lanza's men seize the opportunity to counter-attack. You rush forward and join them as they fight their way valiantly back towards the quay.</p>
+ <p>The destruction of the Cabalah seems to weaken the attacking horde. They <!--ERRTAG-RE-303096-->falter, and<!--/ERRTAG-RE-303096--> Lanza's men seize the opportunity to <!--ERRTAG-RE-303201-->counterattack<!--/ERRTAG-RE-303201-->. You rush forward and join them as they fight their way valiantly back towards the quay.</p>
<p><quote>Look there, Grand Master!</quote> shouts Lanza, pointing to the ice-boat. A score of undead have clambered aboard the vessel and it is clear by their actions that they intend to destroy and sink it.</p>
<p><quote>They must be stopped!</quote> you cry. You break free from the battle and run headlong towards the stricken ship. You are halfway along its gangplank when you find yourself confronted by a wedge of skeletal warriors, armed with crude axes and swords.</p>
<p>You leap into their midst, striking them down with blurring speed and deadly accuracy. As the last one falls, its corpse-like body almost severed at the waist, you hear a noise behind you which makes you spin around in fearful expectation.</p>
<meta><title>211</title></meta>
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- <p>The moment you enter the electrical field arcing between the pillars, an explosion white-hot fire obliterates your vision and you feel agonizing pain shoot through every part of your body: lose 10 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
+ <p>The moment you enter the electrical field arcing between the pillars, an <!--ERRTAG-RE-305179-->explosion of white-hot<!--/ERRTAG-RE-305179--> fire obliterates your vision and you feel agonizing pain shoot through every part of your body: lose 10 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<choice idref="sect315">If you are still alive after this grievous wounding, <link-text>turn to 315</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The bodies of the ghastly creatures undergo a swift and gruesome transformation upon the instant you deal them the <foreign>coup de grâce</foreign>. Their torsos implode with dramatic effect, and they barely have time to cry out in agony as their twisted remains hit the floor and crumble to dust.</p>
- <p>You sheathe your weapon and step away from the foul-smelling mounds of dust. But as you go to leave, you discover that the open archway that these creatures were guarding when you first arrived in this chamber, is now sealed. You approach the solid sheet of opaque green crystal and examine an intricate lockplate which is set in the centre of its mirror-smooth surface. It is a lock of ancient design, one which operates by psychic energy. You study the intricate patterns which embellish it and gradually you realize that they give clues to a two-digit number. By projecting the image of this number at the lock, using your psychic powers, you will release the locking mechanism and cause the portal to open.</p>
+ <p>You sheathe your weapon and step away from the foul-smelling mounds of dust. But as you go to leave, you discover that the open archway that these creatures were guarding when you first arrived in this <!--ERRTAG-RE-306850-->chamber is<!--/ERRTAG-RE-306850--> now sealed. You approach the solid sheet of opaque green crystal and examine an intricate lockplate which is set in the centre of its mirror-smooth surface. It is a lock of ancient design, one which operates by psychic energy. You study the intricate patterns which embellish it and gradually you realize that they give clues to a two-digit number. By projecting the image of this number at the lock, using your psychic powers, you will release the locking mechanism and cause the portal to open.</p>
<p>The first of the two numbers is equal to the number of islands which can be found within 150 miles of Xaagon.</p>
<p>The second number is equal to the number of cities and towns which can be found located in the Shegtar Peaks.</p>
- <p>Consult the <a idref="map">map</a> in order to determine the correct two-digit number which will open the lock. When you think you have cracked it, turn to the entry that bears that same number as your answer.</p>
+ <choice>Consult the <a idref="map">map</a> in order to determine the correct two-digit number which will open the lock. When you think you have cracked it, turn to the entry that bears that same number as your answer.</choice>
<choice idref="sect199">If you calculate incorrectly, or if you cannot solve the clues, <link-text>turn instead to 199</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>You stare into the glowing eyes of the approaching demonlord and muster your strength to summon up a pulse of psychic energy. The pulse forms a radiant ball of power which you send speeding across the chamber to slam into Tagazin's unprotected mind. He flinches with pain and halts momentarily, but he soon recovers and presses home his attack.</p>
+ <p>You stare into the glowing eyes of the approaching <!--ERRTAG-RE-310390-->Demonlord<!--/ERRTAG-RE-310390--> and muster your strength to summon up a pulse of psychic energy. The pulse forms a radiant ball of power which you send speeding across the chamber to slam into Tagazin's unprotected mind. He flinches with pain and halts momentarily, but he soon recovers and presses home his attack.</p>
<combat><enemy>Demonlord Tagazin</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">54</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">60</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>You may use Kai-surge again during this combat.</p>
- <choice idref="sect168">If at any time during this fight, you reduce Tagazin's <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score to 25 or less, do not continue, but <link-text>turn instead to 168</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect168">If at any time during this <!--ERRTAG-RE-311030-->fight you<!--/ERRTAG-RE-311030--> reduce Tagazin's <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score to 25 or less, do not continue, but <link-text>turn instead to 168</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>The second wave of Lavas come swooping down, howling defiantly, and the terrific beat of their wings forces you and the demonlord apart. You look up to see that one of the winged creatures is cradling a curious item in his horny hands, an item which radiates an intense aura of evil power. At first glance it resembles a large metal bowl with a sharp spear of crystal fixed to its underside, but when the Lavas descends towards the Tagazin and inverts it, you suddenly realize its true purpose and design. It is a helm of power, affixed with a crystal spike. The Lavas place the helm upon the demonlord's head and the spike begins to glow menacingly.</p>
+ <p>The second wave of <!--ERRTAG-RE-312220-->Lavas comes swooping down<!--/ERRTAG-RE-312220-->, howling defiantly, and the terrific beat of their wings forces you and the <!--ERRTAG-RE-312378-->Demonlord<!--/ERRTAG-RE-312378--> apart. You look up to see that one of the winged creatures is cradling a curious item in his horny hands, an item which radiates an intense aura of evil power. At first glance it resembles a large metal bowl with a sharp spear of crystal fixed to its underside, but when the Lavas descends <!--ERRTAG-RE-312735-->towards Tagazin<!--/ERRTAG-RE-312735--> and inverts it, you suddenly realize its true purpose and design. It is a helm of power, affixed with a crystal spike. The Lavas place the helm upon the <!--ERRTAG-RE-312948-->Demonlord's<!--/ERRTAG-RE-312948--> head and the spike begins to glow menacingly.</p>
<p>Now the encircling Lavas ascend into the sky where they wait to view the confrontation which is about to commence. Suddenly Tagazin, revitalized by the power of the spiked helm, comes charging at you with his head lowered, snorting loudly like a raging bull.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you possess Grand Huntmastery or Grand Pathsmanship, add 3 to the number you have picked.</p>
<choice idref="sect257">If your total is now 4 or less, <link-text>turn to 257</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>As your hand closes around the hilt of the sun-sword, you suddenly recall Guildmaster Banedon's words of warning: <thought><quote>Use the Sommerswerd with discretion. In the darkness of Ixia its power will be like a blazing beacon&ellips; it could readily alert the Deathlord to your presence.</quote></thought></p>
- <p>For a moment you hesitate in drawing the sun-sword from its korlinium scabbard. But the cave creature is now almost upon you&emdash;it is closing swiftly for the kill. You must act immediately if you are to defend yourself from its attack.</p>
+ <p>As your hand closes around the hilt of the sun-sword, you suddenly recall Guildmaster Banedon's words of warning: <thought>Use the Sommerswerd with discretion. In the darkness of Ixia its power will be like a blazing beacon&ellips; it could readily alert the Deathlord to your presence.</thought></p>
+ <p>For a moment you hesitate in drawing the sun-sword from its <!--ERRTAG-RE-314228-->Korlinium Scabbard<!--/ERRTAG-RE-314228-->. But the cave creature is now almost upon you&emdash;it is closing swiftly for the kill. You must act immediately if you are to defend yourself from its attack.</p>
<choice idref="sect110">If you choose to unsheathe the Sommerswerd and use it in your defence, <link-text>turn to 110</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect275">If you decide to leave the Sommerswerd in its scabbard and use another weapon instead, <link-text>turn to 275</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect275">If you decide to leave the Sommerswerd in its scabbard and use <!--ERRTAG-RE-314696-->another Weapon<!--/ERRTAG-RE-314696--> instead, <link-text>turn to 275</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>You sense that the wisps of black smoke are a manifestation of several evil beings, each possessed of a strong psychic presence. Fearing attack, you quickly draw upon your Kai mastery to construct a Mindfort to protect yourself from psychic assault. It is a wise precaution. Moments after the Mindfort is in place, the wisps streak across the chamber and encircle your body. They accelerate to a dizzying speed before launching a massive wave of psychic energy at your mind. Fortunately for you, this tidal wave crashes against the walls of your Mindfort and dissipates harmlessly into a thousand motes of light.</p>
+ <p>You sense that the wisps of black smoke are a manifestation of several evil beings, each possessed of a strong psychic presence. Fearing attack, you quickly draw upon your <!--ERRTAG-RE-318810-->Kai Mastery<!--/ERRTAG-RE-318810--> to construct a Mindfort to protect yourself from psychic assault. It is a wise precaution. Moments after the Mindfort is in place, the wisps streak across the chamber and encircle your body. They accelerate to a dizzying speed before launching a massive wave of psychic energy at your mind. Fortunately for you, this tidal wave crashes against the walls of your Mindfort and dissipates harmlessly into a thousand motes of light.</p>
<choice idref="sect283"><link-text>Turn to 283</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Chunks of rock and crystal are raining down on your head from above, and what little remains of the stairs on which you are standing is fast crumbling away. You must act quickly to save yourself before this entire stairwell disintegrates and plummets into the hall below.</p>
- <choice idref="sect246">If you possess a Rope (coiled or otherwise), <link-text>turn to 246</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect246">If you possess a Rope (<!--ERRTAG-RE-321679-->oiled or otherwise<!--/ERRTAG-RE-321679-->), <link-text>turn to 246</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect344">If you do not, <link-text>turn to 344</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The dozen or so winged creatures that surround the ailing Tagazin appear to be urging him on towards the Shadow Gate. Your hopes of returning to your home world rose when first you saw the whirling vortex, but now a familiar sensation of fear returns to chill your blood. The thought occurs to you that if Tagazin should enter the Shadow Gate before you, the dragon-creatures may be able to close it behind him and deny you the chance of ever escaping from this evil domain. It is a risk you cannot afford to take.</p>
- <p>Drawing your weapon, you race along the track in pursuit of the demonlord, grimly determined to prevent him from reaching the Shadow Gate alive.</p>
+ <p>Drawing your weapon, you race along the track in pursuit of the <!--ERRTAG-RE-323154-->Demonlord<!--/ERRTAG-RE-323154-->, grimly determined to prevent him from reaching the Shadow Gate alive.</p>
<choice idref="sect347">If you possess Assimilance, <link-text>turn to 347</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect38">If you do not possess this Discipline, <link-text>turn to 38</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>You spin around to see a horde of monstrous shapes come streaming along the mossy ridge which you have just travelled. Bloated corpse-things jostle with humanoid horrors and skeletal warriors whose bones are gnawed with decay. It is a ghastly sight&emdash;a regiment of chaos-creatures, drawn here by the scent of human prey. You shiver with dread, for clearly you are the prey they seek.</p>
- <choice idref="sect259">If you wish to evade these approaching chaos-creatures by descending the steps inside the sunken stone building, <link-text>turn to 259</link-text>.</choice>
+ <p>You spin around to see a horde of monstrous shapes come streaming along the mossy ridge which you have just travelled. Bloated corpse-things jostle with humanoid horrors and skeletal warriors whose bones are gnawed with decay. It is a ghastly sight&emdash;a regiment of <!--ERRTAG-RA-325620-->Chaos-creatures<!--/ERRTAG-RA-325620-->, drawn here by the scent of human prey. You shiver with dread, for clearly you are the prey they seek.</p>
+ <choice idref="sect259">If you wish to evade these approaching <!--ERRTAG-RA-325620-->Chaos-creatures<!--/ERRTAG-RA-325620--> by descending the steps inside the sunken stone building, <link-text>turn to 259</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect145">If you choose to stand and fight the advancing horde, <link-text>turn to 145</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>You recite the words of the Brotherhood spell&emdash;<spell>Strength</spell>&emdash;and, within seconds, your body surges with new-found energy. You increase your pace until you are running at three times your previous speed. Within a matter of seconds you close upon Tagazin, your weapon drawn in preparation to strike at him as you pass by, but the demonlord sees that he can no longer out-distance you and he stops to block your path. He is weaker than before, but he has lost none of his devilish cunning.</p>
+ <p>You recite the words of the <!--ERRTAG-RE-326382-->Brotherhood Spell <spell>Strength</spell>, and within seconds<!--/ERRTAG-RE-326382-->, your body surges with <!--ERRTAG-RE-326547-->newfound<!--/ERRTAG-RE-326547--> energy. You increase your pace until you are running at three times your previous speed. Within a matter of seconds you close upon Tagazin, your weapon drawn in preparation to strike at him as you pass by, but the <!--ERRTAG-RE-326817-->Demonlord<!--/ERRTAG-RE-326817--> sees that he can no longer <!--ERRTAG-RE-326904-->outdistance<!--/ERRTAG-RE-326904--> you and he stops to block your path. He is weaker than before, but he has lost none of his devilish cunning.</p>
<p>As you come to within striking distance, suddenly he leaps at your chest and brings you crashing to the loamy ground.</p>
<combat><enemy>Demonlord Tagazin (injured)</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">45</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">45</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>Conduct this combat for one round only.</p>
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<p>You hit the snow and roll beneath the ice-shelf barely seconds before the leading edge of the avalanche comes roaring down. Tons of rock and ice engulf your shelter, causing part of it to collapse and trap your feet: lose 5 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
- <p>When at last the terrible roaring ceases and, somewhat to your suprise, you realize that you are still alive, you begin the slow and laborious process of digging yourself out of this icy tomb.</p>
+ <p>When at last the terrible roaring ceases and, somewhat to your <!--ERRTAG-RE-328152-->surprise<!--/ERRTAG-RE-328152-->, you realize that you are still alive, you begin the slow and laborious process of digging yourself out of this icy tomb.</p>
<choice idref="sect179"><link-text>Turn to 179</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You are about to turn away from the window and engage Captains Lanza and Prarg in conversation, when suddenly a loud, discordant bell rings out from above. The sound transfixes Lanza's face with shock.</p>
- <p><quote>By the gods!</quote> he splutters, <quote>it's the alarm bell&emdash;we're under attack!</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>By the gods!</quote> he <!--ERRTAG-RE-329219-->splutters. <quote>It's<!--/ERRTAG-RE-329219--> the alarm bell&emdash;we're under attack!</quote></p>
<choice idref="sect181"><link-text>Turn to 181</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>234</title></meta>
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- <p>You project a powerful blast of Kai-surge at the group but, to your dismay, it does not affect them. One of the target creatures utters a sound that resembles a mocking laugh and, from a pocket of its tattered black robe, it draws a silvery rod which it levels at your head. Reflexively you dive for cover avoiding certain decapitation as a searing bolt of energy surges from its tip. It passes within inches of your back before impacting against a distant pillar of crystal.</p>
+ <p>You project a powerful blast of Kai-surge at the group but, to your dismay, it does not affect them. One of the target creatures utters a sound that resembles a mocking laugh and, from a pocket of its tattered black robe, it draws a silvery rod which it levels at your head. Reflexively you dive for <!--ERRTAG-RE-329854-->cover, avoiding<!--/ERRTAG-RE-329854--> certain decapitation as a searing bolt of energy surges from its tip. It passes within inches of your back before impacting against a distant pillar of crystal.</p>
<p>As you scramble to your feet, you see all three of the creatures gliding towards you across the snow.</p>
<choice idref="sect256">If you wish to attempt to evade these ghoulish attackers, <link-text>turn to 256</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect35">If you choose to stand and fight them, <link-text>turn to 35</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>You tear yourself away from the horde and retreat to the stairs. With the hideous gibbering shrieks of the chaos-creatures echoing in your ears, you hurry down the slime-smeared steps into the claustrophobic depths of this sunken building. At first the alien cries of your pursuers sound hungry and frantic, like those of a ravenous pack of starving wolves denied their prey, but suddenly you realize that they are not cries of hunger at all&emdash;they are howls of glee. The chaos-creatures are enjoying the sight of you rushing headlong to your doom!</p>
+ <p>You tear yourself away from the horde and retreat to the stairs. With the hideous gibbering shrieks of the <!--ERRTAG-RA-330691-->Chaos-creatures<!--/ERRTAG-RA-330691--> echoing in your ears, you hurry down the slime-smeared steps into the claustrophobic depths of this sunken building. At first the alien cries of your pursuers sound hungry and frantic, like those of a ravenous pack of starving wolves denied their prey, but suddenly you realize that they are not cries of hunger at all&emdash;they are howls of glee. The <!--ERRTAG-RA-330691-->Chaos-creatures<!--/ERRTAG-RA-330691--> are enjoying the sight of you rushing headlong to your doom!</p>
<p>You skid to a halt but it is already too late. With chilling abruptness, the slimy stairs open up and you fall feet-first into a deep, dark pit.</p>
<choice idref="sect59"><link-text>Turn to 59</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You pray to the God Kai to watch over you as you steel yourself to meet these attacking skeletal warriors.</p>
- <combat><enemy>Ixian undead</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">48</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">55</enemy-attribute></combat>
+ <combat><enemy><!--ERRTAG-RE-335522-->Ixian Undead<!--/ERRTAG-RE-335522--></enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">48</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">55</enemy-attribute></combat>
<choice idref="sect152">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 152</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>241</title></meta>
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- <p>Using your Magnakai skills, you magnify your vision in order to see better the new enemy that is descending towards you from out of the sky. However, despite your visual ability, they are too distant for you to be able to make them out clearly. All you can discern is that they are accelerating at an ever-increasing rate.</p>
+ <p>Using your Magnakai skills, you magnify your vision in order <!--ERRTAG-RE-338120-->to better see<!--/ERRTAG-RE-338120--> the new enemy that is descending towards you from out of the sky. However, despite your visual ability, they are too distant for you to be able to make them out clearly. All you can discern is that they are accelerating at an ever-increasing rate.</p>
<p>You increase your own pace, determined more than ever now to reach the Shadow Gate before either Tagazin, or his new wave of helpers, can stop you.</p>
- <choice idref="sect53">If you possess Kai-alchemy and have attained the Kai rank of Sun Knight, or higher, <link-text>turn to 53</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect53">If you possess Kai-alchemy and have attained the Kai rank of <!--ERRTAG-RE-338694-->Sun Knight or higher<!--/ERRTAG-RE-338694-->, <link-text>turn to 53</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect185">If you do not possess this skill, or if you have yet to attain this level of Kai Mastery, <link-text>turn to 185</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You say a brief prayer to the Goddess Ishir, beseeching her to watch over your soul as you get ready to engage the attacking skeletal warriors.</p>
- <combat><enemy>Ixian undead</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">48</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">55</enemy-attribute></combat>
+ <combat><enemy><!--ERRTAG-RE-339272-->Ixian Undead<!--/ERRTAG-RE-339272--></enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">48</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">55</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>You cannot evade this combat and must fight these enemies to the finish.</p>
<choice idref="sect152">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 152</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>243</title></meta>
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- <p>Using your Kai camouflage skills, you inch your way closer and closer to the two undead guards. You are less than ten feet from the great grey door when suddenly they react to your presence. They spring into animation and come rushing towards you with their spears levelled at your chest.</p>
+ <p>Using your <!--ERRTAG-RE-339798-->Kai Camouflage<!--/ERRTAG-RE-339798--> skills, you inch your way closer and closer to the two undead guards. You are less than ten feet from the great grey door when suddenly they react to your presence. They spring into animation and come rushing towards you with their spears levelled at your chest.</p>
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- <combat><enemy>Drakkarim undead</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">40</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">42</enemy-attribute></combat>
+ <combat><enemy><!--ERRTAG-RE-340512-->Drakkarim Undead<!--/ERRTAG-RE-340512--></enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">40</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">42</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>Without weapons or equipment you have no choice but to fight this enemy unarmed. (Remember to make the appropriate adjustments to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>.)</p>
<choice idref="sect63">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 63</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>244</title></meta>
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- <p>Hurriedly you draw an arrow and take aim at the nearest insectoid. You attempt to place your missile into its eye, but as it whistles towards the creature, it twists its head and your shaft misses its mark by barely an inch. You curse your luck as the arrow glances off its shell to shatter uselessly against the far wall.</p>
- <p>There is no time for a second shot. Dropping your bow, you quickly unsheathe a hand weapon and brace yourself to meet their determined attack.</p>
+ <p>Hurriedly you draw an <!--ERRTAG-RA-341144-->Arrow<!--/ERRTAG-RA-341144--> and take aim at the nearest insectoid. You attempt to place your missile into its eye, but as it whistles towards the creature, it twists its head and your shaft misses its mark by barely an inch. You curse your luck as the <!--ERRTAG-RA-341144-->Arrow<!--/ERRTAG-RA-341144--> glances off its shell to shatter uselessly against the far wall.</p>
+ <p>There is no time for a second shot. Dropping your <!--ERRTAG-RE-341601-->Bow<!--/ERRTAG-RE-341601-->, you quickly unsheathe a hand weapon and brace yourself to meet their determined attack.</p>
<choice idref="sect261"><link-text>Turn to 261</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>245</title></meta>
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- <p>You draw upon your Magnakai mind-defences to shield yourself from the debilitating effects of the evil which is radiating from the crystal spire. Your psychic skills protect you, but not completely: lose 5 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
+ <p>You draw upon your Magnakai mind-defences to shield yourself from the debilitating effects of the evil which is radiating from the <!--ERRTAG-RE-343394-->Crystal Spire<!--/ERRTAG-RE-343394-->. Your psychic skills protect you, but not completely: lose 5 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<choice idref="sect330">To continue, <link-text>turn to 330</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>246</title></meta>
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- <p>Quickly you retrieve your rope from your pack and secure one end of it around a fallen pillar. Then you cast the free end down into the hall below and begin your descent. Unfortunately, your rope runs out before you reach the floor, leaving you suspended twenty feet above the hall's rubble-strewn tiles.</p>
- <p>A jolt runs through the rope, warning you that the pillar to which you secured it is about to come crashing down. Anxiously you scan the floor below, looking for a clear place to land.</p>
+ <p>Quickly you retrieve your <!--ERRTAG-RA-342470-->Rope<!--/ERRTAG-RA-342470--> from your pack and secure one end of it around a fallen pillar. Then you cast the free end down into the hall below and begin your descent. Unfortunately, your <!--ERRTAG-RA-342470-->Rope<!--/ERRTAG-RA-342470--> runs out before you reach the floor, leaving you suspended twenty feet above the hall's rubble-strewn tiles.</p>
+ <p>A jolt runs through the <!--ERRTAG-RA-342470-->Rope<!--/ERRTAG-RA-342470-->, warning you that the pillar to which you secured it is about to come crashing down. Anxiously you scan the floor below, looking for a clear place to land.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you possess Grand Huntmastery, add 2 to the number you have chosen.</p>
<choice idref="sect5">If your total is now 0, <link-text>turn to 5</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect126">If it is 1&endash;2, <link-text>turn to 126</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>249</title></meta>
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- <p>Beyond the grand archway you discover a massive high-ceilinged ante-chamber. The walls of this vast circular hall are lined with human-like figures who, were it not for the frigid whiteness of their skin, would appear to be sleeping while on guard. Opposite the entrance you see another open archway, this one filled by a shimmering curtain of light. You sense that beyond it lies the way to the upper storeys of the spire, to the place where the Deathlord resides.</p>
+ <p>Beyond the grand archway you discover a massive high-ceilinged <!--ERRTAG-RE-345839-->antechamber<!--/ERRTAG-RE-345839-->. The walls of this vast circular hall are lined with human-like figures who, were it not for the frigid whiteness of their skin, would appear to be sleeping while on guard. Opposite the entrance you see another open archway, this one filled by a shimmering curtain of light. You sense that beyond it lies the way to the upper storeys of the spire, to the place where the Deathlord resides.</p>
<choice idref="sect333">If you possess the Discipline of Telegnosis, <link-text>turn to 333</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect17">If you do not possess this Discipline, <link-text>turn to 17</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>From a vantage point on a rocky, snow-swept ridge, you watch the stupendous spectacle that is the fall of Xaagon. One by one, its walls, buildings, and crystal towers implode and collapse until less than a handful remain. When the destruction is over, the black skies brighten and the fierce electrical storms abate. For the first time in ten thousand years, sunlight pierces the perpetual cloud cover of Ixia and brings warmth to this frozen land.</p>
- <p>Greatly heartened by the success of your mission, you set off westwards and retrace your original route through the mountains to the ice-caverns on the southern coast. When you arrive there, you are greeted by an unmoving tableaux of skeletal warriors, each one frozen in the action they were committing at the time of the Deathlord's destruction. You are eager to return to Fort Azgad as soon as possible, and to this end, you descend to the underground lake where the Ixian ice-boats are moored.</p>
+ <p>Greatly heartened by the success of your mission, you set off westwards and retrace your original route through the mountains to the ice-caverns on the southern coast. When you arrive there, you are greeted by an unmoving tableaux of skeletal warriors, each one frozen in the <!--ERRTAG-RE-347418-->action they were performing<!--/ERRTAG-RE-347418--> at the time of the Deathlord's destruction. You are eager to return to Fort Azgad as soon as possible, and to this end, you descend to the underground lake where the Ixian ice-boats are moored.</p>
<choice idref="sect162"><link-text>Turn to 162</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You lower your head and tug your cloak closer about your shoulders as you climb stoically towards the distant cave. You are within a few dozen yards of its inviting entrance when suddenly a crackling arc of lightning streaks down and hits you between the shoulder blades. The impact burns a hole clean through your Backpack and hurls you face-first into the snow and ice.</p>
- <choice idref="sect312">If you possess the Discipline of Grand Huntmastery, and have reached the Kai rank of Sun Thane, or higher, <link-text>turn to 312</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect312">If you possess the Discipline of Grand Huntmastery, and have reached the Kai rank of <!--ERRTAG-RE-350473-->Sun Thane or higher<!--/ERRTAG-RE-350473-->, <link-text>turn to 312</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect184">If you do not possess this skill, or if you have yet to attain this level of Kai Mastery, <link-text>turn to 184</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p><quote>Hold, fell demon!</quote> you shout, hoping to arrest his determined advance, but Tagazin merely sneers with disdain at your command. He stalks closer and you see knife-sharp talons extending from his hairless paws. From the gruesome expression on his face, clearly he is relishing the thought of rending you limb from limb. As you reach for your weapon, you consider using your psychic skills to pre-empt his imminent attack.</p>
- <choice idref="sect123">If you possess Kai-surge, and have attained the rank of Sun Lord, or higher, <link-text>turn to 123</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect216">If you possess Kai-surge but have yet to attain this level of Kai mastery, <link-text>turn to 216</link-text>.</choice>
+ <p><quote>Hold, fell demon!</quote> you shout, hoping to arrest his determined advance, but Tagazin merely sneers with disdain at your command. He stalks closer and you see knife-sharp talons extending from his hairless paws. From the gruesome expression on his face, clearly he is relishing the thought of rending you limb from limb. As you reach for your weapon, you consider using your psychic skills to <!--ERRTAG-RE-351282-->preempt<!--/ERRTAG-RE-351282--> his imminent attack.</p>
+ <choice idref="sect123">If you possess Kai-surge, and have attained the rank of <!--ERRTAG-RE-351460-->Sun Lord or higher<!--/ERRTAG-RE-351460-->, <link-text>turn to 123</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect216">If you possess Kai-surge but have yet to attain this level of <!--ERRTAG-RE-351657-->Kai Mastery<!--/ERRTAG-RE-351657-->, <link-text>turn to 216</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect294">If you do not possess Kai-surge, or decide against using this Discipline, <link-text>turn instead to 294</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>255</title></meta>
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- <p>You steer the ship cautiously along a string of narrow fjords which cut an uncertain route through this treacherous field of icebergs. Your hands, slick with nervous sweat, grip the wheel tightly and inch it back and forth in response to the pilot's frantic signals. It is a gruelling ordeal which takes its toll on the nerves of all aboard. Every few minutes your vision is obscured by gusts of powdery snow which swirl across the deck, blown down from the tops of the surrounding ice cliffs. During one of these fierce blasts you lose sight of the pilot and are forced to rely solely upon your Kai insticts to see you through.</p>
+ <p>You steer the ship cautiously along a string of narrow fjords which cut an uncertain route through this treacherous field of icebergs. Your hands, slick with nervous sweat, grip the wheel tightly and inch it back and forth in response to the pilot's frantic signals. It is a gruelling ordeal which takes its toll on the nerves of all aboard. Every few minutes your vision is obscured by gusts of powdery snow which swirl across the deck, blown down from the tops of the surrounding ice cliffs. During one of these fierce blasts you lose sight of the pilot and are forced to rely solely upon your Kai <!--ERRTAG-RE-352660-->instincts<!--/ERRTAG-RE-352660--> to see you through.</p>
<p>Suddenly the incessant howl of the wind is accompanied by the tortured screech of the hull as it skims a bank of submerged ice. The impact sends the ship careering violently to port and hurls you head-first against the wall of the wheelhouse: lose 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<choice idref="sect302">To continue, <link-text>turn to 302</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>257</title></meta>
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- <p>You dive to avoid the onrushing demonlord but your reactions are too slow. He catches you with the tip of his spiked helm and you feel agonizing pain shoot through your body. Then an explosion of a white-hot fire obliterates your senses and, in a terrifying instant, the light that is your life is snuffed out.</p>
+ <p>You dive to avoid the onrushing <!--ERRTAG-RE-353910-->Demonlord<!--/ERRTAG-RE-353910--> but your reactions are too slow. He catches you with the tip of his spiked helm and you feel agonizing pain shoot through your body. Then an explosion of a white-hot fire obliterates your senses and, in a terrifying instant, the light that is your life is snuffed out.</p>
<p>Tragically, you have fallen victim to a helm of power, forged and fashioned by the Dark God Naar. Your life and your quest end here on the Plane of Darkness.</p>
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- <p>With the hideous gibbering shrieks of the chaos-creatures echoing in your ears, you hurry down the slime-smeared steps into the claustrophobic depths of this sunken building. At first the alien cries of your pursuers sound hungry and frantic, like those of a ravenous pack of starving wolves, but suddenly you realize that they are not cries of hunger at all&emdash;they are howls of glee. The chaos-creatures are enjoying the sight of you rushing headlong to your doom!</p>
+ <p>With the hideous gibbering shrieks of the <!--ERRTAG-RA-356286-->Chaos-creatures<!--/ERRTAG-RA-356286--> echoing in your ears, you hurry down the slime-smeared steps into the claustrophobic depths of this sunken building. At first the alien cries of your pursuers sound hungry and frantic, like those of a ravenous pack of starving wolves, but suddenly you realize that they are not cries of hunger at all&emdash;they are howls of glee. The <!--ERRTAG-RA-356286-->Chaos-creatures<!--/ERRTAG-RA-356286--> are enjoying the sight of you rushing headlong to your doom!</p>
<p>You skid to a halt but it is already too late. With chilling abruptness, the slimy stairs open up and you fall feet-first into a deep, dark pit.</p>
<choice idref="sect59"><link-text>Turn to 59</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>As the first line of screeching Drakkarim hurl themselves forwards, you advance to meet their attack, your weapon dealing them destruction in a wide arc. Resistance meets your weapon's keen edge, though it is not the touch of armour or flesh. Your powerful blows shear through Drakkarim bodies with the sickening feel of clinging jelly. It is as if you are fighting against a horde of bloodless phantoms possessed of a rubbery strength in their rotting, wasted limbs. The first line falls, but a second is poised ready to throw itself upon you with a mindless fury.</p>
- <combat><enemy>Drakkarim marines (undead)</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">42</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">42</enemy-attribute></combat>
+ <combat><enemy><!--ERRTAG-RE-357783-->Drakkarim Marines<!--/ERRTAG-RE-357783--> (undead)</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">42</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">42</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>These undead beings are immune to all forms of psychic attack, except Kai-surge and Kai-blast.</p>
- <choice idref="sect37">If you win the combat in five rounds, or less, <link-text>turn to 37</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect124">If the combat lasts for six rounds, or longer, <link-text>turn to 124</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect37">If you win the combat in five <!--ERRTAG-RE-358153-->rounds or less<!--/ERRTAG-RE-358153-->, <link-text>turn to 37</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect124">If the combat lasts for six <!--ERRTAG-RE-358321-->rounds or longer<!--/ERRTAG-RE-358321-->, <link-text>turn to 124</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>261</title></meta>
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- <p>When the insectoids come to within a body's length of where you stand, suddenly their shiny black shells sprout masses of razor-sharp spines. The leading creature, the one who survived your bow fire, emits a high-pitched screech; it is the signal to attack.</p>
+ <p>When the insectoids come to within a body's length of where you stand, suddenly their shiny black shells sprout masses of razor-sharp spines. The leading creature, the one who survived your <!--ERRTAG-RE-358755-->Bow fire<!--/ERRTAG-RE-358755-->, emits a high-pitched screech; it is the signal to attack.</p>
<p>As one, the creatures leap into the air and fall upon you from above. Desperately you twist and dodge to avoid being crushed beneath their heavy, spiky bodies.</p>
<choice idref="sect160">If you possess the Sommerswerd, <link-text>turn to 160</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect43">If you do not possess this Special Item, <link-text>turn to 43</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>As you approach the curtain of light, your senses scream a warning that you are in dire peril. With difficulty you suppress your natural instincts and force yourself to step into the light; instantly a wave of acute pain washes through your body as the curtain of shimmering radiance swallows you up. You writhe in agony as gravity releases its hold on your body, and you feel yourself begin to rise: lose 10 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<p>You are on the threshold of unconsciousness when suddenly the light fades and you find yourself kneeling on a floor of black crystal, staring at the reflection of your pain-wracked face in its highly-polished surface. Wearily you raise your aching head and see, to your horror, a trio of undead creatures scurrying towards you from an open archway. They have barbed tridents clasped in their corpse-green hands, held raised in readiness to pin you to the floor.</p>
- <choice idref="sect287">If you possess a bow, and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 287</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect287">If you possess a <!--ERRTAG-RE-366442-->Bow<!--/ERRTAG-RE-366442-->, and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 287</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect96">If you possess Kai-surge, and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 96</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect64">If you cannot, or if you choose to use neither of the above, then <link-text>turn to 64</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Determinedly you battle your way through deepening snow and sleeting cross-winds to reach the remnants of Xaagon's west gate. This once-magnificent portal lies scattered in pieces around the open archway of a twin-towered barbican. As you approach the arch, you catch brief glimpses of the city's ruined buildings through the driving sleet. You also become aware of a noise&emdash;a low hum&emdash;reverberating beneath the howl of the wind. You pause briefly to listen and determine at once that this strange noise comes from the direction of the crystal spire.</p>
- <p>Warily you press on towards the barbican, your eyes peeled all the while for guards. You are within a few yards of the archway when suddenly your Kai sixth sense alerts you to danger. Moments later, a dozen undead Drakkarim warriors come looming out of the storm, marching two abreast towards the west gate arch. To avoid detection you quickly sidestep into a shadowy portal at the base of the barbican wall. Here you discover a flight of stone steps which ascend to a derelict chamber that once served as a guardroom.</p>
+ <p>Determinedly you battle your way through deepening snow and sleeting <!--ERRTAG-RE-367034-->crosswinds<!--/ERRTAG-RE-367034--> to reach the remnants of Xaagon's west gate. This once-magnificent portal lies scattered in pieces around the open archway of a twin-towered barbican. As you approach the arch, you catch brief glimpses of the city's ruined buildings through the driving sleet. You also become aware of a noise&emdash;a low hum&emdash;reverberating beneath the howl of the wind. You pause briefly to listen and determine at once that this strange noise comes from the direction of the <!--ERRTAG-RE-368912-->Crystal Spire<!--/ERRTAG-RE-368912-->.</p>
+ <p>Warily you press on towards the barbican, your eyes peeled all the while for guards. You are within a few yards of the archway when suddenly your Kai <!--ERRTAG-RE-367702-->Sixth Sense<!--/ERRTAG-RE-367702--> alerts you to danger. Moments later, a dozen undead Drakkarim warriors come looming out of the storm, marching two abreast towards the west gate arch. To avoid detection you quickly sidestep into a shadowy portal at the base of the barbican wall. Here you discover a flight of stone steps which ascend to a derelict chamber that once served as a guardroom.</p>
<choice idref="sect202">If you possess Grand Pathsmanship, <link-text>turn to 202</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect107">If you do not possess this Discipline, <link-text>turn to 107</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>267</title></meta>
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- <p>The undead warriors carry out a thorough search of the hold, passing several times within inches of where you are hiding, yet they fail to find you; your Kai mastery keeps you safe from detection. As you wait patiently for them to leave the hold, your thoughts are with the Lencian crewmen. The sound of fighting on the deck above has ceased and you are fearful that all the crew may have been slain by these merciless enemies.</p>
+ <p>The undead warriors carry out a thorough search of the hold, passing several times within inches of where you are hiding, yet they fail to find you; your <!--ERRTAG-RE-368686-->Kai Mastery<!--/ERRTAG-RE-368686--> keeps you safe from detection. As you wait patiently for them to leave the hold, your thoughts are with the Lencian crewmen. The sound of fighting on the deck above has ceased and you are fearful that all the crew may have been slain by these merciless enemies.</p>
<choice idref="sect186">If you wish to follow the undead when they leave the hold, <link-text>turn to 186</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect314">If you choose to stay hidden in the hold, <link-text>turn to 314</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>270</title></meta>
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- <p>Soon you stumble upon a ruined watchtower where you stop to rest awhile and get your bearings. Through a hole in the tower's dull, glassy wall, you can see the wide stone ramp which services the archway entrance of the great crystal spire. Hidden from sight, you observe the traffic of undead warriors passing through this grand archway. The low hum that you detected earlier is much louder here, almost painfully so. Its concussive vibration is so strong that it leaves ripples in the snow.</p>
- <p>You crane your neck to look at the uppermost tip of the spire, and you shiver with dread when you detect the unmistakable presence of the Deathlord. His cloying aura of evil makes you break out in a cold sweat, but you fight back this fear and resolve to gain entry to the crystal spire; you are determined to defeat him. Patiently you wait, crouched in the rubble of the ruined watchtower, observing his undead slaves come and go. During this time, unless you possess the Discipline of Grand Huntmastery, you must eat a Meal or lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
+ <p>Soon you stumble upon a ruined watchtower where you stop to rest awhile and get your bearings. Through a hole in the tower's dull, glassy wall, you can see the wide stone ramp which services the archway entrance of the great <!--ERRTAG-RA-372920-->Crystal Spire<!--/ERRTAG-RA-372920-->. Hidden from sight, you observe the traffic of undead warriors passing through this grand archway. The low hum that you detected earlier is much louder here, almost painfully so. Its concussive vibration is so strong that it leaves ripples in the snow.</p>
+ <p>You crane your neck to look at the uppermost tip of the spire, and you shiver with dread when you detect the unmistakable presence of the Deathlord. His cloying aura of evil makes you break out in a cold sweat, but you fight back this fear and resolve to gain entry to the <!--ERRTAG-RA-372920-->Crystal Spire<!--/ERRTAG-RA-372920-->; you are determined to defeat him. Patiently you wait, crouched in the rubble of the ruined watchtower, observing his undead slaves come and go. During this time, unless you possess the Discipline of Grand Huntmastery, you must eat a Meal or lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<choice idref="sect335">To continue, <link-text>turn to 335</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Using your advanced mastery, you magnify your vision in order to see better the new enemy that is descending towards you from out of the sky. As the images grow larger, you see that the leading Lavas is holding an item which radiates an intense aura of evil power. At a distance it appears to be a large metal bowl with a sharp spear of crystal fixed to its underside. Unsure of its purpose, you hazard a guess that it is some kind of weapon that the Lavas leader intends to use against you.</p>
<p>Driven by fear, you increase you own pace, determined more than ever now to reach the Shadow Gate before either Tagazin, or his new wave of helpers, can stop you.</p>
- <choice idref="sect230">If you possess Kai-alchemy and have attained the Kai rank of Sun Knight, or higher, <link-text>turn to 230</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect230">If you possess Kai-alchemy and have attained the Kai rank of <!--ERRTAG-RE-375004-->Sun Knight or higher<!--/ERRTAG-RE-375004-->, <link-text>turn to 230</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect3">If you do not possess this skill, or if you have yet to attain this level of Kai Mastery, <link-text>turn to 3</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>273</title></meta>
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- <p>Having used Brotherhood magic to assist your climb you now call on it again to aid your descent. The spell&emdash;<spell>Slow Fall</spell>&emdash;enables you to glide smoothly to the coal-black floor. A few whispered words cancel its effect and you hurry away towards the shadowy exit.</p>
+ <p>Having used Brotherhood magic to assist your climb you now call on it again to aid your descent. The <!--ERRTAG-RE-375550-->spell <spell>Slow Fall</spell> enables<!--/ERRTAG-RE-375550--> you to glide smoothly to the coal-black floor. A few whispered words cancel its effect and you hurry away towards the shadowy exit.</p>
<choice idref="sect300"><link-text>Turn to 300</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>275</title></meta>
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- <p>You remove your hand from the Sommerswerd and draw another weapon just in time to fend off the creature's initial attack. A flash of lightning briefly illuminates the cave and, for the first time, you see this mysterious beast: the sight is chilling to behold. Its mouth is a mass of twisted fangs and from its huge, bear-like body there writhes a score of slimy tentacles, each tipped with a venomous claw. Its reptilian head is domed and at its centre there protrudes a twisted horn, longer than a broadsword.</p>
+ <p>You remove your hand from the Sommerswerd and draw another weapon just in time to fend off the creature's initial attack. A flash of lightning briefly illuminates the cave and, for the first time, you see this mysterious beast: the sight is chilling to behold. Its mouth is a mass of twisted fangs and from its huge, bear-like body there writhes a score of slimy tentacles, each tipped with a venomous claw. Its reptilian head is domed and <!--ERRTAG-RE-377350-->from its centre<!--/ERRTAG-RE-377350--> there protrudes a twisted horn, longer than a broadsword.</p>
<p>The creature retreats a few paces and howls with anger as it prepares to make its second attack.</p>
<combat><enemy>Ixian Mhagani</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">40</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">60</enemy-attribute></combat>
- <choice idref="sect56">You may evade combat with this undead creature at any time after the fourth round, by <link-text>turning to 56</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect56">You may evade combat with this undead creature at any time after the fourth <!--ERRTAG-RE-377853-->round by<!--/ERRTAG-RE-377853--> <link-text>turning to 56</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect16">If you win the fight, <link-text>turn to 16</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>On reaching the stone roof, you notice an opening at its centre which is partially overgrown with barbed creepers. You rip away this foliage, taking care not to scratch yourself on the poisonous barbs, and discover a flight of steps, thick with slime, which descend into the dark interior of the sunken building.</p>
- <p>Unfortunately, your preoccupation with the stairway distracts you from an imminent danger. Suddenly your Kai senses alert you to the threat, and when you spin around, you find yourself facing a horde of monstrous shapes. Bloated corpse-things jostle with humanoid horrors and skeletal warriors whose bones are gnawed with decay. It is a ghastly sight&emdash;a regiment of chaos-creatures, drawn here by the scent of human prey. You shiver with dread for clearly you are the prey they seek.</p>
+ <p>Unfortunately, your preoccupation with the stairway distracts you from an imminent danger. Suddenly your Kai senses alert you to the threat, and when you spin around, you find yourself facing a horde of monstrous shapes. Bloated corpse-things jostle with humanoid horrors and skeletal warriors whose bones are gnawed with decay. It is a ghastly sight&emdash;a regiment of <!--ERRTAG-RE-380068-->Chaos-creatures<!--/ERRTAG-RE-380068-->, drawn here by the scent of human prey. You shiver with dread for clearly you are the prey they seek.</p>
<p>They have come streaming along the same mossy ridge that you travelled, hungrily following your scent trail. But now they are on the roof and, with frightening speed, they charge towards you. Gibbering and howling like demons, they hurl themselves upon you in a desperate attempt to slay you with fang and claw.</p>
- <combat><enemy>Chaos horde</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">52</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">50</enemy-attribute></combat>
+ <combat><enemy><!--ERRTAG-RE-380581-->Chaos Horde<!--/ERRTAG-RE-380581--></enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">52</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">50</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>These beings are immune to all forms of psychic attack, except Kai-surge and Kai-blast.</p>
- <choice idref="sect235">You may evade this combat after six rounds, by <link-text>turning to 235</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect235">You may evade this combat after six <!--ERRTAG-RE-380937-->rounds by<!--/ERRTAG-RE-380937--> <link-text>turning to 235</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect190">If you win the fight, <link-text>turn to 190</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>280</title></meta>
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- <p>You dive and roll across the floor to avoid the onrushing bolt of energy. The massive flame-ball passes over your back and explodes at the far end wall of the chamber with devastating effect. It tears open a hole in the steel-hard crystal wall, more than ten feet in diameter, and it fills the air with razor-sharp shards. Yet, due to your swift reflexes, you suffer only minor injuries: lose 1 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point.</p>
+ <p>You dive and roll across the floor to avoid the onrushing bolt of energy. The massive flame-ball passes over your back and explodes at the far end wall of the chamber with devastating effect. It tears open a hole in the steel-hard crystal <!--ERRTAG-RE-382531-->wall more<!--/ERRTAG-RE-382531--> than ten feet in diameter, and it fills the air with razor-sharp shards. Yet, due to your swift reflexes, you suffer only minor injuries: lose 1 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point.</p>
<p>As you spring to your feet, you suddenly see an opportunity to seize the initiative and carry the attack to the Deathlord.</p>
<choice idref="sect12"><link-text>Turn to 12</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>281</title></meta>
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- <p>You unshoulder your bow and let fly an arrow at the nearest robed creature. The shaft arcs through the snowy sky and hits the target but, to your dismay, it passes clean through and splinters harmlessly against a distant wall.</p>
+ <p>You unshoulder your <!--ERRTAG-RE-383145-->Bow<!--/ERRTAG-RE-383145--> and let fly an <!--ERRTAG-RE-383213-->Arrow<!--/ERRTAG-RE-383213--> at the nearest robed creature. The shaft arcs through the snowy sky and hits the target but, to your dismay, it passes clean through and splinters harmlessly against a distant wall.</p>
<p>The target creature utters a sound that resembles a mocking laugh. From a pocket of its tattered robe it draws a silvery rod and levels it at your head while its ghoulish companions circle around in an attempt to get behind you. Reflexively you dive for cover, avoiding certain decapitation as a searing bolt of energy surges from the tip of the rod. It passes within inches of your back before impacting against a pillar of crystal, the resultant explosion peppering you with splinters: lose 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<p>You scramble to your feet and run but your escape is thwarted by the creature's two companions. They block your path and you are forced to take on all three of them in a desperate hand-to-hand fight.</p>
<combat><enemy>3 Cabalah</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">56</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">54</enemy-attribute></combat>
<meta><title>283</title></meta>
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- <p>Frustrated by their inability to destroy you psychically, the wispy beings retreat to the far side of the chamber where they solidify into six bodily forms. They have taken on the appearance of large, spindly-limbed, black insectoids, each with a ghoulish head in which composite eyes stare at you with evil intent. Chittering excitedly, the six creatures come stalking forwards, hungry for the kill.</p>
+ <p>Frustrated by their inability to destroy you psychically, the wispy beings retreat to the far side of the chamber where they solidify into six bodily forms. They have taken on the appearance of large, spindly-limbed, black insectoids, each with a ghoulish head <!--ERRTAG-RE-386061-->from which<!--/ERRTAG-RE-386061--> composite eyes stare at you with evil intent. Chittering excitedly, the six creatures come stalking forwards, hungry for the kill.</p>
<choice idref="sect98">If you wish to attempt to evade these hideous insectoids, <link-text>turn to 98</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect244">If you have a bow, and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 244</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect115">If you choose not to evade them, or make use of a bow, <link-text>turn instead to 115</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect244">If you have a <!--ERRTAG-RA-386426-->Bow<!--/ERRTAG-RA-386426-->, and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 244</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect115">If you choose not to evade them, or make use of a <!--ERRTAG-RA-386426-->Bow<!--/ERRTAG-RA-386426-->, <link-text>turn instead to 115</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Twice you attempt to lasso the outcrop without success. You are getting ready to try for a third time when an excruciating pain knifes through your lower right leg. The powerful jaws of the unseen pit beast have closed around your calf, and the creature is now trying to drag you below the surface of the mire.</p>
- <p>You drop your rope (erase this from your Backpack Items list) and reach for your weapon. With the scummy slime lapping at your chin, you stab at the creature's head in a desperate attempt to cut yourself free from its agonizing grip.</p>
+ <p>You drop your <!--ERRTAG-RE-389034-->Rope<!--/ERRTAG-RE-389034--> (erase this from your Backpack Items list) and reach for your weapon. With the scummy slime lapping at your chin, you stab at the creature's head in a desperate attempt to cut yourself free from its agonizing grip.</p>
<combat><enemy>Suggaz</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">44</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">44</enemy-attribute></combat>
<choice idref="sect67">If you win this fight, <link-text>turn to 67</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>287</title></meta>
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- <p>You draw and fire an arrow at the leading creature. To your horrified disbelief, the shaft passes cleanly through its chest, meeting no resistance whatsoever, and then shatters uselessly against the far wall.</p>
- <p>You drop your bow and unsheathe a hand weapon only just in time to defend yourself from these deathly creatures as they launch a lightning-swift attack.</p>
+ <p>You draw and fire an <!--ERRTAG-RE-390545-->Arrow<!--/ERRTAG-RE-390545--> at the leading creature. To your horrified disbelief, the shaft passes cleanly through its chest, meeting no resistance whatsoever, and then shatters uselessly against the far wall.</p>
+ <p>You drop your <!--ERRTAG-RE-390806-->Bow<!--/ERRTAG-RE-390806--> and unsheathe a hand weapon only just in time to defend yourself from these deathly creatures as they launch a lightning-swift attack.</p>
<combat><enemy>3 Kajarda</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">48</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">42</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>These beings are immune to all forms of psychic attack, except Kai-surge and Kai-blast.</p>
<choice idref="sect32">If you win this combat in six round or less, <link-text>turn to 32</link-text></choice>
<meta><title>288</title></meta>
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- <p>Now your Kai sixth sense alerts you to an imminent danger. You react by spinning around in time to see the speared creature tear itself free from the mast. Maniacal with anger, it leaps across the deck at you, flailing the air with its venom-coated claws.</p>
- <combat><enemy>Ziog: (damaged)</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">39</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">32</enemy-attribute></combat>
+ <p>Now your Kai <!--ERRTAG-RE-391657-->Sixth Sense<!--/ERRTAG-RE-391657--> alerts you to an imminent danger. You react by spinning around in time to see the speared creature tear itself free from the mast. Maniacal with anger, it leaps across the deck at you, flailing the air with its venom-coated claws.</p>
+ <combat><enemy><!--ERRTAG-RE-391977-->Ziog (damaged)<!--/ERRTAG-RE-391977--></enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">39</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">32</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>This undead creature is immune to all forms of psychic attack, except Kai-surge and Kai-blast.</p>
<choice idref="sect159">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 159</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>289</title></meta>
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- <p>Several hours pass before the blizzard dies down sufficiently for you to be able to leave the cave and continue your lonely trek towards Xaagon. You reach the end of the pass where, for the first time, you get a clear view of the Deathlord's dread city. Once, millenniums ago, this city had been the home of a brilliant civilization; today the stately crystal palaces and temples of Xaagon are occupied by the lord and host of the evil dead.</p>
+ <p>Several hours pass before the blizzard dies down sufficiently for you to be able to leave the cave and continue your lonely trek towards Xaagon. You reach the end of the pass where, for the first time, you get a clear view of the Deathlord's dread city. Once, <!--ERRTAG-RE-392775-->millennia<!--/ERRTAG-RE-392775--> ago, this city had been the home of a brilliant civilization; today the stately crystal palaces and temples of Xaagon are occupied by the lord and host of the evil dead.</p>
<p>Onward you trek, through knee-deep snow and jagged ice, towards the towering walls of Xaagon. The city is dominated by a spire of crystal which stabs the stormy sky, drawing lightning from the black clouds which swirl around its tip. From this needle-sharp point there radiates a crimson glow which sweeps the surrounding landscape. It is like a hellish lighthouse casting baleful crimson beams across a dead sea of ice.</p>
<p>Gradually, as you come within the shadows of Xaagon's outer wall, you see two places where you could gain entry to the city beyond. The first is near to the coast, through a breach in the south wall; the second is through the city's shattered west gate. Neither entrance appears to be guarded.</p>
<choice idref="sect165">If you wish to enter Xaagon by the breach in the south wall, <link-text>turn to 165</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Your final blow draws a hellish shriek from the skull of Deathlord Ixiataaga, so loud that it batters the walls and shakes the plinth on which you stand. The Deathstaff disintegrates in his skeletal hand and he topples backwards towards the fiery moat. Yet as he does so, his body crumbles into a plume of grey-green dust which is sucked away into the whirling maw of the Shadow Gate, together with the shattering remnants of the Deathstaff.</p>
- <p>Your victory over the Deathlord has freed Ixia from an evil which has enslaved its dead for millenniums. Now, at last, their tormented souls can find a lasting peace. You have destroyed a great and evil entity, yet by doing so you have also unwittingly removed the power which has kept the ravages of time at bay for thousands of years. Now, time returns to Xaagon.</p>
- <p>Eager to leave this place, you leap across the fiery moat and run towards the archway. But as you are passing through it, there is a terrific explosion which shakes the very foundations of the crystal spire. Fear grips your heart when suddenly you realize that all of Xaagon is collapsing.</p>
+ <p>Your victory over the Deathlord has freed Ixia from an evil which has enslaved its dead for <!--ERRTAG-RE-394654-->millennia<!--/ERRTAG-RE-394654-->. Now, at last, their tormented souls can find a lasting peace. You have destroyed a great and evil entity, yet by doing so you have also unwittingly removed the power which has kept the ravages of time at bay for thousands of years. Now, time returns to Xaagon.</p>
+ <p>Eager to leave this place, you leap across the fiery moat and run towards the archway. But as you are passing through it, there is a terrific explosion which shakes the very foundations of the <!--ERRTAG-RE-396709-->Crystal Spire<!--/ERRTAG-RE-396709-->. Fear grips your heart when suddenly you realize that all of Xaagon is collapsing.</p>
<choice idref="sect196"><link-text>Turn to 196</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>294</title></meta>
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- <p>You stare into the glowing eyes of the approaching demonlord and steel yourself to meet his certain attack.</p>
+ <p>You stare into the glowing eyes of the approaching <!--ERRTAG-RE-398057-->Demonlord<!--/ERRTAG-RE-398057--> and steel yourself to meet his certain attack.</p>
<choice idref="sect341">If you possess the Sommerswerd, <link-text>turn to 341</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect75">If you do not possess this Special Item, <link-text>turn to 75</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Abruptly the ghastly laughter ceases, as if the Deathlord has seen something which has shaken his arrogant confidence in his own invincibility. Your senses tell you that it is the Power Spike&emdash;he has recognized that you possess one of the few weapons capable of destroying him. It is a realization that shocks him to the core.</p>
- <p>You move forwards, eager to exploit your advantage, but the Deathlord reacts swiftly. He utters a gutteral sound and, in the next instant, a massive bolt of energy shoots from the tip of the Deathstaff and comes speeding towards your chest.</p>
+ <p>You move forwards, eager to exploit your advantage, but the Deathlord reacts swiftly. He utters a <!--ERRTAG-RE-394456-->guttural<!--/ERRTAG-RE-394456--> sound and, in the next instant, a massive bolt of energy shoots from the tip of the Deathstaff and comes speeding towards your chest.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you possess Grand Huntmastery, add 1 to the number you have picked. If you possess Grand Pathsmanship, add 1. If you possess Grand Nexus as well, add 1.</p>
<choice idref="sect55">If your total score is now 2 or less, <link-text>turn to 55</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect331">If it is 3&endash;6, <link-text>turn to 331</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You move close to the base of the right-hand pillar and take hold of its smooth surface with both hands. Then, aided by your natural agility, you begin to climb towards the narrow gap between the top of the pillar and the ceiling.</p>
- <p>The ascent is difficult, made even more so by the fierce energy of the electrical arcing. Its raidant power blisters the exposed flesh on the back of your hands, and down the left side of your face: lose 5 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
+ <p>The ascent is difficult, made even more so by the fierce energy of the electrical arcing. Its <!--ERRTAG-RE-401809-->radiant<!--/ERRTAG-RE-401809--> power blisters the exposed flesh on the back of your hands, and down the left side of your face: lose 5 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<choice idref="sect273">If you have reached the Kai rank of Sun Thane, <link-text>turn to 273</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect49">If you have yet to attain this level of Kai Mastery, <link-text>turn to 49</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>299</title></meta>
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- <p>Reluctantly you turn away from the door and descend the steps to the entrance hall below. You are still determined to find and defeat the Deathlord, but in order to do so you must get to the upper levels of the crystal spire. Faced with no alternative, you enter the shimmering archway.</p>
+ <p>Reluctantly you turn away from the door and descend the steps to the entrance hall below. You are still determined to find and defeat the Deathlord, but in order to do so you must get to the upper levels of the <!--ERRTAG-RE-405715-->Crystal Spire<!--/ERRTAG-RE-405715-->. Faced with no alternative, you enter the shimmering archway.</p>
<choice idref="sect8"><link-text>Turn to 8</link-text>.</choice>
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<meta><title>300</title></meta>
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- <p>A sense of unease makes you slow your hurried pace as you approach the shadowy opening. The low humming noise, which has been a constant presence ever since you first entered the crystal spire, is almost unbearable now. Were it not for your natural Kai defences, your hearing would have suffered permanent damage the moment you passed beyond the two pillars.</p>
- <p>Beyond the opening lies a grand yet sinister chamber. Peering into its gloomy recesses, you observe that this chamber was constructed with great skill and care in some distant age. But it is not the rich decorations which hold your attention, it is the whirling circular vortex which hangs on the far wall like some nightmarish, living mural. Your pulse quickens when you look into its spinning core for you recognize immediately that it is a Shadow Gate&emdash;an astral doorway to another plane of existence.</p>
+ <p>A sense of unease makes you slow your hurried pace as you approach the shadowy opening. The low humming noise, which has been a constant presence ever since you first entered the <!--ERRTAG-RA-406231-->Crystal Spire<!--/ERRTAG-RA-406231-->, is almost unbearable now. Were it not for your natural Kai defences, your hearing would have suffered permanent damage the moment you passed beyond the two pillars.</p>
+ <p>Beyond the opening lies a grand yet sinister chamber. Peering into its gloomy recesses, you observe that this chamber was constructed with great skill and care in some distant age. But it is not the rich decorations which hold your <!--ERRTAG-RE-405126-->attention; it<!--/ERRTAG-RE-405126--> is the whirling circular vortex which hangs on the far wall like some nightmarish, living mural. Your pulse quickens when you look into its spinning core for you recognize immediately that it is a Shadow Gate&emdash;an astral doorway to another plane of existence.</p>
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- <p>Your Kai senses quickly become attuned to the powerful psychic residues which linger in this chamber. You notice that several empty coffins lie scattered about the floor and, when you focus upon them, chilling dream-like images form in your mind's eye. You see the accursed Deathstaff emerging from the Shadow Gate. It spins end-over-end and impacts against the heavy stone lid of a coffin, breaking it in two. Its evil power feeds un-life into the mouldering remains of the Ixian elder lying within and, driven by this ungodly energy, the remains rise up from their stony tomb. The resurrected Ixian bears the Deathstaff to the highest chamber of the crystal spire where, imprisoned in a cage of light fashioned by the Elder Magi, stands Deathlord Ixiataaga. The Ixian pushes the Deathstaff through the wall of this shimmering prison and, with a crackling flash, the cage of light vanishes. Freed from the magical prison which has kept him secure for thousands of years, Deathlord Ixiataaga takes the Deathstaff and howls with manic glee as he rejoices in his fateful escape.</p>
- <p>The disturbing images fade from your mind, driven away by your Kai sixth sense which is warning you of imminent danger. A wispy black vapour is leaking from the circular stone edging which abuts the whirling Shadow Gate. You focus upon these smoky black trails and sense at once that they are alive and that they radiate an aura of evil.</p>
+ <p>Your Kai senses quickly become attuned to the powerful psychic residues which linger in this chamber. You notice that several empty coffins lie scattered about the floor and, when you focus upon them, chilling dream-like images form in your mind's eye. You see the accursed Deathstaff emerging from the Shadow Gate. It spins end-over-end and impacts against the heavy stone lid of a coffin, breaking it in two. Its evil power feeds un-life into the mouldering remains of the <!--ERRTAG-RE-406351-->Ixian Elder<!--/ERRTAG-RE-406351--> lying within and, driven by this ungodly energy, the remains rise up from their stony tomb. The resurrected Ixian bears the Deathstaff to the highest chamber of the <!--ERRTAG-RA-406231-->Crystal Spire<!--/ERRTAG-RA-406231--> where, imprisoned in a cage of light fashioned by the Elder Magi, stands Deathlord Ixiataaga. The Ixian pushes the Deathstaff through the wall of this shimmering prison and, with a crackling flash, the cage of light vanishes. Freed from the magical prison which has kept him secure for thousands of years, Deathlord Ixiataaga takes the Deathstaff and howls with manic glee as he rejoices in his fateful escape.</p>
+ <p>The disturbing images fade from your mind, driven away by your <!--ERRTAG-RE-407081-->Kai Sixth Sense<!--/ERRTAG-RE-407081--> which is warning you of imminent danger. A wispy black vapour is leaking from the circular stone edging which abuts the whirling Shadow Gate. You focus upon these smoky black trails and sense at once that they are alive and that they radiate an aura of evil.</p>
<choice idref="sect223">If you possess Kai-screen, and have attained the Kai rank of Sun Thane, <link-text>turn to 223</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect131">If you possess Kai-screen but have yet to attain the Kai rank of Sun Thane, <link-text>turn to 131</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect24">If you do not possess the Discipline of Kai-screen, <link-text>turn instead to 24</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>The second wave of Lavas come swooping down en masse, the terrific beat of their wings forcing you and the demonlord apart. Shielding your eyes from the stinging dust-choked wind, you look up and see that the Lavas leader is cradling the curious spiked metal bowl in its horny hands. He descends towards Tagazin and inverts it, and suddenly you realize its true purpose and design. It is a helm of power, affixed on top with a crystal spike. The Lavas places the helm upon the demonlord's head and the spike begins to glow menacingly.</p>
+ <p>The second wave of Lavas come swooping down en masse, the terrific beat of their wings forcing you and the <!--ERRTAG-RE-408080-->Demonlord<!--/ERRTAG-RE-408080--> apart. Shielding your eyes from the stinging dust-choked wind, you look up and see that the Lavas leader is cradling the curious spiked metal bowl in its horny hands. He descends towards Tagazin and inverts it, and suddenly you realize its true purpose and design. It is a helm of power, affixed on top with a crystal spike. The Lavas places the helm upon the <!--ERRTAG-RE-408504-->Demonlord's<!--/ERRTAG-RE-408504--> head and the spike begins to glow menacingly.</p>
<p>Now all of the Lavas ascend into the sky where they wait to view a confrontation which is about to commence. Suddenly Tagazin, revitalized by the power of the spiked helm, comes charging at you with his head lowered, snorting gruffly like a maddened bull.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you possess Grand Huntmastery or Grand Pathsmanship, add 3 to the number you have picked.</p>
<choice idref="sect257">If your total is now 4 or less, <link-text>turn to 257</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>You hurry down the steps to the base of the watchtower and sprint along a slate-cobbled avenue which leads directly to the harbour. As you run, you see Captain Lanza with some of his garrison troops engaging in fierce hand-to-hand combat against a maniacal horde of skeletal warriors. The fighting is blocking the road which leads down to the quay, so you slip into an adjoining alley in the hope of finding another route to the ice-boat. You emerge from the alley and turn towards the harbour, but only to find yourself confronted by a howling mass of fiery-eyed skeletons. You barely manage to unsheathe your weapon in time to defend yourself from their crazed attack.</p>
+ <p>You hurry down the steps to the base of the watchtower and sprint along a slate-cobbled avenue which leads directly to the harbour. As you run, you see Captain Lanza with some of his garrison troops engaging in fierce hand-to-hand combat against a maniacal horde of skeletal warriors. The fighting is blocking the road which leads down to the quay, so you slip into an adjoining alley in the hope of finding another route to the ice-boat. You emerge from the alley and turn towards the harbour, <!--ERRTAG-RE-419334-->only to find<!--/ERRTAG-RE-419334--> yourself confronted by a howling mass of fiery-eyed skeletons. You barely manage to unsheathe your weapon in time to defend yourself from their crazed attack.</p>
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- <combat><enemy>Ixian undead</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">45</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">52</enemy-attribute></combat>
+ <combat><enemy><!--ERRTAG-RE-419963-->Ixian Undead<!--/ERRTAG-RE-419963--></enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">45</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">52</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>These beings are immune to all forms of psychic attack, except Kai-surge and Kai-blast.</p>
<choice idref="sect295">You may evade combat after three rounds by <link-text>turning to 295</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect48">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 48</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>The lightning strike leaves you dazed and shaken yet you have survived it without lasting injury. Your improved Kai mastery enabled your body to withstand the massive jolt of electricity and discharge it away harmlessly into the ground.</p>
- <p>You stagger to your feet and unsling your smouldering Backpack. After smothering with snow the parts which have been scorched by lightning, you unbuckle the flap to discover that two items have been completely destroyed (erase two items of your own choosing from your Backpack list).</p>
+ <p>The lightning strike leaves you dazed and shaken yet you have survived it without lasting injury. Your improved <!--ERRTAG-RE-421804-->Kai Mastery<!--/ERRTAG-RE-421804--> enabled your body to withstand the massive jolt of electricity and discharge it away harmlessly into the ground.</p>
+ <p>You stagger to your feet and unsling your smouldering Backpack. After smothering with snow the parts which have been scorched by lightning, you unbuckle the flap to discover that two items have been completely <!--ERRTAG-RE-422262-->destroyed. (Erase two items of your own choosing from your Backpack list.)<!--/ERRTAG-RE-422262--></p>
<p>Thankful to have survived the strike unharmed, you shoulder your Backpack and hurry the remaining few yards towards the welcoming shelter of the cave.</p>
<choice idref="sect146"><link-text>Turn to 146</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Using your Kai mastery, you are able to see patterns in the ultraviolet spectrum of light. You recognize that the light which is pouring from the holes in the side of this diabolical machine is very similar to that which normally radiates from the sun, but it is abnormally intense. A tingle of fear runs along your spine the moment you realize that the ghostly rays are a deadly threat to any living creature.</p>
+ <p>Using your <!--ERRTAG-RE-422716-->Kai Mastery<!--/ERRTAG-RE-422716-->, you are able to see patterns in the ultraviolet spectrum of light. You recognize that the light which is pouring from the holes in the side of this diabolical machine is very similar to that which normally radiates from the sun, but it is abnormally intense. A tingle of fear runs along your spine the moment you realize that the ghostly rays are a deadly threat to any living creature.</p>
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- <p>The terrible pain of the injuries you have sustained drags you groaning to the floor. For several minutes you lie on the coal-black tiles, half-blinded and racked by nausea, until your natural Kai healing abilities mend the damage sufficiently for you to be able to go on. When your strength returns, you stagger to your feet and hurry away towards the shadowy exit, eager to distance yourself from the debilitating power that arcs between the pillars.</p>
+ <p>The terrible pain of the injuries you have sustained drags you groaning to the floor. For several minutes you lie on the coal-black tiles, half-blinded and racked by nausea, until your natural <!--ERRTAG-RE-424335-->Kai Healing<!--/ERRTAG-RE-424335--> abilities mend the damage sufficiently for you to be able to go on. When your strength returns, you stagger to your feet and hurry away towards the shadowy exit, eager to distance yourself from the debilitating power that arcs between the pillars.</p>
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<p>You arc through the smoke and flame towards the harbour wall and land on the quayside with a jolt that leaves you breathless. Fortunately, your agility and Kai skills save you from injury and you quickly regain your composure. Minutes later you are joined by Captain Lanza and his men, all of whom are clearly amazed that you are still alive.</p>
<p><quote>We have this enemy beaten,</quote> yells Lanza. <quote>We've slain more than half their number and the rest have their backs to the sea. Will you help us finish the job, Grand Master?</quote></p>
- <p><quote>Gladly,</quote> you reply. <quote>For Kai and Ishir, we'll despatch them all to meet their unholy maker!</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>Gladly,</quote> you reply. <quote>For Kai and Ishir, we'll <!--ERRTAG-RE-426309-->dispatch<!--/ERRTAG-RE-426309--> them all to meet their unholy maker!</quote></p>
<choice idref="sect340"><link-text>Turn to 340</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>In their frenzy to get at you, many of the chaos horde tumble headlong into the pit to be consumed by the creatures which lurk within its slime-filled base. Soon you have thinned their ranks sufficiently for you to be able to leap over the scuttling, severed remains, and make a swift escape up the steps to the surface.</p>
+ <p>In their frenzy to get at you, many of the <!--ERRTAG-RE-426674-->Chaos Horde<!--/ERRTAG-RE-426674--> tumble headlong into the pit to be consumed by the creatures which lurk within its slime-filled base. Soon you have thinned their ranks sufficiently for you to be able to leap over the scuttling, severed remains, and make a swift escape up the steps to the surface.</p>
<p>Without looking back, you leave the stone roof and hurry away along the mossy ridge towards a thicket of mist-enshrouded trees. As you pass through this eerie wood, you detect the presence of Tagazin once more. Fresh tracks indicate his direction and determinedly you set off, finding it an easy task to follow his clawed footprints in the loamy soil. They lead you through a tangle of saw-toothed briar and up a gently sloping rise. As you crest the top of the rise, you look upon an awe-inspiring sight.</p>
<choice idref="sect150"><link-text>Turn to 150</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>With difficulty you retrieve your rope from your Backpack and hurriedly make a lasso. Then, uttering a short prayer to Kai and Ishir, you cast it upwards in an attempt to catch it upon the rocky spur.</p>
+ <p>With difficulty you retrieve your <!--ERRTAG-RE-431671-->Rope<!--/ERRTAG-RE-431671--> from your Backpack and hurriedly make a lasso. Then, uttering a short prayer to Kai and Ishir, you cast it upwards in an attempt to catch it upon the rocky spur.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you possess Grand Huntmastery, add 1 to the number you have picked.</p>
<choice idref="sect285">If your total is now 0&endash;3, <link-text>turn to 285</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect137">If if is 4 or higher, <link-text>turn to 137</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>You kick aside the mouldering bodies of your foes and make to leave by the stairs, but your sixth sense warns you that more undead are about to descend at any moment. Cursing your luck, you turn and run towards the stern section, where you hide behind the ship's rudder gear. The undead warriors ignore the broken bodies of those you fought, and make only a cursory search. As you watch them climbing out of the hold you breathe a silent sigh of relief.</p>
+ <p>You kick aside the mouldering bodies of your foes and make to leave by the stairs, but your <!--ERRTAG-RE-432484-->Sixth Sense<!--/ERRTAG-RE-432484--> warns you that more undead are about to descend at any moment. Cursing your luck, you turn and run towards the stern section, where you hide behind the ship's rudder gear. The undead warriors ignore the broken bodies of those you fought, and make only a cursory search. As you watch them climbing out of the hold you breathe a silent sigh of relief.</p>
<p>Soon the ship becomes deathly quiet and your mind is filled with concern for the Lencian crewmen&emdash;your Kai senses detect no living beings close by.</p>
<choice idref="sect186">If you wish to investigate what is happening up on deck, <link-text>turn to 186</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect314">If you choose to stay hidden here in the hold, <link-text>turn to 314</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>You raise your psychic defences to protect yourself from the debilitating effect of the evil which is radiating from the crystal spire. Yet, even so, you do not escape some discomfort and pain: lose 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
+ <p>You raise your psychic defences to protect yourself from the debilitating effect of the evil which is radiating from the <!--ERRTAG-RE-435199-->Crystal Spire<!--/ERRTAG-RE-435199-->. Yet, even so, you do not escape some discomfort and pain: lose 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
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<p>Your attempt at opening the lock using only the power of your mind proves to be a fatal mistake.</p>
<p>Inadvertently, you set off an alarm which in turn activates a powerful necromantic spell of protection. You see a flash of white light as, in an instant, a surge of radiant energy comes shooting from the hole to hit you squarely in the face. Pain engulfs your mind, to be followed by an explosion of white-hot fire which obliterates your senses. In a terrifying instant, the light that is your life is snuffed out.</p>
- <p>Tragically, you have fallen victim to one of the Deathlord's spells. Your life and your quest end here in the crystal spire.</p>
+ <p>Tragically, you have fallen victim to one of the Deathlord's spells. Your life and your quest end here in the <!--ERRTAG-RE-438469-->Crystal Spire<!--/ERRTAG-RE-438469-->.</p>
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- <p>Your fascination with the power of the crystal spire has distracted you from a more imminent danger. From a narrow passageway to your left appear three creatures draped in mouldering black robes. They see you and give vent to a chorus of high-pitched shrieks of alarm. You spin on your heel to face them, fearful that their hideous cries will bring all of Xaagon down upon your head.</p>
- <choice idref="sect281">If you possess a bow, and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 281</link-text>.</choice>
+ <p>Your fascination with the power of the <!--ERRTAG-RE-439820-->Crystal Spire<!--/ERRTAG-RE-439820--> has distracted you from a more imminent danger. From a narrow passageway to your left appear three creatures draped in mouldering black robes. They see you and give vent to a chorus of high-pitched shrieks of alarm. You spin on your heel to face them, fearful that their hideous cries will bring all of Xaagon down upon your head.</p>
+ <choice idref="sect281">If you possess a <!--ERRTAG-RE-438501-->Bow<!--/ERRTAG-RE-438501-->, and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 281</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect234">If you possess Kai-surge, have reached the rank of Kai Grand Guardian or higher, and wish to make use of this Discipline, <link-text>turn to 234</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect60">If you possess neither the weapon nor the Discipline, or choose to use neither, <link-text>turn instead to 60</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You leave the harbour and set a northerly course to Ixia. It is less than an hour past noon and yet the winter night has already closed in. You share this icy darkness with a crew of six Lencian outposters, all of whom volunteered for this perilous mission. Lanza has ordered them to land you on the coast of Ixia and wait at anchor for seven days for you to return; they must wait no longer.</p>
<p>The blackness is lit only by the throbbing green glow which radiates from the sphere. You stare at this mesmerizing light and you are gripped by a feeling of unease. Your Kai senses warn you that there is a lingering aura of evil aboard this ship.</p>
- <choice idref="sect291">If you possess Deliverance and have reached the rank of Sun Thane, or higher, turn to 155. If you do not possess this skill, or if you have yet to attain this level of Kai Mastery, <link-text>turn to 291</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect291">If you possess Deliverance and have reached the rank of Sun <!--ERRTAG-RE-440661-->Thane or higher<!--/ERRTAG-RE-440661-->, turn to 155. If you do not possess this skill, or if you have yet to attain this level of Kai Mastery, <link-text>turn to 291</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Your mastery warns you that the shimmering curtain of light which fills the archway ahead will cause harm to any living thing that passes through its beams. However, your senses also detect that beyond the archway lies the only sure route by which you can gain access to the higher levels of this dread citadel.</p>
<choice idref="sect265">If you wish to pass through the shimmering archway and risk injury, possibly even death, then <link-text>turn to 265</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect4">If you decide to search for an alternative way of reaching the upper levels of the crystal spire, <link-text>turn to 4</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect4">If you decide to search for an alternative way of reaching the upper levels of the <!--ERRTAG-RE-443359-->Crystal Spire<!--/ERRTAG-RE-443359-->, <link-text>turn to 4</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Using your Magnakai Discipline of Psi-surge, you cast a powerful blast of psychic energy at the two guards in the hope of disrupting the power that controls them. Unfortunately, your attack is deflected by an invisible shield, a magical protection which has been placed upon these two guards by a powerful necromantic sorcerer. Alerted psychically to your presence, the undead Drakkarim guards suddenly spring into action and come rushing towards your hiding place with their spears raised.</p>
- <combat><enemy>Drakkarim undead</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">40</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">42</enemy-attribute></combat>
+ <combat><enemy><!--ERRTAG-RE-443372-->Drakkarim Undead<!--/ERRTAG-RE-443372--></enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">40</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">42</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>Without weapons or equipment you have no choice but to fight these foes bare-handed. (Remember to make the appropriate adjustments to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>.)</p>
<choice idref="sect63">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 63</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Several hours pass before the blizzard dies down sufficiently for you to be able to leave your hollow and continue your lonely trek towards Xaagon. You scale the mountain of snowy debris brought down by the avalanche and reach the end of the pass where, for the first time, you get a clear view of the Deathlord's dread city. Once, millenniums ago, this city had been the home of a brilliant civilization; today the stately crystal places and temples of Xaagon are occupied by the evil dead.</p>
+ <p>Several hours pass before the blizzard dies down sufficiently for you to be able to leave your hollow and continue your lonely trek towards Xaagon. You scale the mountain of snowy debris brought down by the avalanche and reach the end of the pass where, for the first time, you get a clear view of the Deathlord's dread city. Once, <!--ERRTAG-RE-444244-->millennia<!--/ERRTAG-RE-444244--> ago, this city had been the home of a brilliant civilization; today the stately crystal places and temples of Xaagon are occupied by the evil dead.</p>
<p>Onward you trek, through knee-deep snow and jagged ice, towards the towering walls of Xaagon. The city is dominated by a spire of crystal which stabs the stormy sky, drawing lightning from the black clouds which swirl around its tip. From this needle-sharp point there radiates a crimson glow which sweeps the surrounding landscape. It is like a hellish lighthouse, casting its baleful crimson beams across a landscape that has frozen to death.</p>
<p>Gradually, as you come within the shadows of Xaagon's outer wall, you see two places where you could gain entry to the city beyond. The first is through a breach in the south wall, near to the coast; the second is through the city's shattered west gate. Neither entrance appears to be guarded.</p>
<choice idref="sect165">If you wish to enter Xaagon by the breach in the south wall, <link-text>turn to 165</link-text>.</choice>
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<p><quote>You need have no fear, Banedon,</quote> you reply, unsheathing the sun-sword, <quote>for you know that I possess such a weapon&emdash;the Sommerswerd.</quote></p>
<p>Banedon stares at the shimmering golden blade and calmly nods his head. <quote>Yes, Grand Master. Your divine sword is ideally crafted for the task, but you must use it with discretion. Unsheathed, the Sommerswerd radiates a powerful aura of goodness&emdash;in the darkness of Ixia, such power would be like a blazing beacon. It could readily alert the Deathlord to your presence.</quote></p>
- <choice idref="sect101">If you possess a korlinium scabbard, <link-text>turn to 101</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect101">If you possess a <!--ERRTAG-RE-447186-->Korlinium Scabbard<!--/ERRTAG-RE-447186-->, <link-text>turn to 101</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect194">If you do not possess this Special Item, <link-text>turn to 194</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Lanza orders his men to arm themselves with warhammers from a nearby hut.</p>
<p><quote>Normally my men use these to break up harbour ice in the dead of winter,</quote> he says, as together you help to distribute the heavy two-handed hammers among the garrison, <quote>but now they can be put to good use smashing up the bones of our foes!</quote></p>
<p>Freshly equipped and fired by the taste of victory, Lanza and his men set about hammering the remnants of the attacking enemy. They drive them all the way back to their ship, literally shattering all who dare stand in their way. Within the hour the outpost is secured&emdash;the enemy have been destroyed.</p>
- <p>You survey the aftermath of the battle with mixed emotions. You feel elated at having helped Lanza to win, but the ice-boat, which was to have conveyed you to Ixia, is now a burned wreck lying at the bottom of the harbour. All that can be seen of it is a few feet of its main mast protruding at an angle above the surface of the sea. As you stare at this blackened masthead, you are joined by Captain Prarg.</p>
+ <p>You survey the aftermath of the battle with mixed emotions. You feel elated at having helped Lanza to win, but the ice-boat, which was to have conveyed you to Ixia, is now a burned wreck lying at the bottom of the harbour. All that can be seen of it is a few feet of its <!--ERRTAG-RE-449135-->mainmast<!--/ERRTAG-RE-449135--> protruding at an angle above the surface of the sea. As you stare at this blackened masthead, you are joined by Captain Prarg.</p>
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- <p>You unsheathe your golden blade and its goodly light washes over the demonlord's unlovely form. He growls fearfully, as if weakened by its radiant power, yet he does not lose his determination to attack.</p>
+ <p>You unsheathe your golden blade and its goodly light washes over the <!--ERRTAG-RE-449754-->Demonlord's<!--/ERRTAG-RE-449754--> unlovely form. He growls fearfully, as if weakened by its radiant power, yet he does not lose his determination to attack.</p>
<p>With a hellish howl, he launches himself through the air at you, his clawed paws outstretched in eager readiness to tear at your flesh.</p>
<combat><enemy>Demonlord Tagazin</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">55</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">60</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>This being is immune to all forms of psychic attack, except Kai-surge and Kai-blast.</p>
- <choice idref="sect168">If, at any time during this fight, you reduce Tagazin's <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score to 25 or less, do not continue. <link-text>Turn instead to 168</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect168"><!--ERRTAG-RE-450504-->If you reduce Tagazin's <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score to 25 or less at any time during this fight<!--/ERRTAG-RE-450504-->, do not continue. <link-text>Turn instead to 168</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Quickly you turn and hurry down the stone staircase. The Drakkarim patrol you sighted earlier is nowhere to be seen, enabling you to leave the barbican and enter Xaagon without further confrontation.</p>
- <p>Warily you trek through the awesome ruins of this age-old city, where once, in the time of the Old Kingdoms, a proud and mighty race reigned supreme. You have just passed a derelict mausoleum when you are forced to halt and hide from a passing troop of Ixian warriors. You watch as they march swiftly along an ice-choked avenue towards a plaza that is dominated by huge frozen fountain. Beyond the fountain's solid plume of water you see a broad ramp which ascends to a grand archway at the base of the crystal spire.</p>
- <choice idref="sect9">If you possess Grand Huntmastery and have attained the Kai rank of Sun Lord, or higher, <link-text>turn to 9</link-text>.</choice>
+ <p>Warily you trek through the awesome ruins of this age-old city, where once, in the time of the Old Kingdoms, a proud and mighty race reigned supreme. You have just passed a derelict mausoleum when you are forced to halt and hide from a passing troop of Ixian warriors. You watch as they march swiftly along an ice-choked avenue towards a plaza that is dominated <!--ERRTAG-RE-452103-->by a huge frozen fountain<!--/ERRTAG-RE-452103-->. Beyond the fountain's solid plume of water you see a broad ramp which ascends to a grand archway at the base of the <!--ERRTAG-RE-454134-->Crystal Spire<!--/ERRTAG-RE-454134-->.</p>
+ <choice idref="sect9">If you possess Grand Huntmastery and have attained the Kai rank of Sun <!--ERRTAG-RE-452409-->Lord or higher<!--/ERRTAG-RE-452409-->, <link-text>turn to 9</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect122">If you do not possess this skill, or if you have yet to reach his level of Kai Mastery, <link-text>turn to 122</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>You grasp the hilt of the sun-sword with both hands and turn the flat of its golden blade towards the onrushing bolt of energy. There is a loud Crack!, and you feel a numbing jolt run the length of your arms as the crackling bolt is deflected away. It hits the surface of the sea, close to the harbour wall, and instantly the patch of briny water freezes over.</p>
+ <p>You grasp the hilt of the sun-sword with both hands and turn the flat of its golden blade towards the onrushing bolt of energy. There is a loud <onomatopoeia><!--ERRTAG-RE-454756-->crack!<!--/ERRTAG-RE-454756--></onomatopoeia>, and you feel a numbing jolt run the length of your arms as the crackling bolt is deflected away. It hits the surface of the sea, close to the harbour wall, and instantly the patch of briny water freezes over.</p>
<p>The ghastly creature shrieks with fury and frustration. It comes lumbering down the gangplank, wielding its icy rod like a sword. Calmly you raise the Sommerswerd and steel yourself to receive its unnerving attack.</p>
<choice idref="sect277">If you wish to attack the creature the moment it steps aboard the ice-boat, <link-text>turn to 277</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect151">If you wish to attempt to sever the gangplank before the creature can come aboard, <link-text>turn to 151</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>You utilize your advanced camouflage skills to keep yourself hidden from sight as you approach the sickly demonlord and his golden-winged escorts. However, when you come to within a few hundred feet of them, your presence is revealed by the aura of goodly light your body radiates on this plane of existence. A wave of alarm spreads through the escorts when first your aura is detected, and many of them take to the sky. Directed by a vengeful Tagazin, they circle around you and come diving down to attack you with beak and claw.</p>
+ <p>You utilize your advanced camouflage skills to keep yourself hidden from sight as you approach the sickly <!--ERRTAG-RE-455826-->Demonlord<!--/ERRTAG-RE-455826--> and his golden-winged escorts. However, when you come to within a few hundred feet of them, your presence is revealed by the aura of goodly light your body radiates on this plane of existence. A wave of alarm spreads through the escorts when first your aura is detected, and many of them take to the sky. Directed by a vengeful Tagazin, they circle around you and come diving down to attack you with beak and claw.</p>
<combat><enemy>Lavas</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">49</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">52</enemy-attribute></combat>
<choice idref="sect105">If you win this combat, <link-text>turn to 105</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>Two days out from the Tozaz ice-field, you catch sight of Fort Azgad. After the ordeal of Ixia, the sight of this spartan little outpost is one of the most welcoming you have ever seen. The garrison salutes you as you bring your ship to the quayside where Lord Ardan, Captain Lanza, and Prarg are all waiting to welcome you back.</p>
<p>Warmly they congratulate you, praising your inspired act of courage and bravery but you sense that all is not well. The feeling of unease which haunted you upon leaving the ice-caverns of Ixia has returned.</p>
- <p><quote>Where's Banedon?</quote> you ask of Lord Ardan, <quote>Is something wrong?</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>Where's Banedon?</quote> you ask of Lord <!--ERRTAG-RE-459748-->Ardan. <quote>Is<!--/ERRTAG-RE-459748--> something wrong?</quote></p>
<p>Ardan's face grows as sombre as his reply. <quote>King Ulnar sent word to Sarnac's court, summoning the Guildmaster to return urgently to Sommerlund. It is grave news I'm afraid, Grand Master. In your absence, your country has been attacked. The Dark God, Naar, has sent forth a host of dragon-creatures to destroy the Second Order of the Kai and lay waste to your homeland. It is said his new minions are confident of swift victory for they are sure you will never defeat the Deathlord of Ixia.</quote></p>
- <p><quote>I must leave for Sommerlund at once,</quote> you say, looking to the eastern horizon. <quote>My brethren and my county need me.</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>I must leave for Sommerlund at once,</quote> you say, looking to the eastern horizon. <quote>My brethren and my <!--ERRTAG-RE-460493-->country<!--/ERRTAG-RE-460493--> need me.</quote></p>
<p>The others nod in silent agreement. <quote>We will do all we can,</quote> replies Lord Ardan, <quote>to speed your passage home.</quote></p>
<p>The news of your country's plight comes as a terrible shock. In Ixia, you have won a great and lasting victory against the forces of Evil, but could the cost be too great? You fear, also, for the lives of your young Kai acolytes. The Second Order are worthy Kai warriors but they are young, their mettle yet to be tested in the furnace-heat of battle. You pray to Kai himself that they be strong enough to resist Naar's newest champions, at least until you return.</p>
- <p>The challenge of the long journey home, and the quest to save the Second Order of the Kai from the deadly wrath of Naar's newest champions awaits you in the next Grand Master adventure, entitled:</p>
+ <p>The challenge of the long journey <!--ERRTAG-RE-461256-->home and<!--/ERRTAG-RE-461256--> the quest to save the Second Order of the Kai from the deadly wrath of Naar's newest champions awaits you in the next Grand Master adventure, entitled:</p>
<p>DAWN OF THE DRAGONS</p>
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<p>(<a idref="sect13">13</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-81799-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>sea water</quote> with <quote>seawater</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-81799-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect14">14</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-83432-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>undead who were swarming</quote> with <quote>undead who are swarming</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-83432-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect15">15</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-85157-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>item</quote> with <quote>Item</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-85157-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-84736-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>rough hewn</quote> with <quote>rough-hewn</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-84736-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect17">17</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-87045-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>crystal spire</quote> with <quote>Crystal Spire</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-87045-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect18">18</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-87112-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Skark oil</quote> with <quote>skark oil</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-87112-ITEM--> Began a new paragraph before <quote>Do not fear,&ellips;</quote>.<!--ERRTAG-RE-88112-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>you reply, &lsquot;I shall soon return.&rsquot;</quote> with <quote>you reply. &lsquot;I shall soon return.&rsquot;</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-88112-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect19">19</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-88807-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-88807-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-88888-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>attained, above</quote> with <quote>attained above</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-88888-ITEM--></p>
-<p>(<a idref="sect20">20</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-89634-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>now-open</quote> with <quote>now open</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-89634-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect20">20</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-89634-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>now-open</quote> with <quote>now open</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-89634-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RA-90182-ITEM--> Replaced all occurrences of <quote>free-standing</quote> with <quote>freestanding</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RA-90182-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect22">22</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-93654-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>freestate</quote> with <quote>Freeland state</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-93654-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-94349-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>in previous Lone Wolf adventures</quote> with <quote>in any previous Lone Wolf adventures</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-94349-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-94491-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>If you have not</quote> with <quote>If you did not</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-94491-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect23">23</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-94868-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Ixian undead</quote> with <quote>Ixian Undead</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-94868-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect24">24</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-96008-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>your psi-screen</quote> with <quote>your Psi-screen</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-96008-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-96797-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>head in which</quote> with <quote>head from which</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-96797-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect26">26</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-98551-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>camouflage</quote> with <quote>Camouflage</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-98551-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-99039-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-99039-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect29">29</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-100780-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>spell&emdash;<spell>Slow Fall</spell>&emdash;and</quote> with <quote>spell <spell>Slow Fall</spell> and</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-100780-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect30">30</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-101182-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Kai camouflage</quote> with <quote>Kai Camouflage</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-101182-ITEM--></p>
-<p>(<a idref="sect36">36</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-107138-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>zigzaging</quote> with <quote>zigzagging</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-107138-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect32">32</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RA-103910-ITEM--> Replaced all occurrences of <quote>free-standing</quote> with <quote>freestanding</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RA-103910-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect36">36</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-107138-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>zigzaging</quote> with <quote>zigzagging</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-107138-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-108002-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>crystal spire</quote> with <quote>Crystal Spire</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-108002-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect38">38</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-109561-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>demonlord</quote> with <quote>Demonlord</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-109561-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect39">39</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-110397-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-110397-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-111096-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>splutters, &lsquot;it's</quote> with <quote>splutters. &lsquot;It's</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-111096-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect40">40</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-111431-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Upon the instant</quote> with <quote>At the instant</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-111431-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-111723-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>demonlord's</quote> with <quote>Demonlord's</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-111723-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect52">52</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-125276-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>bow</quote> with <quote>Bow</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-125276-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect53">53</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-125862-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Brotherhood spell&emdash;<spell>Strength</spell>&emdash;upon</quote> with <quote>Brotherhood Spell <spell>Strength</spell> upon</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-125862-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-125957-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>new-found</quote> with <quote>newfound</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-125957-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-126227-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>demonlord</quote> with <quote>Demonlord</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-126227-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect54">54</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-127225-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>sixth sense</quote> with <quote>Sixth Sense</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-127225-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect55">55</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-128699-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>crystal spire</quote> with <quote>Crystal Spire</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-128699-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect56">56</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-128759-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Crack!</quote> with <quote><onomatopoeia>crack!</onomatopoeia></quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-128759-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect57">57</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-130610-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>minions you</quote> with <quote>minions, you</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-130610-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect59">59</a>) Moved the choice to use Telegnosis to the first position in the list. <!--ERRTAG-RE-133768-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Sun Lord, or higher</quote> with <quote>Sun Lord or higher</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-133768-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect61">61</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-135239-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Brotherhood spell&emdash;<spell>Sense Evil</spell>&emdash;you</quote> with <quote>Brotherhood Spell <spell>Sense Evil</spell> you</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-135239-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-135979-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>gods</quote> with <quote>Gods</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-135979-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-136066-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>he splutters, &lsquot;it's</quote> with <quote>he splutters. &lsquot;It's</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-136066-ITEM--></p>
-<p>(<a idref="sect62">62</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-136622-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-136622-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect62">62</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-136622-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-136622-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-137114-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>crystal spire</quote> with <quote>Crystal Spire</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-137114-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect63">63</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-138321-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Backpack items</quote> with <quote>Backpack Items</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-138321-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect66">66</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-141180-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Hard a-port!</quote> with <quote>Hard aport!</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-141180-ITEM--></p>
-<p>(<a idref="sect67">67</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-143354-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Chaos horde</quote> with <quote>Chaos Horde</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-143354-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect67">67</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-143354-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Chaos horde</quote> with <quote>Chaos-horde</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-143354-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect68">68</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-144645-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>all of your Backpack items</quote> with <quote>all of your Backpack Items</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-144645-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect72">72</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-147920-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>demonlord</quote> with <quote>Demonlord</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-147920-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect73">73</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-149236-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>main mast</quote> with <quote>mainmast</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-149236-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect74">74</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-150483-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Bulkhead door</quote> with <quote>Bulkhead Door</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-150483-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect75">75</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RA-151246-ITEM--> Replaced all occurrences of <quote>demonlord</quote> with <quote>Demonlord</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RA-151246-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-151571-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>delete this weapon</quote> with <quote>delete this Weapon</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-151571-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect76">76</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-152987-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>plan you</quote> with <quote>plan, you</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-152987-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect79">79</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-156560-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>sixth sense</quote> with <quote>Sixth Sense</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-156560-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-156436-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>despatch</quote> with <quote>dispatch</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-156436-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect80">80</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-157739-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>creamy-coloured</quote> with <quote>cream-coloured</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-157739-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect81">81</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-159182-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Bulkhead door</quote> with <quote>Bulkhead Door</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-159182-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect84">84</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-163440-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>crystal spire</quote> with <quote>Crystal Spire</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-163440-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect86">86</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-163827-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-163827-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect89">89</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-166240-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>at its centre</quote> with <quote>from its centre</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-166240-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-167148-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>round, by</quote> with <quote>round by</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-167148-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect90">90</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-167909-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>raising a Deathstaff</quote> with <quote>raising the Deathstaff</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-167909-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect101">101</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-178944-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>korlinium scabbard</quote> with <quote>Korlinium Scabbard</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-178944-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect103">103</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-181803-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>bow</quote> with <quote>Bow</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-181803-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect104">104</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-182574-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>still to be</quote> with <quote>to still be</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-182574-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect105">105</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RA-183228-ITEM--> Replaced all occurrences of <quote>demonlord</quote> with <quote>Demonlord</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RA-183228-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect106">106</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-184244-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>galley</quote> with <quote>gallery</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-184244-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-184763-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Sun Lord, or higher</quote> with <quote>Sun Lord or higher</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-184763-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect108">108</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-186556-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>unnervering</quote> with <quote>unnerving</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-186556-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect109">109</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-186923-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>lightning swift</quote> with <quote>lightning-swift</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-186923-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect110">110</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-188251-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>at its centre</quote> with <quote>from its centre</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-188251-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-188994-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>bonuses to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ></quote> with <quote>bonuses</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-188994-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-189144-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>third round, by</quote> with <quote>third round by</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-189144-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect111">111</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-189640-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>simultaneously to fight</quote> with <quote>to simultaneously fight</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-189640-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-189825-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>chaos-creatures</quote> with <quote>Chaos-creatures</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-189825-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect112">112</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-188989-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Brotherhood spell</quote> with <quote>Brotherhood Spell</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-188989-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect113">113</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-192076-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>attained, above</quote> with <quote>attained above</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-192076-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect116">116</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-194896-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Kai sixth sense</quote> with <quote>Kai Sixth Sense</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-194896-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect117">117</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-195749-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>court martial</quote> with <quote>court-martial</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-195749-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect118">118</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-197377-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-197377-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect120">120</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-199244-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>bow</quote> with <quote>Bow</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-199244-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect121">121</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-197731-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Brotherhood spell&emdash;Lightning Hand&emdash;and</quote> with <quote>Brotherhood Spell <spell>Lightning Hand</spell> and</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-197731-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect123">123</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-202090-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>demonlord</quote> with <quote>Demonlord</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-202090-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect124">124</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-203234-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>hurling towards</quote> with <quote>hurtling towards</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-203234-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-203527-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>both</quote> with <quote><em>both</em></quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-203527-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect127">127</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-205201-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>galley</quote> with <quote>gallery</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-205201-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect128">128</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-206415-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>place it into your belt</quote> with <quote>stow it in your belt</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-206415-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-206849-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>in Magnamund</quote> with <quote>on Magnamund</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-206849-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect131">131</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-208843-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-208843-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect132">132</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-210597-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Ixian undead</quote> with <quote>Ixian Undead</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-210597-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect133">133</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-209083-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Brotherhood spell&emdash;<spell>Breathe Water</spell></quote> with <quote>Brotherhood Spell <spell>Breathe Water</spell></quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-209083-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect136">136</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-212449-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Brotherhood spell&emdash;Levitation</quote> with <quote>Brotherhood Spell <spell>Levitation</spell></quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-212449-ITEM--></p>
-<p>(<a idref="sect176">176</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-258103-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Brotherhood spell&emdash;Levitation&emdash;and</quote> with <quote>Brotherhood Spell <spell>Levitation</spell> and</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-258103-ITEM--></p>
-<p>(<a idref="sect185">185</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-265861-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>down-draught</quote> with <quote>down-draft</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-265861-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect137">137</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-216006-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>chaos-creatures</quote> with <quote>Chaos-creatures</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-216006-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-216266-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Chaos horde</quote> with <quote>Chaos-horde</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-216266-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect138">138</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-217422-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Backpack items</quote> with <quote>Backpack Items</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-217422-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect139">139</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-218512-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>disciplines</quote> with <quote>Disciplines</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-218512-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect141">141</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-222108-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>millenniums</quote> with <quote>millennia</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-222108-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect143">143</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RA-224359-ITEM--> Replaced all occurrences of <quote>free-standing</quote> with <quote>freestanding</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RA-224359-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect145">145</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-226631-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Chaos horde</quote> with <quote>Chaos-horde</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-226631-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect146">146</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-227734-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>infra-red</quote> with <quote>infrared</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-227734-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect149">149</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-230763-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Ghosts, in</quote> with <quote>Ghosts in</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-230763-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect150">150</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-231547-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>demonlord</quote> with <quote>Demonlord</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-231547-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect152">152</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-234972-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Sun Lord, or higher</quote> with <quote>Sun Lord or higher</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-234972-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-235533-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>crystal spire</quote> with <quote>Crystal Spire</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-235533-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect153">153</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-236097-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>main mast</quote> with <quote>mainmast</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-236097-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect154">154</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-237766-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>chaos-creatures</quote> with <quote>Chaos-creatures</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-237766-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect155">155</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-238772-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>shortlived</quote> with <quote>short-lived</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-238772-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect156">156</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-239673-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>cavern; by</quote> with <quote>cavern: by</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-239673-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect161">161</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-244423-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Thane, or higher</quote> with <quote>Thane or higher</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-244423-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect163">163</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-246098-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Above you</quote> with <quote>Above, you</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-246098-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-246396-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>hilt of rusty sword</quote> with <quote>hilt of a rusty sword</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-246396-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect164">164</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-247617-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>in Magnamund</quote> with <quote>on Magnamund</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-247617-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect165">165</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-249397-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Lord, or higher</quote> with <quote>Lord or higher</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-249397-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RA-250051-ITEM--> Replaced all occurrences of <quote>crystal spire</quote> with <quote>Crystal Spire</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RA-250051-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect166">166</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-250332-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>me my</quote> with <quote>me, my</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-250332-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect167">167</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-251910-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>bonuses to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ></quote> with <quote>bonuses</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-251910-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect173">173</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-259049-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>crystal spire</quote> with <quote>Crystal Spire</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-259049-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect175">175</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-260752-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-260752-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect176">176</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-258103-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Brotherhood spell&emdash;Levitation&emdash;and</quote> with <quote>Brotherhood Spell <spell>Levitation</spell> and</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-258103-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-261529-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>chaos-creatures</quote> with <quote>Chaos-creatures</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-261529-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect178">178</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-265009-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>crystal spire</quote> with <quote>Crystal Spire</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-265009-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect180">180</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-265312-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>sixth sense</quote> with <quote>Sixth Sense</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-265312-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-265801-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Special Item, do not</quote> with <quote>Special Item, or do not</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-265801-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect185">185</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-265861-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>down-draught</quote> with <quote>down-draft</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-265861-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-271699-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>demonlord</quote> with <quote>Demonlord</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-271699-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-271813-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>creamy-coloured</quote> with <quote>cream-coloured</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-271813-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-271900-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>sky, beat</quote> with <quote>sky beat</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-271900-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-272627-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>demonlord's</quote> with <quote>Demonlord's</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-272627-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect186">186</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-274268-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>main mast</quote> with <quote>mainmast</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-274268-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect189">189</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-275996-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>collison</quote> with <quote>collision</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-275996-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect190">190</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-277074-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>chaos-creatures</quote> with <quote>Chaos-creatures</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-277074-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-277215-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>grudgingly to retreat</quote> with <quote>to retreat grudgingly</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-277215-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect191">191</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-278446-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>attack upon the</quote> with <quote>attack the</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-278446-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect192">192</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RA-280795-ITEM--> Replaced all occurrences of <quote>free-standing</quote> with <quote>freestanding</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RA-280795-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect193">193</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-282679-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>crystal spire</quote> with <quote>Crystal Spire</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-282679-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect194">194</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-282913-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>korlinium scabbard</quote> with <quote>Korlinium Scabbard</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-282913-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect195">195</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-285121-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>cry, &lsquot;Ishir</quote> with <quote>cry. &lsquot;Ishir</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-285121-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect196">196</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-285729-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Fearing your survival</quote> with <quote>Fearing for your survival</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-285729-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-286336-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Thane, or higher</quote> with <quote>Thane or higher</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-286336-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-286539-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Lord, or higher</quote> with <quote>Lord or higher</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-286539-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect200">200</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RA-292181-ITEM--> Replaced all occurrences of <quote>crystal spire</quote> with <quote>Crystal Spire</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RA-292181-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect201">201</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-292595-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>main mast</quote> with <quote>mainmast</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-292595-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect202">202</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-292820-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-292820-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect203">203</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-293855-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-293855-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RA-295051-ITEM--> Replaced all occurrences of <quote>free-standing</quote> with <quote>freestanding</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RA-295051-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect206">206</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-298425-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Crack!</quote> with <quote><onomatopoeia>crack!</onomatopoeia></quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-298425-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect209">209</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-303096-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>falter and</quote> with <quote>falter, and</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-303096-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-303201-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>counter-attack</quote> with <quote>counterattack</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-303201-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect211">211</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-305179-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>explosion white-hot</quote> with <quote>explosion of white-hot</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-305179-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect213">213</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-306850-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>chamber, is</quote> with <quote>chamber is</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-306850-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect216">216</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-310390-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>demonlord</quote> with <quote>Demonlord</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-310390-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-311030-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>fight, you</quote> with <quote>fight you</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-311030-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect217">217</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-307042-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Brotherhood spell&emdash;Counterspell&emdash;and</quote> with <quote>Brotherhood Spell <spell>Counterspell</spell> and</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-307042-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect218">218</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-312220-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Lavas come swooping down</quote> with <quote>Lavas comes swooping down</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-312220-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-312378-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>demonlord</quote> with <quote>Demonlord</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-312378-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-312735-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>towards the Tagazin</quote> with <quote>towards Tagazin</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-312735-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-312948-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>demonlord's</quote> with <quote>Demonlord's</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-312948-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect219">219</a>) Removed the quotation marks around Banedon's warning. <!--ERRTAG-RE-314228-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>korlinium scabbard</quote> with <quote>Korlinium Scabbard</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-314228-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-314696-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>another weapon</quote> with <quote>another Weapon</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-314696-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect223">223</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-318810-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-318810-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect225">225</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-321679-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>coiled or otherwise</quote> with <quote>oiled or otherwise</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-321679-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect227">227</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-323154-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>demonlord</quote> with <quote>Demonlord</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-323154-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect229">229</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RA-325620-ITEM--> Replaced all occurrences of <quote>chaos-creatures</quote> with <quote>Chaos-creatures</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RA-325620-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect230">230</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-326382-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Brotherhood spell&emdash;<spell>Strength</spell>&emdash;and, within seconds</quote> with <quote>Brotherhood Spell <spell>Strength</spell>, and within seconds</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-326382-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-326547-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>new-found</quote> with <quote>newfound</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-326547-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-326817-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>demonlord</quote> with <quote>Demonlord</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-326817-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-326904-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>out-distance</quote> with <quote>outdistance</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-326904-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect231">231</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-328152-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>suprise</quote> with <quote>surprise</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-328152-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect233">233</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-329219-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>splutters, &lsquot;it's</quote> with <quote>splutters. &lsquot;It's</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-329219-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect234">234</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-329854-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>cover avoiding</quote> with <quote>cover, avoiding</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-329854-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect235">235</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RA-330691-ITEM--> Replaced all occurrences of <quote>chaos-creatures</quote> with <quote>Chaos-creatures</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RA-330691-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect239">239</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-335522-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Ixian undead</quote> with <quote>Ixian Undead</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-335522-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect241">241</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-338120-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>to see better</quote> with <quote>to better see</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-338120-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-338694-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Sun Knight, or higher</quote> with <quote>Sun Knight or higher</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-338694-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect242">242</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-339272-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Ixian undead</quote> with <quote>Ixian Undead</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-339272-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect243">243</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-339798-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Kai camouflage</quote> with <quote>Kai Camouflage</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-339798-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-340512-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Drakkarim undead</quote> with <quote>Drakkarim Undead</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-340512-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect244">244</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RA-341144-ITEM--> Replaced all occurrences of <quote>arrow</quote> with <quote>Arrow</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RA-341144-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-341601-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>bow</quote> with <quote>Bow</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-341601-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect245">245</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-343394-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>crystal spire</quote> with <quote>Crystal Spire</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-343394-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect246">246</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RA-342470-ITEM--> Replaced all occurrences of <quote>rope</quote> with <quote>Rope</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RA-342470-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect249">249</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-345839-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>ante-chamber</quote> with <quote>antechamber</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-345839-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect250">250</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-347418-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>action they were committing</quote> with <quote>action they were performing</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-347418-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect253">253</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-350473-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Sun Thane, or higher</quote> with <quote>Sun Thane or higher</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-350473-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect254">254</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-351282-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>pre-empt</quote> with <quote>preempt</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-351282-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-351460-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Sun Lord, or higher</quote> with <quote>Sun Lord or higher</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-351460-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-351657-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-351657-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect255">255</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-352660-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>insticts</quote> with <quote>instincts</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-352660-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect257">257</a>) <!--ERRTAG-RE-353910-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>demonlord</quote> with <quote>Demonlord</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-353910-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect258">258</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-345610-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Click</quote> with <quote><onomatopoeia>click</onomatopoeia></quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-345610-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect259">259</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RA-356286-ITEM--> Replaced all occurrences of <quote>chaos-creatures</quote> with <quote>Chaos-creatures</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RA-356286-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect260">260</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-357783-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Drakkarim marines</quote> with <quote>Drakkarim Marines</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-357783-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-358153-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>rounds, or less</quote> with <quote>rounds or less</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-358153-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-358321-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>rounds, or longer</quote> with <quote>rounds or longer</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-358321-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect261">261</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-358755-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>bow fire</quote> with <quote>Bow fire</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-358755-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect265">265</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-366442-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>bow</quote> with <quote>Bow</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-366442-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect266">266</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-367702-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>sixth sense</quote> with <quote>Sixth Sense</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-367702-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-367034-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>cross-winds</quote> with <quote>crosswinds</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-367034-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-368912-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>crystal spire</quote> with <quote>Crystal Spire</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-368912-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect267">267</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-368686-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-368686-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect270">270</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RA-372920-ITEM--> Replaced all occurrences of <quote>crystal spire</quote> with <quote>Crystal Spire</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RA-372920-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect272">272</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-375004-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Sun Knight, or higher</quote> with <quote>Sun Knight or higher</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-375004-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect273">273</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-375550-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>spell&emdash;<spell>Slow Fall</spell>&emdash;enables</quote> with <quote>spell <spell>Slow Fall</spell> enables</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-375550-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect275">275</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-377350-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>at its centre</quote> with <quote>from its centre</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-377350-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-377853-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>round, by</quote> with <quote>round by</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-377853-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect278">278</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-380068-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>chaos-creatures</quote> with <quote>Chaos-creatures</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-380068-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-380581-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Chaos horde</quote> with <quote>Chaos Horde</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-380581-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-380937-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>rounds, by</quote> with <quote>rounds by</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-380937-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect280">280</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-382531-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>wall, more</quote> with <quote>wall more</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-382531-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect281">281</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-383145-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>bow</quote> with <quote>Bow</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-383145-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-383213-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>arrow</quote> with <quote>Arrow</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-383213-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect283">283</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-386061-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>in which</quote> with <quote>from which</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-386061-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect285">285</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-389034-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>rope</quote> with <quote>Rope</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-389034-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect287">287</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-390545-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>arrow</quote> with <quote>Arrow</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-390545-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-390806-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>bow</quote> with <quote>Bow</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-390806-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect288">288</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-391657-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>sixth sense</quote> with <quote>Sixth Sense</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-391657-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-391977-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Ziog: (damaged)</quote> with <quote>Ziog (damaged)</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-391977-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect289">289</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-392775-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>millenniums</quote> with <quote>millennia</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-392775-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect290">290</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-394654-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>millenniums</quote> with <quote>millennia</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-394654-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-396709-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>crystal spire</quote> with <quote>Crystal Spire</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-396709-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect294">294</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-398057-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>demonlord</quote> with <quote>Demonlord</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-398057-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect296">296</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-394456-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>gutteral</quote> with <quote>guttural</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-394456-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect297">297</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-401809-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>raidant</quote> with <quote>radiant</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-401809-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect299">299</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-405715-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>crystal spire</quote> with <quote>Crystal Spire</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-405715-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect300">300</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-405126-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>attention, it</quote> with <quote>attention; it</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-405126-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-406351-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Ixian elder</quote> with <quote>Ixian Elder</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-406351-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-407081-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Kai sixth sense</quote> with <quote>Kai Sixth Sense</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-407081-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RA-406231-ITEM--> Replaced all occurrences of <quote>crystal spire</quote> with <quote>Crystal Spire</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RA-406231-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect301">301</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-408080-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>demonlord</quote> with <quote>Demonlord</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-408080-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-408504-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>demonlord's</quote> with <quote>Demonlord's</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-408504-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect310">310</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-419334-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>but only to find</quote> with <quote>only to find</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-419334-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-419963-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Ixian undead</quote> with <quote>Ixian Undead</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-419963-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect312">312</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-421804-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-421804-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-422262-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>destroyed (erase two items of your own choosing from your Backpack list).</quote> with <quote>destroyed. (Erase two items of your own choosing from your Backpack list.)</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-422262-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect313">313</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-422716-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-422716-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect315">315</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-424335-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Kai healing</quote> with <quote>Kai Healing</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-424335-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect317">317</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-426309-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>despatch</quote> with <quote>dispatch</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-426309-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect318">318</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-426674-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>chaos horde</quote> with <quote>Chaos Horde</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-426674-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect323">323</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-431671-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>rope</quote> with <quote>Rope</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-431671-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect324">324</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-432484-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>sixth sense</quote> with <quote>Sixth Sense</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-432484-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect325">325</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-435199-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>crystal spire</quote> with <quote>Crystal Spire</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-435199-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect328">328</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-438469-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>crystal spire</quote> with <quote>Crystal Spire</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-438469-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect330">330</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-438501-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>bow</quote> with <quote>Bow</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-438501-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-439820-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>crystal spire</quote> with <quote>Crystal Spire</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-439820-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect332">332</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-440661-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Thane, or higher</quote> with <quote>Thane or higher</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-440661-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect333">333</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-443359-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>crystal spire</quote> with <quote>Crystal Spire</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-443359-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect336">336</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-443372-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Drakkarim undead</quote> with <quote>Drakkarim Undead</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-443372-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect338">338</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-444244-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>millenniums</quote> with <quote>millennia</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-444244-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect339">339</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-447186-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>korlinium scabbard</quote> with <quote>Korlinium Scabbard</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-447186-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect340">340</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-449135-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>main mast</quote> with <quote>mainmast</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-449135-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect341">341</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-449754-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>demonlord's</quote> with <quote>Demonlord's</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-449754-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-450504-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>If, at any time during this fight, you reduce Tagazin's <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score to 25 or less</quote> with <quote>If you reduce Tagazin's <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score to 25 or less at any time during this fight</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-450504-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect343">343</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-452103-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>by huge frozen fountain</quote> with <quote>by a huge frozen fountain</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-452103-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-452409-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Lord, or higher</quote> with <quote>Lord or higher</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-452409-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-454134-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>crystal spire</quote> with <quote>Crystal Spire</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-454134-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect346">346</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-454756-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Crack!</quote> with <quote>crack!</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-454756-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect347">347</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-455826-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>demonlord</quote> with <quote>Demonlord</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-455826-ITEM--></p>
+<p>(<a idref="sect350">350</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-459748-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Ardan, &lsquot;Is</quote> with <quote>Ardan. &lsquot;Is</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-459748-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-460493-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>county</quote> with <quote>country</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-460493-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-461256-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>home, and</quote> with <quote>home and</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-461256-ITEM--></p>
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