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<p>You throw yourself to the ground and the beam of blazing white light passes within inches of your head, close enough to scorch the hood of your cloak. The moment you hit the warehouse floor you roll over and over and scramble for the nearest cover<ch.emdash/>a heavy iron chest, banded and riveted with steel. The warrior follows your swift movement and looses a second beam from his spear which slams into the iron chest with stunning force. You gasp with horror as you see the side of the chest bulging towards your face. Its thick rivets tremble and its age-blackened skin smoulders with a sullen heat. Instinct takes over, making you roll away from the iron chest and seek cover elsewhere. As you move, the beam of light tears through the rear of the iron box and destroys the ground where, only moments before, your face had been.</p>
<p>You call upon all of your camouflage skills to mask your body as you hurriedly seek a way to escape from this warrior and his sorcerous weapon. You reach the base of a large steel tank and scramble up a ladder fixed to its side. The top of the tank is stacked high with coiled ropes and you force yourself in amongst them. A few moments later you watch the warrior approach the smouldering remains of the iron chest. He is close enough now for you to see that his weapon is attached by length of steel cable to a canister strapped to his back.</p>
- <choice idref="sect209">If you possess a Bow, and the Discipline of Magi magic, and have attained the Kai rank of Sun Lord, <link-text>turn to 209</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect209">If you possess a Bow, and the Discipline of Magi-magic, and have attained the Kai rank of Sun Lord, <link-text>turn to 209</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect156">If you do not possess a Bow, or this skill, or if you have yet to attain the rank of Sun Lord, <link-text>turn to 156</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>With bated breath you watch as the warrior kicks the smouldering remains of the iron chest. He scans the warehouse, the visor of his helmet pulsing a dull crimson glow as he tries to locate where you are hiding. Unable to find you, he cradles his weapon and begins a systematic search of the building.</p>
- <p>As he passes beneath the storage tank you seize the opportunity to launch a surprise attack. You leap onto his back and bring him crashing to the ground. However, you soon discover that he is an exceptionally strong opponent and your advantage of surprise is quickly lost. He draws his power from the armour he wears and you are hard pressed to maintain your hold on his neck as he wrestles to break free. Then another warrior appears at the rear of the building. He, too, is armed with a magical spear. He aims this weapon at you and a flash of light erupts from its tip.</p>
+ <p>As he passes beneath the storage tank you seize the opportunity to launch a surprise attack. You leap onto his back and bring him crashing to the ground. However, you soon discover that he is an exceptionally strong opponent and your advantage of surprise is quickly lost. He draws his power from the armour he wears and you are hard-pressed to maintain your hold on his neck as he wrestles to break free. Then another warrior appears at the rear of the building. He, too, is armed with a magical spear. He aims this weapon at you and a flash of light erupts from its tip.</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 12 or less, deduct 2 from the number you have picked.</p>
<choice idref="sect93">If your total is now 0 or less, <link-text>turn to 93</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect63">If it is 1 or more, <link-text>turn to 63</link-text>.</choice>
<p>(<a idref="sect150">150</a>) Replaced <quote>psi-screen</quote> with <quote>Psi-screen</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect152">152</a>) Replaced <quote>Brotherhood spell</quote> with <quote>Brotherhood Spell</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect153">153</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect156">156</a>) Replaced <quote>hard pressed</quote> with <quote>hard-pressed</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect159">159</a>) Replaced <quote>iron disc</quote> with <quote>Iron Disc</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect160">160</a>) Replaced <quote>imposter</quote> with <quote>impostor</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect162">162</a>) Replaced <quote>2</quote> with <quote>two</quote> in the illustration caption.</p>
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