<p>Drawing on your advanced Magnakai skills, you cause your facial characteristics to become harder and more brutal in appearance.</p>
<p><foreign xml:lang="x-giak"><quote>Loga ok okak sheg!</quote></foreign> (Free me you dog!) you growl in Giak, mimicking the Drakkarim accent to perfection. In the confines of the corridor, your assailant is easily deceived into thinking that he has assaulted one of his fellow marines by mistake. The moment he releases his grip, you spin around and attack with your bare but deadly hands.</p>
<combat>
- <enemy>Drakkar (surprise attack)</enemy>
+ <enemy>Drakkar <em>(surprise attack)</em></enemy>
<enemy-attribute class="combatskill">12</enemy-attribute>
<enemy-attribute class="endurance">26</enemy-attribute>
</combat>
<data>
<p>The sun-sword spins through the air, its heavy blade pulling it slightly awry. You fear that it will miss the Darklord, yet it catches his outstretched hand and shears it off at the wrist before embedding itself in the chamber wall beyond. The evil lord screams in agony, cradling the severed stump in an attempt to staunch the flow of foul-smelling ichor. Then he shrieks maniacally and raises his sword with his remaining hand. He is badly wounded, but as he staggers forwards you sense that, so long as he wields his black sword, he is a formidable enemy.<footref id="sect75-1" idref="sect75-1-foot"/></p>
<combat>
- <enemy>Darklord Kraagensk<ch.ucirc/>l (wounded)</enemy>
+ <enemy>Darklord Kraagensk<ch.ucirc/>l <em>(wounded)</em></enemy>
<enemy-attribute class="combatskill">30</enemy-attribute>
<enemy-attribute class="endurance">29</enemy-attribute>
</combat>
<data>
<p>Your hand closes around the hilt of the black sword moments before Kraagensk<ch.ucirc/>l<ch.apos/>s claw-tipped fingers rake the floor where it lay. You raise the blade and feel a surge of cold power run the length of your arm. It courses through your brain, willing you to attack the cowering Darklord and slaughter him unmercifully. This new-felt need to wallow in the killing of an enemy stirs you to a fearful rage. Desperately you draw on your inner strength to overcome this barbaric urge, and control it, as you prepare to fight with Darklord Kraagensk<ch.ucirc/>l.</p>
<combat>
- <enemy>Darklord Kraagensk<ch.ucirc/>l (without Helshezag)</enemy>
+ <enemy>Darklord Kraagensk<ch.ucirc/>l <em>(without Helshezag)</em></enemy>
<enemy-attribute class="combatskill">35</enemy-attribute>
<enemy-attribute class="endurance">38</enemy-attribute>
</combat>
<data>
<p>Wielding a weapon of the Darklords, you strike Taktaal a grievous blow that wounds him deeply. Shrieking an unearthly cry of pain, he retreats from the Transfusor and unhooks a mace, carved from a solid chunk of black crystal, from a chain around his putrescent neck. As he raises it, you move forward to strike again.</p>
<combat>
- <enemy>Darklord Taktaal (wounded)</enemy>
+ <enemy>Darklord Taktaal <em>(wounded)</em></enemy>
<enemy-attribute class="combatskill">36</enemy-attribute>
<enemy-attribute class="endurance">40</enemy-attribute>
</combat>
<p><foreign xml:lang="x-giak"><quote>Aki-amaz narg kog Argazad!</quote></foreign> shrieks Kraagensk<ch.ucirc/>l, before you kick the bowl from its plinth, destroying the communicator. The Darklord lashes out with his sword, but you sidestep the wild blow with little difficulty, and then stoop to retrieve the Sommerswerd before he strikes a second time.</p>
<combat>
- <enemy>Darklord Kraagensk<ch.ucirc/>l (wounded)</enemy>
+ <enemy>Darklord Kraagensk<ch.ucirc/>l <em>(wounded)</em></enemy>
<enemy-attribute class="combatskill">36</enemy-attribute>
<enemy-attribute class="endurance">38</enemy-attribute>
</combat>
<data>
<p>Your Arrow passes clean through the tendril and shatters against the far wall, drawing a flash of sparks where it punctures it. The harsh, metallic stench of ozone colours the foul air, and the creature withdraws its injured limb. Suddenly, a huge shape explodes from the crevasse, rising at such speed that its features are a blur. It emits a deafening screech and dives towards your chest, lashing you with its injured tendril before you have a chance to draw a hand weapon in your defence. There is another flash and a juddering pain runs the length of your arm, leaving it numb and nerveless: lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points. Gritting your teeth against the pain, you fumble for a weapon as the creature begins its second swooping attack.</p>
<combat>
- <enemy>Ictakko (wounded)</enemy>
+ <enemy>Ictakko <em>(wounded)</em></enemy>
<enemy-attribute class="combatskill">24</enemy-attribute>
<enemy-attribute class="endurance">31</enemy-attribute>
</combat>
<data>
<p>You are in combat with a wounded Vladoka<ch.emdash/>an <ch.eacute/>lite Nadziranim temple guard. Despite his injury, you cannot evade his attacks and must fight him to the death.</p>
<combat>
- <enemy>Vladoka (wounded)</enemy>
+ <enemy>Vladoka <em>(wounded)</em></enemy>
<enemy-attribute class="combatskill">22</enemy-attribute>
<enemy-attribute class="endurance">25</enemy-attribute>
</combat>
<p><ch.lsquot/>Suddenly the black tendril retreats<ch.rsquot/>, copied and adapted from <a idref="sect103">Section 103</a>. Without this extensive revision, mention of the black tendril appears from nowhere, creating a large continuity issue.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect227">227</a>) Replaced <quote>over, then</quote> with <quote>over, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>guards in the watchtower, or the</quote> with <quote>guards in the watchtower or the</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect229">229</a>) Replaced <quote>gods</quote> with <quote>Gods</quote>. Replaced <quote>handshake, then</quote> with <quote>handshake, and then</quote>. Replaced <quote>Kaltesee</quote> with <quote>Kaltersee</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a id="err230" idref="sect230">230</a>) Addressing the issue of what <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> bonus the Dagger of Vashna or Helshezag should confer for this fight is rather problematic. On the one hand, use of the Dagger of Vashna in combat against Darklord Kraagensk<ch.ucirc/>l adds <quote>7 points to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> for the duration of the fight, owing to the power of the Dagger of Vashna when used against a Darklord of Helgedad</quote> (cf. <a idref="sect171">Section 171</a>). Similarly, Helshezag will also add <quote>7 points to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>
] when used against a Darklord of Helgedad</quote> (cf. <a idref="sect240">Section 240</a>).</p>
+ <p>(<a id="err230" idref="sect230">230</a>) Addressing the issue of what <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> bonus the Dagger of Vashna or Helshezag should confer for this fight is rather problematic. On the one hand, use of the Dagger of Vashna in combat against Darklord Kraagensk<ch.ucirc/>l adds <quote>7 points to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> for the duration of the fight, owing to the power of the Dagger of Vashna when used against a Darklord of Helgedad</quote> (cf. <a idref="sect171">Section 171</a>). Similarly, Helshezag will also add <quote>7 points to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> when used against a Darklord of Helgedad</quote> (cf. <a idref="sect240">Section 240</a>).</p>
<p>However, things are complicated by the battle with Darklord Gnaag in a few sections where the text clearly states: <quote>The power of the weapon you wield is greatly intensified when used within the walls of Helgedad. Owing to its increased power, add 12 to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> for the duration of the fight</quote> (cf. <a idref="sect88">Section 88</a>).</p>
<p>It seems that the author intended to keep the <ch.plus/>12 <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> bonus a surprise for the final, climactic battle, but this leads to inconsistency with the battle against Darklord Taktaal presented here. We suggest that you use the <ch.plus/>12 <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> bonus against Darklord Taktaal due to the power of the weapon you are wielding.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect231">231</a>) Replaced <quote>three Drakkar</quote> with <quote>three Drakkarim</quote>.</p>
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