<p>The Discipline bonuses mentioned do not affect your permanent scores. If you have completed previous adventures, the Disciplines that you have mastered may still be beneficial. See the Grand Master Rules section of the <a href="&link.rh;">Readers<ch.apos/> Handbook</a> for details.</p>
</footnote>
<footnote id="gamerulz-2-foot" idref="gamerulz-2">
- <p>If you have completed any previous <cite>Lone Wolf Grand Master</cite> adventures, remember to choose an additional Grand Master Discipline and add
+1 to your basic <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> and +2 to your basic <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> for each adventure you successfully completed (cf. <a idref="discplnz">Grand Master Disciplines</a>).</p>
+ <p>If you have completed any previous <cite>Lone Wolf Grand Master</cite> adventures, remember to choose an additional Grand Master Discipline and add
<ch.plus/>1 to your basic <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> and <ch.plus/>2 to your basic <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> for each adventure you successfully completed (cf. <a idref="discplnz">Grand Master Disciplines</a>).</p>
</footnote>
</footnotes>
<footnotes>
<footnote id="discplnz-1-foot" idref="discplnz-1">
<p>Weaponmastery bonuses are replaced by Grand Weaponmastery bonuses, not added cumulatively (cf. <a href="http://www.projectaon.org/en/ReadersHandbook/NewsletterExcerpts#lwcn28">Lone Wolf Club Newsletter 28</a>).</p>
- <p>If you have completed previous adventures, already possess the Magnakai Discipline of Weaponmastery with Bow, and have reached the rank of <bookref book="12tmod" section="imprvdsc">Mentora</bookref>, it seems that you should already be able to add 5 to numbers picked from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> (i.e. the basic Weaponmastery with Bow bonus of 3 added to the Mentora bonus of 2 for all missile weapons). Likely, the author intended the Weaponmastery bonus at the Mentora rank to be a <quote>hidden loyalty bonus</quote> (cf. <a href="http://www.projectaon.org/en/ReadersHandbook/NewsletterExcerpts#lwcn28">Lone Wolf Club Newsletter 28</a>). In view of this, the +2 Mentora bonus is therefore <em>not</em> cumulative with Grand Weaponmastery with Bow.</p>
+ <p>If you have completed previous adventures, already possess the Magnakai Discipline of Weaponmastery with Bow, and have reached the rank of <bookref book="12tmod" section="imprvdsc">Mentora</bookref>, it seems that you should already be able to add 5 to numbers picked from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> (i.e. the basic Weaponmastery with Bow bonus of 3 added to the Mentora bonus of 2 for all missile weapons). Likely, the author intended the Weaponmastery bonus at the Mentora rank to be a <quote>hidden loyalty bonus</quote> (cf. <a href="http://www.projectaon.org/en/ReadersHandbook/NewsletterExcerpts#lwcn28">Lone Wolf Club Newsletter 28</a>). In view of this, the <ch.plus/>2 Mentora bonus is therefore <em>not</em> cumulative with Grand Weaponmastery with Bow.</p>
<p>Certain sections direct the reader to use different bonuses when using a Bow, ranging from 3 to 5, if you have Grand Weaponmastery with Bow. This may be the author adjusting the Grand Weaponmastery bonus on a case-by-case basis (and therefore this bonus should be used instead of the standard bonus) or an error (and therefore all of these bonuses should be 5). It is up to you to decide, but it seems most reasonable to follow the first alternative, to replace the Grand Weaponmastery bonus with whatever bonus is mentioned in that section.</p>
</footnote>
</footnotes>
<p>Subtract the <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> of your enemy from this total. The result is your Combat Ratio. Enter it on the <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
<p>Example</p>
<p>Lone Wolf (<typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> 32) is attacked by a pack of Doomwolves (<typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> 30). He is taken by surprise and is not given the opportunity of evading their attack. Lone Wolf has the Grand Master Discipline of Kai-surge to which the Doomwolves are not immune, so Lone Wolf adds 8 points to his <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>, giving him a total <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> of 40.</p>
- <p>He subtracts the Doomwolf pack<ch.apos/>s <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> from his own, giving a Combat Ratio of
+10. (40<ch.minus></ch.minus>30 = +10). +10 is noted on the <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as the Combat Ratio.</p>
+ <p>He subtracts the Doomwolf pack<ch.apos/>s <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> from his own, giving a Combat Ratio of
<ch.plus/>10. (40<ch.minus></ch.minus>30 = <ch.plus/>10). <ch.plus/>10 is noted on the <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as the Combat Ratio.</p>
</li>
<li><p><a id="stage3">When you have your Combat Ratio</a>, pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p></li>
<li>
<p>Turn to the <a idref="crtable">Combat Results Table</a>. Along the top of the chart are shown the Combat Ratio numbers. Find the number that is the same as your Combat Ratio and cross-reference it with the random number that you have picked (the random numbers appear on the side of the chart). You now have the number of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points lost by both Lone Wolf and his enemy in this round of combat. (E represents points lost by the enemy; LW represents points lost by Lone Wolf.)</p>
<p>Example</p>
- <p>The Combat Ratio between Lone Wolf and the Doomwolf Pack has been established as
+10. If the number picked from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> is a 2, then the result of the first round of combat is:</p>
+ <p>The Combat Ratio between Lone Wolf and the Doomwolf Pack has been established as
<ch.plus/>10. If the number picked from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> is a 2, then the result of the first round of combat is:</p>
<ul>
<li>Lone Wolf loses 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points (plus an additional 1 point for using Kai-surge. This loss is in addition to the loss suffered as a result of combat).</li>
<li>Doomwolf Pack loses 7 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</li>
<p>By the time you reach the base of the temple, the storm is howling like a vengeful demon in your ears. Stinging blasts of hot, sand-laden wind whip your face mercilessly and you are forced to lean almost horizontally into the storm to maintain your balance. The storm is increasing in ferocity by the minute. You are sorely aware that you must find cover within an hour at most or you will perish in this hellish blizzard.</p>
<p>An empty parapeted stairway ascends from the temple<ch.apos/>s lowermost tier to the portal of its crowning tower. The parapet offers you protection from the wind and you climb the many steps bent over, almost on your hands and knees, in order to stay out of the abrasive storm. Before you ascend the last tier, you check to make sure that your adversary is not lying in ambush. The portal is now closed and you can sense no living creature nearby, yet you unsheathe your weapon from your belt and hold it ready in case danger should come from an unsuspected quarter.</p>
<p>When you reach the portal, you discover that it comprises a seamless sheet of lead-lined iron, many inches thick. You detect a lingering aura of magic around its threshold which makes you wary that a trap may have been set. Yet when you summon your psychic skills to probe deeper, you sense otherwise. You detect that Wolf<ch.apos/>s Bane has deliberately cast an illusion of magic around this portal, no doubt in the hope that it will delay or deter you long enough for the storm to do its work. Confident that the door is not lethal, you examine it more closely. Set flush into the glassy surface of its surrounding arch, you discover an inscription above two squares of dull crimson gemstone. Your Sixth Sense reveals that tapping upon each square a correct number of times will cause the door to open. Cautiously you place your fingers lightly upon the squares and feel the gentle vibration of the door<ch.apos/>s locking mechanism. By concentrating on these vibrations you hope to be able to decipher its locking codes.</p>
- <p>After several minutes you determine that the first code is equal to the <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score below which a Grand Master cannot use the Discipline of Kai-surge.</p>
+ <p>After several minutes you determine that the first code is equal to the <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score at which a Grand Master cannot use the Discipline of Kai-surge.</p>
<p>The second code is equal to the number of villages that lie on the highway between the cities of Holmgard and Ragadorn.</p>
<puzzle idref="sect64">In order to determine the numbers that will open the door to the temple, consult the <a idref="map">map</a> and <a idref="gamerulz">games rules</a>. When you think you know the two-digit solution, <choose test="has-numbered-section-list"><when value="true"><a idref="numbered">turn to the entry</a></when><otherwise>turn to the entry</otherwise></choose> that is the same number as your answer.<footref id="sect251-1" idref="sect251-1-foot"/></puzzle>
<choice idref="sect283">If you cannot decipher the codes, <link-text>turn instead to 283</link-text>.</choice>
<p>(<a idref="sect244">244</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai mastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Mastery</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect246">246</a>) Replaced <quote>clay tile roof</quote> with <quote>clay-tile roof</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect249">249</a>) Replaced <quote>still-warm</quote> with <quote>still warm</quote>. Replaced <quote>Clasp (if</quote> with <quote>Clasp. (If</quote>. Replaced <quote>tunic).</quote> with <quote>tunic.)</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect251">251</a>) Deleted <quote> at the front of this book</quote>. Replaced <quote>sixth senses reveal</quote> with <quote>Sixth Sense reveals</quote>. Replaced <quote>reveals that by tapping upon each square a correct number of times you will</quote> with <quote>reveals that tapping upon each square a correct number of times will</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect251">251</a>) Deleted <quote> at the front of this book</quote>. Replaced <quote>sixth senses reveal</quote> with <quote>Sixth Sense reveals</quote>. Replaced <quote>reveals that by tapping upon each square a correct number of times you will</quote> with <quote>reveals that tapping upon each square a correct number of times will</quote>. Replaced <quote>score below which</quote> with <quote>score at which</quote> for clarity.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect252">252</a>) Replaced <quote>turn to the page</quote> with <quote>turn to the entry</quote> for clarity and consistency.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect255">255</a>) Replaced <quote>cries, <ch.lsquot/>flee</quote> with <quote>cries. <ch.lsquot/>Flee</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect256">256</a>) Replaced <quote>1<ch.endash/>4</quote> with <quote>0<ch.endash/>4</quote>.</p>
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