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+ <title>The Storms of Chai</title>
+ <creator class="author" sort-name="Dever, Joe">Joe Dever</creator>
+ <creator class="short">Joe Dever</creator>
+ <creator class="medium">
+ <line>Joe Dever</line>
+ </creator>
+ <creator class="long">
+ &inclusion.joe.dever.bio.lw;
+ </creator>
+ <publisher>Project Aon</publisher>
+ <date class="publication"><year>XXXX</year><month>X</month><day>X</day></date>
+ <description class="blurb">
+ <p>A visit to the fabulous court of Xo-lin is disrupted when news of an invasion arrives at the venerable emperor<ch.apos/>s palace in Pensei. The evil Autarch Sejanoz of Bhanar has launched a sudden and devastating attack upon Xo-lin<ch.apos/>s ancient realm. With the tyrant<ch.apos/>s armies swarming across his borders, the aged Xo-lin is forced to flee his Imperial Palace and seek sanctuary in the distant city of Tazhan.</p>
+ <p>In <strong><cite>The Hunger of Sejanoz</cite></strong>, your mission is to escort the aged emperor and his entourage safely across the Great Lissan Plain to Tazhan. Will you succeed in your perilous task<ch.ellips/>or will you and your charges fall victim to the merciless forces of the Autarch?</p>
+ </description>
+ <description class="publication">
+ <p>Internet Edition published by <a href="http://www.projectaon.org/">Project Aon</a>. This edition is intended to reflect the complete text of the original version. Where we have made minor corrections, they will be noted in the <a idref="errata">Errata</a>.</p>
+ </description>
+ <rights class="copyrights">
+ <line>Text copyright <ch.copy/> 2016 Joe Dever.</line>
+ <line>Map copyright <ch.copy/> 2016 Francesco Mattioli.</line>
+ <line>Interior art copyright <ch.copy/> 2015 Giuseppe Camuncoli.</line>
+ </rights>
+ <rights class="license-notification">
+ <p>
+ <line>Text copyright <ch.copy/> 2016 Joe Dever.</line>
+ <line>Map copyright <ch.copy/> 2016 Francesco Mattioli.</line>
+ <line>Interior art copyright <ch.copy/> 2015 Giuseppe Camuncoli.</line>
+ <line>Distribution of this Internet Edition is restricted under the terms of the <a idref="license">Project Aon License</a>.</line>
+ </p>
+ </rights>
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+ <section class="frontmatter" id="dedicate">
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+ <title>Dedication</title>
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+ <data>
+ <p class="dedication">
+ <line>For Rob Gould</line>
+ <line><quote>Cometh the hour, cometh the man.</quote></line>
+ </p>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="acknwldg">
+ <meta>
+ <title>Acknowledgements</title>
+ <link class="prev" idref="dedicate" />
+ <link class="next" idref="timeline" />
+ </meta>
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+ <data>
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+ &inclusion.joe.dever.endowment;
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="credits">
+ <meta><title>Credits</title></meta>
+
+ <data>
+ <dl>
+ <dt>XML</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <line>Jonathan Blake</line>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Action Charts</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <line>JC Alvarez</line>
+ <line>Jonathan Blake</line>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Proofreading</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <line><!-- TODO: XXXXX --></line>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Coordination</dt>
+ <dd>Jonathan Blake</dd>
+ </dl>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="timeline">
+ <meta>
+ <title>Timeline of Notable Events in Magnamund</title>
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+ <data>
+ <dl>
+ <dt>MS 5085 Bhanar and Chai</dt>
+ <dd>The vampiric Autarch Sejanoz of Bhanar was destroyed. Khea-khan Xo-lin of Chai rallied the New Kingdom armies, defeated the invading Bhanarian army and pursued it deep into the Bhanarian homeland. Xo-lin<ch.apos/>s son, General Zha-zhing, looted the city of Yua Tzhan and razed it to the ground. Very few of its citizens escaped alive. This has since become remembered as the Massacre of Yua Tzhan. Young Prince Kamada, Xo-Lin<ch.apos/>s great-great-grandson, died during the winter. He was next in line for the throne of Chai because General Zha-zing was the illegitimate son of Xo-lin.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5086 Bhanar and Chai</dt>
+ <dd>The Chai army occupied eastern Bhanar, and all of its steam-powered engines and weapons of war were systematically destroyed. The aged Khea-khan Xo-lin of Chai died, and his only remaining son, Zha-zhing, acceded to the throne. Zha-zhing<ch.apos/>s political rivals accused him of plotting and orchestrating the young prince Kadama<ch.apos/>s death in the preceding year for his personal gain. These accusations were never proven. Upon his inauguration he married Princess Myelsha of Mhytan. Chai forts along the border with Bhanar were attacked by Bhanarian irregulars in reprisal for the Massacre of Yua Tzhan. A treaty was signed between Chai and Mhytan (the Chai Sea Treaty). All Bhanarian shipping was denied access to the Chai Sea by Mhytanian and Chai men of war. The blockade soon suffocated Bhanarian resistance.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5086 Shadaki and Free Alliance of Southern Magnamund</dt>
+ <dd>Zultan Zedoli seized the throne of Shadaki in a bloody uprising, and the state of Shadaki seceded from the Free Alliance of Southern Magnamund<ch.emdash/>the confederation of states which had emerged from the collapse of the Shadakine Empire of Shararak the Wytch-king in MS 5057. Grey Star, the previous ruler of Shadaki, fled but he remained the Wizard Regent of the Free Alliance and set up his new capital in Port of Suhn.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5087 Bhanar and Chai</dt>
+ <dd>Bhanarian resistance collapsed. Khea-khan Zha-zhing installed Overseer Klutan upon the throne of Bhanar. Klutan was a political puppet of Chai. The Chai army withdrew from eastern Bhanar. Khea-khan Zha-zhing had a son, Lao Tin.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5088 Vaduzhan, Bhanar and Chai</dt>
+ <dd>Vaduzhan invaded south-western Bhanar. The capital city of Otavai fell to Vaduzian forces with little resistance. King Kardisa of Vaduzhan claimed the territories of former south-western Bhanar for his imperial throne. Chai chose not to oppose his claims. Overseer Klutan transferred his seat of power to the coastal city of Yua Klio near to the Chai border. Gradually he lost control over most of Bhanar.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5088 The Isle of Lorn</dt>
+ <dd>The Shianti left the Isle of Lorn to reside with Goddess Ishir on the Plane of Light. Their final act upon Magnamund was to bequeath their island to the Order of the Kai. The handover was facilitated by their emissary, Grey Star.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5089 The Isle of Lorn, Shadaki, and the Free ALliance</dt>
+ <dd>Lone Wolf travelled to the Isle of Lorn. Assisted by Grey Star and Guildmaster Banedon, he made plans for the construction of a second Kai Monastery. Zultan Zedoli of Shadaki declared their presence upon the Isle of Lorn <quote>an act of war</quote>. Shadaki mustered its army and attacked its southern neighbours: Korli and Forlu, members of the Free Alliance of Southern Magnamund. The Freelands sent troops to support the Free Alliance led by Grey Star, as did Lone Wolf. A cassel of Kai and three cassels of Sommlending marines fought in the War of the Sea of Winds. Shadaki was soundly defeated and forced to relinquish all of its territorial gains. Zultan Zedoli was assassinated before the year was out. Ulonga the Shaman, the evil necromancer who pulled the strings in Zedoli<ch.apos/>s shadow, now overtly seized control of Shadaki with assistance from Sesketera, the notoriously cruel ruler of the city-state of Ghol-Tabras.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5090 Lencia and Nyras</dt>
+ <dd>The Lencians were forced out of Nyras by Warmarshal Ranghor. King Sarnac III was killed. A civil war erupted in the Drakkarim nations as Ranghor and his former lieutenant, Ghangrim, wrestled for control.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5090 The Isle of Lorn</dt>
+ <dd>Construction began on the new Kai Monastery on the Isle of Lorn. It would take ten years to complete. Most of the Grand Masters of the New Order helped in the building of this magnificent fortress.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5090 Shadaki</dt>
+ <dd>Occasional border skirmishes between Shadaki and Korli persisted.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5091 Siyen</dt>
+ <dd>A large number of Agarashi creatures (estimated at between 8,000-12,000) emerged from the Darkwall Mountains and invaded the Lucien Plain of Siyen. The city of Varedo was overrun and destroyed. The Siyenese army swiftly counter-attacked and forced the ravening horde back into its hidden mountain lairs.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5091 The Isle of Lorn</dt>
+ <dd>The Freelands Alliance provided 1,000 workers to help with the construction of the Kai Monastery of Lorn. </dd>
+ <dt>MS 5091 Shadaki</dt>
+ <dd>All incursions by Shadaki into Korli ceased.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5091 Sommerlund</dt>
+ <dd>King Ulnar V of Sommerlund and his two daughters, Crown Princess Imelda and Princess Madelon, died in unexplained circumstances in the King<ch.apos/>s Keep of Holmgard. Kai Grand Master Firestone was killed attempting to protect them. The party responsible for these tragic murders was never found but the fact someone could strike in the heart of Sommerlund greatly worried Supreme Master Lone Wolf. King Tor IV, son of Crown Princess Imelda, acceded to the throne of Sommerlund.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5092 Lunarlia</dt>
+ <dd>The town of Jaroc, in southern Lunarlia, was attacked and destroyed by a large force (estimated at between 7,000-10,000) of Agarashi from the Doomlands of Naaros.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5092 Stornlands</dt>
+ <dd>The War of the Warrens erupted between Eldenora and Delden following the assassination of Lord Vandyan of Eldenora.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5093 Starn</dt>
+ <dd>Mt. Vost was besieged by a large horde of unnamed creatures (estimated at between 12,000-15,000) from out of the Kraknalorg Chasm. The Giants of Starn received military aid from Boden which broke the siege and sent the horde fleeing back into the chasm. The southern borderlands of Starn (namely the Shadow Grails and the Tsuzeloi Hills) have since been heavily patrolled by the rangers of Boden and Starn.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5093 Stornlands</dt>
+ <dd>End of the War of the Warrens between Eldenora and Delden. Eldenora won the war, gaining territory and tribute from defeated King Loarn of Delden.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5094 Kasland and Cincoria</dt>
+ <dd>Several skirmishes occurred between Kasland border patrols and creatures encroaching upon Kasland territory from out of the Kraknalorg Chasm. In northern Cincoria, several of its timberland settlements were destroyed by similar creatures from the chasm.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5095 Vassagonia</dt>
+ <dd>Zakhan Jaraza acceded to the throne of Vassagonia. Peace treaties were signed between Vassagonia and the Lastlands. The new Zakhan formerly renounced all Vassagonian territorial claims to Cloeasia in perpetuity.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5095 Magador</dt>
+ <dd>President Kadharian was assassinated and control of Magador was seized by Marshall Luthos Vorgada, a senior Magadorian army officer.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5095 Sommerlund</dt>
+ <dd>A record harvest was reported.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5096 Magador and Ogia</dt>
+ <dd>Magador allied to Ogia and their joint armies attacked Talestria. Palmyrion supported Talestria with military assistance and they won a decisive joint victory over Magador and Ogia at the Second Battle of Luukos.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5097 The Danarg and Talestria</dt>
+ <dd>The Talestrian border with the Danarg Swamp was violated. Dozens of incursions were reported of swamp creatures hunting well beyond their usual confines of the Danarg. The Talestrian Army was deployed to contain the encroachments.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5098 Lencia, Nyras and Nyvoz</dt>
+ <dd>In the Drakkarim Homelands, Warlord Ghangrim and his Nadziranim allies were pushed back into Nyvoz. Drakkar Warmarshal Ranghor oversaw the construction of ironclad warships at Zeegazad. King Telnac of Lencia ordered the construction of a shipyard at Newton on the River Doun. </dd>
+ <dt>MS 5098 Kasland</dt>
+ <dd>Archduke Chalamis of Kasland died in mysterious circumstances. He was succeeded by Archduchess Larena.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5098 Sommerlund</dt>
+ <dd>Rich new gold seams were discovered in the south-eastern reaches of the Maaken Mines. The Sommlending Crown reaped huge rewards from this new-found gold. King Tor IV doubled the size of the regular Sommlending Army of the South, and increased the size of all the Sommlending fleets.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5099 The Isle of Lorn</dt>
+ <dd>A Shadakine plot to destroy the Kai Monastery of Lorn was foiled by Lone Wolf and the New Order Kai. Kai Grand Master Bright Star sacrificed himself to save the new Monastery. </dd>
+ <dt>MS 5099 Stornlands</dt>
+ <dd>Acolytes of Vashna were sighted numerous times throughout the year, mostly in Delden, Eldenora, and Salony. </dd>
+ <dt>MS 5100 The Isle of Lorn</dt>
+ <dd>The Kai Monastery of Lorn was completed on the fifth day of the New Year. At the inaugural ceremony, the God Kai appeared to Supreme Master Lone Wolf. He gave his praises, his blessings, and a sombre warning that Magnamund would soon suffer assault by the forces of Naar.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5100 Sommerlund</dt>
+ <dd>Lone Wolf returned to Sommerlund to prepare the Kai Order for a new dawn of darkness. He also sent Kai Master Red Bear and three Kai Aspirants to Talestria.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5100 Kalte</dt>
+ <dd>All Sommlending and Durenese trading links with Ljuk were severed without warning by the Ice Barbarians. Sommlending traders had their cargoes seized before they were run out of the Kalte trading post. Two Northlands Trading Company ships were commandeered at anchor off the Ljuk Ice Shelf by Ice Barbarian war parties. Their cargoes were seized and the crews were brutally murdered. The Kalte barbarian warlord, Tvor<ch.apos/>tana, united all of the disparate tribes of the northern wastes for the first time. With their unanimous consent, he claimed for himself the title <quote>Grand Brumalmarc of the Icelands</quote>.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5100 Salony</dt>
+ <dd>The seceding town of Amory was besieged and captured by an army of mercenary companies led by Prince Darthon of Rhem. Duke Lortha, the evil Highborn of Amory, was brutally slain.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5100 Lencia</dt>
+ <dd>King Telnac was warned by the Telchoi of an impending Agarashi uprising and he called off his crusade against the Drakkarim. The Drakkarim perceived this as a sign of weakness and launched a swift invasion of Lencia. After Vadera and Westhaven were razed to the ground and King Telnac was killed on the battlefield, Warmarshal Ranghor claimed the throne of Lencia. Prince Sarnac, heir to crown of Lencia, was able to flee from Helmstorm and went into exile. </dd>
+ <dt>MS 5100 The Darklands</dt>
+ <dd>The Lake of Blood surrounding the ruins of Helgedad self-extinguished.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5101 Dessi</dt>
+ <dd>Shortly after the Feast of Fehmarn, the Chasm of Gorgoron was rocked by violent earthquakes. When finally the quakes subsided, swarms of Agarashi arose from the chasm and infiltrated the jungle realm of Dessi.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5101 Kalte, Sommerlund, and Durenor</dt>
+ <dd>The newly declared <quote>Grand Brumalmarc of the Icelands</quote>, Tvor<ch.apos/>tana, with Nadziranim aid, unlocked the Vagadyn Gate, a Shadow Gate located beneath the Ice Fortress of Ikaya and released the Ice Demons that had not managed to pass through this ethereal corridor before it was sealed millennia ago. These powerful creatures of evil brought an early and unnatural winter to Sommerlund and Durenor. The Kaltersee froze over and the Ice Barbarians swept down and invaded northern Sommerlund and northern Durenor. Supreme Master Lone Wolf, King Tor IV of Sommerlund, and King Danan I of Durenor lead the armies that destroyed most of the Ice Demons, and then defeated the Ice Barbarians, sending them fleeing back to their frigid wilderness. The victory was won at the cost of the heroic self-sacrifice of King Tor IV. The unnatural winter ended as swiftly as it had begun. Sommerlund endured three months of flooding before all of the melt waters declined and the natural cycle of the seasons resumed once more. King Haigh V acceded to the throne of Sommerlund and married Princess Emyla of Talestria.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5101 Lencia</dt>
+ <dd>Prince Sarnac, at the head of a united Freelands force, attacked Helmstorm and liberated it from the Drakkarim. Sarnac was crowned King Sarnac IV of Lencia before he led his forces from Helmstorm to face the Drakkarim who had rallied to the north of the capital. Lencian and Drakkarim armies fought at the Battle of Grimstone Valley. Ranghor was vanquished when troops from Kasland arrived to reinforce the Lencians late on the second day of the battle.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5101 Eru</dt>
+ <dd>An Eruan Pathfinder reported that Ghangrim<ch.apos/>s Nadziranim had constructed a machine that would <quote>devastate the Freelands</quote>.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5101 Western Tentarias</dt>
+ <dd>The Invasion of Darke began. The city fell to the united forces of Eru, Lencia, Kasland, Boden and Bor. King Sarnac IV renamed the city <quote>Gamir</quote>, its ancient Lencian title. Sarnac pressed on through Nyras and Nyvoz, intent on taking Kagorst and wiping out the remaining Drakkarim threat. Sarnac rode to victory and razed Kagorst.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5101 Skaror</dt>
+ <dd>Frequent and violet earthquakes tore open the borderland between the Darklands and Skaror in the southern foothills of the Ogshezar Mountains. A deep chasm, two hundred miles long and of unknown depth, appeared and destroyed the ancient Darklord city of Cragmantle. It stretched from the ruins of Cragmantle on the Skaror border, all the way to the abandoned Darklands city of Nadgazad.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5101 Bhanar</dt>
+ <dd>The remote Bhanarian city of Bakhasa was seized by a Nadziranim sorcerer named Zashnor.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5101 Maakengorge</dt>
+ <dd>The Maakengorge opened further, extending the vast chasm by twenty five miles to the east. The ruins of Maaken were completely leveled by the violent aftershocks, and very few buildings in the Free State of Casiorn were left standing.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5101 Stornlands</dt>
+ <dd>Thousands of Acolytes of Vashna began to make pilgrimage to the Maakengorge.</dd>
+ <dt>MS 5102 Chai</dt>
+ <dd>Khea-khan Zha-zhing died (aged 58) on the Feast of Fehmarn. His son, Lao Tin (aged 16), became the new Khea-khan of Chai.</dd>
+ </dl>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="tssf">
+ <meta>
+ <title>The Story So Far<ch.ellips/></title>
+ <link class="prev" idref="timeline" />
+ <link class="next" idref="gamerulz" />
+ </meta>
+
+ <data>
+ <!--TODO-->
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="gamerulz">
+ <meta>
+ <title>The Game Rules</title>
+ <link class="prev" idref="tssf" />
+ <link class="next" idref="kainame" />
+ </meta>
+
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="gamerulz-1-foot" idref="gamerulz-1">
+ <p>If you have completed any previous <cite>Lone Wolf New Order</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>
+
+ <data>
+ <p>You keep a record of your adventure on the <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
+ <p>During the years you have spent in training at the Kai Monastery, you have devoted yourself to further developing your fighting prowess (<typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>) and physical stamina (<typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ>). Before you begin this <cite>New Order</cite> adventure you need to measure how effective your training has been. To do this take a pencil and, with your eyes closed, point the blunt end of it onto the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you pick a 0 it counts as zero.</p>
+ <p>The first number that you pick from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> in this way represents your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>. Add 25 to the number you picked and write the total in the <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> (i.e. if your pencil fell on the number 7 in the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> you would write in a <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> of 32). When you fight, your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> will be pitted against that of your enemy. A high score in this section is therefore desirable.</p>
+ <p>The second number that you pick from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> represents your powers of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ>. Add 30 to this number and write the total in the <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> (i.e. if your pencil fell on the number 8 on the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> you would have 38 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points).</p>
+ <p>If you are wounded in combat you will lose <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points. If at any time your <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points fall to zero or below, you are dead and the adventure is over. Lost <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points can be regained during the course of the adventure, but your number of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points cannot rise above the number you have when you start an adventure.</p>
+ <p>If you have successfully completed previous adventures in the <cite>Lone Wolf New Order</cite> series (Books 21<ch.endash/>27), you can carry your current scores of <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> and <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points over to this adventure.<footref id="gamerulz-1" idref="gamerulz-1-foot"/> You may also carry over any Special Items, Kai Weapon, normal Weapons, and Backpack Items you had in your possession at the end of your last adventure, and these should be entered on your new <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
+ <p><strong>Playing Tip:</strong> You may use a 10-sided die instead of the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> if you find it more convenient.</p>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter-separate" id="kainame">
+ <meta>
+ <title>Your Kai Name</title>
+ <link class="prev" idref="gamerulz" />
+ <link class="next" idref="discplnz" />
+ </meta>
+
+ <data>
+ <p>It has long been the tradition of your <ch.eacute/>lite warrior caste to bestow a new name upon each young novice when they complete their first year<ch.apos/>s training at the Kai Monastery. Kai names are chosen by senior Kai Masters with the aim of reflecting the individual strengths and qualities of each novice.</p>
+ <p>You may create your own Kai name for yourself, or you can generate a Kai name at random using the name tables below. To generate a Kai name, pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and consult Table A. The name which corresponds to the number you have picked is the first part, or prefix, of your Kai name. Now pick a second number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and consult Table B. The name which corresponds to the number you have picked is the second part, or suffix, of your Kai name. Put the prefix and the suffix together and you have your own personal Kai name.</p>
+
+
+ <table>
+ <tr>
+ <th colspan="2" scope="colgroup">Table A</th>
+ <th colspan="1" scope="colgroup"></th>
+ <th colspan="2" scope="colgroup">Table B</th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <th colspan="2" scope="colgroup">(Kai name prefix)</th>
+ <th colspan="1" scope="colgroup"></th>
+ <th colspan="2" scope="colgroup">(Kai name suffix)</th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>0 = </td>
+ <td>Swift</td>
+ <td></td>
+ <td>0 = </td>
+ <td>Blade</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>1 = </td>
+ <td>Sun</td>
+ <td></td>
+ <td>1 = </td>
+ <td>Fire</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>2 = </td>
+ <td>True</td>
+ <td></td>
+ <td>2 = </td>
+ <td>Hawk</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>3 = </td>
+ <td>Bold</td>
+ <td></td>
+ <td>3 = </td>
+ <td>Heart</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>4 = </td>
+ <td>Moon</td>
+ <td></td>
+ <td>4 = </td>
+ <td>Friend</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>5 = </td>
+ <td>Sword</td>
+ <td></td>
+ <td>5 = </td>
+ <td>Star</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>6 = </td>
+ <td>Wise</td>
+ <td></td>
+ <td>6 = </td>
+ <td>Dancer</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>7 = </td>
+ <td>Storm</td>
+ <td></td>
+ <td>7 = </td>
+ <td>Helm</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>8 = </td>
+ <td>Rune</td>
+ <td></td>
+ <td>8 = </td>
+ <td>Strider</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>9 = </td>
+ <td>Brave</td>
+ <td></td>
+ <td>9 = </td>
+ <td>Shield</td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter-separate" id="discplnz">
+ <meta>
+ <title>New Order Kai Grand Master Disciplines</title>
+ <link class="prev" idref="kainame" />
+ <link class="next" idref="equipmnt" />
+ </meta>
+
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="discplnz-1-foot" idref="discplnz-1">
+ <p>Details about the Kai Weapon appear in the next section of the game rules.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
+ <data>
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="mksumary">
+ <meta>
+ <title>Kai and Magnakai Disciplines</title>
+ </meta>
+
+ <data>
+ <p>During your distinguished rise to the ranks of the New Order of Kai Grand Masters, you have become proficient in all of the basic Kai and Magnakai Disciplines. These Disciplines provide you with a formidable arsenal of natural abilities which will serve you well. A brief summary of your skills is given below:</p>
+
+ <dl class="paragraphed">
+ <dt>Weaponmastery</dt>
+ <dd><p>You are proficient with all close combat and missile weapons. You are a master of unarmed combat and suffer no <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> loss when fighting bare-handed.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Animal Control</dt>
+ <dd><p>You are able to communicate with most animals and have limited control over hostile creatures. You can use woodland animals as guides and you are able to block a non-sentient creature<ch.apos/>s sense of taste and smell.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Curing</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>You are able to restore <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points lost as a direct result of combat. You may restore 1 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point for every numbered section of the book you pass through in which you are not involved in further combat. The maximum number of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points that can be restored in this way is limited to 10 per adventure.</p>
+ <p>You also possess the ability to heal the wounds of others, and you can neutralize the harmful effects of most poisons, venoms, and toxins.</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Invisibility</dt>
+ <dd><p>You can hide effectively in most environments, mask any sounds made during movement, and you can cause minor alterations of your own physical appearance. Also you are able to mask your own body heat and scent.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Huntmastery</dt>
+ <dd><p>You are an expert hunter of food in the wild. You possess great physical agility and a keen sense of vision (day and night). Your senses of hearing and smell are especially acute.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Pathsmanship</dt>
+ <dd><p>You are able to understand most languages, magical symbols, and hieroglyphics. You are expert at reading footprints and tracks. You have an intuitive knowledge of the compass points and can detect the threat of an enemy ambush up to a distance of 500 yards. You possess an ability to cross terrain without leaving tracks. You can converse with sentient creatures and mask yourself from psychic spells of detection.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Psi-surge</dt>
+ <dd><p>You are able to attack enemies using the powers of your mind. Also you can set up disruptive vibrations in inanimate objects and cause confusion in the minds of unsophisticated enemies.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Psi-screen</dt>
+ <dd><p>You possess strong mental defences against hypnosis, supernatural illusions, charms, hostile telepathy, and evil spirits. You are able to divert and re-channel some hostile psychic energy to your own ends.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Nexus</dt>
+ <dd><p>You can move small items by projection of your mind power. You can withstand extremes of temperature and are able to extinguish fire by force of your will alone. You have a limited immunity to flames, toxic gases, and corrosive liquids.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Divination</dt>
+ <dd><p>Your famous Kai Sixth Sense can warn you of imminent danger. You can detect invisible or hidden enemies, and you are able to communicate telepathically. You can recognize magic-using and/or magical creatures, detect psychic residues, and you have a limited ability to leave your corporeal body (<quote>spirit-walk</quote>) for short periods.</p></dd>
+ </dl>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="nodispln">
+ <meta>
+ <title>New Order Kai Grand Master Disciplines</title>
+ </meta>
+
+ <data>
+ <p>After years of martial training and study at the Kai Monastery, and by the rigorous practice of the teachings of your illustrious mentor<ch.emdash/>Kai Supreme Master Lone Wolf<ch.emdash/>you have achieved the noble rank of Kai Grand Master Senior.</p>
+
+ <p>Following in the footsteps of Lone Wolf himself, you have vowed that one day you will become totally proficient in all 16 of the New Order Kai Grand Master Disciplines. By doing so successfully you will share with Lone Wolf the responsibility, the honour, and the future glory of leading the New Order Kai as a Supreme Master.</p>
+
+ <p>If this is the first <cite>New Order</cite> adventure you have undertaken, then your present rank is that of Kai Grand Master Senior. This means that you have mastered <em>five</em> of the New Order Grand Master Disciplines listed below. It is for you to decide which five Disciplines these are. As all of the New Order Grand Master Disciplines may be of use to you at some point during your mission, pick these five skills with care. The correct use of a New Order Grand Master Discipline at the right time could save your life. When you have chosen your five Disciplines, enter them in the Grand Master Disciplines section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="wpnmstry">
+ <meta><title>Grand Weaponmastery</title></meta>
+ <data>
+
+ <illustration class="inline">
+ <meta>
+ <creator>Brian Williams</creator>
+ </meta>
+ <instance class="html" src="wpnmast.png" width="386" height="54" mime-type="image/png"/>
+ <instance class="html-compatible" src="wpnmast.gif" width="386" height="54" mime-type="image/gif"/>
+ <instance class="pdf" src="wpnmast.pdf" width="386" height="54" />
+ </illustration>
+
+ <p>This Discipline enables a New Order Grand Master to become supremely efficient in the use of all weapons. When you enter combat armed with one of your Grand Master weapons, you may add 5 points to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>. The rank of Kai Grand Master Senior, with which you begin the <cite>New Order</cite> series, means that you are skilled in the use of <em>one</em> of the weapons listed below.</p>
+
+ <illustration class="inline">
+ <meta>
+ <creator>Brian Williams</creator>
+ </meta>
+ <instance class="html" src="weapons.png" width="386" height="310" mime-type="image/png"/>
+ <instance class="html-compatible" src="weapons.gif" width="386" height="310" mime-type="image/gif"/>
+ <instance class="pdf" src="weapons.pdf" width="386" height="310" />
+ </illustration>
+
+ <p>For every adventure that you complete successfully in the <cite>New Order</cite> series while possessing the Discipline of Grand Weaponmastery, you will gain proficiency with one additional weapon.</p>
+ <p>If you have the Discipline of Grand Weaponmastery with Bow, you may add 5 points to any number you pick from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>, when using the Bow.</p>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="anmlmstr">
+ <meta><title>Animal Mastery</title></meta>
+ <data>
+
+ <illustration class="inline">
+ <meta>
+ <creator>Brian Williams</creator>
+ </meta>
+ <instance class="html" src="anmlmast.png" width="386" height="53" mime-type="image/png"/>
+ <instance class="html-compatible" src="anmlmast.gif" width="386" height="53" mime-type="image/gif"/>
+ <instance class="pdf" src="anmlmast.pdf" width="386" height="53" />
+ </illustration>
+
+ <p>New Order Grand Masters have considerable control over hostile, non-sentient creatures. Also, they have the ability to converse with birds and fishes, and use them as guides.</p>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="deliver">
+ <meta><title>Deliverance <em>(Advanced Curing)</em></title></meta>
+ <data>
+
+ <illustration class="inline">
+ <meta>
+ <creator>Brian Williams</creator>
+ </meta>
+ <instance class="html" src="delvrance.png" width="386" height="53" mime-type="image/png"/>
+ <instance class="html-compatible" src="delvrance.gif" width="386" height="53" mime-type="image/gif"/>
+ <instance class="pdf" src="delvrance.pdf" width="386" height="53" />
+ </illustration>
+
+ <p>New Order Grand Masters are able to use their healing power to repair serious battle-wounds. If, while in combat, their <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> is reduced to 8 points or less, they can draw upon their mastery to restore 20 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points. This emergency ability can only be used once every 20 days.</p>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="assimila">
+ <meta><title>Assimilance <em>(Advanced Invisibility)</em></title></meta>
+ <data>
+
+ <illustration class="inline">
+ <meta>
+ <creator>Brian Williams</creator>
+ </meta>
+ <instance class="html" src="assmlnce.png" width="386" height="53" mime-type="image/png"/>
+ <instance class="html-compatible" src="assmlnce.gif" width="386" height="53" mime-type="image/gif"/>
+ <instance class="pdf" src="assmlnce.pdf" width="386" height="53" />
+ </illustration>
+
+ <p>New Order Grand Masters are able to effect striking changes to their physical appearance, and maintain these changes over a period of 1 to 3 days. They have also mastered advanced camouflage techniques which make them virtually undetectable in an open landscape.</p>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="hntmstry">
+ <meta><title>Grand Huntmastery</title></meta>
+ <data>
+
+ <illustration class="inline">
+ <meta>
+ <creator>Brian Williams</creator>
+ </meta>
+ <instance class="html" src="huntmstr.png" width="386" height="54" mime-type="image/png"/>
+ <instance class="html-compatible" src="huntmstr.gif" width="386" height="54" mime-type="image/gif"/>
+ <instance class="pdf" src="huntmstr.pdf" width="386" height="54" />
+ </illustration>
+
+ <p>New Order Grand Masters are able to see in total darkness and they possess great natural speed and agility. They also have a superb sense of touch and taste. If you have chosen the Discipline of Grand Huntmastery as one of your skills, you will not need to tick off a Meal when instructed to eat.</p>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="pthmnshp">
+ <meta><title>Grand Pathsmanship</title></meta>
+ <data>
+
+ <illustration class="inline">
+ <meta>
+ <creator>Brian Williams</creator>
+ </meta>
+ <instance class="html" src="pathsmn.png" width="386" height="53" mime-type="image/png"/>
+ <instance class="html-compatible" src="pathsmn.gif" width="386" height="53" mime-type="image/gif"/>
+ <instance class="pdf" src="pathsmn.pdf" width="386" height="53" />
+ </illustration>
+
+ <p>New Order Grand Masters are able to resist entrapment by hostile plants. Also they have a super-awareness of ambush, or the threat of ambush, in woods and dense forests.</p>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="kaisurge">
+ <meta><title>Kai-surge</title></meta>
+ <data>
+
+ <illustration class="inline">
+ <meta>
+ <creator>Brian Williams</creator>
+ </meta>
+ <instance class="html" src="ksurge.png" width="386" height="53" mime-type="image/png"/>
+ <instance class="html-compatible" src="ksurge.gif" width="386" height="53" mime-type="image/gif"/>
+ <instance class="pdf" src="ksurge.pdf" width="386" height="53" />
+ </illustration>
+
+ <p>When using their psychic ability to attack an enemy, New Order Grand Masters may add 8 points to their <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>. For every round in which Kai-surge is used, they need only deduct 1 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point. Grand Masters have the option of using a weaker form of psychic attack called Mindblast. When using this lesser attack, they may add 4 points to their <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> without loss of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points (Kai-surge and Mindblast cannot be used simultaneously). New Order Grand Masters cannot use Kai-surge if their <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> score falls to 6 points or below.</p>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="kaiscrn">
+ <meta><title>Kai-screen</title></meta>
+ <data>
+
+ <illustration class="inline">
+ <meta>
+ <creator>Brian Williams</creator>
+ </meta>
+ <instance class="html" src="kscreen.png" width="386" height="53" mime-type="image/png"/>
+ <instance class="html-compatible" src="kscreen.gif" width="386" height="53" mime-type="image/gif"/>
+ <instance class="pdf" src="kscreen.pdf" width="386" height="53" />
+ </illustration>
+
+ <p>During psychic combat, New Order Grand Masters are able to construct mind-fortresses capable of protecting themselves and others. The strength and capacity of these fortresses increase as a New Order Grand Master advances in rank.</p>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="nexus">
+ <meta><title>Grand Nexus</title></meta>
+ <data>
+
+ <illustration class="inline">
+ <meta>
+ <creator>Brian Williams</creator>
+ </meta>
+ <instance class="html" src="nexus.png" width="386" height="54" mime-type="image/png"/>
+ <instance class="html-compatible" src="nexus.gif" width="386" height="54" mime-type="image/gif"/>
+ <instance class="pdf" src="nexus.pdf" width="386" height="54" />
+ </illustration>
+
+ <p>New Order Grand Masters are able to withstand contact with harmful elements, such as flames and acids, for upwards of an hour in duration. This ability increases as a New Order Grand Master advances in rank.</p>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="gnosis">
+ <meta><title>Telegnosis <em>(Advanced Divination)</em></title></meta>
+ <data>
+
+ <illustration class="inline">
+ <meta>
+ <creator>Brian Williams</creator>
+ </meta>
+ <instance class="html" src="telegnss.png" width="386" height="54" mime-type="image/png"/>
+ <instance class="html-compatible" src="telegnss.gif" width="386" height="54" mime-type="image/gif"/>
+ <instance class="pdf" src="telegnss.pdf" width="386" height="54" />
+ </illustration>
+
+ <p>This Discipline enables a New Order Grand Master to spirit-walk for far greater lengths of time, and with far fewer ill effects. Duration of the spirit-walk and the protection afforded to his inanimate body increase as a New Order Grand Master advances in rank.</p>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="magi">
+ <meta><title>Magi-magic <em>(Old Kingdom Magic)</em></title></meta>
+ <data>
+
+ <illustration class="inline">
+ <meta>
+ <creator>Brian Williams</creator>
+ </meta>
+ <instance class="html" src="magimagc.png" width="386" height="54" mime-type="image/png"/>
+ <instance class="html-compatible" src="magimagc.gif" width="386" height="54" mime-type="image/gif"/>
+ <instance class="pdf" src="magimagc.pdf" width="386" height="54" />
+ </illustration>
+
+ <p>Under the tutelage of Lone Wolf, you have been able to master the rudimentary skills of Old Kingdom battle-magic. These arcane skills include the use of basic Old Kingdom Spells, such as <spell>Shield</spell>, <spell>Power Word</spell>, and <spell>Invisible Fist</spell>. As you advance in rank, so will your knowledge and mastery of Old Kingdom magic increase.</p>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="alchemy">
+ <meta><title>Kai-alchemy <em>(Brotherhood Magic)</em></title></meta>
+ <data>
+
+ <illustration class="inline">
+ <meta>
+ <creator>Brian Williams</creator>
+ </meta>
+ <instance class="html" src="alchemy.png" width="386" height="54" mime-type="image/png"/>
+ <instance class="html-compatible" src="alchemy.gif" width="386" height="54" mime-type="image/gif"/>
+ <instance class="pdf" src="alchemy.pdf" width="386" height="54" />
+ </illustration>
+
+ <p>Under the tutelage of Lone Wolf and Guildmaster Banedon (the leader of Sommerlund<ch.apos/>s Guild of Magicians), you have mastered the elementary spells of the Brotherhood of the Crystal Star. These spells include <spell>Lightning Hand</spell>, <spell>Levitation</spell>, and <spell>Mind Charm</spell>. As you advance in rank, so will your knowledge and mastery of Brotherhood magic increase.</p>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="astrolgy">
+ <meta><title>Astrology</title></meta>
+ <data>
+
+ <illustration class="inline">
+ <meta>
+ <creator>Brian Williams</creator>
+ </meta>
+ <instance class="html" src="astrolgy.png" width="386" height="54" mime-type="image/png"/>
+ <instance class="html-compatible" src="astrolgy.gif" width="386" height="54" mime-type="image/gif"/>
+ <instance class="pdf" src="astrolgy.pdf" width="386" height="54" />
+ </illustration>
+
+ <p>The celestial bodies which occupy the skies above Magnamund have long been known to affect the lives of its inhabitants. Mastery of this Discipline enables a New Order Grand Master to predict and shape the future by studying the relative positions of the Sun, the Moon, and the myriad planets and stars. The number and accuracy of these predictions increase as a New Order Grand Master advances in rank.</p>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="herbmst">
+ <meta><title>Herbmastery</title></meta>
+ <data>
+
+ <illustration class="inline">
+ <meta>
+ <creator>Brian Williams</creator>
+ </meta>
+ <instance class="html" src="herblism.png" width="386" height="53" mime-type="image/png"/>
+ <instance class="html-compatible" src="herblism.gif" width="386" height="53" mime-type="image/gif"/>
+ <instance class="pdf" src="herblism.pdf" width="386" height="53" />
+ </illustration>
+
+ <p>Mastery of this New Order Discipline enables a Grand Master to identify readily any substance derived from living or growing organic material. He is aware of any secret uses to which an organic material may be put, and he is skilled in effecting the release of a substance<ch.apos/>s medicinal and/or magical properties.</p>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="element">
+ <meta><title>Elementalism</title></meta>
+ <data>
+
+ <illustration class="inline">
+ <meta>
+ <creator>Brian Williams</creator>
+ </meta>
+ <instance class="html" src="elmntlsm.png" width="386" height="54" mime-type="image/png"/>
+ <instance class="html-compatible" src="elmntlsm.gif" width="386" height="54" mime-type="image/gif"/>
+ <instance class="pdf" src="elmntlsm.pdf" width="386" height="54" />
+ </illustration>
+
+ <p>This Discipline enables a New Order Grand Master to manipulate the four basic elements: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. By drawing upon individual elements that are available, or combinations thereof, he is able to detach, affix, increase, concentrate, intensify, remove, or accelerate this matter to fulfil a specific purpose, e.g. create a wall, hurl a rock, spray sand, remove air, intensify fire. The versatility of this Discipline increases as a New Order Grand Master advances in rank.</p>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="bardsman">
+ <meta><title>Bardsmanship</title></meta>
+ <data>
+
+ <illustration class="inline">
+ <meta>
+ <creator>Brian Williams</creator>
+ </meta>
+ <instance class="html" src="bard.png" width="386" height="54" mime-type="image/png"/>
+ <instance class="html-compatible" src="bard.gif" width="386" height="54" mime-type="image/gif"/>
+ <instance class="pdf" src="bard.pdf" width="386" height="54" />
+ </illustration>
+
+ <p>Through mastery of this Discipline a Kai Grand Master of the New Order becomes a multi-talented performer, proficient in the use of any musical instrument. He is able to sing or chant, recite or compose tales of legend, mimic speech or dialect, and stimulate a wide range of emotions among sentient creatures. The effect and power of his bardic abilities will steadily increase as he advances through the Grand Master ranks.</p>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <p>If you successfully complete the mission as set in Book 28 of the <cite>Lone Wolf New Order</cite> series, you may add a further Grand Master Discipline of your choice to your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> in the next. For every Grand Master Discipline you possess, in excess of the original five Disciplines you begin with, you may add 1 point to your basic <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> score and 2 points to your basic <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points score. These bonus points, together with your extra Grand Master Discipline(s), your original five Grand Master Disciplines, your Kai Weapon,<footref id="discplnz-1" idref="discplnz-1-foot"/> and any other Special Items and Backpack Items that you have found and been able to keep during your adventures, may then be carried over and used in the next <cite>New Order</cite> adventure, which is called:</p>
+
+ <p><!--<bookref series="lw" book="29tsoc">--><cite>The Storms of Chai</cite><!--</bookref>--></p>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter-separate" id="equipmnt">
+ <meta>
+ <title>Equipment</title>
+ <link class="prev" idref="discplnz"/>
+ <link class="next" idref="cmbtrulz"/>
+ </meta>
+
+ <footnotes>
+ <footnote id="equipmnt-1-foot" idref="equipmnt-1">
+ <p>During the adventure, the story will assume that you possess a Bow when you may not. If it is important to you to avoid this story continuity problem, you should ensure that you obtain a Bow.</p>
+ </footnote>
+
+ <footnote id="equipmnt-2-foot" idref="equipmnt-2">
+ <p>If you have completed any of the previous <cite>Lone Wolf New Order</cite> adventures (Books 21<ch.plus/>), you already possess a Kai Weapon.</p>
+ </footnote>
+ </footnotes>
+
+ <data>
+ <p>Before you leave the Kai Monastery to accompany the Khea-khan of Chai, you equip yourself with a <a idref="map">map of the Great Lissan Plain and its surrounding territories</a> and a pouch of gold. To find out how much gold is in the pouch, pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and add 20 to the number you have picked. The total equals the number of Gold Crowns inside the pouch, and you should now enter this number in the <quote>Gold Crowns</quote> section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
+ <p>If you have successfully completed previous <cite>New Order</cite> adventures (Books 21<ch.endash/>27), you may add this sum to the number of Crowns you already possess. Fifty is the maximum number of Gold Crowns you can carry in your pouch at any time. You may also select five items from the list below, only two of which may be Weapons.<footref id="equipmnt-1" idref="equipmnt-1-foot"/></p>
+ <ul class="paragraphed">
+ <li><p>Broadsword (Weapons)</p>
+ <illustration class="inline">
+ <meta>
+ <creator>Brian Williams</creator>
+ </meta>
+ <instance class="html" src="bsword.png" width="386" height="69" mime-type="image/png"/>
+ <instance class="html-compatible" src="bsword.gif" width="386" height="69" mime-type="image/gif"/>
+ <instance class="pdf" src="bsword.pdf" width="386" height="69"/>
+ </illustration>
+ </li>
+ <li><p>Sword (Weapons)</p>
+ <illustration class="inline">
+ <meta>
+ <creator>Brian Williams</creator>
+ </meta>
+ <instance class="html" src="sword.png" width="386" height="69" mime-type="image/png"/>
+ <instance class="html-compatible" src="sword.gif" width="386" height="69" mime-type="image/gif"/>
+ <instance class="pdf" src="sword.pdf" width="386" height="69"/>
+ </illustration>
+ </li>
+ <li><p>Quiver (Special Items) This contains six Arrows; record them on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
+ <illustration class="inline">
+ <meta>
+ <creator>Brian Williams</creator>
+ </meta>
+ <instance class="html" src="quiver.png" width="386" height="127" mime-type="image/png"/>
+ <instance class="html-compatible" src="quiver.gif" width="386" height="127" mime-type="image/gif"/>
+ <instance class="pdf" src="quiver.pdf" width="386" height="127"/>
+ </illustration>
+ </li>
+ <li><p>Flute (Backpack Item)</p>
+ <illustration class="inline">
+ <meta>
+ <creator>Brian Williams</creator>
+ </meta>
+ <instance class="html" src="flute.png" width="386" height="68" mime-type="image/png"/>
+ <instance class="html-compatible" src="flute.gif" width="386" height="68" mime-type="image/gif"/>
+ <instance class="pdf" src="flute.pdf" width="386" height="68"/>
+ </illustration>
+ </li>
+ <li><p>Dagger (Weapons)</p>
+ <illustration class="inline">
+ <meta>
+ <creator>Brian Williams</creator>
+ </meta>
+ <instance class="html" src="dagger.png" width="386" height="150" mime-type="image/png"/>
+ <instance class="html-compatible" src="dagger.gif" width="386" height="150" mime-type="image/gif"/>
+ <instance class="pdf" src="dagger.pdf" width="386" height="150"/>
+ </illustration>
+ </li>
+ <li><p>Axe (Weapons)</p>
+ <illustration class="inline">
+ <meta>
+ <creator>Brian Williams</creator>
+ </meta>
+ <instance class="html" src="axe.png" width="386" height="112" mime-type="image/png"/>
+ <instance class="html-compatible" src="axe.gif" width="386" height="112" mime-type="image/gif"/>
+ <instance class="pdf" src="axe.pdf" width="386" height="112"/>
+ </illustration>
+ </li>
+ <li><p>Bow (Weapons)</p>
+ <illustration class="inline">
+ <meta>
+ <creator>Brian Williams</creator>
+ </meta>
+ <instance class="html" src="bow.png" width="386" height="64" mime-type="image/png"/>
+ <instance class="html-compatible" src="bow.gif" width="386" height="64" mime-type="image/gif"/>
+ <instance class="pdf" src="bow.pdf" width="386" height="64"/>
+ </illustration>
+ </li>
+ <li><p>2 Meals (Meals) Each Meal takes up one space in your Backpack.</p>
+ <illustration class="inline">
+ <meta>
+ <creator>Brian Williams</creator>
+ </meta>
+ <instance class="html" src="food.png" width="386" height="150" mime-type="image/png"/>
+ <instance class="html-compatible" src="food.gif" width="386" height="150" mime-type="image/gif"/>
+ <instance class="pdf" src="food.pdf" width="386" height="150"/>
+ </illustration>
+ </li>
+ <li><p>Rope (Backpack Item)</p>
+ <illustration class="inline">
+ <meta>
+ <creator>Brian Williams</creator>
+ </meta>
+ <instance class="html" src="rope.png" width="386" height="109" mime-type="image/png"/>
+ <instance class="html-compatible" src="rope.gif" width="386" height="109" mime-type="image/gif"/>
+ <instance class="pdf" src="rope.pdf" width="386" height="109"/>
+ </illustration>
+ </li>
+ <li><p>Potion of Laumspur (Backpack Item) This potion restores 4 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points to your total when swallowed after combat. There is enough for only one dose.</p>
+ <illustration class="inline">
+ <meta>
+ <creator>Brian Williams</creator>
+ </meta>
+ <instance class="html" src="potion.png" width="386" height="167" mime-type="image/png"/>
+ <instance class="html-compatible" src="potion.gif" width="386" height="167" mime-type="image/gif"/>
+ <instance class="pdf" src="potion.pdf" width="386" height="167"/>
+ </illustration>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <p>List the five items that you have chosen on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>, under the appropriate headings, and make a note of any effect that they may have on your <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points and/or <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>.</p>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="kaiweapn">
+ <meta>
+ <title>Kai Weapons</title>
+ </meta>
+
+ <data>
+ <p>Upon reaching the ultimate rank of Kai Supreme Master, Lone Wolf received as a reward from the God Kai many new skills and abilities. One of these skills was Kai Weaponcraft. Using his newfound mastery, Lone Wolf forged ten weapons of magical power in the armoury furnaces of the Kai Monastery. These magical weapons are reserved for the <ch.eacute/>lite of the New Order Kai who attain the rank of Grand Master.</p>
+
+ <p>In recognition of your rank and achievement, you may choose your own Kai Weapon from the table below or, if you prefer, you can generate one at random. To generate a Kai Weapon, pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> and consult the first column. The magical Axe, Sword, or Broadsword which corresponds to the number you have picked will be your own personal Kai Weapon. Record this magical weapon and its unique properties in the Kai Weapon section of the <a idref="action">Special Items List</a>.<footref id="equipmnt-2" idref="equipmnt-2-foot"/></p>
+
+ <p><strong>Example</strong></p>
+ <p>Say you choose the number 1 from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>, your Kai Weapon will be the Axe <quote>Alema</quote>.</p>
+
+ <p>When using this Kai Weapon in normal combat you may add <ch.plus/>5 points to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>. Each Kai Weapon has a unique property. When you use your Kai Weapon in combat against the type of enemy that matches its unique property, or use it at the optimum time or location, then you may add the higher bonus to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> (these bonuses are not cumulative).</p>
+
+ <p><strong>Example</strong></p>
+ <p>If you were to use <quote>Alema</quote> in combat against an undead enemy, you could add the higher bonus of <ch.plus/>7 to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>. If you were to fight a living enemy using this weapon then the bonus to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> would remain at <ch.plus/>5.</p>
+
+ <table>
+ <tr>
+ <th colspan="6" scope="colgroup">Kai Weapon Table</th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <th>RN</th>
+ <th>Weapon Type</th>
+ <th>Weapon Name</th>
+ <th><typ class="attribute">CS</typ></th>
+ <th>Unique Properties</th>
+ <th><typ class="attribute">CS</typ></th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>0</td>
+ <td>Axe</td>
+ <td><quote>Spawnsmite</quote></td>
+ <td><ch.plus/>5</td>
+ <td>versus reptilian enemies</td>
+ <td><ch.plus/>6</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>1</td>
+ <td>Axe</td>
+ <td><quote>Alema</quote></td>
+ <td><ch.plus/>5</td>
+ <td>versus undead enemies</td>
+ <td><ch.plus/>7</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>2</td>
+ <td>Axe</td>
+ <td><quote>Magnara</quote></td>
+ <td><ch.plus/>5</td>
+ <td>versus rock or stone</td>
+ <td><ch.plus/>8</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>3</td>
+ <td>Sword</td>
+ <td><quote>Sunstrike</quote></td>
+ <td><ch.plus/>5</td>
+ <td>when used in daylight</td>
+ <td><ch.plus/>6</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>4</td>
+ <td>Sword</td>
+ <td><quote>Kaistar</quote></td>
+ <td><ch.plus/>5</td>
+ <td>when used at night</td>
+ <td><ch.plus/>7</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>5</td>
+ <td>Sword</td>
+ <td><quote>Valiance</quote></td>
+ <td><ch.plus/>5</td>
+ <td>when used against magicians or creatures born of magic</td>
+ <td><ch.plus/>8</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>6</td>
+ <td>Sword</td>
+ <td><quote>Ulnarias</quote></td>
+ <td><ch.plus/>5</td>
+ <td>when used underwater</td>
+ <td><ch.plus/>9</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>7</td>
+ <td>Broadsword</td>
+ <td><quote>Raumas</quote></td>
+ <td><ch.plus/>5</td>
+ <td>versus winged enemies</td>
+ <td><ch.plus/>6</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>8</td>
+ <td>Broadsword</td>
+ <td><quote>Illuminatus</quote></td>
+ <td><ch.plus/>5</td>
+ <td>when used underground</td>
+ <td><ch.plus/>7</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>9</td>
+ <td>Broadsword</td>
+ <td><quote>Firefall</quote></td>
+ <td><ch.plus/>5</td>
+ <td>versus fire-emitting enemies</td>
+ <td><ch.plus/>8</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="3">RN = Random Number</td>
+ <td colspan="3"><typ class="attribute">CS</typ> = <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ></td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="howuse">
+ <meta>
+ <title>Equipment<ch.emdash/>How to use it</title>
+ </meta>
+
+ <data>
+ <dl class="paragraphed">
+ <dt>Weapons</dt>
+ <dd><p>The maximum number of Weapons that you can carry is <em>two</em>. Weapons aid you in combat. If you have the Grand Master Discipline of Grand Weaponmastery and a correct Weapon, it adds 5 points to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>. If you find a Weapon during your adventure, you may pick it up and use it. You may only use one Weapon at a time in combat.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Bows and Arrows</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>During your adventure there will be opportunities to use a Bow and Arrow. If you equip yourself with this Weapon, and you possess at least one Arrow, you may use it when the text of a particular section allows you to do so. The Bow is a useful Weapon, for it enables you to hit an enemy at a distance. However, a Bow cannot be used in hand-to-hand combat; therefore it is best to equip yourself also with a close combat Weapon, such as a Sword or an Axe.</p>
+ <p>In order to use a Bow you must possess a Quiver and at least one Arrow. Each time the Bow is used, erase an Arrow from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. A Bow cannot, of course, be used if you exhaust your supply of Arrows, but the opportunity may arise during your adventure for you to replenish your stock of Arrows.</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Backpack Items</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>These must be stored in your Backpack. Because space is limited, you may keep a maximum of ten articles, including Meals, in your Backpack at any one time. You may only carry one Backpack at a time. During your travels you will discover various useful items which you may decide to keep. You may exchange or discard them at any point when you are not involved in combat.</p>
+ <p>Any item that may be of use, and which can be picked up on your adventure and entered on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>, is given either initial capitals (e.g. Silver Mirror, Gold Key), or is clearly identified as a Backpack Item. Unless you are told that it is a Special Item, carry it in your Backpack.</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Special Items</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>Special Items are not carried in the Backpack. When you discover a Special Item, you will be told how or where to carry it. The maximum number of Special Items that can be carried on any adventure is 12.</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Kai Weapon</dt>
+ <dd><p>Your Kai Weapon is a Special Item and it can be carried and used in addition to two normal Weapons. If you possess the Discipline of Grand Weaponmastery for a weapon type which is the same as your unique Kai Weapon, you may add the Grand Weaponmastery bonus of <ch.plus/>5 to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>. This is in addition to the bonus gained when you use your Kai Weapon in combat.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Food</dt>
+ <dd><p>Food is carried in your Backpack. Each Meal counts as one item. You will need to eat regularly during your adventure. If you do not have any food when you are instructed to eat a Meal, you will lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points. However, if you have chosen Grand Huntmastery as one of your five Disciplines, then you will not need to tick off a Meal when instructed to eat.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Potion of Laumspur</dt>
+ <dd><p>This is a healing potion that can restore 4 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points to your total when swallowed after combat. It cannot be used to increase <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points immediately prior to a combat. There is enough for one dose only. If you discover any other potion during the adventure, you will be informed of its effect. All potions are Backpack Items.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Gold Crowns</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>The currency of Chai is the Ren, though Gold Crowns are readily accepted. These coins are always carried in the Belt Pouch. It will hold a maximum of fifty Crowns (or 500 Ren).</p>
+ </dd>
+ </dl>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter-separate" id="cmbtrulz">
+ <meta>
+ <title>Rules for Combat</title>
+ <link class="prev" idref="equipmnt" />
+ <link class="next" idref="levels" />
+ </meta>
+
+ <data>
+ <p>There will be occasions during your adventure when you will have to fight an enemy. The enemy<ch.apos/>s <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> and <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points are given in the text. Your aim in the combat is to kill the enemy by reducing his <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points to zero while losing as few <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points as possible yourself.</p>
+ <p>At the start of a combat, enter your own and the enemy<ch.apos/>s <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points in the appropriate boxes on the Combat Record section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
+ <p>The sequence for combat is as follows:</p>
+ <ol class="paragraphed">
+ <li><p>Add any extra points gained through your Grand Master Disciplines and Special Items to your current <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> total.</p></li>
+ <li>
+ <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>You, Grand Master (<typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> 32), are attacked in a forest by a pack of Wild Dogs (<typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> 31). You are taken by surprise and are not given the opportunity of evading their attack. You possess the Grand Master Discipline of Kai-surge to which the Wild Dogs are not immune, so you add 8 points to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>. You also possess the Kai Weapon <quote>Ulnarias</quote>, so you add an additional 5 points to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>. This gives you a total <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> of 45.</p>
+ <p>You now subtract the Wild Dogs<ch.apos/> <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> from your own, giving a Combat Ratio of <ch.plus/>14 (45<ch.minus/>31=<ch.plus/>14). <ch.plus/>14 is noted on your <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 yourself and your enemy in this round of combat. (E represents points lost by the enemy; GM represents points lost by yourself<ch.emdash/>Grand Master.)</p>
+ <p>Example</p>
+ <p>The Combat Ratio between you and the Wild Dogs has been established as <ch.plus/>14. If the number picked from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> is 1, then the result of the first round of combat is:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>You (GM) lose 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>Wild Dogs lose 9 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li><p>On the <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>, mark the changes in <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points to the participants in the combat.</p></li>
+ <li><p>Unless otherwise instructed, or unless you have an option to evade, the next round of combat now starts.</p></li>
+ <li><p>Repeat the sequence from <a idref="stage3">Stage 3</a>.</p></li>
+ </ol>
+
+ <p>This process of combat continues until the <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points of either your enemy or yourself are reduced to zero or below, at which point that combatant is declared dead. If you are declared dead, the adventure is over. If the enemy is dead, you can proceed but with your <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points possibly reduced.</p>
+ <p>A <a idref="crsumary">summary of Combat Rules</a> appears in the back of this book.</p>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="evasion">
+ <meta><title>Evasion of Combat</title></meta>
+
+ <data>
+ <p>During your adventure you may be given the chance to evade combat. If you have already engaged in a round of combat and decide to evade, calculate the combat for that round in the usual manner. All points lost by the enemy as a result of that round are ignored, and you make your escape. Only <strong>you</strong> may lose <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points during that round (such is the risk of turning tail and running away during combat!). You may only evade if the text of the particular section allows you to do so.</p>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter-separate" id="levels">
+ <meta>
+ <title>Levels of New Order Kai Grand Mastership</title>
+ <link class="prev" idref="cmbtrulz" />
+ <link class="next" idref="imprvdsc" />
+ </meta>
+
+ <data>
+
+ <p>The following table is a guide to the ranks and titles you can achieve at each stage of your journey along the road of Kai Grand Mastership. As you successfully complete each adventure in the <cite>New Order</cite> series, you will gain an additional Grand Master Discipline and progress towards the pinnacle of Kai perfection<ch.emdash/>to become a Kai Supreme Master.</p>
+
+ <ol start="4">
+ <li>Kai Grand Master Senior<ch.emdash/><em>You begin the <cite>New Order</cite> adventures at this level of Kai Grand Mastery</em></li>
+ <li>Kai Grand Master Superior</li>
+ <li>Kai Grand Sentinel</li>
+ <li>Kai Grand Defender</li>
+ <li>Kai Grand Guardian</li>
+ <li>Sun Knight</li>
+ <li>Sun Lord</li>
+ <li>Sun Thane</li>
+ <li>Grand Thane</li>
+ <li>Grand Crown</li>
+ <li>Sun Prince</li>
+ <li>Kai Supreme Master</li>
+ </ol>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section class="frontmatter-separate" id="imprvdsc">
+ <meta>
+ <title>Improved Grand Master Disciplines</title>
+ <link class="prev" idref="levels" />
+ <link class="next" idref="kaiwisdm" />
+ </meta>
+
+ <data>
+ <p>As you rise through the higher levels of Grand Mastery you will find that your Disciplines will steadily improve.</p>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="superior">
+ <meta><title>Kai Grand Master Superior</title></meta>
+ <data>
+ <p>If you are a New Order Kai who has attained the rank of Kai Grand Master Superior, you will now benefit from improvements to the following Grand Master Disciplines:</p>
+ <dl class="paragraphed">
+ <dt>Animal Mastery</dt>
+ <dd><p>Kai Grand Master Superiors who possess this Discipline are able to deter predatory animals in the wild by exuding a scent which is repellent to them. In order for this improved Discipline to work effectively, a Kai Grand Master Superior must be aware of the species of predatory animal he/she wishes to deter. The scent can only be detected by the targeted animal.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Assimilance</dt>
+ <dd><p>Kai Grand Master Superiors who possess this skill are able to create a noise and project it up to 15 yards away from their location. The noise is akin to the rumbling sound of thunder and it can be used to distract or divert an enemy<ch.apos/>s attention. This improved Discipline requires a degree of preparation and therefore it cannot be used during combat.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Astrology</dt>
+ <dd><p>Kai Grand Master Superiors who possess this Discipline are skilled in the use of all mechanical devices designed to measure and/or observe the cosmology of Magnamund. Such devices include sextants, astrolabes, and orreries.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Herbmastery</dt>
+ <dd><p>Kai Grand Master Superiors who have this Discipline are able to purify water, thereby making contaminated or briny water suitable for consumption. Roughly two pints of water per day can be purified using this skill alone. This daily total steadily increases as a Grand Master advances in rank.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Elementalism</dt>
+ <dd><p>Kai Grand Master Superiors who possess this skill are able to condense pure water out of the surrounding air. This water can be made to fall as a fine spray or as a sudden deluge. It can also be made to fill any suitable container or receptacle. Using this skill, Grand Master Superiors can create the equivalent of one large bucketful of fresh water.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Bardsmanship</dt>
+ <dd><p>Kai Grand Master Superiors who possess this Discipline are able to utilize their musical skills to pacify an excited or hostile animal.</p></dd>
+ </dl>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="sentinel">
+ <meta><title>Kai Grand Sentinel</title></meta>
+
+ <data>
+ <p>If you are a New Order Kai who has attained the rank of Kai Grand Sentinel, you will now benefit from improvements to the following Grand Master Disciplines:</p>
+ <dl class="paragraphed">
+ <dt>Grand Weaponmastery</dt>
+ <dd><p>Kai Grand Sentinels who possess this Discipline are, when physically parted from their Kai Weapon, able to detect its location. This power of detection will pass through solid objects, with the notable exception of lead. Accuracy and range of detection steadily increase as a Grand Master rises in rank.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Grand Pathsmanship</dt>
+ <dd><p>Kai Grand Sentinels who possess this skill are able to predict the weather accurately for the forthcoming 3 hours. The range of this ability is an area 10 square miles around the Kai Grand Sentinel. Duration and range steadily increase as a Kai Grand Master rises in rank.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Astrology</dt>
+ <dd><p>Kai Grand Sentinels who possess this Discipline are able to detect psychic residues left on an object by its owner. The more valuable the object is to its owner, the stronger will be the lingering psychic attachment. The majority of everyday or shared objects do not retain such residues.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Herbmastery</dt>
+ <dd><p>Through their knowledge and use of common plants, Kai Grand Sentinels who have this Discipline are able to make contaminated or rotten food fit for human consumption.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Elementalism</dt>
+ <dd><p>Kai Grand Sentinels who possess this skill are able to charge particles of air electrically around any man-sized or smaller object. The particles will automatically discharge and cause damage should the affected object be touched or opened. Kai Grand Sentinels are able to handle a charged object without discharging it.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Bardsmanship</dt>
+ <dd><p>Kai Grand Sentinels who possess this Discipline are able to use their singing or playing to counter a hostile sonic attack. The effective use and range of this sonic defence steadily increase as a Grand Master rises in rank.</p></dd>
+ </dl>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="defender">
+ <meta><title>Kai Grand Defender</title></meta>
+
+ <data>
+ <p>If you are a New Order Kai who has attained the rank of Kai Grand Defender, you will now benefit from improvements to the following Grand Master Disciplines:</p>
+ <dl class="paragraphed">
+ <dt>Deliverance</dt>
+ <dd><p>Kai Grand Defenders who possess this Discipline have the ability to repair the effects of natural decay in materials such as wood, stone, cloth, metal, etc. By touching the decaying object, a Kai Grand Defender is able to reverse damage caused by rot, rust, or mould.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Telegnosis</dt>
+ <dd><p>By use of this Discipline, a Kai Grand Defender is able to locate a known or familiar material object. Initially the range of this ability is limited to a 15-foot radius, however this distance steadily increases as a Kai Grand Master advances in rank.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Astrology</dt>
+ <dd><p>Kai Grand Defenders who possess this Discipline are skilled in the use of all common astrological devices used to predict future events. Such devices include cards, dice, and crystal spheres.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Herbmastery</dt>
+ <dd><p>Kai Grand Defenders who possess this Discipline are able to neutralize any poisonous toxins that may be present in organic materials such as plants, berries, and fruits. Through the use of this skill, the transformation of toxins can sometimes result in an increase in <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> and/or <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> when the previously poisonous matter is swallowed.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Elementalism</dt>
+ <dd><p>By using this Discipline, Kai Grand Defenders are able to summon up a dense, misty vapour to obscure themselves from both normal vision and infravision (night sight). This mist will occur within 5 feet of the Kai Grand Defender and will last for three to five minutes. Range and duration increase as a Grand Master rises in rank.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Bardsmanship</dt>
+ <dd><p>Kai Grand Defenders who possess this Discipline are able to use their musical skills to pacify (and/or implant a suggestion into the mind of) an intelligent creature within audible range. This improved Discipline is similar in effect to the Brotherhood Spell <spell>Mind Charm</spell> (Kai-alchemy).</p></dd>
+ </dl>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="guardian">
+ <meta><title>Kai Grand Guardian</title></meta>
+
+ <data>
+ <p>If you are a New Order Kai who has attained the rank of Kai Grand Guardian, you will now benefit from improvements to the following Grand Master Disciplines:</p>
+ <dl class="paragraphed">
+ <dt>Assimilance</dt>
+ <dd><p>Kai Grand Guardians who possess this skill are able to summon a cloud of fog-like vapour within 15 yards of their location. This fog will obscure both normal vision and infravision. The duration of the fog increases as a Grand Master rises in rank.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Herbmastery</dt>
+ <dd><p>Kai Grand Guardians who possess this Discipline are able to use their advanced knowledge of Herbmastery to produce explosive compounds from simple organic materials.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Elementalism</dt>
+ <dd><p>Through the use of this Discipline, Kai Grand Guardians are able to protect themselves from the effects of storm-force winds by creating a sphere of calm air around their bodies. Initially this protective bubble lasts for one minute, but duration steadily increases as a Grand Master ascends in Kai rank.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Grand Huntmastery</dt>
+ <dd><p>Kai Grand Guardians with this skill enjoy increased mobility when travelling across all types of terrain, whether on foot or on horseback. This improved ability can be very useful when used to outdistance a pursuing enemy.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Kai-surge</dt>
+ <dd><p>Kai Grand Guardians who possess mastery of this Discipline are able to attack up to three enemies in psychic combat simultaneously.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Kai-screen</dt>
+ <dd><p>Kai Grand Guardians who possess this Discipline are able to exercise a defensive psychic skill known as <spell>Mindblend</spell>. This cloaking ability enables a Kai Grand Guardian to protect their mind and also prevent it from being detected by a hostile psychic probe.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Magi-magic</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>Grand Masters who have reached the rank of Kai Grand Guardian are able to use the following battle-spells of the Elder Magi:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li><spell>Splinter</spell><ch.emdash/>This causes breakable items such as bottles, jugs, mirrors, windows, etc., to shatter to pieces. The range of this spell increases as a Grand Master rises in rank.</li>
+ <li><spell>Flameshaft</spell><ch.emdash/>This causes the tip of any Arrow, or Arrow-like missile, to burn fiercely with a magical flame which cannot readily be extinguished by normal means.</li>
+ </ul>
+ </dd>
+ </dl>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="sunknight">
+ <meta><title>Sun Knight</title></meta>
+
+ <data>
+ <p>If you are a New Order Kai who has attained the rank of Sun Knight, you will now benefit from improvements to the following Grand Master Disciplines:</p>
+ <dl class="paragraphed">
+ <dt>Grand Weaponmastery</dt>
+ <dd><p>Sun Knights with this Discipline are able to wield two-handed weapons (i.e. Broadsword, Quarterstaff, and Spear) with full effect using only one hand.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Grand Pathsmanship</dt>
+ <dd><p>Kai Sun Knights with this skill are able to repel at will all normal-sized insects within a radius of three yards. The range and number of insects so affected increase considerably as a Grand Master rises in rank.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Deliverance</dt>
+ <dd><p>Sun Knights who possess this skill are able to repair serious wounds sustained by creatures other than themselves. By the laying of hands upon the affected creature<ch.apos/>s body, a Sun Knight can cause an open wound (or other serious injury) to mend itself. The speed at which this healing process takes place increases as a Grand Master rises in rank.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Telegnosis</dt>
+ <dd><p>Sun Knights who possess this Discipline are able to communicate telepathically over great distances. Initially the range of this ability is approximately 100 miles, but this distance increases as a Grand Master rises in rank.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Grand Nexus</dt>
+ <dd><p>Sun Knights who possess Mastery of this Discipline are able to feign death. By placing themselves into a state of suspended animation, outwardly they are able to achieve all semblance of being truly dead. However, whilst in this state, the only sense that a Sun Knight retains is the ability to hear.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Astrology</dt>
+ <dd><p>Sun Knights who have this Discipline are skilled in the art of chiromancy<ch.emdash/>the ability to tell fortunes from the skin creases and patterns found on the palms of hands.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Bardsmanship</dt>
+ <dd><p>Sun Knights who possess mastery of this Discipline are able to use their musical skills to launch sonic attacks against any individual within audible range. The effect of a sonic attack is dependent upon the target creature<ch.apos/>s sensitivity to sound (i.e. a deaf creature would be unaffected by such an attack).</p></dd>
+ <dt>Kai-alchemy</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>Grand Masters who have reached the rank of Sun Knight are able to use the following Brotherhood Spells:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li><spell>Halt Missile</spell><ch.emdash/>This causes any projected or hurled missile (e.g. arrows, axes, crossbow bolts) which may pose an immediate threat to the life of a Sun Knight, to cease its flight and remain stationary in mid-air. The effect of the spell lasts for 2<ch.endash/>3 seconds, allowing the Sun Knight time in which to move away from the missile<ch.apos/>s line of flight. Initially only one missile can be affected by this spell, but the number increases as a Grand Master rises in rank.</li>
+ <li><spell>Strength</spell><ch.emdash/>By casting this spell, a Sun Knight is able to greatly increase his or her physical strength for a short duration. It can be used to lift or move heavy objects, or to effect a temporary increase in <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> and <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> scores whilst fighting an enemy.</li>
+ </ul>
+ </dd>
+ </dl>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="sunlord">
+ <meta><title>Sun Lord</title></meta>
+
+ <data>
+ <p>If you are a New Order Kai who has attained the rank of Sun Lord, you will now benefit from improvements to the following Grand Master Disciplines:</p>
+ <dl class="paragraphed">
+ <dt>Grand Weaponmastery</dt>
+ <dd><p>Sun Lords with this Discipline are able to cause the metal edge of any non-magical weapon to ignite and burn fiercely. When a Weapon thus affected is used in combat, it inflicts an additional 1 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point loss upon an enemy in every successful round of combat. This ability cannot be used with a wholly wooden Weapon such as a Quarterstaff.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Herbmastery</dt>
+ <dd><p>Sun Lords who possess this Discipline are able to cause living plants, e.g. grasses, bushes, flowers, weeds, rushes, to entwine themselves around the limbs of hostile creatures, thereby hampering their free movement. Sun Lords are able to target only one creature in this way. An additional creature can be affected for every level a Grand Master rises above the rank of Sun Lord.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Assimilance</dt>
+ <dd><p>Sun Lords who possess this skill are able to cause the outline of their bodies to become blurred and indistinct. By so doing, they can greatly increase their chances of avoiding magical and/or non-magical missiles directed at them.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Grand Huntmastery</dt>
+ <dd><p>Kai Sun Lords with this skill are able to see, with acute accuracy, light in the infrared spectrum, i.e. they can see the complex patterns generated by heat in near or total darkness. They can also see light in the ultraviolet spectrum.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Kai-surge</dt>
+ <dd><p>Sun Lords who possess mastery of this Discipline are able to launch a Kai-blast<ch.emdash/>a pulse of intense psychic energy which is capable of affecting both psychically active and inactive enemies. This form of psychic attack is very effective, more so than a usual Kai-surge, Psi-surge, or Mindblast. It can cause an enemy to lose between 2 and 18 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points in one attack. A Kai Sun Lord using Kai-blast determines the damage inflicted on an enemy by picking two numbers from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. These numbers should be added together (a <quote>0</quote> = 1) and the resultant total equals the damage inflicted. However, use of a Kai-blast will reduce a Sun Lord<ch.apos/>s <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points total by 4. It cannot be used in conjunction with any other form of psychic attack.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Telegnosis</dt>
+ <dd><p>Sun Lords who possess this Discipline are able to alter their body weight in order to walk successfully upon different kinds of surface, e.g. water, mud, lava, and quicksand. Time duration<ch.emdash/>and degree of surface difficulty<ch.emdash/>increases as a Grand Master rises in rank.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Magi-magic</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>Grand Masters who have reached the rank of Sun Lord are able to use the following battle-spells of the Elder Magi:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li><spell>Penetrate</spell><ch.emdash/>This increases the penetrative energy of any Arrow, or Arrow-like missile, launched by a Sun Lord.</li>
+ <li><spell>Energy Grasp</spell><ch.emdash/>This spell enables a Sun Lord to discharge a powerful electrical force into anything he or she touches. It is similar in effect to the Brotherhood Spell <spell>Lightning Hand</spell>. It differs in that it is easier to control and channel the resulting energy. It also requires the actual touching of an object or enemy to effect the spell.</li>
+ </ul>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Bardsmanship</dt>
+ <dd><p>Kai Sun Lords with this skill are able to direct their musical abilities to disrupt the structure of inanimate breakable objects, e.g. glass, ceramics, urns, flasks, causing them to explode violently. Any person or creature in close proximity to the destroyed object risks injury from flying fragments.</p></dd>
+ </dl>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="sunthane">
+ <meta><title>Sun Thane</title></meta>
+
+ <data>
+ <p>If you are a New Order Kai who has attained the rank of Sun Thane, you will now benefit from improvements to the following Grand Master Disciplines:</p>
+ <dl class="paragraphed">
+ <dt>Astrology</dt>
+ <dd><p>Sun Thanes who possess this Discipline are expert in the art of hypnotism. By the use of a hypnotic stare, they are able to cause susceptible creatures (up to three individuals at any one time) willingly to carry out their orders. The number of creatures so affected<ch.emdash/>and the duration of the effect<ch.emdash/>increases steadily as a Sun Thane advances in Kai rank.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Animal Mastery</dt>
+ <dd><p>Sun Thanes with this Discipline are able to command an animal to fall asleep at will. Some hostile animals may be able to resist this command; however most will be affected by it in some way. The duration of effect and the number of animals which can be affected at one time will increase as a Grand Master rises in rank.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Grand Huntmastery</dt>
+ <dd><p>Kai Sun Thanes with this skill are able to protect themselves from the effects of being struck by natural electrical discharges, i.e. lightning.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Deliverance</dt>
+ <dd><p>Sun Thanes who possess this skill are able to conduct a Kai Exorcism. This ritual will banish any evil supernatural force that has taken possession of any goodly creature or object.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Elementalism</dt>
+ <dd><p>Sun Thanes who possess this Discipline are able to accelerate greatly the oxidation (rusting) of ferrous metals simply by touch alone. The longer the metallic item is touched by a Sun Thane, the more damaging will be the effect.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Grand Pathsmanship</dt>
+ <dd><p>Sun Thanes who possess mastery of this Discipline are able to alter the temperature of water by touch. By using this skill they are able to transform water into ice and vice versa. The volume of water affected and the duration of effect both increase as a Grand Master rises in rank.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Kai-screen</dt>
+ <dd><p>Sun Thanes who possess this Discipline are able to erect a special psychic defence called <spell>Mindfort</spell>. A <spell>Mindfort</spell> defence greatly reduces the effects of any psychic shock that would normally paralyse or weaken a lesser mortal.</p></dd>
+ <dt>Kai-alchemy</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>Grand Masters who have reached the rank of Sun Thane are able to use the following Brotherhood Spells:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li><spell>Slow Fall</spell><ch.emdash/>By casting this spell, Kai Sun Thanes are able to slow their rate of free-falling to three feet per second, thereby avoiding damage upon landing while the spell is in effect. The duration of the spell is limited at first, but it steadily increases as a Grand Master rises in rank.</li>
+ <li><spell>Breathe Water</spell><ch.emdash/>Using this spell, a Kai Sun Thane is able to breathe underwater for ten minutes. The duration of effect increases as a Grand Master rises in rank.</li>
+ </ul>
+ </dd>
+ </dl>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <!--TODO-->
+ <p>The nature of additional improvements and how they affect your existing Grand Disciplines will be noted in the Improved Grand Master Disciplines section of future <cite>Lone Wolf New Order</cite> books.</p>
+
+ </data>
+ </section>
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ <section class="frontmatter" id="kaiwisdm">
+ <meta>
+ <title>New Order Wisdom</title>
+ <link class="prev" idref="imprvdsc" />
+ <link class="next" idref="sect1" />
+ </meta>
+
+ <data>
+ <!--TODO-->
+ </data>
+ </section>
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<meta><title>Numbered Sections</title></meta>
<meta><title>1</title></meta>
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- <p>You rise an hour before dawn. You have chosen to wear the simple clothing of a Chai countryman – a padded jacket of cinnamon-coloured cotton, apple green breeches, tan leather boots and a hooded grey woolen cloak. You don your equipment and make a final check before you leave your chambers and hurry to the parade ground.</p>
+ <p>You rise an hour before dawn. You have chosen to wear the simple clothing of a Chai countryman<ch.emdash/>a padded jacket of cinnamon-coloured cotton, apple green breeches, tan leather boots and a hooded grey woolen cloak. You don your equipment and make a final check before you leave your chambers and hurry to the parade ground.</p>
<p>In the early pre-dawn light, the area is alive with activity. The hum of the skyship engines makes the gravel surface of the parade ground vibrate beneath your feet as you approach the magnificent vessels. Lord Rimoah beckons you over to the boarding stairs of the Comet. He and Grand Master Blazer are awaiting you on main deck, and they both salute when you step aboard. They invite you to join them at the rail and watch the preparations that are underway on the deck of Skyfort, moored alongside. You watch Lone Wolf leading Black Hawk, Star Lynx, Steel Hand and Swift Sword in single file up the boarding steps. When they are all on deck, they turn to wave you farewell. You and Blazer return their waves and bid them good luck and good hunting.</p>
<p>Comet is the first to leave the parade ground. The powerful hum of its engine rises steadily in pitch as the skycraft makes its ascent. As it gains altitude, so you are afforded a spectacular view of the morning sunrise. It bathes the Kai Monastery with a vividly golden light. Once the skyship is safely clear of the monastery<ch.apos/>s towers, Lord Rimoah sets a northwesterly course before handing over the helm to Bo<ch.apos/>sun Durin. With a smile, Lord Rimoah invites you and Blazer to join him in the skycraft<ch.apos/>s comfortable cabin where breakfast awaits.</p>
<p>You enjoy a hearty meal together and discuss the details of your missions. The first part of your aerial voyage will take you to the small Chai coastal town of H<ch.apos/>lau. This is where you will disembark and begin your overland journey incognito to the Chai capital, Pensei.</p>
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- <p>With trepidation, you climb the wooden steps that ascend to the wheelhouse. Through the rear window you see a huge winged creature perched on the end of the stone pier. It is an Imperial Zlanbeast. Astride a grand saddle embellished with Darklord icons, you see a slender man-like figure swathed in a hooded grey robe. The raised hood of the robe hides the figure<ch.apos/>s face but at once you know who this is; Nadziran Zashor! Klüz and Xaol have both been slain by your hand, and so Zashnor has now been forced to show itself and finish the task they failed to accomplish on its behalf.</p>
+ <p>With trepidation, you climb the wooden steps that ascend to the wheelhouse. Through the rear window you see a huge winged creature perched on the end of the stone pier. It is an Imperial Zlanbeast. Astride a grand saddle embellished with Darklord icons, you see a slender man-like figure swathed in a hooded grey robe. The raised hood of the robe hides the figure<ch.apos/>s face but at once you know who this is; Nadziran Zashor! Kl<ch.uuml/>z and Xaol have both been slain by your hand, and so Zashnor has now been forced to show itself and finish the task they failed to accomplish on its behalf.</p>
<p>In the Nadziran<ch.apos/>s right hand is a short staff that bears an uncanny resemblance to the Claw of Naar. The head of the staff looks like a petrified vulture<ch.apos/>s foot. It is cast in pure Kagonite embedded with specks of a shimmering scarlet mineral. Its shaft is twisted like a length of gnarled tree root and perforated with myriad pea-sized hollows. In a moment of sudden and terrible realisation, you know that this staff is not a replica of the Claw; it is the Claw!</p>
<p>Zashnor detects your presence in the wheelhouse and swiftly it points the Claw of Naar at the window. The Eye starts to vibrate and move in its satchel. It becomes rapidly colder and frost forms on the satchel<ch.apos/>s leather surface. The movements become stronger and now you are being tugged steadily closer to the window. Zashnor has unleashed a spell that is drawing the Eye inexorably towards the Claw. If you allow the two evil artefacts to be reunited, the consequences will be disastrous. The only way you can prevent this calamity is to slay the vile Nadziran.</p>
<choice idref="sect138">If you decide to confront Zashnor in open combat, <link-text>turn to 138</link-text></choice>
<p>You continue your desperate flight across the rain-soaked grassland until the howls of the Skarada can no longer be heard. As you ease your sweating horse to a gentle trot, Quang and the Watchers catch up with you and the lieutenant signals you to halt. You rein your horse to a stop and your companions draw their breathless horses in a circle around you. Quang pulls his mount alongside yours and together you assess your options.</p>
<p><quote>We cannot go on in this direction, my Lord</quote> he says. <quote>This way will take us back towards Pensei. Despite the risks, we must turn back and continue south if we are to reach Vabou before nightfall.</quote></p>
<p>You know that the lieutenant is right. The further you go northwards, the greater you will distance yourself from Vabou and increase the likelihood that you will miss your rendezvous with Lord Rimoah in two days<ch.apos/> time. You are about to agree with him when a sudden wave of nausea and fatigue makes you swoon in the saddle. The Eye is exacting an energy drain and the increased strength of its insidious power catches you by surprise: lose 4 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ>.</p>
- <p>Quang grabs you and prevents you from falling off your horse. Anxiously he asks if you are strong enough to go on. <quote>Yes… yes, I<ch.apos/>m ready to go back,</quote> you answer, your voice a little shaky. <quote>We… we must reach Vabou before dark.</quote></p>
+ <p>Quang grabs you and prevents you from falling off your horse. Anxiously he asks if you are strong enough to go on. <quote>Yes<ch.ellips/> yes, I<ch.apos/>m ready to go back,</quote> you answer, your voice a little shaky. <quote>We<ch.ellips/> we must reach Vabou before dark.</quote></p>
<choice idref="sect34"><link-text>Turn to 34</link-text></choice>
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<meta><title>44</title></meta>
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- <p>You have encountered these creatures before when first you visited Chai. They are Chagarashi. Long ago, during the Age of Eternal Night, this land was stalked by Agarashi – the hellish creations of Agarash the Damned. When Agarash was destroyed by the Elder Magi, his creations were scattered across the wilderness and plains of Chai. The creatures you now face are descendants of those ancient horrors. It is rare for Chagarashi to be found in this region of Chai. You sense that there is a sinister force present that has driven them from their burrows and caves in search of prey.</p>
+ <p>You have encountered these creatures before when first you visited Chai. They are Chagarashi. Long ago, during the Age of Eternal Night, this land was stalked by Agarashi<ch.emdash/>the hellish creations of Agarash the Damned. When Agarash was destroyed by the Elder Magi, his creations were scattered across the wilderness and plains of Chai. The creatures you now face are descendants of those ancient horrors. It is rare for Chagarashi to be found in this region of Chai. You sense that there is a sinister force present that has driven them from their burrows and caves in search of prey.</p>
<choice idref="sect195"><link-text>Turn to 195</link-text></choice>
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<meta><title>46</title></meta>
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- <p>The moment you take the satchel from the Khea-khan<ch.apos/>s hand, you feel a wave of nausea flow through your body that makes you shudder with revulsion. The bag contains the Eye of Agarash. For centuries this evil gem has lain dormant, its power inert. Now it is has been awoken, triggered by the close proximity to you - a champion of God Kai. Hurriedly, you draw upon your Magnakai discipline of Psi-screen to shield yourself from its malicious radiance. Your defences deaden its insidious effect, but you suffer a shock to your nervous system: lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ>.</p>
+ <p>The moment you take the satchel from the Khea-khan<ch.apos/>s hand, you feel a wave of nausea flow through your body that makes you shudder with revulsion. The bag contains the Eye of Agarash. For centuries this evil gem has lain dormant, its power inert. Now it is has been awoken, triggered by the close proximity to you<ch.emdash/>a champion of God Kai. Hurriedly, you draw upon your Magnakai discipline of Psi-screen to shield yourself from its malicious radiance. Your defences deaden its insidious effect, but you suffer a shock to your nervous system: lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ>.</p>
<p>Whenever you are affected by the debilitating power of the Eye of Agarash, you may use Laumspur to help you recover. Normally, a healing potion of Laumspur restores 4 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points when taken after combat. When using it to restore <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> lost due to the power of the Eye of Agarash, you may only restore the actual number of points lost. For example, if you lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points due to the effects of the Eye (as is the case here), and then you take a potion of Laumspur which normally restores 4 points, you will only regain the lost 3 points. The extra point of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> is not gained and should not be added to your <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> score.</p>
<choice idref="sect192"><link-text>Turn to 192</link-text></choice>
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<p>The Doomgah leader raises its mighty kirusami and spouts of cracking blue flame erupt along the length of its razor sharp blade. It opens its maw to reveal a score of dagger-like fangs and a thin black tongue that writhes between them.</p>
- <combat><enemy>Klüz (armed with Zukgudrak)</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">45</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">42</enemy-attribute></combat>
+ <combat><enemy>Kl<ch.uuml/>z (armed with Zukgudrak)</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">45</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">42</enemy-attribute></combat>
<p>The weapon that this enemy wields can leach power from the Eye of Agarash. This inflicts 1 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point of damage to you in every round of this combat.</p>
<choice idref="sect228">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 228</link-text></choice>
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<meta><title>63</title></meta>
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- <p>You utter the Kai Word of Power Kai! And the tremendous force of your advanced discipline hits the grouped Nagah Ghouls and sends them reeling in all directions. Your decision to use your power has worked well, for these enemies were originally a cult who worshiped God Naar – King of the Darkness. They had a secret subterranean base in the Nagah Forest during the ancient times when Chai was a province of the Vaduzhan Empire. After their mortal deaths, they were interred in their lair and its entrance was sealed, but your Magnakai discipline of Divination reveals to you that the power they gained from the Dark God through human sacrifices has kept them in a state of suspended undeath. Nadziran Zashnor who has, since the demise of the Darklords of Helgedad, become a champion of Naar, has most likely awoken these terrible creatures and is using them to further its sinister ambitions.</p>
+ <p>You utter the Kai Word of Power Kai! And the tremendous force of your advanced discipline hits the grouped Nagah Ghouls and sends them reeling in all directions. Your decision to use your power has worked well, for these enemies were originally a cult who worshiped God Naar<ch.emdash/>King of the Darkness. They had a secret subterranean base in the Nagah Forest during the ancient times when Chai was a province of the Vaduzhan Empire. After their mortal deaths, they were interred in their lair and its entrance was sealed, but your Magnakai discipline of Divination reveals to you that the power they gained from the Dark God through human sacrifices has kept them in a state of suspended undeath. Nadziran Zashnor who has, since the demise of the Darklords of Helgedad, become a champion of Naar, has most likely awoken these terrible creatures and is using them to further its sinister ambitions.</p>
<p><quote>Charge!</quote> shouts Lieutenant Quang, and his stirring command galvanises the Watchers into action. Anxious to seize the advantage your Kai word of power has provided, all five of you attack the scattered and fallen Nagah Ghouls before they can get scramble back to their feet.</p>
<choice idref="sect174"><link-text>Turn to 174</link-text></choice>
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<meta><title>79</title></meta>
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- <p>Hurriedly, you recite the words of the Brotherhood Spell - Slow Fall – but the shock of the initial impact with the trees prevents you from completing it. The spell is only partially effective; you sustain a few cuts and bruises before you land, dazed and breathless, amidst a clump of thick foliage (lose 1 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points). Fortunately, the lush vegetation and the slowed rate of descent have cushioned your impact, and you are able to rise to your feet with no bones broken. Your eyes are drawn to a glimmer of lantern light amidst the dense undergrowth and swaying trees. You shout out, hoping to draw Anseng<ch.apos/>s attention, but the sound of the teeming rain, the howling winds and the rolling thunder makes it impossible for you to be heard.</p>
+ <p>Hurriedly, you recite the words of the Brotherhood Spell<ch.emdash/>Slow Fall<ch.emdash/>but the shock of the initial impact with the trees prevents you from completing it. The spell is only partially effective; you sustain a few cuts and bruises before you land, dazed and breathless, amidst a clump of thick foliage (lose 1 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points). Fortunately, the lush vegetation and the slowed rate of descent have cushioned your impact, and you are able to rise to your feet with no bones broken. Your eyes are drawn to a glimmer of lantern light amidst the dense undergrowth and swaying trees. You shout out, hoping to draw Anseng<ch.apos/>s attention, but the sound of the teeming rain, the howling winds and the rolling thunder makes it impossible for you to be heard.</p>
<p>You force a way through the heavy foliage and emerge from the trees at the edge of the clearing, close by the muddy road. A flash of lightning illuminates the area for a few fleeting moments, yet in that brief instant you are seen by Anseng. You are also spotted by Lord Rimoah who is clinging with all his strength to the prow rail of the Comet, high above. He tosses a small object over the skyship<ch.apos/>s gunwale and it ignites into an intense ball of green flame as it falls. It drops into the tangled grass of the clearing where it continues to burn fiercely. It is a signal flare, acknowledging that you have been seen. It also tells you that your mission must proceed as planned. As you hurry towards the sputtering flare, you see the keel of the skyship turn about and ascend rapidly into the roiling black clouds.</p>
<p>Anseng and his lantern emerge from the trees. Your worried guide pauses for a few moments to get his bearings, then he comes running towards you as fast as his waterlogged clothing will allow. You rush to meet him at the edge of the road. The noise of the storm has grown much louder since the Comet departed, and now the ground shudders alarmingly with every step you take. The sodden soil has become dangerously unstable. Lightning bolts strike the ground, causing fissures that tear open the soft friable earth. You watch with growing dread as parts of the clearing break away and tumble into these treacherous crevasses. A wide fissure opens beneath your feet and you lose your balance. Instantly, a strong hand grabs your forearm and pulls you away from the yawning rift.</p>
<p><quote>Steady, my Lord,</quote> says Anseng, his rain-lashed face lit by the eerie yellow light of his storm lantern. <quote>I<ch.apos/>ll not see you buried before your mission has begun. Follow close on my heel, sire. Tread only where I tread.</quote> You nod in agreement and stay close behind your guide as skillfully he makes his way across the treacherous ground towards the treeline on the eastern side of the clearing. Here the earth is more stable; the tangled roots of the tall trees are preventing it from breaking apart and collapsing. Sheltered from the pouring rain by the thick canopy of toa fronds, you pause to rest and recover from your dramatic return to Chai.</p>
- <p>Upon checking your equipment, you are dismayed to find that the leather satchel containing your tracker gem is missing. The strap is still slung around your shoulder, but the satchel bag has been torn away during your fall through the trees. Your backpack has also been damaged in the fall, and three items are now missing. (Erase the Tracker Gem from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. You must also erase 2 Backpack Items – the third and the fifth items you have noted on your list.)</p>
+ <p>Upon checking your equipment, you are dismayed to find that the leather satchel containing your tracker gem is missing. The strap is still slung around your shoulder, but the satchel bag has been torn away during your fall through the trees. Your backpack has also been damaged in the fall, and three items are now missing. (Erase the Tracker Gem from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. You must also erase 2 Backpack Items<ch.emdash/>the third and the fifth items you have noted on your list.)</p>
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<p>Xo Street is lined with fishmongers<ch.apos/> and butchers<ch.apos/> shops and small workshops that make and sell hardware and traveling equipment. You pass their shuttered doors and arrive at the city<ch.apos/>s quay. Thunder rumbles and the dark waters of the estuary roil and seethe, illuminated and tormented by jagged bolts of lightning. Scarlet flags are flying all along the quayside as a weather warning. It is forbidden to take a boat out when these flags are displayed. Most of the boats are securely moored and under canvas, save for a few foreign trading vessels that are berthed at a long stone pier. These are not under covers, but they are well secured with ropes and chains, their hatches battened down and their sails stowed away in lockers below deck.</p>
- <p>Opposite the stone pier you see a large tavern with a brightly painted façade. Warm amber light pours from the panes of its bow-fronted windows and a sign in the middle of its façade proudly announces its name: The Tkukoma Tavern.</p>
+ <p>Opposite the stone pier you see a large tavern with a brightly painted fa<ch.ccedil/>ade. Warm amber light pours from the panes of its bow-fronted windows and a sign in the middle of its fa<ch.ccedil/>ade proudly announces its name: The Tkukoma Tavern.</p>
<choice idref="sect280">If you wish to enter the Tkukoma Tavern, <link-text>turn to 280</link-text></choice>
<choice idref="sect59">If you decide to forego the tavern and make your way across the storm-swept quayside, you will arrive at a street which heads off in a northerly direction. This is called Chunang Street (<link-text>turn to 59</link-text>).</choice>
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- <p>Klüz shrieks with agony when you land your killing blow. Clutching at its sundered breast plate, it tumbles off the stone pier and plummets head first into the heaving waters of the Tkukoma Estuary. Its fell weapon, Zukgudrak, balances precariously on the edge of the pier. Only the weight of its blade is preventing this polearm from following its owner into the raging waters. You touch the tip of Anseng<ch.apos/>s Kirusami to the blade to make it fall and there is sparkling flash of blue light. The blade of the fallen weapon is transmuted into lead and the power it possessed passes instantly into the blade of Anseng<ch.apos/>s Kirusami.</p>
+ <p>Kl<ch.uuml/>z shrieks with agony when you land your killing blow. Clutching at its sundered breast plate, it tumbles off the stone pier and plummets head first into the heaving waters of the Tkukoma Estuary. Its fell weapon, Zukgudrak, balances precariously on the edge of the pier. Only the weight of its blade is preventing this polearm from following its owner into the raging waters. You touch the tip of Anseng<ch.apos/>s Kirusami to the blade to make it fall and there is sparkling flash of blue light. The blade of the fallen weapon is transmuted into lead and the power it possessed passes instantly into the blade of Anseng<ch.apos/>s Kirusami.</p>
<p>This special weapon will now triple all <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point damage you inflict upon undead enemies in combat. However, this increased power comes at an increased price. In the first round of combat in which you use this enhanced weapon, you will suffer an automatic loss of 4 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
<choice idref="sect228">To continue, <link-text>turn to 228</link-text></choice>
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<p>You force a way through the heavy foliage and emerge from the trees at the edge of the clearing, close by the muddy road. A flash of lightning illuminates the area for a few fleeting moments, yet in that brief instant you are seen by Anseng. You are also spotted by Lord Rimoah who is clinging with all his strength to the prow rail of the Comet, high above. He tosses a small object over the skyship<ch.apos/>s gunwale which ignites into an intense ball of green flame as it falls. It drops into the tangled grass of the clearing where it continues to burn fiercely. It is a signal flare, acknowledging that you have been seen. It also tells you that your mission must proceed as planned. As you hurry towards the sputtering flare, you see the keel of the skyship turn about and ascend rapidly into the roiling black clouds.</p>
<p>Anseng and his lantern emerge from the trees. Your worried guide pauses for a few moments to get his bearings, then he comes running towards you as fast as his saturated clothing will allow. You rush to meet him at the edge of the road. The noise of the storm has grown much louder since the Comet departed, and now the ground shudders alarmingly with every step you take. The sodden soil has become dangerously unstable. Lightning bolts strike the ground, causing fissures that tear open the soft friable earth. You watch with growing dread as parts of the clearing break away and tumble into these treacherous crevasses. A wide fissure opens beneath your feet and you lose your balance. Instantly, a strong hand grabs your forearm and pulls you away from the yawning rift.</p>
<p><quote>Steady, my Lord,</quote> says Anseng, his rain-lashed face lit by the eerie yellow light of his storm lantern. <quote>I<ch.apos/>ll not see you buried before your mission has begun. Follow close on my heel, sire. Tread only where I tread.</quote> You nod in agreement and stay close behind your guide as skillfully he makes his way across the treacherous ground towards the tree line on the eastern side of the clearing. Here the earth is more stable; the tangled roots of the tall trees are preventing it from breaking apart and collapsing. Sheltered from the pouring rain by the thick canopy of toa fronds, you pause to rest and recover from your dramatic return to Chai.</p>
- <p>Upon checking your equipment, you are dismayed to find that the leather satchel containing your tracker gem is missing. The strap is still slung around your shoulder, but the satchel bag has been torn away during your fall through the trees. Your backpack has also been damaged in the fall, and three items are now missing. (Erase the Tracker Gem from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. You must also erase 3 Backpack Items – the first, third, and fifth items on your list.)</p>
+ <p>Upon checking your equipment, you are dismayed to find that the leather satchel containing your tracker gem is missing. The strap is still slung around your shoulder, but the satchel bag has been torn away during your fall through the trees. Your backpack has also been damaged in the fall, and three items are now missing. (Erase the Tracker Gem from your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. You must also erase 3 Backpack Items<ch.emdash/>the first, third, and fifth items on your list.)</p>
<choice idref="sect326"><link-text>Turn to 326</link-text></choice>
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<p>Rakhi gives a sudden squeal of delight and points at the pocket of your jacket.</p>
<p><quote>You have the Queen!</quote> she says, excitedly. You draw the playing piece from your pocket and Rakhi begs you to let her look at it. With trembling fingers she examines it closely.</p>
- <p><quote>Yes, yes… it<ch.apos/>s the missing piece I<ch.apos/>ve been looking for!</quote> she gasps.</p>
+ <p><quote>Yes, yes<ch.ellips/> it<ch.apos/>s the missing piece I<ch.apos/>ve been looking for!</quote> she gasps.</p>
<p><quote>What<ch.apos/>s so special about this samor piece?</quote> you ask, somewhat bemused by her passionate reaction.</p>
<p><quote>Wait here, I need to fetch something. I<ch.apos/>ll not be long.</quote> She returns the Samor Queen to you and leaves the table. You watch her hurry across the taproom and disappear through the curtained archway. In less than a minute she returns clutching a mahogany box inlaid with intricate gold designs.</p>
- <p>Proudly, she raises the lid revealing a set of beautifully carved samor pieces, each one resting in its own velvet-lined partition. One piece is missing from the set – the Samor Queen.</p>
+ <p>Proudly, she raises the lid revealing a set of beautifully carved samor pieces, each one resting in its own velvet-lined partition. One piece is missing from the set<ch.emdash/>the Samor Queen.</p>
<p><quote>I lost the Queen over a year ago, and I<ch.apos/>ve been searching for it ever since to restore my set. This was a present from my late grandmother. She taught me how to play samor when I was a child. I<ch.apos/>m not wealthy and I cannot offer you much money for the Queen, but I have something of value that may interest you. Perhaps we can make a deal?</quote></p>
<p>She clutches a small scarlet gem that is strung around her throat on a fine gold chain. She unhooks its clasp and passes it to you.</p>
<p><quote>It belonged to my mother,</quote> she says. <quote>She gave it to me when I joined the troupe. It has magical properties that have kept me safe since I left Durwan, but I<ch.apos/>d happily exchange it for the Samor Queen.</quote></p>
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- <p>Klüz leaps from the saddle and lands on the stone pier with a splash, its kirusami gripped firmly in its leathery black hands. The gathered Doomgah hiss their approval as their leader stomps towards you along the walkway. You steel yourself and prepare to fight this formidable creature to the death.</p>
+ <p>Kl<ch.uuml/>z leaps from the saddle and lands on the stone pier with a splash, its kirusami gripped firmly in its leathery black hands. The gathered Doomgah hiss their approval as their leader stomps towards you along the walkway. You steel yourself and prepare to fight this formidable creature to the death.</p>
<choice idref="sect342">If you possess Anseng<ch.apos/>s Kirusami, <link-text>turn to 342</link-text></choice>
<choice idref="sect60">If you do not have this Special Item, <link-text>turn to 60</link-text></choice>
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<p>You scramble to your feet and face your enemy. Zashnor has reached the bottom of the gangplank and it levels the Claw of Naar at your chest. Its initial psychic attack has failed to stop you and now it launches a magical attack that it hopes will put paid to you once and for all. The tip of the Claw erupts into a terrifying ball of lighting that arcs across the deck at blinding speed.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you possess the discipline of Grand Huntmastery, deduct 2 from the number you have chosen.</p>
<p>If your total is now 3 or lower, you lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> from damage caused by the lightning bolt.</p>
- <p>If your total is now 4 - 6, you lose 5 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> from damage caused by the lightning bolt.</p>
+ <p>If your total is now 4<ch.endash/>6, you lose 5 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> from damage caused by the lightning bolt.</p>
<p>If your total is now 7 or 8, you lose 7 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> from damage caused by the lightning bolt.</p>
<p>If your total is 9, you are engulfed and consumed by the ferocious ball of lightning. Zashnor will recover the Eye of Agarash from your smouldering remains and marry it with the Claw of Naar. The weapon thus created will give the Nadziran the ability to unleash a fireball so powerful that it will incinerate Dwala and all of its inhabitants at one fell stroke. Tragically, you will no longer be able to prevent this catastrophe, for your life and your mission ends here.</p>
<choice idref="sect162">If you have survived this magical attack, <link-text>turn to 162</link-text></choice>
<p>Deng nods his head and salutes the Lieutenant. He wishes you both good luck before he leaves the quayside and walks away into the teeming rain. You watch him go. He does not look back.</p>
<p><quote>It is best he goes with Bai tomorrow,</quote> says Quang. <quote>If they should run into the enemy during their journey, they<ch.apos/>ll stand a better chance of surviving than if Bai were to go alone.</quote></p>
<p><quote>It will be hard on them to tell Shen-Yin that she has lost her husband,</quote> you reply.</p>
- <p><quote>Yes… yes it will,</quote> says Quang, his voice tinged with bitter sadness. <quote>Her husband… and her sister too. When I spoke with Bai at the stables, he told me that when he searched the farm house next to the barn, he found the bodies of Shen-Yin<ch.apos/>s sister and her husband. Both had been murdered by the Skarada.</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>Yes<ch.ellips/> yes it will,</quote> says Quang, his voice tinged with bitter sadness. <quote>Her husband<ch.ellips/> and her sister too. When I spoke with Bai at the stables, he told me that when he searched the farm house next to the barn, he found the bodies of Shen-Yin<ch.apos/>s sister and her husband. Both had been murdered by the Skarada.</quote></p>
<p><quote>This is so sad,</quote> you reply, <quote>I pray that Ishir will give her strength to bear her grievous loss.</quote></p>
<p>Quang walks to the edge of the quay and loosens the rope securing the rowboat.</p>
<p><quote>Perhaps we should wait until the storm abates,</quote> you say.</p>
<p>You unsheathe your Kai Weapon, unlock the wheelhouse door, and race out across the rain-swept stern deck towards the bow of the ship. You are halfway to the foredeck when you hear Zashnor screaming with glee. The sound of its hideous gloating scream makes you glance over your shoulder and you are mortified by what you see. Zashnor has reached the bottom of the gangplank and it is taking aim with the Claw of Naar at your back. The tip of the Claw erupts into a terrifying ball of lighting that arcs across the deck at blinding speed.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you possess the discipline of Grand Huntmastery, deduct 2 from the number you have chosen.</p>
<p>If your total is now 3 or lower, you lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> from damage caused by the lightning bolt.</p>
- <p>If your total is now 4 - 6, you lose 5 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> from damage caused by the lightning bolt.</p>
+ <p>If your total is now 4<ch.endash/>6, you lose 5 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> from damage caused by the lightning bolt.</p>
<p>If your total is now 7 or 8, you lose 7 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> from damage caused by the lightning bolt.</p>
<p>If your total is 9, you are engulfed and consumed by the ferocious ball of lightning. Zashnor will recover the Eye of Agarash from your smouldering remains and marry it with the Claw of Naar. The weapon thus created will give the Nadziran the ability to unleash a fireball so powerful that it will incinerate Dwala and all of its inhabitants at one fell stroke. Tragically, you will no longer be able to prevent this catastrophe, for your life and your mission ends here.</p>
<choice idref="sect162">If you have survived this magical attack, <link-text>turn to 162</link-text></choice>
<p>The Skarada are now fast closing in around the open barn doors. They are armed with flint axes and long-bladed bone daggers. You dig your heels into your horse<ch.apos/>s flanks and jolt him forward in a desperate effort to escape before the Skarada can block the exit. Your horse is back under your control and he responds at once to your actions. He bolts through their closing ranks and you gallop away along the muddy farm track. Quang and the Watchers follow in your wake. The snarling Skarada slash and stab at them as they race out of the barn, forcing them run a deadly gauntlet before they can get away.</p>
<p>You come to the end of the farm track and turn your horse to the east. When you look back towards the barn, you are relieved to see that all of your companions have escaped and are galloping along the track towards the farm entrance. By the time the Skarada reach the farm<ch.apos/>s split pine fence, you are all racing along the highway in the pelting rain with your heads down and your cheeks pressed close to your horses<ch.apos/> necks.</p>
<p>Only when you can no longer see the farmstead and the Skarada do you signal to Quang and the others to bring their horses to a halt. Your mounts are breathless and their sweaty flanks steam in the pouring rain. Your companions, too, are weary. They slump in their saddles and struggle to regain their composure. Quang comes forward and halts his horse alongside yours.</p>
- <p><quote>That… was a close thing,</quote> he says, gasping for breath. <quote>We<ch.apos/>ve you to thank for getting us out of that barn alive.</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>That<ch.ellips/> was a close thing,</quote> he says, gasping for breath. <quote>We<ch.apos/>ve you to thank for getting us out of that barn alive.</quote></p>
<p>Then you hear a loud splash behind you and immediately you sense that something awful has happened.</p>
<choice idref="sect65"><link-text>Turn to 65</link-text></choice>
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- <p>Klüz shrieks with agony when you land your killing blow. Clutching at its sundered breast plate, it tumbles off the stone pier and plummets head first into the heaving waters of the Tkukoma Estuary. For a few moments its fell weapon, Zukgudrak, balances precariously on the edge of walkway. Then the howling winds catch its heavy blade and send it spiralling down into the dark waters to join its owner.</p>
- <p>The Doomgah at the far end of the pier are devastated by the defeat of their leader. They break and run in all directions to escape a similar fate by your hand. Only one remains behind. Your Magnakai discipline of Divination informs you that this creature is Mooldor, Klüz<ch.apos/>s sycophantic and vengeful lieutenant. The creature raises its iron bow and lets loose a black arrow aimed at your heart.</p>
+ <p>Kl<ch.uuml/>z shrieks with agony when you land your killing blow. Clutching at its sundered breast plate, it tumbles off the stone pier and plummets head first into the heaving waters of the Tkukoma Estuary. For a few moments its fell weapon, Zukgudrak, balances precariously on the edge of walkway. Then the howling winds catch its heavy blade and send it spiralling down into the dark waters to join its owner.</p>
+ <p>The Doomgah at the far end of the pier are devastated by the defeat of their leader. They break and run in all directions to escape a similar fate by your hand. Only one remains behind. Your Magnakai discipline of Divination informs you that this creature is Mooldor, Kl<ch.uuml/>z<ch.apos/>s sycophantic and vengeful lieutenant. The creature raises its iron bow and lets loose a black arrow aimed at your heart.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you possess the Grand Master discipline of Grand Huntmastery, add 2 to the number you have picked.</p>
<choice idref="sect35">If you total is now 4 or lower, <link-text>turn to 35</link-text></choice>
<choice idref="sect182">If it is 5 or higher, <link-text>turn to 182</link-text></choice>
<p>He stands in the open doorway and points along the alley to a passageway at the southern end.</p>
<p><quote>Turn right at the end and the passage will take you to Izara Street. Go left when you reach Izara and you<ch.apos/>ll soon arrive at the Main Square. Look for the sign to the Quay. Follow the sign and you<ch.apos/>ll be sure to reach the quayside. Make your way to the stone pier in the middle of the quayside and look for the <quote>Silver Virixe</quote>. She is a Korlian cargo ship berthed at the end of the pier. She will be bound for Port of Suhn as soon as the storms abate. Go aboard her and hide yourself below deck. If it is safe to do so, we will come for you an hour before noon and bring you back here to the North Gate in time for Lord Rimoah<ch.apos/>s arrival.</quote></p>
<p><quote>And what if you don<ch.apos/>t come?</quote> you ask, pragmatically.</p>
- <p><quote>If we don<ch.apos/>t come for you,</quote> replies Jian Tzu, <quote>then the situation here will have escalated beyond our control. You should remain hidden aboard the ship. Once it sails and is safely beyond the estuary, you should make yourself known to the Captain. His name is Chengan. He is a Watcher and he is loyal to our cause. He will convey you to Port of Suhn and from there you will be able to make contact with your Kai Monastery on the Isle of Lorn. We will send word of this to Lord Rimoah… if we are able.</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>If we don<ch.apos/>t come for you,</quote> replies Jian Tzu, <quote>then the situation here will have escalated beyond our control. You should remain hidden aboard the ship. Once it sails and is safely beyond the estuary, you should make yourself known to the Captain. His name is Chengan. He is a Watcher and he is loyal to our cause. He will convey you to Port of Suhn and from there you will be able to make contact with your Kai Monastery on the Isle of Lorn. We will send word of this to Lord Rimoah<ch.ellips/> if we are able.</quote></p>
<p>You acknowledge the Captain<ch.apos/>s words and set off from the kitchen doorway. But you have barely taken a dozen steps along the alleyway when you see a group of leathery black creatures appear in the passageway beyond. They are armed with iron bows. One of them raises its bow and a black arrow comes speeding directly towards your head!</p>
<choice idref="sect78">If you possess Magi-magic and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 78</link-text></choice>
<choice idref="sect170">If you possess Kai-alchemy, have attained the rank of Sun Knight or higher, and wish to use your advanced skill, <link-text>turn to 170</link-text></choice>
<p>Deng nods his head and salutes the Lieutenant. He wishes you both good luck before he leaves the quayside and walks away into the teeming rain. You watch him go. He does not look back.</p>
<p><quote>It is best he goes with Bai tomorrow,</quote> says Quang. <quote>If they should run into the enemy during their journey, they<ch.apos/>ll stand a better chance of surviving than if Bai were to go alone.</quote></p>
<p><quote>It will be hard on them to tell Shen-Yin that she has lost her husband,</quote> you reply.</p>
- <p><quote>Yes… yes it will,</quote> says Quang, his voice tinged with bitter sadness. <quote>Her husband… and her sister too. When I spoke with Bai at the stables, he told me that when he searched the farm house next to the barn, he found the bodies of Shen-Yin<ch.apos/>s sister and her husband. Both had been murdered by the Skarada.</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>Yes<ch.ellips/> yes it will,</quote> says Quang, his voice tinged with bitter sadness. <quote>Her husband<ch.ellips/> and her sister too. When I spoke with Bai at the stables, he told me that when he searched the farm house next to the barn, he found the bodies of Shen-Yin<ch.apos/>s sister and her husband. Both had been murdered by the Skarada.</quote></p>
<p><quote>This is so sad,</quote> you reply, <quote>I pray that Ishir will give her strength to bear her grievous loss.</quote></p>
<p>Quang walks to the edge of the quay and loosens the rope securing the rowboat.</p>
<p><quote>Perhaps we should wait until the storm abates,</quote> you say.</p>
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<p>You unsheathe your Kai Weapon and prepare to take the fight to the snickering Doomgah. You resolve to cut your way through them to the quayside beyond and make a hasty escape into the city. If you allow them to force you along the pier to the cargo ship, they will have the combat advantage for there is nowhere you can escape to once you are on the deck of the ship.</p>
- <p>Coolly, you advance along the pier. You show the vile creatures no fear, but you are stopped dead in your tracks when you hear the loud flapping of wings behind you. You glance over your left shoulder and see a Kraan landing at the end of the pier. Astride its back is a Doomgah, but one that is larger and more muscular than the others. A beast plate of black iron encases its chest and in its hand it carries a large kirusami, an exaggerated mockery of the Chai Imperial Guard weapon. Your Magnakai discipline of Divination informs you that this creature is Klüz, the Doomgah leader. It fixes you with a withering stare and its dull orange eyes flare brightly. It is preparing to dismount from the back of the cawing Kraan.</p>
+ <p>Coolly, you advance along the pier. You show the vile creatures no fear, but you are stopped dead in your tracks when you hear the loud flapping of wings behind you. You glance over your left shoulder and see a Kraan landing at the end of the pier. Astride its back is a Doomgah, but one that is larger and more muscular than the others. A beast plate of black iron encases its chest and in its hand it carries a large kirusami, an exaggerated mockery of the Chai Imperial Guard weapon. Your Magnakai discipline of Divination informs you that this creature is Kl<ch.uuml/>z, the Doomgah leader. It fixes you with a withering stare and its dull orange eyes flare brightly. It is preparing to dismount from the back of the cawing Kraan.</p>
<choice idref="sect249">If you possess Magi-magic and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 249</link-text></choice>
<choice idref="sect197">If you possess Kai-alchemy and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 197</link-text></choice>
<choice idref="sect301">If you have a bow and wish to use it, <link-text>turn to 301</link-text></choice>
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<p>Daruzhi Street leads to the quayside area of the city. Thunder rumbles all along the quay and the dark waters of the estuary roil and seethe, illuminated and tormented by jagged bolts of lightning. Scarlet flags are flying all along the quayside as a weather warning. It is forbidden to take a boat out when these flags are displayed. Most of the boats are securely moored and under canvas, save for a few foreign trading vessels that are berthed at a long stone pier. These are not under covers, but they are well secured with ropes and chains, their hatches battened down and their sails stowed away in lockers below deck.</p>
- <p>Opposite the stone pier you see a large tavern with a brightly painted façade. Warm amber light pours from the panes of its bow-fronted windows and a sign in the middle of its façade proudly announces its name: The Tkukoma Tavern.</p>
+ <p>Opposite the stone pier you see a large tavern with a brightly painted fa<ch.ccedil/>ade. Warm amber light pours from the panes of its bow-fronted windows and a sign in the middle of its fa<ch.ccedil/>ade proudly announces its name: The Tkukoma Tavern.</p>
<choice idref="sect280">If you wish to enter the Tkukoma Tavern, <link-text>turn to 280</link-text></choice>
<choice idref="sect59">If you decide to make your way across the storm-swept quayside, you will arrive at a street which heads off in a northerly direction. This is called Chunang Street (<link-text>turn to 59</link-text>).</choice>
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- <p>The moment you take the satchel from the Khea-khan<ch.apos/>s hand, you feel a wave of nausea flow through your body that makes you shudder with revulsion. The bag contains the Eye of Agarash. For centuries this evil gem has lain dormant, its power inert. Now it is has been awoken, triggered by the close proximity to you - a champion of God Kai. Hurriedly, you draw upon your Grand Master discipline of Kai-screen to shield yourself from its malicious radiance. Your defences counter its insidious effect, but you suffer a minor shock to your nervous system that leaves you chilled to the bone: lose 1 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ>.</p>
+ <p>The moment you take the satchel from the Khea-khan<ch.apos/>s hand, you feel a wave of nausea flow through your body that makes you shudder with revulsion. The bag contains the Eye of Agarash. For centuries this evil gem has lain dormant, its power inert. Now it is has been awoken, triggered by the close proximity to you<ch.emdash/>a champion of God Kai. Hurriedly, you draw upon your Grand Master discipline of Kai-screen to shield yourself from its malicious radiance. Your defences counter its insidious effect, but you suffer a minor shock to your nervous system that leaves you chilled to the bone: lose 1 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ>.</p>
<p>Whenever you are affected by the debilitating power of the Eye of Agarash, you may use Laumspur to help you recover. Normally, a healing potion of Laumspur restores 4 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points when taken after combat. When using it to restore <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> lost due to the power of the Eye of Agarash, you may only restore the actual number of points lost. For example, if you should lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points due to the effects of the Eye, and then you take a potion of Laumspur which normally restores 4 points, you will only regain the lost 3 points. The extra point of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> is not gained and should not be added to your <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> score.</p>
<choice idref="sect192"><link-text>Turn to 192</link-text></choice>
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<p>The Doomgah leader raises its mighty kirusami and spouts of cracking blue flame erupt along the length of its razor sharp blade. It opens its maw to reveal a score of dagger-like fangs and a thin black tongue that writhes between them.</p>
- <combat><enemy>Klüz (armed with Zukgudrak)</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">48</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">48</enemy-attribute></combat>
- <p>Anseng<ch.apos/>s Kirusami partially blocks the Zukgudrak<ch.apos/>s ability to leach power from the Eye of Agarash and turn it against you during this combat. In every round of combat in which you inflict an <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points loss on Klüz that is greater than -3, you may deduct a further -1 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> from the result.</p>
+ <combat><enemy>Kl<ch.uuml/>z (armed with Zukgudrak)</enemy><enemy-attribute class="combatskill">48</enemy-attribute><enemy-attribute class="endurance">48</enemy-attribute></combat>
+ <p>Anseng<ch.apos/>s Kirusami partially blocks the Zukgudrak<ch.apos/>s ability to leach power from the Eye of Agarash and turn it against you during this combat. In every round of combat in which you inflict an <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points loss on Kl<ch.uuml/>z that is greater than -3, you may deduct a further -1 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> from the result.</p>
<choice idref="sect119">If you win the combat, <link-text>turn to 119</link-text></choice>
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+ <meta><title>Combat Rules Summary</title></meta>
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+ <li>Add your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> to any bonus points given to you by your Kai Weapon, Special Items, or Grand Master Disciplines.</li>
+ <li>Subtract the <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> of your enemy from this total. This number = Combat Ratio.</li>
+ <li>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</li>
+ <li>Turn to the <a idref="crtable">Combat Results Table</a>.</li>
+ <li>Find your Combat Ratio along the top of the chart and cross-reference to the random number you have picked. (E indicates loss of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points to Enemy. GM indicates loss of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points to yourself.)</li>
+ <li>Continue the combat from Stage 3 until one character is dead. This is when the <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points of either character falls to 0 or below.</li>
+ </ol>
+
+ <section class="backmatter" id="smevazn">
+ <meta><title>To Evade Combat</title></meta>
+
+ <data>
+
+ <ol>
+ <li>You may only do this when the text of the adventure offers you the opportunity.</li>
+ <li>You undertake one round of combat in the usual way. All points lost by the enemy are ignored; only you lose the <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</li>
+ <li>If the book offers the chance of taking evasive action in place of combat, it can be taken in the first or any subsequent round (unless specifically stated otherwise).</li>
+ </ol>
+
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
+ </data>
+ </section>
+
<section class="backmatter" id="crtable">
<meta><title>Combat Results Table</title></meta>
<data>
<!-- JB: what other frontmatter errata apply here -->
+ <p>(<a idref="timeline">Timeline of Notable Events in Magnamund</a>) Changed <quote>MS 5101 Kalte, Sommerlund and Durenor</quote> to <quote>MS 5101 Kalte, Sommerlund, and Durenor</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect62">62</a>) Added a quotation mark at the end of the paragraph starting with <quote>When he was a young boy,</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect62">62</a>) Added a quotation mark at the end of the paragraph starting with <quote>When he was a young boy,</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect79">79</a>) Added a quotation mark at the end of the phrase <quote>Steady, my Lord,</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect87">87</a>) Added a quotation mark at the end of the phrase <quote>Hah!</quote> and replaced <quote>Snorts</quote> with <quote>snorts</quote>.</p>
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