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- <date class="publication"><year>2007</year><month>7</month><day>21</day></date>
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<p>You are Lone Wolf<ch.emdash/>last of the Kai Lords of Sommerlund, and sole survivor of the massacre that destroyed them during a bitter war with your age-old enemies, the Darklords of Helgedad.</p>
<p>The Zakhan of Vassagonia, the imperial ruler of this desert empire, has sent his most trusted envoy to seek a treaty of peace between your two countries, and the king has asked you to sign the treaty on behalf of your country.</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 10 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 4 in the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> you would write in a <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> Of 14.) 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 very 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 20 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 6 on the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a> you would have 26 <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 can never go above the number with which you start your adventure.</p>
- <p><strong>If you have successfully completed any of the previous adventures in the <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> series</strong>, you will already have your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>, <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points and Kai Disciplines which you can now carry over with you to Book 5. You may also carry over any Weapons and Special Items that you held at the end of your last adventure, and these should be entered on your new <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> (you are still limited to two Weapons and eight Backpack Items).</p>
+ <p><strong>If you have successfully completed any of the previous adventures in the <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> series</strong>, you will already have your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>, <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points and Kai Disciplines which you can now carry over with you to Book 5. You may also carry over any Weapons and Special Items that you held at the end of your last adventure, and these should be entered on your new <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. (You are still limited to two Weapons and eight Backpack Items.)</p>
<p>You may choose one bonus <a idref="discplnz">Kai Discipline</a> to add to your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> for every <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> adventure you have successfully completed; now read the <a idref="equipmnt">section on equipment</a> for Book 5 carefully.</p>
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<p>Before leaving Holmgard on your voyage to the Vassagonian capital of Barrakeesh, you are given a <a idref="map">map of the desert empire</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>. Now add 10 to the number you have picked. The total equals the number of Gold Crowns inside the pouch, and you may now enter this number in the Gold Crowns section of your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>. (If you have successfully completed previous <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> adventures, you may add this sum to the total of any Crowns you may already possess. Remember you can only carry a maximum of fifty Crowns.)</p>
<p>You may take your pick of the following items (in addition to those you already possess, but remember you may only carry two weapons). You may take up to four of the following:</p>
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- <li><p>Dagger (Weapons)</p></li>
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<p>Shield (Special Items). This adds 2 points to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> when used in combat.</p>
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- <dd>The maximum number of weapons that you may carry is two.</dd>
+ <dd>The maximum number of weapons that you may carry is <em>two</em>.</dd>
<dt>Backpack Items</dt>
<dd>These must be stored in your Backpack. Because space is limited, you may only keep a maximum of eight articles, including Meals, in your Backpack at any one time.</dd>
<dt>Special Items</dt>
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<p>Subtract the <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> of your enemy from this total. The result is your Combat Ratio. Enter it on the <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.</p>
<p>Example</p>
- <p>Lone Wolf (<typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> 15) is ambushed by a Winged Devil (<typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> 20). He is not given the opportunity to evade combat, but must stand and fight as the creature swoops down on him. Lone Wolf has the Kai Discipline of Mindblast, to which the Winged Devil is not immune, so he adds 2 points to his <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>, giving a total <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> Of 17.</p>
+ <p>Lone Wolf (<typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> 15) is ambushed by a Winged Devil (<typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> 20). He is not given the opportunity to evade combat, but must stand and fight as the creature swoops down on him. Lone Wolf has the Kai Discipline of Mindblast, to which the Winged Devil is not immune, so he adds 2 points to his <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>, giving a total <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> of 17.</p>
<p>He subtracts the Winged Devil<ch.apos/>s <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> from his own, giving a Combat Ratio of <ch.minus/>3. (17 <ch.minus/> 20 = <ch.minus/>3). <ch.minus/>3 is noted on the <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as the Combat Ratio.</p>
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<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>
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<p>You rush into the cellar and bolt the door. Pressing your ear to the gnarled timber, you listen intently to the noise of Maouk<ch.apos/>s angry soldiers. They have entered the building and it will only be a matter of time before they notice the cellar door. You cast your eyes around the room. It is empty except for a Coil of Rope and a Tinderbox. Then you notice that there is another way out of the small stone room<ch.emdash/>an iron grille in the centre of the floor. However, the horrible stench rising from it turns your stomach.</p>
- <choice idref="sect51">If you wish to leave the cellar by the grille, <link-text>turn to 51</link-text></choice>
+ <choice idref="sect51">If you wish to leave the cellar by the grille, <link-text>turn to 51</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect123">If you decide to stay in the cellar, prepare for combat and <link-text>turn to 123</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You raise the hood of your cloak and hurry through the open doors into the dark, cool hall. The people are kneeling in front of a pulpit where a holy man, dressed in flowing robes of black and gold, reads aloud from a gem-encrusted book. Behind him, the face of the late Zakhan, immortalized in a tapestry suspended from the roof by huge silken cords, looks down on the mourners.</p>
- <p>The congregation is wrapped in prayer, and nobody sees you enter. The ceremony soon comes to an end, and you are able to slip past Maouk<ch.apos/>s men as the mourners flood into the streets.</p>
+ <p>The congregation is rapt in prayer, and nobody sees you enter. The ceremony soon comes to an end, and you are able to slip past Maouk<ch.apos/>s men as the mourners flood into the streets.</p>
<choice idref="sect169"><link-text>Turn to 169</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The great snake shudders and convulses in the throes of death. The smell of its thick brown blood is disgusting, and you have to hold your breath and grit your teeth as you lift the dead Yas away from the chest and peer inside.</p>
- <p>You discover six silver-handled maces, each beautifully carved and encrusted with rubies, <!--ERRTAG-RE-69812-->emeralds, and pearls<!--/ERRTAG-RE-69812-->. In the Northlands these weapons would fetch thousands of Crowns. At the bottom of the chest, you also discover a small Copper Key. If you wish to take either a Jewelled Mace or the Copper Key, or both, mark them on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as Special Items.<a id="sect35-1" idref="sect35-1-foot" /> You carry the Copper Key in the pocket of your tunic and the Jewelled Mace tucked into your belt.</p>
+ <p>You discover six silver-handled maces, each beautifully carved and encrusted with rubies, <!--ERRTAG-RE-69812-->emeralds, and pearls<!--/ERRTAG-RE-69812-->. In the Northlands these weapons would fetch thousands of Crowns. At the bottom of the chest, you also discover a small Copper Key. If you wish to take either a Jewelled Mace or the Copper Key, or both, mark them on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> as Special Items.<footref id="sect35-1" idref="sect35-1-foot" /> You carry the Copper Key in the pocket of your tunic and the Jewelled Mace tucked into your belt.</p>
<p>The acidic smell of the snake blood is beginning to make you retch. Quickly, you climb the stone steps and leave the armoury by the north door.</p>
<choice idref="sect14"><link-text>Turn to 14</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>A search of the baskets crowding the little boat uncovers a beautifully hand-tooled leather case. You flick open the brass catch and discover that the case contains a Jakan<ch.emdash/>a hunting bow used by the coastal fishermen of Vassagonia.<footref id="sect56-1" idref="sect56-1-foot" /> You are elated by your find but disappointed to discover that the case contains only one arrow.</p>
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<p>Across the harbour square, close to Maouk<ch.apos/>s carriage, you notice a small, white-walled shop where a row of green glass flagons line a balcony on the first floor. You draw the bowstring to your lips and take careful aim; it is a difficult shot, and you have only one chance.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If you possess the Kai Discipline of Weaponskill (any weapon), add 2 to the number you have picked.</p>
<choice idref="sect7">If your total is now 0<ch.endash/>3, <link-text>turn to 7</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>The section corresponding to the correct answer will have a footnote confirming that it is indeed correct.
. If you choose the wrong section, then turn to <a idref="sect156">Section 156</a> as indicated above. You do not get a second guess.</p>
+ <p>The section corresponding to the correct answer will have a footnote confirming that it is indeed correct. If you choose the wrong section, then turn to <a idref="sect156">Section 156</a> as indicated above. You do not get a second guess.</p>
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- <p>You hear a faint click followed by a soft whirring sound; the bronze door slides open. As you hurry through, the door clicks shut behind your back, as softly as it had opened.<footref id="sect67-1" idref="sect67-1-foot" /></p>
+ <p>You hear a faint <onomatopoeia>click</onomatopoeia> followed by a soft whirring sound; the bronze door slides open. As you hurry through, the door clicks shut behind your back, as softly as it had opened.<footref id="sect67-1" idref="sect67-1-foot" /></p>
<p>Instinct tells you that you have entered the chambers of the upper palace, the sumptuous private enclave of the Zakhan. You walk upon glistening tiles of opal and platinum, past sculptures and statues of pure gold. The door of solid amethyst ahead seems plain in comparison to the breathtaking splendour of this private world. Beyond the door lies another unique and startlingly beautiful world: the arboretum. A circular, cathedral-like arena spreads out below you, the green velvet canopy alive with the sound of bird song. Trees of every colour, shape and size flourish in the deep, dark soil of the floor. The Zakhan<ch.apos/>s arboretum houses a specimen of every tree that grows in Magnamund, and many species that are <!--ERRTAG-RE-100623-->now extinct elsewhere<!--/ERRTAG-RE-100623-->. As you walk the wrought iron balcony which encircles the arboretum, you recognize the leaves of a Sommlending oak. You feel a sudden wave of homesickness, but it does not make you despair; rather it renews your determination to escape from this hostile, sun-bleached land.</p>
<p>At one of the exits from the arboretum, you discover a Quarterstaff propped against the wall. (If you wish to take this, remember to mark it on your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.) The desire to escape urges you on as you leave the arboretum and hurry through a network of lavish corridors and empty, deserted vestibules. You reach a landing where a broad staircase descends to a massive room that occupies most of the lower palace.</p>
<p>From the top of the staircase, hidden by the shadow of a pilaster, you stare down on a sight that freezes your blood with terror.</p>
<p>The two guards chuckle greedily and discuss at length the good time they will be able to have in the city, once they have sold your equipment.</p>
<p><quote>I<ch.apos/>ll take a peek at our friend,</quote> says one of the guards. <quote>I wonder if he<ch.apos/>s enjoying our hospitality?</quote></p>
<p>A spy-hole slides opened above your head and you hear a gasp of shock. <quote>He<ch.apos/>s gone! He<ch.apos/>s gone! By the Majhan, we<ch.apos/>ll lose our heads!</quote> You suddenly realize that you cannot be seen so close to the door.</p>
- <p><quote>Let me see,</quote> hisses the other guard, eager to see for himself. You hear the click of a key in the lock; this could be your chance to escape.</p>
+ <p><quote>Let me see,</quote> hisses the other guard, eager to see for himself. You hear the <onomatopoeia>click</onomatopoeia> of a key in the lock; this could be your chance to escape.</p>
<choice idref="sect138">If you wish to attack the guards as soon as the door opens, <link-text>turn to 138</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect85">If you wish to move away from the door and stand in the middle of the cell, <link-text>turn to 85</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You twist the handle but the gate is locked. You are about to turn and run when suddenly the gate flies open: a man stands in the doorway. <quote><!--ERRTAG-RE-111078-->Quickly, Northlander. I<!--/ERRTAG-RE-111078--> will hide you!</quote> The man steps back to allow you to enter.</p>
<choice idref="sect24">If you wish to enter, <link-text>turn to 24</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect169">If you wish to refuse in climb the path towards the archway, <link-text>turn to 169</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect169">If you wish to refuse and climb the path towards the archway, <link-text>turn to 169</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect117">If you wish to enter the alley, <link-text>turn to 117</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>The water is clotted with a revolting variety of green and black muck and scum. It reaches up to your waist, and, as you force your way through the glutinous mire, the surface film breaks, releasing a vile gas. You have to cover your nose and mouth with your Kai cloak, for the stench is appalling. The sudden splash warns that Maouk<ch.apos/>s men are not far behind.</p>
+ <p>The water is clotted with a revolting variety of green and black muck and scum. It reaches up to your waist, and, as you force your way through the glutinous mire, the surface film breaks, releasing a vile gas. You have to cover your nose and mouth with your Kai cloak, for the stench is appalling. A sudden splash warns that Maouk<ch.apos/>s men are not far behind.</p>
<p>Your foot catches in something buried in the silt of the tunnel floor, and for one brief second, you are seized by total panic. You struggle to kick free but are held fast. Blindly, you stab your weapon beneath the filthy water until your foot is finally freed. As you withdraw your weapon, you half-expect to find some hideous sewer creature impaled upon it. Instead, you discover a human rib cage. You shudder and flick the bones back into the stinking mire.</p>
<p>The channel soon divides: the new tunnel heads west and the other continues southwards. The splashing has grown steadily louder<ch.emdash/>Maouk<ch.apos/>s men are gaining on you.</p>
<choice idref="sect135">If you wish to head west, <link-text>turn to 135</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You part the bead curtain that hangs across the doorway and enter the cool interior. The light is poor and the room gloomy, for the windows are obscured by sheaves of herbs and plants. You are studying a curious row of coloured bottles when a woman appears. She has piercing green eyes and her red hair is raised, bound with rings of jadin. Softly, she speaks to you.</p>
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<p><quote>Welcome, Northlander. I sense you are a warrior<ch.emdash/>or am I mistaken?</quote> As you hesitate to answer, she shrugs her shoulders and searches through a pile of parchments stacked on top of a wine casket. She blows away the dust before handing you a yellowed sheet. It is a list of merchandise, written in Sommlending:</p>
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<li>Potion of Alether (increases <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> by 2 for the duration of 1 combat)<ch.emdash/>4 Gold Crowns</li>
<p>Your heart pounds as the words echo in your head. The <cite>Book of the Magnakai</cite>! Suddenly, the reason why you have been enticed into a deadly trap becomes clear, and the sinister truth is revealed.</p>
<p>The <cite>Book of the Magnakai</cite> is one of the oldest legends of Sommerlund. With the wisdom of the Magnakai, Sun Eagle, the first Kai Grand Master, instilled the disciplines into the warriors of the House of Ulnar, the bloodline of your king, that were to save your land from devastation at the hands of the Darklords. The <cite>Book of the Magnakai</cite> was lost hundreds of years ago, but its wisdom was kept alive, handed down through generations of Sommlending warriors so that they could share the strength to resist their eternal enemies, the Darklords of Helgedad.</p>
<p>If the Darklords discover and destroy the <cite>Book of the Magnakai</cite>, the secrets will be lost forever, and when you die, the Kai will become extinct. However, if you discover the <cite>Book of the Magnakai</cite> first and deny the Darklords their prize, all the wisdom of the Magnakai will be revealed to you. Through its wisdom you will become strong, strong enough to reach the ultimate achievement for a Sommlending warrior<ch.emdash/>to become a Kai Grand Master.</p>
- <p>However, the peril and the glory of the quest that lies ahead is distracting you from more immediate danger. To discover this danger and to begin the quest for the <cite>Book of the Magnakai</cite>, turn to Part Two of Shadow on the Sand.</p>
+ <p>However, the peril and the glory of the quest that lies ahead is distracting you from more immediate danger. To discover this danger and to begin the quest for the <cite>Book of the Magnakai</cite>, turn to Part Two of <cite>Shadow on the Sand</cite>.</p>
<choice idref="sect201"><link-text>Begin your adventure at 201.</link-text></choice>
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- <p>You dive aside, your Kai skill saving you from the axe that is spinning towards the platform. Suddenly, a deafening bang rings out and the Drakkar is flung backwards, his breastplate torn open by dwarf shot. He gives a long, agonizing death-cry as he disappears from sight, tumbling into the darkness that surrounds the speeding sky-ship.</p>
+ <p>You dive aside, your Kai skill saving you from the axe that is spinning towards the platform. Suddenly, a deafening bang rings out and the Drakkar is flung backwards, his breastplate torn open by dwarf shot. He gives a long, agonizing death-cry as he disappears from sight, tumbling into the darkness that surrounds the speeding skyship.</p>
<p>As if in answer to the shot, a menacing roll of thunder rumbles across the darkening plain from Barrakeesh. It is as if the city itself were cursing your escape.</p>
<p>Banedon appears at your side, his face lined with concern. As he offers a shaky hand to help you to your feet, you notice that the makeshift bandage which binds his wound is soaked with blood. He is pale and weak and close to collapse.</p>
<choice idref="sect377">If you have the Kai Discipline of Healing, <link-text>turn to 377</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Emerging from a bank of cloud on the skyline is a flying ship. It is a small craft, no bigger than an Unoram river barge, with two triangular sails swept back either side of its curving prow. In the fading twilight you can make out a long pennant that flutters from its mast. A faint humming reaches your ears. Your first reaction is disbelief; what you are seeing must be a trick of the light or some fiendish illusion created by the Darklords. However as the ship floats nearer, your senses tell you that it is indeed quite real.</p>
+ <p>Emerging from a bank of cloud on the skyline is a flying ship. It is a small craft, no bigger than an Unoram river barge, with two triangular sails swept back either side of its curving prow. In the fading twilight you can make out a long pennant that flutters from its mast. A faint humming reaches your ears. Your first reaction is disbelief; what you are seeing must be a trick of the light or some fiendish illusion created by the Darklords. However, as the ship floats nearer, your senses tell you that it is indeed quite real.</p>
<choice idref="sect336">If you possess a Crystal Star Pendant, <link-text>turn to 336</link-text>.<footref id="sect221-1" idref="sect221-1-foot" /></choice>
<choice idref="sect275">If you do not have this Special Item, <link-text>turn to 275</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p><quote>Ikaresh,</quote> says Banedon pensively. <quote><quote>The Eagle<ch.apos/>s Lair</quote>. That is where we will find Tipasa the Wanderer. It is the place of his birth and the home of his family. He roams the Dry Main, but he always returns to Ikaresh.</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>Ikaresh,</quote> says Banedon pensively. <quote><ch.thinspace/><quote>The Eagle<ch.apos/>s Lair</quote>. That is where we will find Tipasa the Wanderer. It is the place of his birth and the home of his family. He roams the Dry Main, but he always returns to Ikaresh.</quote></p>
<p>It is late afternoon when you reach the hills beyond the Koos that overlook the town of Ikaresh. Banedon moors the <cite>Skyrider</cite> to a pinnacle of stone, and a rope ladder is lowered to the ground. It has been decided that you and he will enter Ikaresh on foot and locate Tipasa, while Nolrim and the crew wait in hiding for you to return<ch.emdash/>the sight of the <cite>Skyrider</cite> hovering above the mountain town would be sure to arouse unwanted interest in your arrival.</p>
<p>You and Banedon prepare yourselves for your mission by staining your skins with brown copalla berries and dressing in the grey and white robes commonly worn by the mountain people of this region. You bid farewell to Nolrim and set off across the barren hills.</p>
<p>Pick in number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
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- <p>The chill air whips past your face as you tumble towards Lake Inrahim. The Kraan-riders, the <!--ERRTAG-RE-286002-->sky-ship, and<!--/ERRTAG-RE-286002--> the distant horizon all melt into a kaleidoscope of shapes and images. You fear these will be the last things you will ever see.</p>
+ <p>The chill air whips past your face as you tumble towards Lake Inrahim. The Kraan-riders, the <!--ERRTAG-RE-286002-->skyship, and<!--/ERRTAG-RE-286002--> the distant horizon all melt into a kaleidoscope of shapes and images. You fear these will be the last things you will ever see.</p>
<p>You have prepared yourself for death and feel calm and relaxed. Suddenly, you feel your body engulfed by a mass of sticky fibres. There is a terrific jolt, which leaves you breathless and stunned. (Lose 2 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.) The impossible is happening<ch.emdash/>you are no longer falling but rising!</p>
- <p>You have to been caught by a net of sticky strands like a fly in a Web. You rise into the sky towards the flying ship as quickly as you fell. Three bearded dwarves clad in bright, padded battle-jerkins pull you aboard an outrigger that runs the length of the hull. There<ch.apos/>s no time to express your gratitude, for the small sky-ship is under attack from the Kraan-riders.</p>
+ <p>You have to been caught by a net of sticky strands like a fly in a web. You rise into the sky towards the flying ship as quickly as you fell. Three bearded dwarves clad in bright, padded battle-jerkins pull you aboard an outrigger that runs the length of the hull. There<ch.apos/>s no time to express your gratitude, for the small skyship is under attack from the Kraan-riders.</p>
<p>At the end of the outrigger, a dwarf is in hand-to-hand combat with a snarling Drakkar. He is losing the battle. As you rush to help him, another of the evil warriors lands in the centre of the craft, on top of the fortified platform.</p>
<choice idref="sect280">If you wish to help the dwarf, <link-text>turn to 280</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect361">If you wish to leap from the outrigger <!--ERRTAG-RE-286671-->onto<!--/ERRTAG-RE-286671--> the fortified platform, <link-text>turn to 361</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>261</title></meta>
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- <p>You tumble earthwards, blurred colours flashing before your eyes. The Kraan-riders, the sky-ship and the distant horizon all melt into a kaleidoscope of shapes, the last images you see before smashing into the hard and barren salt-plain of Lake Inrahim.</p>
+ <p>You tumble earthwards, blurred colours flashing before your eyes. The Kraan-riders, the skyship and the distant horizon all melt into a kaleidoscope of shapes, the last images you see before smashing into the hard and barren salt-plain of Lake Inrahim.</p>
<choice>Your life and the hopes of Sommerlund end here.</choice>
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- <p>You recognize the flag that flies above a fortified platform in the centre of the strange craft: it is the crescent and crystal star ensign of the Magicians<ch.apos/> Guild of Toran, a city in northern Sommerlund. The sky-ship is commanded by a Sommlending wizard<ch.emdash/>one of your own countrymen. He is a blond-haired young man dressed in long, dark blue robes.</p>
+ <p>You recognize the flag that flies above a fortified platform in the centre of the strange craft: it is the crescent and crystal star ensign of the Magicians<ch.apos/> Guild of Toran, a city in northern Sommerlund. The skyship is commanded by a Sommlending wizard<ch.emdash/>one of your own countrymen. He is a blond-haired young man dressed in long, dark blue robes.</p>
<p>You are so stunned by the fateful appearance of the craft that you fail to notice the blood seeping from the Itikar<ch.apos/>s mouth: the creature is near to death. Suddenly, the great bird lets out a pitiful and agonizing caw. Its wings stiffen, and its head falls limply forward as the last flicker of life escapes from its torn body. You are pitched forward, and your stomach heaves as you plummet towards Lake Inrahim.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect374">If the number you have picked is 0<ch.endash/>4, <link-text>turn to 374</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>291</title></meta>
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- <p>You learn that the dwarves were once the crew of a more conventional vessel, a merchantman that sailed the Tentarias of southern Magnamund. The <!--ERRTAG-RE-320024-->Tentarias is<!--/ERRTAG-RE-320024--> a vast expanse of lakes and land-locked seas, which connect to form a continuous canal stretching over a thousand miles. They were created, as was the Rymerift of Durenor, by a massive landslide. Three years ago, the dwarves<ch.apos/> former captain, a dwarf named Quan, lost his ship, cargo and crew whilst gambling at cards; it seems the unfortunate captain was unaware of Banedon<ch.apos/>s true profession until it was far too late. As a result Banedon became the dwarves<ch.apos/> captain, and ever since they have adventured with him across the lands and skies of Southern Magnamund. The <cite>Skyrider</cite> itself was given to Banedon by the Magicians of Dessi, in return for his help in defeating the Gagadoth<ch.emdash/>a monstrous creature that terrorized their land, over which their own sorcery could not prevail.</p>
+ <p>You learn that the dwarves were once the crew of a more conventional vessel, a merchantman that sailed the Tentarias of southern Magnamund. The <!--ERRTAG-RE-320024-->Tentarias is<!--/ERRTAG-RE-320024--> a vast expanse of lakes and land-locked seas, which connect to form a continuous canal stretching <!--ERRTAG-RE-320190-->nearly three thousand miles<!--/ERRTAG-RE-320190-->. They were created, as was the Rymerift of Durenor, by a massive landslide. Three years ago, the dwarves<ch.apos/> former captain, a dwarf named Quan, lost his ship, <!--ERRTAG-RE-320419-->cargo, and<!--/ERRTAG-RE-320419--> crew whilst gambling at cards; it seems the unfortunate captain was unaware of Banedon<ch.apos/>s true profession until it was far too late. As a <!--ERRTAG-RE-320628-->result, Banedon<!--/ERRTAG-RE-320628--> became the dwarves<ch.apos/> captain, and ever since they have adventured with him across the lands and skies of Southern Magnamund. The <cite>Skyrider</cite> itself was given to Banedon by the Magicians of Dessi, in return for his help in defeating the Gagadoth<ch.emdash/>a monstrous creature that terrorized their land, over which their own sorcery could not prevail.</p>
<p>The <cite>Skyrider</cite> was travelling from Dessi on its way to Barrakeesh when you appeared. The dwarves have overheard your talk with Banedon and are excited by the prospects of a new adventure. They seem undaunted by the deadly dangers that it will certainly involve.</p>
<choice idref="sect359"><link-text>Turn to 359</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>You see the young magician lower his staff, a trace of a smile on his pain-racked face.</p>
<p><quote>Alas, I was too slow to shield myself,</quote> he says wryly, as you kneel at his side and free the spear that pins him to the floor. The wound is serious, and you hastily staunch the bleeding with strips of cloth from his dark blue robes.</p>
- <p>The wizard then introduces himself. <quote>I am Banedon, Journeymaster to the Guild of the Crystal Star,</quote> he says, his voice weak and shaky. <quote>However, you need not introduce yourself, Lone Wolf, for only you would attract such company this far from home.</quote> He glances at the Kraan-riders swooping past the sky-ship on every side. <quote>Help me to my feet<ch.emdash/>we must escape before they drag us from the sky.</quote></p>
+ <p>The wizard then introduces himself. <quote>I am Banedon, Journeymaster to the Guild of the Crystal Star,</quote> he says, his voice weak and shaky. <quote>However, you need not introduce yourself, Lone Wolf, for only you would attract such company this far from home.</quote> He glances at the Kraan-riders swooping past the skyship on every side. <quote>Help me to my feet<ch.emdash/>we must escape before they drag us from the sky.</quote></p>
<p>You support the wizard as he grasps the ship<ch.apos/>s helm<ch.emdash/>a radiant crystal sphere with hundreds of glowing facets set upon a slim silver rod.</p>
<p>No sooner has his hand closed around the crystal than there is a tremendous explosion.</p>
<choice idref="sect323"><link-text>Turn to 323</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>313</title></meta>
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- <p>Below the bell-tower you see a line of Itikar pens, each with its own circular landing platform. Itikar are a breed of huge black birds that nest in eyries high in the peaks of the Dahir and Vakar Mountains. The Vassagonians have long since tamed these giants of the skies, using them as winged mounts for their army leaders, their scouts, couriers and envoys.</p>
+ <p>Below the bell-tower you see a line of Itikar pens, each with its own circular landing platform. Itikar are a breed of huge black birds that nest in eyries high in the peaks of the Dahir and Vakar Mountains. The Vassagonians have long since tamed these giants of the skies, using them as winged mounts for their army leaders, their scouts, <!--ERRTAG-RE-341826-->couriers, and<!--/ERRTAG-RE-341826--> envoys.</p>
<p>An Itikar and rider swoop down out of the reddening sky and alight upon the platform nearest to the bell-tower. Slaves hurl a rope to the rider, who in turn fixes it to a saddle ring before he jumps to the ground. The Itikar caws and beats its huge wings as it is slowly winched into the pen by a hidden capstan.</p>
<p>The rider and the slaves leave the platform; there is now only one sentry on guard at the pen. If you can overpower him, you can make your escape on the back of the giant bird.</p>
<choice idref="sect325">If you possess a Blowpipe and Sleep Dart, <link-text>turn to 325</link-text>.</choice>
- <choice idref="sect282">If you do not have these Items, <link-text>turn to 282</link-text>.</choice>
+ <choice idref="sect282">If you do not have <!--ERRTAG-RE-342580-->these items<!--/ERRTAG-RE-342580-->, <link-text>turn to 282</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>Dawn is breaking on the horizon of a low hill, blurred and dotted with small tufted trees. Swiftly the <cite>Skyrider</cite> has voyaged through the night to arrive at the foothills of the Koneshi Mountains, in whose folds the sky-ship is safely tucked away from watchful eyes. Twenty-five miles to the north, across a landscape of barren rock and dry brush, lies the Tomb of the Majhan.</p>
+ <p>Dawn is breaking on the horizon of a low hill, blurred and dotted with small tufted trees. Swiftly the <cite>Skyrider</cite> has voyaged through the night to arrive at the foothills of the Koneshi Mountains, in whose folds the skyship is safely tucked away from watchful eyes. Twenty-five miles to the north, across a landscape of barren rock and dry brush, lies the Tomb of the Majhan.</p>
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<p>You and Banedon set off before the dawn, anxious not to waste either time or the protective cover of darkness. Now, as the great golden disc of the sun rises in the sky, for the first time you can see your goal. A massive excavation has exposed the heart of this scorched land, delving deep around the tombs of its forgotten ancestors. Thousands of Giaks, spiteful and malicious servants of the Darklords, labour unceasingly to remove rock and sand from this quarry, forced by Drakkarim to drag their backbreaking loads up ramps to the rim of the crater.</p>
<p>Close to the edge of the crater, an encampment of black tents surrounds a large domed canopy. Lying in the shade of this construction is a huge flying creature<ch.emdash/>an Imperial Zlanbeast. Its presence here can only mean one thing: Darklord Haakon has arrived. The thought chills your blood, but you draw comfort from the labour of his slaves. That they continue to labour is a sign that their mission has yet to be completed: the <cite>Book of the Magnakai</cite> has yet to be found.</p>
<p>It is impossible to approach the crater unseen; you will have to wait for darkness before you attempt to enter the Tomb. During the long wait, it is agreed that Banedon should attempt to find Tipasa. It is likely that he is being held captive inside the encampment<ch.emdash/>the Darklords would be unlikely to kill him before discovering the treasure they seek.</p>
- <p>During the day, you must eat a Meal or lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points. Make the necessary adjustments to your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.<a id="sect320-1" idref="sect320-1-foot" /></p>
+ <p>During the day, you must eat a Meal or lose 3 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points. Make the necessary adjustments to your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.<footref id="sect320-1" idref="sect320-1-foot" /></p>
<choice idref="sect286"><link-text>Turn to 286</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The smoke clears to reveal the grinning face of a dwarf at the cabin window. A smear of soot blackens his rosy cheeks and exaggerates the whiteness of his crooked teeth. He is holding a tube of smoking steel that you assume to be a magic staff, until you notice that each of the dwarf crew carry identical staves. As they point them at the swooping Kraan, gouts of smoke and flame bellow from their tips. Suddenly you recognize the weapons and their wielders<ch.emdash/>they are dwarves from the mountain kingdom of Bor, armed with one of the inventions for which these ingenious artisans are justly famous throughout Magnamund.</p>
- <p>The Kraan are terrified by the noise; they turn their leathery tails and fly away, their Drakkar riders powerless to stop them. The primitive guns have claimed only one victim, but nevertheless, they have driven off the enemy and saved the sky-ship from disaster.</p>
+ <p>The Kraan are terrified by the noise; they turn their leathery tails and fly away, their Drakkar riders powerless to stop them. The primitive guns have claimed only one victim, but nevertheless, they have driven off the enemy and saved the skyship from disaster.</p>
<p>Banedon steers the craft about, banking steeply until the ship faces the darkening peaks of the southern mountains and the distinct V-shaped cleft of the Dahir Pass.</p>
<p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</p>
<choice idref="sect250">If the number you have picked is 0<ch.endash/>2, <link-text>turn to 250</link-text>.</choice>
<p>You have little sleep that night as you lie thinking about the quest that lies before you, haunted by the fear that the Darklords may already have found the <cite>Book of the Magnakai</cite>.</p>
<p>You rise before dawn and breakfast on a meal of sheep<ch.apos/>s butter and dried milk cake, before bidding farewell to Tipasa<ch.apos/>s wife. The trek back to the <cite>Skyrider</cite> passes uneventfully, and by noon you have reached the rocky crag where the craft is moored. Nolrim is the first to greet you, but he cannot hide his disappointment that you have returned unaccompanied.</p>
<p><quote>Do not worry<ch.emdash/>the answer lies here,</quote> says Banedon, holding up Tipasa<ch.apos/>s diary. <quote>Prepare to set sail.</quote></p>
- <p>As the <cite>Skyrider</cite> rises into the clear blue sky, Banedon hands over the helm to Nolrim and bids you follow him to his quarters at the prow. For three hours he pores over his charts, making calculations, checking instrument readings and racking his brain for the solution that will pinpoint the Tomb of the Majhan.</p>
+ <p>As the <cite>Skyrider</cite> rises into the clear blue sky, Banedon hands over the helm to Nolrim and bids you follow him to his quarters at the prow. For three hours he pores over his charts, making calculations, checking instrument <!--ERRTAG-RE-361973-->readings, and<!--/ERRTAG-RE-361973--> racking his brain for the solution that will pinpoint the Tomb of the Majhan.</p>
<p><quote>It<ch.apos/>s no use,</quote> he says, tired and exasperated. <quote>I cannot fathom these numbers.</quote></p>
<p>As you peer at the pages of Tipasa<ch.apos/>s diary, suddenly you realize that they are written in code. What Banedon had assumed to be positions of stars is a code to three numbers that give the precise location of the Tomb.</p>
<p>Consult the <a idref="map">map</a> to help you discover the location of the Tomb of the Majhan.</p>
<p>The golden domes of the Grand Palace grow smaller as the Itikar gathers speed. Soon, you have passed over the city wall and are heading out towards the shimmering salt-flats of Lake Inrahim. The land below is bathed in beautiful orange twilight, as the sun slowly sinks behind the Dahir Mountains to the west. Elated by your escape, you throw back your head and give voice to a triumphant yell that is carried away on the chill evening wind.</p>
<p>As if in answer to your cry, an echoing chorus of shrieks pierce the sky. Fear returns to your heart as you catch sight of a flock of Kraan, hideous leathery-winged fliers. Each carries a Drakkar warrior on its back. They are over a mile behind you, but they are quickly closing the gap. Less than an hour of light remains; if you can evade them a little longer, you may be able to lose them when night falls.</p>
- <p>You must decide in which direction to fly, for you are now above the centre of Lake Inrahim<ch.emdash/>consult the <a idref="map">map</a> at the front of this book before making your decision.</p>
- <choice idref="sect264">If you wish to steer the Itikar south towards the Dahir pass, <link-text>turn to 264</link-text>.</choice>
+ <p>You must decide in which direction to fly, for you are now above the centre of Lake Inrahim<ch.emdash/>consult the <a idref="map">map</a> <!--ERRTAG-DE-375915/-->before making your decision.</p>
+ <choice idref="sect264">If you wish to steer the Itikar south towards the <!--ERRTAG-RE-376027-->Dahir Pass<!--/ERRTAG-RE-376027-->, <link-text>turn to 264</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect244">If you wish to head east towards the town of Chula, <link-text>turn to 244</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The axe howls through the dark; you sidestep, guided only by instinct, for you cannot see the lethal axe-blade, which hurtles towards you. Black steel bites into your side, the sudden pain making you gasp in shocked surprise. You clutch at your wounded ribs to feel warm blood oozing through your fingers. Lose 4 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</p>
- <p>A deafening bang rings out and the Drakkar is flung backwards, his breastplate torn open by dwarf shot. He screams a long, agonizing death-cry as he disappears from sight, tumbling into the darkness, which surrounds the speeding sky-ship. From Barrakeesh, a roll of thunder rumbles across the dark plain, full of brooding menace, as if the city itself were cursing your escape.</p>
+ <p>A deafening bang rings out and the Drakkar is flung backwards, his breastplate torn open by dwarf shot. He screams a long, agonizing death-cry as he disappears from sight, tumbling into the darkness, which surrounds the speeding skyship. From Barrakeesh, a roll of thunder rumbles across the dark plain, full of brooding menace, as if the city itself were cursing your escape.</p>
<p>Banedon appears at your side, his face lined with concern. As he offers a shaky hand to help you to your feet, you notice that the makeshift bandage which binds his wound is soaked with blood. He is weak and pale, and close to collapse.</p>
<choice idref="sect377">If you have the Kai Discipline of Healing, <link-text>turn to 377</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect339">If you do not possess this skill, <link-text>turn to 339</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>374</title></meta>
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- <p>As you tumble earthwards, a blur of colour flashes before your eyes as the Kraan-riders, the sky-ship and the distant horizon all melt into a kaleidoscope of shapes and images, which you fear will be the last things you will ever see.</p>
+ <p>As you tumble earthwards, a blur of colour flashes before your eyes as the Kraan-riders, the skyship and the distant horizon all melt into a kaleidoscope of shapes and images, which you fear will be the last things you will ever see.</p>
<p>You have prepared yourself for death and are calm and relaxed, when suddenly you feel your body entwined by a mass of sticky fibres. There is a terrific jolt, which leaves you breathless and stunned. The impossible is happening; you are no longer falling, but rising!</p>
- <p>A net of clinging strands has caught you like a fly in a web. You rise up into the sky towards the flying ship as quickly as you fell. Three bearded dwarves clad in bright, padded battle-jerkins pull you aboard an outrigger that runs the length of the hull. However, there is no time to express your gratitude, for the small sky-ship is under attack from the Kraan-riders.</p>
+ <p>A net of clinging strands has caught you like a fly in a web. You rise up into the sky towards the flying ship as quickly as you fell. Three bearded dwarves clad in bright, padded battle-jerkins pull you aboard an outrigger that runs the length of the hull. However, there is no time to express your gratitude, for the small skyship is under attack from the Kraan-riders.</p>
<p>At the end of the outrigger, a dwarf is engaged in hand-to-hand combat with a snarling Drakkar. He is obviously losing. As you rush to his aid, another of the evil warriors lands in the centre of the craft, on top of the fortified platform.</p>
<choice idref="sect280">If you wish to help the dwarf, <link-text>turn to 280</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect361">If you wish to leap from the outrigger <!--ERRTAG-RE-407869-->onto<!--/ERRTAG-RE-407869--> the platform, <link-text>turn to 361</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>The ale is thick and creamy, with a taste like malted apples. You lower the half-empty tankard and wipe away the froth from your lips with your sleeve.</p>
- <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point total is less than 15, deduct 2 from this number. If your <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point total is above 25, add 2 to this number. If you have reached the Kai rank of Savant add 3 to this number.</p>
+ <p>Pick a number from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. If your current <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point total is less than 15, deduct 2 from this number. If your <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> point total is above 25, add 2 to this number. If you have reached the Kai rank of <!--ERRTAG-RE-425661-->Savant, add<!--/ERRTAG-RE-425661--> 3 to this number.</p>
<choice idref="sect364">If your total score is now below 7, <link-text>turn to 364</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect218">If your total score is now 7 or above, <link-text>turn to 218</link-text>.</choice>
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<p>As far as the eye can see, a long, straight, sandstone corridor slopes away into the distance. Torches crackle and splutter on the walls, illuminating the pictograms engraved in the yellow stone.</p>
- <p>At regular intervals, rough-edged slabs protrude into the main corridor. You stop to take a close look at one of these slabs and the floor beneath it and come to a frightening conclusion. They are obviously traps, no doubt set off by the Giaks when they cleared this corridor of sand. Rather than instructing the Giaks to avoid them, the Darklords must have deliberately used their slaves to set them off. Once the traps had been sprung, the squashed bodies were cleared away and the slabs chiselled through to the next section. Pit traps in the floors seem to have been neutralized in the same way. Set off by luckless Giaks, they would have been filled in with the dead bodies and levelled off with sand. The thought of this heartless barbarity fills you with revulsion.</p>
+ <p>At regular intervals, rough-edged slabs protrude into the main corridor. You stop to take a close look at one of these slabs and the floor <!--ERRTAG-RE-428231-->beneath it and come<!--/ERRTAG-RE-428231--> to a frightening conclusion. They are obviously traps, no doubt set off by the Giaks when they cleared this corridor of sand. Rather than instructing the Giaks to avoid them, the Darklords must have deliberately used their slaves to set them off. Once the traps had been sprung, the squashed bodies were cleared away and the slabs chiselled through to the next section. Pit traps in the floors seem to have been neutralized in the same way. Set off by luckless Giaks, they would have been filled in with the dead bodies and levelled off with sand. The thought of this heartless barbarity fills you with revulsion.</p>
<p>Just over a mile along the corridor, you eventually arrive at a large stone door. The stone surround bears evidence of chisel-work, but the door itself is rock solid.</p>
<p>You notice a faint beam of light descending from a hole in the ceiling. It creates a small circular pool of light, a little to one side of a similar hole in the floor. In the wall near to the door there is a triangular indentation, no larger than a Gold Crown.</p>
<choice idref="sect233">If you possess a Prism, <link-text>turn to 233</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>399</title></meta>
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- <p>Banedon lowers his staff, the trace of a wry smile on his pain-racked face. <quote>Alas I was too slow to protect myself, Lone Wolf,</quote> he says, glancing at his arm. You kneel at his side and free the spear that pins him to the floor. The wound is serious; hastily you staunch the bleeding with strips of cloth torn from his dark blue robes. You recognize the robes, for they are the attire of a Journeymaster. It seems that young Banedon has achieved distinction among his brother magicians since last you met.</p>
+ <p>Banedon lowers his staff, the trace of a wry smile on his pain-racked face. <quote><!--ERRTAG-RE-431974-->Alas, I<!--/ERRTAG-RE-431974--> was too slow to protect myself, Lone Wolf,</quote> he says, glancing at his arm. You kneel at his side and free the spear that pins him to the floor. The wound is serious; hastily you staunch the bleeding with strips of cloth torn from his dark blue robes. You recognize the robes, for they are the attire of a Journeymaster. It seems that young Banedon has achieved distinction among his brother magicians since last you met.</p>
<p><quote>It appears that we are fated to meet in their company,</quote> he says, still watching the Kraan-riders anxiously. <quote>Help me to my feet, we must escape before they drag us from the sky.</quote></p>
<p>You support the magician as he grasps the ship<ch.apos/>s helm<ch.emdash/>a radiant crystal sphere with hundreds of glowing facets set on a slim silver rod. No sooner has his hand closed around the crystal than there is a tremendous explosion.</p>
<choice idref="sect323"><link-text>Turn to 323</link-text>.</choice>
<meta><title>400</title></meta>
<data>
- <p>You examine the floor where Darklord Haakon fell, but there are no signs of his body. The atmosphere is strangely calm and peaceful as if a great and evil shadow has been lifted.</p>
+ <p>You examine the floor where Darklord Haakon fell, but there are no signs of his body. The atmosphere is strangely calm and <!--ERRTAG-RE-433271-->peaceful, as<!--/ERRTAG-RE-433271--> if a great and evil shadow has been lifted.</p>
<p>You turn and walk to the throne where Haakon sat, waiting for you to appear. Beyond it lies a portal, an ancient inscription carved deep into the blood-red stone. Below the carving is set the impression of a human hand. Instinct and intuition guide your hand to the door; the carving fits around it like a glove.</p>
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+ <p>The Empire of Vassagonia is a vast desert realm. The northern coast runs roughly east for several hundred miles before it turns in a lazy, rugged arc to the south. Roughly at the apex of this arc is the city of Barrakeesh, the capitol of Vassagonia. The six other cities of this vast arid country are mainly to be found in the thin coastal strip, such as Ferufezan in the northwest, and Bisutan in the south. Barrakeesh is cut off from most of the rest of Vassagonia by the semicircle of the Kabar Range. These mountains meet the sea on the eastern coast at Cape Kabar, which overlooks a trio of islands. For all its magnificent coastline, Vassagonia lacks fresh water, with only six major oases in the entire realm, half of which line the trail to the south of the Dahir Mountains between Ikaresh and Bir Rabalou.</p>
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- <creator>JC Alvarez <ch.ampersand/> Jonathan Blake</creator>
+ <creator>JC Alvarez / Jonathan Blake</creator>
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<ol>
<li>Add your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> to any extra points given to you by your Kai Disciplines.</li>
<li>Subtract the <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> of your enemy from this total. This number = Combat Ratio.</li>
- <li>Pick
number from <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>.</li>
- <li>Turn to <a idref="crtable">Combat Results Table</a>.</li>
- <li>Find your Combat Ratio on the top of the chart and cross-reference to random number you have picked. (E indicates loss of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points to Enemy. LW indicates loss of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points to Lone Wolf.)</li>
- <li>Continue the combat from Stage 3 until one character is dead. This is when <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points of either character fall to 0 or below.</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 on 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. LW indicates loss of <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points to Lone Wolf.)</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>
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<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 Lone Wolf loses the <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points.</li>
+ <li>You undertake one round of combat in the usual way. All points lost by the enemy are ignored; only Lone Wolf loses 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 round of combat or any subsequent round.</li>
</ol>
<data>
<p>(<a idref="tssf">The Story So Far<ch.ellips/></a>) Replaced <quote>mid-winter</quote> with <quote>midwinter</quote>, <quote>king<ch.apos/>s</quote> with <quote>King<ch.apos/>s</quote>, and all occurrences of <quote>king</quote> with <quote>King</quote>.<!--ERRTAG-RE-6220-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Maaken range</quote> with <quote>Maaken Range</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-6220-ITEM--></p>
- <p>(<a idref="gamerulz">The Game Rules</a>) Removed <quote> that you will find in the front of this book. For further adventuring you can copy out the chart yourself or get it photocopied</quote> and <quote> on the last page of this book</quote>. Replaced <quote>Combat Skill, Endurance Points</quote> with <quote><typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>, <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points</quote>. Placed <quote>or below</quote> after <quote>fall to zero</quote>.<!--ERRTAG-RE-8915-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-8915-ITEM--></p>
+ <p>(<a idref="gamerulz">The Game Rules</a>) Removed <quote> that you will find in the front of this book. For further adventuring you can copy out the chart yourself or get it photocopied</quote> and <quote> on the last page of this book</quote>. Replaced <quote>Combat Skill, Endurance Points</quote> with <quote><typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>, <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points</quote>. Placed <quote>or below</quote> after <quote>fall to zero</quote>.<!--ERRTAG-RE-8915-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-8915-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Chart (you</quote> with <quote>Chart. (You</quote>, and <quote>Items).</quote> with <quote>Items.)</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="discplnz">Kai Disciplines</a>) Replaced <quote>Kai Discipline section</quote> with <quote>Kai Disciplines section</quote>. Replaced all occurrences of <quote>discipline(s)</quote> with <quote>Discipline(s)</quote>. Set the Weapons list in initial capital letters instead of all capitals. Replaced <quote>Kai monastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Monastery</quote>. Replaced all occurrences of <quote>Lone Wolf</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite></quote> when referring to the series.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect10">10</a>) Replaced <quote>wire and</quote> with <quote>wire, and</quote> and <quote>head first</quote> with <quote>head-first</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect12">12</a>) Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect13">13</a>) Replaced <quote>appalling, and</quote> with <quote>appalling; and</quote>.</p>
-<p>(<a idref="sect14">14</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-50398-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>urns and all kinds of fruit</quote> with <quote>urns, and all kinds of fruit</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-50398-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-50717-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Weapons and Gold Crowns</quote> with <quote>Weapons, and Gold Crowns</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-50717-ITEM--></p>
+
<p>(<a idref="sect14">14</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-50398-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>urns and all kinds of fruit</quote> with <quote>urns, and all kinds of fruit</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-50398-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-50717-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Weapons and Gold Crowns</quote> with <quote>Weapons, and Gold Crowns</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-50717-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect17">17</a>) Replaced <quote>subside but</quote> with <quote>subside, but</quote>. Moved the Sixth Sense choice into the first position.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect18">18</a>) Replaced <quote>Dahir mountains</quote> with <quote>Dahir Mountains</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect19">19</a>) Replaced <quote>suspiciously, but</quote> with <quote>suspiciously but</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect27">27</a>) Replaced <quote>oil</quote> with <quote>Oil</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect29">29</a>) Replaced <quote>joint and</quote> with <quote>joint, and</quote>, <quote>water, and</quote> with <quote>water and</quote>, and <quote>bar and</quote> with <quote>bar, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect30">30</a>) Replaced <quote>wall, and</quote> with <quote>wall and</quote>, <quote>action, when</quote> with <quote>action when (awkward)</quote>, and <quote>narrow and</quote> with <quote>narrow, and</quote>. Moved the Guardian choice into the first position.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect32">32</a>) Replaced <quote>prayer and</quote> with <quote>prayer, and</quote> and <quote>end and</quote> with <quote>end, and</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect32">32</a>) Replaced <quote>prayer and</quote> with <quote>prayer, and</quote> and <quote>end and</quote> with <quote>end, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>wrapped in</quote> with <quote>rapt in</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect33">33</a>) Replaced <quote>corroded but</quote> with <quote>corroded, but</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect35">35</a>) Replaced <quote>disgusting and</quote> with <quote>disgusting, and</quote>, <quote>six, silver-handled</quote> with <quote>six silver-handled</quote>, and <quote>tunic, and</quote> with <quote>tunic and</quote>.<!--ERRTAG-RE-69812-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>emeralds and pearls</quote> with <quote>emeralds, and pearls</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-69812-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect38">38</a>) Replaced <quote>Half-way</quote> with <quote>Halfway</quote>.<!--ERRTAG-RE-71865-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-71865-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect67">67</a>) Replaced <quote>deep dark</quote> with <quote>deep, dark</quote>.<!--ERRTAG-RE-100623-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>now extinct</quote> with <quote>now extinct elsewhere</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-100623-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect69">69</a>) Replaced <quote>crisscrossed</quote> with <quote>criss-crossed</quote>, <quote>free, and</quote> with <quote>free and</quote>, and <quote>greedily, and</quote> with <quote>greedily and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect73">73</a>) Replaced <quote>something and</quote> with <quote>something, and</quote>.</p>
-<p>(<a idref="sect75">75</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-111078-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Quickly Northlander, I</quote> with <quote>Quickly, Northlander. I</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-111078-ITEM--></p>
+
<p>(<a idref="sect75">75</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-111078-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Quickly Northlander, I</quote> with <quote>Quickly, Northlander. I</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-111078-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect79">79</a>) Moved the Camouflage/Hunting choice into the first position.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect80">80</a>) Replaced <quote><ch.thinspace/><ch.lsquot/>click<ch.rsquot/><ch.thinspace/></quote> with <quote><onomatopoeia>click</onomatopoeia></quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect82">82</a>) Replaced <quote>courage but</quote> with <quote>courage, but</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect101">101</a>) Replaced <quote>Potion Alether</quote> with <quote>Potion of Alether</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect102">102</a>) Replaced both occurrences of <quote>Jailer<ch.apos/> Keys</quote> with <quote>Gaoler<ch.apos/>s Keys</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect103">103</a>) Replaced <quote>body, and</quote> with <quote>body and</quote>.</p>
-<p>(<a idref="sect104">104</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-137743-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Maouk, &lsquot;but take him alive!&rsquot;</quote> with <quote>Maouk. &lsquot;But take him alive!&rsquot;</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-137743-ITEM--></p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect104">104</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-137743-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Maouk, <ch.lsquot/>but take him alive!<ch.rsquot/></quote> with <quote>Maouk. <ch.lsquot/>But take him alive!<ch.rsquot/></quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-137743-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect106">106</a>) Replaced <quote>combat, and</quote> with <quote>combat and</quote>. Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.<!--ERRTAG-RE-138747-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-138747-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect107">107</a>) Replaced <quote>guard<ch.apos/>s</quote> with <quote>guards<ch.apos/></quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect109">109</a>) Replaced <quote>market-place</quote> with <quote>marketplace</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect176">176</a>) Replaced <quote>head first</quote> with <quote>head-first</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect177">177</a>) Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect178">178</a>) Replaced <quote>half-way</quote> with <quote>halfway</quote>.</p>
-<p>(<a idref="sect179">179</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-211472-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>potions and</quote> with <quote>potions, and</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-211472-ITEM--></p>
+
<p>(<a idref="sect179">179</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-211472-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>potions and</quote> with <quote>potions, and</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-211472-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect183">183</a>) Replaced <quote>legs tearing</quote> with <quote>legs, tearing</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect187">187</a>) Replaced <quote>long curved</quote> with <quote>long, curved</quote> and <quote>claws, its</quote> with <quote>claws<ch.emdash/>its</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect189">189</a>) Replaced <quote>falls, but</quote> with <quote>falls but</quote> and <quote>indifference, and</quote> with <quote>indifference and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect207">207</a>) Replaced <quote>Crowns, and</quote> with <quote>Crowns and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect208">208</a>) Replaced <quote>yellow and</quote> with <quote>yellow, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect209">209</a>) Replaced <quote>Drakkarim, and</quote> with <quote>Drakkarim and</quote>.<!--ERRTAG-RE-241305-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-241305-ITEM--></p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect210">210</a>) Replaced <quote>sky-ship</quote> with <quote>skyship</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect211">211</a>) Replaced <quote>wine, and</quote> with <quote>wine and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect213">213</a>) Replaced <quote>Vakar mountains</quote> with <quote>Vakar Mountains</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect216">216</a>) Replaced <quote>town, and</quote> with <quote>town and</quote>. Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect248">248</a>) Replaced <quote>small beady</quote> with <quote>small, beady</quote>. Replaced <quote>belt pouch</quote> with <quote>Belt Pouch</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect250">250</a>) Replaced <quote>blood and</quote> with <quote>blood, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect253">253</a>) Replaced <quote>subsides; but</quote> with <quote>subsides, but</quote>. Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect254">254</a>) Replaced <quote>battle-jerkins, pull</quote> with <quote>battle-jerkins pull</quote> and <quote>gratitude for</quote> with <quote>gratitude, for</quote>.<!--ERRTAG-RE-286671-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-286671-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-286002-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>sky-ship and</quote> with <quote>sky-ship, and</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-286002-ITEM--></p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect254">254</a>) Replaced <quote>battle-jerkins, pull</quote> with <quote>battle-jerkins pull</quote> and <quote>gratitude for</quote> with <quote>gratitude, for</quote>.<!--ERRTAG-RE-286671-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-286671-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-286002-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>sky-ship and</quote> with <quote>skyship, and</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-286002-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>sky-ship</quote> with <quote>skyship</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect258">258</a>) Replaced <quote>noise, and</quote> with <quote>noise and</quote>, <quote>death blow</quote> with <quote>death-blow</quote>, and <quote>terror but</quote> with <quote>terror, but</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect259">259</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-289598-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-289598-ITEM--></p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect261">261</a>) Replaced <quote>sky-ship</quote> with <quote>skyship</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect264">264</a>) Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect269">269</a>) Replaced both occurrences of <quote>drawbolt</quote> with <quote>bolt</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect271">271</a>) Replaced <quote>below, but</quote> with <quote>below but</quote>, <quote>blood, and</quote> with <quote>blood and</quote> and <quote>stiffen and</quote> with <quote>stiffen, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect274">274</a>) Replaced <quote>market place</quote> with <quote>marketplace</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect275">275</a>) Replaced <quote>forward and</quote> with <quote>forward, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>Magician<ch.apos/>s Guild</quote> with <quote>Magicians<ch.apos/> Guild</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect275">275</a>) Replaced <quote>forward and</quote> with <quote>forward, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>Magician<ch.apos/>s Guild</quote> with <quote>Magicians<ch.apos/> Guild</quote>. Replaced <quote>sky-ship</quote> with <quote>skyship</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect277">277</a>) Replaced <quote>drawbolt</quote> with <quote>bolt</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect279">279</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-307019-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-307019-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect280">280</a>) Replaced <quote>face sending</quote> with <quote>face, sending</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect282">282</a>) Replaced <quote>However for</quote> with <quote>However, for</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect285">285</a>) Replaced <quote>hand, and</quote> with <quote>hand and</quote> and <quote>muzzle-first</quote> with <quote>muzzle first</quote>. Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect289">289</a>) Replaced <quote>surface and</quote> with <quote>surface, and</quote> and <quote>gutteral</quote> with <quote>guttural</quote>. Italicised <quote><onomatopoeia>crack</onomatopoeia></quote>.</p>
-<p>(<a idref="sect291">291</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-320024-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Tentarias are</quote> with <quote>Tentarias is</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-320024-ITEM--></p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect291">291</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-320024-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Tentarias are</quote> with <quote>Tentarias is</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-320024-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-320190-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>over a thousand miles</quote> with <quote>nearly three thousand miles</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-320190-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-320419-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>cargo and</quote> with <quote>cargo, and</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-320419-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-320628-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>result Banedon</quote> with <quote>result, Banedon</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-320628-ITEM--></p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect294">294</a>) Replaced <quote>sky-ship</quote> with <quote>skyship</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a id="err295" idref="sect295">295</a>) Added the sentences, <quote>When you strike, the guard is still on his knees, picking up his scattered gold. Your attack is silent and deadly.</quote> These are copied from 236. <quote>Turn to 236</quote> is now replaced with <quote>If you wish to search the guard<ch.apos/>s body, turn to 207. If you decide to ignore the body, hurry into the Itikar<ch.apos/>s pen and turn to 224.</quote> This retains the text for the Mind Over Matter option, while fixing the out-of-place wording if you never untied the guard<ch.apos/>s money pouch. (See also the <a idref="err236">errata for sections 236</a>, <a idref="err357">357</a>, and <a idref="err389">389</a>.) Perhaps Joe Dever originally intended for there to be a Random Number pick even when you used Mind Over Matter and then made Mind Over Matter an automatic victory against the sentry but he seems to have forgotten to change the wording for the Random Number pick.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect296">296</a>) Replaced <quote>Zakhan, others</quote> with <quote>Zakhan. Others</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect297">297</a>) Replaced <quote>alive, and</quote> with <quote>alive and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect305">305</a>) Replaced <quote>half-way</quote> with <quote>halfway</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect306">306</a>) Replaced <quote>obey, and</quote> with <quote>obey and</quote>. Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect312">312</a>) Replaced <quote>boomsail</quote> with <quote>boom-sail</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect313">313</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-341826-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>couriers and</quote> with <quote>couriers, and</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-341826-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-342580-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>these Items</quote> with <quote>these items</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-342580-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect315">315</a>) Replaced <quote>collar bone</quote> with <quote>collarbone</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect316">316</a>) Replaced <quote>surprise, their weapons</quote> with <quote>surprise; their weapons</quote>.<!--ERRTAG-RE-343815-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-343815-ITEM--></p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect320">320</a>) Replaced <quote>blood but</quote> with <quote>blood, but</quote> and <quote>back-breaking</quote> with <quote>backbreaking</quote>. Replaced <quote>Koneshi mountains</quote> with <quote>Koneshi Mountains</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect320">320</a>) Replaced <quote>blood but</quote> with <quote>blood, but</quote> and <quote>back-breaking</quote> with <quote>backbreaking</quote>. Replaced <quote>Koneshi mountains</quote> with <quote>Koneshi Mountains</quote>. Replaced <quote>sky-ship</quote> with <quote>skyship</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect322">322</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-351155-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-351155-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-351631-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-351631-ITEM--></p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect323">323</a>) Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect323">323</a>) Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption. Replaced <quote>sky-ship</quote> with <quote>skyship</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect326">326</a>) Replaced <quote>belt pouch</quote> with <quote>Belt Pouch</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect327">327</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-356599-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-356599-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect329">329</a>) Replaced <quote>Drakkarim but</quote> with <quote>Drakkarim, but</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect328">328</a>) Replaced <quote>market-place</quote> with <quote>marketplace</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect330">330</a>) Replaced <quote>combat and</quote> with <quote>combat, and</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect331">331</a>) Removed <quote> at the front of this book</quote>. Replaced <quote>pours over</quote> with <quote>pores over</quote>. Replaced <quote>What Banedon had assumed to be positions of stars are a code</quote> with <quote>What Banedon had assumed to be positions of stars is a code</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect331">331</a>) Removed <quote> at the front of this book</quote>. Replaced <quote>pours over</quote> with <quote>pores over</quote>. Replaced <quote>What Banedon had assumed to be positions of stars are a code</quote> with <quote>What Banedon had assumed to be positions of stars is a code</quote>.<!--ERRTAG-RE-361973-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>readings and</quote> with <quote>readings, and</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-361973-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect332">332</a>) Replaced <quote>half-way</quote> with <quote>halfway</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect333">333</a>) Replaced <quote>flash and</quote> with <quote>flash, and</quote> and <quote>blood-stained</quote> with <quote>bloodstained</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect335">335</a>) Replaced <quote>death blow</quote> with <quote>death-blow</quote>. Moved the Sixth Sense choice into the first position.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect337">337</a>) Moved the Sixth Sense choice into the first position.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect339">339</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-368529-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-368529-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect342">342</a>) Replaced <quote>half-way</quote> with <quote>halfway</quote> and <quote>Jala</quote> with <quote>jala</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect343">343</a>) Replaced <quote>behind you but</quote> with <quote>behind you, but</quote>. Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption. Replaced <quote>Dahir mountains</quote> with <quote>Dahir Mountains</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect343">343</a>) Replaced <quote>behind you but</quote> with <quote>behind you, but</quote>. Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption. Replaced <quote>Dahir mountains</quote> with <quote>Dahir Mountains</quote>.<!--ERRTAG-DE-375915-ITEM--> Deleted <quote>at the front of this book </quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-DE-375915-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-376027-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Dahir pass</quote> with <quote>Dahir Pass</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-376027-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect344">344</a>) Replaced <quote>yellow and</quote> with <quote>yellow, and</quote> and <quote>herb, and</quote> with <quote>herb and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect345">345</a>) Replaced <quote>hand, and</quote> with <quote>hand and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect347">347</a>) Replaced <quote>below but</quote> with <quote>below, but</quote>.<!--ERRTAG-RE-379025-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-379025-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect362">362</a>) Replaced both occurrences of <quote>Jala</quote> with <quote>jala</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect366">366</a>) Replaced <quote>drawbolt</quote> with <quote>bolt</quote> and <quote>death blow</quote> with <quote>death-blow</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect370">370</a>) Replaced <quote>stranger, and</quote> with <quote>stranger and</quote>. Replaced <quote>falls to zero</quote> with <quote>falls to zero or below</quote>. Replaced <quote>points to zero</quote> with <quote>points to zero or below</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect371">371</a>) Replaced <quote>sky-ship</quote> with <quote>skyship</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect372">372</a>) Replaced <quote>drawbolt</quote> with <quote>bolt</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect374">374</a>) Replaced <quote>happening, you</quote> with <quote>happening; you</quote>.<!--ERRTAG-RE-407869-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-407869-ITEM--></p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect374">374</a>) Replaced <quote>happening, you</quote> with <quote>happening; you</quote>.<!--ERRTAG-RE-407869-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-407869-ITEM--> Replaced each occurrence of <quote>sky-ship</quote> with <quote>skyship</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect375">375</a>) Replaced <quote>blow, and</quote> with <quote>blow and</quote>. Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect376">376</a>) Replaced <quote>white-washed</quote> with <quote>whitewashed</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect380">380</a>) Replaced <quote>helm but</quote> with <quote>helm, but</quote> and <quote>bo<ch.apos/>sun</quote> with <quote>Bo<ch.apos/>sun</quote>. Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect386">386</a>) Moved the Tracking choice into the first position.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect389">389</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-421720-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-421720-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect390">390</a>) Replaced <quote>flame, is</quote> with <quote>flame is</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect392">392</a>) Replaced the last choice to read <quote>7 or above</quote> instead of <quote>above 7</quote> in order to avoid the ambiguous situation of having picked 7.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect392">392</a>) Replaced the last choice to read <quote>7 or above</quote> instead of <quote>above 7</quote> in order to avoid the ambiguous situation of having picked 7.<!--ERRTAG-RE-425661-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Savant add</quote> with <quote>Savant, add</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-425661-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect394">394</a>) Replaced <quote>madman, as</quote> with <quote>madman as</quote>.<!--ERRTAG-RE-426277-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>mass of writhing insects tumble</quote> with <quote>mass of writhing insects tumbles</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-426277-ITEM--></p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect395">395</a>) Replaced <quote>it, and</quote> with <quote>it and</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect395">395</a>) Replaced <quote>it, and</quote> with <quote>it and</quote>.<!--ERRTAG-RE-428231-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>beneath it, and come</quote> with <quote>beneath it and come</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-428231-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect396">396</a>) Moved the Sixth Sense choice into the first position. Replaced <quote>spirals stairs</quote> with <quote>spiral stairs</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect400">400</a>) Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption. Replaced <quote>Lone Wolf series</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite> series</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="crsumary">Combat Rules Summary</a>) Replaced <quote>cross reference</quote> with <quote>cross-reference</quote>, <quote>top of chart</quote> with <quote>top of the chart</quote> and <quote>fall to 0</quote> with <quote>falls to 0 or below</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect399">399</a>)<!--ERRTAG-RE-431974-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Alas I</quote> with <quote>Alas, I</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-431974-ITEM--></p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect400">400</a>) Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption. Replaced <quote>Lone Wolf series</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite> series</quote>.<!--ERRTAG-RE-433271-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>peaceful as</quote> with <quote>peaceful, as</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-433271-ITEM--></p>
+ <p>(<a idref="crsumary">Combat Rules Summary</a>) Replaced <quote>cross reference</quote> with <quote>cross-reference</quote>, <quote>top of chart</quote> with <quote>top of the chart</quote>, and <quote>fall to 0</quote> with <quote>falls to 0 or below</quote>. Replaced <quote>Pick number from</quote> with <quote>Pick a number from the</quote>. Replaced <quote>Turn to Combat</quote> with <quote>Turn to the Combat</quote>. Replaced <quote>to random number</quote> with <quote>to the random number</quote>. Replaced <quote>when ENDURANCE</quote> with <quote>when the ENDURANCE</quote>. Replaced <quote>ignored, only</quote> with <quote>ignored; only</quote>.</p>
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