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- <date class="publication"><year>2007</year><month>7</month><day>21</day></date>
+ <date class="publication"><year>2007</year><month>11</month><day>27</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>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>It is midwinter in your northern homeland and a mantle of snow lies knee-deep in the streets of Holmgard<ch.emdash/>the capital<ch.emdash/>when you are summoned from your monastery in the hills by a messenger bearing a scroll, signed and sealed by the hand of King Ulnar. You are surprised to read the King<ch.apos/>s message, for it is a request for your help in solving an urgent problem of what he describes as <quote>great diplomatic importance</quote>. It seems a strange request to make of a warrior lord, whose skills are better suited to the field of battle than to parleying with foreign envoys. However, you obey the summons and upon your arrival at the capital, all is made clear.</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 you have been asked to sign the treaty on behalf of your country. The reason for this is easily apparent.</p>
- <p>Less than a year ago, a renegade noble of Vassagonia called Barraka led his army of bandits in an attack upon the Sommlending province of Ruanon. This mining town and much of the surrounding land was overrun and destroyed. Many Sommlending lost their lives, and many more were enslaved and forced to labour in the mines of the Maaken range. When the regular convoy from Ruanon failed to arrive at the capital, the king sent you to investigate. A great battle ensued in which you defeated Barraka in mortal combat. Without your courage and skill, the safety of Sommerlund and all of the Lastlands would have been placed in grave peril.</p>
+ <p>Less than a year ago, a renegade noble of Vassagonia called Barraka led his army of bandits in an attack upon the Sommlending province of Ruanon. This mining town and much of the surrounding land was overrun and destroyed. Many Sommlending lost their lives, and many more were enslaved and forced to labour in the mines of the <!--ERRTAG-RE-6220-->Maaken Range<!--/ERRTAG-RE-6220-->. When the regular convoy from Ruanon failed to arrive at the capital, the king sent you to investigate. A great battle ensued in which you defeated Barraka in mortal combat. Without your courage and skill, the safety of Sommerlund and all of the Lastlands would have been placed in grave peril.</p>
<p><quote>Your majesty, the Zakhan is gravely embarrassed by Barraka<ch.apos/>s foul treachery, and is most anxious that our friendship and trust be restored. He begs that you send the Kai warrior, Lone Wolf, to sign a treaty of peace with him at the Grand Palace in Barrakeesh,</quote> whimpers the Zakhan<ch.apos/>s emissary, as he kneels at the feet of King Ulnar.</p>
<p>The king rises from his throne, barely able to conceal his distaste for the fawning envoy. He turns his gaze to you and bids you follow him to the privacy of an antechamber.</p>
<p><quote>I have no liking for this desert realm, Lone Wolf, but I like the prospect of war even less. The Zakhan is old and frail, and has no son to claim his throne when he dies. Barraka was but one of many ruthless nobles who wait like jackals for the chance to seize power, and I fear they grow too impatient to allow the Zakhan to die a natural death. The treaty may not guarantee peace with Vassagonia once the Zakhan is dead, but it will at least buy us precious time to strengthen our southern border.</quote></p>
<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>Dagger (Weapons)</p>
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<p>Potion of Laumspur (Backpack Items). This potion restores 4 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points to your total when swallowed after combat. There is enough for one dose.</p>
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- <li><p>Mace (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>
<dd><p>During your travels you will discover various useful items which you may wish to keep. (Remember you can only carry a maximum of eight items in your Backpack at any time.) You may exchange or discard them at any point when you are not involved in combat.</p></dd>
<dt>Special Items</dt>
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- <p>Special Items are not carried in the Backpack. When you discover a Special Item, you will be told how to carry it. If you have successfully completed previous <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> books, you may already possess Special Items. Before you begin <cite>Shadow on the Sand</cite>, you may choose to leave any or all of these items in <quote>safekeeping</quote> at your Kai Monastery in Sommerlund. Special Items in <quote>safekeeping</quote> cannot be used, but also they cannot be lost during your adventure.</p>
+ <p>Special Items are not carried in the Backpack. When you discover a Special Item, you will be told how to carry it. If you have successfully completed previous <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> books, you may already possess Special Items. Before you begin <cite>Shadow on the Sand</cite>, you may choose to leave any or all of these items in <quote>safekeeping</quote> at your Kai Monastery in Sommerlund. Special Items in <quote>safekeeping</quote> cannot be used, but <!--ERRTAG-RE-26274-->neither can they<!--/ERRTAG-RE-26274--> be lost during your adventure.</p>
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<dt>Gold Crowns</dt>
<dd><p>The currency of Sommerlund and Vassagonia is the Crown, which is a small gold coin. Whenever you kill a creature and search the body, you may take any Gold Crowns that you find and put them in your Belt Pouch.</p></dd>
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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>
<p>The harbour of Barrakeesh is deserted save for a handful of citizens clad in black, and the only sound that greets you is the toll of a funeral bell, echoing through the harbour on this day of mourning. Then a horse-drawn carriage enters the harbour square, escorted by the cavalry of the Palace Guard. It halts, and a dour man in turquoise robes steps out to meet you.</p>
<p><quote>A thousand greetings, Lone Wolf, I am Maouk, and I welcome you to our city on behalf of my master, his most sublime magnificence, Zakhan Kimah.</quote></p>
<p>The envoy gasps upon hearing the name of the new Zakhan. He turns to speak, his eyes wild with fear. <quote>It is a trap, you must<ch.ellips/></quote></p>
- <p>His warning is cut short by the blade of Maouk<ch.apos/>s dagger. Suddenly, scores of black-clad warriors emerge from the shadows; they are Sharnazim, elite Vassagonian bodyguards. They close in, surrounding you on every side. You must act quickly if you are to survive this deadly trap.</p>
+ <p>His warning is cut short by the blade of Maouk<ch.apos/>s dagger. Suddenly, scores of black-clad warriors emerge from the shadows; they are Sharnazim, <ch.eacute/>lite Vassagonian bodyguards. They close in, surrounding you on every side. You must act quickly if you are to survive this deadly trap.</p>
<choice idref="sect36">If you wish to stand and fight against these overwhelming odds, <link-text>turn to 36</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect176">If you wish to surrender to Maouk and his warriors, <link-text>turn to 176</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect104">If you wish to run back to the galley, <link-text>turn to 104</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>The Sharnazim surround you and drag you to your feet. They take your Backpack, your Weapons, your Gold Crowns and all your Special Items.<footref id="sect10-1" idref="sect10-1-foot" /> (Make all the necessary adjustments to your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.) Your hands are tied with wire, and you are frogmarched back to the plaza. A carriage is waiting. As you are thrown in head first, Maouk climbs aboard and, gloating with triumph, gives the command: <quote>Back to the Grand Palace. The Zakhan awaits his prize.</quote></p>
+ <p>The Sharnazim surround you and drag you to your feet. They take your Backpack, your Weapons, your Gold Crowns and all your Special Items.<footref id="sect10-1" idref="sect10-1-foot" /> (Make all the necessary adjustments to your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>.) Your hands are tied with wire, and you are frogmarched back to the plaza. A carriage is waiting. As you are thrown in head-first, Maouk climbs aboard and, gloating with triumph, gives the command: <quote>Back to the Grand Palace. The Zakhan awaits his prize.</quote></p>
<p>You struggle to free yourself from the wire that cuts into your wrists, but Maouk is quick to see the danger. He grabs your arm and forces a dart into your skin. As sleep numbs all your senses, the last sound you hear is Maouk<ch.apos/>s wicked laughter.</p>
<choice idref="sect69"><link-text>Turn to 69</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>You step into a perfect hemisphere. The walls of the chamber curve smoothly into the ceiling, where a small window casts a splash of light across the floor. There is a large circular dais in the centre of the room laden with incense burners, decanters, quilts, scrolls, cloaks, urns and all kinds of fruit and sweetmeats. A drawer catches your eye, protruding from beneath the lip of the dais; you recognize the contents. You have found your confiscated equipment. Restore to your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> all the Backpack Items, Special Items, Weapons and Gold Crowns you lost when you were imprisoned.</p>
+ <p>You step into a perfect hemisphere. The walls of the chamber curve smoothly into the ceiling, where a small window casts a splash of light across the floor. There is a large circular dais in the centre of the room laden with incense burners, decanters, quilts, scrolls, cloaks, <!--ERRTAG-RE-50398-->urns, and all kinds of fruit<!--/ERRTAG-RE-50398--> and sweetmeats. A drawer catches your eye, protruding from beneath the lip of the dais; you recognize the contents. You have found your confiscated equipment. Restore to your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a> all the Backpack Items, Special Items, <!--ERRTAG-RE-50717-->Weapons, and Gold Crowns<!--/ERRTAG-RE-50717--> you lost when you were imprisoned.</p>
<p>Elated by your discovery, you resolve to escape from the Grand Palace as quickly as possible. There is only one other door, apart from the one by which you entered the chamber, which is set into the north wall.</p>
<choice idref="sect58">If you wish to leave the chamber, <link-text>turn to 58</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect131">If you wish to search the chamber for useful items, <link-text>turn to 131</link-text>.</choice>
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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>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, emeralds and pearls. 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>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 now extinct. 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>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>
<choice idref="sect200"><link-text>Turn to 200</link-text>.</choice>
<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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<meta><title>75</title></meta>
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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>Quickly Northlander, I will hide you!</quote> The man steps back to allow you to enter.</p>
+ <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="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><quote>Take him!</quote> shouts Maouk, <quote>but take him alive!</quote></p>
+ <p><quote>Take him!</quote> shouts <!--ERRTAG-RE-137743-->Maouk. <quote>But take him alive!</quote><!--/ERRTAG-RE-137743--></p>
<p>You sprint towards the distant galley. The crew are still unaware of the desperate situation. They have not witnessed the murder of the envoy and are still oblivious to your peril. Before you can shout for help, a horseman cuts across your path, blocking your access to the ship.</p>
<choice idref="sect20">If you wish to attack the horseman, <link-text>turn to 20</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect142">If you wish to evade combat by diving into the sea, <link-text>turn to 142</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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- <p>You are stripped of your Backpack, your Weapons, your Gold and all of your Special Items.<footref id="sect176-1" idref="sect176-1-foot" /> Your hands are tied behind your back and you are pushed head first into the waiting carriage. <quote>Back to the palace!</quote> commands Maouk as he climbs aboard and slams the door. <quote>The Zakhan awaits his prize.</quote></p>
+ <p>You are stripped of your Backpack, your Weapons, your Gold and all of your Special Items.<footref id="sect176-1" idref="sect176-1-foot" /> Your hands are tied behind your back and you are pushed head-first into the waiting carriage. <quote>Back to the palace!</quote> commands Maouk as he climbs aboard and slams the door. <quote>The Zakhan awaits his prize.</quote></p>
<p>You fight to free the cords that bind you, but Maouk is quick to see the danger. He grabs your arm and forces a dart into your skin. As sleep engulfs your senses, you hear Maouk<ch.apos/>s wicked laughter fading into the silence.</p>
<p>Make a necessary adjustments to your <a idref="action">Action Chart</a>, and list all the items that you have had confiscated on a separate piece of paper, for reference in case you should discover them later in your adventure.</p>
<choice idref="sect69"><link-text>Turn to 69</link-text>.</choice>
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- <p>All manner of strange and exotic plants, oils, potions and medicaments fill the shop windows, and the smell of the herb-filled street is intoxicating. There is a sudden bustle of activity at the end of the street. The crowd disperses, melting into the shops as if into thin air. A man stands before you, his face is streaked with sweat, his turquoise robes torn and heavily stained. It is Maouk<ch.emdash/>he has survived the Baga-darooz.</p>
+ <p>All manner of strange and exotic plants, oils, <!--ERRTAG-RE-211472-->potions, and<!--/ERRTAG-RE-211472--> medicaments fill the shop windows, and the smell of the herb-filled street is intoxicating. There is a sudden bustle of activity at the end of the street. The crowd disperses, melting into the shops as if into thin air. A man stands before you, his face is streaked with sweat, his turquoise robes torn and heavily stained. It is Maouk<ch.emdash/>he has survived the Baga-darooz.</p>
<p><quote>Were it not for the Zakhan, I would kill you here and now,</quote> hisses Maouk, his face a mask of hate. <quote>But I will not lose my head for a cowardly Sommlending.</quote></p>
<p>His insult enrages you, but you control your anger. You sense he is not alone; eyes are watching you at every window.</p>
<choice idref="sect197">If you wish to attack Maouk, <link-text>turn to 197</link-text>.</choice>
<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 pass under an arch where two brass-gilded, conical towers gleam like gold and enter a marketplace crowded with squabbling merchants. Exotic carpets, brightly coloured material and all manner of foods are being bought, sold and haggled over. The north side of the marketplace is devoted to the auction of douggas. The sleek but noisy desert beasts are being paraded, for the benefit of the bidders, around a paddock adjoining their stables. Just past the stables, a street vanishes into the Carpet-weavers<ch.apos/> Quarter of Ikaresh.</p>
+ <p>You pass under an arch where two brass-gilded, conical towers gleam like gold and enter a marketplace crowded with squabbling merchants. Exotic carpets, brightly coloured <!--ERRTAG-RE-234455-->material, and<!--/ERRTAG-RE-234455--> all manner of foods are being bought, <!--ERRTAG-RE-234550-->sold, and<!--/ERRTAG-RE-234550--> haggled over. The north side of the marketplace is devoted to the auction of douggas. The sleek but noisy desert beasts are being paraded, for the benefit of the bidders, around a paddock adjoining their stables. Just past the stables, a street vanishes into the Carpet-weavers<ch.apos/> Quarter of Ikaresh.</p>
<choice idref="sect309">If you wish to investigate the stables, <link-text>turn to 309</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect248">If you wish to ask one of the merchants if they know where Tipasa lives, <link-text>turn to 248</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect386">If you wish to leave the marketplace, continue along the adjoining street and <link-text>turn to 386</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>Rows of stalactites hang from the roof of the cave, like the fangs of some incredible monster, and the bubbling of a distant geyser echoes eerily through the unknown depths.</p>
- <p>You begin to explore and eventually reach a place were a natural bridge of rock arches over a steaming course of water, red with ore. Huddled beneath the bridge is a pathetic figure, its body bent and emaciated. A tattered blanket covers his face, and in his withered hands he clutches a crude fishing rod. A small catch of lavacrabs lie on the bank, their claws twitching as they slowly die. As you move nearer, the figure raises his face to stare at you. It is a man, but the sight of his face shocks you to the core.</p>
+ <p>You begin to explore and eventually reach a place were a natural bridge of rock arches over a steaming course of water, red with ore. Huddled beneath the bridge is a pathetic figure, its body bent and emaciated. A tattered blanket covers his face, and in his withered hands he clutches a crude fishing rod. A small <!--ERRTAG-RE-265622-->catch of lavacrabs lies<!--/ERRTAG-RE-265622--> on the bank, their claws twitching as they slowly die. As you move nearer, the figure raises his face to stare at you. It is a man, but the sight of his face shocks you to the core.</p>
<choice idref="sect344">If you have the Kai Discipline of Healing, <link-text>turn to 344</link-text>.</choice>
<choice idref="sect208">If you do not possess this Kai Discipline, <link-text>turn to 208</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>
<meta><title>254</title></meta>
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- <p>The chill air whips past your face as you tumble towards Lake Inrahim. The Kraan-riders, the sky-ship and 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-->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>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 sky-ship 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>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 Tentarias are 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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<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>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>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 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>
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- <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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<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>
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<meta><title>Errata List</title></meta>
<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>.</p>
+ <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="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="equipmnt">Equipment</a>) Removed <quote> (see the front of this book)</quote>. Capitalized the items in the list rather than setting them in all capitals. Replaced both occurrences of <quote>Safe Keeping</quote> with <quote>safekeeping</quote>. Replaced <quote>Kai monastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Monastery</quote>. Replaced <quote>Lone Wolf</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite></quote> when referring to the series.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="equipmnt">Equipment</a>) Removed <quote> (see the front of this book)</quote>. Capitalized the items in the list rather than setting them in all capitals. Replaced both occurrences of <quote>Safe Keeping</quote> with <quote>safekeeping</quote>. Replaced <quote>Kai monastery</quote> with <quote>Kai Monastery</quote>. Replaced <quote>Lone Wolf</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite></quote> when referring to the series.<!--ERRTAG-RE-26274-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>also they cannot</quote> with <quote>neither can they</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-26274-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="cmbtrulz">Rules for Combat</a>) Removed <quote> on the inside back cover of the book</quote>. Replaced <quote>on the page after the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a></quote> with <quote>in the back of this book</quote>. Placed <quote>or below</quote> after <quote>reduced to zero</quote>. Replaced <quote>reduced</quote> with <quote>possibly reduced</quote>.<!--ERRTAG-RE-31271-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>at which point the one with the zero score is declared dead.</quote> with <quote>at which point that combatant is declared dead.</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-31271-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="kaiwisdm">Kai Wisdom</a>) Replaced both occurrences of <quote>LONE WOLF</quote> with <quote>Lone Wolf</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="sect1">1</a>) Replaced <quote>you must<ch.emdash/></quote> with <quote>you must<ch.ellips/></quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect1">1</a>) Replaced <quote>you must<ch.emdash/></quote> with <quote>you must<ch.ellips/></quote> and <quote>elite</quote> with <quote><ch.eacute/>lite</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect2">2</a>) Replaced <quote>fades; and</quote> with <quote>fades, and</quote>, <quote>diseases, or</quote> with <quote>diseases or</quote>, and <quote>entered, and</quote> with <quote>entered and</quote>. Replaced <quote>Gold Chain and Key</quote> with <quote>Gold Key on a chain</quote>. Replaced <quote>the Key</quote> with <quote>the Gold Key</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect4">4</a>) Replaced <quote>Palace Jailer</quote> with <quote>Palace Gaoler</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect5">5</a>) Replaced <quote>half-way</quote> with <quote>halfway</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect7">7</a>) Replaced <quote>bowstring and</quote> with <quote>bowstring, and</quote>, <quote>range and</quote> with <quote>range, and</quote>, and <quote>surrounded and</quote> with <quote>surrounded, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect8">8</a>) Replaced <quote>efforts and</quote> with <quote>efforts, and</quote>.</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="sect10">10</a>) Replaced <quote>wire and</quote> with <quote>wire, and</quote>.</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="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="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="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>.</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="sect40">40</a>) Replaced <quote>retch, and</quote> with <quote>retch and</quote> and <quote>tunnel and</quote> with <quote>tunnel, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect44">44</a>) Replaced <quote>leatherbound</quote> with <quote>leather-bound</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect61">61</a>) Replaced <quote>open and</quote> with <quote>open, and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect64">64</a>) Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect66">66</a>) Replaced <quote>guard, and</quote> with <quote>guard and</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect67">67</a>) Replaced <quote>deep dark</quote> with <quote>deep, dark</quote>.</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="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, <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="sect168">168</a>) Replaced <quote>sommersaults</quote> with <quote>somersaults</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect173">173</a>) Replaced <quote>north-west</quote> with <quote>northwest</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect175">175</a>) Replaced <quote>Maouk who</quote> with <quote>Maouk, who</quote> and <quote>shadows, a dart</quote> with <quote>shadows<ch.emdash/>a dart</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="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="sect198">198</a>) Replaced <quote>7<ch.endash/>9</quote> with <quote>7<ch.endash/>12</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect199">198</a>) Replaced <quote>jailer</quote> with <quote>gaoler</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect200">200</a>) Replaced <quote>gold, but</quote> with <quote>gold but</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect202">202</a>) Replaced <quote>gold, and</quote> with <quote>gold and</quote> and <quote>street, and</quote> with <quote>street and</quote>. Replaced all occurrences of <quote>market-place</quote> with <quote>marketplace</quote></p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect202">202</a>) Replaced <quote>gold, and</quote> with <quote>gold and</quote> and <quote>street, and</quote> with <quote>street and</quote>. Replaced all occurrences of <quote>market-place</quote> with <quote>marketplace</quote><!--ERRTAG-RE-234455-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>material and</quote> with <quote>material, and</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-234455-ITEM--><!--ERRTAG-RE-234550-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>sold and</quote> with <quote>sold, and</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-234550-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect203">203</a>) Replaced <quote>Vordak but</quote> with <quote>Vordak, but</quote> and <quote>blood, and</quote> with <quote>blood and</quote>.<!--ERRTAG-RE-235358-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-235358-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect204">204</a>) Replaced <quote>strength, and</quote> with <quote>strength and</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect206">206</a>) Replaced <quote>furnished and</quote> with <quote>furnished, and</quote>, <quote>little there is either</quote> with <quote>little is there is either</quote> and <quote>leatherbound</quote> with <quote>leather-bound</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect232">232</a>) Replaced <quote>eyes and</quote> with <quote>eyes, and</quote>, <quote>knees and</quote> with <quote>knees, and</quote> and <quote>move but</quote> with <quote>move, but</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect233">233</a>) Replaced <quote>lit but</quote> with <quote>lit, but</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect234">234</a>) Moved the Tracking choice into the first position.<!--ERRTAG-RE-263537-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>on to</quote> with <quote>onto</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-263537-ITEM--></p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect235">235</a>) Replaced <quote>explore, and</quote> with <quote>explore and</quote> and <quote>face and</quote> with <quote>face, and</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect235">235</a>) Replaced <quote>explore, and</quote> with <quote>explore and</quote> and <quote>face and</quote> with <quote>face, and</quote>.<!--ERRTAG-RE-265622-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>catch of lavacrabs lie</quote> with <quote>catch of lavacrabs lies</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-265622-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a id="err236" idref="sect236">236</a>) Deleted the second sentence <quote>When you strike, the guard is still on his knees, picking up his scattered gold.</quote> (See the <a idref="err295">erratum for section 295</a>.)</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect237">237</a>) Replaced <quote>smells, and after</quote> with <quote>smells and, after</quote>. Replaced <quote>Jala</quote> with <quote>jala</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect238">238</a>) Replaced <quote>crack and</quote> with <quote>crack, and</quote> and <quote>hand, and</quote> with <quote>hand and</quote>.</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--></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="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="sect264">264</a>) Added a period to the end of the illustration<ch.apos/>s caption.</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--><!--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 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="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="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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