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- <p>This Discipline enables a Grand Master to become supremely efficient in the use of all weapons. When you enter combat with one of your
Grand Master weapons, you add 5 points to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>. The rank of Kai Grand Defender, with which you begin the Grand Master series, means you are skilled in <em>two</em> of the weapons listed below.<a id="discplnz-1" idref="discplnz-1-foot" class="footnote" /></p>
+ <p>This Discipline enables a Grand Master to become supremely efficient in the use of all weapons. When you enter combat with one of your
<!--ERRTAG-RE-24772-->Grand Weaponmastery weapons<!--/ERRTAG-RE-24772-->, you add 5 points to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>. The rank of Kai Grand Defender, with which you begin the Grand Master series, means you are skilled in <em>two</em> of the weapons listed below.<a id="discplnz-1" idref="discplnz-1-foot" class="footnote" /></p>
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<dt>Weapons</dt>
- <dd><p>The maximum number of weapons that you can carry is two. Weapons aid you in combat. If you have the Grand Master Discipline of Grand Weaponmastery and a correct weapon, it adds 5 points to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>. If you find a weapon during your adventure, you may pick it up and use it.</p></dd>
+ <dd><p>The maximum number of weapons that you can carry is <em>two</em>. Weapons aid you in combat. If you have the Grand Master Discipline of Grand Weaponmastery and a correct weapon, it adds 5 points to your <typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ>. If you find a weapon during your adventure, you may pick it up and use it.</p></dd>
<dt>Bows and Arrows</dt>
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<p>During your adventure there will be opportunities to use a Bow and Arrow. If you equip yourself with this weapon, and you possess at least one Arrow, you may use it when the text of a particular section allows you to do so. The Bow is a useful weapon, for it enables you to hit an enemy at a distance. However, a Bow cannot be used in hand-to-hand combat; therefore it is strongly recommended that you also equip yourself with a close combat weapon, such as a sword or axe.</p>
<dt>Grand Huntmastery</dt>
<dd><p>Kai Sun Lords with this skill are able to see, with acute accuracy, light in the infrared spectrum, i.e. they can see complex patterns generated by heat in near or total darkness. They can also see light in the ultraviolet spectrum.</p></dd>
<dt>Kai-surge</dt>
- <dd><p>Sun Lords who possess mastery of this Discipline are able to launch a Kai-blast<ch.emdash/>a pulse of intense psychic energy which is capable of affecting both psychically active and inactive enemies. This form of psychic attack is very effective, more so than a usual Kai-surge, Psi-surge or Mindblast. It can cause an enemy to lose between 2 and 18 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points in one attack. A Kai Sun Lord using Kai-blast determines the damage inflicted on an enemy by picking two numbers from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. These numbers should be added together (a <quote>0</quote> = 1) and the resultant total equals the damage inflicted. However, use of a Kai-blast will reduce a Sun Lord<ch.apos/>s <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points total by 4. It cannot be used in conjunction with any other form of psychic attack.</p></dd>
+ <dd><p>Sun Lords who possess mastery of this Discipline are able to launch a Kai-blast<ch.emdash/>a pulse of intense psychic energy which is capable of affecting both psychically active and inactive enemies. This form of psychic attack is very effective, more so than a usual Kai-surge, Psi-surge
, or Mindblast. It can cause an enemy to lose between 2 and 18 <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points in one attack. A Kai Sun Lord using Kai-blast determines the damage inflicted on an enemy by picking two numbers from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. These numbers should be added together (a <quote>0</quote> = 1) and the resultant total equals the damage inflicted. However, use of a Kai-blast will reduce a Sun Lord<ch.apos/>s <typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ> points total by 4. It cannot be used in conjunction with any other form of psychic attack.</p></dd>
<dt>Telegnosis</dt>
<dd><p>Sun Lords who possess this Discipline are able to alter their body weight in order to walk successfully upon different kinds of surfaces, e.g. water, mud, lava, and quicksand. Time duration and degree of surface difficulty increases as a Grand Master rises in rank.</p></dd>
<dt>Magi-magic</dt>
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<footnote id="sect164-1-foot" idref="sect164-1">
<p>The section corresponding to the correct answer will have a footnote confirming that it is indeed correct. You have only one chance to guess at the correct answer. If you guess incorrectly, <a idref="sect235">turn immediately to 235</a>.</p>
+ <p>In case you cannot view the image of the grid, the grid of numbers has three rows and five colums. The missing number is located in the second row, third column. The numbers appear as follows:</p>
+ <table>
+ <tr>
+ <td>6</td>
+ <td>4</td>
+ <td>3</td>
+ <td>8</td>
+ <td>5</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>2</td>
+ <td>5</td>
+ <td><ch.nbsp/></td>
+ <td>4</td>
+ <td>9</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>4</td>
+ <td>3</td>
+ <td>9</td>
+ <td>8</td>
+ <td>8</td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
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<footnote id="sect235-1-foot" idref="sect235-1">
<p>The section corresponding to the correct answer will have a footnote confirming that it is indeed correct. You have only one chance to guess at the correct answer. If you guess incorrectly, <a idref="sect141">turn immediately to 141</a>.</p>
+ <p>In case you cannot view the image of the grid, the grid of numbers again has three rows and five colums and the missing number is again located in the second row, third column. The numbers appear as follows:</p>
+ <table>
+ <tr>
+ <td>23</td>
+ <td>41</td>
+ <td>55</td>
+ <td>88</td>
+ <td>31</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>86</td>
+ <td>68</td>
+ <td><ch.nbsp/></td>
+ <td>129</td>
+ <td>135</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td>141</td>
+ <td>192</td>
+ <td>220</td>
+ <td>216</td>
+ <td>337</td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
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<p>Before you stretches a gigantic cavern. Its walls of ancient obsidian rise to a high-arched roof where hangs a circle of stalactites<ch.emdash/>twelve huge luminescent spears of lime-green stone. Bathed in their pulsating glow is a many-tiered crystal dais, identical to the one on which Arch Druid Cadak stood before the great shimmering archway at the edge of the Maakengorge. To the right of this dais you see a dark tunnel. The entrance appears like a black semicircular shadow upon the cavern wall.</p>
<p>Standing upon the uppermost tier of the dais is a creature which both mesmerizes and repulses you. It has the semblance of a human female, yet she stands more than seven metres tall. She is strikingly beautiful but you sense at once that she is also wholly evil. Her skin has a deathly, corpse-like pallor and she is clad in a flowing black costume which trails thin wisps of smoke. Cloaked figures scurry around the lower tiers of the dais, carrying out their mistress<ch.apos/>s commands and attending to her every whim. If they fail or displease her she crushes them like lowly insects in her elegant, deadly hands.</p>
- <p>You watch in silent fascination as this demonic creature makes preparations, as if for a long journey. Then, in a flash of a sudden realization, you know her purpose. She is getting ready to enter the tunnel, a tunnel which will transport her to the archway at the edge of the Maakengorge. She is the deliverer of Vashna of whom Cadak spoke, the one who will raise the spirit of Lord Vashna from the chasm of doom!</p>
+ <p>You watch in silent fascination as this demonic creature makes preparations, as if for a long journey. Then, in a flash of a sudden realization, you know her purpose. She is getting ready to enter the tunnel, a tunnel which will transport her to the archway at the edge of the Maakengorge. She is the deliverer of Vashna of whom Cadak spoke, the one who will raise the spirit of Lord Vashna from the <!--ERRTAG-RE-424963-->Chasm of Doom<!--/ERRTAG-RE-424963-->!</p>
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<p>(<a idref="gamerulz">The Game Rules</a>) Removed <quote>that you will find in the front of this book. For ease of use, and for further adventuring, it is recommended that you photocopy these pages</quote> and <quote>on the last page of this book</quote>. Replaced <quote>fall to zero</quote> with <quote>fall to zero or below</quote>. Replaced each occurrence of <quote>Lone Wolf</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite></quote> when referring to the series.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="discplnz">Grand Master Disciplines</a>) Replaced <quote>smell and</quote> with <quote>smell, and</quote> and both occurrences of <quote>(ie,</quote> with <quote>(i.e.</quote>. Changed <quote><typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ></quote> to <quote><typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ></quote> according to <cite>Lone Wolf Club Newsletter 24</cite>. Replaced <quote>Magi-Magic</quote> with <quote>Magi-magic</quote> and <quote>opposite and overleaf</quote> with <quote>below</quote>. Replaced <quote>venoms and</quote> with <quote>venoms, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>artifacts</quote> with <quote>artefacts</quote>. Replaced <quote>battle magic</quote> with <quote>battle-magic</quote>. Replaced each occurrence of <quote>Lone Wolf</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite></quote> when referring to the series. Replaced <quote>fortresses increases</quote> with <quote>fortresses increase</quote>. Replaced <quote>body, increases</quote> with <quote>body, increase</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="discplnz">Grand Master Disciplines</a>) Replaced <quote>smell and</quote> with <quote>smell, and</quote> and both occurrences of <quote>(ie,</quote> with <quote>(i.e.</quote>. Changed <quote><typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ></quote> to <quote><typ class="attribute">ENDURANCE</typ></quote> according to <cite>Lone Wolf Club Newsletter 24</cite>. Replaced <quote>Magi-Magic</quote> with <quote>Magi-magic</quote> and <quote>opposite and overleaf</quote> with <quote>below</quote>. Replaced <quote>venoms and</quote> with <quote>venoms, and</quote>. Replaced <quote>artifacts</quote> with <quote>artefacts</quote>. Replaced <quote>battle magic</quote> with <quote>battle-magic</quote>. Replaced each occurrence of <quote>Lone Wolf</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite></quote> when referring to the series. Replaced <quote>fortresses increases</quote> with <quote>fortresses increase</quote>. Replaced <quote>body, increases</quote> with <quote>body, increase</quote>.<!--ERRTAG-RE-24772-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>Grand Master weapons</quote> with <quote>Grand Weaponmastery weapons</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-24772-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="equipmnt">Equipment</a>) Replaced <quote>Magador you</quote> with <quote>Magador, you</quote>, <quote>eg Gold</quote> with <quote>e.g. Gold</quote>, <quote>map of the area</quote> with <quote>map of the the Maakengorge and surrounding territories</quote>, <quote>safe-keeping</quote> with <quote>safekeeping</quote>, all occurrences of <quote>arrow</quote> with <quote>Arrow</quote>, all occurrences of <quote>bow</quote> with <quote>Bow</quote>, and <quote>adds 3 points</quote> with <quote>adds 5 points</quote>. Removed <quote>(see the inside front cover of this book)</quote>. Added a section about Gold Crowns which reads <quote>The currency of Magador is the Gold Crown. These are always carried in the Belt Pouch. It will hold a maximum of fifty Crowns.</quote> Replaced <quote>quiver</quote> with <quote>Quiver</quote>. Replaced <quote>combat, therefore</quote> with <quote>combat; therefore</quote>. Replaced each occurrence of <quote>Lone Wolf</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite></quote> when referring to the series.</p>
<p>(<a idref="cmbtrulz">Rules for Combat</a>) Removed <quote>on the inside back cover of this 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>, <quote>Lone Wolf (<typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> 32)</quote> with <quote>Lone Wolf (<typ class="attribute">COMBAT SKILL</typ> 27)</quote>, and <quote>adds 3 points</quote> with <quote>adds 8 points</quote>. Replaced <quote>points reduced</quote> with <quote>points possibly reduced</quote>. Replaced <quote>to zero</quote> with <quote>to zero or below</quote>. 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>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="imprvdsc">Improved Grand Master Disciplines</a>) Replaced both occurrences of <quote>Kai-Blast</quote> with <quote>Kai-blast</quote>. Replaced <quote>surface, eg:</quote> with <quote>surfaces, e.g.</quote>, <quote>ie.</quote> with <quote>i.e.</quote>, <quote>Kai Surge</quote> with <quote>Kai-surge</quote>, all occurrences of <quote>arrow</quote> with <quote>Arrow</quote>, both occurrences of <quote>arrow, or arrow-like</quote> with <quote>Arrow or Arrow-like</quote>, <quote>lava and</quote> with <quote>lava, and</quote>, and <quote>body-weight</quote> with <quote>body weight</quote>. Added <quote>(7 Disciplines)</quote> after <quote>Sun Lord</quote>. Removed the quotation marks around <quote>Improved Grand Master Disciplines</quote> and <quote>Lightning Hand</quote>.</p>
- <p><cite>Lone Wolf Club Newsletter 24</cite> states: <quote>In <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> 16, the Improved Discipline of Kai-surge (at rank of Sun Lord) is not fully explained (a sentence is missing from the paragraph). A Kai Sun Lord using Kai Blast [sic] determines the damage inflicted on an enemy by picking two numbers from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. These numbers should be added together (a <ch.apos/>0<ch.apos/> = 1) and the resultant total equals the damage inflicted.</quote>. This missing information has been added to the text. Replaced each occurrence of <quote>Lone Wolf</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite></quote> when referring to the series.</p>
+ <p><cite>Lone Wolf Club Newsletter 24</cite> states: <quote>In <cite>Lone Wolf</cite> 16, the Improved Discipline of Kai-surge (at rank of Sun Lord) is not fully explained (a sentence is missing from the paragraph). A Kai Sun Lord using Kai Blast [sic] determines the damage inflicted on an enemy by picking two numbers from the <a idref="random">Random Number Table</a>. These numbers should be added together (a <ch.apos/>0<ch.apos/> = 1) and the resultant total equals the damage inflicted.</quote>. This missing information has been added to the text. Replaced each occurrence of <quote>Lone Wolf</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite></quote> when referring to the series. Replaced <quote>Psi-surge or</quote> with <quote>Psi-surge, or</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="kaiwisdm">Grand Master<ch.apos/>s Wisdom</a>) Moved this section of the book to its normal position after <a idref="imprvdsc">Improved Grand Master Disciplines</a>. Replaced each occurrence of <quote>Lone Wolf</quote> with <quote><cite>Lone Wolf</cite></quote> when referring to the series.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect324">324</a>) Replaced <quote>vortexi</quote> with <quote>Vortexi</quote>. Replaced <quote>sparks, then</quote> with <quote>sparks; then</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect325">325</a>) Replaced <quote>acolytes of Vashna</quote> with <quote>Acolytes of Vashna</quote> and <quote>ruins, by</quote> with <quote>ruins by</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect326">326</a>) Replaced <quote>Guardian, or</quote> with <quote>Guardian or</quote>.</p>
- <p>(<a idref="sect327">327</a>) Replaced <quote>stalagtites</quote> with <quote>stalactites</quote> and <quote>young teenage</quote> with <quote>young, teenage</quote>.</p>
+ <p>(<a idref="sect327">327</a>) Replaced <quote>stalagtites</quote> with <quote>stalactites</quote> and <quote>young teenage</quote> with <quote>young, teenage</quote>.<!--ERRTAG-RE-424963-ITEM--> Replaced <quote>chasm of doom</quote> with <quote>Chasm of Doom</quote>.<!--/ERRTAG-RE-424963-ITEM--></p>
<p>(<a idref="sect328">328</a>) Replaced <quote>arrow</quote> with <quote>Arrow</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect329">329</a>) Replaced <quote>arrows</quote> with <quote>Arrows</quote>.</p>
<p>(<a idref="sect330">330</a>) Replaced <quote>bow</quote> with <quote>Bow</quote>, all occurrences of <quote>arrows</quote> with <quote>Arrows</quote>, and <quote>quiver</quote> with <quote>Quiver</quote>.</p>
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