Castle Death (23 page)

1. Add your
   COMBAT SKILL
   to any extra points given to you by your Magnakai Disciplines.
   
2. Subtract the
   COMBAT SKILL
   of your enemy from this total. This number = Combat Ratio.
   
3. Pick a number from the
   Random Number Table
   .
   
4. Turn to the
   Combat Results Table
   .
   
5. Find your Combat Ratio on the top of the chart and cross-reference to the random number you have picked. (E indicates loss of
   ENDURANCE
   points to Enemy. LW indicates loss of
   ENDURANCE
   points to Lone Wolf.)
   
6. Continue the combat from Stage 3 until one character is dead. This is when the
   ENDURANCE
   points of either character falls to 0 or below.
   

1. You may only do this when the text of the adventure offers you the opportunity.
   
2. You undertake one round of combat in the usual way. All points lost by the enemy are ignored; only Lone Wolf loses the
   ENDURANCE
   points.
   
3. 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.
   

We have taken our unique opportunity to correct errors and to enforce a standard of English usage. We list our changes here. If you see anything that needs correction, please
contact
the Project Aon Staff.

(
Title Page
) Replaced ‘
CASTLE DEATH
’ with ‘
Castle Death
’.

(
The Story So Far …
) Added a quotation mark to the beginning of the paragraph that starts ‘You see before you Kazan-Oud … ’. Replaced ‘Xulun mountains’ with ‘Xulun Mountains’. Replaced ‘successfully, you too, will’ with ‘successfully, you, too, will’.

(
The Game Rules
) Replaced both occurrences of ‘ie,’ with ‘i.e.’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Lone Wolf’ with ‘
Lone Wolf
’ when referring to the series. Placed ‘or below’ after ‘fall to zero’. Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’. Replaced ‘Chart (you’ with ‘Chart. (You’. Replaced ‘Items).’ with ‘Items.)’. Replaced ‘Lone Wolf Magnakai’ with ‘
Lone Wolf Magnakai
’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘
Action Chart
. (ie, if’ with ‘
Action Chart
. (i.e. if’. Replaced ‘of 14.) When’ with ‘of 14). When’. Replaced ‘
ENDURANCE
points.)’ with ‘
ENDURANCE
points).’.

(
Disciplines
) Replaced ‘weapons list’ with ‘
Weapons List
’. Replaced ‘two weapons’ with ‘two Weapons’. Added ‘(Psi-surge and Mindblast cannot be used simultaneously.)’ to the description of Psi-surge. Replaced ‘knowledge mastery’ with ‘knowledge that mastery’. Italicised ‘
Lone Wolf
’ when referring to the series. Replaced ‘will be of use’ with ‘may be of use’. Added ‘If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Weaponmastery with Bow, you may add 3 to any number that you choose from the
Random Number Table
, when using the Bow.’ from the
Equipment
section. Replaced ‘Lone Wolf Magnakai’ with ‘
Lone Wolf Magnakai
’.

(
Equipment
) Removed ‘ (see inside front cover of this book)’. Replaced ‘safe keeping’ with ‘safekeeping’. Capitalized the list of items rather than setting them in all capital letters. Replaced ‘fireseeds’ with ‘Fireseeds’. Replaced ‘(eg’ with ‘(e.g.’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Lone Wolf’ with ‘
Lone Wolf
’ when referring to the series. Replaced ‘Kai monastery’ with ‘Kai Monastery’. Replaced all occurrences of ‘bow’ with ‘Bow’. Replaced all occurrences of ‘arrow’ with ‘Arrow’. Replaced all occurrences of‘arrows’ with ‘Arrows’. Replaced ‘quiver’ with ‘Quiver’. Replaced ‘Weaponmastery with a bow’ with ‘Weaponmastery with Bow’. Replaced ‘combat, therefore’ with ‘combat; therefore’. Replaced ‘bow’ with ‘Bow’. Replaced all occurrences of ‘two weapons’ with ‘two Weapons’. Replaced ‘number of weapons’ with ‘number of Weapons’. Replaced ‘blindness and’ with ‘blindness, and’. Replaced ‘roots and’ with ‘roots, and’. Replaced ‘your list’ with ‘your
Weaponmastery Checklist
’. Deleted ‘If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Weaponmastery with Bow, you may add 3 to any number that you choose from the
Random Number Table
, when using the Bow.’. Added ‘You may only use one Weapon at a time in combat.’ in harmony with the Collector's Edition.

(
Rules for Combat
) Replaced ‘reduced to zero’ with ‘reduced to zero or below’. Replaced ‘points reduced’ with ‘points possibly reduced’. Deleted ‘on the inside back cover of this book’. Replaced ‘at which point the one with the zero score is declared dead.’ with ‘at which point that combatant is declared dead.’.

(
Levels of Magnakai Training
) Replaced ‘rank and titles’ with ‘ranks and titles’. Replaced ‘Lone Wolf Magnakai’ with ‘
Lone Wolf Magnakai
’.

(
Improved Disciplines
) Added the title ‘Primate’ to parallel later books. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Lone Wolf’ with ‘
Lone Wolf
’ when referring to the series. Replaced ‘will not be able’ with ‘is not able’. Replaced ‘skill will have’ with ‘skill have’. Replaced ‘skill will have a greatly increased agility and be’ with ‘skill have a greatly increased agility and are’.

(
Magnakai Wisdom
) Replaced ‘Lone Wolf’ with ‘
Lone Wolf
’ when referring to the series.

(
1
) Replaced ‘stormclouds’ with ‘storm clouds’. Replaced ‘transluscent’ with ‘translucent’. Replaced ‘air and’ with ‘air, and’. Replaced ‘Canal, and’ with ‘Canal and’. Replaced ‘connversation and’ with ‘conversation, and’. Replaced ‘powerful and’ with ‘powerful, and’. Replaced ‘landing and, within’ with ‘landing, and within’. Replaced ‘visible covering’ with ‘visible, covering’. Replaced ‘shimmering green’ with ‘shimmering, green’. Replaced ‘goodbyes and’ with ‘goodbyes, and’. Replaced ‘north-west’ with ‘northwest’. Replaced ‘Carcos range’ with ‘Carcos Range’. Replaced ‘chasm of Gorgoron’ with ‘Chasm of Gorgoron’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘sky-ship’ with ‘skyship’.

(
2
) Replaced ‘Kai’ with ‘Magnakai’. Replaced ‘tap it and’ with ‘tap it, and’.

(
4
) Replaced ‘persistance’ with ‘persistence’. Replaced ‘to bursting’ with ‘to the bursting’.

(
7
) Replaced ‘bow’ with ‘Bow’. Replaced all occurrences of ‘arrows’ with ‘Arrows’. Replaced ‘discard your’ with ‘shoulder your’. Replaced ‘quiver’ with ‘Quiver’.

(
10
) Replaced ‘view and, for’ with ‘view, and for’.

(
11
) Replaced ‘black, iron portcullis’ with ‘black iron portcullis’. Moved the option to use Pathsmanship to the first position.

(
12
) Replaced ‘head and’ with ‘head, and’. Replaced ‘Lipo’ with ‘Lio’. Replaced ‘its entrance is partially’ with ‘its entrance partially’.

(
13
) Replaced ‘flatstones’ with ‘flagstones’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

(
14
) Replaced ‘ugly bearded’ with ‘ugly, bearded’. Replaced ‘Sweetdreams’ with ‘Sweet dreams’. Replaced ‘icy-cold’ with ‘icy cold’.

(
15
) Replaced ‘points), and’ with ‘points) and’. Replaced ‘ceiling and floor’ with ‘ceiling, and floor’. Replaced ‘flasks and all manner’ with ‘flasks, and all manner’. Replaced all occurrences of ‘weapons’ with ‘Weapons’. Replaced ‘Platinum Amulet’ with ‘Kazan-Oud Platinum Amulet’ to disambiguate it from Platinum Amulets found later in the series that also protect against extremes of cold.

(
16
) Replaced ‘fall but’ with ‘fall, but’. Replaced ‘Lantern or’ with ‘Lantern, or’. Replaced ‘these Items’ with ‘these items’.

(
18
) Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

(
19
) Replaced ‘arrow’ with ‘Arrow’.

(
20
) Replaced ‘sibilent’ with ‘sibilant’.

(
22
) Replaced ‘you but’ with ‘you, but’.

(
23
) Replaced ‘fortess’ with ‘fortress’. Replaced ‘long dead giant’ with ‘long-dead giant’.

(
25
) Replaced ‘silence, then’ with ‘silence, and then’.

(
26
) Replaced ‘Weaponskill’ with ‘Weaponmastery’.

(
27
) Replaced ‘intact and’ with ‘intact, and’. Replaced ‘cry and’ with ‘cry, and’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

(
28
) Replaced ‘skull and’ with ‘skull, and’.

(
30
) Replaced ‘warm and, as’ with ‘warm, and as’. Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

(
31
) Replaced ‘despatch’ with ‘dispatch’. Replaced ‘robes but, lying’ with ‘robes, but lying’. Replaced ‘use and’ with ‘use, and’. Replaced ‘chamber but, as’ with ‘chamber, but as’. Replaced ‘helmet, and’ with ‘helmet and’. Replaced all occurrences of ‘bow’ with ‘Bow’. Replaced ‘Items’ with ‘items’. Replaced ‘bow, or do’ with ‘Bow, or if you do’.

(
32
) Replaced ‘Action Chart) but’ with ‘
Action Chart
), but’. Replaced ‘click’ with ‘
click
’.

(
34
) Replaced ‘Animal Kinship’ with ‘Animal Control’. Replaced ‘click’ with ‘
click
’. Replaced ‘corridor, whose’ with ‘corridor whose’.

(
35
) Replaced ‘head, and’ with ‘head and’. Replaced ‘Magnakai rank’ with ‘Kai rank’ for consistency with the rest of the series.

(
36
) Replaced ‘staircase and’ with ‘staircase, and’.

(
39
) Replaced ‘louder but’ with ‘louder, but’.

(
41
) Replaced ‘warm but’ with ‘warm, but’. Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

(
43
) Replaced ‘Boari jungle’ with ‘Boari Jungle’. Replaced ‘Boari jungle’ with ‘Boari Jungle’. Added ‘Record them as Sabito on your
Action Chart
.’ (cf.
The Cauldron of Fear
Section 29).

(
44
) Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

(
45
) Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

(
46
) Moved the Invisibility/Pathsmanship/Divination choice into the first position. Replaced ‘Pathsmanship or’ with ‘Pathsmanship, or’.

(
47
) Replaced ‘tracks, and’ with ‘tracks and’.

(
48
) Replaced ‘yards, when’ with ‘yards when’. Replaced ‘light and’ with ‘light, and’.

(
49
) Replaced ‘rock, when’ with ‘rock when’.

(
50
) Replaced ‘bow’ with ‘Bow’. Replaced ‘arrow’ with ‘Arrow’. Replaced ‘Dropping’ with ‘Shouldering’.

(
56
) Replaced both occurrences of ‘beastmen’ with ‘Beastmen’. Replaced ‘Items’ with ‘items’. Replaced ‘
Weapons List
’ with ‘Special Items’ for clarity.

(
57
) Replaced ‘deeper but’ with ‘deeper, but’.

(
58
) Replaced ‘points.)’ with ‘points).’. Replaced ‘presence but’ with ‘presence, but’.

(
60
) Replaced ‘arm and’ with ‘arm, and’. Replaced ‘this Item’ with ‘this item’. Replaced ‘have a Vial of Blue Pills’ with ‘possess some Sabito’.

(
61
) Replaced ‘ceilings and scrambling’ with ‘ceilings, and scrambling’.

(
63
) Replaced ‘chamber, but’ with ‘chamber but’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

(
64
) Replaced ‘deep and’ with ‘deep, and’.

(
65
) Replaced ‘Kai initiate’ with ‘Kai Initiate’. Replaced ‘Durncrag mountains’ with ‘Durncrag Mountains’.

(
66
) Replaced the second choice ‘If you do not have a sword, you will have to abandon the door. Only the statue offers any hope of escape for you;
turn to 168
.’ with ‘If you do not have a sword, turn to 263.’.
Section 168
offers basically the same choice and is only forestalling the impending outcome in
Section 263
.

(
67
) Replaced ‘glowing sticky’ with ‘glowing, sticky’. Replaced ‘bow’ with ‘Bow’. Replaced all occurrences of ‘arrow’ with ‘Arrow’. Replaced ‘click’ with ‘
click
’.

(
68
) Replaced ‘unremarkable but’ with ‘unremarkable, but’. Replaced ‘Kai mastery’ with ‘Kai Mastery’.

(
69
) Replaced ‘bow’ with ‘Bow’.

(
70
) Replaced ‘beach turn to 173’ with ‘beach, turn to 173’. Replaced ‘Kai mastery’ with ‘Kai Mastery’.

(
71
) Replaced ‘ceiling and’ with ‘ceiling, and’.

(
72
) Replaced ‘tunic but’ with ‘tunic, but’. Also deleted the ‘(lose 2 ENDURANCE points)’ since Nexus is supposed to prevent or reduce ENDURANCE loss — not induce it. Replaced ‘Kai mastery’ with ‘Kai Mastery’.

(
73
) Replaced ‘Kakush’ with ‘Kakushi’.

(
74
) Replaced ‘Kazan-Oud, they’ with ‘Kazan-Oud; they’.

(
75
) Replaced ‘arrow’ with ‘Arrow’.

(
76
) Replaced ‘dagger and’ with ‘dagger, and’. Added ‘or any two-handed weapon (i.e. Broadsword, Spear, Quarterstaff)’ (cf.
The Dungeons of Torgar
Section 304).

(
77
) Replaced ‘than can sustain’ with ‘that can sustain’.

(
78
) Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

(
79
) Replaced ‘scream but’ with ‘scream, but’. Replaced all occurrences of ‘bow’ with ‘Bow’. Replaced all occurrences of ‘arrow’ with ‘Arrow’.

(
80
) Replaced ‘these Items’ with ‘these items’. Replaced ‘Items’ with ‘items’.

(
81
) Replaced ‘crossbow but’ with ‘crossbow, but’.

(
82
) Replaced ‘lake and’ with ‘lake, and’. Replaced ‘wall and’ with ‘wall, and’. Replaced ‘storm but’ with ‘storm, but’.

(
84
) Replaced ‘legs the’ with ‘legs, the’.

(
85
) Replaced ‘feet and’ with ‘feet, and’. Replaced ‘climb your’ with ‘climb, your’.

(
88
) Moved the Nexus choice into the first position.

(
89
) Replaced ‘subjectd’ with ‘subjected’. Replaced ‘Kai mastery’ with ‘Kai Mastery’. Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

(
90
) Replaced ‘touch and’ with ‘touch, and’. Replaced ‘that Magnakai’ with ‘the Magnakai’. Replaced ‘skill or’ with ‘skill nor’. Replaced ‘Platinum Amulet’ with ‘Kazan-Oud Platinum Amulet’. Replaced ‘Nexus, or’ with ‘Nexus or’.

(
92
) Replaced ‘side and’ with ‘side, and’. Replaced ‘screams and sounds’ with ‘screams, and sounds’.

(
93
) Replaced ‘difficult that’ with ‘difficult than’. Replaced ‘Sticky rope-like’ with ‘Sticky, rope-like’.

(
95
) Replaced ‘Then gurgling’ with ‘Then, gurgling’.

(
96
) Replaced ‘mouth and’ with ‘mouth, and’. Replaced ‘new-found’ with ‘newfound’.

(
100
) Replaced ‘wall but’ with ‘wall, but’. Replaced ‘ceiling and’ with ‘ceiling, and’. Replaced ‘has, and’ with ‘has and’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

(
102
) Replaced ‘accord and’ with ‘accord, and’.

(
104
) Replaced ‘bow’ with ‘Bow’.

(
105
) Replaced ‘Elzian, he’ with ‘Elzian,’ he’.

(
107
) Replaced ‘hand but’ with ‘hand, but’. Replaced ‘envelopes’ with ‘envelops’. Replaced ‘air-tight’ with ‘airtight’. Replaced ‘Items’ with ‘items’.