The Deathlord of Ixia (29 page)

1. Add your
   COMBAT SKILL
   to any extra points given to you by your Grand Master 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.

(
Blurb
) Replaced ‘populace who are condemned’ with ‘populace condemned’. Replaced ‘
THE DEATHLORD OF IXIA
’ with ‘
The Deathlord of Ixia
’.

(
The Story So Far
) Replaced ‘no Kai lord’ with ‘no Kai Lord’. Replaced both occurrences of ‘new-found’ with ‘newfound’. Replaced ‘north-east’ with ‘northeast’. Replaced all occurrences of ‘shadow gate’ with ‘Shadow Gate’. Replaced all occurrences of ‘freestate’ with ‘Freeland’. Replaced ‘elite’ with ‘élite’. Replaced ‘Naar — the King’ with ‘Naar, the King’. Replaced ‘Age of the Old Kingdoms’ with ‘Age of War’. Replaced ‘Grand Master Disciplines, and grasp’ with ‘Grand Master Disciplines and grasp’. Replaced ‘monastery of the Kai’ with ‘Monastery of the Kai’. Replaced both occurrences of ‘the Monastery’ with ‘the monastery’. Replaced ‘chasm of doom’ with ‘Chasm of Doom’. Replaced ‘comprised’ with ‘were part of’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘demoness’ with ‘Demoness’.

(
The Game Rules
) Removed ‘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’. Removed ‘on the last page of this book’. Replaced both occurrences of ‘ie’ with ‘i.e.’. Replaced ‘fall to zero’ with ‘fall to zero or below’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Lone Wolf’ with ‘
Lone Wolf
’ when referring to the series. Replaced ‘Chart (you’ with ‘Chart. (You’. Replaced ‘Items).’ with ‘Items.)’. Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Lone Wolf Kai’ with ‘
Lone Wolf Kai
’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Magnakai’ with ‘
Magnakai
’. Replaced ‘Grand Master series’ with ‘
Lone Wolf Grand Master
series’. Replaced ‘Lone Wolf Grand Master series’ with ‘
Lone Wolf Grand Master
series’. Added ‘Dagger of Vashna’ and ‘Helshezag’ to the list of items permitted to be brought over from the
Lone Wolf Kai
and
Lone Wolf Magnakai
books in harmony with the Collector's Edition.

(
Grand Master Disciplines
) Replaced ‘smell and’ with ‘smell, and’. Replaced both occurrences of ‘(ie,’ with ‘(i.e.’. Replaced ‘gods Kai and Ishir’ with ‘Gods Kai and Ishir’. Replaced ‘When you enter combat with one of your Grand Master weapons, you add 5 points to your
COMBAT SKILL
. The rank of Kai Grand Defender, with which you begin the Grand Master series, means you are skilled in
two
of the weapons listed below.’ with ‘When you enter combat with one of your Grand Weaponmastery weapons, you add 5 points to your
COMBAT SKILL
. The rank of Kai Grand Defender, with which you begin the
Lone Wolf Grand Master
series, means you are supremely efficient in the use of two of the weapons listed below. For each book that you complete in the
Lone Wolf Grand Master
series (Books 13–20), you will gain mastery of an additional weapon. For example, if you complete
The Plague Lords of Ruel
and have the Grand Master Discipline of Grand Weaponmastery at the beginning of the next
Lone Wolf Grand Master
book, you may choose an additional Weapon to gain mastery of.’ in harmony with the Collector's Editions. Replaced ‘Magi-Magic’ with ‘Magi-magic’. Replaced ‘artifacts’ with ‘artefacts’. Replaced ‘gases, corrosive’ with ‘gases, and corrosive’. Replaced ‘
COMBAT SKILL
is reduced to 8 points or less’ with ‘
ENDURANCE
is reduced to 8 points or less’ as clarified in
Lone Wolf Club Newsletter No.24
. Replaced ‘Magi-Magic’ with ‘Magi-magic’. Replaced ‘opposite and overleaf’ with ‘below’. Replaced ‘battle magic’ with ‘battle-magic’. Replaced ‘venoms and’ with ‘venoms, and’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Lone Wolf’ with ‘
Lone Wolf
’ when referring to the series. Replaced ‘fortresses increases’ with ‘fortresses increase’. Replaced ‘body, increases’ with ‘body, increase’. Added ‘These skills include the basic use of Old Kingdom Spells such as
Shield
,
Power Word
, and
Invisible Fist
.’ as found in the Magi-magic section in Books 19 and 20. Added ‘These spells include
Lightning Hand
,
Levitation
, and
Mind Charm
.’ as found in the Kai-alchemy section in Books 19 and 20. Added ‘ If you have chosen the Discipline of Grand Huntmastery as one of your skills, you will not need to tick off a Meal when instructed to eat.’ to the section on Grand Huntmastery. Replaced each occurrence of ‘battle wounds’ with ‘battle-wounds’. Added Brian Williams' Grand Master Disciplines illustrations from later books. Replaced ‘will be of use’ with ‘may be of use’. Added ‘If you have the Discipline of Grand Weaponmastery with Bow, you may add 5 to any number that you pick from the
Random Number Table
, when using the Bow.’ from the
Equipment
section. Replaced ‘Lone Wolf Grand Master’ with ‘
Lone Wolf Grand Master
’. Replaced ‘the next Grand Master adventure’ with ‘the next
Lone Wolf Grand Master
adventure’. Replaced ‘darkness, and have’ with ‘darkness and have’. Replaced ‘plants, and have’ with ‘plants and have’. Replaced ‘Duration, and the protection of his inanimate body, increase’ with ‘Duration and the protection of his inanimate body increase’.

(
Equipment
) Replaced ‘your Monastery’ with ‘your monastery’. Replaced ‘eg Gold’ with ‘e.g. Gold’. Replaced ‘map of the area’ with ‘map of Ixia and the Hardlands’. Replaced all occurrences of ‘arrow’ with ‘Arrow’. Replaced all occurrences of ‘bow’ with ‘Bow’. Replaced ‘adds 3 points’ with ‘adds 5 points’. Added a section about Gold Crowns which reads ‘These are always carried in the Belt Pouch. It will hold a maximum of fifty Crowns. The currency of Lencia is the Lune. The exchange rate is 4 Lune for 1 Gold Crown.’ Replaced ‘safe-keeping’ with ‘safekeeping’. Deleted ‘(see the inside front cover of this book)’. Replaced ‘(eg Gold Dagger’ with ‘(e.g. Gold Dagger’. Replaced ‘arrows’ with ‘Arrows’. Replaced all occurrences of ‘quiver’ with ‘Quiver’. Replaced ‘BROADSWORD’ with ‘Broadsword’. Replaced ‘BOW’ with ‘Bow’. Replaced ‘QUIVER’ with ‘Quiver’. Replaced ‘DAGGER’ with ‘Dagger’. Replaced ‘SWORD’ with ‘Sword’. Replaced ‘MEALS’ with ‘Meals’. Replaced ‘ROPE’ with ‘Rope’. Replaced ‘POTION OF LAUMSPUR’ with ‘Potion of Laumspur’. Replaced ‘AXE’ with ‘Axe’. Replaced ‘combat, therefore’ with ‘combat; therefore’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Lone Wolf’ with ‘
Lone Wolf
’ when referring to the series. Replaced ‘Grand Weaponmastery with a Bow’ with ‘Grand Weaponmastery with Bow’. Replaced ‘a sword or an axe’ with ‘a Sword or an Axe’. Replaced ‘weapons’ with ‘Weapons’. Replaced ‘weapon’ with ‘Weapon’. Deleted ‘If you have the Discipline of Grand Weaponmastery with Bow, you may add 3 to any number that you pick from the
Random Number Table
, when using the Bow.’. Replaced ‘record these on your
Weapons List
’ with ‘record these on your
Action Chart
’ for clarity. Added ‘You may only use one Weapon at a time in combat.’ in harmony with the Collector's Edition.

(
Rules for Combat
) Removed ‘on the inside back cover of this book’. Replaced ‘on the page after the
Random Number Table
’ with ‘in the back of this book’. Replaced ‘Lone Wolf (
COMBAT SKILL
32)’ with ‘Lone Wolf (
COMBAT SKILL
27)’. Replaced ‘adds 3 points’ with ‘adds 8 points’. Replaced ‘points reduced’ with ‘points possibly reduced’. Replaced ‘to zero’ with ‘to zero or below’. Replaced ‘at which point the one with the zero score is declared dead.’ with ‘at which point that combatant is declared dead.’.

(
Levels of Kai Grand Mastership
) Replaced ‘Lone Wolf Grand Master’ with ‘
Lone Wolf Grand Master
’ when referring to the series. Replaced ‘rank and titles’ with ‘ranks and titles’.

(
Improved Grand Master Disciplines
) Replaced both occurrences of ‘Kai-Blast’ with ‘Kai-blast’. Replaced ‘surface, eg:’ with ‘surfaces, e.g.’. Replaced ‘Kai Surge’ with ‘Kai-surge’. Replaced all occurrences of ‘arrow’ with ‘Arrow’. Replaced both occurrences of ‘arrow, or arrow-like’ with ‘Arrow or Arrow-like’. Replaced ‘lava and’ with ‘lava, and’. Replaced ‘body-weight’ with ‘body weight’. Added ‘(7 Disciplines)’ after ‘Sun Lord’. Removed the quotation marks around ‘Lightning Hand’. Replaced ‘Magi-Magic’ with ‘Magi-magic’. Replaced ‘ie. lightning’ with ‘i.e. lightning’. Replaced ‘ ‘Improved Grand Master Disciplines’ ’ with ‘
Improved Grand Master Disciplines
’. Replaced ‘Brotherhood spells’ with ‘Brotherhood Spells’. Replaced ‘Brotherhood spell ‘Lightning Hand’ ’ with ‘Brotherhood Spell
Lightning Hand
’. Replaced ‘Brotherhood spells’ with ‘Brotherhood Spells’. Replaced ‘ie. they’ with ‘i.e. they’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Lone Wolf’ with ‘
Lone Wolf
’ when referring to the series. Replaced ‘whilst fighting an enemy in unarmed combat’ with ‘whilst fighting an enemy’ in harmony with the Collector's Editions.

(
Grand Master's Wisdom
) Moved this section of the book to its normal position after
Improved Grand Master Disciplines
. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Lone Wolf’ with ‘
Lone Wolf
’ when referring to the series. Replaced ‘Pick your four Grand’ with ‘Pick your Grand’.

(
1
) Replaced ‘Kai aspirants’ with ‘Kai Aspirants’. Replaced ‘urges Rimoah,’ with ‘urges Rimoah.’. Replaced ‘iceboat’ with ‘ice-boat’. Replaced ‘seven days the pilot’ with ‘seven days, the pilot’. Replaced ‘pack ice’ with ‘pack-ice’. Replaced ‘Lord Rimoah, then’ with ‘Lord Rimoah; then’.

(
3
) Replaced ‘demonlord’ with ‘Demonlord’. Replaced ‘demonlord's’ with ‘Demonlord's’.

(
6
) Replaced ‘Click’ with ‘
click
’. Replaced ‘bow, and’ with ‘Bow and’.

(
7
) Replaced ‘beyond you’ with ‘beyond, you’. Replaced ‘it as if’ with ‘it is as if’.

(
8
) Replaced ‘bow, and’ with ‘Bow and’. Replaced ‘If you cannot’ with ‘If you do not’. Replaced ‘Kai-surge, and’ with ‘Kai-surge and’.

(
9
) Replaced ‘ultra-violet’ with ‘ultraviolet’.

(
10
) Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

(
11
) Replaced ‘swig, then’ with ‘swig, and then’.

(
12
) Replaced ‘shout, and, with’ with ‘shout, and with’. Replaced ‘recovers and, with’ with ‘recovers, and with’.

(
13
) Replaced ‘sea water’ with ‘seawater’.

(
14
) Replaced ‘undead who were swarming’ with ‘undead that are swarming’. Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’ in both the section and the illustration's caption.

(
15
) Replaced ‘rough hewn’ with ‘rough-hewn’. Replaced ‘hand-hold’ with ‘handhold’. Replaced ‘item’ with ‘Item’.

(
17
) Replaced ‘crystal spire’ with ‘Crystal Spire’.

(
18
) Replaced ‘Skark oil’ with ‘skark oil’. Began a new paragraph before ‘Do not fear, … ’. Replaced ‘you reply, ‘I shall soon return.’ ’ with ‘you reply. ‘I shall soon return.’ ’. Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’. Replaced ‘fought, Captain’ with ‘fought, captain’.

(
19
) Replaced ‘Kai mastery’ with ‘Kai Mastery’. Replaced ‘attained, above’ with ‘attained above’.

(
20
) Replaced ‘now-open’ with ‘now open’. Replaced all occurrences of ‘free-standing’ with ‘freestanding’. Replaced ‘Kai-alchemy, and’ with ‘Kai-alchemy and’.

(
22
) Replaced ‘freestate’ with ‘Freeland state’. Replaced ‘in previous Lone Wolf adventures’ with ‘in any previous
Lone Wolf
adventures’. Replaced ‘If you have not’ with ‘If you did not’. Replaced ‘King' greeting, then’ with ‘King's greeting; then’. Replaced ‘the Lencian capital’ with ‘the great northern Lencian port’ in harmony with the Collector's Edition. Replaced ‘Cetza, or’ with ‘Cetza or’. Replaced ‘my Lord’ with ‘my lord’.

(
23
) Replaced ‘Ixian undead’ with ‘Ixian Undead’.

(
24
) Replaced ‘your psi-screen’ with ‘your Psi-screen’. Replaced ‘head in which’ with ‘head from which’. Replaced ‘Bow, and’ with ‘Bow and’. Replaced ‘them, or’ with ‘them or’.

(
25
) Replaced ‘sixth sense’ with ‘Sixth Sense’.

(
26
) Replaced ‘Kai mastery’ with ‘Kai Mastery’. Replaced ‘skill, or’ with ‘skill or’.

(
28
) Replaced ‘Item, or’ with ‘Item or’.

(
29
) Replaced ‘spell —
Slow Fall
 — and’ with ‘spell
Slow Fall
and’.

(
32
) Replaced all occurrences of ‘free-standing’ with ‘freestanding’. Replaced ‘Kai-alchemy, and’ with ‘Kai-alchemy and’.

(
33
) Replaced ‘Gate and, before’ with ‘Gate, and before’.

(
34
) Replaced ‘two directions’ with ‘two directions.’.

(
35
) Replaced ‘Mindblast and Kai-surge’ with ‘Mindblast, Psi-surge, and Kai-surge’. Added ‘If you win the fight and you used the Sommerswerd, turn to 173’. Replaced ‘If you win the fight,’ with ‘If you win the fight without using the Sommerswerd,’.

(
36
) Replaced ‘zigzaging’ with ‘zigzagging’. Replaced ‘crystal spire’ with ‘Crystal Spire’. Replaced ‘shockwave’ with ‘shock wave’.

(
38
) Replaced ‘demonlord’ with ‘Demonlord’.

(
39
) Replaced ‘Kai mastery’ with ‘Kai Mastery’. Replaced ‘splutters, ‘it's’ with ‘splutters. ‘It's’.

(
40
) Replaced ‘Upon the instant’ with ‘At the instant’. Replaced ‘demonlord's’ with ‘Demonlord's’.

(
42
) Replaced ‘Ixian undead’ with ‘Ixian Undead’. Replaced ‘feet first’ with ‘feet-first’.

(
44
) Replaced ‘to try and’ with ‘to try to’. Replaced ‘intensity and, for’ with ‘intensity, and for’.

(
45
) Added ‘This being is immune to all forms of psychic attack, except Kai-surge and Kai-blast.’ in harmony with the Collector's Edition. Replaced ‘If, at’ with ‘If at’. Replaced ‘fight, you’ with ‘fight you’.