draws a crimson line across your thigh (lose 2 ENDURANCE points). You strain your Kai senses trying to discover the location of your enemy, but the magic that shields him is very strong.
Unless you have the Magnakai Discipline of Huntmastery, reduce your COMBAT SKILL by 2 points for the duration of the fight. If you possess a Blanket or a Red Robe, 10 you may wrap it around your arm as extra protection from the blows of your enemy (it will increase your COMBAT SKILL by 1 point).
Invisible Whipmaster: COMBAT SKILL 24 ENDURANCE 26
You may evade combat after three rounds by running back along the passage; turn to 64 .
If you win the fight, turn to 186 .
[10] Alternatively, you may decide that it is acceptable to use a Towel from the public baths in Barrakeesh, if you are carrying one.
263
As your brain is starved of oxygen your vision grows dimmer, and you feel light-headed. Gradually the pain that burns in your chest fades away as unconsciousness smothers your senses. You sink slowly to the floor, weighed down by the water that now fills your lungs. 11
Your life and your quest end here.
[11] If you have used some Sabito recently, their effects have worn off after being submerged for too long.
265
You plunge your weapon into the monstrous eye and gouts of a luminous jelly-like substance pour from the wound. A ghastly inhuman scream of pain rises from the ground beneath your feet. Jets of hissing steam erupt through the sand, and a stinging cloud of grit assails your eyes.
Illustration XV —You plunge your weapon into the monstrous eye and gouts of a luminous jelly-like substance pour from the wound.
You reel backwards, shielding your face from the blast, but an unexpected blow to your legs sends you sprawling to the ground (lose 2 ENDURANCE points). Before you can rise, a warty, green tentacle coils round your waist and pulls you slowly towards the mutilated eye.
If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Psi-surge and wish to use it, turn to 190 .
If you do not possess this skill, or if you do not wish to use it, turn to 121 .
267
You search the gleaming throne and the dais of black iron rock upon which it rests and discover a pentacle carved deep into the gold. As you trace its design with your finger, a sound grows above the din of destruction — a sound like the tinkling of a thousand tiny bells. In the blackness above the throne, a speckled glow appears. Slowly it descends towards you until a large section of the dais is engulfed by a column of shimmering blue light.
You reach up and a wave of energy surges through your body as you close your hand around the Lorestone of Herdos (restore your ENDURANCE points score to its original total). Your senses tingle and a newfound strength wipes away the fatigue of your terrible ordeal, enabling you to assess the situation anew.
The column of light is a magical transporter, a beam in which gravity has been reduced almost to zero. By entering it you will be drawn towards the surface level of Kazan-Oud.
Without hesitation you pocket the Lorestone and step into the magical beam.
Turn to 200 .
268
Simultaneously, you jump across the slab, rolling over as you hit the solid floor beyond. The creatures laugh horribly. They raise their sinewy arms and spread their webbed fingers, shooting forth their talons like curved assassins' knives. They lurch forward to attack, blinded by bloodlust to the danger that lies beneath their cloven hooves.
In an instant their laughter turns to lamentation as the slab drops away and they disappear, screaming as they plummet, into a deep, dark abyss.
Turn to 12 .
269
As the red light washes over you a tingling sensation passes through your body, leaving your muscles stiff and painful. Your limbs feel abnormally heavy, and soon you have great difficulty putting one foot in front of the other. Suddenly the ground shakes and a large slab of stone rises from the floor to seal off the exit. A loud hissing fills your ears.
A
Unless you have the Magnakai Discipline of Huntmastery, reduce your COMBAT SKILL by 2 points for the duration of the fight. If you possess a Blanket or a Red Robe, 10 you may wrap it around your arm as extra protection from the blows of your enemy (it will increase your COMBAT SKILL by 1 point).
Invisible Whipmaster: COMBAT SKILL 24 ENDURANCE 26
You may evade combat after three rounds by running back along the passage; turn to 64 .
If you win the fight, turn to 186 .
[10] Alternatively, you may decide that it is acceptable to use a Towel from the public baths in Barrakeesh, if you are carrying one.
263
As your brain is starved of oxygen your vision grows dimmer, and you feel light-headed. Gradually the pain that burns in your chest fades away as unconsciousness smothers your senses. You sink slowly to the floor, weighed down by the water that now fills your lungs. 11
Your life and your quest end here.
[11] If you have used some Sabito recently, their effects have worn off after being submerged for too long.
265
You plunge your weapon into the monstrous eye and gouts of a luminous jelly-like substance pour from the wound. A ghastly inhuman scream of pain rises from the ground beneath your feet. Jets of hissing steam erupt through the sand, and a stinging cloud of grit assails your eyes.
Illustration XV —You plunge your weapon into the monstrous eye and gouts of a luminous jelly-like substance pour from the wound.
You reel backwards, shielding your face from the blast, but an unexpected blow to your legs sends you sprawling to the ground (lose 2 ENDURANCE points). Before you can rise, a warty, green tentacle coils round your waist and pulls you slowly towards the mutilated eye.
If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Psi-surge and wish to use it, turn to 190 .
If you do not possess this skill, or if you do not wish to use it, turn to 121 .
267
You search the gleaming throne and the dais of black iron rock upon which it rests and discover a pentacle carved deep into the gold. As you trace its design with your finger, a sound grows above the din of destruction — a sound like the tinkling of a thousand tiny bells. In the blackness above the throne, a speckled glow appears. Slowly it descends towards you until a large section of the dais is engulfed by a column of shimmering blue light.
You reach up and a wave of energy surges through your body as you close your hand around the Lorestone of Herdos (restore your ENDURANCE points score to its original total). Your senses tingle and a newfound strength wipes away the fatigue of your terrible ordeal, enabling you to assess the situation anew.
The column of light is a magical transporter, a beam in which gravity has been reduced almost to zero. By entering it you will be drawn towards the surface level of Kazan-Oud.
Without hesitation you pocket the Lorestone and step into the magical beam.
Turn to 200 .
268
Simultaneously, you jump across the slab, rolling over as you hit the solid floor beyond. The creatures laugh horribly. They raise their sinewy arms and spread their webbed fingers, shooting forth their talons like curved assassins' knives. They lurch forward to attack, blinded by bloodlust to the danger that lies beneath their cloven hooves.
In an instant their laughter turns to lamentation as the slab drops away and they disappear, screaming as they plummet, into a deep, dark abyss.
Turn to 12 .
269
As the red light washes over you a tingling sensation passes through your body, leaving your muscles stiff and painful. Your limbs feel abnormally heavy, and soon you have great difficulty putting one foot in front of the other. Suddenly the ground shakes and a large slab of stone rises from the floor to seal off the exit. A loud hissing fills your ears.
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