The Curse of Naar (33 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 ‘
THE CURSE OF NAAR
’ with ‘
The Curse of Naar
’. Replaced ‘alter-ego — ‘Wolf's Bane’ — reluctantly’ with ‘alter-ego, Wolf's Bane, reluctantly’. Replaced ‘Naar — the’ with ‘Naar, the’. Replaced ‘your life and the future of your entire world is at stake’ with ‘your life and the future of your entire world are at stake’.

(
The Story So Far
) Replaced ‘elite’ with ‘élite’. Replaced ‘monastery of the Kai’ with ‘Monastery of the Kai’. Replaced ‘Kai lord’ with ‘Kai Lord’. Replaced both occurrences of ‘new-found’ with ‘newfound’. Replaced ‘Grand Master Disciplines, and grasp’ with ‘Grand Master Disciplines and grasp’. Replaced both occurrences of ‘artifact’ with ‘artefact’. Replaced ‘free-state’ with ‘Freeland’. Replaced ‘if you were’ with ‘if you are’. Replaced ‘most-trusted’ with ‘most trusted’. Replaced ‘Shianti, whose’ with ‘Shianti whose’. Replaced ‘Gate — an’ with ‘Gate, an’. Replaced ‘Darkness — the’ with ‘Darkness, the’. Replaced ‘Shianti — a’ with ‘Shianti, a’. Replaced ‘Magnamund have’ with ‘Magnamund, have’.

(
The Game Rules
) Replaced ‘fall to zero’ with ‘fall to zero or below’. 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’ and ‘on the last page of this book’. Replaced both occurrences of ‘ie’ with ‘i.e.’. 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 ‘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 ‘venoms & toxins’ with ‘venoms, and toxins’. Replaced ‘smell & night vision’ with ‘smell, and night vision’. Replaced ‘footprints & tracks’ with ‘footprints and tracks’. Replaced ‘500 yds’ with ‘500 yards’. Replaced ‘Defence against: hypnosis’ with ‘Defence against hypnosis’. Replaced ‘hostile telepathy, & evil spirits’ with ‘hostile telepathy, and evil spirits’. Replaced ‘gods Kai and Ishir’ with ‘Gods Kai and Ishir’. Replaced ‘gases, corrosive’ with ‘gases, and corrosive’. 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 opposite and overleaf.’ 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 ‘
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 ‘battle magic’ with ‘battle-magic’. Replaced ‘artifacts’ with ‘artefacts’. 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’. Replaced ‘magi-magic spell’ with ‘Old Kingdom Spells’. 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 ‘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 ‘map of Magnamund’ with ‘map of the Planes of Existence’. Removed ‘(see the inside front cover of this book)’. Replaced ‘safe-keeping’ with ‘safekeeping’. Replaced ‘QUARTERSTAFF’ with ‘Quarterstaff’. 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 occurrences of ‘arrow’ with ‘Arrow’. Replaced occurrences of ‘arrows’ with ‘Arrows’. Replaced occurrences of ‘bow’ with ‘Bow’. Replaced occurrences of ‘quiver’ with ‘Quiver’. Replaced ‘combat, therefore’ with ‘combat; therefore’. Replaced ‘(eg Gold Dagger’ with ‘(e.g. Gold Dagger’. Added a section about Gold Crowns which reads ‘These are always carried in the Belt Pouch. It will hold a maximum of fifty Crowns.’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Lone Wolf’ with ‘
Lone Wolf
’ when referring to the series. Replaced ‘effect that may have’ with ‘effect they may have’. Replaced ‘Grand Weaponmastery with a Bow’ with ‘Grand Weaponmastery with Bow’. Replaced ‘a sword or an axe’ with ‘a Sword or an Axe’. Replaced the image of the Short Sword with the correct image of the Sword. 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 ‘until
ENDURANCE
points’ with ‘until the
ENDURANCE
points’. 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.’. Replaced ‘points reduced’ with ‘points possibly reduced’. Replaced ‘on the page after the Random Number Table’ with ‘in the back of this book’.

(
Levels of Kai Grand Mastership
) Replaced each occurrence of ‘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 ‘levels of Kai Grand Mastery you will’ with ‘levels of Kai Grand Mastery, you will’. Added ‘(11 Disciplines)’ after ‘Sun Prince’. Replaced ‘ie,’ with ‘i.e.’. Replaced both occurrences of ‘Kai-Ray’ with ‘Kai-ray’. Replaced ‘eg,’ with ‘e.g.’. Replaced ‘eyes and’ with ‘eyes, and’. Replaced ‘or less and it’ with ‘or less, and it’.

(
Grand Master's Wisdom
) Replaced each occurrence of ‘Lone Wolf’ with ‘
Lone Wolf
’ when referring to the series. Replaced ‘master of all Evil’ with ‘Master of all Evil’. Replaced ‘Pick your four Grand’ with ‘Pick your Grand’. Replaced ‘Naar — the’ with ‘Naar, the’.

(
1
) Replaced ‘courage, and’ with ‘courage — and’. Replaced ‘Shianti, you’ with ‘Shianti — you’. Replaced ‘hall — the’ with ‘hall, the’. Replaced ‘champion — Kekataag’ with ‘champion, Kekataag’.

(
2
) Replaced each occurrence of ‘leap on’ with ‘leap onto’.

(
3
) Replaced ‘Darkness — an’ with ‘Darkness, an’.

(
4
) Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

(
5
) Replaced ‘
Hulka
’ with ‘ ‘Hulka’ ’. Replaced ‘
Khula
’ with ‘ ‘Khula’ ’. Replaced ‘
Lukha
’ with ‘ ‘Lukha’ ’. Replaced ‘backpack’ with ‘Backpack’.

(
6
) Replaced ‘cries, ‘use’ with ‘cries. ‘Use’.

(
8
) Replaced ‘Kai mastery’ with ‘Kai Mastery’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘backpack’ with ‘Backpack’. Replaced ‘Telegnosis, and’ with ‘Telegnosis and’.

(
11
) Replaced ‘Brotherhood spell — Net — and’ with ‘Brotherhood Spell
Net
and’.

(
12
) Replaced ‘force field’ with ‘force-field’.

(
13
) Replaced ‘cacophany’ with ‘cacophony’. Replaced ‘undergrowth and when’ with ‘undergrowth, and when’. Replaced ‘titanic subterranean sea creature’ with ‘titanic sea creature’.

(
14
) Replaced both occurrences of ‘reptillians’ with ‘reptilians’.

(
15
) Replaced ‘
Rhunotar
’ with ‘ ‘Rhunotar’ ’. Replaced ‘
Rhunadan
’ with ‘ ‘Rhunadan’ ’. Replaced ‘
Rhunaguin
’ with ‘ ‘Rhunaguin’ ’. Replaced ‘form, and the sudden cessation of mind contact, throws’ with ‘form — and the sudden cessation of mind contact — throws’. Replaced ‘Darkness — you’ with ‘Darkness: you’.

(
17
) Replaced ‘firestorm’ with ‘fire-storm’. Replaced ‘lavas’ with ‘Lavas’.

(
18
) Replaced ‘ribcage’ with ‘rib cage’. Replaced ‘Cadak — Arch Druid of the Cenerese — sworn’ with ‘Cadak, Arch Druid of the Cenerese, sworn’.

(
19
) Replaced ‘skill, or’ with ‘skill or’. Replaced ‘ichor, then’ with ‘ichor, and then’.

(
22
) Replaced ‘Kai mastery’ with ‘Kai Mastery’. Replaced ‘Avavae’ with ‘Avarvae’. Replaced ‘Kai rank of Grand Guardian’ with ‘rank of Kai Grand Guardian’. Replaced ‘Grand Guardian’ with ‘Grand Guardian or higher’. Replaced ‘sixth sense’ with ‘Sixth Sense’. Replaced ‘Kai-surge, and’ with ‘Kai-surge and’.

(
23
) Replaced ‘identical — the’ with ‘identical: the’.

(
24
) Replaced ‘From beneath’ with ‘Beneath’. Replaced ‘all — they’ with ‘all: they’.

(
25
) Replaced both occurrences of ‘lavas’ with ‘Lavas’. Replaced both occurrences of ‘reptillians’ with ‘reptilians’. Split the final sentence into its own paragraph for consistency.

(
26
) Replaced ‘Kai mastery’ with ‘Kai Mastery’. Replaced ‘Crown’ with ‘Crown or higher’. Moved the option to use Grand Nexus to the first place in the list. Replaced ‘Nexus, and’ with ‘Nexus and’. Replaced ‘Magi-magic, and’ with ‘Magi-magic and’. Replaced ‘Kai-alchemy, and’ with ‘Kai-alchemy and’.

(
27
) Replaced ‘artifacts’ with ‘artefacts’. Replaced ‘swordbelt’ with ‘sword belt’.

(
28
) Replaced ‘slayed’ with ‘slain’. Replaced ‘ribcage’ with ‘rib cage’. Replaced ‘reptillian’ with ‘reptilian’. Replaced ‘semi-circular’ with ‘semicircular’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Cadak, and wish’ with ‘Cadak and wish’.

(
29
) Replaced ‘Sommerswerd, or’ with ‘Sommerswerd or’.

(
31
) Replaced both occurrences of ‘reptillians’ with ‘reptilians’.

(
32
) Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

(
33
) Replaced ‘pathsmanship’ with ‘Pathsmanship’. Replaced ‘Kai monastery’ with ‘Kai Monastery’. Replaced ‘steel and’ with ‘steel, and’. Replaced ‘backpack’ with ‘Backpack’. Replaced ‘be reborn.’ ’ with ‘be reborn’.’. Replaced ‘worthy victor.’ ’ with ‘worthy victor’.’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘tome’ with ‘Tome’. Replaced ‘ successfully it’ with ‘successfully, it’. Replaced ‘tunnels and’ with ‘tunnels, and’. Replaced ‘conquest of’ with ‘conquests in’ as the Drakkarim did not conquer all of Northern Magnamund. Replaced ‘Zantaz — the Lord of the Pit — whose’ with ‘Zantaz, the Lord of the Pit, whose’. Replaced ‘tutor — Storm Hawk — was’ with ‘tutor, Storm Hawk, was’.

(
35
) Replaced ‘Sommerswerd, or’ with ‘Sommerswerd or’. Replaced ‘the Skarn-Ska’ with ‘Skarn-Ska’.

(
37
) Replaced ‘psi-screen’ with ‘Psi-screen’.

(
38
) Replaced ‘Kai mastery’ with ‘Kai Mastery’. Replaced ‘Kai-surge, and’ with ‘Kai-surge and’.

(
39
) Replaced ‘
Rhunotar
’ with ‘ ‘Rhunotar’ ’. Replaced ‘
Rhunadan
’ with ‘ ‘Rhunadan’ ’. Replaced ‘
Rhunaguin
’ with ‘ ‘Rhunaguin’ ’. Replaced ‘form, and the sudden cessation of mind contact, throws’ with ‘form — and the sudden cessation of mind contact — throws’.

(
40
) Replaced ‘Kai mastery’ with ‘Kai Mastery’. Replaced both occurrences of ‘force field’ with ‘force-field’. Replaced ‘Knight’ with ‘Knight or higher’. Replaced ‘Telegnosis, and’ with ‘Telegnosis and’.

(
41
) Replaced ‘square and’ with ‘square, and’. Replaced ‘fulfilled; base’ with ‘fulfilled, base’.

(
42
) Replaced ‘lavas’ with ‘Lavas’.

(
43
) Replaced ‘Old Kingdom spell — Shield — as’ with ‘Old Kingdom Spell
Shield
as’. Replaced ‘Grand Discipline’ with ‘Grand Master Discipline’.

(
44
) Replaced ‘
Rhunotar
’ with ‘ ‘Rhunotar’ ’. Replaced ‘
Rhunadan
’ with ‘ ‘Rhunadan’ ’. Replaced ‘
Rhunaguin
’ with ‘ ‘Rhunaguin’ ’. Replaced ‘form, and the sudden cessation of mind contact, throws’ with ‘form — and the sudden cessation of mind contact — throws’. Replaced ‘Darkness — you’ with ‘Darkness: you’.