The Masters of Darkness
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(300) Replaced ‘north-western’ with ‘northwestern’. Replaced ‘boulders and’ with ‘boulders, and’.
(304) Replaced ‘Drakkar voice’ with ‘Drakkarim voice’ to reflect standard usage.
(305) Replaced ‘Kai monastery’ with ‘Kai Monastery’. Replaced ‘Kaltesee’ with ‘Kaltersee’.
(306) Replaced ‘Kraagenskûl), and’ with ‘Kraagenskûl) and’.
(307) Replaced ‘fatique’ with ‘fatigue’. Replaced ‘backpack’ with ‘Backpack’. Replaced ‘open, so’ with ‘open; so’. Replaced ‘bow’ with ‘Bow’.
(309) Replaced ‘bow and’ with ‘Bow and’. Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.
(310) Replaced ‘SPEAR’ with ‘Spear’. Replaced ‘AXE’ with ‘Axe’. Replaced ‘DAGGER’ with ‘Dagger’. Replaced ‘60 KIKA’ with ‘60 Kika’. Replaced ‘BOTTLE OF WINE’ with ‘Bottle of Wine’. Replaced ‘POUCH OF TOBACCO’ with ‘Pouch of Tobacco’. Replaced ‘PIPE’ with ‘Pipe’. Replaced ‘IRON KEY’ with ‘Iron Key’. Replaced ‘ENOUGH FOOD FOR 1 MEAL’ with ‘Enough food for 1 Meal’. Replaced ‘arrow’ with ‘Arrow’. Replaced ‘stiffens, then’ with ‘stiffens, and then’.
(311) Replaced ‘cliff top’ with ‘cliff-top’. Replaced ‘pass, then’ with ‘pass, and then’.
(313) Replaced ‘arrow’ with ‘Arrow’.
(315) Replaced ‘hungry and’ with ‘hungry, and’. Replaced ‘bow and’ with ‘Bow and’.
(316) Replaced ‘Divination, and’ with ‘Divination and’. Replaced ‘skill, or’ with ‘skill or’. Replaced ‘Kai training’ with ‘Magnakai training’.
(317) Replaced ‘3 SWORDS’ with ‘3 Swords’. Replaced ‘2 AXES’ with ‘2 Axes’. Replaced ‘2 DAGGERS’ with ‘2 Daggers’. Replaced ‘1 BOW’ with ‘Bow’. Replaced ‘4 ARROWS’ with ‘4 Arrows’. Replaced ‘1 ROPE’ with ‘Rope’. Replaced ‘1 POUCH OF HERBS’ with ‘Pouch of Herbs’.
(320) Replaced ‘imposter’ with ‘impostor’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption. Replaced ‘freelands’ with ‘Freelands’. Replaced ‘the name of the Liganim’ with ‘the name of the Ligan’ to reflect standard usage.
(321) Replaced ‘side-stepping’ with ‘sidestepping’. Replaced ‘swipe, then’ with ‘swipe, and then’.
(323) Replaced ‘MS3250’ with ‘MS 3250’.
(324) Replaced ‘bow string’ with ‘bowstring’. Replaced ‘weapon skill’ with ‘missile’. Replaced ‘quiver’ with ‘Quiver’. Replaced ‘arrow’ with ‘Arrow’. Replaced ‘Huntmastery, and have’ with ‘Huntmastery and have’.
(325) Replaced ‘Huntmastery, and’ with ‘Huntmastery and’. Replaced ‘skill, or’ with ‘skill or’. Replaced ‘Kai training’ with ‘Magnakai training’.
(327) Replaced ‘clifff’ with ‘cliff’. Replaced ‘Primate or more’ with ‘Primate or higher’. Replaced ‘bow’ with ‘Bow’. Replaced ‘carrion, then’ with ‘carrion, and then’. Replaced ‘Animal Control, and’ with ‘Animal Control and’. Replaced ‘skill, or’ with ‘skill or’. Replaced ‘Kai training’ with ‘Magnakai training’.
(328) Replaced ‘drawbolt’ with ‘bolt’. Replaced ‘south and’ with ‘south, and’. Replaced ‘mind over matter’ with ‘Mind Over Matter’.
(330) Replaced ‘main mast’ with ‘mainmast’. Replaced ‘Kaltesee’ with ‘Kaltersee’.
(332) Replaced ‘yourself, then’ with ‘yourself, and then’.
(333) Replaced ‘saddle, then’ with ‘saddle, and then’.
(334) Replaced ‘curse, then’ with ‘curse, and then’.
(336) Replaced ‘bow’ with ‘Bow’. Replaced ‘arrow’ with ‘Arrow’. Replaced ‘Drakkar horseman’ with ‘Drakkarim horseman’ to reflect standard usage.
(337) Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.
(338) Replaced ‘bows, then’ with ‘bows, and then’. Replaced ‘stairs, then’ with ‘stairs, and then’. Replaced ‘click’ with ‘click’. Replaced ‘Animal Control, and’ with ‘Animal Control and’. Replaced ‘skill, or’ with ‘skill or’. Replaced ‘Kai training’ with ‘Magnakai training’.
(339) Replaced ‘north-by-north west’ with ‘north by northwest’.
(341) Replaced ‘zenith, then’ with ‘zenith, and then’.
(342) Replaced ‘sword, Helshezag, and’ with ‘sword Helshezag and’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption. Replaced ‘Sommerswerd, and’ with ‘Sommerswerd and’.
(343) Replaced ‘creatures's’ with ‘creature's’.
(347) Replaced ‘bow’ with ‘Bow’. Replaced ‘You shoulder your Bow and draw’ with ‘You draw’. The shouldering of the Bow has been moved to Section 119 (cf. Errata for Section 119) to fix game-flow issues. If you arrived at Section 347 from Section 5 your Bow was destroyed, and you didn's even ready your Bow if you arrived from Section 232!
(348) Replaced ‘imposter’ with ‘impostor’. Replaced ‘place then’ with ‘place and then’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Liganim’ with ‘Ligan’ to reflect standard usage.
(349) Replaced ‘clang’ with ‘clang’.
(350) Replaced ‘backpack’ with ‘Backpack’. Added ‘The next book in the Lone Wolf series is entitled The Plague Lords of Ruel.’ in harmony with the Collector's Edition.
(Map) Replaced ‘Kaltesee’ with ‘Kaltersee’.
(Combat Rules Summary) Replaced ‘cross reference’ with ‘cross-reference’. Replaced ‘top of chart’ with ‘top of the chart’. Replaced ‘fall to 0’ with ‘falls to 0 or below’. Replaced ‘Kai Disciplines’ with ‘Magnakai Disciplines’. Replaced ‘Pick number from’ with ‘Pick a number from the’. Replaced ‘Turn to Combat’ with ‘Turn to the Combat’. Replaced ‘to random number’ with ‘to the random number’. Replaced ‘when ENDURANCE’ with ‘when the ENDURANCE’. Replaced ‘ignored, only’ with ‘ignored; only’. Replaced ‘skill and’ with ‘skill, and’.
Note on Standard Usage
Quite a number of contributors to Project Aon have reported inconsistencies regarding the use of words such as Drakkar across the series. After much research into the usage of Drakkar/Drakkarim, Nadziran/Nadziranim, and Ligan/Liganim across the books, we have decided to standardise the usage of the words in the following ways, which represent majority usage:
noun (s.): Drakkar
noun (pl.): Drakkarim
adj: Drakkarim
noun (s.): Nadziran
noun (pl.): Nadziranim
adj: Nadziranim
noun (s.): Ligan
noun (pl.): Liganim
adj: Liganim
All of the other words ending in -im either already conform to these rules (i.e. gazim, kuzim, lajakim, rekenarim, Sharnazim, and Tefarim) or cannot be conclusively tied to Darkland languages (e.g. Ghagrim).
Footnotes
[1] (Equipment) The Lantern is designed to be self-lighting. You will not need a Tinderbox or any other means of creating a flame to light it.
[2] (Section 35) After much deliberation, we have here altered the Xargath's ENDURANCE points score from 10 to 100, in line with Section 192. The massive difference in the Xargath's COMBAT SKILL here can be attributed to the fact that you're sitting just behind its head which is stuck in the deck, instead of standing on the deck in front of it. However, the original ENDURANCE value seems pitifully low to the extent that the combat is a foregone conclusion, even for a new character with only 3 Magnakai Disciplines and the lowest unmodified values for COMBAT SKILL and ENDURANCE. Additionally, the presented option to evade combat seems to indicate that the fight should be at least moderately challenging.
[3] (Section 75) Lone Wolf Club Newsletter No.12 clarifies: ‘Although the Sommerswerd has been drawn and used within the Darklands, you were able to use it to destroy Kraagenskûl before he could make use of the communicator to inform Gnaag of your presence. The port of Argazad is on the fringe of the Darklands and, because of its remote location, your unsheathing of the Sommerswerd did not directly alert Gnaag in Helgedad. The Sommer
swerd combat with Kraagenskûl was true to Rimoah's warning (Section 282); it did alert him to your presence and betrayed your true identity.’
[4] (Section 75) Unless you are carrying the Dagger of Vashna and choose to use it, you will be unable to inflict damage upon Darklord Kraagenskûl for the three rounds until you can retrieve the Sommerswerd. Should you choose to use the Dagger of Vashna here, remember that ‘you may add 7 points to your COMBAT SKILL for the duration of the fight, owing to the power of the Dagger of Vashna when used against a Darklord of Helgedad’ (cf. Section 171).
[5] (Section 79) Given the description of this armour which makes it seem to be lightweight (note that there is no ENDURANCE bonus for wearing it), it seems reasonable that it can be worn over other forms of armour.
[6] (Section 220) This section is unreachable. To get here, you have to be an Archmaster with Nexus, which means you have all but one Discipline. However, the only route here is Section 150 to Section 80 to Section 249 to Section 67 to Section 121 to Section 220. Section 249 is only reachable if you don't have Huntmastery at Archmaster level, and Section 67 is only reachable if you don't have Pathsmanship at Tutelary level. So to arrive here, you must be an Archmaster who has neither Huntmastery nor Pathsmanship. This oversight on the part of the author cannot easily be fixed.
[7] (Section 230) Remember to add 7 to your COMBAT SKILL for the duration of the combat due to the power of your weapon against a Darklord of Helgedad. Information revealed in a later section may have an effect on how this fight should be conducted; see the erratum for this section for details. Note that this will reveal certain information to you sooner than the author intended, which many readers, especially first-time readers, may prefer not to know.
[8] (Section 268) It is possible that your permanent ENDURANCE score might fall to zero or below due to the Sea-scavenger's attack, but you may be wearing a piece of armour that gives you an ENDURANCE point bonus. This would leave you with a permanent ENDURANCE score of 0 with a current ENDURANCE score still above zero. If your basic ENDURANCE score is reduced to zero or below, you are dead and your adventure is over.
Table of Illustrations
The following is a list of all Sections containing illustrations found in this book:
Primary Illustrations
Illustration I (Section 7)
Illustration II (Section 23)
Illustration III (Section 50)
Illustration IV (Section 60)
Illustration V (Section 81)
Illustration VI (Section 94)
Illustration VII (Section 110)
Illustration VIII (Section 129)
Illustration IX (Section 158)
Illustration X (Section 170)
Illustration XI (Section 184)
Illustration XII (Section 216)
Illustration XIII (Section 226)
Illustration XIV (Section 260)
Illustration XV (Section 264)
Illustration XVI (Section 278)
Illustration XVII (Section 295)
Illustration XVIII (Section 320)
Illustration XIX (Section 337)
Illustration XX (Section 342)
Sommerlund & the Darklands
Action Chart
Secondary Illustrations
Magnakai Disciplines
Equipment
Section 6
Section 36
Section 57
Section 74
Section 100
Section 101
Section 113
Section 121
Section 128
Section 150
Section 187
Section 195
Section 196
Section 200
Section 208
Section 214
Section 229
Section 275
Section 305
Section 306
Section 326
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