by Joe Dever
Turn to 207.
349
Kai instinct and intuition prompt you to take out the Green Gem. In the presence of the insectoids, it pulses with an eerie light that causes them to shy away fearfully. You sense that they are repelled by its power which is leeching their strength.
Gradually, their insect-like forms dissolve back into wispy trails of black smoke which swirl once around the chamber before evaporating into the porous stone which frames the Shadow Gate. You are relieved to see the back of these hideous creatures, but your comfort is all too short-lived; no sooner have they vanished than a new horror appears in the chamber, rising up out of the stone floor.
If you have ever been to the Isle of Ghosts in a previous Lone Wolf adventure, turn to 311.
If you have not, turn to 80.
350
Two days out from the Tozaz ice-field, you catch sight of Fort Azgad. After the ordeal of Ixia, the sight of this spartan little outpost is one of the most welcoming you have ever seen. The garrison salutes you as you bring your ship to the quayside where Lord Ardan, Captain Lanza, and Prarg are all waiting to welcome you back.
Warmly they congratulate you, praising your inspired act of courage and bravery but you sense that all is not well. The feeling of unease which haunted you upon leaving the ice-caverns of Ixia has returned.
‘Where's Banedon?’ you ask of Lord Ardan. ‘Is something wrong?’
Ardan's face grows as sombre as his reply. ‘King Ulnar sent word to Sarnac's court, summoning the Guildmaster to return urgently to Sommerlund. It is grave news, I'm afraid, Grand Master. In your absence, your country has been attacked. The Dark God, Naar, has sent forth a host of dragon-creatures to destroy the Second Order of the Kai and lay waste to your homeland. It is said his new minions are confident of swift victory for they are sure you will never defeat the Deathlord of Ixia.’
‘I must leave for Sommerlund at once,’ you say, looking to the eastern horizon. ‘My brethren and my country need me.’
The others nod in silent agreement. ‘We will do all we can,’ replies Lord Ardan, ‘to speed your passage home.’
The news of your country's plight comes as a terrible shock. In Ixia, you have won a great and lasting victory against the forces of Evil, but could the cost be too great? You fear, also, for the lives of your young Kai acolytes. The Second Order are worthy Kai warriors but they are young, their mettle yet to be tested in the furnace-heat of battle. You pray to Kai himself that they be strong enough to resist Naar's newest champions, at least until you return.
The challenge of the long journey home and the quest to save the Second Order of the Kai from the deadly wrath of Naar's newest champions awaits you in the next Grand Master adventure, entitled:
Dawn of the Dragons
Numbered Sections
1-10: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11-20: 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21-30: 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31-40: 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
41-50: 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
51-60: 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
61-70: 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
71-80: 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
81-90: 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
91-100: 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
101-110: 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110
111-120: 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120
121-130: 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130
131-140: 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140
141-150: 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150
151-160: 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160
161-170: 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170
171-180: 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180
181-190: 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190
191-200: 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200
201-210: 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210
211-220: 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220
221-230: 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230
231-240: 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240
241-250: 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250
251-260: 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260
261-270: 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270
271-280: 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280
281-290: 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290
291-300: 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300
301-310: 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310
311-320: 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320
321-330: 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330
331-340: 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340
341-350: 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350
Ixia & the Hardlands
Action Chart
Combat Rules Summary
Add your COMBAT SKILL to any extra points given to you by your Grand Master Disciplines.
Subtract the COMBAT SKILL of your enemy from this total. This number = Combat Ratio.
Pick a number from the Random Number Table.
Turn to the Combat Results Table.
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.)
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.
To Evade Combat
You may only do this when the text of the adventure offers you the opportunity.
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.
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.
Combat Results Table
Random Number Table
Errata
Introduction
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.
Errata
(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’ wit
h ‘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 ‘sho
ut, 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’.
