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  (76) Replaced ‘of table’ with ‘of the table’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption. Replaced ‘bolt holes’ with ‘bolt-holes’.

  (78) Replaced ‘below but’ with ‘below, but’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

  (81) Replaced ‘wait, to’ with ‘wait to’.

  (82) Added ‘Due to the magical powers of their maker, Shasarak, the Magdi have a natural resistance to magic and you must subtract 2 from your COMBAT SKILL for the duration of the combat.’ as per Sections 61 and 123.

  (83) Replaced ‘immobile as’ with ‘immobile, as’.

  (86) Replaced ‘towards the Earth’ with ‘towards the earth’.

  (87) Replaced ‘counter-charge’ with ‘countercharge’.

  (90) Replaced ‘fire but’ with ‘fire, but’. Replaced ‘a cinder’ with ‘cinders’.

  (91) Replaced ‘city fortress’ with ‘city-fortress’.

  (95) Replaced ‘and as’ with ‘and, as’. Replaced ‘under water’ with ‘underwater’.

  (96) Replaced ‘robe you’ with ‘robe, you’.

  (97) Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

  (102) Replaced ‘Sadly you’ with ‘Sadly, you’.

  (103) Added ‘If you possess insufficient WILLPOWER points to use any of these powers, turn to 242.’.

  (108) Replaced ‘king.‘Either’ with ‘king. ‘Either’.

  (111) Replaced ‘gift, so’ with ‘gift — so’. Replaced ‘the Earth’ with ‘the world’.

  (113) Replaced ‘If you wish to attack the Kleasá with the Magical Power of Sorcery’ with ‘If you have the Magical Power of Sorcery and with to use it to attack the Kleasá’ in the first choice. Added ‘ and wish to use them both against the Kleasá,’ in the second choice. Replaced ‘If you have the Black Rod of Shasarak and wish to use it’ with ‘If you wish to use the Black Rod of Shasarak’. Replaced ‘advance, it’ with ‘advance; it’.

  (116) Replaced ‘combat turn’ with ‘combat, turn’.

  (121) Replaced ‘half light’ with ‘half-light’.

  (122) Replaced ‘If you have the Black Rod of Shasarak and wish to use it’ with ‘If you wish to use the Black Rod of Shasarak’.

  (124) Replaced ‘forward, you’ with ‘forward. You’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

  (125) Replaced ‘Urik ‘Very’ with ‘Urik. ‘Very’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

  (126) Replaced ‘this power’ with ‘this Power’. Replaced ‘now, time’ with ‘now; time’. Replaced ‘Staff and’ with ‘Staff, and’.

  (129) Replaced ‘sleep but’ with ‘sleep, but’.

  (131) Replaced ‘this power’ with ‘this Power’.

  (132) Replaced ‘however it’ with ‘however, it’.

  (133) Replaced ‘farewill’ with ‘farewell’. Replaced ‘BIG’ with ‘big’. Replaced ‘the deadlands’ with ‘ ‘the dead lands’ ’. Replaced ‘all and’ with ‘all, and’. Replaced ‘A Short Sword’ with ‘Short Sword’. Replaced ‘A Backpack’ with ‘Backpack’. Replaced ‘2 potions of Laumspur ’ with ‘2 Potions of Laumspur ’. Replaced ‘swallowing 1 potion’ with ‘swallowing one potion’. Replaced ‘A coil of Rope’ with ‘Coil of Rope’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Items’ with ‘items’.

  (135) Replaced ‘exhausted you’ with ‘exhausted, you’.

  (140) Replaced ‘asks’ with ‘asks.’. Replaced ‘out-sized’ with ‘outsized’. Replaced ‘shoulder:’ with ‘shoulder;’. Replaced ‘ears;’ with ‘ears:’. Replaced ‘long range’ with ‘long-range’.

  (141) Switched the section numbers given for the two choices, to avoid unreasonable consequences of high ENDURANCE and WILLPOWER scores.

  (143) Replaced ‘If you have the Black Rod of Shasarak and wish to use it’ with ‘If you wish to use the Black Rod of Shasarak’. Replaced ‘Astral plane’ with ‘Astral Plane’.

  (145) Replaced ‘spell whispering’ with ‘spell, whispering’ in the caption for the illustration. Replaced ‘some Azawood leaves’ with ‘an Azawood Leaf or a portion from a Bundle of Azawood Leaves’ as there is confusion over the number of Azawood Leaves a player might be carrying. In Grey Star the Wizard Section 183 you may buy ‘1 Bundle of dried Azawood Leaves (a base constituent that will charm up to 4 magical potions)’ from Madame Tarlas; however, in Section 216 of this book, you may ‘break off three of these leaves and place them in your Herb Pouch’.

  (146) Replaced ‘7–12’ with ‘6–12’.

  (149) Replaced ‘Kiro will’ with ‘Kiro, will’. Replaced ‘eyebow’ with ‘eyebrow’. Replaced ‘trader's city’ with ‘traders' city’.

  (151) Replaced ‘and as’ with ‘and, as’. Replaced ‘you, then’ with ‘you, and then’.

  (153) Made the choice leading to Section 27 its own paragraph to better fit our format for the choices.

  (157) Replaced ‘the air,’ with ‘the air.’. Replaced ‘say, ‘feed’ with ‘say. ‘Feed’.

  (158) Replaced ‘women and’ with ‘women, and’.

  (159) Replaced ‘The mob surge forward’ with ‘The mob surges forward’.

  (163) Replaced ‘swordman’ with ‘swordsman’.

  (165) Replaced ‘this power’ with ‘this Power’.

  (168) Replaced ‘magical Power’ with ‘Magical Power’.

  (170) Deleted ‘ that lies within the chest’. Replaced ‘If you wish to take the Black Rod and use it to open the magic-locked door’ with ‘If you wish to use the Black Rod to open the magic-locked door’.

  (171) Replaced ‘your Current’ with ‘your current’.

  (173) Replaced ‘backpack’ with ‘Backpack’. Replaced ‘one Item’ with ‘one item’. Replaced ‘berries and’ with ‘berries, and’.

  (174) Replaced ‘Magical power’ with ‘Magical Power’. Replaced ‘Astral plane’ with ‘Astral Plane’.

  (175) Replaced ‘Prophecy, and’ with ‘Prophecy and’.

  (180) Added ‘possess the Magical Power of Sorcery and ’ to the second choice.

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

  (184) Changed the choice which led to Section 300 to lead to Section 302 instead. This section was unreachable in the original and fits well in the context of the story here.

  (185) Replaced ‘out-run’ with ‘outrun’.

  (186) Replaced ‘closely, After’ with ‘closely. After’.

  (189) Replaced ‘right? he’ with ‘right?’ he’.

  (191) Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

  (192) Replaced ‘Shield of sorcery’ with ‘Shield of Sorcery’.

  (194) Replaced ‘guagmire’ with ‘quagmire’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘north-west’ with ‘northwest’. Replaced ‘Gurlu Marsh’ with ‘Gurlu Marshes’. Replaced ‘shrubs, further’ with ‘shrubs, and further’.

  (196) Replaced ‘giant. turn’ with ‘giant, turn’. Replaced ‘as if it was’ with ‘as if it were’.

  (198) Replaced ‘magical Item’ with ‘magical item’. Replaced ‘good and ill-wills’ with ‘good and ill wills’.

  (201) Replaced ‘power of Prophecy’ with ‘Power of Prophecy’.

  (203) Replaced ‘escort look’ with ‘escort looks’.

  (204) Replaced ‘women and’ with ‘women, and’.

  (207) Replaced ‘counter-attack’ with ‘counterattack’.

  (208) Replaced ‘lie in’ with ‘lies in’.

  (210) Replaced ‘Fire and’ with ‘Fire, and’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Elemental plane’ with ‘Elemental Plane’.

  (211) Replaced ‘Masbalé’ with ‘Masbaté’. Replaced ‘Lisson’ with ‘Lissan’. Replaced ‘Shadaki; riven’ with ‘Shadaki, riven’. Replaced ‘nation and’ with ‘nation, and’.

  (212) Replaced each occurrence of ‘luneday’ with ‘Luneday’.

  (213) Replaced ‘menacingly as’ with ‘menacingly, as’. Replaced ‘tremble, it’ with ‘tremble — it’.

  (214) Replaced ‘mountains of Mor
n’ with ‘Mountains of Morn’. Replaced ‘If you have no more food in your Backpack and want to gather supplies before going any further’ with ‘If you do not have enough food in your Backpack to complete your quest and want to gather supplies before going any further’. Replaced ‘If you have enough food to complete your quest’ with ‘If you have enough food’.

  (215) Changed the choice to use Psychomancy to lead to Section 170 rather than Section 224. Added ‘If you have the Magical Power of Prophecy and wish to use it, turn to 224.’. Replaced ‘If you do not possess this skill’ with ‘If you do not possess either of these skills, or if you do not wish to use them’.

  (216) Replaced ‘six’ with ‘eight’. Replaced ‘257’ with ‘257.’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Items’ with ‘items’.

  (217) Replaced ‘the dead lands’ with ‘ ‘the dead lands’ ’.

  (219) Replaced ‘12 to 14’ with ‘12–14’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

  (221) Replaced ‘Urik and’ with ‘Urik, and’.

  (222) Replaced ‘high pitched’ with ‘high-pitched’. Replaced ‘Urik and’ with ‘Urik, and’.

  (225) Replaced ‘Toa-tree’ with ‘toa tree’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

  (226) Replaced ‘Then suddenly a’ with ‘Then, suddenly, a’. Replaced ‘you broad’ with ‘you a broad’. Replaced ‘precision, causes’ with ‘precision causes’.

  (227) Replaced ‘Astral plane’ with ‘Astral Plane’.

  (229) Replaced ‘step back, such is’ with ‘step back: such is’. Replaced ‘Kleasá, using’ with ‘Kleasá using’.

  (230) Replaced each occurrence of ‘your power’ with ‘your Power’. Replaced ‘Fire and’ with ‘Fire, and’. Replaced ‘Elemental plane’ with ‘Elemental Plane’.

  (231) Replaced ‘side step’ with ‘sidestep’. Replaced ‘rags jumps’ with ‘rags, jumps’.

  (233) Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

  (234) Changed the third choice which led to Section 289 to lead to Section 146 instead. This section fits better in the context of the story as it goes into particulars about how Enchantment is actually used.

  (235) Replaced ‘Waist deep’ with ‘Waist-deep’. Replaced ‘out-sized’ with ‘outsized’. Replaced ‘wizard's Staff’ with ‘Wizard's Staff’.

  (237) Changed the choice to use Psychomancy to lead to Section 170 rather than Section 224. Added ‘If you have the Magical Power of Prophecy and wish to use it, turn to 224.’. Replaced ‘If you do not possess this skill’ with ‘If you do not possess either of these skills, or if you do not wish to use them’.

  (242) Replaced ‘shake, it’ with ‘shake; it’.

  (247) Replaced ‘purple, he’ with ‘purple; he’. Made Urik's quote from The Way of the Shianti a separate paragraph. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

  (249) Replaced ‘Toa tree’ with ‘toa tree’. Replaced ‘of the Earth’ with ‘of Magnamund’.

  (250) Replaced ‘Kiro against’ with ‘Kiro, against’. Replaced ‘battle tonight, aid’ with ‘battle tonight; aid’. Replaced ‘or do’ with ‘or if you do’.

  (253) Replaced ‘life force’ with ‘life-force’. Replaced ‘staff’ with ‘Staff’. Replaced ‘that your are’ with ‘that you are’.

  (254) Replaced ‘fight you’ with ‘fight, you’. Replaced ‘completely turn’ with ‘completely, turn’.

  (255) Replaced ‘Scree Wrym’ with ‘Scree Wyrm’. Replaced ‘death throes’ with ‘death-throes’.

  (256) Replaced ‘Shazarak’ with ‘Shasarak’. Replaced ‘Elemental plane’ with ‘Elemental Plane’.

  (257) Replaced ‘day’, dawn’ with ‘day’ dawn’. Replaced ‘tail, enable’ with ‘tail enable’. Replaced ‘by a poisonous’ with ‘by poisonous’. Replaced ‘end of vine’ with ‘end of the vine’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption. Replaced ‘Gurlu Swamplands’ with ‘Gurlu swamplands’.

  (258) Replaced ‘Wizard's staff’ with ‘Wizard's Staff’. Made the last sentence a separate paragraph.

  (260) Replaced ‘you, however’ with ‘you; however’.

  (265) Replaced ‘Evocation, and’ with ‘Evocation and’. Replaced ‘or do’ with ‘or if you do’.

  (266) Replaced ‘The Mind Gem may be placed in your Backpack where it will count as a Backpack Item, or it can be worn around your neck.’ with ‘The Mind Gem is worn around your neck.’, in order to avoid rules ambiguities.

  (267) Replaced ‘near.’ he’ with ‘near,’ he’. Replaced ‘east and’ with ‘east, and’.

  (268) Replaced ‘Random Number table’ with ‘Random Number Table.’.

  (269) Replaced ‘eyeless tormented’ with ‘eyeless, tormented’. Replaced ‘magical Power’ with ‘Magical Power’.

  (272) Replaced ‘say ‘I’ with ‘say. ‘I’. Replaced ‘If you have the Black Rod and wish to use it’ with ‘If you wish to use the Black Rod’. Replaced ‘shadow. A’ with ‘shadow — a’. Replaced ‘Mind Gem and’ with ‘Mind Gem, and’.

  (273) Replaced ‘for 4 rounds or more, turn to 182’ with ‘more than 3 rounds, do not continue with the combat but turn immediately to 182’.

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

  (275) Replaced ‘guards falls’ with ‘guards fall’. Replaced ‘Urik and’ with ‘Urik, and’. Replaced ‘women and’ with ‘women, and’.

  (276) Replaced ‘ ‘Stranger’ he’ with ‘ ‘Stranger,’ he’.

  (279) Replaced ‘Astral plane’ with ‘Astral Plane’.

  (280) Replaced ‘Kazim stone’ with ‘Kazim Stone’.

  (284) Changed the choice which led to Section 300 to lead to Section 302 instead. This section was unreachable in the original and fits well in the context of the story here.

  (286) Replaced ‘Sado, ‘Charge’ with ‘Sado. ‘Charge’.

  (287) Replaced ‘counter-attack’ with ‘counterattack’.

  (288) Changed the choice to use Psychomancy to lead to Section 170 rather than Section 224. Added ‘If you have the Magical Power of Prophecy and wish to use it, turn to 224.’. Replaced ‘If you do not possess this skill, or do not wish to use it’ with ‘If you do not possess either of these skills, or if you do not wish to use them’.

  (289) Replaced ‘power of Enchantment’ with ‘Power of Enchantment’.

  (290) Replaced ‘Huminoid’ with ‘Humanoid’. Replaced ‘Wind and’ with ‘Wind, and’. Replaced ‘Elemental plane’ with ‘Elemental Plane’.

  (291) Replaced ‘Magical power’ with ‘Magical Power’.

  (292) Replaced ‘the Jewel’ with ‘the jewel’. Changed the third choice which led to Section 208 to lead to Section 234 instead. Section 208 is clearly inappropriate, and this change was made in some editions of the book. Replaced ‘Astral plane’ with ‘Astral Plane’.

  (293) Replaced ‘Elemental plane’ with ‘Elemental Plane’.

  (294) Replaced ‘its starting’ with ‘it's starting’.

  (295) Replaced ‘hesitates, then’ with ‘hesitates, and then’.

  (297) Replaced ‘breath, then’ with ‘breath; then’. Replaced ‘side, then’ with ‘side, and then’.

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

  (299) Replaced ‘Azawood leaves’ with ‘Azawood leaf’. Replaced ‘You have two Azawood leaves remaining.’ with ‘You have used one Azawood leaf.’, as you did not necessarily have three leaves to begin with.

  (303) Replaced ‘staff’ with ‘Staff’.

  (305) Deleted ‘ or keep it in your Backpack where it will count as a Backpack Item’, in order to avoid rules ambiguities.

  (307) Replaced each occurrence of ‘staff’ with ‘Staff’. Replaced ‘Samu, ‘I've’ with ‘Samu. ‘I've’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

  (309) Replaced ‘elementals’ with ‘Elementals’. Replaced ‘Elemental plane’ with ‘Elemental Plane’.

  (310) Replaced ‘Beyond The
Shadow Gate’ with ‘Beyond the Nightmare Gate’. Replaced ‘series entitled’ with ‘series, entitled’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

  (Combat Rules Summary) Added a fourth step ‘Pick a number from the Random Number Table.’ in the first step list. Replaced ‘of chart’ with ‘of the chart’. Replaced ‘to random’ with ‘to the random’. Replaced ‘to 0’ with ‘0 or below’. Replaced ‘to Combat’ with ‘to the Combat’. Replaced ‘cross reference’ with ‘cross-reference’.

  Footnotes

  [1] (The Game Rules) If you have completed Grey Star the Wizard, your WILLPOWER score will be zero before you begin this book. It doesn't seem fair to start this book with only 10 WILLPOWER points, so you may choose to create a new WILLPOWER score by choosing a number from the Random Number Table and adding 20. You may also choose to add the 10 WILLPOWER point bonus to this new score.

  Alternatively, you may wish to use your original WILLPOWER score from the beginning of Grey Star the Wizard, and add 10 bonus points to this.

  [2] (The Game Rules) If you choose Alchemy as your new Magical Power, you also receive a Herb Pouch with contents, as detailed in the Equipment section.

  [3] (The Game Rules) There are sections of this book that describe how you use a Magical Power and how many WILLPOWER points you spend, without giving you a choice and without taking into account that you may not have the required number of WILLPOWER points left. You may choose to simply subtract the specified number of WILLPOWER points. This may leave you with a negative WILLPOWER score, or if it was already negative, it will make your score become even more negative.

  Alternatively, you may wish to use a method given in Section 175 of War of the Wizards, which contains one such case of mandated use of magic: If you do not have enough WILLPOWER points, then you use ENDURANCE points at a rate of 2 ENDURANCE points for every 1 WILLPOWER point you lack (i.e. 2 ENDURANCE points = 1 WILLPOWER point). If your ENDURANCE score falls to zero or below, you are dead and the adventure is over.

  Note that you may never choose to use a Magical Power or your Wizard's Staff if you do not have sufficient WILLPOWER points. This method also cannot be used in cases where you lose WILLPOWER points for a reason other than using magic, for instance as a result of mental or magical attacks. In these cases, you may end up with a negative WILLPOWER score.

 

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