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Authors: Joe Dever

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The Maakengorge & Surrounding Territories
Action Chart
Combat Rules Summary
  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.
To Evade Combat
  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.
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 ‘
THE LEGACY OF VASHNA
’ with ‘
The Legacy of Vashna
’.

(
The Story So Far
) Replaced ‘elite’ with ‘élite’. Replaced ‘no Kai lord’ with ‘no Kai Lord’. Replaced ‘strongholds fierce’ with ‘strongholds, fierce’. Replaced ‘Right-Handed Magic’ with ‘Right-handed magic’. Replaced both occurrences of ‘new-found’ with ‘newfound’. Replaced ‘Dark God and’ with ‘Dark God, and’. Replaced ‘vigilant for’ with ‘vigilant, for’. Replaced ‘free-state’ with ‘Freeland’. Replaced ‘body, and those’ with ‘body, along with those’. Replaced ‘north-east’ with ‘northeast’. Replaced ‘quickly and’ with ‘quickly, and’. Replaced ‘monastery of the Kai’ with ‘Monastery of the Kai’. Replaced both occurrences of ‘the Monastery’ with ‘the monastery’. Replaced ‘Akagazad and’ with ‘Akagazad, and’. Replaced ‘safely and’ with ‘safely, and’. Replaced ‘comprised’ with ‘were part of’.

(
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 ‘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’ with ‘
Lone Wolf Grand Master
series’. Added ‘Silver Bracers’ and ‘Korlinium Scabbard’ 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 ‘gods’ with ‘Gods’. Replaced ‘smell and’ with ‘smell, and’. Replaced both occurrences of ‘(ie,’ with ‘(i.e.’. 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 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 ‘
COMBAT SKILL
’ with ‘
ENDURANCE
’ according to
Lone Wolf Club Newsletter No.24
. Replaced ‘Magi-Magic’ with ‘Magi-magic’. Replaced ‘opposite and overleaf’ with ‘below’. Replaced ‘venoms and’ with ‘venoms, and’. Replaced ‘artifacts’ with ‘artefacts’. Replaced ‘battle magic’ with ‘battle-magic’. 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 ‘Magador you’ with ‘Magador, you’. Replaced ‘eg Gold’ with ‘e.g. Gold’. Replaced ‘map of the area’ with ‘map of the Maakengorge and surrounding territories’. Replaced ‘safe-keeping’ with ‘safekeeping’. Replaced all occurrences of ‘arrow’ with ‘Arrow’. Replaced all occurrences of ‘bow’ with ‘Bow’. Replaced ‘adds 3 points’ with ‘adds 5 points’. Removed ‘(see the inside front cover of this book)’. Added a section about Gold Crowns which reads ‘The currency of Magador is the Gold Crown. These are always carried in the Belt Pouch. It will hold a maximum of fifty Crowns.’ Replaced ‘quiver’ with ‘Quiver’. 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 Grand Mastership
) Replaced ‘rank and titles’ with ‘ranks and titles’. Replaced ‘Lone Wolf Grand Master’ with ‘
Lone Wolf Grand Master
’.

(
Improved Grand Master Disciplines
) Replaced both occurrences of ‘Kai-Blast’ with ‘Kai-blast’. Replaced ‘surface, eg:’ with ‘surfaces, e.g.’. Replaced ‘ie.’ with ‘i.e.’. 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 ‘Improved Grand Master Disciplines’ and ‘Lightning Hand’.

Lone Wolf Club Newsletter No.24
states: ‘In
Lone Wolf
16, the Improved Discipline of Kai-surge (at rank of Sun Lord) is not fully explained (a sentence is missing from the paragraph). A Kai Sun Lord using Kai Blast [sic] determines the damage inflicted on an enemy by picking two numbers from the
Random Number Table
. These numbers should be added together (a “0” = 1) and the resultant total equals the damage inflicted.’. This missing information has been added to the text. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Lone Wolf’ with ‘
Lone Wolf
’ when referring to the series. Replaced ‘Psi-surge or’ with ‘Psi-surge, or’. Replaced ‘Time duration and degree of surface difficulty increases’ with ‘Time duration and degree of surface difficulty increase’. Replaced ‘Brotherhood spell’ with ‘Brotherhood Spell’.

(
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 ‘skyship Skyrider’ with ‘skyship,
Skyrider
’. Replaced ‘scroll’ with ‘Scroll’. Replaced ‘invisibility’ with ‘Invisibility’. Added ‘(Record this Scroll as a Special Item that does not take up any space on your
Action Chart
.)’ in harmony with the Collector's Edition.

(
2
) Replaced ‘animal kinship’ with ‘Animal Kinship’.

(
3
) Replaced ‘beyond is’ with ‘beyond are’. Replaced ‘Nexus, and’ with ‘Nexus and’. Replaced ‘Sun Knight, or higher’ with ‘Sun Knight or higher’. Replaced ‘Kai mastery’ with ‘Kai Mastery’.

(
6
) Replaced ‘tier and’ with ‘tier, and’. Replaced ‘shadow gate’ with ‘Shadow Gate’.

(
8
) Replaced ‘here, then’ with ‘here, and then’.

(
9
) Replaced ‘hand you’ with ‘hand, you’. Replaced ‘appear but’ with ‘appear, but’. Replaced ‘panther you’ with ‘panther, you’. Replaced ‘plank, then’ with ‘plank, and then’. Replaced ‘metres’ with ‘yards’ as per Joe Dever's original manuscript.

(
11
) Replaced ‘Durncrag scavenger’ with ‘Durncrag Scavenger’. Replaced ‘most-favoured’ with ‘most favoured’. Replaced ‘weakened state and this’ with ‘weakened state, and this’. Replaced ‘state and’ with ‘state, and’. Replaced ‘skull and, as’ with ‘skull, and as’. Replaced all occurrences of ‘jackals’ with ‘Jackals’. Replaced ‘rounds, by’ with ‘rounds by’. Replaced ‘Sun Knight, or higher’ with ‘Sun Knight or higher’.

(
12
) Replaced ‘sun and’ with ‘sun, and’. Replaced ‘metres’ with ‘yards’.

(
13
) Replaced ‘three metres’ with ‘ten feet’.

(
14
) Replaced ‘Vakovarian brigand captain’ with ‘Vakovarian Brigand Captain’. Replaced ‘rounds, by’ with ‘rounds by’. Replaced ‘If you win and the fight lasts five rounds or less, turn to 145’ with ‘If you win and the fight lasts five rounds or less, turn to 25’. Replaced ‘If you win and the fight lasts six rounds of more, turn to 25’ with ‘If the fight lasts into the sixth round, do not continue, but turn immediately to 145’. This seems to be the best way to resolve the inconsistent gameplay here, since
Section 145
originally had the captain still alive after being defeated.

(
15
) Replaced ‘Kai mastery’ with ‘Kai Mastery’. Replaced ‘will and’ with ‘will, and’.

(
16
) Replaced ‘T'is’ with ‘ 'Tis’. Replaced ‘not less’ with ‘not 'less’.

(
17
) Replaced ‘metres’ with ‘yards’ as per Joe Dever's original manuscript. Replaced ‘Telegnosis, and’ with ‘Telegnosis and’. Replaced ‘skill, or’ with ‘skill or’.

(
19
) Replaced ‘psi-screen’ with ‘Psi-screen’. Replaced ‘sudden massive’ with ‘sudden, massive’.

(
21
) Replaced ‘doorway and’ with ‘doorway, and’. Replaced ‘moments, then’ with ‘moments; then’. Replaced ‘taproom, ‘now’ with ‘taproom. ‘Now’.

(
23
) Replaced ‘sixth sense’ with ‘Sixth Sense’.

(
25
) Replaced ‘over and, as’ with ‘over, and as’. Replaced ‘them you’ with ‘them, you’. Replaced ‘can and so you’ with ‘can. You’. Replaced ‘chase but’ with ‘chase, but’. Replaced ‘and they give’ with ‘and give’.

(
26
) Replaced ‘vampirish’ with ‘vampiric’.

(
27
) Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

(
29
) Replaced ‘strike an’ with ‘strike, an’. Replaced ‘this time,’ with ‘this time!’. Replaced ‘alive.’ with ‘alive!’. Replaced ‘Bow and arrow’ with ‘Bow and Arrow’.

(
30
) Replaced ‘Sun Lord or higher,’ with ‘Sun Lord,’. Replaced ‘Kai-surge, and’ with ‘Kai-surge’.

(
31
) Replaced ‘life force’ with ‘life-force’. Replaced ‘prey on which’ with ‘prey with which’.

(
33
) Replaced ‘huntmastery’ with ‘Huntmastery’. Replaced ‘swarthy-face’ with ‘swarthy-faced’. Replaced ‘click’ with ‘
click
’.

(
34
) Replaced ‘Kraagenskul’ with ‘Kraagenskûl’.

(
36
) Replaced ‘Vortex’ with ‘Vortexi’. Replaced ‘vortexi’ with ‘Vortexi’. Replaced ‘add 5 to your
ENDURANCE
points score’ with ‘restore 5 points to your
ENDURANCE
points score’ in harmony with the Collector's Edition.

(
38
) Replaced ‘belt pouch’ with ‘Belt Pouch’.

(
39
) Replaced ‘curing’ with ‘Curing’. Replaced ‘Vakovarian brigands’ with ‘Vakovarian Brigands’. Replaced ‘rounds, by’ with ‘rounds by’.

(
40
) Removed the quotation marks around ‘Lightning Hand’.

(
44
) Replaced ‘dim blue’ with ‘dim, blue’. Replaced ‘streches’ with ‘stretches’. Replaced ‘light and in its dim glow you’ with ‘light, and in its dim glow, you’.

(
45
) Removed the superfluous semicolon in ‘region; has’ — the original print has a suspicious looking smudge that makes no sense in this context. Replaced ‘says, as’ with ‘says as’.

(
46
) Replaced ‘vortexi’ with ‘Vortexi’.

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