Fire on the Water (23 page)

1. Add your
   COMBAT SKILL
   to any extra points given to you by your Kai 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 fall 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.

(
Title Page
) Replaced ‘seastorms’ with ‘sea-storms’. Replaced ‘
FIRE ON THE WATER
’ with ‘
Fire on the Water
,’.

(
Dedication
) Replaced ‘Ryan and’ with ‘Ryan, and’.

The Story so Far
) Replaced ‘Darklord armies’ with ‘Darkland armies’.

(
The Game Rules
) Replaced all occurrences of ‘ie’ with ‘i.e.’. Removed ‘ that you will find in the front of this book. For further adventuring you can copy out the chart yourself or get it photocopied.’ Split the last paragraph into two starting with ‘Through your experiences’. Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’. Replaced ‘fall to zero’ with ‘fall to zero or below’. Replaced ‘Chart. (you’ with ‘Chart. (You’. Replaced ‘Items).’ with ‘Items.)’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘
Action Chart
. (ie’ with ‘
Action Chart
(i.e.’. Replaced ‘14.)’ with ‘14).’. Replaced ‘points.)’ with ‘points).’. Replaced ‘
ENDURANCE
points and’ with ‘
ENDURANCE
points, and’.

(
Kai Disciplines
) Replaced ‘Kai Discipline section’ with ‘Kai Disciplines section’. Capitalized all occurrences of ‘discipline’. Replaced ‘Lone Wolf’ with ‘
Lone Wolf
’ when referring to the series. Replaced ‘food or’ with ‘food, or’. Replaced ‘Kai monastery’ with ‘Kai Monastery’. Replaced ‘will be of use’ with ‘may be of use’.

(
Equipment
) Removed the ‘1=, 2=, … ’ in the ‘How to carry your equipment’ section. These were obviously carried over from
Flight from the Dark
's random number equipment assignment, which is now obsolete. Replaced ‘Lone Wolf’ with ‘
Lone Wolf
’ when referring to the series. Replaced ‘two weapons’ with ‘two Weapons’. Replaced ‘slung over shoulder when not in combat otherwise’ with ‘slung over the shoulder when not in combat, otherwise’. Replaced ‘to your total when swallowed’ with ‘to your total, when swallowed’. 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 the book’. Removed ‘ on the last page of the book’. Replaced ‘on the page after the
Random Number Table
’ with ‘in the back of this book’. Replaced ‘reduced to zero’ with ‘reduced to zero or below’. Replaced ‘points reduced’ with ‘points possibly reduced’. 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 Training
) The Levels of Kai Training section did not originally appear in this book, but has been added for the reader's information.

(
Kai Wisdom
) Removed ‘ on the back cover of the book’. Replaced ‘LONE WOLF’ with ‘
Lone Wolf
’.

(
1
) Replaced ‘to try and’ with ‘to try to’.

(
4
) Replaced ‘to try and’ with ‘to try to’.

(
8
) Replaced ‘Sandsnake’ with ‘sand snake’.

(
9
) Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption. Replaced ‘Hammerdal range’ with ‘Hammerdal Range’.

(
12
) Replaced ‘agreeing a wager’ with ‘agreeing to a wager’.

(
15
) Replaced ‘Godspeed Lone Wolf’ with ‘Godspeed, Lone Wolf’.

(
16
) Replaced ‘razor sharp’ with ‘razor-sharp’.

(
20
) Replaced ‘wharfs’ with ‘wharves’. Replaced ‘Ragadorn bridge’ with ‘Ragadorn Bridge’ to match other occurrences.

(
23
) Replaced ‘torch-lit’ with ‘torchlit’.

(
24
) Replaced ‘Fox He’ with ‘Fox. He’.

(
26
) Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

(
27
) Capitalized ‘wildlands’. Replaced ‘far), and’ with ‘far) and’.

(
28
) Replaced ‘useful Items’ with ‘useful items’.

(
31
) Replaced both occurrences of ‘Lord-Lieutenant’ with ‘Lord-lieutenant’. Replaced ‘lord-lieutenant’ with ‘Lord-lieutenant’.

(
34
) Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

(
35
) Moved the Tracking choice into the first position.

(
37
) Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption. Replaced ‘East Bank Walk’ with ‘West Bank Walk’ since you are west of the River Dorn at this stage, though not on its banks; nor does the street go to the river bank, as
Section 323
strongly implies that it ends and becomes Lookout Street (cf.
erratum for Section 86
regarding ‘Westbank Wharf’).

(
38
) Replaced ‘rib-cage’ with ‘rib cage’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘spear’ with ‘Spear’ as it is referring to the Magic Spear mentioned in
Section 134
.

(
40
) Replaced ‘Lord-Lieutenant’ with ‘Lord-lieutenant’.

(
49
) Replaced ‘quarters and fighting, often to the death, is’ with ‘quarters, and fighting — often to the death — is’.

(
50
) Replaced the first word ‘The’ with ‘A’. This is the first time you meet the priest — the introduction to the other coach members comes later.

(
56
) Replaced ‘chair and’ with ‘chair, and’.

(
62
) Replaced ‘requires, or’ with ‘requires or’. Added ‘if you possess it’ after ‘Seal of Hammerdal’ and switched the first and second choices to make it clearer that if the reader possesses the access papers, the only way to avoid showing them is to also possess the Seal of Hammerdal.

(
63
) Moved the Animal Kinship choice into the first position. Replaced ‘sandsnake’ with ‘sand snake’.

(
64
) Replaced ‘it, their’ with ‘it. Their’. Moved the Sixth Sense choice into the first position.

(
69
) Replaced ‘staffbearer’ with ‘staff-bearer’. Replaced ‘Lord-Lieutenant’ with ‘Lord-lieutenant’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

(
73
) Replaced ‘failed Lone Wolf’ with ‘failed, Lone Wolf’.

(
75
) Replaced ‘Sir, requires’ with ‘Sir requires’. Replaced ‘white pass’ with ‘White Pass’.

(
76
) Replaced ‘these Items’ with ‘these items’.

(
78
) Replaced ‘risk drowning’ with ‘you will surely drown’ in harmony with the Collector's Edition. Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

(
79
) Replaced both occurrences of ‘Kai lord’ with ‘Kai Lord’. Replaced ‘enemies, eg Helghasts, in’ with ‘enemies (e.g. Helghast) in’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption. Replaced ‘Durenese or’ with ‘Durenese, or’. Replaced ‘much preparation for’ with ‘much to prepare for’.

(
80
) Replaced ‘Seal, or’ with ‘Seal or’.

(
82
) Replaced ‘angry mob have’ with ‘angry mob has’.

(
84
) Replaced ‘leatherbound’ with ‘leather-bound’.

(
86
) Replaced ‘Westbank Wharf’ with ‘Eastbank Wharf’ since the geography clearly indicates that you are on the east bank of the River Dorn at this stage, since walking
west
from
Section 86
to
Section 194
leads to the jetty (cf.
erratum for Section 37
regarding ‘East Bank Walk’).

(
88
) Moved the Camouflage choice into the first position.

(
91
) Replaced ‘cargo:’ with ‘cargo. (Remember that you must take the Backpack in order to carry any of the Backpack Items.)’. Replaced ‘two Items’ with ‘two items’. Replaced ‘above Items’ with ‘above items’. Replaced ‘Food’ with ‘food’.

(
95
) Moved the choice to heal the wounded man into the first position. Replaced ‘potion or some Laumspur, and’ with ‘potion, or some Laumspur and’.

(
98
) Replaced ‘Durenor forest’ with ‘Durenor Forest’.

(
100
) Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

(
102
) Moved the Tracking choice into the first position. Replaced ‘Hammerdal range’ with ‘Hammerdal Range’.

(
103
) Added ‘if you possess a Backpack. Otherwise you must consume it now or abandon it’ after ‘add this to your
Action Chart
’ based on a similar change in the Collector's Edition.

(
106
) Added ‘(The Magic Spear is a weapon-like Special Item. Remember that you only get a Weaponskill bonus in this fight against the Helghast if you have Weaponskill with Spear.’ to the end of the second paragraph.

(
113
) Replaced ‘magician's guild’ with ‘Magicians' Guild’. Replaced ‘overboard, and’ with ‘overboard and’.

(
118
) Moved the Animal Kinship choice into the first position. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption. Replaced ‘Hammerdal range’ with ‘Hammerdal Range’.

(
122
) Replaced ‘Kai lord’ with ‘Kai Lord’. Moved the Sixth Sense choice into the first position. Replaced ‘Pick’ with ‘If not, pick’.

(
123
) Replaced ‘king's’ with ‘King's’.

(
124
) Replaced ‘Short Sword and’ with ‘Short Sword, and’.

(
126
) Replaced ‘Vonatar’ with ‘Vonotar’. Replaced ‘jail’ with ‘gaol’. Replaced ‘their left wrist’ with ‘their left wrists’.

(
131
) Replaced ‘If you have no Weapon, deduct’ with ‘Deduct’ since Lone Wolf has had no opportunity to acquire Weapons.

(
132
) Moved the paragraph about keeping the Magic Spear before the choices.

(
134
) Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

(
138
) Replaced ‘Durenor forest’ with ‘Durenor Forest’.

(
139
) Replaced each occurrence of ‘Larnuma’ with ‘larnuma’.

(
140
) Replaced ‘well-known’ with ‘well known’.

(
141
) Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

(
142
) Added ‘(Mark the White Pass on your
Action Chart
as a Special Item.)’.

(
144
) Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption. Replaced ‘nervously, then’ with ‘nervously, and then’.

(
146
) Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

(
148
) Replaced ‘East Bank Walk’ with ‘West Bank Walk’ since you are west of the River Dorn at this stage, though not on its banks; nor does the street go to the river bank, as
Section 323
strongly implies that it ends and becomes Lookout Street (cf.
erratum for Section 86
regarding ‘Westbank Wharf’).

(
150
) Replaced ‘marshbird’ with ‘marsh-bird’. Replaced ‘Durenor forest’ with ‘Durenor Forest’. Added ‘(You are leaving the Wildlands and heading into the Durenor Forest and may once again use Hunting to hunt for food.)’.

(
151
) Replaced ‘succesful’ with ‘successful’.

(
152
) Replaced ‘warfleet’ with ‘war fleet’.

(
160
) Replaced ‘me my lord’ with ‘me, my lord’. Added ‘are carrying a Weapon and’.

(
163
) Replaced both occurrences of ‘said’ with ‘says’.

(
164
) Replaced ‘rockface’ with ‘rock-face’. Moved the Sixth Sense choice into the first position.

(
166
) Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

(
168
) Replaced ‘thieves and’ with ‘thieves, and’. Replaced ‘villagers, with’ with ‘villagers with’.

(
169
) Replaced ‘gaming house’ with ‘gaming-house’.

(
173
) Replaced ‘seen, and’ with ‘seen and’.

(
176
) Moved the Sixth Sense choice into the first position. Replaced ‘despatch’ with ‘dispatch’ in the illustration's caption. Replaced ‘Hammerdal mountains’ with ‘Hammerdal Mountains’. Replaced ‘king's’ with ‘King's’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

(
181
) Replaced ‘Useful Items’ with ‘useful items’. Replaced ‘above Items’ with ‘above items’.

(
184
) Replaced ‘Kai lord’ with ‘Kai Lord’.

(
187
) Replaced ‘following Items’ with ‘following items’.

(
192
) Replaced ‘sommersaults’ with ‘somersaults’.

(
193
) Replaced ‘ill-omen’ with ‘ill omen’.

(
194
) Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’. Replaced ‘Weapons and’ with ‘Weapons, and’. Replaced ‘jetty, and’ with ‘jetty and’. Replaced ‘Westbank Wharf’ with ‘Eastbank Wharf’ since the geography clearly indicates that you are on the east bank of the River Dorn at this stage, since walking
west
from
Section 86
to
Section 194
leads to the jetty (cf.
erratum for Section 37
regarding ‘East Bank Walk’).

(
195
) Replaced ‘Durncrag mountains’ with ‘Durncrag Mountains’.

(
196
) Added ‘(Remember to erase the Seal of Hammerdal from your
Action Chart.
)’.

(
197
) Replaced ‘equipment and’ with ‘equipment, and’.

(
200
) Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

(
202
) Replaced ‘Lord-Lieutenant’ with ‘Lord-lieutenant’.

(
203
) Replaced ‘housemice’ with ‘house mice’.

(
204
) Replaced ‘magician's guild’ with ‘Magicians' Guild’.

(
209
) Replaced ‘king's’ with ‘King's’. Replaced ‘Lord-Lieutenant’ with ‘Lord-lieutenant’.

(
213
) Replaced ‘assasinates’ with ‘assassinates’.

(
217
) Replaced ‘says in a cynical voice.’ with ‘says in a cynical voice:’.

(
218
) Replaced ‘rope, and’ with ‘rope and’.

(
220
) Replaced ‘Durncrag range’ with ‘Durncrag Range’.

(
222
) Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

(
223
) There was a superfluous comma between ‘dreadful’ and ‘significance’ in the first paragraph.