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You know almost nothing of the ways oI magic, though and, in all irr-rth,you don't muchcare for it Magic is lhe affair of book-readingmilksops! You prefer a good, clean fight andyou fearnothing and no man Braxus the Warrior: Your name bespeaksyour honou! it is Lhename of a long-deadAmarillian king and, who knows, noble blood may flow n your veins,too You areas skrlful a warrioras any Barbarian and,while you areslightly less resihent, you arebetter able Lo use magic PerhapsLhe most versatileof any type of adventurer,you are skilled with sword and bow, andable to usemagical weapons lo besteffect Stubble the Dwarf, Grumpy and tetchy you may be ('Stubble houble: is a commonwamihS among those rolled. If you are Sallazaradd 4 to the number rolled. who know you),but a tough warrioryou certainlyare. Enter your total in the sKrLLbox on the Adoenture You have that nativestreak of good luck which many Sheet. Dwarfs fiom Grundia possess,and when exploring dunSeonsand mines you havesome special advantages Slamina merehLrmans do notpossess.You'lluse rnagic ifyouhave Eachcharacter determines his srAMrNAdifferently, If to, but you preferLo put your faith in your trusLyaxel you are Anvar roll one dice and add rB to the number rolled. If you Sallazar the Wizard: No bard will ever sing epic talesof are Braxusor Stubble,roll two dice and add you yourprowesswith weapons,but what doesthab maLter? 12 to the total rolled.If areSallazar, roll three diceand Yotr area masteroi magic:you cancommand spells to add 6 to lhe total. Enterthe completetotal in the srrvrr,r avoid,conluse. weaken ordefeal enemies, and you know box on theAdvenlure Sheet. how [o use magical items in ways mere warriors could not-You ar€an advenLurer ofguile and stealth, and if you Luck Roll you areforced to ffghL- well, you will not die easilyat the one dice.lf areStubble, add 5 to the number rolled.If you handsof anyenemyl By a quirkof fate,you havethe same areAnvar, add a to the numberrolled. lf you name as the one-time Grand Wizard of Amarillia, and are Braxusor Salla?rr,add 3 to the number rolled. Enter your you immodesflyaspirc to his rank,if not his tragicfate. tolal m the Lucxbox on the AdomhneSheeL On pages3z-5 there areAdoenture s,sefr which you Megic Poillts may use to record fhe details of your chosencharacter. Your character starts the advmfure with a certain On it you wrll ffnd boxesfor recordingyour sxrr-r- number of Magic Points. If you are Anvar, you have r STAMTNA, LUCKand Magic Point scores.You are Magic PoinL If you are Braxus,you have 3 Magic advisedeilher to recordyour scoreso^ the AdoenLure Points.If you areSlubble, you have.z Magic Points,If Sfuafin pencil or to make photocopiesof the sheet for you are Sallazar,you have 7 Magic Points. use in fufure adventures. For reasonsthat will be explained below, sxrr.r-, srAMINn"LUCK and Magic Point scoreschange con- Skill, Stamina,Luck and Magic stantlyduring an advenLure,You mustkeep an accurate record of these scores and for this reason you are skitL advised either to write small in the boxes or to keep an eraserhardy. Roll one dice.If you areAivar or Braxus,add 6 to the Br.rtnever rub out your lrifi4l scores. numberrolled. If you areStubble, add 5 to the number Although you may be awarded additional sxrr.r-. E STAMTN, LucK and Magic Points,these totals may The sequenceof combat is then: never €xceedyow InitiaLscores except on very rare r. Roll for the creature occasjons,when you will be instructedto this eff€ct two dice once and add its sKrLL score. This total is the creature'sAtback Strength. Your SKILLscore reflectsyour swordsmanshipand yourself, generalfighting expertisejLhe higher Lhebetter. Your 2. Roll two dice once for Add the number your sTAMINAscore reflects your constitution rolled to current sKrLLscore, This total is Seneral your your will to survive, your determination and overall Altack Strength. fitness;the higher your srAMrNA"the longer you 3. If your ALtackSbength is higherthan that of your will be able to survive Your LucK score indicates opponent,you havewounded ib proceedto Step4. how naturally lucky a person you are (and whether If Lhe creature'sAttack Strength is higher than you are able to avoid ceftain hazardsand perils yours, it has woundedyou; proceedto Step 5. If during your adventure).Your Magic Points score is a both Attack Strengths are the same, you have measureof how effectively you are able to use spells avoided each other's blows; start the next Attack and magical items you may 6nd along the way (and Round from step r" above. also how adept you are at avoiding magical kaps You have the treature, 2 points and hazards). Luck - and magic are very much 4. wounded so s,ubtract from its score.You rnay your ruc( factsof life in the fanfasykingdom you are about to sraMrNA use (see exProre, here to do additional darnage below). Proceed to step6. you, Battles 5. The creaturehas wounded so subtractz pohts from your own srAMrNA score.Again, you may You will often come acrossparagraphs in the book userucK at this sta8e(see below), which instructyou to ffghLa creatureof someso . An option to fleemay be given,but if il is not or if you 6. Make the appropriate adjusfments to €ither the your (a.nd your chooseto attack the creaLureanyway - you must creature'sor or4.nsr,tvlr.re score to LUCKscore if you usedLucK; see below).