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You are winded by the blow to your chest and flung backwards into the icy cold water. You surface, but barely in time to catch a breath before a tentacle coils around your legs and drags you down.

Pick a number from the Random Number Table, and note this number down in the margin of your Action Chart. (In this case 0 = 10 instead of zero). This number represents the number of combat rounds that you can endure underwater before you begin to lose additional ENDURANCE points due to lack of oxygen. If you have the Kai Discipline of Mind Over Matter, you can add 2 to the number you have picked.

Giant Meresquid: COMBAT SKILL 16 ENDURANCE 37

Fight this combat in the normal way. If the fight lasts longer than the number of rounds you can endure underwater, you will lose an additional 2 ENDURANCE points for every round of combat thereafter due to lack of oxygen.

If you win the combat, turn to 32.

Text copyright © 1985 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1985 Gary Chalk.