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You pull yourself into the left chimney and pause to catch your breath. The scalding steam hurts your lungs; and every move becomes a tremendous strain, for your hands and feet are now swollen and sore. Lose 1 ENDURANCE point before continuing your climb.

You hook your fingers into a jagged crack in the wall of the sweltering chimney and try to draw yourself upwards. Suddenly, a wave of fear engulfs you--something is crawling up your forearm. You have disturbed a nest of loathsome arachnids.

Steamspiders: COMBAT SKILL 10 ENDURANCE 35

These creatures are immune to Mindblast. If you have lost the use of one arm, you cannot fight these biting horrors, for you will inevitably slip and fall into the tar-sorkh. Pick a number from the Random Number Table. This represents the number of ENDURANCE points that you lose (0 = 10) as you climb past the Steamspiders' nest.

If you are still alive after climbing past the nest, or if you fight the Steamspiders and win, turn to 114.

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