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A loud cheer shatters the silence as your arrow strikes home--you have won. The villagers are thrilled to have witnessed such an exciting tournament and crowd around you to offer their praise and congratulations. The little man in the braided jerkin presents you with your prize--a magnificent bow made from the wood of a silver oak tree. This weapon will add 3 points to your total whenever you are using a bow and are instructed to pick a number from the Random Number Table. Enter it in the 'Weapons' section of your Action Chart as a Silver Oak Bow and make a note of its particular property.7

After making a short speech to thank the villagers for their generosity, you shoulder your prize and head back to Cyrilus with the good news.

Turn to 33.

[7] In all other instances where this bow is mentioned, it is referred to as the 'Silver Bow of Duadon', and treated as a weapon-like Special Item rather than a Weapon. The 3-point bonus to your Random Number picks when using this bow can be added to the 3-point bonus you may already have with Weaponmastery with Bow for a total of 6 points. As with the bonus for Weaponmastery with Bow, you may only add this bonus when determining the success of an bow shot.

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