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Unsheathing your weapon, you dig your heels into the wet sand and face the seething tide of rats. The damp air is now filled with the choking stench of their bodies, and your stomach knots as they scuttle nearer and nearer.

If you have completed the Magnakai Lore-circle of Light (i.e., you possess the Disciplines of Animal Control and Curing), you may add an additional 2 points to your COMBAT SKILL for the duration of this fight.

Flood of Giant Rats: COMBAT SKILL 15 ENDURANCE 80

You can evade after three rounds of combat by climbing over the reef of jagged rocks; turn to 336.

If you win the combat, turn to 283.

Text copyright © 1986 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1986 Gary Chalk.