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With almost casual stealth you unsheathe a weapon and hold it poised to strike. The creature is close: you can sense it getting ready to attack. There is a rustle of fur. Swiftly you raise your legs to avoid the sweeping lunge of two hairy, clawed paws, then you strike a blow that carves a crimson wedge from its ugly snout. The creature gives a gurgling scream and scrambles through the hole, driven by pain and its blind lust for revenge.

Agtah: COMBAT SKILL 21 ENDURANCE 27

This creature is immune to Mindblast (but not Psi-surge).

If you win the combat, turn to 289.

Text copyright © 1987 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1987 Brian Williams.