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You have removed your Backpack and are undoing the buckles when two hairy, clawed paws reach up, hook themselves into the soles of your boots, and drag you down. The sudden jolt makes you drop your pack into the river (delete from your Action Chart all the items, including Meals, that you were carrying in your Backpack) 8 and leaves you clinging to the beam with one hand, while trying desperately to free a weapon with the other. Your attacker--a huge, misshapen beast banded in black and brown fur--lunges repeatedly with its head as it tries to sink its fangs into your thigh.

Pick a number from the Random Number Table. If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Animal Control, add 3 to the number you have picked.

If your total is now 4 or more, turn to 128.

If it is now 3 or less, turn to 214.

[8] Delete your Backpack as well as its contents. You may not acquire any Backpack Items until your Backpack has been replaced.

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