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Your psychic defences buckle under the sudden onslaught and a wave of red-hot pain sweeps unchecked through your mind: lose 5 ENDURANCE points.

Almost immediately you muster your psychic Magnakai skills and the pain melts away, but the attack leaves you shivering with psychic shock. Seeing a slender advantage, the druid acts quickly to exploit it. He draws a dagger from inside his robes and hurls himself forward in a desperate attempt to drive it into your heart.

Cener Druid: COMBAT SKILL 23 ENDURANCE 27

Owing to the speed and desperation of his attack, reduce your COMBAT SKILL by 20 points for the first round of this combat only.

If you win the fight, turn to 4.

Text copyright © 1990 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1990 Brian Williams.