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Desperately you try to tear yourself free from the creature's grip. You draw your weapon and strike at the tentacles which ensnare your legs, but the skin which sheathes them is like iron and you can barely cause a scratch. Then you sense that the creature's most vulnerable spot is its single eye and, with renewed vigour, you dive down and attack it relentlessly.

Gartoth: COMBAT SKILL 43 ENDURANCE 50

If you win this combat, turn to 243.

Text copyright © 1991 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1991 Brian Williams.