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points. You must remember though, that your Strength and

Dexterity Scores must never exceed their initial value

determined by the throw of the dice at the beginning of each

adventure.

ou are about to enter a strange and fantastic world of

long ago. Weird creatures, mysteries, dangers and

magic abound. As an adventurer of some experience, you are

strong, wise, courageous and agile. You will need all of these

qualities if you are to succeed in your next quest. You may

also need a little luck!

Make a careful note of all information learnt about

Panash, however trivial it may seem at the time, during

your quest. Your success, or even your survival, may

depend on a chance overheard remark or good powers of

observation.

Testing your Fate: Your Initial Fate/Fortune score is

decided at the beginning of your adventure by rolling one

dice and adding 6 to the score. During the course of your

quest, you may lose or gain FATE points—you add or

subtract these to whatever your current Fate/Fortune

score is. When you “Test your Fate”, you throw two

dice: if the score is the same as, or less than your current

Fate/Fortune score, you have been lucky. If the numbers

add up to more than your Fate/Fortune score, you have

been unlucky. In the text, you will be told which section

to turn to in either case.

Before you begin the quest take two dice, a pencil and a

few sheets of paper on which to map your progress. As you

will have to fight many battles along the way, you must first

determine your level of dexterity and strength.

Rules for Fighting

On the way you will meet people and creatures you may

choose or be forced to fight. Each will have its own Dexterity

and Strength scores given in the text.

To resolve a battle:

1. Roll two dice and add this to you opponents Dexterity

Score. This is its Fighting Power.

2. Roll two dice and add this to your Dexterity Score.

This is your Fighting Power.

3. If your Fighting Power is greater, you have scored a

blow and wounded your opponent. Subtract two points from

its Strength Score. If your opponent’s Fighting Power is

greater, it has wounded you. Subtract two points from your

current Strength Score. If both scores are the same, you have

parried each other’s blows. Neither loses points.

The next round of battle proceeds in exactly the same way.

Repeat steps 1, 2, and 3 until either your score or your

opponent’s is zero. A zero means death.

Losing and Gaining Points

Sometimes you will be awarded extra points during the

adventure. Add these to your score but remember you can

never exceed the initial value set at the beginning of

the adventure . You may also lose points due to some

difficult activity. Simply deduct these from your current

score.

Dexterity and Strength

Roll one dice, add six to this number and make a note of it.

This is your Dexterity score and shows your skill in

swordsmanship.

Now roll two dice, add twelve to this number and make a

note of it. This is your Strength score.

These scores will alter as you go along. You may, for

instance, lose strength points in battle. You may restore your

strength by eating a meal. One meal restores five strength

Replenishing Strength

As you read on you will discover what weapons, additional

equipment, money and rations you may take on your

journey. There will be sufficient food for a set number of

meals. Make a note of each meal you eat, each piece of gold

you spend and each object you find. Use your rations, money

and equipment wisely. You have a long and difficult road

ahead.

Ahead of you stretches the port of Alfanzar like a sleek

white cat with extended paws waiting to leap upon its

victims. White walls, flat roofs, ominous towers and

gleaming domes dominate the bay and the two paw-like

jetties. Beyond the walls the sea glitters in the noonday

sun. Seagulls wheel and scream their hoarse cries, the

sky is a miraculous blue and the scent of flowers along

the dusty road fills the air with perfume; but you stride

on choking with black rage, shaking with the fury of

anger and sorrow and despairing determination.

You hardly notice the animated scenes about you, the

white port of Alfanzar, the blue glittering sea, the galleys

riding at anchor. You are barely aware you’ve tramped

twenty miles since dawn. Your mind is drenched with

scarlet memories, hideous memories.

You see your native village of Millhaven, you see it as

you’ve never seen it before, as you never dreamed you

could ever see it. The houses still burn in the cool of the

dawn air. Corpses lie sweltering in their own blood and

you can still taste the charnel house stink. Everyone

there is slain; but although you’ve been away adventur-

ing you see there are people of the village family you

remember well missing from the slaughter. You can only

hope that by a miracle they escaped and fled into the

hills.

As you stride on you stumble over a stone and stagger

like a drunken fool, so fierce is the power of the awful

memories. You see your father sprawled with his arms

protectively enfolding the dead body of your mother. He

tries to speak, his mouth filled with blood, near to death.

“Our Talisman . . . One Ear . . .” The blood pours

from his mouth and he is dead, dead like the rest in your

home. And the family Talisman has vanished, the golden

disc ripped from around your father’s neck. No matter

that some of the children might have escaped; without

the family Talisman they will never succeed in life on the

beautiful but cruel world of Konkordia.

“One ear!” you snarl to yourself, striding on. “A

damned pirate with one ear! And he’s stolen our Talis-

man!”

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