Mydnight's Hero (38 page)

1. Add your
   COMBAT SKILL
   to any bonus points given to you by your Kai Weapon, Special Items, or Grand Master Disciplines.
   
2. Subtract the
   COMBAT SKILL
   of your enemy from this total. This number = Combat Ratio.
   
3. Pick a number from the
   Random Number Table
   .
   
4. Turn to the
   Combat Results Table
   .
   
5. Find your Combat Ratio along the top of the chart and cross-reference to the random number you have picked. (E indicates loss of
   ENDURANCE
   points to Enemy. GM indicates loss of
   ENDURANCE
   points to yourself.)
   
6. Continue the combat from Stage 3 until one character is dead. This is when the
   ENDURANCE
   points of either character falls to 0 or below.
   

1. You may only do this when the text of the adventure offers you the opportunity.
   
2. You undertake one round of combat in the usual way. All points lost by the enemy are ignored; only you lose the
   ENDURANCE
   points.
   
3. If the book offers the chance of taking evasive action in place of combat, it can be taken in the first or any subsequent round (unless specifically stated otherwise).
   

We have taken our unique opportunity to correct errors and to enforce a standard of English usage. We list our changes here. If you see anything that needs correction, please
contact
the Project Aon Staff.

(
Title
) Replaced ‘MYDNIGHT'S HERO’ with ‘
Mydnight's Hero
’. Replaced ‘Sheasu — ‘the Isle of Lost heroes’.’ with ‘Sheasu — ‘the Isle of Lost Heroes’.’.

(
The Story so Far …
) Replaced ‘MS5075’ with ‘MS 5070’. Replaced ‘Kai monastery’ with ‘Kai Monastery’. Replaced ‘freestate’ with ‘Freeland’. Replaced ‘monastery of the Kai’ with ‘Monastery of the Kai’. Replaced ‘world of Sommerlund’ with ‘world of Magnamund’. Replaced ‘gods of Good’ with ‘Gods of Good’. Replaced ‘southern-most’ with ‘southernmost’. Replaced ‘
Cloud Dancer
’ with ‘
Cloud-dancer
’. Replaced ‘Supreme Lone Wolf’ with ‘Supreme Master Lone Wolf’. Replaced ‘most-talented’ with ‘most talented’. Replaced ‘Dessi capital’ with ‘Dessian capital’. Replaced ‘mists and’ with ‘mists, and’. Replaced ‘flora and’ with ‘flora, and’. Replaced ‘Dessi consulate’ with ‘Dessian consulate’. Replaced ‘the baron’ with ‘the Baron’. Replaced ‘Magician's Guild’ with ‘Magicians' Guild’. Replaced ‘have also pledged their’ with ‘has also pledged its’. Replaced ‘despatched’ with ‘dispatched’. Replaced ‘constitution of Siyen’ with ‘Constitution of Siyen’. Replaced ‘Korlinium’ with ‘korlinium’. Replaced ‘kingdom of Siyen’ with ‘Kingdom of Siyen’. Replaced ‘prince’ with ‘Prince’. Replaced ‘Darklord armies’ with ‘Darkland armies’. Replaced ‘King's army’ with ‘King's Army’. Replaced ‘the agent of’ with ‘an agent of’. Replaced ‘the First Order of the Kai were almost’ with ‘the First Order of the Kai was almost’. Replaced ‘MS5083’ with ‘MS 5083’. Replaced ‘MS5063’ with ‘MS 5063’. Replaced ‘MS5077’ with ‘MS 5077’.

(
The Game Rules
) Removed ‘that you will find in the front of this book. For ease of use, and for further adventuring, it is recommended that you photocopy these pages’. Removed ‘on the last page of this book’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘ie’ with ‘i.e.’. Replaced ‘fall to zero’ with ‘fall to zero or below’. Replaced ‘fall to zero’ with ‘fall to zero or below’. Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’. Replaced ‘weapons and’ with ‘weapons, and’. Replaced ‘Book 22’ with ‘Book 23’. Replaced ‘normal weapons’ with ‘normal Weapons’. Replaced ‘Lone Wolf New Order series’ with ‘
Lone Wolf New Order
series’. Replaced ‘New Order adventure’ with ‘
New Order
adventure’.

(
Your Kai Name
) Replaced ‘elite’ with ‘élite’. Deleted ‘You can record your personal Kai name on the book plate which appears on the inside front cover of this book.’.

(
New Order Disciplines
) Replaced ‘venoms and’ with ‘venoms, and’. Replaced ‘symbols and’ with ‘symbols, and’. Replaced ‘gases and’ with ‘gases, and’. Replaced ‘honour and’ with ‘honour, and’. Replaced ‘Four Disciplines’ with ‘four Disciplines’. Replaced ‘
COMBAT SKILL
is reduced’ with ‘
ENDURANCE
is reduced’. Replaced ‘Grand masters’ with ‘Grand Masters’. Replaced ‘Old Kingdom battle magic’ with ‘Old Kingdom battle-magic’. Replaced ‘magi-magic spells’ with ‘Old Kingdom Spells’. Replaced ‘Moon and’ with ‘Moon, and’. Replaced ‘individual (or combinations of) elements that are available,’ with ‘individual elements that are available, or combinations thereof,’. Replaced ‘remove or’ with ‘remove, or’. Replaced ‘eg’ with ‘e.g.’. Replaced ‘multitalented’ with ‘multi-talented’. Replaced ‘dialect and’ with ‘dialect, and’. Replaced ‘Weapon and’ with ‘Weapon, and’. Replaced ‘Book 22’ with ‘Book 23’. Replaced ‘in Book 23’ with ‘in Book 24’. Replaced ‘
Mydnight's Hero
’ with ‘
Rune War
’. Replaced ‘1 to 3’ with ‘one to three’. Replaced ‘sixth sense’ with ‘Sixth Sense’. Replaced ‘guild of magicians’ with ‘Guild of Magicians’. Replaced ‘For every adventure that you complete successfully in the New Order series, you will gain proficiency with one additional weapon.’ with ‘For every adventure that you complete successfully in the
New Order
series while possessing the Discipline of Grand Weaponmastery, you will gain proficiency with one additional weapon.’. Replaced ‘Fire and’ with ‘Fire, and’. Replaced ‘battle wounds’ with ‘battle-wounds’. Added ‘ If you have chosen the Discipline of Grand Huntmastery as one of your skills, you will not need to tick off a Meal when instructed to eat.’ to the section on Grand Huntmastery. Replaced ‘fortresses increases’ with ‘fortresses increase’. Replaced ‘Duration of the spirit-walk, and the protection afforded to his inanimate body, increases’ with ‘Duration of the spirit-walk and the protection afforded to his inanimate body increase’. Replaced ‘predictions increases’ with ‘predictions increase’. Replaced ‘will be of use’ with ‘may be of use’. Added ‘If you have the Discipline of Grand Weaponmastery with Bow, you may add 5 points to any number you pick from the
Random Number Table
, when using the Bow.’ from the
Equipment
section. Replaced ‘EQUIPMENT’ with ‘Equipment’. Replaced ‘undertaken then’ with ‘undertaken, then’. Replaced ‘Lone Wolf (New Order) series’ with ‘
Lone Wolf New Order
series’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘New Order series’ with ‘
New Order
series’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘New Order adventure’ with ‘
New Order
adventure’. Replaced ‘any other Special Items that’ with ‘any other Special Items and Backpack Items that’.

(
Equipment
) Replaced each occurrence of ‘Lone Wolf’ with ‘
Lone Wolf
’ when referring to the series. Replaced ‘eg,’ with ‘e.g.’. Replaced ‘combat, therefore’ with ‘combat; therefore’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘arrow’ with ‘Arrow’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘bow’ with ‘Bow’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘quiver’ with ‘Quiver’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘arrows’ with ‘Arrows’. Deleted ‘(see the inside front cover of this book)’. Added a paragraph about Gold Crowns to the section ‘Equipment — How to use it’. Replaced ‘have to your’ with ‘have on your’. Replaced ‘Before you leave Elzian and begin your long voyage south to the Isle of Lorn, you take with you a map of south-eastern Magnamund’ with ‘Before you leave the Port of Suhn and begin your long voyage to the Isle of Sheasu, you take with you a map of central Southern Magnamund’. Set the items on the list of equipment in Initial Capitals. Replaced ‘the previous New Order adventure (Book 21)’ with ‘completed either of the previous adventures in the
Lone Wolf New Order
series (Books 21–22)’. Replaced ‘Grand Weaponmastery with a Bow’ with ‘Grand Weaponmastery with Bow’. Replaced ‘a sword or an axe’ with ‘a Sword or an Axe’. Replaced ‘weapons’ with ‘Weapons’. Replaced ‘weapon’ with ‘Weapon’. Deleted ‘If you have the Discipline of Grand Weaponmastery with Bow, you may add 3 points to any number you pick from the
Random Number Table
, when using the Bow.’. Replaced ‘record these on your
Weapons List
’ with ‘record these on your
Action Chart
’ for clarity. Replaced ‘the total sum of’ with ‘the number of’. Replaced ‘Disciplines then’ with ‘Disciplines, then’. Added the section on ‘Gold Crowns’ which reads: ‘The currency of Siyen is the Lune. These are always carried in the Belt Pouch. It will hold a maximum of 200 Lune or 50 Gold Crowns. Gold Crowns are also readily accepted at a rate of 1 Gold Crown for 4 Lune. In the course of your journey you may also come across Ren. Ren is accepted at a rate of 10 Ren for 1 Gold Crown, and accordingly your Belt Pouch can hold a maximum of 500 Ren.’. Replaced ‘normal weapons’ with ‘normal Weapons’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘weapon’ with ‘Weapon’ in the ‘Equipment — How to Use It’ section. Added ‘You may only use one Weapon at a time in combat.’ in harmony with the Collector's Edition.

(
Kai Weapons
) Replaced ‘elite’ with ‘élite’. Replaced ‘new-found’ with ‘newfound’. Deleted ‘at the front of the book’. Replaced ‘cave or’ with ‘cave, or’. Replaced ‘magical Axe, Sword or Broadsword’ with ‘magical Axe, Sword, or Broadsword’. Replaced ‘broadsword “Illuminatus”’ with ‘Broadsword “Illuminatus”’.

(
Rules for Combat
) Removed ‘on the inside back cover of this book’. Replaced ‘on the page after the
Random Number Table
’ with ‘in the back of this book’. Replaced ‘points reduced’ with ‘points possibly reduced’. Replaced ‘to zero’ with ‘to zero or below’. Replaced ‘at which point the one with the zero score is declared dead’ with ‘at which point that combatant is declared dead’. Replaced ‘sumary’ with ‘summary’.

(
Levels of New Order Grand Mastership
) Replaced ‘rank and titles’ with ‘ranks and titles’. Replaced ‘New Order series’ with ‘
New Order
series’. Replaced ‘New Order adventures’ with ‘
New Order
adventures’.

(
Improved Grand Master Disciplines
) Replaced ‘Weaponmastery’ with ‘Grand Weaponmastery’. Replaced ‘Kai Grand Master Superior’ with ‘Kai Grand Sentinel’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Kai Grand Master Sentinels’ with ‘Kai Grand Sentinels’. Replaced ‘three hours’ with ‘3 hours’. Replaced ‘fifteen square kilometres’ with ‘ten square miles’. Replaced ‘ ‘Improved Grand Master Disciplines’ ’ with ‘Improved Grand Master Disciplines’. Replaced both occurrences of ‘steadily increases’ with ‘steadily increase’. Replaced ‘Lone Wolf New Order series’ with ‘
Lone Wolf New Order
series’. Replaced ‘Lone Wolf New Order books’ with ‘
Lone Wolf New Order
books’.

(
New Order Wisdom
) Replaced ‘You are about to embark upon the final stage of a vital mission to return the fabled Moonstone of the Shianti to its creators.’ with ‘You are about to embark upon a vital mission to save the realm of Siyen from the clutches of the evil Baron Sadanzo and his robber knights. It is a noble quest and its success will bring great honour upon you and the Kai.’. Replaced ‘Books 1–21’ with ‘Books 1–22’. Replaced ‘gods’ with ‘Gods’. Italicised ‘
Lone Wolf
’ when referring to the series. Replaced ‘New Order adventure’ with ‘
New Order
adventure’.

(
1
) Replaced ‘Dessi consulate’ with ‘Dessian consulate’. Added a paragraph break between ‘orb of light.’ and ‘ ‘Ah,’. Italicised ‘
Lone Wolf New Order
’ when referring to the series. Replaced ‘adventure)’ with ‘adventure),’. Replaced ‘30 metres’ with ‘100 feet’. Replaced ‘The Captain’ with ‘The captain’.

(
2
) Replaced ‘under way’ with ‘underway’. Replaced ‘clang’ with ‘
clang
’. Replaced ‘fifteen’ with ‘five’, since the fifteen-minute call was sounded earlier in
Section 78
.

(
3
) Replaced ‘river (Make’ with ‘river. (Make’. Replaced ‘kilometre’ with ‘mile’. Replaced ‘which weapon’ with ‘which Weapon’. Replaced ‘five kilometres’ with ‘three miles’.

(
4
) Replaced ‘Items (Ren’ with ‘Items. (Ren’.

(
6
) Replaced ‘prince’ with ‘Prince’.

(
7
) Replaced ‘rolling clouds’ with ‘roiling clouds’. Replaced ‘grimly, ‘I’ with ‘grimly. ‘I’. Replaced ‘the crew give’ with ‘the crew gives’.

(
8
) Replaced ‘speed an’ with ‘speed and’. Replaced ‘Each potion’ with ‘Each Potion of Laumspur’. Replaced ‘gleaming bronze now’ with ‘gleaming bronze, now’.

(
9
) Replaced ‘emmissaries’ with ‘emissaries’. Replaced ‘mules and’ with ‘mules, and’. Replaced ‘Kai curing’ with ‘Magnakai Curing’. Changed the link to
Section 166
to
Section 116
instead, as the original is clearly wrong. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Inquisitor-Major’ with ‘Inquisitor-major’.

(
10
) Replaced ‘Kai weapon’ with ‘Kai Weapon’. Replaced ‘gulley’ with ‘gully’. Replaced ‘agarashi’ with ‘Agarashi’. Replaced ‘add 5 to’ with ‘add 5 points to’. Added the illustration caption ‘The drooling horror utters a chilling cackle and quickly moves towards the narrow gulley.’ that was missing from the first printing of the book. Added ‘If the Kai Weapon you wield is “Raumas”, you may apply the bonus gained due to its unique properties.’.

(
12
) Replaced ‘Merchant's Quarter’ with ‘Merchants' Quarter’. Replaced ‘upon him’ with ‘upon the Baron’. Replaced ‘Disciplines or weapon’ with ‘Disciplines, nor a Bow’. Replaced ‘sixth sense’ with ‘Sixth Sense’. Replaced ‘constitution of Siyen’ with ‘Constitution of Siyen’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘prince’ with ‘Prince’. Replaced ‘prince's’ with ‘Prince's’. Replaced ‘The crowd give’ with ‘The crowd gives’. Replaced ‘Kai-alchemy, and’ with ‘Kai-alchemy and’. Replaced ‘Magi-magic, and’ with ‘Magi-magic and’. Replaced ‘Bow, and’ with ‘Bow and’.

(
13
) Replaced ‘prince’ with ‘Prince’.

(
14
) Replaced ‘Brotherhood spell’ with ‘Brotherhood Spell’. Replaced ‘well being’ with ‘well-being’. Replaced ‘effects of the mind charm’ with ‘effects of the spell’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘prince’ with ‘Prince’.

(
16
) Replaced ‘rooms and’ with ‘rooms, and’. Replaced ‘patrols who’ with ‘patrols that’. Replaced ‘swordbelt’ with ‘sword belt’. Replaced ‘tunic, then’ with ‘tunic, and then’. Replaced ‘prince’ with ‘Prince’.

(
17
) Removed the paragraph break between ‘politely.’ and ‘ ‘My’. Replaced ‘this night?’ with ‘this night.’ Replaced ‘Yay’ with ‘Yea’. Replaced ‘t'is’ with ‘ 'tis’. Replaced ‘nerve.’ with ‘nerve?’. Replaced ‘Kai-alchemy, and’ with ‘Kai-alchemy and’.

(
18
) Replaced ‘death of’ with ‘deaths of’. Replaced ‘jaw, then’ with ‘jaw; then’.

(
19
) Replaced ‘sixth sense’ with ‘Sixth Sense’. Replaced ‘my lord. Will’ with ‘my lord, will’. Replaced ‘Kai-alchemy, and’ with ‘Kai-alchemy and’.

(
24
) Replaced ‘carrying (Erase’ with ‘carrying. (Erase’. Replaced ‘Backpack list’ with ‘list of Backpack Items’. Replaced ‘backpack’ with ‘Backpack’.

(
25
) Replaced ‘prince's’ with ‘Prince's’. Replaced ‘add 5 to’ with ‘add 5 points to’. Replaced ‘Inquisitor-Major's’ with ‘Inquisitor-major's’. Replaced ‘Inquisitor-Major’ with ‘Inquisitor-major’.

(
26
) Replaced ‘prince’ with ‘Prince’.

(
28
) Replaced ‘ribcage’ with ‘rib cage’. Replaced ‘sharp, popping’ with ‘sharp popping’.