[LUPO SOLITARIO] Libro VIII: The Jungle of Horrors

[Sturm]

Firseed a volontà! Bruciamo tuttooooh!

[Kaluisurrr]

Kill it with fire

[Jesper]

Fireseed in the hole!

Snatching the seed from your pocket, you throw it with all your strength at a crawling lizard-beast that is slithering towards you on its belly. You watch with dismay as the Fireseed bounces off its soft, fibroid skull and plops harmlessly into the mire. (Remember to tick this lost Fireseed off your Action Chart.)

Cursing your luck you unsheathe your weapon as the creature rears up to attack.

Turn to 265.

When thrown against a hard surface, these Fireseeds explode and burn fiercely.

You are faced by a monstrous reptile. Its webbed, claw-tipped hands are poised to rend you in two.


Illustration XIII—You are faced by a monstrous reptile.

Xlorg: COMBAT SKILL 22 ENDURANCE 30

You cannot evade combat and must fight the creature to the death.

If you win the combat, turn to 313.

AAAaa un cazzo mannaro! Fortunatamente sappiamo gia che è "soft"

COMBAT RATING +8

Roll...8
Lupo Solitario -0
Uomo Cazzo -16 (14)

Roll...8
Lupo Solitario -0
Uomo Cazzo -16 (morto!)

Il Dio dei dadi è tornato a proteggerci!

You leap over the twitching body of the Xlorg and help Paido, who is being forced perilously close to the pool’s edge by three more of the growling swamp creatures. You strike from behind, breaking the back of one with your downstroke and opening the side of another as you swing your weapon clear.

Paido falls, clutching an arm deeply torn by needle-sharp talons. His attacker turns on you, darting its head towards your throat with lightning speed. Its jaws gape wide as it lashes out with a sticky tongue, spraying your eyes with stinging saliva. Instinctively you bend forward, your hands wiping the spittle from your face, a reflex action which saves you from the creature’s grip as it leaps forward to strangle you. Suddenly it lets out a gurgling croak and falls forward with a thick splash. You stagger back and open your bloodshot eyes to see it lying face down in the mire with Paido’s dagger embedded in its back. ‘Look out!’ screams your companion, as the last of the Xlorg attacks you from behind.

Xlorg: COMBAT SKILL 23 ENDURANCE 32

Unless you possess the Magnakai Discipline of Huntmastery, reduce your COMBAT SKILL by 4 points for the duration of the combat.

If you win the fight, turn to 160.

Ehy, Paido è marginalmente utile! Comunque sia c'è un ultimo Minchiosauro da smazzare...

COMBAT RATING: +7 grazie ad Huntmastery!

Roll...1
Lupo Solitario -4 (33)
Rospo-Ceppa -7 (25)

Roll...2 ho parlato troppo presto cazzo
Lupo Solitario -3 (30)
Rospo-Ceppa -8 (17)

Roll...1 cioè...
Lupo Solitario -4 (26)
Rospo-Ceppa -7 (10)

Roll...4 <.<
Lupo Solitario -2 (24)
Rospo-Ceppa -10 (morto!)

E' colpa di Paido che si è mostrato vagamente utile e a fratelli del Klan non è andata giu -.- Se non avessimo avuto Huntmastery sarebbe andata parecchio a schifio...

The Xlorg gurgles its last breath and falls dead, writhing briefly in the mud before becoming still with an uncanny abruptness. You turn to Paido and drag him away from the pool’s edge, where his bleeding arm is attracting a crawling horde of hungry leeches.

You leave the pool and press on along the muddy trail, glancing back once. No sign remains of the dead Xlorg; their bodies have already been claimed by the creatures of the pool.

Turn to 192.

Che evidentemente sono molto golose di Ranacazza Gigante

You tend to Paido’s wound, using your basic Kai knowledge of healing to prevent an infection from taking hold, before continuing deeper into the swamp. The ankle-deep ooze that borders the pool gives way to firmer ground, and you arrive shortly at a place where a tree bearing blood-red fruit overhangs a pool of clear water. You stop here to rest and dislodge the tiny leeches that are feasting on your legs.

Paido climbs the tree to scan the horizon. He carries with him a starguider, a homing device invented by the Elder Magi to enable their flying ships to navigate in the dark. It is sensitive to the vibrations of korlinium crystals. The spire of the Temple of Ohrido is solid korlinium, and the Elder Magi have set Paido’s starguider to home in on the vibrations emitted by the spire. By following the direction of these vibrations, you should find the lost temple.

While Paido is busy adjusting the starguider, you decide to take a closer look at your surroundings.

If you wish to examine the red fruit, turn to 301.

If you wish to examine the clear pool, turn to 2.

If you decide to sit and wait for Paido to finish taking his readings, turn to 177.

Mentre Paido cerca di giustificare la sua presenza, noi che facciamo ?

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Lupo Solitario, Kai Tutelary

CS: 30 (Sommerswerd +8, Silver Helm +2, Shield +2, Mindblast +2, +1 Solaris)

EP: 26/37 (Padded Leather Waistcoat +2 EP, Chainmail +4, +3 Solaris, +3 Light)

Discipline Magnakai
- Pathmanship
- Invisibility
- Huntmastery
- Curing
- Animal Control

Circoli completati
- Circle of Solaris (+1CS +3EP)
- Circle of Light (+3EP)

Weapons (2): Axe, Spear

Backpack (8): Rope, Meal, Meal, Meal, Argento, Argento, Argento, Argento

Special Items (12): Sommerswerd!, Dagger of Vashna, Silver Bow of Duadon, Padded Leather Waistcoat (+2 EP), Firesphere, Silver Helm (+2 CS), Chainmail (+4 EP), Shield (+2 CS), Quiver (5), Pass, Fireseeds (2), Lodestone

Money (50): 37


MORTOMETRO: VII
- Istakillato dall'esca+party hiddato (Libro I)
- Caduto in una trappola da caccia Giak (Libro I)
- Inchiappato nel sonno da un agente dei Darklords (Libro II)
- Fatto Bunjee Jumping senza l'elastico insieme ad un Helghast (Libro II)
- Vittime di una Cantina (Libro IV)
- Tentacle-raped (Libro VII)
- Sparati da un Nano storpio (Libro VIII)
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[Rise-the-Sky]

Esaminiamo il frutto proibito!!

[Defender]

Il frutto dell'ammmooore!

[Jesper]

Ci facciamo ingolosire!

The red-skinned fruit is the size of an orange and its peel is similar in texture to orange peel.

If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Huntmastery, turn to 148.

If you wish to pick one of these juicy-looking fruits, turn to 290.

If you decide not to touch the fruits, turn to 177.

"Le tue avanzate discipline Kai ti dicono che è un'arancia rossa"

Your Magnakai Discipline reveals to your experienced eye that these fruits are not what they appear. The tree is dead and incapable of producing fruit. They are carnivorous animals that have taken on the outward appearance of juicy ripe fruits in order to snare the unwary.

If you wish to attack one of these ‘fruits’, turn to 245.

If you choose not to disturb them, turn to 177.

Hai capito l'arancia rossa assassina La smazziamo o la lasciamo stare?

[-=Rho=-]

nouuuu 177 daje ahah

e' la seconda volta che ci da la possibilita di evita questi "frutti" , lasciamoli dove stanno :S

[Sturm]

Minchia paido,senza di te non so come avremmo fatto ad arrivare sin qui

btw namosene va!

[Defender]

Sticazzi del frutto carinivoro, meglio non cercare rogne che ne abbiamo già abbastanza...

177

[Bortas]

Evitiamo Dever avverte 2 volte.

[Kaluisurrr]

lasciamo in pace i frutti carnivori

[Rise-the-Sky]

MAh delle arance dubito abbiano qualcosa di lootabile addosso quindi per questa volta magnanimamente le lasciamo vivere!

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(gambe!!!)

[Jesper]

Siamo magnanimi oltre che magnakai

When Paido finally climbs down from the tree, his face betrays his anxiety. ‘What is wrong?’ you ask impatiently.

‘There is no signal,’ he replies. ‘I have scanned every direction with the starguider, but it can detect no korlinium signal. It isn’t damaged, of that I’m sure. It’s simply as if the temple has disappeared.’

You take the device from Paido’s hand and climb the twisted tree trunk. He shouts instructions and you set the starguider into operation, scanning the distant horizon and waiting for the tell-tale click that will reveal the direction of the lost temple of the Elder Magi. But Paido is right—there is no signal; and without a signal there is no hope of finding the Lorestone of Ohrido.

You are about to abandon the search and jump down from the tree when you see something on the northern horizon that you hadn’t noticed before. An island of red volcanic rock rises out of the mire, one of four flat-topped islands grouped in a diamond close to the eastern edge of the crater. Perhaps the temple is on the other side of that island. Perhaps that is why the starguider will emit no signal?

You climb down and ask Paido what he thinks. He stares to the north and ponders the problem. ‘Yes, it is possible,’ he says thoughtfully, ‘it is just possible.’

Turn to 292.

Ok, quindi l'unica ragione per cui Paido è qua (oltre che forse per ucciderci in ritorsione per suo fratello) è utilizzare sto congegno, e il congegno non funge Speriamo sia colpa delle rocce va

Hope returns and your spirits rise with the expectation of finding the lost temple beyond the isle of red rock. You set off without delay, anxious to cover the ten-mile trek before the sun sets and darkness engulfs the Danarg.

For the most part the swamp mire is firm underfoot and the inhabitants pose no problems that cannot be solved by a few shouts or well-placed weapon blows. But, as the sky darkens and you draw nearer to the plateau, the going becomes more difficult. A carpet of vines, thick with mould, covers a surface of muddy holes and hollows. Often a seeming puddle proves to be a bottomless fissure. Progress becomes so slow that you fear you will never reach the island before dark.

Turn to 307.

Paido is leading the way across a tangled mat of barbed vines when a wave disturbs the muddy ooze below. Suddenly the great head of a silver swamp python bursts through the rotting creepers and raises its tree-thick coils high in the air. Awesome jaws set with double-tiered fangs tower above you, glistening in the fading light. A drop of venom falls from the fangs and sets the quagmire boiling.


Illustration XVII—Suddenly the great head of a silver swamp python bursts through the rotting creepers.

If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Animal Control and have reached the rank of Primate, turn to 45.

If you do not have this skill or have yet to reach this level of Magnakai training, turn to 155.

SE NE E' RICORDATO! PRAISE DEVER!

You draw on your skill to repel the awesome snake, but it is very hungry and the smell of Paido’s warm flesh draws it closer despite your success at masking your own scent.

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

If your total is now 0–6 turn to 155.

If your total is now 7 or more, turn to 167.

Ok, ovviamente funziona per noi ma non per Paido

Però abbiamo Invisibility, quindi +3 al Roll: ci serve 4+!

Roll...9!

Reluctantly the great snake accepts defeat and slips silently back to its murky lair beneath the vines and floating vegetation.

Turn to 62.

Siamo meglio di Tarzan

The arrival of the swamp python frightened away the crawling denizens of the mire, but now they are returning to satisfy their curiosity. Hordes of slithering lizard-beasts gather at the edge of the floating morass, inching their way nearer as they assess your strengths and weaknesses. Relentlessly you push your way through the soggy vegetation until you reach the jagged rock wall of the island, urged on all the way by a hissing chorus of swamp creatures.

Turn to 58.

Long streamers of moss-covered vines hang down the red rock wall in huge numbers, inviting you to climb onto the plateau above. After the uncertain ground of the swamp, the hard, jagged rock is a welcome relief. You make good progress, reaching the top just as the sun is sinking into a sea of scarlet mist that shrouds the eastern Danarg. In the failing light, you discover a trail that winds northwards through the knee-high foliage.

If you have the Magnakai Discipline of Pathsmanship, turn to 108.

If you do not possess this skill, turn to 335.

Pathmanship è veramente il Sesto Senso della serie Magnakai

Even in the failing light, you can see that this trail is frequently used: the spongy vegetation is crushed flat, and a profusion of tracks are imprinted on the loamy soil. The tracks were made by man-sized creatures, bare-footed and web-toed. Close to the main trail winds another, less obvious, track. For some reason someone or something has gone to great lengths to keep this trail secret.

If you wish to follow the well-trodden trail, turn to 335.

If you wish to follow the secret trail, turn to 330.

Mmm, quale percorso ci sconfinfera di più?

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Lupo Solitario, Kai Tutelary

CS: 30 (Sommerswerd +8, Silver Helm +2, Shield +2, Mindblast +2, +1 Solaris)

EP: 36/37 (Padded Leather Waistcoat +2 EP, Chainmail +4, +3 Solaris, +3 Light)

Discipline Magnakai
- Pathmanship
- Invisibility
- Huntmastery
- Curing
- Animal Control

Circoli completati
- Circle of Solaris (+1CS +3EP)
- Circle of Light (+3EP)

Weapons (2): Axe, Spear

Backpack (8): Rope, Meal, Meal, Meal, Argento, Argento, Argento, Argento

Special Items (12): Sommerswerd!, Dagger of Vashna, Silver Bow of Duadon, Padded Leather Waistcoat (+2 EP), Firesphere, Silver Helm (+2 CS), Chainmail (+4 EP), Shield (+2 CS), Quiver (5), Pass, Fireseeds (2), Lodestone

Money (50): 37


MORTOMETRO: VII
- Istakillato dall'esca+party hiddato (Libro I)
- Caduto in una trappola da caccia Giak (Libro I)
- Inchiappato nel sonno da un agente dei Darklords (Libro II)
- Fatto Bunjee Jumping senza l'elastico insieme ad un Helghast (Libro II)
- Vittime di una Cantina (Libro IV)
- Tentacle-raped (Libro VII)
- Sparati da un Nano storpio (Libro VIII)
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[Bortas]

Andiamo sul secret trail (sa di mistero misterioso e a lupo piace) 330

[Defender]

Percorso seggrecio!

Dai che magari troviamo un altro posto con più campo, qua il segnale del marchingegno di Paido non prende...