Staff raised above your head, you wait for your chance to strike. Samu’s defence against the Scree Wyrm is a dizzying blur of sword strokes. The Wyrm’s attack weakens and, as it does, you strike out with the might of your Staff. A bolt of power shudders through the fearful creature as its body tenses before flopping lifelessly to the ground.17 Disdainfully, Samu gives the carcass a kick and the creature disappears through one of the pot-holes that litter the desolate plain.
[17] As you are using your Wizard’s Staff against the Scree Wyrm, you should deduct 1 WILLPOWER point.
If you do not have sufficient WILLPOWER points, you may choose to simply subtract the specified number of WILLPOWER points. This may leave you with a negative WILLPOWER score, or if it was already negative, it will make your score become even more negative. Alternatively, you may choose the method used in Section 175 of War of the Wizards for resolving this problem: For the WILLPOWER points you lack, you use ENDURANCE points at a rate of 2 ENDURANCE points for every 1 WILLPOWER point (i.e. 2 ENDURANCE points = 1 WILLPOWER point).
Concept copyright © 1985 Joe Dever and Gary Chalk.
Text copyright © 1985 Ian Page.
Illustrations copyright © 1985 Paul Bonner.