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You have travelled less than a mile when it begins to rain. At first it is just a few drops that spot the shoulders of your robe, but within minutes it has become a deluge that soaks you through to the skin. The land bordering this road is steep and impossible to climb on horseback, and through the sheeting rain you can see little of the way ahead. The thunder grows steadily louder. When this rumbling becomes almost deafening, you suddenly realize that it is not thunder at all: it is the terrifying sound of a mudslide. Frantically you signal to the rangers to turn back. As the torrent of earth and water comes crashing down the hillsides, you urge your horses to a blind gallop in a desperate attempt to outrun this merciless river of mud.

Pick a number from the Random Number Table. If you possess Animal Mastery, add 1 to the number you have picked. If your current ENDURANCE score is 20 or higher, add 1. If it is 10 or lower, deduct 1.

If your total score is now 2 or lower, turn to 160.

If it is 3–7, turn to 31.

If it is 8 or higher, turn to 322.