Beyond the Nightmare Gate

by Ian Page

  (121) Replaced ‘Magical power’ with ‘Magical Power’. Moved the random number option last and replaced ‘If you wish to’ with ‘Otherwise, you will have to’. Replaced ‘guard, pick’ with ‘guard. Pick’.

  (122) Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption. Replaced ‘cloud plane’ with ‘cloud plain’.

  (125) Replaced ‘bunch of Keys’ with ‘Bunch of Keys’. Replaced ‘Keys, mark them’ with ‘Bunch of Keys, mark it’. Removed ‘ and carry them in your Backpack’ to avoid rules ambiguities.

  (127) Replaced ‘Chaos-Master’ with ‘Chaos-master’.

  (130) Replaced ‘silence; then, fear’ with ‘silence, then fear’.

  (131) Replaced ‘turn to 83’ with ‘you are forced to fight the Jahksa. Turn to 123’ in the last choice, as Section 83 does not fit into the context of the story. Replaced ‘Tower or’ with ‘Tower, or’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Key or have’ with ‘Key, or if you have’. Replaced ‘Keys or do’ with ‘Keys, or if you do’.

  (132) Replaced ‘west and’ with ‘west, and’.

  (134) Replaced ‘Chaos-Master’ with ‘Chaos-master’. Replaced ‘Power or do’ with ‘Power, or if you do’.

  (137) Replaced ‘wings and’ with ‘wings, and’.

  (138) Replaced ‘counter-spell’ with ‘counterspell’. Replaced ‘foorce’ with ‘force’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

  (140) Replaced ‘cloud plane’ with ‘cloud plain’.

  (145) Replaced ‘Pipe’ with ‘pipe’.

  (147) Replaced ‘forseen’ with ‘foreseen’.

  (150) Removed ‘ It must be carried in your Backpack or you may give it to Tanith to carry, in which case note this on your Action Chart.’. Replaced ‘ ‘Katta sheen, suono kow!’ ’ with ‘ ‘Katta sheen, suono kow!’ ’.

  (152) Replaced ‘point you’ with ‘point, you’.

  (153) Replaced ‘dragon fire’ with ‘dragon-fire’. Replaced ‘hovers and’ with ‘hovers, and’. Replaced ‘ ‘Katta sai, juno keese,’ ’ with ‘ ‘Katta sai, juno keese,’ ’.

  (155) Replaced ‘or do’ with ‘or if you do’.

  (159) Replaced ‘roof-top’ with ‘rooftop’. Replaced ‘bloodcurdling’ with ‘blood-curdling’. Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

  (160) Replaced ‘rooves’ with ‘roofs’. Replaced ‘to154’ with ‘to 154’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

  (163) Replaced each occurrence of ‘Chaos-Master’ with ‘Chaos-master’.

  (167) Replaced ‘balustrades and’ with ‘balustrades, and’. Replaced ‘cloud plane’ with ‘cloud plain’.

  (169) Replaced ‘weatherworking’ with ‘weather-working’. Replaced ‘their villages’ with ‘their village’.

  (172) Replaced ‘Wise you’ with ‘Wise, you’. Replaced ‘Shianti you’ with ‘Shianti, you’. Switched the order of the choices.

  (174) Split the last two choices into separate paragraphs for formatting reasons. Replaced ‘to104’ with ‘to 104’. Replaced ‘strike, then’ with ‘strike, and then’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

  (176) Replaced ‘it I’ with ‘it, I’.

  (177) Replaced ‘restoring’ with ‘restorative’. Replaced ‘these buds’ with ‘these Buds’. Replaced ‘six Items’ with ‘eight items’. Replaced ‘pestle and mortar’ with ‘Pestle and Mortar’. Replaced ‘dose but’ with ‘dose, but’. Replaced ‘vial’ with ‘Vial’. Replaced ‘potion’ with ‘Potion’. Replaced ‘potions’ with ‘Potions’. Replaced ‘vials’ with ‘Vials’.

  (181) Replaced ‘cloud plane’ with ‘cloud plain’.

  (182) Replaced ‘for ever’ with ‘forever’.

  (183) Replaced ‘cry but’ with ‘cry, but’.

  (185) Replaced ‘white hot’ with ‘white-hot’.

  (187) Replaced ‘What?’booms’ with ‘What?’ booms’. Replaced ‘possibilites’ with ‘possibilities’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Chaos-Master’ with ‘Chaos-master’.

  (190) Replaced ‘Cautiously you’ with ‘Cautiously, you’.

  (195) Replaced ‘or do’ with ‘or if you do’.

  (197) Removed ‘ If you wish to carry it, it must be kept as a Backpack Item or you may give it to Tanith to carry, in which case remember to note this on your Action Chart.’.

  (199) Replaced ‘Chaos-Master’ with ‘Chaos-master’.

  (202) Replaced ‘head; and’ with ‘head, and’.

  (203) Replaced ‘death and’ with ‘death, and’.

  (204) Replaced each occurrence of ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

  (205) Replaced ‘If you possess the Magical Power of Sorcery, have more than 6 WILLPOWER points remaining, and wish to use your power to move the Ethetron’ with ‘If you possess the Magical Power of Elementalism and wish to use it’.

  (207) Replaced ‘point you’ with ‘point, you’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Chaos-Master’ with ‘Chaos-master’.

  (210) Replaced ‘you look’ with ‘you a look’.

  (211) Replaced ‘its architecture possess’ with ‘its architecture possesses’. Replaced ‘cloud plane’ with ‘cloud plain’.

  (214) Replaced ‘Elessin; inhabitants’ with ‘Elessin, inhabitants’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

  (215) Replaced ‘Ethetron but’ with ‘Ethetron, but’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

  (216) Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

  (217) Replaced ‘careful Grey’ with ‘careful, Grey’. Switched the order of the choices.

  (218) Replaced ‘it.!’ with ‘it!’. Replaced ‘Jahksa, as’ with ‘Jahksa as’.

  (220) Replaced ‘the Elessi’ with ‘only one Elessi’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Pipe’ with ‘pipe’.

  (223) Replaced ‘hinge or’ with ‘hinge, or’. Replaced ‘cloud plane’ with ‘cloud plain’.

  (26 Replaced ‘Staff, and have’ with ‘Staff and have’.

  (234) Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

  (235) Replaced ‘throat its’ with ‘throat, its’.

  (237) Replaced ‘laughter; but’ with ‘laughter — but’.

  (241) Replaced ‘many coloured’ with ‘many-coloured’. Replaced ‘grotesque, but life-like, statue’ with ‘grotesque but life-like statue’. Replaced ‘telepath and, since’ with ‘telepath, and since’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

  (242) Replaced ‘nothing and’ with ‘nothing, and’. Removed ‘ It must be kept as a Backpack Item or you may give it to Tanith to carry, in which case note this on your Action Chart.’.

  (244) Replaced ‘this Item’ with ‘this item’.

  (245) Replaced ‘Guardian, and’ with ‘Guardian and’.

  (246) Replaced ‘half-way’ with ‘halfway’. Replaced ‘Tanith still’ with ‘Tanith, still’. Switched the order of the choices.

  (247) Replaced ‘pin-points’ with ‘pinpoints’.

  (248) Replaced ‘lips and’ with ‘lips, and’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Pipe’ with ‘pipe’.

  (249) Replaced ‘time or’ with ‘time, or’. Replaced ‘Chaos-Master’ with ‘Chaos-master’. Replaced ‘or do’ with ‘or if you do’.

  (250) Replaced ‘alone I’ with ‘alone, I’. Replaced ‘introduce … .’ with ‘introduce … ’. Replaced ‘Star and the’ with ‘Star, and the’. Replaced ‘Academicians all’ with ‘Academicians, all’. Replaced ‘names you’ with ‘names, you’. Replaced ‘Academician's’ with ‘Academicians'’. Replaced ‘think m'boy’ with ‘think, m'boy’. Replaced ‘nothing and’ with ‘nothing, and’. Replaced ‘us Grey’ with ‘us, Grey’. Replaced ‘professor and’ with ‘professor, and’. Replaced ‘fears and’ with ‘fears, and’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption. Replaced ‘seas and’ with ‘seas, and’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Daziarn plane’ with ‘Daziarn Plane’.

  (251) Replaced ‘them but’ with ‘them, but’.

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bsp; (252) Replaced ‘veins; lose’ with ‘veins: lose’.

  (256) Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

  (262) Replaced ‘surprise the’ with ‘surprise, the’.

  (264) Replaced ‘apprehensive you’ with ‘apprehensive, you’.

  (267) Replaced ‘and within seconds a’ with ‘and, within seconds, a’.

  (268) Replaced ‘point you’ with ‘point, you’.

  (271) Replaced ‘Pipe’ with ‘pipe’.

  (272) Replaced ‘flame you’ with ‘flame, you’.

  (273) Replaced ‘disappears and’ with ‘disappears, and’. Replaced ‘voice, ‘we’ with ‘voice. ‘We’. Replaced ‘Tanith, ‘we’ with ‘Tanith. ‘We’. Replaced ‘anticipate my moves.’ with ‘anticipate my moves?’.

  (274) Replaced ‘threat but’ with ‘threat, but’.

  (276) Replaced ‘I … .’ with ‘I … ’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Chaos-Master’ with ‘Chaos-master’.

  (277) Replaced ‘wings, then’ with ‘wings, and then’.

  (278) Replaced ‘plane of grey cloud’ with ‘plain of grey cloud’.

  (281) Replaced ‘to attack but’ with ‘to attack, but’.

  (283) Replaced ‘you but’ with ‘you, but’.

  (284) Replaced ‘he city’ with ‘the city’. Replaced ‘Pipe’ with ‘pipe’.

  (285) Replaced ‘side you’ with ‘side, you’.

  (287) Removed ‘ It must be kept as a Backpack Item or you may give it to Tanith to carry, in which case note this on your Action Chart.’.

  (289) Replaced ‘seconds a’ with ‘seconds, a’.

  (290) Replaced ‘Chaos bird’ with ‘Chaos-bird’. Replaced ‘the flying machine spins towards the Trianon and collides’ with ‘the flying machine spins towards the Trianon and collides with it’.

  (291) Replaced ‘well Jahksa’ with ‘well, Jahksa’. Replaced ‘Shasark; an’ with ‘Shasarak: an’. Replaced ‘you, then’ with ‘you, and then’.

  (292) Replaced ‘sheer and’ with ‘sheer, and’.

  (293) Replaced ‘settlement but’ with ‘settlement, but’.

  (294) Replaced ‘points you’ with ‘points, you’.

  (295) Replaced ‘large impassive’ with ‘large, impassive’. Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

  (296) Replaced ‘alive you’ with ‘alive, you’.

  (298) Replaced ‘locked but’ with ‘locked, but’.

  (300) Replaced ‘mountain just’ with ‘mountain, just’. Replaced ‘accomodate’ with ‘accommodate’.

  (301) Replaced ‘point you’ with ‘point, you’.

  (302) Replaced ‘change and’ with ‘change, and’. Replaced ‘west and’ with ‘west, and’.

  (303) Replaced ‘reboard’ with ‘re-board’. Replaced ‘Screaming Statue’ with ‘Screaming God’.

  (305) Replaced each occurrence of ‘Items’ with ‘items’.

  (306) Replaced ‘Moonstone and’ with ‘Moonstone, and’. Replaced ‘all; merely’ with ‘all: merely’. Added a period to the end of the illustration's caption.

  (307) Replaced ‘ ‘Meski?’ ’ with ‘ ‘Meski?’ ’.

  (309) Replaced each occurrence of ‘Chaos-Master’ with ‘Chaos-master’. Replaced ‘remorse and’ with ‘remorse, and’. Replaced ‘Item but’ with ‘Item, but’.

  (311) Replaced each occurrence of ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

  (312) Replaced ‘moments the’ with ‘moments, the’.

  (313) Replaced ‘Pipe’ with ‘pipe’.

  (314) Replaced ‘Power or’ with ‘Power, or’. Replaced ‘Power of Enchantment’ with ‘Power of Enchantment and wish to use it’. Replaced ‘or do’ with ‘or if you do’.

  (315) Replaced ‘people but’ with ‘people, but’.

  (317) Replaced ‘help and’ with ‘help, and’.

  (318) Replaced each occurrence of ‘step on to’ with ‘step onto’.

  (319) Replaced each occurrence of ‘vial’ with ‘Vial’. Replaced ‘Ezeran acid’ with ‘Ezeran Acid’. Replaced ‘powder and’ with ‘powder, and’.

  (320) Replaced ‘creatures but’ with ‘creatures, but’. Replaced ‘weapons but’ with ‘weapons, but’. Replaced ‘Gem, and’ with ‘Gem and’.

  (322) Replaced ‘combat but’ with ‘combat, but’. Replaced ‘greatest’ with ‘greater’. Added ‘ and wish to cease fighting,’. Replaced ‘If you kill the Elessi within three rounds, or choose to fight to the death’ with ‘Otherwise, if you have already killed the Elessi after three rounds, or you continue on and win the combat’.

  (326) Replaced ‘cry another’ with ‘cry, another’. Replaced ‘lips and, suddenly, your’ with ‘lips, and suddenly your’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Pipe’ with ‘pipe’.

  (327) Replaced ‘eternity you’ with ‘eternity, you’.

  (330) Replaced ‘honorary’ with ‘honoured’.

  (331) Replaced ‘city and’ with ‘city, and’.

  (334) Replaced ‘horror, there’ with ‘horror. There’.

  (338) Replaced ‘Moonstone and’ with ‘Moonstone, and’. Replaced ‘surface it’ with ‘surface, it’. Replaced ‘you, but’ with ‘you but’. Replaced ‘instruct and, with’ with ‘instruct, and with’.

  (339) Replaced ‘cloud plane’ with ‘cloud plain’.

  (340) Replaced ‘agility you’ with ‘agility, you’.

  (343) Replaced ‘says and’ with ‘says, and’.

  (344) Replaced ‘Unfortunately you’ with ‘Unfortunately, you’. Replaced ‘behind but’ with ‘behind, but’.

  (345) Replaced ‘Tanith but’ with ‘Tanith, but’.

  (346) Replaced ‘telepathy and’ with ‘telepathy, and’.

  (347) Replaced ‘west and’ with ‘west, and’.

  (349) Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

  (350) Replaced ‘anticipation you’ with ‘anticipation, you’. Replaced ‘recognition at’ with ‘recognition, at’. Replaced ‘titled’ with ‘entitled’.

  (Combat Rules Summary) Added a fourth step ‘Pick a number from the Random Number Table.’ in the first step list. Replaced ‘Turn to Combat’ with ‘Turn to the Combat’. Replaced ‘cross reference’ with ‘cross-reference’.

  Footnotes

  [1] (The Game Rules) This section of the rules implies that you must re-pick all three scores — COMBAT SKILL, WILLPOWER, and ENDURANCE — even though you may have already completed a previous adventure. This is without precedent in other books and therefore appears to be a mistake. In order to preserve rule consistency among the books, you may choose to retain your COMBAT SKILL and ENDURANCE scores and only re-pick your WILLPOWER score.

  [2] (The Game Rules) If you have completed Book Two but not Book One, it seems reasonable to add 25 to the number you picked.

  [3] (The Game Rules) There are sections in the Grey Star books that describe how you use a Magical Power and how many WILLPOWER points you spend, without giving you a choice and without taking into account that you may not have the required number of WILLPOWER points left. 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 wish to use a method given in Section 175 of War of the Wizards, which contains one such case of mandated use of magic: If you do not have enough WILLPOWER points, then you use ENDURANCE points at a rate of 2 ENDURANCE points for every 1 WILLPOWER point you lack (i.e. 2 ENDURANCE points = 1 WILLPOWER point). If your ENDURANCE score falls to zero or below, you are dead and the adventure is over.

  Note that you may never choose to use a Magical Power or your Wizard's Staff if you do not have sufficient WILLPOWER points. This method also cannot be used in cases where you lose WILLPOWER points for a reason other than using magic, for instance as a result of mental or magical attacks. In these cases, you may end up with a negative WILLPOWER score.

  [4] (The Game Rules) It is possible for your WILLPOWER to fall below zero. For
example, if you are the victim of an attack that drains your WILLPOWER, your score may be forced below zero. If your WILLPOWER falls to zero or below, you will not be able to cast spells or use the magical properties of your Wizard's Staff until your score is again above zero. You can still use your Wizard's Staff in combat as a normal weapon, but you must deduct 6 points from your COMBAT SKILL.

  [5] (Magical Powers) The wording of this section of the rules seems to indicate — if read literally — that you may choose your set of Powers again if you have completed a previous adventure. This is without precedent in other books. In order to preserve consistency with other books, you should not choose your Powers again. If you have completed at least one previous adventure, you may choose one additional Power from the list. If you choose Alchemy as your new Magical Power, you also receive a Herb Pouch with contents, as detailed in the Equipment section.

  [6] (Magical Powers) If your WILLPOWER falls to zero or below, you will not be able to use the magical properties of your Wizard's Staff until your score is again above zero. You can still use your Wizard's Staff in combat as a normal weapon, but you must deduct 6 points from your COMBAT SKILL.

  [7] (Equipment) If you have completed a previous adventure, you keep all equipment you had at the end of that adventure. You do not receive any new equipment, unless you have just selected Alchemy as your sixth Magical Power, in which case you receive a Herb Pouch with contents as indicated in this section.

  [8] (Equipment) If you have mastered the Lesser Magick of Alchemy and therefore have a Herb Pouch, you may choose to keep potions, vials, or ingredients in either the Herb Pouch or your Backpack. All other Backpack Items must be kept in your Backpack.

  [9] (Equipment) The new Mongoose Publishing editions of the gamebooks clarify that ‘You may only use one Weapon at a time in combat.’

  [10] (Section 78) As you are using your Power of Elementalism against the Chaos-birds, you should deduct 1 WILLPOWER point.