The Darke Crusade

by Joe Dever

  (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 both occurrences of ‘(ie’ with ‘(i.e.’. Replaced ‘fall to zero’ with ‘fall to zero or below’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Lone Wolf’ with ‘Lone Wolf’ when referring to the series. Replaced ‘Chart (you’ with ‘Chart. (You’. Replaced ‘Items).’ with ‘Items.)’. Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Lone Wolf Kai’ with ‘Lone Wolf Kai’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Magnakai’ with ‘Magnakai’. Replaced ‘Grand Master series’ with ‘Lone Wolf Grand Master series’. Replaced ‘Lone Wolf Grand Master series’ with ‘Lone Wolf Grand Master series’. Added ‘Silver Bracers’ and ‘Korlinium Scabbard’ to the list of items permitted to be brought over from the Lone Wolf Kai and Lone Wolf Magnakai books in harmony with the Collector's Edition.

  (Grand Master Disciplines) Replaced ‘Magi-Magic’ with ‘Magi-magic’. Replaced ‘gods’ with ‘Gods’. Replaced ‘When you enter combat with one of your Grand Master weapons, you add 5 points to your COMBAT SKILL. The rank of Kai Grand Defender, with which you begin the Grand Master series, means you are skilled in two of the weapons listed overleaf.’ with ‘When you enter combat with one of your Grand Weaponmastery weapons, you add 5 points to your COMBAT SKILL. The rank of Kai Grand Defender, with which you begin the Lone Wolf Grand Master series, means you are supremely efficient in the use of two of the weapons listed below. For each book that you complete in the Lone Wolf Grand Master series (Books 13–20), you will gain mastery of an additional weapon. For example, if you complete The Plague Lords of Ruel and have the Grand Master Discipline of Grand Weaponmastery at the beginning of the next Lone Wolf Grand Master book, you may choose an additional Weapon to gain mastery of.’ in harmony with the Collector's Editions. Replaced ‘gases, corrosive’ with ‘gases, and corrosive’. Replaced ‘COMBAT SKILL is reduced to 8 points or less’ with ‘ENDURANCE is reduced to 8 points or less’ as clarified in Lone Wolf Club Newsletter No.24. Replaced ‘battle magic’ with ‘battle-magic’. Replaced ‘venoms and’ with ‘venoms, and’. Replaced ‘artifacts’ with ‘artefacts’. Replaced ‘fortresses increases’ with ‘fortresses increase’. Replaced ‘body, increases’ with ‘body, increase’. Added ‘These skills include the basic use of Old Kingdom Spells such as Shield, Power Word, and Invisible Fist.’ as found in the Magi-magic section in Books 19 and 20. Added ‘These spells include Lightning Hand, Levitation, and Mind Charm.’ as found in the Kai-alchemy section in Books 19 and 20. Replaced ‘smell and’ with ‘smell, and’. 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 each occurrence of ‘battle wounds’ with ‘battle-wounds’. Added Brian Williams' Grand Master Disciplines illustrations from later books. 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 to any number that you pick from the Random Number Table, when using the Bow.’ from the Equipment section. Replaced ‘Kai and Magnakai Disciplines’ with ‘Kai & Magnakai Disciplines’ for consistency with later books. Replaced ‘Lone Wolf Grand Master’ with ‘Lone Wolf Grand Master’. Replaced ‘the next Grand Master adventure’ with ‘the next Lone Wolf Grand Master adventure’. Replaced ‘darkness, and have’ with ‘darkness and have’. Replaced ‘plants, and have’ with ‘plants and have’. Replaced ‘Duration, and the protection of his inanimate body, increase’ with ‘Duration and the protection of his inanimate body increase’.

  (Equipment) Replaced both occurrences of ‘safe-keeping’ with ‘safekeeping’. Replaced ‘(eg,’ with ‘(e.g.’. Replaced five occurrences of ‘arrow’ with ‘Arrow’. Replaced two occurrences of ‘arrows’ with ‘Arrows’. Replaced eight occurrences of ‘bow’ with ‘Bow’. Inserted the explanation of how to use Gold Crowns. Removed ‘ (see the inside front cover of this book)’. Amended the text to correctly reflect the +5 COMBAT SKILL bonus for Grand Weaponmastery. Replaced ‘quiver’ with ‘Quiver’. Replaced ‘combat, therefore’ with ‘combat; therefore’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Lone Wolf’ with ‘Lone Wolf’ when referring to the series. 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 to any number that 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 ‘Kai monastery’ with ‘Kai Monastery’. Added ‘You may only use one Weapon at a time in combat.’ in harmony with the Collector's Edition.

  (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’. In the example combat, changed Lone Wolf's initial COMBAT SKILL to 27 and corrected the Kai Surge bonus to +8 COMBAT SKILL. Replaced ‘reduced to zero’ with ‘reduced to zero or below’. Replaced ‘points reduced’ with ‘points possibly reduced’. Replaced ‘at which point the one with the zero score is declared dead.’ with ‘at which point that combatant is declared dead.’.

  (Levels of Grand Mastership) Replaced ‘rank and titles’ with ‘ranks and titles’. Replaced ‘Lone Wolf Grand Master’ with ‘Lone Wolf Grand Master’.

  (Improved Grand Master Disciplines) Replaced ‘discipline’ with ‘Discipline’. Replaced ‘(e.g. Broadsword, Quarterstaff, Spear etc)’ with ‘(i.e. Broadsword, Quarterstaff, and Spear)’. Replaced ‘(i.e. arrows, axes, crossbow bolts etc)’ with ‘(e.g. arrows, axes, crossbow bolts)’ in the Halt Missile section. Added the description of the improvements for Grand Guardian. Removed the quotation marks around ‘Improved Grand Master Disciplines’. Replaced ‘Brotherhood spells’ with ‘Brotherhood Spells’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘Lone Wolf’ with ‘Lone Wolf’ when referring to the series. Replaced ‘range and numbers of insects so affected increases’ with ‘range and number of insects so affected increase’. Replaced ‘whilst fighting an enemy in unarmed combat’ with ‘whilst fighting an enemy’ in harmony with the Collector's Edition.

  (Grand Master's Wisdom) Replaced ‘Pick your four Grand’ with ‘Pick your Grand’. Replaced ‘helotry of Nyras’ with ‘Helotry of Nyras’.

  (1) Replaced ‘friend, then’ with ‘friend, and then’. Replaced ‘says, ‘This’ with ‘says, ‘this’.

  (2) Replaced ‘Drakkar sword’ with ‘Drakkarim sword’ to reflect standard usage.

  (3) Replaced ‘guide, then’ with ‘guide; then’.

  (6) Replaced ‘tunnel stalker’ with ‘Tunnel Stalker’.

  (8) Replaced ‘pause, then’ with ‘pause; then’. Replaced ‘suggests that he escorts’ with ‘suggests that he escort’.

  (10) Replaced ‘potions’ with ‘Potions’.

  (11) Replaced ‘Pathsmanship, and’ with ‘Pathsmanship and’. Replaced both occurrences of ‘wintery’ with ‘wintry’. Replaced ‘draft’ with ‘draught’. Replaced ‘Discipline, or’ with ‘Discipline or’.

  (12) Replaced ‘Tukodaks’ with ‘Tukodak’.

  (13) Replaced ‘secluded cover’ with ‘secluded cove’. Replaced ‘the Captain’ with ‘the captain’.

  (14) Replaced ‘to try and’ with ‘to try to’.

  (16) Replaced ‘the cabin, then’ with ‘the cabin; then’. Replaced ‘the cork and’ with ‘the cork, and’.

  (17) Removed the quotation marks around ‘Halt Missile’. Replaced ‘Brotherhood spell’ with ‘Brotherhood Spell’. Replaced ‘mid-air, then’ with ‘mid-air; then’.

  (18) Replaced ‘tunnel stalker’ with ‘Tunnel Stalker’. Replaced ‘Kai-alchemy, and’ with ‘Kai-alchemy and’. Removed ‘ or
higher’. Replaced ‘wintery’ with ‘wintry’. Replaced ‘Kai training’ with ‘Kai Mastery’. Replaced ‘Discipline, or’ with ‘Discipline or’.

  (19) Replaced ‘feet, ‘we’ with ‘feet. ‘We’. Replaced ‘him so, then’ with ‘him so; then’. Replaced ‘Hurry, Captain’ with ‘Hurry, captain’.

  (20) Replaced ‘Bow, or’ with ‘Bow or’.

  (21) Replaced ‘words, then’ with ‘words, and then’.

  (22) Replaced ‘approaching and’ with ‘approaching, and’. Replaced ‘Kai-alchemy, and’ with ‘Kai-alchemy and’. Replaced ‘Kai-surge, and’ with ‘Kai-surge and’. Replaced ‘skills, or’ with ‘skills or’.

  (23) Replaced ‘raised’ with ‘razed’. Replaced ‘woodsmoke’ with ‘wood smoke’. Replaced ‘incident and, shortly’ with ‘incident, and shortly’. Replaced ‘craft, then’ with ‘craft; then’. Replaced ‘the Captain’ with ‘the captain’.

  (24) Replaced ‘mawtaw’ with ‘Mawtaw’. Replaced ‘pathsmanship’ with ‘Pathsmanship’.

  (25) Replaced ‘or, failing’ with ‘or failing’. Replaced ‘assauge’ with ‘assuage’. Replaced both occurrences of ‘ante-chamber’ with ‘antechamber’. Replaced ‘succeed, therefore’ with ‘succeed; therefore’. Replaced ‘Tozaz forest’ with ‘Tozaz Forest’.

  (27) Replaced ‘draft’ with ‘draught’.

  (30) Replaced ‘breath, then’ with ‘breath; then’.

  (31) Replaced ‘aimed ready’ with ‘aimed, ready’. Replaced ‘It is near’ with ‘He is near’. Replaced ‘Kai rank of Grand Guardian’ with ‘rank of Kai Grand Guardian’.

  (32) Replaced ‘The Captain’ with ‘The captain’.

  (33) Replaced both occurrences of ‘floroa’ with ‘Floroa’. Replaced ‘If you wish to take some of this fungi with you, record it on your Action Chart’ with ‘If you wish to take some of this fungi with you, record a single dose on your Action Chart’ in harmony with the Collector's Edition.

  (34) Replaced ‘the Captain's’ with ‘the captain's’.

  (35) Replaced ‘weapon, then’ with ‘weapon, and then’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘on to’ with ‘onto’. Replaced ‘Drakkar lancer’ with ‘Drakkarim lancer’ to reflect standard usage.

  (36) Replaced ‘steps and, as’ with ‘steps, and as’. Replaced ‘new-found’ with ‘newfound’. Replaced ‘breath, then’ with ‘breath, and then’.

  (37) Removed the quotation marks around ‘crack’.

  (38) Replaced both occurrences of ‘arrow’ with ‘Arrow’. Replaced ‘arrow, then’ with ‘Arrow; then’. Replaced ‘suspecting trickery, then slowly you relax; they’ with ‘suspecting trickery. Then slowly you relax; they’.

  (39) Replaced ‘remnants have’ with ‘remnants had’. Replaced ‘seige’ with ‘siege’.

  (40) Replaced ‘click, then’ with ‘click; then’.

  (41) Replaced ‘treeline’ with ‘tree-line’. Replaced ‘psi-surge’ with ‘Psi-surge’. Replaced ‘timberwolf’ with ‘timber wolf’.

  (43) Replaced ‘directions and, with’ with ‘directions, and with’. Replaced ‘at worse’ with ‘at worst’.

  (45) Replaced ‘west and’ with ‘west, and’. Replaced ‘Prarg and’ with ‘Prarg, and’. Replaced ‘Antah and’ with ‘Antah, and’. Replaced ‘agreement then’ with ‘agreement; then’. Replaced ‘wagons and’ with ‘wagons, and’.

  (47) Replaced ‘silence, then’ with ‘silence; then’. Replaced ‘not, or’ with ‘not or’.

  (48) Replaced ‘pathsmanship’ with ‘Pathsmanship’.

  (50) Replaced ‘anger and’ with ‘anger, and’. Replaced ‘and, judging’ with ‘and judging’. Replaced ‘shoulder and, as’ with ‘shoulder, and as’.

  (51) Replaced ‘icy-cold’ with ‘icy cold’. Replaced ‘t'is’ with ‘ 'tis’. Replaced ‘much-needed’ with ‘much needed’. Replaced ‘side, then’ with ‘side, and then’.

  (56) Replaced ‘air, then’ with ‘air, and then’. Replaced ‘sense immediately that the coin is showing heads’ with ‘sense immediately what the coin is showing’ to avoid inconsistencies with Sections 117 and 298.

  (57) Replaced ‘ ‘Gazim!’ shouts’ with ‘ ‘Gazim!’ shouts’. Replaced ‘Tukodaks’ with ‘Tukodak Guards’.

  (59) Removed ‘ (or higher)’. Added a comma before ‘add 2’. Replaced ‘try and’ with ‘try to’. Added ‘ These bonuses are not cumulative (i.e. if you hold the rank of Sun Knight, you add just 2 not 3).’ in harmony with the Collector's Edition.

  (61) Replaced ‘men, then’ with ‘men; then’. Replaced each occurrence of ‘the Captain’ with ‘the captain’.

  (63) Replaced ‘elite’ with ‘élite’. Replaced ‘breastplace’ with ‘breastplate’.

  (65) Replaced ‘argument, then’ with ‘argument. Then’. Replaced ‘open and’ with ‘open, and’. Replaced ‘recently-cleared’ with ‘recently cleared’. Replaced ‘voices and’ with ‘voices, and’.

  (67) Replaced ‘silence, then’ with ‘silence; then’. Replaced ‘ground, then’ with ‘ground, and then’. Replaced ‘slit, then’ with ‘slit, and then’.

  (68) Replaced ‘backpack’ with ‘Backpack’.

  (69) Replaced ‘Bow, or’ with ‘Bow or’.

  (70) Replaced ‘now and’ with ‘now, and’. Replaced ‘cover, then’ with ‘cover; then’.

  (72) Replaced ‘suspecting trickery, then slowly you relax; they’ with ‘suspecting trickery. Then slowly you relax; they’. Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

  (73) Replaced ‘horizon and’ with ‘horizon, and’.

  (74) Replaced ‘ahead, to’ with ‘ahead to’.

  (75) Replaced ‘reply, ‘Let’ with ‘reply. ‘Let’.

  (76) Replaced ‘arrow’ with ‘Arrow’.

  (77) Replaced ‘upright you’ with ‘upright, you’.

  (78) Replaced ‘marble and’ with ‘marble, and’.

  (79) Replaced ‘escape and’ with ‘escape, and’. Replaced ‘spy and, as’ with ‘spy, and as’. Replaced ‘platform, and, as’ with ‘platform, and as’. Replaced ‘new-found’ with ‘newfound’. Replaced ‘The Captain’ with ‘The captain’.

  (34) Replaced ‘the Captain’ with ‘the captain’.

  (81) Replaced ‘crack and, almost’ with ‘crack, and almost’.

  (83) Replaced ‘weapon, ‘The’ with ‘weapon. ‘The’.

  (84) Replaced ‘watch and, hungry’ with ‘watch, and hungry’. Replaced ‘creatures who inhabit’ with ‘creatures that inhabit’. Replaced ‘bowhead’ with ‘stem’.

  (85) Replaced ‘Kai alchemy’ with ‘Kai-alchemy’. Replaced ‘Drakkar officer’ with ‘Drakkarim officer’ to reflect standard usage. Replaced ‘helpless Captain’ with ‘helpless captain’.

  (86) Removed the quotation marks around ‘Invisible Shield’. Replaced ‘Brotherhood spell’ with ‘Brotherhood Spell’.

  (87) Replaced ‘trench but’ with ‘trench, but’. Replaced ‘edge and’ with ‘edge, and’.

  (89) Replaced ‘turn to the page’ with ‘turn to the entry’ for clarity and consistency.

  (90) Replaced ‘pathsmanship’ with ‘Pathsmanship’. Replaced ‘north east’ with ‘northeast’. Replaced ‘stakes and’ with ‘stakes, and’.

  (91) Replaced ‘tunnel stalker, then’ with ‘Tunnel Stalker; then’.

  (92) Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

  (93) Replaced ‘invisibility’ with ‘Invisibility’. Replaced ‘bowfire, then’ with ‘bow-fire, and then’. Replaced ‘scream, ‘Halt’ with ‘scream. ‘Halt’.

  (94) Replaced ‘nexus’ with ‘Nexus’. Replaced ‘infra-vision’ with ‘infravision’.

  (95) Replaced ‘crusader's’ with ‘crusaders'’. Replaced ‘en route’ with ‘en route’.

  (96) Replaced ‘identity and’ with ‘identity, and’.

  (97) Replaced ‘question, then’ with ‘question, and then’.

  (100) Replaced ‘open but’ with ‘open, but’.

  (101) Replaced ‘otherwise, and’ with ‘otherwis
e and’. Replaced ‘Death Knight Sergeant’ with ‘Death Knight sergeant’.

  (102) Replaced both occurrences of ‘Kai mastery’ with ‘Kai Mastery’.

  (104) Removed the quotation marks around ‘Sense Evil’. Replaced ‘ahead and’ with ‘ahead, and’. Replaced ‘Brotherhood spell’ with ‘Brotherhood Spell’. Replaced ‘evoke’ with ‘invoke’.

  (106) Replaced ‘pathsmanship’ with ‘Pathsmanship’.

  (107) Replaced ‘or have’ with ‘or if you have’.

  (108) Replaced ‘themsleves’ with ‘themselves’. Replaced ‘splashes, then’ with ‘splashes; then’.

  (110) Replaced ‘feet and, using’ with ‘feet, and using’. Replaced ‘battle spell’ with ‘Battle-spell’.

  (111) Replaced ‘arrow’ with ‘Arrow’. Replaced ‘bow’ with ‘Bow’. Replaced ‘strike, then’ with ‘strike; then’. Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’.

  (112) Replaced ‘Lead on Captain’ with ‘Lead on, captain’.

  (113) Replaced ‘blow, then’ with ‘blow, and then’.

  (114) Replaced ‘consumate’ with ‘consummate’.

  (115) Replaced ‘animal control’ with ‘Animal Control’.

  (117) Replaced ‘timberline’ with ‘timber-line’. Replaced ‘breaths’ with ‘breathes’. Added ‘‘Heads!’ says Prarg.’ to parallel Section 298.

  (118) Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’. Replaced ‘or do’ with ‘or if you do’. Replaced ‘on to’ with ‘onto’ in the illustration's caption. Replaced ‘Drakkar officer’ with ‘Drakkarim officer’ to reflect standard usage. Replaced each occurrence of ‘the Captain’ with ‘the captain’ in both the text and the illustration's caption.