The Game Rules

These rules do not come from any particular book. They are a generic set of rules designed to help new readers familiarize themselves with the rules--not walk the reader through a particular book. The details of the rules in each book will differ from what you find here.

If you have already completed Grey Star the Wizard (Book 1 of the World of Lone Wolf series), you already have your COMBAT SKILL, ENDURANCE and WILLPOWER points and your Magical Powers. In the course of your adventure your powers of wizardry have grown and so you may add 10 to your WILLPOWER total and choose one more Magical Power. All weapons and Special Items that you held at the end of Book 1 should be entered on a fresh Action Chart. You are now ready to begin this adventure.

If you have completed Grey Star the Wizard, your WILLPOWER score will be zero before you begin this book. It doesn't seem fair to start this book with only 10 WILLPOWER points, so you may choose to create a new WILLPOWER score by choosing a number from the Random Number Table and adding 20. You may also choose to add the 10 WILLPOWER point bonus to this new score.

Alternatively, you may wish to use your original WILLPOWER score from the beginning of Grey Star the Wizard, and add 10 bonus points to this.

In the rules for Books 3 and 4, it is implied that you must pick a new COMBAT SKILL and/or ENDURANCE and/or WILLPOWER from the Random Number Table even if have already completed one or more of the Grey Star adventures. This conflicts with the rules for the Lone Wolf books where you carry over your score from a previous successfully completed adventure. For the sake of consistency, players may wish to carry over their existing score from the last Grey Star book they completed.

For more information on the rules for Books 3 and 4, see the more exhaustive section on WILLPOWER in the Topical Guide.

If this is your first adventure, read on . . .

To keep a record of your adventure, use the Action Chart.

Before you set off on your adventure, you must discover how well your Shianti masters have prepared you for your quest by determining your fighting prowess--COMBAT SKILL--your state of mind--WILLPOWER--and your physical stamina--ENDURANCE. To do this take a pencil and, with eyes closed, point with the blunt end of it on to the Random Number Table. If you pick 0 it counts as zero.

The first number that you pick from the Random Number Table in this way represents your COMBAT SKILL. Add 10 to the number you picked and write the total in the COMBAT SKILL section of your Action Chart (e.g. if your pencil fell on the number 4 in the Random Number Table you would write in a COMBAT SKILL of 14). When you fight, your COMBAT SKILL will be pitted against that of your enemy. A high score in this section is therefore very desirable.

The second number that you pick from the Random Number Table represents your WILLPOWER. Add 20 to this number and write the total in the WILLPOWER section of your Action Chart (e.g. if your pencil fell on the number 6 in the Random Number Table you would have a WILLPOWER of 26). If you decide to use a spell or utilize the power of your Wizard's Staff, then you will lose WILLPOWER points. If at any time your WILLPOWER falls to zero, you may not use any of your spells or your Wizard's Staff. Lost WILLPOWER points can be regained during the course of the adventure, and it is possible for your WILLPOWER points to rise above the total with which you start your adventure.

The third number that you pick from the Random Number Table represents your powers of ENDURANCE. Add 20 to this number and write the total in the ENDURANCE section of your Action Chart (e.g. if your pencil fell on the number 6 on the Random Number Table you would have 26 ENDURANCE points). If you are wounded in combat, you will lose ENDURANCE points. If at any time your ENDURANCE points fall to zero or below, you are dead and the adventure is over. Lost ENDURANCE points can be regained during the course of the adventure but can never rise above the number with which you start your adventure.

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