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With an outstretched hand you are able to detect the panel at the end of the passage. It is damp and crumbly and is covered with what feels like wet ropes. Suddenly one of these ropes coils around your arm, squeezing it in a vice-like grip. A wave of panic hits you as you realize you are being attacked by an angry Roctopus.

Roctopus: COMBAT SKILL 18 ENDURANCE 18

This creature is immune to Mindblast and Psi-surge. Owing to the dark and narrow confines of the passage, you must reduce your COMBAT SKILL by 4 points for the duration of the fight.

If you win the combat, turn to 139.