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As you step from the hollow, a weight drops onto your back and drags you to your knees. Long, sharp fingers, as hard as steel, clamp around your throat and the sound of gnashing fangs fills your ears. You twist and roll, hoping to break from the creature’s grip, but its hold is unnaturally strong.

Ghoul: COMBAT SKILL 18 ENDURANCE 29

Reduce your COMBAT SKILL by 3 points for the duration of the fight unless you possess the Magnakai Discipline of Huntmastery or Divination. If you wield the Sommerswerd in this combat, you may double this undead creature’s ENDURANCE point loss.

If you win and the fight lasts three rounds or less, turn to 228.

If you win and the fight lasts longer than three rounds, turn to 322.