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As the carriage draws level with your horse, you leap from the saddle and scramble onto the roof. You are drawing your Kai Weapon from its sheath when one of the monsters lashes out at you with its razor-sharp talons. You shield your face with your free arm, but its cruel claws slash your unarmoured limb: lose 4 ENDURANCE points. You must now fight them.

Chagarashi: COMBAT SKILL 42 ENDURANCE 38

Ignore any ENDURANCE loss you may inflict upon your enemy in the first two rounds of combat, due to the effectiveness of its initial attack.

If you win this combat, turn to 280.