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The creature utters a spine-chilling shriek as it comes bounding towards you, its sabre-like teeth glinting in the wintry sun. You step back and draw your weapon just in time to defend yourself as it makes its first strike.

Mawtaw: COMBAT SKILL 43   ENDURANCE 50

This creature is immune to the effects of Mindblast and Psi-surge. If you choose to use Kai-surge, add only 1 point to your COMBAT SKILL.

If you possess Kai-alchemy and have reached the rank of Sun Knight, you may increase your COMBAT SKILL and ENDURANCE point scores by 5 each for the duration of this combat. At the end of combat, reduce your ENDURANCE score by 5 unless it causes your score to fall to zero or below, in which case you should reduce your ENDURANCE total to 1 point.

If you win this combat, turn to 24.