Appendix E: Rules-based FAQ

Here are some questions pertaining to ambiguities in the Lone Wolf rules. Unless otherwise stated, all answers are quoted or paraphrased directly from the official Lone Wolf Club Newsletters. For ease of use, they have been listed by subject rather than chronologically.

Statistics

[Q:] When you complete a Lone Wolf adventure, do you renew your ENDURANCE points to their original total for the next adventure?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter Summer Special 1987. See also the Topical Guide entry for Healing.

[Q:] In the Basic series (Books 1–5) I possessed the Kai Discipline of Healing and was able to restore 1 ENDURANCE point for every section I passed through in which I was not involved in combat. Now that I am a Kai Master with the Magnakai Discipline of Curing I can no longer benefit from my basic Healing skills . . . or can I?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter Summer Special 1987. See also the Topical Guide entry for Healing.

[Q:] Does the retrieval of the Lorestones change Lone Wolf's COMBAT SKILL, ENDURANCE or Disciplines in any way?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter Summer Special 1986.

Equipment

Backpack

[Q:] If you find a new Backpack in one of the adventures, can you use it to hold an additional eight items as well as those you already have?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter #12.

[Q:] Is it permissible to keep Backpack Items in safekeeping at the Kai Monastery?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter #7.

Special Items

[Q:] At what point in the series did Joe introduce the '12 Special Items' limit?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter #7. See also Topical Guide entry for Special Items.

[Q:] In Flight from the Dark, Section 181, does this loss of equipment also include loss of money and Helmet?
[A:] See the Footnotes of Flight from the Dark, Section 205. Also see the Footnotes of Flight from the Dark, Section 181, as this loss of equipment may not apply.

[Q:] Is the Seal of Hammerdal a Special Item?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter #2.

[Q:] Can the I use a Shield with any Weapon?
[A:] See the Topical Guide entry for Two-handed Weapons.

[Q:] Can the Padded Waistcoat also be worn with a Chainmail Waistcoat?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter Summer Special 1985.

[Q:] In some books you can choose Fireseeds at the start. It says '3 Fireseeds'--if you take all three does this mean you have taken three separate items from the five you are allowed to pick?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter Summer Special 1987.

[Q:] Is the 'Dagger of Vashna', taken from the Bandit Leader Barraka at the Maakengorge, usable as a weapon
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter #7.

[Q:] Does a 'Weapon-like Special Item' count towards your 2 Weapons limit? Would it be permissible, for example, to be carrying the Sommerswerd, the Magic Spear, and an Axe?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter Summer Special 1985.

Quivers

[Q:] How many Arrows can a Quiver carry?
[A:] The Jungle of Horrors Section 168.

[Q:] Can I carry multiple Quivers?
[A:] The Jungle of Horrors Section 168.

The Sommerswerd

[Q:] Is the CS bonus for the Sommerswerd permanent, or does it only count vs. the undead?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter Summer Special 1985.

[Q:] What weapon type do I need to possess Weaponskill with to get the extra CS bonus when using the Sommerswerd?
[A:] See the Topical Guide entry for the Sommerswerd.

[Q:] Does the Sommerswerd count towards your 2 Weapons limit?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter Summer Special 1985. See also the Topical Guide entry for Weapon-like Special Items.

Weapons

[Q:] Are you allowed to drop a Weapon, or must you wait until the end of the book?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter New Year's Special 1987.

[Q:] Can I dual-wield (that is, enter combat using two Weapons) for a bonus to my COMBAT SKILL?
[A:] See the Topical Guide entry for Dual-wielding.

[Q:] Does a 'Weapon-like Special Item' count towards your 2 Weapons limit?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter Summer Special 1985.

[Q:] Is the 'Dagger of Vashna', taken from the Bandit Leader Barraka at the Maakengorge, usable as a weapon?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter #7.

[Q:] In the sewers beneath Tekaro in The Kingdoms of Terror, I lost my weapon to the grasp of a certain killer organism--that weapon was the Sommerswerd! Is this a mistake?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter #6.

Safekeeping

[Q:] Can I keep Backpack Items in safekeeping?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter #7. See also the Topical Guide entry for TopicalS#Safekeeping.

[Q:] Is it permissable to leave items in safekeeping even if Lone Wolf is not at the Monastery?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter #7. See also the Topical Guide entry for TopicalS#Safekeeping.

Kai Disciplines

[Q:] If you are instructed to eat Meals whilst in moving vehicles, and you have the Kai Discipline of Hunting, can you bypass this instruction or must you eat a Meal?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter Summer Special 1985.

[Q:] Do I learn a new Weaponskill in each book I read, so that it increases the range of Weapons I can use (and get a bonus to my COMBAT SKILL)?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter #3.

Magnakai Disciplines

[Q:] If Lone Wolf has Healing as well as Curing, does this give him +2 ENDURANCE points back for every section through which he passes without combat?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter #8. See also the Topical Guide entry for TopicalH#Healing.

[Q:] What does the Improved Discipline of Curing at Archmaster level mean in real terms?
[A:] See the Topical Guide entry for TopicalH#Healing.

[Q:] If Lone Wolf has Weaponskill & Weaponmastery with the same weapon, does this give him +3 or +5 extra COMBAT SKILL points in battle?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter #8.

[Q:] On reaching the rank of Primate, and having mastered Weaponmastery, would you be skilled in four weapons and increase the points added to your COMBAT SKILL to +4 when entering combat with a Weapon you have mastered?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter New Year's Special Special 1987.

[Q:] If, in a Magnakai adventure, we are instructed to eat a Meal (or lose 3 ENDURANCE points) and we do not have the Magnakai skill of Huntmastery, can we still use the basic skill of Hunting (assuming we're not in a desert or wilderness), e.g. The Jungle of Horrors, Section 129?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter #8. See also the Topical Guide entry for Hunting.

Grand Master Disciplines

[Q:] What happens to the +1 EP bonus when you progress from Kai Master to Grand Master?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter #28.

[Q:] How are we to implement the time-limit rule about Deliverance?
[A:] See the Topical Guide entry for Healing.

[Q:] If a person keeps the +4 CS Weaponmastery ability from one series to the next, does that mean that when he gets Grand Weaponmastery he has +9 CS with the weapons he has proficiency in?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter #28.

[Q:] Lone Wolf absorbs the power of the Lorestones in the Magnakai series, leaving behind glass spheres, but in the Grand Master series he made a room for the seven Lorestones under the monastery. How come?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter #27.

Grey Star

[Q:] Is there a ranking system for Shianti Wizards, like there is for Kai Lords and Masters?
[A:] Lone Wolf Club Newsletter New Year's Special Special 1987.

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