Java Fabled Lands Code

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<section name="356">
	<p>
		You have an uneasy feeling - a gnawing in the pit of your stomach. You feel your throat tighten - an avenging ghost, the hangman of the Shadar, has caught up with you after your desecration of the tombs in the Crags of the Long Homes! A tall shadow approaches you. You know that unless you lift this curse, this will not be the last time he attacks. You must fight.
	</p>
	<fight name="The Hangman" combat="10" defence="12" stamina="25"/>
	<p>
		<fightdamage type="replace">
			Each time the hangman strikes you, do not lose Stamina - instead, subtract 1 point from one of your abilities permanently (<random dice="1" var="A">roll one die</random> to choose which one;
			<if var="A" equals="1">1 -
				<lose ability="charisma" amount="1" fatal="t">
					CHARISMA
			</lose></if>;
			<if var="A" equals="2">2 -
				<lose ability="combat" amount="1" fatal="t">
					COMBAT
			</lose></if>;
			<if var="A" equals="3">3 -
				<lose ability="magic" amount="1" fatal="t">
					MAGIC
			</lose></if>;
			<if var="A" equals="4">4 -
				<lose ability="scouting" amount="1" fatal="t">
					SCOUTING
			</lose></if>;
			<if var="A" equals="5">5 -
				<lose ability="sanctity" amount="1" fatal="t">
					SANCTITY
			</lose></if>;
			<if var="A" equals="6">6 -
				<lose ability="thievery" amount="1" fatal="t">
					THIEVERY
			</lose></if>).
			If any ability falls to zero, you have paid the ultimate price - death - for your sacrilege.
		</fightdamage>
	</p>
	<p>If you lose, <goto section="7" dead="t"/>.</p>
	<p>
		If you defeat the hangman, the tightening around your throat eases - but not fully. Will you ever be rid of the hangman? Now <return>turn back</return> to the paragraph you noted.
	</p>
</section>