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<section name="672" boxes="1">
<p>
<if ticks="0"><tick>Tick the box above</tick>.</if>
<else>
If it is already ticked, you may not try a second time - <goto section="327">return to 327</goto>.
</else>
</p>
<p>
Sweat forms on your brow and upper lip as you try to attune your own magical energies to those beneath the pool.
</p>
<p><difficulty ability="magic" level="17"/>.</p>
<p>
<failure>
If you fail, <goto section="327">return to 327</goto>.
</failure>
Otherwise read on.
</p>
<p>
You manage a supreme feat of sorcerous skill. The surface of the pool is broken by a shimmering jade blade, which drifts slowly towards you, attracted by pure arcane energy. It is a <b>Jade Defender</b>, an enchanted sword of whose kind there are few left in the <i>Fabled Lands</i>. Note the
<weapon name="Jade Defender" bonus="3">
<effect type="wielded" ability="defence" bonus="3"/>
</weapon>
on your Adventure Sheet. In effect the Jade Defender raises your Defence by 6 through its COMBAT and Defence bonuses.
<tick codeword="5/592" hidden="t"/>
</p>
<p><goto section="307"/>.</p>
</section>