[HQ Ignorance] Re : Scene Ten: The Nature of the Beast

Fri Mar 30 23:39:22 UTC 2007

The Uz stop their approaches with the unfurling of the
Red Banner of Valor and turn towards their leader who
slowly stands. The Mostal guards mutter among
themselves in hushed tones.

The Dark Troll leader slowly stands and walks over to
look the unfurled banner, walking around it and Azhur
He stands in front of Aalmon and looks at him
seriously.

"That is an old banner. A very old banner indeed. You
can be certain that if you unfurl it among the Uz of
Railos that you and your friends will come to no harm.
Ever."

"But it also worries me to see it. If the banner of
the saviour and the peacemaker is in these lands once
again, then old crises are rising once more".

"Here; take these". He presses coins into Azhur's
hand, "Give one to any Uz from whom you seek
assistance in Railos and it will be received".

(Azhur has three newly minted bolgs; they bear the
head of a troll and some darktongue inscriptions).

At that moment, Kalen walks in. "I have found my
friend Torsten! He can take us to the lands of the
Telmori, as he lived with them for many years."

Standing in front of is a bedraggled dwarf with an
unkempt beard and the clothing of a human from the
wilds. There even appears to be twigs and the odd leaf
stuck in his hair and he's munching food from a bag.
They appear to be ... mushrooms.

"Never could stand processed food", the Dwarf comments
to Azhur, his mouth still full. "So, to the Telmori.
Well, I can lead that way..."

(And at that point we can move on to the next story
scene...)
--- Loran <aillet_l at yahoo.fr> wrote:

> After some thoughtful moment, Azhur addressed to
> Aalmon:
> - “If we should find more than a physical weapon, I
> think that we should also know better about the
> historical facts around this weapons. Find a axe
> could also means bring back a babesteer gori pagan
> cult member, a sword a famous humakti and a flail...
> well... we need more facts. Of course, I will read
> in details the chapter on Saint Talor in my own holy
> book, but
”
> 
> And while the little vegetal fellow departed,
> discussing with the trolls, he pursued :
> - “But perhaps, on the road, could we found a
> convenient place for researches on Talor’s story and
> on his weapons, something as a malkioni church or
> university? I believe the closest place which would
> have such an institution would be the large city of
> Fiesive, the original home of the Henotheist Church.
> There would certainly be there a lot of old material
> on how these heretics combined their righteous
> belief in a single deity with all these pagan gods

> and we can get.. well
 a different point of view on
> the topic. What do you think of this, Aalmon? Could
> we add a stage to our travel?”
> 
> But while the roars were coming out from the main
> hall, Azhur stopped:
> - “Trolls? He began with an alarmed tone. Trolls at
> war?
> Then he pondered:
> - “I had this idea since I saw them, but it is
> certainly now the good time to try it !”
> 
> On this obscure words, he rushed to his package and
> took there the red old banner that his squire
> already unfurled in Dilis Swamp. Running to the
> Hall, he shouted: 
> - “Stop ! Don’t move ! I’ve got something to show
> you before
”
> 
> Then he saw the trolls and the dwarven guards
> positioning against Icthya.
> - “This elf is with me!” He pointed combatively and
> then he fully deployed his banner.
> - “And I am under the protection of the Red Banner
> of Valor! I have already discovered myself that this
> little plant-man is a bag of provocations... but you
> must consider the power of the banner of our
> fellowship because it is said to inspire allies and
> terrorize enemies!”
> 
> Azhur glanced first at the dwarves and then at the
> pack of growling trolls, being ready both for
> confrontation and negotiation:
> - “The rules of this place obliges us to be allies,
> so let’s be inspired because if you wish to be my
> enemies then be cursed with terror!”
> 
> Lowering his tone, he presented to the trolls the
> mysterious embroidered inscriptions and asked them:
> - “Could you read this words here? What do they say
> to you?”
> 
> OOC: ok let's test, camarades!
> Loran
> 
> ----- Message d'origine ----
> De : Lev Lafayette <lev_lafayette at yahoo.com.au>
> À : SamClau at oi.com.br; HeroQuest Glorantha
> <ignorance at mimesisrpg.com>
> Envoyé le : Jeudi, 29 Mars 2007, 2h55mn 33s
> Objet : Re: [HQ Ignorance] Scene Ten: The Nature of
> the Beast
> 
> 
> --- Sam Elliot <SamClau at oi.com.br> wrote:
> 
> > After a little while, Icthya proposed a course of
> > action.
> > 
> > "We could travel to speak with these wolf people
> who
> > raised this Beast, find
> > out what they know, then head south via Ballid."
> > 
> > "First though, we could find out where those
> darkmen
> > are from."
> > 
> > Like a drunk ready for a fight, Icthya lifted
> > herself from her chair and
> > headed over to the darkmen. Aware that, at the
> very
> > least, Dark Season is
> > when an elf should be least tasty to a troll, she
> > went and sat among them
> > with no ceremony at all, to see if they had any
> > information they would
> > impart to a morsel as tasty as she. At first,
> things
> > got a little scary, but
> > then she sang the Mother Song, accompanied by
> Tanuki
> > drumming his belly,
> > and...
> > 
> > OOC: This assumes the trolls are still present of
> > course.
> > I was going to offer abilities but then I
> remembered
> > that she is at a big
> > minus. But still, the relevant abilities are from:
> > Sing the Mother Song (Uz)
> > 15; Lure Uz 13 [that is for trapping mind, but
> she's
> > happy to make that
> > obvious]; Remembers the Night of No Stars 13;
> Member
> > of T's fellowship 14 to
> > help her get through this; Tanuki's Tummy drumming
> > 12; Hate Uz 17; Closed 17
> > as a negative.
> 
> Hate Uz and Closed is (17+2) 19 total, plus Hate
> Elves
> (+2) on behalf of the Uz (1W1); I rolled a 17, a
> failure but bumped to success.
> 
> Sing Mother Song 15; pluse Lure Uz +1, plus Night of
> No Starts, +1, Member of Fellowship +1, Tummy
> drumming
> +1 = 19. Eep, I rolled a 20; a fumble.
> 
> So that's a fumble versus a success. Player suffers
> a
> major defeat. Tanuki's song comes across as a total
> parody of the Great Darkness and seriously offends
> the
> trolls. They roar with anger and for a minute it
> looks
> like there will be Elf on the menu; however the
> Dwarven guards intervene and castigate Icthya
> severely
> and warn him there are very tight limits to their
> hospitality. "This is a special place where all
> species may trade with the Mostal. Fights among the
> customers are not permitted!"
> 
> 
> 
>
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