[HQ Ignorance] Re : Re : Fwd: RE: Re : Re : Scene 14: A man's best friend is hisdog

[Lev Lafayette]

The section "Alien World Penalty" on p186 seems to
explain this fairly clearly. Most a HeroQuest is not
too dissimilar to the mundane world, and thus does not
bring a penalty (it just looks and feels a bit weird).


HTH,


Lev

--- Nic Hughes <nicolas.h at virgin.net> wrote:

> Loran,
> 
> Obviously Lev will have the final say on this but if
> it is in the Hero 
> plane then nobody takes the alien world modifier.
> True god-world quests 
> are for if you want to change the world big-style.
> Normal heroquests are 
> in the Hero plane which is still mixed in nature.
> 
> Nic
> 
> Loran wrote:
> > OOC
> > Remember also that some of us, according HQ rules,
> will suffer heavy penalties from being in an hostile
> magical environment... at least Kalen and Azhur
> (sorcerors) and Karala (animist).
> > I don't like these rules (either I don't like
> misapplied magic) but this is the whole logic of the
> new Glorantha.
> > Loran
> >
> > ----- Message d'origine ----
> > De : Nic Hughes <nicolas.h at virgin.net>
> > À : HeroQuest Glorantha <ignorance at mimesisrpg.com>
> > Envoyé le : Dimanche, 13 Mai 2007, 0h16mn 27s
> > Objet : Re: [HQ Ignorance] Re : Fwd: RE: Re : Re :
> Scene 14: A man's best friend is hisdog
> >
> >
> > Loran wrote:
> >   
> >> OOC : 18 years of Runequest behind me, but I
> never HeroQuested (never met Arkat also before).
> >> I have no idea on how it goes and what to do...
> even if I'm very excited by the situation.
> >> I played KoDP on my PC, but it was quite obscur
> because all game mechanics were invisible.
> >>
> >> And I never heard about your proposed Myth, Nic.
> >> I'm taking notes here to GMastering it one day,
> so...
> >>   
> >>     
> >
> > I have seen a couple of versions, its the only
> myth of the Star Twins 
> > that has been published so far as I know and its
> their main one.
> >
> > Basically the Twins realise their Lunar nature and
> travel by some 
> > difficult route to Glamour. They arrive as a rebel
> and his army are 
> > about to sack Glamour. They manage meet with the
> leader as he is 
> > separated from much of his army and has only his
> most loyal Sable riders 
> > with him. One of the twins distracts the leader
> whilst the other seduces 
> > the Sable Tribe to the Lunar cause. With his army
> either separated or 
> > turned against him the rebel leader is then
> defeated.
> >
> > It maps quite well onto the stages of the Arkat
> quest up to the point 
> > where the heroquest challenge would be. Good
> successes in the early 
> > stages might help at the critical point, or they
> might not depending on 
> > narrator whim. At the challenge point one twin
> would have to distract 
> > the mystic whilst the other seduces the closest
> Telmori to him. The last 
> > stage would then be very different as at least
> some of the pursuers 
> > would instead be allies.
> >
> > Its playing a bit fast and loose and mixing up
> myths but that is 100% 
> > appropriate both for Arkat and for the Lunar
> religion. Its partly why 
> > everyone else considers both such a complete
> menace :-)
> >
> > Nic
> >
> >   
> 
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