[HQ Ignorance] The HeroQuest begins!
Erica Hoehn
caseopaya at yahoo.com
Tue May 29 01:56:26 UTC 2007
Kalan prepares for the battle ahead and the attempt to
rescue *OCC sorry forgotten name at the moment*
He has sharpened his axe, prepared his holy hand grenades
and is ready to set off.
He nods to the new member of the party, Beast, and says "I
heard your kind were dying out" - then heads off
--- Lev Lafayette <lev_lafayette at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> On the midnight hour, high in the mountains west of
> Zorakarkat the assembly begain their ritual. A score
> of Dark Priests led by the demigod Arkat Trollkin
> himself, shimmering in an aura of darkness, began to
> re-enact the ritual of Makla Man. Members of the
> Fellowship assisted each in their own way: Jareena
> encouraged the others by recollecting how the many
> races of Arkat's party were required for the rescue,
> and so it was the same here. Azhur wore the cassock
> of liturgist from the Battle Seers Chapter of the New
> Hrestoli Church held an ecumenical mass. Icthya caused
> great chaos by engaging in a chase through the midst
> of the ritual with Tuniuki being chased by a small
> wolf; despite the distraction however, the head Dark
> Priest was able to improvise narration of the hunt and
> chase with success.
>
> But it was the one called "The Beast" who was supposed
> to take the role of Arkat Trollkin in re-enacting the
> myth. Despite prompts from the various Dark Priests
> and even members of the Fellowship, the troll stood
> dumbstruck, an increasingly comical in the regal
> outfit provided by the Priests. The uncomfortable
> silence grew into angry mutterings, and the darkness
> aura around Arkat Trollking shimmered with great
> intensity. He rose to his feet and took great strides
> towards the actor. Curling his fists into great balls,
> the Dark Troll merely mumbled "I don't know how to do
> this". Arkat bellowed that his brought great shame
> upon all Trolls and in front of other races; that he
> was like a trollkin, perhaps born in a litter of
> whelps - and with that he pummelled "The Beast" around
> the head until he fell to the ground, bloody and
> unconscious.
>
> [Inaction constitutes a fumble; and the barrier
> achieved a critical success! That means a total defeat
> for the Beast; the character will be at -5 to all
> future heroquesting and will receive a -5 reaction
> penalty to all Trolls in Ralios. "The Beast" is also
> unconscious.]
>
> Unbeknownest to the assembly, Aalmon had engaged in
> his own ritual, feeding off the chants in the
> distance. With drawings on his wax tablet to aid the
> ritual and prayers, his companion Baros danced among
> the flames in worship of the moon. Aalmon called upon
> the saints and gods of his strange religion and
> returned to the main body. Around him there was a
> faint red glow and his eyes seemed to reflect the moon
> with the greatest intensity. He joked and laughed with
> the others, but soon many of them began to fade,
> becoming more ethereal. Members of the Fellowship
> looked at Aalmon's visage in awe. "Whatever is
> wrong?", he exclaimed, questioning. He raised his hand
> to his face and felt the canine teeth, the elongated
> snout. He had become a troll.
>
> He had become Arkat, and he was leading the HeroQuest
> for the rescue of Makla Mann. A distant baying could
> be heard.
>
> [Aalmon, this still costs a Hero Point for the
> marginal success for breaking the barrier into the
> Hero Plane]
>
> [Reactions: The first station of the Quest, being
> Doggerel; the pathway to confuse the wolves and hunters]
>
>
>
>
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