[HQ Ignorance] Re : Scene 47: The Ritual at Asgolan Valley

Wed Jan 9 19:09:44 UTC 2008

Following the twisting and turning of a silver amulet dangling from his 
hand Aalmon traces his way back to where he had left his clothes - and 
the owners of the ones he was wearing.

As he pulled on his own familiar travelling gear Aalmon looked over at 
the bound[1] footsoldiers and pondered. Finally dressed he walked over 
to them "I'd take both of you with me if I could but I'm only strong 
enough for one." He pulled up the one who had given him the password and 
checked the ropes and leathers that bound him, then to the other he 
spoke again "If I were you I'd work at getting free by daylight and then 
head for home as fast as your legs can take you. I've seen with my own 
eyes what's going on down there and being thrown to the vampires like a 
scrap of meat to the dogs is a worse fate than any man deserves."

Having checked that the other man is secure he hauls him up onto his 
shoulder and sets off "You had better sit tight up there my friend, this 
is going to get a bit strange and if you fall off in the middle of it 
you are really going to wish you hadn't". Nod if all your stuff with 
sentimental value is in your purse - don't want to leave anything behind 
that you will miss too much.

Finding a patch of water the Arrolian began to work his strange magics. 
First he whispered a prayer to keep him on the right path, then taking 
out the amulet once again he spoke a supplication "The banner is lost to 
me, spirit of the moon aid me in seeking out what I must find" at which 
the amulet seemed to twist and pull in his hand as if leading him on. He 
gazed down at the reflected stars in the water and his eyes traced a 
path across them, then he took a deep breath and unleashed the planetary 
powers of the twins themselves - a nimbus of crimson seemed to settle 
about him as he took his first step out onto one of the reflected stars. 
Each step in his odd hopscotch was as far apart as the stars are apart 
in the sky and to any but himself and his astonished prisoner he 
appeared as a crimson blur or a reddish shooting star.

Finally he stopped far from where he had started and looked to the 
amulet again "well friend, the banner should be close now"

OOC: Its the full moon and he can't resist a bit of flashy magic. I 
would think there is about a W3 penalty to the magic for distance but on 
the full moon his Star Walking is up to it and he has around +11 or so 
in augments. If he needs to spend a HP to get there in time he will.

Lev, although Aalmon spent 6HP on his Find Lost Item charm we never put 
a specific rating on it. Can we assume its in the middle of the range or 
do you want to specify a rating?

[1] For the sake of clarity that means bound and gagged. And all foci, 
amulets and religious symbols definitely removed.

Nic

Lev Lafayette wrote:
> Yep, just about to write up that next scene :-)
>
> --- Loran <aillet_l at yahoo.fr> wrote:
>
>   
>> [OOC]
>> Nic,
>> I exposed a nice plan to Lev, but I need his
>> technical expertise as GM to know if Azhur is able
>> to contribute heavily here...
>> The main idea is to convince Segurane people to
>> become our allies...
>> I think we have to leave Theoblanc for bigger heros
>> like Grand Wizard Talar Phillip Malaskan from
>> Arolanit, who use to eat a vampire at each breakfast
>> during Arkat's time, but we can serve him on a
>> plate, héhé!
>>
>> Loran
>>
>> ----- Message d'origine ----
>> De : Nic Hughes <nicolas.h at virgin.net>
>> À : HeroQuest Glorantha <ignorance at mimesisrpg.com>
>> Envoyé le : Mardi, 8 Janvier 2008, 23h31mn 10s
>> Objet : Re: [HQ Ignorance] Scene 47: The Ritual at
>> Asgolan Valley
>>
>> Lev Lafayette wrote:
>>     
>>> --- Nic Hughes <nicolas.h at virgin.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>  
>>>       
>>>> Kevin Johnston wrote:
>>>>    
>>>>         
>>>>> Knarl grabs Aalmon and says to him.  We must get
>>>>>      
>>>>>           
>>>> back to the others.  
>>>>    
>>>>         
>>>>> There is no way we can interfere with these
>>>>>           
>> rites
>>     
>>>>>      
>>>>>           
>>>> without dying.  He 
>>>>    
>>>>         
>>>>> then turns and starts back to headquarters.
>>>>>      
>>>>>           
>>>> Aalmon watches in horror as the ritual slowly
>>>> unfolds and mutters in 
>>>> reply "There are worse things than dying and may
>>>>         
>> be
>>     
>>>> one of them. Let me 
>>>> think a moment."
>>>>
>>>> OOC: Lev, this has to be pretty potent stuff -
>>>>         
>> can
>>     
>>>> Aalmon tell with his 
>>>> Moon Eye roughly the order of magnitude of what
>>>>         
>> is
>>     
>>>> going on here. 
>>>> Heroic, Superheroic, Godlike?
>>>>    
>>>>         
>>> Superheroic. Theoblanc is himself certainly a
>>> well-above average character of HeroQuest level
>>>       
>> and he
>>     
>>> has his inner circle along with scores of vampires
>>>       
>> and
>>     
>>> some pretty tough followers as well. Combined with
>>>       
>> ,
>>     
>>> this particular ritual at this particular
>>>       
>> location...
>>     
>>>  
>>>       
>> Aalmon turns and follows Knarl, for a moment the
>> scene is transformed in 
>> his mind into a giant chessboard and he thinks to
>> himself "We need a few 
>> more white pieces after this night"
>>
>> As the pair slip away he speaks to the Telmori "I
>> think you should get 
>> word back to your people. It looks like I have
>> business in the city, 
>> someone must let them know that something deeply
>> darkly wicked is coming 
>> their way and its going to be hungry by the time it
>> reaches them. When 
>> we cross water I will try to use my magic to travel
>> there as quickly as 
>> I can and catch up with the others of my group. If
>> you see the elf-woman 
>> ask her if to defeat this evil the plant people are
>> willing to sacrifice 
>> part of their new forest, I do not think water alone
>> will suffice 
>> anymore but such evil magics might be at least a
>> little vulnerable to 
>> certain fires I know of."
>>
>> He pauses for a moment and closes his eyes, inside
>> his mind he tries to 
>> feel for their guardian and let it know that he is
>> coming to meet its 
>> carrier.
>>
>> OOC: I think Aalmon is done here, if all the leaders
>> are exhausted its 
>> their best moment to slip away. Once they are clear
>> Aalmon will try to 
>> find some stars reflected in water and then use his
>> Star Walking to step 
>> across to the same stars reflected near the city.
>> I'm not sure what the 
>> distances involved are but as its the full moon he
>> should have a decent 
>> chance of pulling this particular magical trick off
>> - although all that 
>> really matters is that he is trying to get there to
>> help with the task 
>> of persuasion now that he is a direct eye-witness of
>> the evils unfolding.
>>
>>     
>>> For Seshnela, this is what the Hero Wars looks
>>>       
>> like.
>>     
>>>  
>>>       
>> Eeeeeuw!
>>
>> Nic
>>
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