[HQ Ignorance] Re : Scene 50: Anzhur's HeroQuest: The Conversion of the Seshnelans

[Lev Lafayette]

--- Loran <aillet_l at yahoo.fr> wrote:

> I fear that i will need every advantage possible,
> so...
> 
> (...)
> > Regrettably, Anzhur thought, there
> > was insufficient time for a full Practice Quest,
> 
> Even if ritual is one hour per +3 bonus ? (HQ rules
> p102)

That bonus is for preparations prior to a ritual, so
yes, you can get that bonus. However each hour spent
there increases the likelihood that someone notices
you and tries to send guards in to intervene "Hey,
what are those people doing on the King's Tower?" This
of course could be very bad as they'd find the King's
body and you'll have the crown etc.

So to carry out the preparations unseen you will be
against the following resistances;

14 for the first hour. 
18 for the second.
1W2 for the third.
1W6 for the fourth.
1W10 for the fifth

and so forth.

> and +3 on "convincing others" boosts it from 13 to
> 16

Yep, that's fair enough.

> 
> (...)
> > "It was quick, but far from painless", the Bazak
> > continued.
> 
> Eaten by rats, a well desserved death for a swine...
> Is this death known from the city or not ?
> Could it be use as a sign ?
> (if God exists, He made sorcery, sorcery made
> Rotterex and Rotterex killed the king... so Rotterex
> is the hand of God).
> 
> (...)
> > The first station, Anzhur thought, would be to
> contact
> > the Battle Seers in hope to gain community
> support.
> > But the defensive magics exited here against such
> > things and even if it did succeed the support that
> the
> > Battle Seers could offer (p91) would be hampered
> by
> > the enormous distances their magic would have to
> > travel (p100). Anzhur gave up on that idea.
> 
> Are prayers subject to the same limitations?
> Are prayers useful for something there?
> 

Prayers aren't subject to such limitations (or more
precisely, the intervention of Malkion is not).
However, the Battle Seers would still have to see you,
and even if their very best magics keep an eye on what
is happening within 1,000 kilometres of Loskalm,
you're still beyond that.

> > The second station, was to provide sufficient
> magics
> > so that their voices could be heard by all within
> the
> > Thrice Walled City. [This requires a contest
> against a
> > resistance of 14, roll of 3 (ouch!), but with a
> > modifier of -15].
> 
> I don't understand here... Lev, could you explain
> this ?

The people of Seguarane need to actually hear the
debate, to be convinced of Anzhur/Hrestol's arguments.
I don't know what magics people have to do that.




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