[HQ Ignorance] Re : Re : Re : Scene 71: Desperate Measures

Sat Oct 4 11:43:00 UTC 2008

OOC: my copy of Karala's Character Sheet is on my laptop which is on the
blink at the mo (Lev, have you a copy?) - Karala has quite a lot of
persuasive/charm skills...

___________

Karala steps forward brandishing one of her boomerangs to emphasise on whose
side she just entered battle, her slight, pretty frame a startling contrast
to the aggressive bulk of the Storm Bully,

"I, Karala-Who-Walks-With-The-Great-White-Wolf, Spirit Seer of the the
Reindeer Peoples, am the leader of these good men. They have told me of how
your great leader, the King Sartar befriended them and how they loyally
guarded him and his untill the collapse of your Kingdom to the Lunar
invaders.

Though they be Predators, these men are of a noble race of ancient beast
people who would rid themselves of this foul curse, and I have been Wierded
to help them. You are in times of need and for all the ill you and yours
have done to them, the People of the Wolf have volunteered to fight
alongside you and die for your cause. If we can lift the Curse then Chaos
will be lessoned in this world far more that it will by  than spilling more
blood.

 If you still insist on harming your own cause by perusing your petty, blind
bigotry, then you will have to fight me. To the death...

________

OOC: again I can't remember what combat powers Karala has left - another
fire spirit at least, plus her Wolf (don't know if she can bring her Shark
Spirit into play here) - meant to pick up a couple of elementals back in
Esrolia but forgot :( ...  She does have a lot of unspent HP's to burn as
needed....

2008/10/4 Loran <aillet_l at yahoo.fr>

> [OOC]
> Dougie, depending on your answer, we can perhaps collect various magics to
> boost Karala if she chooses to fight...  or perhaps you have another type of
>  to do ?
>
>
>
> ----- Message d'origine ----
> De : Lev Lafayette <lev at mimesisrpg.com>
> À : HeroQuest Glorantha <ignorance at mimesisrpg.com>
> Envoyé le : Samedi, 4 Octobre 2008, 4h49mn 05s
> Objet : Re: [HQ Ignorance] Re :  Re : Scene 71: Desperate Measures
>
> On Fri, 2008-10-03 at 10:39 +0000, Loran wrote:
> > Quite irritated, Azhur remembered the tales of the
> > savagery of the vadruli wolf-pirates and muttered in his mother language:
> > - « We can wonder why the bloody lunar empire
> > keeps wanting to conquer such a stupid, violent and stubborn population…
> I know
> > a bunch of people who would only see here the effects of heavy
> consanguinity
> > among isolated mountain dwellers…"
>
> Orlanthi country folk?
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wroj0FLvzs
>
>
> > But he looked at the desperate and famished peasants
> > and then charity made him sigh and soften a little his tone:
> > - "… but perhaps anyone in these fearful times will
> > be deaf to his own reason and will let his emotions drive him even if the
> > resulting demeanor is fully illogical."
> >
> >
> > He turned to Minaryth Purple and asked him with an
> > icy voice in a simplified version of the western tongue:
> > - "Well this is obviously the so self-praised but
> > hardly rumored generosity of the Orlanthi.
>
> Minaryth seems to share Azhur's concerns... "Well", he tries to explain,
> "they do have a reputation to maintain."
>
> >  I wonder what you were really
> > meaning when you told us that we will not succeed to go through Dragon
> Pass
> > alone ? Were you implying that your wild people will assault us without
> any
> > respect for the common hospitality rules? If the wind people respect only
> strength,
> > remind them that red is also the color of everyone's blood here, that
> anyone
> > attacking us will deserve a swift countermeasure from our side and that
> our
> > western magic still works… "
> >
> > While Minaryth was trying to think about a way to
> > translate these angry words into a more acceptable message. Azhur turned
> to his
> > men.
>
> Minaryth continues to try to make the Orlanthi see reason; he is having
> some success among the cautious, but the Storm Bull, who seems to have
> some leadership among the refugees, will have none of it. The Telmori
> are tainted by chaos and all chaos must be destroyed.
>
> > To his squire, he asked:
> > - "Othor, do we have some rations left that we can
> > share with the weakest ones of the crowd?"
> >
>
> The ever-loyal Othor, from good peasant stock, nods and brings out the
> rations. One cannot help but suspect that he is bringing out more than
> he can afford.
>
>
> > To his weapon trainer, who was from
> > Dragon Pass (score 13), he asked:
> > - "SwordSinger, do you fell comfortable enough  to translate my word to
> the leaders of this
> > angry mob?"
> >
>
> The eloquent SwordSinger is a far superior debater than the Storm Bull,
> and describes the Telmori as victims of the taint of chaos who have
> decided to fight alongside the Orlanthi in the hope of removing their
> taint of chaos. This sways the rest of the Orlanthi - except for the
> belligerent Storm Bull who demands to engage in single combat with the
> protector of the Telmori. He says he would prefer to die under Lunar
> rule than ally himself with such an offense to the world itself.
>
> (success, 13 vs failure 18, minor victory)
>
> > An finally to the knight Aarolin, he remarked:
> > - " By the way, Aarolin, have you seen our vegetal
> > companion, Icthya, since her arrows were flying in the sky?"
>
> "Aye", says Aarolin sadly. "The Lunars took her; we gave chase but they
> formed a wall and used their magics to escape. We know not where she
> is."
>
> (success 8 vs failure 18, minor victory)
>
> >
> >
> > [OOC]
> > Befriend and pacify angry barbarian peasants
> > - From "Befriend Farmer Caste" 17 (perhaps modified
> > because they aren't exactly from a malkioni farmer caste ?)
>
> I'll be generous and let you have that at -5
>
> > Augmented with :
> > - "Mix Easily with Other Castes" 17/+2 (Ok barbarians
> > aren't an 'other caste', but at least Azhur isn't stuck in simple scheme
> of
> > reaction as any other malkioni caste member could be)
>
> No to that one.
>
> > - "Command Inferiors" 18/+2 (Clearly here: peasants
> > on foot against noblemen on horses)
>
> OK
>
> > - "Convince others" 15/+2 ("We aren't lunars")
> > - "Protect the Poor" 13/+1 (They seem miserable)
> > - "Charitable" 17/+2 (Azhur is sincere)
> > - "Honorable" 17 (Azhur will keep his word)
> > - "Intrepid" 19 (Azhur is bold enough to
> > dare speaking to them)
> >
> > and perhaps a bonus if some bread can be found by Othor?
>
> A bonus based on wealth
>
> OK; 1W3 all up. Roll 8, failure, but bumped to success. Resistance
> (suspicious of strangers, hate chaos etc, roll 2, success, marginal
> victory to the Orlanthi opposition).
>
> Whilst most are swayed at this point to go along with you (these are
> desperate times and you are the presence of one of the members of the
> Iron Ring), they also approve of the call of their Storm Bull leader.
> They want to see the fight between the Storm Bull..
>
> ... and Karala, leader of the Telmori.
>
>
>
>
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