[HQ Ignorance] Re : Re : Re : Re : Scene 71: Desperate Measures
Loran
aillet_l at yahoo.fr
Mon Oct 6 12:28:46 UTC 2008
[HRP]
Jarreena has perhaps something to say about other ways to heal Chaos in Glorantha, anyway if a the fight should occur, we have :
- SwordSinger' Saint Humact magic at 3W1 (and it is Sorcery veneration, not Air Worshipping...)
- Azhur's unique spell: Find Courage to Attack Bigger than Self at 17 (I suppose that Karala is much more smaller than a barbarian strombulli)
And Azhur as an oral supporter of Karala has : Dedicated to Talor''s Fellowship at 15
Loran
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Objet : Re: [HQ Ignorance] Re : Re : Re : Scene 71: Desperate Measures
Yep I still have your character sheet (attached).
The Storm Bull roars at Karala's speech. "Petty bigotry? Listen to the
sound of bull woman of the primitive wastelands. Did not your elders
tell you of the days when The Devil walked upon Genert's garden? During
the Great Darkness chaos creatures walked upon the land and befouled it.
The entire universe was to be destroyed. The Celestial Court did not
fight back, and the Cosmic Mountain was destroyed..and the Devil walked!
An insult to Creation itself! And in the great battle on the plains of
Prax, who was it who pinned the Devil to the ground with the Spike of
the Cosmic Mountain? It was the Bull! There is nothing petty in what we
seek; the total and utter removal of Chaos form Glorantha itself; it
must be wiped clean! And here you stand before me, protecting creatures
of the Taint! Well, if they are not willing victims, let them taste my
axe and I'll remove the curse from them!"
On Sat, 2008-10-04 at 12:43 +0100, Dougie wrote:
> 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 ?
>
>
>
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>
> 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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