[HQ Ignorance] Scene 90: Journey to Torang

[Nic Hughes]

Lev Lafayette wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-06-25 at 23:36 +0100, Nic Hughes wrote:
>   
>> As the horse goes crashing down tipping Icthya out of the saddle Aalmon 
>> sighs to himself. If fate was having fun at his expense then this was 
>> becoming slapstick, having ridden half way across the world to rescue 
>> the elf she had managed to fall straight off her horse. No time to do 
>> much about it, those raiders were suspiciously fast for horses that had 
>> supposedly ridden hard for a day just to be there.
>>
>>     
>
> Heaven forbid that horse nomads would have... well, horse magic ;)
>
>   
That comment was not really about them, more about how paranoid Aalmon 
is right now and how much he thinks the whole world is picking on him ;-)

>> He reached down and cast a Heal Horse spell onto Icthya's mount, it 
>> might still come in handy even if she would be overtaken by the time she 
>> could pick herself up and remount. He called to her as he kicked his 
>> horse back into a gallop "If you cannot keep up then I will come back 
>> for you as soon as I may."
>>     
>
> OK, the Heal Animal spell is 17 with a standard resistance of 14 because
> you're using magic (HQ p81). The roll is 4 (success) versus 15 (failure)
> which means that Aalmon's magic will cure one level of injury.
>
> Of course, that's a different challenge to the chase, which means in a
> narrative sense the Nomads still won that one... So as you're applying
> your healing magic to the horses leg, the Nomads will come at you.
>
> There's three of them, as mentioned with bow and with lance. They're of
> medium build and leather armour but the horses are certainly something
> special. The bows are both large and seem to have incredible
> flexibility.
>
> You cannot help but notice that they're preparing arrows without slowing
> down.. 
>
>   
Aalmon grins nastily and unleashes his starfire spirit to blaze fire 
onto their bows, when a shaman had done that to him he had nearly fallen 
out of the saddle so he knew how disconcerting it could be. He let the 
horse have its head, speed might not outrun arrows but it only needed to 
move him enough to spoil the aim with him weaving around the obstacles.

OOC: My intention was just to perform that heal as a sort of unrelated 
action whilst still primarily outrunning the pursuit. No matter. I never 
thought it likely that it would change the outcome of the contest with 
Icthya unless Sam pulls something pretty remarkable out of the hat.

Aalmon is using his 10W Flaming Weapon to make their bows burst into 
Flame. I don't think it damages the bows themselves but it should be 
mightily distracting and might hurt a bit and might even spook the 
horses. Its probably just a negative augment for the archery. The shots 
should be tricky enough anyway with a moving target which is is main 
line of defence - move fast.

Nic

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