[HQ Ignorance] Scene 90: Journey to Torang

[Sam Elliot]

On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 6:27 AM, Lev Lafayette<lev at mimesisrpg.com> 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 ;)
>
>> 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..

>From her prone position, Icthya takes her fetish bundle and shakes
something out of it. "This is you moment, frined" she whispers, wisps
of mist coming out of the bundle of twigs as if it were on fire. The
rear quarters of a horse begin to form before her, then the rest of
her centaur spirit takes shape, grey and translucent, scraping at the
ground.

The noise begins before Moment Yearning sets off. A thunder of hooves
to rival that of the nomads, then a rushing sound as if a river were
forming up behind the slight elf. "Go," she whispers, narrowing her
eyes at the approaching foe, and the centaur, with a brief smile,
charges at the plainsmen.

"Oh shit!" say Tanuki, the little furry creature turning himself into a rock.

Unleash spirit Rushing Crushing Hooves	10W