[HQ Ignorance] Scene 109: The Entrance to Hell

[Nicolas Hughes]

(Having checked out the archives to find out what I missed)

Aalmon saw the monsters eat their way out of the walls as the gopher people disappeared with a strange feeling, almost of relief. Betrayal, ambush, unwelcome and yet familiar - fate was back to her old tricks and at least he was on familiar ground. No use fighting an ambush, those sort of heroics were for the death or glory types not for him. When in an ambush its time to survive and then see if you can pick up the pieces afterwards. For a moment they would be distracted by the Fourth's remarkable attack, that was his opportunity.

He looked at the talisman in his hand, seeing which one it was he wryly realised that his nose for trouble had been working even if he had been distracted by all the weirdness with poems and oaths. He whispered words of power to the talisman and let the lunar spirit out to wrap its shielding darkness around him, then with the instincts of a courier - or perhaps a loner all too willing to abandon his comrades - he made for the quickest way out of the ambush.

(OOC he is releasing his Planet Spirit for it to add its Hide in Darkness rating to his Survive Battle. He is trying to augment with his Loner trait and his Assess Quickest Route skill, I think he should take a negative augment from his relationship to Talor's fellowship for this! I am not if sure that the Nose for Trouble is an augment or just an explanation for a ready magic, take your pick. Ratings are heavily dependent on the phase of the moon as the spirits rating is a base 17W3. Unheroic though this is, this might be a good time to spend a HP)

Nic



On 1 Jun 2010, at 14:54, Lev Lafayette wrote:

> On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 23:25 +1000, Michael Cole wrote:
>>> Spend some Hero Points and I'll let you have a supply of exploding
>>> Blue Moon chips. :)
>> 
>> OK, done.
>> 
> 
> OK, Exploding Moon Rock 13.
> 
> 
>> [Lev - I don't know what I have in this, but I am assuming that it will be 
>> roughly the same as the Runequest character]
>> 
> 
> As per the character sheet we did in RPG Review of course :)
> 
> HeroQuest statistics, 1630 ST
> Keywords: Kralorela (Homeland) 13, Pent (Homeland) 13, Prax (Homeland)
> 13, Blue Moon Plateau (Homeland) 13,
> Value Trollkin (Occupation) 13, Martial Scout (Occupation) (13), Shaman
> (Occupation) 17, Waha Tradition (Magic)
> 5W, Black Sun Theism 13
> Skills: Climb 2W, Dodge 10W, Jump 2W, Throw 10W, First Aid 5W, Listen
> 5W, Dark Scan 5W, Dark Search 5W,
> Fast Talk 5W, Natural Weapons 10W, Martial Arts 10W, Swordstaff 5W2,
> Martial Arts 5W, Orate 18, Lead Rebellion
> 5W, Nysalor Riddles 5W
> Relationships: Duty to Blue Moon Trollkin 5W
> Personality: Grin Smugly 17, Sit Peacefully 17, Wait Patiently 3W,
> Cryptic Speaking 5W
> Equipment: Pram of Trinkets and Foci 10W
> 
>> The Fourth flicks the end of his staff, and a large blade comes out.  He 
>> pivots and throws it at the creature biting the elf.
> 
> Nice start!
> 
> There's three of these creatures on the Aldraymi, who was attacked with
> surprise, so she's no help at the moment. 
> 
> OK, that's Swordstaff roll 9 is a failure, bumped to a critical. It
> defends with it's Chitonous Shell 18 augmented by Dodge 15 (+3) and
> rolls 18, a success, reducing the effect to a minor victory, or -10% to
> appropriate actions.
> 
> The three slithering mouths bit into the Elf at 2W, rolling 6, 17 and 6
> respectively. These are all failures, bumped to successes. The Elf,
> being stuck, effectively has a defence of 0, and fails all three rolls.
> 
> So my ruling is that The Fourth has wounded continues it's attacks and
> is out of combat (dead or dying). Icthya has taken three impairing
> wounds, which stack. She's now at -30% to all actions - if she could
> take any. 
> 
> Aalmon are you joining in this fray?
> 
> 
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