[HQ Ignorance] Re : Scene 118: Kui Hui, The Giant Hero

[Damien Bosman]

OOC:

Hmmmm. Group discussion time. What ways can we use him. Perhaps he can lend
us weapons/magic or help in some kind of defensive way on the battlefield,
that won't technically be causing bloodshed. Those are my thoughts. Others?




On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 12:36 AM, Lev Lafayette <lev at mimesisrpg.com> wrote:

> Narration: Azhur gives his speech with the Red Banner fluttering in the
> eastern breeze, aglow from the magics of Jareena's First Peace Rug.
> Rikku calls out across the wind, speaking with a steadfast passion that
> impresses the rest of the Fellowship just with the sound of the voice -
> they have never heard him so determined.
>
> The giant responds with a rumbling voice that carries across the rice
> fields.
>
> "You ask me and the people here to willingly stand alongside the
> Usurper? We have stood with loyalty to our Emperor and our God, for they
> are the same. We have neither brought civil war or invasion to these
> lands. The peasants have stayed true to their station, and I have stayed
> true to mine."
>
> "You ask me to fight alongside the Usurper and take up arms agains the
> Bliss of Ignorance and the Amethyst Dragon, like you fought the Crimnson
> Bat, and yes, I have heard of that monster. But we are followers of Yao
> Fune, and we do not fight. After I fought the Lobster Demon, the battle
> was so terrible I believed that I was to become a demon myself. I fight
> no longer. Conflict will not enter these lands."
>
> "If the Exarch wishes to bring Peace to Kralorela, then he must find
> Peace within himself, as must the Amethyst Dragon, as must Can Shu."
>
> Mechanics: There is only one speaker (Rikku) translating the words of
> Azhur. So this counts a one-on-one contest, and I'll make it an extended
> contest using the new rules.
>
> The base is 14 (the skill level), put with an Hates Brother 20 (+4)
> augment. Other characters provide augments, such as the Banner 14 (+3),
> helped by Jareena's First Peace Rug 15 (+3) (yes, only one augment
> each), for a total of 4W. On the other side, Hui Kui is an extremely
> loyal devotee to both the cult, the Emperor and to his culture; plus he
> counts as a heroic character. So his resistance is based on his
> Kralorela Culture (19), plus an augment for his religion (+4), plust a
> situational bonus of (+3) - so a total of 6W.
>
> A roll of 2 for the Fellowship, success bumped to a critical versus a
> roll of 4 for Hui Kui, a success, bumped to a critical! However Azhur is
> also spending a Hero Point, reducing the result to a success, in other
> words a minor victory for the Fellowship. Hui Kui is Impaired - and is
> now at -6 as you press the argument.
>
> Narration: There is a pause as the wind seemingly grows stronger, and
> the banner flutters. The Giant continues "You speak the truth
> Westerners. This is a trouble time. I must look outside the lands Laonan
> Tao and to all of Kralorela, for that is my duty to my God and Emperor.
> And if he commands I shall look to even more barbaric lands."
>
> "If you can bring a word of honour from the Exarch, that he will submit
> to the rule of the Emperor when he returns, then I will come with him to
> face the invaders. But let it be known Westerner, that I do not fight.
> Fighting is the path to war, and I will not participate in the shedding
> of blood."
>
> Mechanics: He's not down yet! Not only are you going to have to extract
> a promise from the Exarch, you're also going to have to think of a way
> to make use of a Giant Hero who does not fight.
>
>
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