<div dir="ltr">(using all her Beautiful, Inspire Others and Inspire Love)<br><br>"But surely, to remove the Taint from the entire race is a cause more useful to you than the killing a a few individuals. I have heard that you followers of the Bull are like our Bucks - strong but stupid. I do believe that!!! You are a Man - you can think!. Do it!!!"<br>
<br><br>-:)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/10/6 Lev Lafayette <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lev@mimesisrpg.com">lev@mimesisrpg.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Yep I still have your character sheet (attached).<br>
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The Storm Bull roars at Karala's speech. "Petty bigotry? Listen to the<br>
sound of bull woman of the primitive wastelands. Did not your elders<br>
tell you of the days when The Devil walked upon Genert's garden? During<br>
the Great Darkness chaos creatures walked upon the land and befouled it.<br>
The entire universe was to be destroyed. The Celestial Court did not<br>
fight back, and the Cosmic Mountain was destroyed..and the Devil walked!<br>
An insult to Creation itself! And in the great battle on the plains of<br>
Prax, who was it who pinned the Devil to the ground with the Spike of<br>
the Cosmic Mountain? It was the Bull! There is nothing petty in what we<br>
seek; the total and utter removal of Chaos form Glorantha itself; it<br>
must be wiped clean! And here you stand before me, protecting creatures<br>
of the Taint! Well, if they are not willing victims, let them taste my<br>
axe and I'll remove the curse from them!"<br>
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On Sat, 2008-10-04 at 12:43 +0100, Dougie wrote:<br>
> OOC: my copy of Karala's Character Sheet is on my laptop which is on<br>
> the blink at the mo (Lev, have you a copy?) - Karala has quite a lot<br>
> of persuasive/charm skills...<br>
><br>
> ___________<br>
><br>
> Karala steps forward brandishing one of her boomerangs to emphasise on<br>
> whose side she just entered battle, her slight, pretty frame a<br>
> startling contrast to the aggressive bulk of the Storm Bully,<br>
><br>
> "I, Karala-Who-Walks-With-The-Great-White-Wolf, Spirit Seer of the the<br>
> Reindeer Peoples, am the leader of these good men. They have told me<br>
> of how your great leader, the King Sartar befriended them and how they<br>
> loyally guarded him and his untill the collapse of your Kingdom to the<br>
> Lunar invaders.<br>
><br>
> Though they be Predators, these men are of a noble race of ancient<br>
> beast people who would rid themselves of this foul curse, and I have<br>
> been Wierded to help them. You are in times of need and for all the<br>
> ill you and yours have done to them, the People of the Wolf have<br>
> volunteered to fight alongside you and die for your cause. If we can<br>
> lift the Curse then Chaos will be lessoned in this world far more that<br>
> it will by than spilling more blood.<br>
><br>
> If you still insist on harming your own cause by perusing your petty,<br>
> blind bigotry, then you will have to fight me. To the death...<br>
><br>
> ________<br>
><br>
> OOC: again I can't remember what combat powers Karala has left -<br>
> another fire spirit at least, plus her Wolf (don't know if she can<br>
> bring her Shark Spirit into play here) - meant to pick up a couple of<br>
> elementals back in Esrolia but forgot :( ... She does have a lot of<br>
> unspent HP's to burn as needed....<br>
><br>
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><br>
> 2008/10/4 Loran <<a href="mailto:aillet_l@yahoo.fr">aillet_l@yahoo.fr</a>><br>
> [OOC]<br>
> Dougie, depending on your answer, we can perhaps collect<br>
> various magics to boost Karala if she chooses to fight... or<br>
> perhaps you have another type of to do ?<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> ----- Message d'origine ----<br>
> De : Lev Lafayette <<a href="mailto:lev@mimesisrpg.com">lev@mimesisrpg.com</a>><br>
> À : HeroQuest Glorantha <<a href="mailto:ignorance@mimesisrpg.com">ignorance@mimesisrpg.com</a>><br>
><br>
> Envoyé le : Samedi, 4 Octobre 2008, 4h49mn 05s<br>
> Objet : Re: [HQ Ignorance] Re : Re : Scene 71: Desperate<br>
> Measures<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Fri, 2008-10-03 at 10:39 +0000, Loran wrote:<br>
> > Quite irritated, Azhur remembered the tales of the<br>
> > savagery of the vadruli wolf-pirates and muttered in his<br>
> mother language:<br>
> > - « We can wonder why the bloody lunar empire<br>
> > keeps wanting to conquer such a stupid, violent and stubborn<br>
> population… I know<br>
> > a bunch of people who would only see here the effects of<br>
> heavy consanguinity<br>
> > among isolated mountain dwellers…"<br>
><br>
> Orlanthi country folk?<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wroj0FLvzs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wroj0FLvzs</a><br>
><br>
><br>
> > But he looked at the desperate and famished peasants<br>
> > and then charity made him sigh and soften a little his tone:<br>
> > - "… but perhaps anyone in these fearful times will<br>
> > be deaf to his own reason and will let his emotions drive<br>
> him even if the<br>
> > resulting demeanor is fully illogical."<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > He turned to Minaryth Purple and asked him with an<br>
> > icy voice in a simplified version of the western tongue:<br>
> > - "Well this is obviously the so self-praised but<br>
> > hardly rumored generosity of the Orlanthi.<br>
><br>
> Minaryth seems to share Azhur's concerns... "Well", he tries<br>
> to explain,<br>
> "they do have a reputation to maintain."<br>
><br>
> > I wonder what you were really<br>
> > meaning when you told us that we will not succeed to go<br>
> through Dragon Pass<br>
> > alone ? Were you implying that your wild people will assault<br>
> us without any<br>
> > respect for the common hospitality rules? If the wind people<br>
> respect only strength,<br>
> > remind them that red is also the color of everyone's blood<br>
> here, that anyone<br>
> > attacking us will deserve a swift countermeasure from our<br>
> side and that our<br>
> > western magic still works… "<br>
> ><br>
> > While Minaryth was trying to think about a way to<br>
> > translate these angry words into a more acceptable message.<br>
> Azhur turned to his<br>
> > men.<br>
><br>
> Minaryth continues to try to make the Orlanthi see reason; he<br>
> is having<br>
> some success among the cautious, but the Storm Bull, who seems<br>
> to have<br>
> some leadership among the refugees, will have none of it. The<br>
> Telmori<br>
> are tainted by chaos and all chaos must be destroyed.<br>
><br>
> > To his squire, he asked:<br>
> > - "Othor, do we have some rations left that we can<br>
> > share with the weakest ones of the crowd?"<br>
> ><br>
><br>
> The ever-loyal Othor, from good peasant stock, nods and brings<br>
> out the<br>
> rations. One cannot help but suspect that he is bringing out<br>
> more than<br>
> he can afford.<br>
><br>
><br>
> > To his weapon trainer, who was from<br>
> > Dragon Pass (score 13), he asked:<br>
> > - "SwordSinger, do you fell comfortable enough to translate<br>
> my word to the leaders of this<br>
> > angry mob?"<br>
> ><br>
><br>
> The eloquent SwordSinger is a far superior debater than the<br>
> Storm Bull,<br>
> and describes the Telmori as victims of the taint of chaos who<br>
> have<br>
> decided to fight alongside the Orlanthi in the hope of<br>
> removing their<br>
> taint of chaos. This sways the rest of the Orlanthi - except<br>
> for the<br>
> belligerent Storm Bull who demands to engage in single combat<br>
> with the<br>
> protector of the Telmori. He says he would prefer to die under<br>
> Lunar<br>
> rule than ally himself with such an offense to the world<br>
> itself.<br>
><br>
> (success, 13 vs failure 18, minor victory)<br>
><br>
> > An finally to the knight Aarolin, he remarked:<br>
> > - " By the way, Aarolin, have you seen our vegetal<br>
> > companion, Icthya, since her arrows were flying in the sky?"<br>
><br>
> "Aye", says Aarolin sadly. "The Lunars took her; we gave chase<br>
> but they<br>
> formed a wall and used their magics to escape. We know not<br>
> where she<br>
> is."<br>
><br>
> (success 8 vs failure 18, minor victory)<br>
><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > [OOC]<br>
> > Befriend and pacify angry barbarian peasants<br>
> > - From "Befriend Farmer Caste" 17 (perhaps modified<br>
> > because they aren't exactly from a malkioni farmer caste ?)<br>
><br>
> I'll be generous and let you have that at -5<br>
><br>
> > Augmented with :<br>
> > - "Mix Easily with Other Castes" 17/+2 (Ok barbarians<br>
> > aren't an 'other caste', but at least Azhur isn't stuck in<br>
> simple scheme of<br>
> > reaction as any other malkioni caste member could be)<br>
><br>
> No to that one.<br>
><br>
> > - "Command Inferiors" 18/+2 (Clearly here: peasants<br>
> > on foot against noblemen on horses)<br>
><br>
> OK<br>
><br>
> > - "Convince others" 15/+2 ("We aren't lunars")<br>
> > - "Protect the Poor" 13/+1 (They seem miserable)<br>
> > - "Charitable" 17/+2 (Azhur is sincere)<br>
> > - "Honorable" 17 (Azhur will keep his word)<br>
> > - "Intrepid" 19 (Azhur is bold enough to<br>
> > dare speaking to them)<br>
> ><br>
> > and perhaps a bonus if some bread can be found by Othor?<br>
><br>
> A bonus based on wealth<br>
><br>
> OK; 1W3 all up. Roll 8, failure, but bumped to success.<br>
> Resistance<br>
> (suspicious of strangers, hate chaos etc, roll 2, success,<br>
> marginal<br>
> victory to the Orlanthi opposition).<br>
><br>
> Whilst most are swayed at this point to go along with you<br>
> (these are<br>
> desperate times and you are the presence of one of the members<br>
> of the<br>
> Iron Ring), they also approve of the call of their Storm Bull<br>
> leader.<br>
> They want to see the fight between the Storm Bull..<br>
><br>
> ... and Karala, leader of the Telmori.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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