<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div>He can bear some heavy material for the marching army permitting a greater manoeuvrability.<br>He can impress or lure the enemy even without fighting<br>He can build forts and strongholds at an unusual speed...<br><br>He is a valuable ally even under these conditions and I haven't said my last word :-)<br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">De :</span></b> Damien Bosman <damien.bosman@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">À :</span></b> HeroQuest Glorantha <ignorance@mimesisrpg.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Envoyé le :</span></b> Mar 23 novembre 2010, 9h 32min
36s<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Objet :</span></b> Re: [HQ Ignorance] Re : Scene 118: Kui Hui, The Giant Hero<br></font><br><div>OOC: </div>
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<div>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?</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 12:36 AM, Lev Lafayette <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:lev@mimesisrpg.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:lev@mimesisrpg.com">lev@mimesisrpg.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">Narration: Azhur gives his speech with the Red Banner fluttering in the<br>eastern breeze, aglow from the magics of Jareena's First Peace Rug.<br>
Rikku calls out across the wind, speaking with a steadfast passion that<br>impresses the rest of the Fellowship just with the sound of the voice -<br>they have never heard him so determined.<br><br>The giant responds with a rumbling voice that carries across the rice<br>
fields.<br><br>"You ask me and the people here to willingly stand alongside the<br>Usurper? We have stood with loyalty to our Emperor and our God, for they<br>are the same. We have neither brought civil war or invasion to these<br>
lands. The peasants have stayed true to their station, and I have stayed<br>true to mine."<br><br>"You ask me to fight alongside the Usurper and take up arms agains the<br>Bliss of Ignorance and the Amethyst Dragon, like you fought the Crimnson<br>
Bat, and yes, I have heard of that monster. But we are followers of Yao<br>Fune, and we do not fight. After I fought the Lobster Demon, the battle<br>was so terrible I believed that I was to become a demon myself. I fight<br>
no longer. Conflict will not enter these lands."<br><br>"If the Exarch wishes to bring Peace to Kralorela, then he must find<br>Peace within himself, as must the Amethyst Dragon, as must Can Shu."<br><br>Mechanics: There is only one speaker (Rikku) translating the words of<br>
Azhur. So this counts a one-on-one contest, and I'll make it an extended<br>contest using the new rules.<br><br>The base is 14 (the skill level), put with an Hates Brother 20 (+4)<br>augment. Other characters provide augments, such as the Banner 14 (+3),<br>
helped by Jareena's First Peace Rug 15 (+3) (yes, only one augment<br>each), for a total of 4W. On the other side, Hui Kui is an extremely<br>loyal devotee to both the cult, the Emperor and to his culture; plus he<br>
counts as a heroic character. So his resistance is based on his<br>Kralorela Culture (19), plus an augment for his religion (+4), plust a<br>situational bonus of (+3) - so a total of 6W.<br><br>A roll of 2 for the Fellowship, success bumped to a critical versus a<br>
roll of 4 for Hui Kui, a success, bumped to a critical! However Azhur is<br>also spending a Hero Point, reducing the result to a success, in other<br>words a minor victory for the Fellowship. Hui Kui is Impaired - and is<br>
now at -6 as you press the argument.<br><br>Narration: There is a pause as the wind seemingly grows stronger, and<br>the banner flutters. The Giant continues "You speak the truth<br>Westerners. This is a trouble time. I must look outside the lands Laonan<br>
Tao and to all of Kralorela, for that is my duty to my God and Emperor.<br>And if he commands I shall look to even more barbaric lands."<br><br>"If you can bring a word of honour from the Exarch, that he will submit<br>
to the rule of the Emperor when he returns, then I will come with him to<br>face the invaders. But let it be known Westerner, that I do not fight.<br>Fighting is the path to war, and I will not participate in the shedding<br>
of blood."<br><br>Mechanics: He's not down yet! Not only are you going to have to extract<br>a promise from the Exarch, you're also going to have to think of a way<br>to make use of a Giant Hero who does not fight.<br>
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