[HQ Ignorance] Scene 57: The Graveyard Shift (and new player, Damien)

[Lev Lafayette]

1 Hero Point will mean that your rites to Gargarth are
answered which will give you an augment of +2 to
resist the mental effects of the transformation.

That'll boost your untrained ability (at 6) to 8,
which means a success (roll of 7). Talor's Curse
however has 2 masteries and a success (roll of 2).
That'll increase the Curse's success to a critical and
knock your success down to a failure.

You would need to spend one addition Hero Point to
increase your failure back to a success, another Hero
Point to increase that success to a critical and a
third Hero Point to knock that Curse's critical down
to a simple success.

That would give a marginal victory overall; for a cost
of 4 Hero Points - or 5 Hero Points if you want to
open the ability "Strong Willed" at 13 rather than
have it at 6.

By my reckoning you have 8 Hero Points at the moment
(3 from the start of play plus 5 awarded on January
31st).

Does all that make sense?



Lev

--- Kevin Johnston <runemaster93711 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Use the Hero point.  I needs to control the
> Werewolves.
>    
>   Knarl
> 
> Lev Lafayette <lev_lafayette at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>   
> Hmmm... Not so luck of Knarl...
> 
> As Knarl awakens he immediately finds himself being
> affected by Talor's Curse, one of the most powerful
> magics of Glorantha. However he recognises the
> effects
> and the task in front of him and immediately prays,
> in
> the style of the Telmori, to Gargarth. The ecstatic
> rites seem to be rejected.. What sort of Gargathi
> *doesn't* want to go wild? 
> 
> As the suppressed curse of Talor runs through his
> body, he feels his willpower slipping away. His lust
> for flesh and blood is increasing....
> 
> 
> Wild Practise Ability Check (17)
> lev at sys09:/media/KINGSTON$ perl rolldice.pl d20
> 15
> Resistance to Request (+5 to standard, i.e., 19)
> lev at sys09:/media/KINGSTON$ perl rolldice.pl d20
> 14
> 
> Both succeed, resistance lower so it wins. Spend a 1
> HP if you want the failure to become a success. It
> will provide an augment to next ability test, which
> is.
> 
> "Keep Your Wits About You During Talor's
> Transformation".
> 
> This an ability which you don't have, and indeed,
> very
> few Telmori have even attempted. In other words you
> have a default ability of 6, or 13 if you spend 2
> Hero
> Points for an "in play" expenditure for an
> appropriate
> ability (for example "Strong Willed" - which can be
> justified from your personal journey from Dragon
> Pass
> to Seshnela).
> 
> To resist the effects of the transformation would be
> a
> resistance of 5W2 imo. With the advantages of the
> meditative state and the drugs you'd get a bonus of
> +10.
> 
> Your ability
> lev at sys09:/media/KINGSTON$ perl rolldice.pl d20
> 7
> 
> Talor's Curse (plus two masteries)
> lev at sys09:/media/KINGSTON$ perl rolldice.pl d20
> 2
> 
> 
> 
> --- Kevin Johnston wrote:
> 
> > Knarl prays to the gods to give him the witt he
> > needs to command the fury of the others. When he
> > awakes he sniffs the air and tries to find the
> smell
> > of the crypt. Calling to his brothers he leads the
> > pack at the back of the vampire army. Casting
> > countermagic and clawsharp and stregnth on himself
> > he charges to the attack.
> > Knarl twitched and awoke with a start - and
> > promptly
> > fell down again. The effects of Karala and
> > Theonara's
> > drugs were indeed strong and whilst he felt the
> > transformation to wolf form running through his
> > body,
> > it felt somewhat numbed from usual. Alone of his
> > people he was fully versed in the effects of the
> > drug
> > and indeed he had some familiarity with such
> > concotions from his travels through Western
> Marinara
> > and the Arstola Forest. He looked up at Karala and
> > snarled "I don't think I'll be able to hold out
> for
> > too much longer... and when I transform.. You'd
> > better
> > look out.. You're looking pretty tasty even now",
> he
> > offered a smile before passing out again.
> > 
> > "They are beginning to stir", remarked Theonara
> > matter-of-factly. It was indeed true. Within
> twenty
> > minutes Karala estimated and the Telmori would be
> in
> > their full wolven form. Ravenous, angry and very,
> > very
> > powerful.
> > 
> > "We must prepare our escape"...
> > 
> > 
> >
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