[HQ Ignorance] Re : Re : Re : Re : Scene 71: Desperate Measures
Damien Bosman
damien.bosman at gmail.com
Tue Oct 7 12:33:25 UTC 2008
[OOC]
Certainly not. Those four leaf clovers are expensive!
:)
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:27 PM, Loran <aillet_l at yahoo.fr> wrote:
> [OOC] LOL !
>
> Aaaah ! Tremble Miserable Weaklings!
> Here are the Shakers of the Universe!
> The Absolute Conquerors of Civilizations!
> The Incommensurable Builders of Empires!
> The Almighty Nemesis of all True Faiths in the World!
> Surrender to the Invincible Godlearners, Contempters of your own Self and
> Ego!
>
> So, Damien, not even a four-leaf clover for Karala ? ;-)
> (Those guys should have had very skilled Spin Doctors in public
> relations...)
>
> :-D
> Loran
>
> ----- Message d'origine ----
> De : Damien Bosman <damien.bosman at gmail.com>
> À : HeroQuest Glorantha <ignorance at mimesisrpg.com>
> Envoyé le : Mardi, 7 Octobre 2008, 13h59mn 18s
> Objet : Re: [HQ Ignorance] Re : Re : Re : Scene 71: Desperate Measures
>
>
> Rikku quickly looks over Karala to see for any cuts, bruises etc, and if
> he finds any, he applies first aid (15). He looks toward the Storm Bull and
> mutters....."ah....good luck with that". Rikku walks away from Karala and
> continues reading The Abiding Book until he feels his mighty magic may be
> needed.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 11:06 PM, Lev Lafayette <lev at mimesisrpg.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Yep I still have your character sheet (attached).
>>
>> The Storm Bull roars at Karala's speech. "Petty bigotry? Listen to the
>> sound of bull woman of the primitive wastelands. Did not your elders
>> tell you of the days when The Devil walked upon Genert's garden? During
>> the Great Darkness chaos creatures walked upon the land and befouled it.
>> The entire universe was to be destroyed. The Celestial Court did not
>> fight back, and the Cosmic Mountain was destroyed..and the Devil walked!
>> An insult to Creation itself! And in the great battle on the plains of
>> Prax, who was it who pinned the Devil to the ground with the Spike of
>> the Cosmic Mountain? It was the Bull! There is nothing petty in what we
>> seek; the total and utter removal of Chaos form Glorantha itself; it
>> must be wiped clean! And here you stand before me, protecting creatures
>> of the Taint! Well, if they are not willing victims, let them taste my
>> axe and I'll remove the curse from them!"
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 2008-10-04 at 12:43 +0100, Dougie wrote:
>> > OOC: my copy of Karala's Character Sheet is on my laptop which is on
>> > the blink at the mo (Lev, have you a copy?) - Karala has quite a lot
>> > of persuasive/charm skills...
>> >
>> > ___________
>> >
>> > Karala steps forward brandishing one of her boomerangs to emphasise on
>> > whose side she just entered battle, her slight, pretty frame a
>> > startling contrast to the aggressive bulk of the Storm Bully,
>> >
>> > "I, Karala-Who-Walks-With-The-Great-White-Wolf, Spirit Seer of the the
>> > Reindeer Peoples, am the leader of these good men. They have told me
>> > of how your great leader, the King Sartar befriended them and how they
>> > loyally guarded him and his untill the collapse of your Kingdom to the
>> > Lunar invaders.
>> >
>> > Though they be Predators, these men are of a noble race of ancient
>> > beast people who would rid themselves of this foul curse, and I have
>> > been Wierded to help them. You are in times of need and for all the
>> > ill you and yours have done to them, the People of the Wolf have
>> > volunteered to fight alongside you and die for your cause. If we can
>> > lift the Curse then Chaos will be lessoned in this world far more that
>> > it will by than spilling more blood.
>> >
>> > If you still insist on harming your own cause by perusing your petty,
>> > blind bigotry, then you will have to fight me. To the death...
>> >
>> > ________
>> >
>> > OOC: again I can't remember what combat powers Karala has left -
>> > another fire spirit at least, plus her Wolf (don't know if she can
>> > bring her Shark Spirit into play here) - meant to pick up a couple of
>> > elementals back in Esrolia but forgot :( ... She does have a lot of
>> > unspent HP's to burn as needed....
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 2008/10/4 Loran <aillet_l at yahoo.fr>
>> > [OOC]
>> > Dougie, depending on your answer, we can perhaps collect
>> > various magics to boost Karala if she chooses to fight... or
>> > perhaps you have another type of to do ?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Message d'origine ----
>> > De : Lev Lafayette <lev at mimesisrpg.com>
>> > À : HeroQuest Glorantha <ignorance at mimesisrpg.com>
>> >
>> > Envoyé le : Samedi, 4 Octobre 2008, 4h49mn 05s
>> > Objet : Re: [HQ Ignorance] Re : Re : Scene 71: Desperate
>> > Measures
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, 2008-10-03 at 10:39 +0000, Loran wrote:
>> > > Quite irritated, Azhur remembered the tales of the
>> > > savagery of the vadruli wolf-pirates and muttered in his
>> > mother language:
>> > > - « We can wonder why the bloody lunar empire
>> > > keeps wanting to conquer such a stupid, violent and stubborn
>> > population… I know
>> > > a bunch of people who would only see here the effects of
>> > heavy consanguinity
>> > > among isolated mountain dwellers…"
>> >
>> > Orlanthi country folk?
>> >
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wroj0FLvzs
>> >
>> >
>> > > But he looked at the desperate and famished peasants
>> > > and then charity made him sigh and soften a little his tone:
>> > > - "… but perhaps anyone in these fearful times will
>> > > be deaf to his own reason and will let his emotions drive
>> > him even if the
>> > > resulting demeanor is fully illogical."
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > He turned to Minaryth Purple and asked him with an
>> > > icy voice in a simplified version of the western tongue:
>> > > - "Well this is obviously the so self-praised but
>> > > hardly rumored generosity of the Orlanthi.
>> >
>> > Minaryth seems to share Azhur's concerns... "Well", he tries
>> > to explain,
>> > "they do have a reputation to maintain."
>> >
>> > > I wonder what you were really
>> > > meaning when you told us that we will not succeed to go
>> > through Dragon Pass
>> > > alone ? Were you implying that your wild people will assault
>> > us without any
>> > > respect for the common hospitality rules? If the wind people
>> > respect only strength,
>> > > remind them that red is also the color of everyone's blood
>> > here, that anyone
>> > > attacking us will deserve a swift countermeasure from our
>> > side and that our
>> > > western magic still works… "
>> > >
>> > > While Minaryth was trying to think about a way to
>> > > translate these angry words into a more acceptable message.
>> > Azhur turned to his
>> > > men.
>> >
>> > Minaryth continues to try to make the Orlanthi see reason; he
>> > is having
>> > some success among the cautious, but the Storm Bull, who seems
>> > to have
>> > some leadership among the refugees, will have none of it. The
>> > Telmori
>> > are tainted by chaos and all chaos must be destroyed.
>> >
>> > > To his squire, he asked:
>> > > - "Othor, do we have some rations left that we can
>> > > share with the weakest ones of the crowd?"
>> > >
>> >
>> > The ever-loyal Othor, from good peasant stock, nods and brings
>> > out the
>> > rations. One cannot help but suspect that he is bringing out
>> > more than
>> > he can afford.
>> >
>> >
>> > > To his weapon trainer, who was from
>> > > Dragon Pass (score 13), he asked:
>> > > - "SwordSinger, do you fell comfortable enough to translate
>> > my word to the leaders of this
>> > > angry mob?"
>> > >
>> >
>> > The eloquent SwordSinger is a far superior debater than the
>> > Storm Bull,
>> > and describes the Telmori as victims of the taint of chaos who
>> > have
>> > decided to fight alongside the Orlanthi in the hope of
>> > removing their
>> > taint of chaos. This sways the rest of the Orlanthi - except
>> > for the
>> > belligerent Storm Bull who demands to engage in single combat
>> > with the
>> > protector of the Telmori. He says he would prefer to die under
>> > Lunar
>> > rule than ally himself with such an offense to the world
>> > itself.
>> >
>> > (success, 13 vs failure 18, minor victory)
>> >
>> > > An finally to the knight Aarolin, he remarked:
>> > > - " By the way, Aarolin, have you seen our vegetal
>> > > companion, Icthya, since her arrows were flying in the sky?"
>> >
>> > "Aye", says Aarolin sadly. "The Lunars took her; we gave chase
>> > but they
>> > formed a wall and used their magics to escape. We know not
>> > where she
>> > is."
>> >
>> > (success 8 vs failure 18, minor victory)
>> >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > [OOC]
>> > > Befriend and pacify angry barbarian peasants
>> > > - From "Befriend Farmer Caste" 17 (perhaps modified
>> > > because they aren't exactly from a malkioni farmer caste ?)
>> >
>> > I'll be generous and let you have that at -5
>> >
>> > > Augmented with :
>> > > - "Mix Easily with Other Castes" 17/+2 (Ok barbarians
>> > > aren't an 'other caste', but at least Azhur isn't stuck in
>> > simple scheme of
>> > > reaction as any other malkioni caste member could be)
>> >
>> > No to that one.
>> >
>> > > - "Command Inferiors" 18/+2 (Clearly here: peasants
>> > > on foot against noblemen on horses)
>> >
>> > OK
>> >
>> > > - "Convince others" 15/+2 ("We aren't lunars")
>> > > - "Protect the Poor" 13/+1 (They seem miserable)
>> > > - "Charitable" 17/+2 (Azhur is sincere)
>> > > - "Honorable" 17 (Azhur will keep his word)
>> > > - "Intrepid" 19 (Azhur is bold enough to
>> > > dare speaking to them)
>> > >
>> > > and perhaps a bonus if some bread can be found by Othor?
>> >
>> > A bonus based on wealth
>> >
>> > OK; 1W3 all up. Roll 8, failure, but bumped to success.
>> > Resistance
>> > (suspicious of strangers, hate chaos etc, roll 2, success,
>> > marginal
>> > victory to the Orlanthi opposition).
>> >
>> > Whilst most are swayed at this point to go along with you
>> > (these are
>> > desperate times and you are the presence of one of the members
>> > of the
>> > Iron Ring), they also approve of the call of their Storm Bull
>> > leader.
>> > They want to see the fight between the Storm Bull..
>> >
>> > ... and Karala, leader of the Telmori.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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