[HQ Ignorance] Scene 90: Journey to Torang

[Lev Lafayette]

On Fri, 2009-06-26 at 13:38 -0300, Sam Elliot wrote:
> >From her prone position, Icthya takes her fetish bundle and shakes
> something out of it. "This is you moment, frined" she whispers, wisps
> of mist coming out of the bundle of twigs as if it were on fire. The
> rear quarters of a horse begin to form before her, then the rest of
> her centaur spirit takes shape, grey and translucent, scraping at the
> ground.
> 
> The noise begins before Moment Yearning sets off. A thunder of hooves
> to rival that of the nomads, then a rushing sound as if a river were
> forming up behind the slight elf. "Go," she whispers, narrowing her
> eyes at the approaching foe, and the centaur, with a brief smile,
> charges at the plainsmen.
> 

> Unleash spirit Rushing Crushing Hooves	10W
> 

OK, my reading of the Icthya character sheet is that you have this
Practise at 17. With a roll of 13, that's a success. The friendly spirit
has a resistance of 14. With a roll of 2, that's a success as well,
which becomes a marginal defeat because it's roll is lower.


So as both Aalmon and Icthya try to coax their spirits out to confront
the horse riders, they send forth a volley of arrows (at 5W, roll 14, 18
at Icthya and 1 at Aalmon versus defenses of 18 for Icthya and 20 for
Aalmon - I swear I'm rolling these! - so that's two minor defeats for
Icthya and complete defeat for Aalmon - reduced slightly because of his
light armour). 

An arrow flies through the air and strikes Aalmon in the neck! He falls
to his knees, blood streaming from the wound, but still he raises his
head to see what is happening (-50% to all abilities). Icthya is struck
twice, but they are both - praise Aldrya - scratches, a wound across the
arm and one across the back (-2 to all abilities).

The nomads change to spear and charge in. They call out their battle
cries in a tongue that neither the Elf, nor the Moon Man understand.
They sense victory, victory against two old friends. 

Will their story end here?