[HQ Ignorance] at the Blue Moon plateau

[Sam Elliot]

I'm very sorry about this, Lev et al., but at the moment I have no
time or energy for any games anywhere :(

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:16 PM, Nic Hughes <nicolas.h at virgin.net> wrote:
> The lunar wizard looked up at the mighty cliffs and picked up a rough rock
> in his hand, seemingly amused "One day the shimmering walls of Glamour will
> be like this. Blue moon, Red moon, this is how they end."
>
> He squints as he looks back up towards the plateau, still muttering as much
> to himself as to his companion "So it has fallen to earth but it is still
> moon-stuff. Perhaps that is why they say its very nature is poison to the
> likes of you and me, normal folk are not supposed to walk on the moon and
> parts of those rocks might still remember what they are. Maybe that power
> would not harm me, maybe it would but I doubt if you would have any luck
> with it so the trick will be to avoid the worst of it."
>
> He takes out his maps and begins to look from them to the scene in front of
> him and back
>
> "So we have two ways to find this great devotee of the Blue Moon. We can go
> in as normal folk and take the risks of the plateau and ask the locals where
> we can find him. Or we can follow the heroquest path onto the moon and seek
> out its champion.
>
> If we had a congregation praying for our success I might think that the
> heroquest path was the best way. But we don't. So I guess we go in the way
> of traders and diplomats rather than the way of the heroes of legends. If
> this is stuff of the moon then I have the eyes to see it, to find a way
> between the places of power and danger. Then there is always trade, the
> empire will trade with anyone and anything and where there is trade there
> are trade routes - although not always easy ones.  So now I have their map
> and its just the same old story as the rest of my life, find a way in to
> deliver the message and hope we get out again without having our vitals
> eaten. If I am distracted by my moon-sight trying to avoid the lunar power
> that makes the plateau poison then I might need you to look out for spirits
> and stuff. So let's try that and if we cannot make it through maybe we will
> have to enter as heroes after all."
>
> OOC: Some combination of Moon Eye, Assess Quickest Route and Map of Northern
> Peloria. Either of the first two might be the active ability depending on
> exactly what the main challenge is.
>
>
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