don't the requirements and Secret contradict a little, should also cover those willing to become scorpion?
Dave.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexandre Lanciani [SMTP:alexanl_at_...]
> Sent: 17 May 2000 10:19
> To: hw-rules_at_egroups.com
> Subject: Bagog & K'Rana
>
> Ladies and Gentleman, from Lords of Terror, RuneQuest, Bagog,
> Beloved
> Mother of the Scorpion Folk, and K'Rana, The Humakti Scorpion Queen!
>
> Disclaimer: this is going to do profound injustice to both the original
> authors and to the characters concerned, but since I want to use K'Rana in
> my campaign and we're using HW rules I had to convert both the queen and
> her
> goddess.
> As always, I'm eager to be criticized, so that my understanding of
> the
> animist rules (which at this stage isn't very deep) and my rendering of a
> nice character may improve.
>
> BAGOG
> [Animist, Chaos, Bagog]
>
> Requirements: only Scorpion things. Be a useful member of the tribe.
> Physical Abilities: Hunting, Claw, Sting
> Mental Abilities: Bagog Tradition Knowledge, Spirit Sight, Spiritworld
> Travel, Shamanic Escape, Spirit Combat
> Traditional Spirits: Chaos spirits, Scorpion spirits
> Spirit Guardian: Scorpion spirits [1]
> Spirit Ally: Bagog Herself [2]
> Secret: Devour (the Ritual of Rebirth, if performed on the High Holy Day
> by
> the Queen and only one prisoner is eaten, the new scorpion man has all the
> memories of his previous life [3]).
>
> [1] The new shaman's fetch is just the spirit of the former - defeated in
> duel - shaman, whose body the new shaman devours ritually to complete his
> initiation test.
> [2] After all the Queen of the tribe is supposed to be Bagog incarnate,
> isn't she? The Mother of the Scorpion Race may grant her mundane
> counterpart
> a Chaos Affinity or a Shapechange Talent.
> [3] Or maybe it's just a D+20 magic?
>
> K'RANA, Illuminated [4] Scorpion Queen, Devotee of Humakt
>
> Keywords: Bilini 17, Warrior 5w, Devotee of Humakt 1w, Scorpion Queen 1w
>
> Physical Abilities: Strong 13, Look Beautiful to Scorpion Folk 13, Close
> Combat (Greatsword, Two Swords, Dagger, Claw, Tail) 3w2, Ranged
> Combat
> (Thrown dagger) 6w, Climb 18, Dance 18, First Aid 6w [5]
>
> Mental Abilities: Lead men into battle 5w, Reconcile Contradictions 1w2,
> Sense Assassin 16, Stirring Speech 3w
>
> Affinities:
> Combat (Truesword Stroke, Shield Destroyer, Weapon Destroyer) 1w
> Death (Shout of Fear, Kill Undead, Bless Corpse, Lay Ghost, Death
> Song
> Berserk) 1w
> Honor (Empower Oath, Know Truth, Rally Warriors, Shame Coward) 1w
>
> Talents: (from integrated spirits) Toughen Exoskeleton 5w, Turn Limb into
> Claw 6w, Boost Venom 3w; (from Bagog) Shapechange 2w; (tradition
> secret)
> Devour 1w
>
> Chaotic Features: invisible to spirits, attractive to animals
>
> Gifts: +5 to Greatsword ability, +4 resistance vs. Disease and Poison,
> Sense Assassin ability, Recover 1 AP per round (as long as APs are
> above
> 0), blessed sword
>
> Geases: never use maces, never participate in an ambush, never use poison,
> never refuse a challenge to one-on-one combat, never accept minor
> magical
> healing
>
> Personality: stoic 17, planning 17, honorable 1w.
>
> Flaws: Look Hideous to Non-Scorpion Folk 13
>
> Possessions: Headtaker (iron greatsword, +5 rank vs. Broos), Heler's
> Shield
> (a blue crystal which gives her magic resistance a +3 bonus)
>
> Combat [6]: Headtaker 8w2^7(^12 vs. Broos), Two swords 3w2^5, Dagger
> 3w2^1,
> Claw 3w2^4, Tail 3w2^6, Thrown Dagger 6w^1; Chitin armor & bronze
> cuirass
> ^5
>
> [4] What does it means to be illuminated in this context? Only that she
> can
> ignore some cult restrictions? Maybe something more, so I gave her a
> mystical ability (well, sort of). Anyway what path has she followed? In
> other words: how is RQ Illumination represented now?
>
> [5] If I understood correctly, you put in "significant abilities" only
> those
> abilities which the character wouldn't normally have - given her keywords
> -
> or whose rating differs from the keyword rating. Is it so?
>
> [6] I made up the numbers according to intuition, if you know better I
> would
> be most grateful if you could advise me.
>
> Cheers,
> A converting Alex.
>
>
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