Re: Troubled Waters magic

From: giangero <giangero_at_...>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 08:39:05 -0000

> Can anyone suggest possible ways to get around this conundrum? My
best
> solution so far is to wave my hands a bit, say "Oooh, it's
mysterious,
> oooh", and say that the PCs can treat this fetish (only) as
concentrated
> magic, and it doesn't have any effect on any other magic,
concentrated or
> not. But if there's a loophole in the rules, I'd like to hear
about it.

IMO, the rules give way to any option.
If the Narrator thinks that a thing is necessary for the scenario, it is so.
It's like her spending the HPs to cement the "exception to the rules" feature which is key to HeroquestTM.
Rules in HQ serve the purpose of the story, and this is not just chatter.

If at the end of the scenario the heroes spend HPs to cement their fetishes then *they* have to justify it (by the background). If they don't want to, don't feel so or merely spend their HPs elsewhere, then wave your narrating hands and say "oooh, it's gone".

Mistery is mistery.

Ciao,
Gian