>That is, when you go into a Heroquest
>to, say, fight against Orlanth to get his attention, you're representing
>somebody who could have defeated Orlanth - say, maybe Yanafal Tarnils or
>somebody. So, in order to make you seem stronger, the heroquest makes
>Orlanth beatable - not easy, but maybe he's a 10W3. Not even superhuman.
Not quite. When you do a Heroquest you take on the role of Yanafal (to use your example) but with your skills. The opponent ("Orlanth") is equally someone taking on the role of Orlanth, with his abilities, not Orlanth's. Thus the 10W3.
Only when you go on a God Quest do you face the real Orlanth, and those are pretty unusual.
Cheers,
Graham
-- Graham Robinson graham_at_... Albion Software Engineering Ltd.
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