> From: Dave Bailey <dave.bailey_at_...>
>Subject: RE: Scenario idea
>
>Thom,
> This is just an idea because I don't know the HeroQuest you're
>using. If the ultimate aim of the quest involves an item, say you have to
>retrieve something or don something, and the Gargathi just simply steal the
>item then the HeroQuest can't be completed, at least until the item is back
>where it's supposed to be. This leads to two things, one the recovery of the
>item either via physical action/hunt or a court case perhaps (maybe both if
>the case breaks down) and two that the prospective initiate needs to be
>"safe" whilst all this is going on. If the penultimate stage of the quest
>involves taking hospitality with "friends" then she can just stay there.
>There's also the possibility of time dilation I guess, for her the last two
>stages went quickly but in the real world it took several days or weeks.
The culmination of (this) initiation involves the applicant facing a ritual
enemy alone. I interpret this (at that part of the ritual only) as
indicating she is on the Hero Plane and the rest are providing
extraordinary support.
Thom