Re: Fiends and Cacodemon

From: Kevin Blackburn <kevin_at_...>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 19:22:26 +0100

In article <Pine.GSO.4.58.0504221335590.2186_at_...>, Mikko Rintasaari <mikrin_at_...> writes
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>Is there any consensus about the powerlevels or parhaps even a HQ
>version of these classic demons of Glorantha?
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>RQ totally broke down at the higher powerlevels, so I don't think the
>old descriptions can be of much help.
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>Parhaps Greg would like to throw us a bone here.
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>My guess would be (while on the mortal plane)
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>Fiend 10w3 range of power
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>Cacodemon 10w5 range.
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>So Cacodemon manifest would be an overwhelming opponent even for a
>superhero to tackle alone, and a fiend would be a match for a lesser
>hero (like Sir Ethilrist, frex)
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>I'd love to hear any views,
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> -Adept

You've got to be careful in these scales - if you've characters who have been through (currently) 148 sessions give or take, over 4 years game time, with maybe an average of 6HP a session and various HeroQuest gifts they get scary even if you penalise the costs of double masteries or higher.

As an example of when they get way out of control - a Yinkini devotee was throwing a party in celebration of Yinkin as a lover. As the scores grew higher (there's a whole Ulerian sub-text going on in the campaign - sorry), I set a challenge of W9 for Yinkin to come calling in defiance of the Compromise, because it seemed necessary - err, they passed it.

I in effect still use the HeroWars rules, so augments come relatively thick and fast, which is one reason for this.

Combat-wise they probably aren't quite so badly out of control, but still.

Oh, and the "classic" timeline is creaking a lot!

In short - scale it to your PCs and what you think they should be able to achieve.

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Kevin Blackburn                         Kevin_at_...