> > I hate to say it, but that's drivel. It happened,
> in
> Somehow I knew you'd bring this up :-). Sorry, jane,
> but some individuals in
> Glorantha break even the lax rules of HQ (don't even
> *try* it in RQ!)
Well I was hoping you'd explain how HQ can do it, but if they can't - they're broken. And need fixing.
>>If Harrek could do it, then so, under
Then possibly the rule about only spending one HP at a time is what's broken.
> Yes, it *can* be done, but it would take:
>
> A narrator that starts the game in the
> multiple-mastery range
Or a long game. Either are possible.
> and lets you have a ton of HP and
> lets you spend them in multiples for bumps
All seems possible.
> and says "The White Bear is having a bad day"
He rolled 20s, Harrek rolled 1s
> Not a Rules thing, but a Narrator thing. Maybe Greg
> was a Monty-Haul GM in the past?
Maybe.
> > Let's assume for now that Harrek rolled only 1s
> and
> > the Bear God and the Universe rolled only 20s.
> What numbers do we need?
>
> The difference in mastery levels. Just how did
> Harrek get 6+ masteries
> through rituals/circumstances/backup?
Well, using spirit magic not any other sort makes it easier. Release a lot of fetishes all at once, and stack them. Ask those present at Neil's CharUn game at Continuum what that can be like - ISTR stacking up about four masteries without too much of a problem (and saying afterward "oh drat, overlooked that +17 - ah well, hardly metters"). Very much a one-shot, but it worked.
The other bit of rules cheese is to go for a rolled augment, a very high one, and spend a HP to be sure you get it. If Harrek had any friends as well, you play SWAT team, and there you go.
>(Assuming a 16-year old kid isn't
I gather he has W4 now, and that was in the past. Let's take W4 as our upper limit, he hasn't exactly been doing self-improvement exercises since, just killing things. 10W3 seems more reasonable. And since I believe he spent some time as a hired fighter in the Dart Wars, the age-30 story seems more likely to me than the age-16 one (clashes can be explained by the usual of Issaries editors not bothering to read and check the basic background, just like the Bat dates).
> and assuming that the Bear is a
> "low-end" Great Spirit
> with 10w8 and a -20 Alien World penalty to Harrek
> for being in the Spirit
> World and facing the Bear on its home ground.
Yep - unless he somehow suckered it into meeting him somewhere else?
> Assuming Harrek is smart,
> he'll have gone in with a 19 or 20 Target number,
> whatever his masteries might be.
Yes - though we're assuming here that he got to roll 1s throughout the contest. That's the real "narrative immunity" - the author controls the dice to make for more interesting plot.
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