GoonQuest stats for Argrath, etc

From: Loren Miller <loren_at_wharton.upenn.edu>
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 12:35:35 +0000


In the interest of finally getting this stuff out for open discussion, here are my interpretations of the Arduin Grimoire stats for various big heroes that were in Wyrms Footprints, as translated to GoonQuest.

GoonQuest stats for famous folks circa 1620

Argrath, Renegade Sartarite Prince

S:Windlord 190% (winds swirling round him, odor of ozone)
B:Warrior 160% (tall, rangy, ruddy skin & healthy glow)
S:Prince 160% (charismatic, grey eyes)
M:Thief/Bandit 130% (quick moving, sometimes shifty)
Stuff

   Blessed Iron Broadsword "Flame of Sartar" +30% combat    Magic Boots "Wall Walkers" can walk on any surface    Blessed Iron Plate and Shield when going to war Heroic Gifts

   Shimmer, +60% to combat for defense only.

      token: spiral shaped bronze ring.
   Can control giants.

      token: stone bowl and spoon
   Can summon & command an army of warrior dragonnewts

      token: bag of dragon teeth
   Can cause the Red Moon to fade and disappear to all    viewers within a league, negating Glowline and Glowspot.

      token: obsidian knife of draconic manufacture    Nearly immune (+100%) against poison

      token: scorpion skin bracelet
   Can bless an army to +50% to resist madness

      token: brass clockwork head of dwarf manufacture

Harrek the Berserk
S:Avatar of Death 310% (surrounded by the howling and groaning of ghosts) -- the avatar of death can bind ghosts, kill with a glare, kill entire blood-families with a single attack, and inspire blood - -lust and berserking in followers
B:Savage Warrior 280% (huge, muscular, scarred, hairy, silver hair) M:Pirate Captain 250% (wolf pirate flunkies) Stuff

   Blessed Iron Broadsword, +30%, called "White Fang", whines

      when it is drawn and growls when it tastes blood. Heroic Gifts

   Immune to Normal weapons, +100% armor against magic weapons.    +100% to Body. Regenerates a minor wound in a minute.

      token: pelt of the polar bear god
   Beheads or cuts opponents in half if he kills them with an attack.    Causes wounds that may not be healed by magic.

      token: claws of the polar bear god    Immune to poisons and venoms

      token: ancient copper ring (swallowed and kept in place by a
      bound ghost)

   +50% to Spirit, Friend of all bears, Able to speak with bears,    Able to hibernate along with an army of followers, Able to    control bears, and will never be attacked by bears. +50% Body    for defense.
      token: silver mesh belt with ruby-eyed silver bear's head
      on it, called "Arcas Power"

Gunda the Guilty
B:Warrior Woman 160% (5'8" 180 lbs, blonde braids & blue eyes, horned helmet, very strong, sings & speaks loudly) S:Amazon Virgin 130% (resistance to charisma & aphrodisiacs) M:Skeptic 130% (resistant to oaths and control spells) Stuff

   Spear "Sweet Vengeance" +40%, permanent TrueSpear    Sword in Left Hand "Hell's Left Hand" +20%, permanent TrueSword

      against males.
   Dirk on belt "Queen's Kiss" +30%, Poison +40%    Enchanted Iron Chainmail

Jar-Eel the Razoress
S:Moonsword Priestess 220% (beautiful, six feet tall, red-gold haired)
B:Yanafal Tarnils Scimitar 220% (reddened armor, highly polished) M:Illuminate 190% (tells confusing riddles) Stuff

   Scimitar "Moon Dancer" +50%, permanent TrueSword, can fly and

     fight on its own, detects enemies in sight, and its wounds
     paralyze Male opponents.

   Enchanted Reddened Silver Mail, protects like Iron Plate    Enchanted Silver Shield, protects like Iron Shield, glows with a

      red light
Heroic Gifts

   Regenerates a major wound in a minute. Able to have two primary    GoonPowers.

      token: right of divine descent
   May become ethereal in moonlight or double number of actions

      token: belt woven from moonlight
   May open and/or seal any lock or door, charm all beings within    earshot, neutralizes all countermagic in earshot, +50% Armor,    +100% Spirit for defense.

      token: silver harp "My Song" with strings made of moonlight    Immune to poisons and venoms

      token: necklace of 37 glowing red stones

Moonson, the Red Emperor
S:Avatar of Red Moon 265% (crimson hair & goatee, ruddy complexion, 6' tall)

M:Wizard 265% (speaks to invisible entities)
B:Warrior 265% (loves a good gladiatorial bloodbath)
M:Illuminate 235% (tells confusing riddles)
Stuff

   Red Dragon Scale Armor, like Iron Plate +50    Red Dragon Scale Shield, like Iron Round +50    Ring that bounces spells back at their caster +50 Spirit
"Arm of the Moon" 4' long Ruby-headed mace, +50, destroys undead,

      forces a spiritual crisis on all non-Lunar enemies. creates a wall of 
      "Moon Fire" cold flames that do lots of damage. creates a "Moon Glow" at 
      will. teleports him to Red Goddess' Mansion on the surface of the 
      Moon, usable once per week.

Heroic Gifts

   Unaging, Immortal, but can be slain

      token: son of the moon goddess, cult of worshippers    Invisible

      token: ring made of moonlight
   Regenerates the damage he causes

      token: amulet made of black moonlight    Strong as a Giant

      token: belt made of enchanted ice
   Runs as quickly as a hippogriff flies

      token: boots decorated with moon rubies    Can disarm any magical trap

      token: bag of powder, called "Moon Bran"

Beat-Pot Aelwrin

S:Moonsword Priest 160%
M:Cook & Bottle-Washer 130%
B:Warrior 100%

Stuff

"King Cleaver" a giant's meat cleaver, +30 (+40 vs royalty), can

      cut a human-sized door through anything up to 10 feet thick    Leather Apron, +50 Armor from neck to knees    Enchanted Silver Shield
   Enchanted Cooking Pot Helm of the demigods

      while worn gives all needed nourishment (food, drink, sleep, 
      air) can place over a fire, say the magic words, and the pot will 
      fill with enough "stew of the demigods" to feed Aelwrin and 7 other 
      people and make them feel great for the next day.
Heroic Gifts

   Rhetorical ability to convince huge crowds, +80 Spirit

      token: well-worn pebble kept in his pocket

Jaldon Toothmaker

B:Warrior 160% (never speaks aloud, always uses hand signals)
M:Khan of Prax 160% (tattoos, feathers, followed by lots of nomads)
S:Immortal Ghost 160% (rides a skeleton horse called "Home", carries 
a scythe, has a skeletal body with dessicated flesh) Stuff

   Armor of bones and copper plates, works like enchanted Iron Plate

      +50
"Doomrake" the scythe, +50, drains Spirit, ignores non-enchanted

      armor, turns undead
"Fate Cracker" short mace +30, turns undead
Heroic Gifts

   Whenever the nomads of Prax band together and invade the more    civilized lands of Dragon Pass then he returns to join them. Can never be    permanently destroyed or killed.

      token: fate
   Shimmer +30

      token: ancient wedding ring
   Aura of Fear, Spirit 90, seven pace radius

      token: grinning skull amulet

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