Footnote 5 out of 3?
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If I read you right, you're saying that he (or _everybody_ in the temple?) has a Shield VIII up when he does the Sandals of Darkness quest, but not otherwise? I don't think I see the logic of that. Is there some instrinsic (or now-established) connection between Shield and this Quest, in a way embodied in the myth/Path, or is this just some sort of "saved position" he has in the quest?
> 10 came came from personal POW sacrifices previously made and
> since regained.
This is POW sacking for some spell or effect, or more like a "blood transfusion to his future self"? You appear to imply the latter, but I'm struggling to see the game world intuition behind the mechanic.
> You have become the idea of the death of an empire.
Snappy line. ;-) What's counterintuitive about the example is that it implies that a much-supported HQer like Argrath has far less free will than a freelancer like Harrek, while anecdote would lead one to believe the reverse. ("You say you rolled a critical on your Hate (Everything) Passion _again_, Harrek?")
> There _is_ one way you could regain your free will. Cancel all your
> magic cast on the hero-plane, and renounce all your powers[3].
Precendent/motivation for being able to do this?
> Without people like Hengvik this would be a real quest, not just
> a routine 'pay-the-cost-and-take-the-rune-magic' job.
You mean that it requires that the Hero _has_ done it, and that a cult to him remains (standard Hero Cult schtick), or some other effect involving an _active_ HQer?
Querulously,
Alex.
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