Jeff wrote:
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> I tend to think that the difficulty is set by how 'deep' the heroes
> want to go. Do you want to just run it as 'you and the boys in the
> heroplane'? (equivalent enemies from similar questers)
>
> Do you want to run it in the roles of ancient heroes? Opponents are
> 10w3. Are you taking the role of the Thunderbrothers, etc in this?
> 10w4-5 opposition. The roles of the greater deities are very difficult
> and hard to do. This is just something I've toyed with.
>
> The reward, of course, is commeasurately greater.
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I agree. However, I've been told that Greg says otherwise: the
difficulty of a particular heroquest (story) is fixed, so if you want
to have an easier time, you have to choose easier stories ('How
Orlanth Fixed the Roof' rather than the LBQ).