Nick_at_... wrote:
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> Throwing two principles out, to see who bites:
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> 1. The "power" of a heroquest should be determined -- in large part -- by the power of the heroquester, and not by some absolute value set by the original mythic event.
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> 2. The "challenge" of a heroquest should be relative, not absolute. Why not express the strength of opposition/resistance in terms of "X mastery levels' advantage", not just an ability rating.
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Agreed, and add:
3. When on a heroquest, the events and personalities look like the
mythic events. Scenes, actors* and actions are similar.
4. More powerful quests are more similar to the myths they re-enact.
5. Myths do not give complete descriptions, and come in multiple
versions, so there is some flexibility in the scenes, actors and
actions.
- Including the number of actors. If Humakt faced chaos alone, so
does the heroquester.