Re: magical vs.mundane resistance

From: Oliver D. Bernuetz <bernuetz_at_...>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 14:56:08 -0000

• In HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com, "simon_hibbs2" <simon.hibbs_at_m...> wrote:
  > --- In HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com, "Mike Holmes"
  > <homeydont_at_h...> wrote:
  >
  > > The original complaint is that, essentially, a character seems to
  > be able to
  > > win in one unlikely situation via magic, but then typically can't
  > do
  > > something much more likely because the opposition is human. ...
  >
  > Or rather, not a tree.
  >
  > It seems to me you're consistently ignoring the fact that this is
  > magic for Jumping Trees, not magic for Jumping. Where did the
  > magic come from? Well, we know that magic comes from myth.
  > Let's look at a possible mythic source for the magic.
  >
  Okay, so now do the same for Destor's Leap Over Obstacle. What counts as an obstacle, a fence, a bush, a city, a mountain range?

Oliver