Sidekick minimaxing

From: Jane Williams <janewilliams20_at_...>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 20:59:33 -0000


> And if you want to REALLY game HeroQuest in Glorantha - take
> a True Dragon as a sidekick :-)

Considering that in a sort of fascinated horror. I think most (sensible) GMs would disallow it, but I'm trying to think of a "yes, but...." solution. If the player can come up with back-story to justify it, after all....

So they get their keyword at 17.
They *also* get their species keyword, with skills at the given values (ouch! I haven't looked them up, but "far too high" no doubt covers it.) And they get three other skills.

What are the keyword and other skills? Too low to counteract the species stuff, I expect, no matter how cleverly I pick them.

I suspect the answer is that to get the dragon to do anything outside its "role", you have to roll against your relationship with it. Follower reluctance table, p86, and start everything at the 5W resistance, minimum. It says its "role" is "sleep", and I'm not going to argue. A bad roll against that relationship, and it gets annoyed :(

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