- In HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com, "markmohrfield"
<markmohrfield_at_...> wrote:
>
>
> Say the Perceptor has a Use Scripture Ability at 18. She casts a
> Blessing on a Full Moon Day, when her magical abilities are at 1.5
> their normal level, so her Use Scripture is at 27. On that day the
> Blessing received is clearly worth a +3 augment. But the Blessing
> lasts all week. Does it remain at +3 that whole time, or does it
drop
> to the level that the Use Scripture would be on that day (i.e. 18
for
> a +2 on half moon days, 9 for +1 on crescent days, and 6 for +1 on
> dying/dead days.)
I hae no idea (well, a suspicion, but what do I know?). But just in
the interest of complicating things, I'll toss out a few parallel
situations.
- Preceptor blesses the congregation while they're inside the
glowline. Congregation then leaves the glowline while the blessing is
active--and it's Dead Moon Day. Does the blessing immediately drop in
power? Does it matter whether the *preceptor* goes along with the
congregation, or stays inside the glowline? (Not such a far-fetched
example, I'd think. I'd bet when a military troop needs to make crossborder
raids, it would, whenever possible, get all nicely blessed and
magicked-up back at the base before they went riding.)
- Similar situation: Congregation is blessed while they're outside
the glowline. Then the Bat flies by, and they're now inside the
glowspot. Does all their magic jump up in power?
I think the basic question here is: Is the blessing a one-off,
instantaneous event, that has effects that last a week? (i.e.
Preceptor grabs a bunch of lunar power *now*, uses it to impose Lunar
Juju on the congregation. That LJ has a one-week effect.) In that
case, I'd expect the only thing that matters is the magical
environment at the moment of the blessing. *When the blessing
happened*--when the magical event ocurred--the moon was full (or the
preceptor was in the glowline), so that sets the magic level for the
week.
Or, on the other hand, is the blessing a one-week connection
established between the congregation and the Lunar source? i.e. the
preceptor, using his skill, opens a channel through which blessings
will flow for the coming week. Opening the channel was a one-off
event, but the lunar connection is ongoing. In that case, we might
well expect the effect of the blessing to be cyclical. Energy is
flowing through th e channel all week--but it ebbs and flows with the
moon.