Re: Can anyone help with spirits and possession?

From: Bryan <bethexton_at_...>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 16:36:22 -0000

wrote:
>
> I would say Drain Magic is the ability used in the contest. I dunno
> which source describes dominant possession as an ghostly ability
> and it seems like a RQism to me.
>
> --Peter Metcalfe
>
The adventure started life early in HW days, before a lot of the support books were out, so yes I think our thinking was still heavily influenced by RQ at the time when it came to what a 'ghost' was and could do (although this might also have been something from the HW rules--I'm not sure). Unfortunately nobody caught this when the adventure was adapted to HQ (most other things *were* fixed--like the first scene was originally written to use HW attribute check rolls).

Just a note to Matt: the intent was that the player characters do not go onto the madman's table--it is akin to jumping into a pit of -hungry lions, something only to be done by fools or great heroes. (Later in the player's careers if they need to use a weak spot to hell the mad man's table might work well, mind you). But for now they should most likely only be dealing with Mykka, the only one of the ghosts who is bound to the skirt of rubble around the table, and she should not be too hard to take on. If one character is having trouble others should be able to help out.

Also, this does not have to be the final point of the adventure. My first point form outline for a learning HQ scenario, which Jeff Kyer took and made into something much better and fully fleshed out, did not have this as the final point. If I recall correctly this was the stage to introduce a group simple contest, with the extended contest coming in the original final scene. I think the Madman's Table scene makes a much more dramatic climax, and the addition of Mykka adds real meaning to why the raven leads you there. Still, if you don't want a big fight, or you have players who have read the HQ book and you'd like to give them a twist, let me know and I can pass along some alternative continuations

Regards;

--Bryan