I have a Humakt initiate (yeah yeah) in one game and I gave him two distinct but similar abilities. Merciless killer and Orlanthi warrior. The merciless killer is at 4W and the Orlanthi warrior is at 13. Now the very fact that this ability is so low is vital to my character. Every fight I have an option, most likely win and do so in a horrific way, or fight and maybe loose.
Often the things you’re successful at and the things you value conflict.
From: David Dunham <david_at_...>
Subject: [HeroQuest-rules] Re: What Does a Rune-Magic Rating Represent?
To: HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, 27 May, 2009, 1:07 AM
Alexander
>I roll and fail. My death rune might still kill the true
>dragon, but that doesn't stop the chaos horde advancing. So I failed to get
>what I 'the player' wanted.
I agree in spirit, but I think your example isn't a very good one.
Death at 13 is not all that great no matter how you play the game
(since by definition it's an ability you didn't care enough about to
improve). I also think it fails credibility that you would kill a
true dragon on a failure. (Though we don't know what the opposing
roll is, which makes it hard to know for sure.)
It's very true that you need to frame the contest, and that you
shouldn't interpret the results in binary fashion.
Page 105 discusses this (I believe this is part of the downloadable sample).
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David Dunham
Glorantha/HQ/ RQ page: www.pensee.com/ dunham/glorantha .html
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