Re: Re: Cave Troll Question.

From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson <rjremr_at_...>
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 09:25:44 -0800

In RQ, the cave trolls regenereate rather rapidly - 1 HP/location /round (12 seconds), so a totally severed limb (~6-7 HP) could be "regrown" in the course of a fight - about 1 1/2 minutes. Maybe not quite as fast as Hollywood does it, but still immediately dangerous. Plus it's shrugging off a lot of low-damage blows thanks to its 3-pt skin. You're not going to "whittle" a Cave troll down, you need a lot of power (In RQ: High STR bonus, 2h weapons, big magic, etc.; in HQ1: get as many modifiers as you can, and bid big; in HQ2: I haven't a clue, as I don't play the game) to take it out in one shot.

Cave trolls not regenerating damage from Acid is something new - in RQ and Anaxial's Roster it was always "under sunlight or by fire" (assuming you didn't merely misremember the rule). .

Walkatpus regeneration is slower - in RQ it was 1 HP/turn, or 5 minutes. Only complete destruction (here acid *is* mentioned) would stop if from reforming.

RR
>From such a face and form as mine, the noblest sentiments sound like the
black utterances of a depraved imagination.

>> I don't have the book to hand at the moment to quote exactly, but the
>> write up said something along the lines of the cave troll can regenerate
>> and can only be defeated by acid, fire or a powerful strike (Complete
>> Victory).
>
> That is correct. Cut a limb off and eventually it regrows.
>
>> Even if not directly stated, I am happy to assume this only applies to
>> fighting the creature. If I chose to Run Away, its regeneration does not
>> help it chase me and I manage to escape on any sort of victory, with the
>> level of victory determining the consequences as normal - but I'm not
>> sure what happens if I chose to fight it, don't use fire and don't
>> achieve a complete victory.
>
> Correct. However, all the writeup on page 142 says is they have the power
> of regeneration and nothing regarding the requirement of a complete
> victory (let me know if I missed something but that is what I recall
> writing).
>
> A cave troll can be fought as normal. However, if you defeat it, after a
> while it gets better. Frex, the heroes defeat the cave troll and then
> check out the strange glyphs in the back of the cave, slowly translating
> them. They finish their translation and the Narrator informs them that the
> cave troll is back, and seemingly no worse for its previous wounds!
>
>> In RQ The Cave Troll Regenerates HP
>> In Hero Wars or HQ1, then in an extended contest it would "regenerate"
>> AP's in some way, so the contest wouldn't end until the regeneration was
>> dealt with.
>> But I'm not sure how this works in HQ2.
>> I guess if the Troll was handled by a simple contest then on anything
>> less than a complete victory it can re-appear as an additional foe in any
>> subsequent contest?
>
> Yep. The point is that a cave troll "gets better" at some point after its
> defeat. Which can be a real pain in the butt for the heroes.
>
> Jeff
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