Re: Digest Number 350

From: Thom Baguley <t.s.baguley_at_...>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 18:17:15 +0000

>This might work. But it does mention in a few places that heroquests
>can spend seasons preparing thier rituals to succeed.
>
>I'm more inclined to say that the support has to be present when you
>cross the barrier and then start to enact the heroquest rather than
>added in. Who knows where they are in the HeroPlane when you get to

I think that's the most important bit, but I can't help thinking that having your clan destroyed whilst on the Other Side is a bad thing.

>them. Usually a small token of that support is given as a part of the
>ritual (I only allow one ritual to prep a group -- all the support
>groups participate -- armed but not expended as it were) such as a bag
>of wind with the breath of a warband or a rope braided from the hair
>of the women of the clan or pot of woad blessed by all the clan's
>goddi...
>
>The token is used as appropriate for example, in the Westfairing,
>Orlanth summons his Vingkotlings to him this way. There are other
>examples of this in Harmast's Saga and in Morden Guards The Camp (to
>name a few)
>
>Just a way of doing this that isn't too rules wanky and is somewhat
>more *story* intensive.

I think the Heroquest maintainance might be quite low key relative to the main ceremony. For example, lighting candles, saying prayers, making sacrifices and so on as a regular occurrance.

Thom