> This came up last night. How are people treating the end of a
> heroquest: Do you have to overcome that 10W3 barrier at the
> conclusion of the quest (which is very tough without support) or if
> the quest reaches a normal conclusion do you just return to the
Inner
> World automatically.
Interesting question.
I'd never make it a difficulty, but I can't state the correct
paragraph in the rules for that. I just rem that theists, for
instance, provided they return to the correct temple, can be back
without problems.
> I cannot find it now but I seem to remember a post aong the lines
> of 'What happens to all those people stuck on the hero plane who
> never manage to return to the Inner World' with the answer being
> that 'this does not happen at the completion of the quest, you
> return to the Inner World without needing to run a contest'.
>
> My assumption then being that rolling to exit the quest is only
> needed if you try to terminate the quest at an abnormal point
> (i.e.things are going really badly, unexpected enemies turn up, and
> you want to bail).
I agree. I add that maybe you have a barrier to overcome if you
didn't enter the quest with a ceremony at the temple but at a "weakspot".
I argue (but I know it is not official) that since you can
more easily enter the Heroplane (for instance) at a weak spot than
through a ceremony, then as a side-effect, you have to cross a
barrier to get out.
Incidentally, the total of the two (or more) barriers could be 10W3!
> If not, how have narrators handled players who fail to break out -
> are you subsumed by your god (your individuality lost), do you exit
> but in the wrong place, spent the rest of your days wassailing in
> Orlanth's hall, etc.
I vote for the last: but you can join others' quests, and I suppose they are not rare, and beg the travellers to help you come back with them (and this is rare, I guess).
Ciao
Gian
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