Re: Re: Enemies in a heroquest

From: Gianfranco Geroldi <giangero_at_...>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 05:34:09 -0700 (PDT)

> 3 - A second questor raiding the first. This is
> only possible if the
> second questor knows something of the ritual/quest
> of the first and
> is able to make some identification with an actor in
> one of the
> stations (ideally an opponent of the first). It is
> made easier if the
> first is taking part in, say, a well known annual
> activity/ritual so
> the second can time their own ritual/quest to
> co-incide.

Mike Dawson provides an alternative for this option in his Tower of Ivory Heroquest: the raiding questor enters in a Quest as an actor of a station and then waits in that station for an enemy (e.g. ordinary heroquester doing the linear HQ when and how he likes to) to arrive, effectively ambushing him with a stronger and/or different opposition rather than that one which the ordinary heroquester expects to meet in that station. I think this is nasty and dangerous enough for a climactic heroquest! (not for an initiation ritual...)

Gian

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