- In HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com, "Light Castle"
<light_castle_at_s...> wrote:
> I really like this idea. Theoblanc as secret anti-hero, it's a nice
twist. I'm not sure why
> purging all the saints would be a defense against Lunar
Heroquesting, though.
>
The Lunars have shown disturbing eagerness and ability in
experimental heroquesting. The most dramatic of course was when they
kept the Pharoah from coming back. However they seem to work their
way into the magic of all sorts of lands....the Star Bear in Sylilia,
the sudden royal marriage, quick conception, and royal death in
Tarsh, or the introduction of the red rites into Ernaldan practice in
Tarsh (I've made my quota of mangled summaries this week, someone
else more savant can explain this one), and there are more.
Basically at least as often at conquering a place, they subvert it
from the top through funky magical ritual and heroquesting.
So, if you massively trim back the diversity of rituals you do, put
in huge redundancy (everyone is doing the same), and work very
stictly to keep them pure, the odds of the lunars being able to pull
a quick one on you is reduced. Mind you, Safelstar is still a long
way from any substantial lunar influence, so while it is possible
that there is some long term prophecy that is being responded to, I
doubt that is the reason behind it.....but I'm certainly neither sure
of it, nor beyond planting it as an idea for players to fret about.
--Bryan