<I rambled>
> > Gerlef ansvered: "First I'll blind you, then I'll cripple you, and only
> > after you ask me, will I grant you the release of Death"
>
> <snip>
>
> > To cut a long story short, very much against my expectations he then
> > proceeded to do exactly what he had promised.
>
> And a great story it makes too! I hope a Bard witnessed it. <note to
> self, remember to take a Bard follower>
Unfortunately not, but when a Deciple of Humakt, and the adopted son of the Prince tells the bard how things went, he get's believed. :)
"Deathchild and the Dragon" (I named it in Finnish and now have some trouble working out an english translation) is _the_ saga going around Sartar now :)
> A narrator in this situation does have the opportunity to be nasty ...
>
> > The Dragon spat "try it!"
>
> Suppose the dragon hadn't said anything that could be taken as 'asking for
> death'. Strictly, Gerlef can't kill it, maybe shouldn't even do anything
> that risks killing it.
Indeed.
> Suppose the dragon flees, and later appears as an
> Undead ... Gerlef is in a classic bind of having to break one of two oaths.
>
> Andrew
It would have been rather nasty of me, wouldn't it? The "heroquest challenge" style setting pretty much bound the dragon to the fight, though.
Then again, Gerlef just wanted the banner (and didn't really know the connection between the dragon and the banner). I suppose it was ok by him if the dragon just gave up and left.
-Adept
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