RE: HeroQuest Vision

From: Jane Williams <janewilliams20_at_...>
Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 08:23:31 +0100

> I'd be very interested to hear what people understand by 'heroquest
> vision', both from rules references and from their own game
> encounters and usage.

Not a lot - I'm struggling to understand similar references myself.

Here's something Merlin Cox said to me about a similar phrase:

> Heroquest Consciousness is mentioned in Arcane Lore and
> referred to (not under that term) somewhere in KoS (sorry to
> be so vague). It's what heroquesters have.

Which, since *everyone* is a Hqer (in the Orlanthi world I inhabit at least), seems to me not to help. I haven't yet had time to read through Arcane Lore and track down that reference. At least, not anthing beyond the "it exists" level. P29 is the best so far.

There are references in the Sky Ship to an ability that lets you see in the God Plane, being able to distinguish individuals and sort out who they are in the mudane. But about the only way to get this is as a present from Kallyr/Rigsdal, in that scenario and nowhere else.

I've read in places (sorry, no idea where) that the Hero Plane has a similar problem, that when you meet Zorak Zoran, say, what you see is Zorak Zoran, and you have no idea if it's the champion of the local troll tribe who yo've met before, or not. HeroQuest Vision would then be the ability to recognise him as his mundane self. But I'm guessing.