Somehow I knew you'd bring this up :-). Sorry, jane, but some individuals in Glorantha break even the lax rules of HQ (don't even *try* it in RQ!)
> Glorantha. The rules model what happens in Glorantha.
> So if they can't model this, they're broken, because
> it happened. If Harrek could do it, then so, under
> similar circumstances, could a PC, and no doubt they
> will. "Scriptural immunity" means "spent a HP" -
No, it means "spent enough HPs to become a OiD Centerfold in one fell swoop including multiple ability spending penalties" (and ignore the rule about only spending one HP at a time to bump).
> that's what they are. Yes, I'm sure it was very hard,
> but it can be done, because it was done, and if the
> rules say otherwise, we fix them until they match the
> universe.
Yes, it *can* be done, but it would take:
A narrator that starts the game in the multiple-mastery range
and
lets you have a ton of HP
and
lets you spend them in multiples for bumps
and
says "The White Bear is having a bad day"
Not a Rules thing, but a Narrator thing. Maybe Greg was a Monty-Haul GM in the past?
> Let's assume for now that Harrek rolled only 1s and
> the Bear God and the Universe rolled only 20s. What
> numbers do we need?
The difference in mastery levels. Just how did Harrek get 6+ masteries through rituals/circumstances/backup? (Assuming a 16-year old kid isn't going to be more than 10w2, or a 30 year old not-yet-a-superhero doesn't have more than 10w3, and assuming that the Bear is a "low-end" Great Spirit with 10w8 and a -20 Alien World penalty to Harrek for being in the Spirit World and facing the Bear on its home ground. Assuming Harrek is smart, he'll have gone in with a 19 or 20 Target number, whatever his masteries might be.
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