>At a guess, the various different quests
>will tend more towards his fertility, his kinship, and his fighting
>prowess. (OK, so they'll _all_ be mainly fighting, I mean relatively!)
Whatever your story wants.
>> Remember that these all include several stages of story events. Variant
>> versions of most of them exist. What they share is:
>> Entry cost of 5 HP
>Owch. Seems a bit steep!
Yes.
>> wager of Ride [everything], which MUST be lost
>The way you phrase that confuses me a little. Are you saying that
>(all) your ride ability(ies) are what has to be staked? Or that you
>have to lose the ability, _win or lose_?
You have a contest. If you don't lose this ability then you will not get
your Skybull.
>> Net result of Ride zazur at 17 OR your Worship [Stormbull/urox], whichever
>> is higher.
>
>OK, the moral here is clearly, have a high Relationship... I wondered
>all this while what that number was for! And whether or not you get
>an actual bull depends on the form of the quest?
As hinted above.
>How will this vary depending on the objective of the quest? Say one's
main goal is: a) to gain a personal mount; b) to gain the skill to
>ride them; c) to obtain a "source" of skybulls for one's clan; d) to
>make the skill readily available to the clan. Does which one principally
>desires effect either which "version" one should use, or the game
>mechanics for the "ante" and "stake"?
It is not a thing for me to decide on nor for rules to determine. At this
level I can only say "whatever your story wants."
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