Jane Williams
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> Donald:
>> Here's an idea. This is Heort's hall while Ivarne is still imprisoned
>> and the HQer who ends up here has to perform the HQ of rescuing her.
>> Doesn't explain how they survive until then.
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> Joerg:
>> "It's what Heort does." Simple success, according to the HW games I
>> played
>> with Greg.
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> That explains approximately nothing. "Simple success"? How? Why?
> Handwaving and ignore it?
The idea behind this: as you identify with your role model on a heroquest,
what would be the ordinary task of your role model becomes something you
would not normally fail at. A similar logic is behind e.g. the Storm Bull
part in the Issaries/Lkankor Mhy quest in the KodP game.
Sorry that I was short and snide, that's what less than 2 hours sleep do
to your writing.