> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Hal Bowman <hal_bowman1_at_d5vwFzc43yGnnACz6tXSpqM6lmqio1VmtZ8s754Qg3sq2sIy-TA7ICW_aFfYzYlptsjtJCByEoDGhuw.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Same thing during the Heroquest. The bridge guarded by the giant who
>> knocks people into the River of Swords. My guys will probably try to fly
>> around him.
>>
>
> I think the mistake here is imagining that the Other World cares about
> physics rather than myth.
>
On review, the other option is let them find a "way around" that leads them off the known path of myth and requires a different set of challenges (perhaps more suited for your players) as well as the fun the fear of getting lost in the Otherworld/Underworld.
You could, of course, replace this stage entirely with something else if it's going to be a problem (not mechanically -- ie "what if they fly" so much as "they cannot pass the guardian at all; it will be a dead end" which might make for a cautionary tale but not a very successful game session.
Peter Larsen
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