[Torg] A little Aysle tweaking [my players-- keep out or your characters die]

[Stephen John Smoogen]

2008/11/12 James Knevitt <jknevitt at gmail.com>:
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> In my version of Aysle, I have Thorfinn Bjanni/Angar Uthorion at the head of
> the Army of the Dark, mercilessly crushing the Light beneath his Viking feet
> and generally winning the Ayslish Civil War. Drakacanus has seen this and
> decided to keep Uthorion as High Lord (by simply disappearing for a while
> and then appearing before him). In my Aysle, Uthorion seeks to lower the
> axioms of Aysle to better match those of the Sandanavian/Viking culture and
> mythlogy that he's been immersed in as Bjanni. In short, he wants to make it
> more Norse/Viking-ish and less high fantasy-ish. My questions are these:
> 1) Drakacanus is attuned to the form of Pella Ardinay (and thus Ardinay is
> effectively an unwilling High Lord). Couldn't Drakacanus simply choose for
> that restriction not to apply? DDs withdraw their power from High Lords all
> the time; could one not argue that rakacanus could do the same (and then
> appear before Uthorion/Bjanni as above)?

I ruled that they could and basically Drakanus did so in my campaign.
However, I also rules that it took physical contact to bond with a new
high lord... so as long as the crown was in Oxford and no new zones
were created.. it was stuck there. If a new zone was activated then
Drakanus would use that zone to teleport to its new high lord. This
had the effect that each fo the wannabes were trying real hard to get
either physical access to the Crown, get access to remaining stelae
(most were held at Oxford also) OR activate new stelae which I had
required a high magic spell.


> 2) how much P-energy would Uthorion/Bjanni need to tweak the axioms to those
> lower levels in a short period of time eg. six months, a year) (which are
> themselves a matter of interpretation)? Could he do it based on his existing
> supply (given he reclaims the mantle of High Lord)?

Basically if he wants to do it fast, he needs to plant a stelae per
axiom point he wants to move. I ran it that you basically burn out the
zone in doing so... but core rules don't say that.



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