From: acs_mogged@rivers.acc.uwrf.edu
Newsgroups: alt.games.torg
Subject: Re: Tharkholdu Princes versus the Gaunt Man
Date: 20 Nov 92 22:44:34 -0600
Organization: University of Wisconsin - River Falls

	After reading the Gaunt Man vs Sterret I couldn't figure to laugh or
cry.   I mean somewhere out there somebody has killed my hero.  The person who
I just strive to be just like.   Then I read the battle.


FIXED FIXED FIXED FIXED FIXED (Kinda like the city of demons) FIXED FIXED

	First a few questions:
	1) Where was the battle at.....
	   If it was in Orrorsh what happen to the pure zone, etc...
	2) What were the darkness devices doing... Were they sitting on the
	   sideline putting on bets who would win?
	3) How did the rounds go what did he do exactly.....
	4) What did he have for Occult Items on hand....(Hey did you actually
	   try to make an Occult item as confusing as weird science.  I hate
	   people who write up indefinite rules...)
	5) How much advance warning...

	I don't mean to insult you but did you read the Orrosh Rule book
before doing this battle.....  I mean he was marked for death!!!  You let him
buy off shock and WOUNDS!!!!!!!!  Wow, if my players here that they would cry
foul at some of the adventures and use your letter as proof that the power of
fear does not effect everybody ;-)  Did you let the Gaunt Man using his
walking stick(we have other words for it but I won't give it away hopefully it
will be published in the infiverse in reality check, soon....)  I know that
generates fear at 30 or so.  There is so many ways the Gaunt Man can
mutilate/destroy somebody but I just do not have the source book in front of me
right now.....  I think somebody previously mentioned Gaunt Man storming
Sterret but if I remember right Gaunt Man cannot storm(Hey I am at work you
don't bring torg sourcebooks to work most of the time) something about that he
is getting close to being made up of the same stuff the Nameless One is made
up of.

	A few months ago a friend and I got frustrated waited for people to
come so we played....   The fight of the century!!! Yes, without harming your
characters who ever is there on time(if other players still had not arrived)
can try to fight the highlords(without Darkness Devices).  Went in order of
who we thought would be easiest played these improvised battles.  Since we had
a three member party that usually means two people showed up and we played
these battles. 
	The result was
	1) People finally arrived on time at the sessions
	2) Baruk Khan, 3327(1 clone then all 7), Jaserel, A group of all the
Thakholdian NPC one at a time then 3 at a time, and many others were dead,
dominated, or defeated...
	3) Moebius, Cyber Pope, Gaunt Man all survived....

	These were all played exactly following all the West End Game Rules
from the Infiverse...  These characters are highly experienced....  But, they
were played for fun........  In the campaign I run currently they have not
runned into a High Lord for a long, long time (Hey, the last time they ran
into a High Lord they were looking for the Omegatron, knocked on the door,
and Moebius open up the door. The players screamed, one spent a possibility
and starting performing CyberPapal miracles.  The other players ran away. 
Moebius, who was having a bad day for the third storm knight escaped his
OmegaTron, stormed him (I know it wasn't in Nile style but somebody asked on
how storming went in game play).  The player took 2 round of battle (I was
impressed) and was storm.  Moebius then took the StormKnight and shoved him in
the OmegaTron gave his Obligatory speech(Telling him how this will make his day,
*blah* *blah* *blah*) then a servant came through the door and told him his
food was finished.  He followed the servant out of the room (Of course
telling the StormKnight if he escapes the OmegaTron I will hunt you down to
the four corners of the earth...) Oh well that was fun...)  But I have played
under a GM who was playing "High Lord Of Core Earth-Infiniverse Fix Up"  yup
we were one of the lucky 4% who killed Malcom Kane, but was lucky enough to
have the munckin in the group take his place.  Unfortunately, she was the
CyberPapal killing machine, doctor, and general I have any skill that makes me
ten times more effective than anything else.  So after a year we finally got
to fight her again, but since the player wasn't playing her she wasn't ten
time as effective..  She was killed in three rounds because we were afraid
that she would use something effective so we dodge and other maneuvers..... 

	What is the point well the point is the Character/NPC is only as
effective as the player/GM who played him.  I know a GM who can't run orrosh
if his life depended on it.  But, he would be the first person I would run to
if I needed someone to run Nile Empire perfectly...... 

	Well I think I rambled on long enough so I will stop using the band
width and say goodbye...

	Brian.s.Mogged@uwrf.edu
	One of the only people who know why the Gaunt Man would choose the
Kefee Haru on his card...

P.S. All spelling mistake, grammar and poor humor is not my fault you see I
had an occult ritual for til the end of time it will effect anything I write.

	But wouldn't it be cool if....

	Click you sit in your lazy boy at turn on the television.  It flickers
slightly as it turns on a fuzzy picture appears.. 

	"Storm Knight Television the only network totally run by out of work
realm runners are bringing you the fight of the century..   The Gaunt Man vs
Moebius live from Australia!!!!  Here is a pre-recorded interview of Moebius..."

	Picture changes to hooded figure with beautiful woman surrounding him.

Interviewer:Thank you for taking time out of you busy shooting schedule of
	    shooting that sequel to that blockbuster hit porno movie to take
	    part for interview about your upcoming battle.

Moebius:Well, the previous movie was not a porn movie. It was a provocative look
	at a side of me that nobody never seems to meet.  I hope people will
	watch "Storm Knight Sluts in Heat" to show how I really just a
	compassionate, loving man that I am not just the greatest high lord on
	any planet and soon will be Torg.  

I:	Right, uhm lets start with the Gaunt Man battle.

M:	Have you seen my new gadget it is so kewl.

I:	No....
M:	I made a gadget that will completely take out all the water out of any
	substance..

I:	Didn't I see this on an old BatMan episode, or a Get Smart

M:	No, this is an incredible new invention that require two rare
	elements.

I:	What are they?

M:	Eternium and Jello.

I:	Jello is not rare...

M:	I don't believe that.  Right now my diabolical plan to steal the secret
	of jello is under way.  My spies have told me that Bill Cosby is the
	maker of gelatin products on the market.  So my troops are going to
	kidnap Bill Cosby and he well tell me the secret of the jello
	substance.

I:	I see, but Bill Cosby does not... Never Mind. So what are you going to
	do to the Gaunt man.

M:	I got a new toy it is my hipno-pin

I:	Kinda of like the penguin's

M:	No better.  Watch.... Look into the pin.  You both are going into
	OmegaTron right now got it... 

The Camera shakes up in down

M:	You will turn off the camera now...

	"Wow wasn't that an exciting interview...  Now lets get go to a
pre-record a tape from Illumntive Keep itself!!!"

Interviewer:The Gaunt Man has gracefully granted an interview from his own keep
we are the first people who have successfully filmed from his keep!!  He
promise he will not harm us in any way.  This is an exclusive scoop that could
only be possible from Storm Knight television.

Gaunt Man turns around his body/face are just show as black on television.  The
camera is visibly shaking...

Gaunt Man:Good Evening, I hope your trip was an eventful one.

I:	Uhhh I....  e... I... Eventful wasn't the word for it.  I had four of 
	my closest friends and companions were lost as we came here...

G:	That's too go..bad...  You have my total remorse for your lost
	companions.  Do you have a question....

I:	I uhmmm, I ehhh.

G:	Oh have you met my old pet he has been fixed both mentally and 
	physically.  He was sent to stop some Stormers and he was convinced
	to follow them and he helped them get here and these stormers placed an 
	eternaty shard into me.  But, that was in the past now these stormers
	are just trying their hardest to die and just can't, sometimes life can
	be worst in than death.... And now that these stormers are just having
	a blast never dieing, but truly never living. Oh, I'm sorry I just am 
	rattling on endlessly I should let you just meet him.  Kurst..

The camera pans into a darkened corner you can see two eyes reflect and here a
growl come out of the darkness.

G:	Kurst meet your new member of your pack.

A blur moves quickly on the screen the camera is dropped on the ground. 
Blackness occurs.. 
You see the camera starting to be picked up it pans up passed rip shirt and
rip flesh..  A gun is visibly out as the camera passes towards a bloody face...
I:	Where did that ******** thing go...

G:	Excuse him, he hasn't had a some one that he liked in here for a long
	time...

I:	The ****** bit me.   I shot that thing at point blank it didn't blink.
	That ******.

G:	You shouldn't use that language it just isn't proper.  You really
	should try to get to know him he is just another different person if
	you talk to him..  You know he wants to start up a pack and I told him
	he cou.... 
	Quickly is it him behind you, don't think just fire....

The camera quickly pan over to a curtain covered door.  The curtain moves. 
Gun shots ring through the air.  A faint cry is heard as a small child falls
through the curtain, dead.

I:	What have I done...

G:	You just killed a poor innocent child...  I don't know why she went
	through that curtain. But, I just can't believe you killed her out of
	cold blood.

I:	What have I done....

Gaunt man gets up...

G:	Let me show you around this castle...

He lets them pass through a hallway...

G:	This is a special prize of mine.  

He shows a demon head with a large ebony ball hanging out of its mouth.  As the
camera gets closer the demon's eye pop open.  It starts to mumble a drool green
substance from it's mouth.

G:	Now this creature thought he could take my place.  But, now he
	volunteer to hang on this wall for all eternity.  

He shows him a richly carve box.  He opens the box, inside there is a headless
ravagon's body.

G:	Now this is the kicker for all eternity his body will regenerate in
	here without a head. But the body feels all the pain that is caused to 
	it.  Watch this..

He takes at out the ebony object from the demons mouth it spits out green
slime from its mouth.

T:	I hope you rot in hell you bastard.  

Gaunt man pulls out a meat grinder and shows it to the head.   The eyes
widen..

T:	Just kill me and get it over with. 

Gaunt Man pick a limb up and he starts to grind it up and the head screams...
The camera goes to black...
Camera comes on looking at a pool of vomit. 

G:	See that wasn't that painful.  

He takes two pieces of bread and places some of the grind up bloody demon meat
between two pieces of bread.

G:	Do you want a sandwich.  There is nothing wrong with it, come on try
	it....

T:	NOoooooooo 

You see the interviewer starting bite into it you hear screams from the demon
and the camera goes to black....

Camera comes back, muffled screams continue droning on.... on to what looks 
like a door made out of silver.

G:	This is a special guest room for special guest like you.  You see two
	days from now the full moon will come out and by then you might be 
	hungry so I will leave the camera man with you...

Camera Man: What!!!  What about the interview what about your promise about
not hurting us..

G:	The interview is over.  I promise I will not hurt you....

The camera moves violently as they are pushed into a dingy dark room with the 
only a ray of light coming from the silver door.  The interviewer is looking
around stunned but looks back at the camera and smiles with a big toothy
grin.  The camera is propped on the floor and you see a bloody face with cuts
and bruises on it.

C:	Someone come here and help me.  I am completely trap with that monster
	who will try to kill me in two days.

I:	Hey I might kill you today instead.

C:	Could somebody please rescue me.  I really do need help..  For Gods
	sake please come.

I:	I don't think we will need this camera any more.

	Blurred images

	"Well that was a unique interview I must say...  Well let you to the
ring for the action that has just started."

	The camera pans over an outside boxing ring.  A storm is quickly
rising overhead as the referee speaks...

	"The rules for fight are...  This fight is to the death.  This battle
will be fought in core earth.  You will not get outside help.  You will not
storm the other...."

	You see the two contestants in the respect corner.
	A creature shambles onto the stage starts to speak

	"Dna won eht niam tneve.  Ni siht renroc..."

	An announcer speaks," You are watching this live exclusively on Storm
Knight television..."
	
	The bell rings.  People point out towards the sky.  A gigantic blimp
flies overhead and shoots out a ray ten feet wide.  The ray hits the crowd and
they turn into a dehydrated corpses.

	Refugee jumps on the stage,"You better tell them to stop..."

	Refugee turns into a dehydrated shell of what he was....
	"Look at that Moebius is using a device to drain everybody's water. 
Isn't that incredible..  You are seeing this live on Storm Knight Television."

M:	Before I dry you out into nothing.  I think I better tell you why I
	agree to this.  I have been building armies up in Australia and they
	have been for the perfect time to conquer Indonesia.  Now I am going
	to destroy you and take over Indonesia then onto Gaia.

	Gaunt man laughs and raises his walking stick.  It screams a horrible
scream.  Moebius crumbles to his knees as the storm intensifies.   A bridge of
horrid twisted bodies slams into the ground.  The Gaunt Man laughs cruelly as a
storm front rips and transforms the area...  You see the blimp is ripped apart
as the storm throws it into the earth...

	"Wow, you are seeing it live only Storm Knight T.V. could bring it to
you..."

	You see possibility energy pulsate around Moebius and he stands up.

M:	I hope that is the best you can do for when I pull this switch an
	elite core of shock troopers will surround this area and kill you.
	Moebius pulls the switch.  Gaunt Man looks around crosses his arm...

G:	Freak, it doesn't seam to work..

M:	Damn it was on all the way hear on the blimp... Hmm must need more
	Eternium...

He looks directly at the camera..

M:	But while I am thinking up a new diabolical scheme to stop you I can at
	least throw you a storm into your face.  Hey, stormer, I don't think you
	should exist.

	Static.....  A knight in a storm appears on the screen with a voice
saying,"We are having technical Difficulty please stand by....."



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