From: smooge@jupiter.nmt.edu (Stephen Smoogen)
Subject: Cyberpapal mages versus a Juggernaut..
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Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 18:35:21 GMT


or why haste cards and lightning bolts don't mix....

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I am running about a year behind Torg at the moment (although I am
quickly catching up) and I decided that it was in the summer that the
disaestrous defeat of the Army of the Light in the Scottish Highlands
occured.

Our industrious Aysle->Cyperpapacy Mage Soren was in Oxford wanting to
enlist Mathea's help on a focused spell for his metal hand when he got
a summons from Ardinay before setting out for the CP to do a net run.
She in that peculiar fashion of fighting off the darkness device while
wearing it (took it from the Dragons over Aysle.. although her excuse
was to try and get information on Uthorian's forces from it.) told him
that his help was needed in routing an army of half folk that was
going to engage Tolwyn's rear flank... He finds out from questioning
her remaining generals in Oxford that she had only told him this..
they were told the army was in York. [Due to the fact that everyone he
was going to interact with was female and he played a romance card I
thought a twist that he had the James Bond charisma for the adventure
would be interesting... Mathea, a healer, Ardinay, Tolwyn, and a
certain warrior to the north all had the hots for him.]

He goes to have tea with Ardinay when a HUGE Teutonic dragon comes
racing in to destroy Oxford... the Home Guard forces are being routed
when she uses the Darkness Devices Intimidation to give it a heart
attack... (this attack being an attempt by the DD to get Ardinay to
use it more fully =) ) After helping clean up a bit he casts a fly
spell and heads for York to try and find the army of half folk. Not
finding them there.. He casts another fly spell and heads for Annan,
Scotland. Getting there he finds a big army of half folk getting
trained. He locates a big tent where he finds a tall beautiful raven
haired warrior (Warrior Of the Dark 1st incarnation). 

He finds out that she is going to take her army to Oxford while the
army of the Light are engaged to the North, and to demand from Ardinay
that half folk should have equal rights. Through a good persuasion
roll on her part plus the showing off of Half Folk civilization
(something did not exist) she convinces him that her quest is
honorable... however he feels her motives are corrupt. Through the use
of the Romance card and some off-scene action in her tent where she
tries to seduce him to her side... he convinces her to let him give a
speech to the troops before joining them to Oxford. He goes off to
make a rousing speech (near glory roll plus a increase charisma spell)
that they should "peacefully march on Oxford to protest their 2nd
citizenship".

 WOD realizes that he has almost swayed the crowd to his side and
decides to announce that he is really a traitor to the cause. She then
pulls her 2 handed sword and attacks him... to make a combat short she
was kicking his but to hell and back except for his Opponent Fails
cards... still at 2 wounds and his last OF card.. he starts a reality
storm (superb roll to Maelstrom). 20 rounds later he emerges from the
storm with a lot of possibilites and she has been transformed... At
which point her secret weapon, a Juggernaut, has arrived. As it comes
bearing down on him and his half folk allies... he and her go into
mortal combat... he puts up a reality bubble and opens fire with his
God's Light pistol. Glory roll (and card) and one dead WOD.

 The Juggernaut comes barreling in... barely missing him (one short).
Next round Hero's Inspired comes up where he gets a leadership card
which he prompty uses to fill his hand... (Three Drama, Another Glory,
a Hero Fails, an Opponent Fails, and a Monologue). Hero Fails goes
out... three rounds of him trying to manuever it finally gets a
setback, where it rolls into a defensive pit on the perimeter. Next
round it gets itself out as he does the approved action of Test...
He rolls a 20, a 10, and a 19, spends and gets a 13, throughs a drama
card and gets a minimum of 10. the bonus with his test is a players
call (where the Juggernaut would of headed for the artic wastes to
study the reason for its existance =) ) Since that was too silly and I
wanted a little action the Hero Fails comes up.. He gets hit by the
Juggernauts 72 roll and would of been splattered if not for a critical
moment opponent fails. Soren is now peeved... and decides to cast
lightning. A good roll (with another drama card and an eventual glory
roll... there goes the glory card he finally places in his pool.) and
with his Cyberpapal bonuses he gets a 45+ effect value.

 Let us just say that he toasts this Juggernaut... and then with a
flight spell a great find roll he toasts one of the others that was
going to destroy the Army of the Light. He goes and spends the next
day healing and sparking the Half Folk army and Army of the Light with
his stories of Glory (no problem here... meant he burnt up a lot of
the possibilites from the Reality Storm.)

 He then goes to fly home for the end of the adventure... this is
where he miffs a fly spell and summons a demon to take him to hell. It
is a close fight, but he basically tests it back into a portal where
it will plan its revenge on him....

All in all a pretty good night off the top of my head... I thought he
was going to tell Ardinay that his business in CP was more important
and he would of except for his blasted honor =)

well enough boring story
read to you later
the Smooge