The Quest Rules Committee

Special Rules

These are special rules which were passed for certain players, characters, or groups. Although the Rules Committee has decided that it will no longer approve character-specific rules (see this guideline), these existing ones have been left in place.

Passed by Council, spring 1998, for the Black Company

Black Company honor code (-1 point)

You will Never leave a brother behind, or abandon him under any circumstance, regardless of danger, law, or opinion. Whether he is alive, wounded, dead, or out of mind, a rescue must be attempted. If the whole company must die to achieve this, then so be it.

An insult to a brother is an insult to the Company.

You will Never suffer an attack, be it magical, physical, or verbal, against the Company. A reprisal, that is comparable to the attack, must be brought against the attacker in such a way that a clear message is left for others who would dare to impede the Company's goals.

You will Never allow the Standard of the Company to fall into non-Company hands. If five or more members of the Company come to a game, the Standard must be present. Loss of the Standard is not acceptable unless accompanied with news of your final death.

When the Standard is not present (fewer than 5 members), the attending members gain the Overconfidence disadvantage.

Passed by Council, 8 Jan 1998, for Jodie Chabot

Customized Path of the Mind

1. Feign Death
2. Soothe
3. Forget (TOW)
4. Charm (TOW)
5. Suggestion (TOW)
6. Illusion (TOW)
7. Power Word (TOW)
8. Mass Illusion (TOW)
9. Mass Nightmare

Path of the Evil Eye

1. Spirit Speed
2. Clumsy
3. Minor Curse
4. Rootfoot
5. Mute (TOW)
6. Major Curse
7. Petrify
8. Poison
9. Divine Wrath

Passed by the Rules Committee, 14 Nov 1998, for Jodie Chabot

Gypsy (Divine) Wrath

You hear an echo of a female voice in the back of your mind, the voice whispers "destroy the mind, destroy the body, destroy the mind, destroy...".

The sound of this echoing increases in speed, pitch and volume until it is all you can hear. Immediately you feel the loss of any fighting instincts you may have once had. Every 5 minutes you loose a character point (your choice). When you reach one character point you start forgetting things like your name, where you are, who your friends are. After the last minute is up your heart forgets how to beat and your lungs forget how to work. You drop dead in a pool of blood and other more unpleasant body fluids.

This affliction cannot be lifted except through death and resurrection.

Gypsy (Divine) Wrath

You hear an echo of a female voice in the back of your mind, the voice whispers "burn, burn, burn".

From nowhere, storm clouds gather and the sky darkens ominously. (Announce this to any onlookers.) Suddenly, a tremendous bolt of lightning, as thick as a tree, spikes down from the heavens. You are rendered down to your composite elements by the colossal pulse of energy.

Gypsy (Divine) Wrath

You hear an echo of a female voice in the back of your mind, the voice whispers "bury, bury, bury".

Beneath you the ground begins to rumble ominously. (Announce this to any onlookers.) Suddenly, the ground beneath you opens up and you are swallowed up to the neck. You feel the soil, rocks and other debris in the ground push in towards your body crushing it and mashing it to a messy pulp. Your head however remains above ground and untouched except for the dust the gets in your eyes when your head rolls a short distance from where your body was as it separates from your pulverized body.

Gypsy (Divine) Wrath

You hear an echo of a female voice in the back of your mind, the voice whispers "thinner, thinner, thinner".

1 minute - Your throat feels dry and stale and your vision blurs. 2 minutes - You suddenly feel hungry, and that hunger increases rapidly. 3 minutes - You begin to feel weaker and extremely tired. 4 minutes - you feel yourself begin to loose weight rapidly your face caves in on itself and your stomach distends with a malnourished look. 5 minutes - You will continue to loose weight until your organs protrude dangerously from your emaciated skin. 6 minutes - Your skin looks translucent and has lost any body hair. 7 minutes - The weight loss is relentless until you die a fatigued, pathetic shell after 8 minutes. Play it up. Have fun 'cause baby you're a goner.

This affliction cannot be lifted except through death and resurrection.

Gypsy (Divine) Wrath

You hear an echo of a female voice in the back of your mind, the voice whispers "scales, scales, scales".

1-5 minutes - Nothing happens. 5 minutes - You feel your scalp start to itch horribly small bits of hair start falling out. 6 minutes - The itching has traveled over your whole body. Your hair is steadily falling out in clumps and your skin becomes red from a type of scaly rash. 7 minutes - The inside of your mouth and throat develop similar sores and an awful ache in your joints and stomach lead you to believe these sores have traveled to every inside region of your body. The scales soon coat your tongue and eyes your body starts to stiffen and become solid as you turn into a large pile of flaked skin, dried hair and toenails. 8 minutes - Dead.

This affliction cannot be lifted except through death and resurrection.

Gypsy (Divine) Wrath

You hear an echo of a female voice in the back of your mind, the voice whispers "pimples, pimples, pimples".

1-5 minutes - Nothing happens. 5 minutes - You feel your face becoming sore in places. You will notice that your skin is erupting with an awful case of ache. 6 minutes - The pustules are covering your entire body and are forming one atop the other bursting in an icky white puss. 7 minutes - The inside of your mouth and throat develop similar sores and an awful ache in your joints and stomach lead you to believe these sores have traveled to every inside region of your body. 8 minutes - You slump over and die, your whole body looking like a mass of red puss covered flesh. You'll have to be carried home in a bucket.

This affliction cannot be lifted except through death and resurrection.

Major Curse

You hear an echo of a female voice in the back of your mind, the voice whispers "crush it, crush it, crush it".

You feel a tightness in your chest. Your fingertips begin to tingle as if they have fallen asleep. The tightness increases and your labor as your heart has troubles working properly under such stress. You suffer a heart attack. Treat as a torso wound.

Major Curse

You hear an echo of a female voice in the back of your mind, the voice whispers "burn, burn, burn".

Your chest feels hot, your breath comes ragged. As you try to speak a glout of flame escapes your mouth. The fire dies quickly but not before a great damage has been inflicted upon you. Torso wound.

Major Curse

You hear an echo of a female voice in the back of your mind, the voice whispers "confuse, confuse, confuse".

You cannot speak in common tongue, everything you say comes out backwards sounding or garbled. Yes this effects casting mage and clerical spells. Effect lasts 30 minutes.

Major Curse

You hear an echo of a female voice in the back of your mind, the voice whispers "tear, tear, tear".

An old torso wound tears open and begins to bleed profusely. If you have superior clotting it is effective. If your character has honestly never received a chest wound in his or her life nothing happens.

Major Curse

You hear an echo of a female voice in the back of your mind, the voice whispers "fear, fear, fear".

A sudden fear grips you, the world appears to have eyes and fangs and claws and it's coming at you with a red blood lust. You are stricken with terrible cowardice, and need to run away from battle before it will subside and you will be able to think clearly again. Every time you attempt to enter battle or become faced by more than one foe this terrible fear will return forcing you to flee. Effect lasts 30 minutes.

Major Curse

You hear an echo of a female voice in the back of your mind, the voice whispers "take it, take it, take it".

Whatever skill you have spent the most points on is reduced by 1/2 its number and then rounded down. Effect lasts 30 minutes.

Minor Curse

You hear an echo of a female voice in the back of your mind, the voice whispers "pain, pain, pain".

Approximately three minutes after reading this curse you trip over a nearby rock, (or a chair leg, your own clumsy feet) and fall over cutting your right arm with your own weapon accidentally. (If you are without a weapon, you fall on something sharp and incur the same damage.

Minor Curse

You hear an echo of a female voice in the back of your mind, the voice whispers "less than perfect, less than perfect, less than perfect".

Approximately three minutes after reading this curse you feel a sudden clench at your genital area, though the pain quickly recedes you have a knowing dread that you have been rendered sterile.

Minor Curse

You hear an echo of a female voice in the back of your mind, the voice whispers "scales, scales, scales".

Approximately five minutes after reading this curse you feel your scalp start to itch horribly small bits of hair start falling out and within ten minutes the itching has traveled over your whole body. Your hair is steadily falling out in clumps and your skin becomes red in places from a type of scaly rash. Effect lasts 15 minutes.

Minor Curse

You hear an echo of a female voice in the back of your mind, the voice whispers your name over and over until the word becomes garbled and indiscernible.

You suddenly forget your name. It is very important to you that you have a name so adopt the next noun someone says to you as your new name.

Minor Curse

You hear an echo of a female voice in the back of your mind, the voice whispers "pain, pain, pain".

The next time you enter the outdoors a large lone black wolf runs straight for you attacking you. You receive a leg wound before the animal is either killed, chased off or escapes on its own.

Minor Curse

You hear an echo of a female voice in the back of your mind, the voice whispers "pain, pain, pain".

The next time you go through a door or any entrance, you get your hand caught in the hinge and break several small hand bones. Limb wound.