From:	Doctor Doom <JCH8169@*****.TAMU.EDU>
Subject:	The Wild Hunt...
Date:	Tue, 20 Apr 1993 03:42:20 -0500

Well, everyone seems to have taken to this!


>Looks good but how would a group of shamans go about summoning such an
>entity ? Ie TN's size of magical background count etc .... or is this
>just left to the GM to decide ?

Ahhhhhh...this is something which should we WELL without a player's reach, in
fact, I believe it would require the sources of a major government to perform
the necessary ritual. As was implied, it is in proximity to the magnitude of
Great Ghost Dance metaphysics. And how many Game Masters would permit Player
Characters to summon such an abomination.

This entity is the equivalent of a Metaphysical Thermonuclear Device. Its use
should NOT be taken lightly.

As for a description, look to the text. A large group of Shamans, or
Hermetics, depending upon your personal inclinations ( I dare say I do not
accept the implication that Hermetics cannot perform the ceremony--admittedly
with great difficulty, but perform it nonetheless ) literally DRIPPING with
Power Foci, all of which shall likely be drained as a result. Such an assembly
indicates high-level INITIATES, KARMA, and MONEY (all in great abundance).
Also, it is probable that some of the participants shall die as a result of the
attempt. Well beyond the means of players, and even most corporations.

Also, one receives the impression that, due to the nature of its mythology, it
must be summoned in Europe, and only on "Magical Meridians"--where the
background count is high, which I interpret to mean VERY HIGH. On the order of
Auschwitz.

>How big would the host normally be ?

Depending upon the task, this could vary considerably. However, in all the
descriptions I have managed to acquire in references in Norse, Teutonic, and
other mythologies, it is well defined as a HOST...a huge body of beings.

A conjecture?

1 Horn Master--Wotan whatever you wish to call him.
30 Mounted Horsemen
45 Wolves
60 Raven

This is merely off the top of my head, for anyones' purposes, it could be quite
large indeed.

As to a description of the Hunt itself, I would direct you to peruse the Torg
books, as it is an element in at least two of the stories. I shall write later
as to the specifics--my memory fails me at the moment.

>What about banishing ? Ie force numbers ? Can you banish the entire host
>at once ?

Banishing, short of destruction of each entity, is probably impossible.
According to the Mythos, once started, it can NE'ER be stopped.

>Just a few questions, but otherwise I like it. Now all I have to do is
>get my players in a situation where they have really annoyed some powerful
>shamans. Shouldn't be difficult <evil grin>.

Point should be made that this Host does not attack an individual. It creates
a swath of desctruction through the target and the surrounding area. Should
you mean to use it, it will mean ravaging of the immediate vicinity.



Colonel Count von Hohenzollern und von Doom, DMSc, DSc, PhD.

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