Broo Impregnation

[Slade]

Without going into details, one of my players fell victim to Broo impregnation.

So my question is how do other GM’s handle this?
1. How long is gestation?
2. What can he do to get rid of the embryo?
3. Would a Cure disease spell work? I was thinking along this line but figured I would ask if anyone had any incite with this happening in their games before.
Thanks

 

[Lord High Munchkin]

I haven't got the appropriate books to hand... it's in 'River of Cradles', if I remember correctly.

It's nasty though. Be nice to that Chalana Arroy (or Erissa, or Deezola) priestess, and quick!!!

 

[PhilHibbs]

2. What can he do to get rid of the embryo?

Surgery.

3. Would a Cure disease spell work? I was thinking along this line but figured I would ask if anyone had any incite with this happening in their games before.
Thanks

It would remove the disease(s) that he got while getting impregnated, but not the embryo.

 

[soltakss]

Without going into details, one of my players fell victim to Broo impregnation.

Ha, ha!

1. How long is gestation?

River of Cradles says 2 Seasons + 1D8 weeks. so just under 3 Seasons.

2. What can he do to get rid of the embryo?

Let nature take its course.

Belveren the Chaos Healer gets Purge Chaos which might work. Have a look at http://www.soltakss.com/hwconv02.html for my version oif Hero Wars/HeroQuest cults for RuneQuest.

3. Would a Cure disease spell work? I was thinking along this line but figured I would ask if anyone had any incite with this happening in their games before.

I wouldn't let Cure Disease work as a broo embryo isn't a disease.

You could try a Cure Chaos Wound, as that would apply.

Depending on your PC's background and what the setting is, I'd go to a Chalana Arroy or Ernalda temple. They might have a shrine to Belveren or some chaos-purging spells.

Alternatively, you could try to force an abortion or use a combination of surgery and magic.

An Oakfed cultist might use a burning torch to burn out the embryo. A Storm Bull cultist would probably just cut the embryo out, as the death of an innocent is a price worth paying to get rid of a broo. You could try the Cleansed One HeroQuest, normally used to get rid of a chaos taint.

 

[Lord High Munchkin]

Besides that, get ready with the heavy-duty healing... it's going to likely kill the PC, as the larvae chews its way out of the poor unfortunate's abdomen.

 

[Deleriad]

There may also be another heroquest that would work. Nothing stopping you making one up.

Other possibilities: some kind of second sight spell to be able to see the embryo's aura and Disruption.

Finding a shaman with a spirit that would be willing to possess the embryo and have it commit suicide.

 

[Slade]

Thanks for the suggestions!

Ha, ha!

Yeah everyone at the table was laughing but the guy it happened to :shock:

River of Cradles says 2 Seasons + 1D8 weeks. so just under 3 Seasons.

Perfect! I don't have a copy of this book, however now I am going to pencil this tidbit into my Monster Coliseum.

Alternatively, you could try to force an abortion or use a combination of surgery and magic.

There may also be another heroquest that would work. Nothing stopping you making one up.

Other possibilities: some kind of second sight spell to be able to see the embryo's aura and Disruption.

Finding a shaman with a spirit that would be willing to possess the embryo and have it commit suicide.

Great suggestions, I think we have what we need to take care of the problem because the alternative of

the larvae chews its way out of the poor unfortunate's abdomen.

is pretty nasty!

Thanks again

 

[soltakss]

By the way, don't forget that the embryo will sense as Chaotic just before it is born. This can provide hours of fun when encountering Storm Bull cultists.

 

[Nidhogg]

Without going into details, one of my players fell victim to Broo impregnation.

Noooooooo!!!

How can you have such an awesome thread title and then not go into details!

 

[Slade]

Noooooooo!!!

How can you have such an awesome thread title and then not go into details!

Ok here it is:

It involved a traveling brothel of chaos cultists and shapechanged broos. “Spreading the pleasure and pain of chaos, from town to town.”

 

[Johnny Napalm]

Well,
it all depends on whether or not you are a 'Pro-Life' Gloranthan or not... To some all life is precious, no matter how Chaotic the baby is. If a temple were to aid in the termination of the foetus the Priest that helped might be beaten to death by placard waving funda-mentalists. Watch out!

 

[Titus]

I haven't got the appropriate books to hand... it's in 'River of Cradles', if I remember correctly.

It's nasty though. Be nice to that Chalana Arroy (or Erissa, or Deezola) priestess, and quick!!!

In River of Cradles, Encounter 2: The Homesteaders and the Broos, it says "If she can be gotten to the Chalana Arroy priestess in Horn Gate quickly before the broo larva grows too large (gestation period is roughly 24 weeks), a Cure Chaos Wound spell will destroy it."

So track down a Cure Chaos Wound spell for the (probably) easiest and least painful way to get rid of the broo larva. At least that was the way I played it when I ran a group in the River of Cradles campaign. After all, it is Chalana. On the other hand, a Storm Bull with Cure Chaos Wound might not be gentle in its application.

 

[Ssendam]

Well,
it all depends on whether or not you are a 'Pro-Life' Gloranthan or not... To some all life is precious, no matter how Chaotic the baby is. If a temple were to aid in the termination of the foetus the Priest that helped might be beaten to death by placard waving funda-mentalists. Watch out!

Yes but doesn't the lava kill the host? Seems a bit of an "out of the frying pan into the fire" thing to me. :twisted:

 

[Lord High Munchkin]

You could certainly survive the "birth"... but you would need to be really tough and have a couple of friends with heavy-duty healing!!!

Of course, you are now also a "chaos-mother" and thus ripe for retribution from the angry mobs of pitchfork wielding locals.

 

[soltakss]

One of the witeups says that broobirth is fatal, but I don't agree with that.

I'd say that it does 2D6 to the abdomen, ignoring armour, so it might cause a pretty big hole and you'd better have healing at hand otherwise you might bleed to death. It would be incredibly painful as well, so you'd be incapacitated as it came out and in no fit state to chop off its head as it emerged.

Bigger broos (Bison Broos, Rhino Broos) would do 3D6 or maybe even 4D6. Smaller broos (Rat Broos, Hamster Broos) would do 1D6, or even 1D3.

Or, you could play that rather than chewing their way straight through the abdomen, they chew their way back the way they got in, in the first place. I'll leave that to your imaginations.

 

[Lord High Munchkin]

I think I wouldn't go below 1D8 for damage, even for the smallest Broo-types.

 

[Slade]

One of the witeups says that broobirth is fatal, but I don't agree with that.

I'd say that it does 2D6 to the abdomen, ignoring armour, so it might cause a pretty big hole and you'd better have healing at hand otherwise you might bleed to death. It would be incredibly painful as well, so you'd be incapacitated as it came out and in no fit state to chop off its head as it emerged.

Bigger broos (Bison Broos, Rhino Broos) would do 3D6 or maybe even 4D6. Smaller broos (Rat Broos, Hamster Broos) would do 1D6, or even 1D3.

Or, you could play that rather than chewing their way straight through the abdomen, they chew their way back the way they got in, in the first place. I'll leave that to your imaginations.

I don’t think the player has any intentions of letting his “condition” run full term. I wasn’t even planning on him “getting with broo” he is just one of those players who is “that guy.” Everything seems to happen to him. He volunteers for everything, follows any plot lead, and trips every trap. He fails or fumbles a majority of dice rolls. His first game he lost his arm, the second game he lost a leg. He is so indebted to every local cult that most of our sessions revolve around the group doing missions to pay off his healing tab. The last time the party went in to a temple, “so what happened to___ this time?” was asked. The town leadership may be asking the party to relocate to a larger area after word of the Broo abortion gets out.

 

[Nidhogg]

Hehehehe that is freaking awesome.

I totally know what you mean with the "that guy" player... I've got one in my group too and he falls for it every time, even when all the other players are practically begging him to show some restraint (well half of them are, the others are trying not to laugh). I'll have to throw such a scenario his way and see if I can't get him impregnated. Muahahaha I can't wait.

 

[PrinceYyrkoon]

Without going into details, one of my players fell victim to Broo impregnation.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Awesome.

 

[camocoffey]

... he is just one of those players who is “that guy.” Everything seems to happen to him. He volunteers for everything, follows any plot lead, and trips every trap. He fails or fumbles a majority of dice rolls. His first game he lost his arm, the second game he lost a leg. He is so indebted to every local cult that most of our sessions revolve around the group doing missions to pay off his healing tab. The last time the party went in to a temple, “so what happened to___ this time?” was asked.

I know "that guy" very well. In my group, I am "that guy". I am so totally "that guy". If I can fumble, I will. If I can get mauled, mutilated, mashed or maimed by whatever monsters we meet, I will. And I will continue to charge right in, the happiest little fish, eagerly biting on whatever hook the GM throws in front of me. Even if he paints it bright red, with neon flashing lights and a great big sign saying "unpleasant death to be served with batter and chips", I will bite that hook, and giggle all the way to my inevitable newspaper-wrapped doom.

But even I have managed to avoid getting myself impregnated by broo.