I too have been thinking about Andrew Larson's Thedquest. If I, your
average Orlanthi Geezer, was approached by a Broo claiming to have been
raped, demanding vengence/justice, and I twigged it was on a heroquest of
Thed, I'd off the broo - no hesitation.
I'm not going to run the risk of helping it out, and why should some Uraini
suffer for something he didn't do - that's hardly Orlanthi justice, is it?
I didn't start the quest, but was incorporated into it, so it is hardly as
though I planned to get any benefits - and Orlanth screwed up in the
original myth, anyway, so what benefits could I hope for? Any benefits I
might get from subverting the myth subtly are probably not worth the risk of
the broo winning out. So just kill the broo.
Am I thinking right about this, or instead of being an Average Orlanthi
Geezer am I playing an Uroxi, or even a 21st century earthling? Is the
difference in reaction possibly a distinction between an Average Orlanthi
Geezer, and an Orlanthi Hero In The Making?