Do not play this quest backwards.

From: Michael Cule (mikec@room3b.demon.co.uk)
Date: Sat 21 Apr 2001 - 02:08:16 EEST


> Wow. Heroquesting backwards sounds like an outrageously bad idea to
>me. If it was even possible, I would imagine that it would result in a
>proliferation of whatever problem the quest had addressed.

What he said! Remember, a HeroQuest is not just a way of navigating the
peculiar geometry of the Other Side. It is also a way of altering the
Other Side and through it the Mundane World.

> One device that I use to think about heroquesting is to compare it to RW
>activities that parallel it, especially Church Rituals.

And performing the Mass backwards is an element of the Black Mass. A
reversed quest might be a blasphemous parody of the intended effect. Or
it might have the effect of unpicking the bit of the cosmic tapestry the
Quest reinforces.

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Michael Cule

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