[Glorantha] Re: Trolls

From: Jane Williams <janewilliams20>
Date: Sun Jul 1 11:00:07 2007

> David Weihe <blerg2@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Isn't that using Water to defeat Fire, though?
> That also fits the
> standard Elemental Progression better than Darkness
> Defeating Fire. It
> is still Fire being vanquished, just not by the
> element that it
> normally defeats (not that I would tell the trolls
> that, of course,
> valuing my life more than always being right :-).

Sam:
> Ummmm...quite possibly. Is that a problem?

Well for my original question it's at least mildly relevant, since the whole conflict was part of a heroquest. But normally, no.  

> Well, whichever way, one thing I personally like
> to remember is that, despite their connection with
> darkness, trolls are likely to use all of the other
> elements as tools at some point, just as humans do.
> E.g. Humans fear fire but use it, can drown in water
> but use it, might hide in darkness at times and so
> on.

Yes, that makes sense to me, though I still think the trolls who will use fire at all are rare, and feared. And not just because they're a sub-cult of ZZ, either.                 

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