[Glorantha] Re: Glorantha Digest, Vol 13, Issue 71

From: Jane Williams <janewilliams20>
Date: Mon Jul 2 23:00:08 2007

• Mikko Rintasaari <rintasaa_at_mail.student.oulu.fi> wrote:

> [Jane]
> > While we're on trolls, it's been suggested to me
> that
> > since darksense is low-frequency sonar (is it?
> sounds
> > right, but I'm not sure)...
>
> Hmm... what's wrong with high freqency sonar, like
> that used by bats? It
> actually works in air, and the resolution is
> excellent. If darksense is
> low frequensy sonar, the trolls are half blind. The
> higher the frequensy,
> the better the resolution. I can check out
> resolutions for infrasound, but
> it won't be good...

Thanks, that tells me all I need to know. Trolls aren't blind.

> As for whale like communication. Urgh.. I at least
> wouldn't go there. The
> trolls are a nicely detailed bunch, and I'd hate to
> fiddle with them like that at this stage.

Me too. I just wanted to check if this stuff had been the case all along, and I'd overlooked it. I know the basics about trolls, but they're never been something I've studied in any depth.                 

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