From: Mark Sabalauskas (marks@max.tiac.net)
Date: Wed 02 Apr 1997 - 05:09:45 EEST
> Chris Lemens rightly questions why elves should be alien
> hive mind creatures:
>
> The answer is that this is a part of the long process of
> Gloranthification, whereby all known races will eventually
> be converted into alien entities, whose complex non-human
> mentalities, or bizarre social structures make said races
> inappropriate for use as player characters.
I think a case can already be made that the so-called
Gloranthan "humans" are not like us. After all, they have an
built in instinctual fear of chaos, while we think chaotic
patterns make great screen savers. Also, it seems likely that
living in a world where magic "works" would have all sorts of
unanticipatable ramifications for society and psyche that we
couldn't begin to understand. This, no doubt, explains why
Gloranthans find great spiritual significance in the question
"What is the difference between a Silent Movement?"
Mark
P.S. Also, maybe it would be a good idea if Gloranthan elves
and dwarves were fond of each other. Then they'd be much less
like their counterparts in trashy fantasy novels. Sure, it
would contradict everything published about them to date, but
what the heck, when has that ever stopped us? No doubt the
earlier material is true, but only from the perspective of a
obscure Sartarite subculture that includes some, but not all,
of the Lhankor Mhy scribes who "wrote" the game books.
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