From: Michael C. Morrison 8-543-4706 (mmorrison@VNET.IBM.COM)
Date: Tue 05 Aug 1997 - 23:56:51 EEST
Nick contrapuntist Brooke wrote:
> Surely not. Don't you remember the troll greeting ritual:
> you chuck'em some tasty food, and say "Eat this, not me!"
I confess I don't recall this bit; is it heterodox, or did I miss it?
OTOH, I do like it because it gives nontrolls a preamble to their
combat with trolls -- the trolls can decide if they'll accept the
offer or not ...
And using this preamble, Nick provides a good intro to the famous
Crab Town bar scene, which I now believe _could_ happen as intended.
Although all we did was toss some food to their beetles ... silly us!
I won't quibble over whether trolls and humans are of different phyla
or not, but I agree with:
> *Don't* go barging into someone else's country unless you
> know enough of their customs to get by. By keeping trolls
> (and the other Elder Races) scary, we avoid the D'n'Dism of
> polyphyletic PC parties, where racial differences amount to
> a difference in ear size, precise parentage, and range of
> infravision.
I don't like multiracial parties to be homogenous, as if they were
all human, but I do like an occasional mix up, if you catch my
meaning ... If the player is brave enough to piss off some other
players by being a true troll amongst humans, I think a mixed party
would be fun! Just don't make it PC (in the nongaming sense) ...
I'll end by requoting (at the risk of breaking rule 3) Nick:
> *Don't* go barging into someone else's country unless you
> know enough of their customs to get by.
We need to know more of the customs of all nonhuman societies _from
the human POV_. What strange and inhumane practices must I get up
with to safely (one hopes) travel through troll lands, elf lands,
mostali lands, pommy lands (duck!) ...
Seriously, I think this is an interesting subject; one that could
become a fruitful digest topic. I'll even think on't and post what
my brain reveals to me ...
Michael
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