From: Simon Phipp (simonphipp@netpass.ru)
Date: Thu 07 Aug 1997 - 22:11:28 EEST
Stephen Martin:
> According to the original information in Cults of Terror, Swamps were not
> anathema to vampires -- it is only running water they have to avoid. So,
> a vampire could also stalk ducks in and near the marsh.
Yeah, I know but unless the Vampire has knowledge of all the currents, he
could suddenly walk into a moving stream and be annihilated - is it worth
the risk. I reckon Vampires would not go into open water unless they knew
it was certain to be still. A Swimming Pool would be safe, now there's a
thought.
Linguistics:
True, Gor is a valid root, not so sure about Uma for Storm (presumably
Umath/Humakt = Storm), I always thought of Worlath as a corruption of
Orlanth, similarly Humath/Humakt and Ehilm/Yelm. Admittedly Earth/Land
Goddesses normally end in -a. Sure, some of the modern stuff is
linguistically based, but can we assume all of it is and draw conclusions?
I still think they are shaky at best. Fun, but shaky.
V.S. Greene
> It does hit me though just why the ducks hang out by the Marsh. They
> can handle the Undeads but others really can't. It gives them extra
> protection.
Sure, they can swim around the undead and stab them with their little
swords (what is the best mode of underwater attack - impaling weapons, what
are most undead resistant to - impaling weapons - Ha! Ha!) or they can be
ripped apart by a beefed up Mummy or Zombie. Guess who wins? Ducks do have
valid tactics against undead, but these mainly involve upsetting boats or
barges, tipping zombies and skeletons into deep water and then running away
while the Undead get to their feet and walk slowly to the nearest island.
However, Duck Shamans would be able to bless Water and hurt Vampires (I
read Vanitas by SP Somatov the other day and there was a Thai Sage who
managed to Bless the Rain and drive off a Vampire - could be a good Hero
Power or Spell for a Water Cult - Bless Rain). Anyone can burn undead,
assuming they are not too soggy, once undead come onto land they can be
ambushed and destroyed like anything else. In water, they reign supreme
though. Pity they can't swim (with the exception of Vampires who prefer not
to as explained above).
Anyway, got to go for sure this time.
Simon
------------------------------
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.7 : Fri 13 Jun 2003 - 20:41:26 EEST