From: David Dunham (dunham@pensee.com)
Date: Mon 02 Oct 2000 - 05:44:18 EEST
Alex Ferguson
> > Hmm, maybe the Scotland analogue has some merit after all... :)
>
> Somewhat further south they obviously have decent summers, what with
> all that wine-growing. (South of England 'decent', at the very worst
> case; more Continental, for my tastes.)
I can't resist pointing out that New York state grows grapes too.
And we know that Clearwine is an ice wine -- it has to freeze to be good.
(Unfortunately, I moved to Washington state before I started drinking
wine, so I can't say how good NY vintages are.)
Peter Metcalfe
> > Surely the Lunar philosophers
> >take just-hatched broo larvae and give them a proper upbringing, i.e.
> >turning them from wolves to dogs. (Or in Glorantha, back to the
> >primal broo before they became corrupted.)
>
> I don't think Lunars can do this and it would be a negation of
> their philosophy in any case.
I assume you mean it doesn't work -- they remain of broo nature.
Given the number of philosophies extant in the Lunar Empire, I'm not
Clearly it's possible to raise a broo and teach it manners, etc.
sure why it'd negate all of them.
After all, you can then send the well-trained broo to an enemy as a
gift, and wait for its true nature to come out. Perfect Dart War move.
BTW, thanks for the handy explanation of the Pamaltelan maps. (Which,
BTW, don't show much about the storm gods invading Umathela. Not that
surprising, since they are from an Agimori viewpoint)
Andrew Larsen
> One of my Orlanthi characters is thinking about questing to gain the
Gosh, I always figured that Orlanth had this as an innate power. In
A plausible quest might involve proving dominion over other air
David Dunham <mailto:dunham@pensee.com>
> power of flight. Any ideas about myths that would work for this?
Hero Wars, you'd just join the Vanganth subcult, no heroquesting
required.
spirits (the Vadrudi, for example), since I imagine *controlled*
flight is the hard part (probably any Orlanthi could improvise magic
to be carried on an already-existing wind).
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Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
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