From: Rob Mace (mace@lum.asd.sgi.com)
Date: Thu 09 Sep 1993 - 12:37:45 EEST
G. Fried writes:
> Who knows anything about the tribal distribution across Prax and the Wastes?
My understanding is that there is no fixed distribution. These tribes are nomads. They wander from place to place. They push against each other all trying to control the best grazing, etc. areas. From year to year and probably sometimes from week to week the distribution fluctuates.
Clay Luther writes:
>
> I've been thinking about creating a mailing list dedicated *SOLELY* to
> Gloranthan lore; rules questions and complaints about the magic systems
> would be taboo. It would be more like a place where people would be
> encouraged to spout God-Learner philosophy and to publish Gloranthan
> short stories and remark endless on the connection between Nysalor/Gbaji/
> Arkat/Ralzakark.
>
> So, would anyone subscribe to it? :-)
I would subscribe if it existed, but I do not think it is a good idea. Some lore does not need rules with it but for other lore rules are needed.
What would we do with cult writeups? Would we have to post cult background in one group and cult specific rules in another. Too me that sounds really dumb.
If you are not interested in the rules discussions of this digest then skip them.
Colin Watson writes:
> Why not separate the background from the plot?:
> Produce comprehensive tomes of Gloranthan lore for campaign background;
> and generic scenarios that are not set in specific locales.
> *All* campaign-specific details (cults etc) should be explained *briefly* in
> the scenario so that it can stand alone. But there is no need to have large
> amounts of extraneous cultural detail in a scenario; keep this in the
> Gloranthan Encyclopaedia(s).
>
> Does this seem sensible to people?
Not to me. To me this sounds like you would end up with flavorless scenarios. I'm sure there are some types of scenarios that would work fine done this way, but other types depend too much on background to be left with any flavor. Other types like the Cradle scenario from Pavis could not be done with out the heavy background.
Personally I would rather just buy the Gloranthan parts of a scenario pack as I generally do not use pregenerated scenarios any more. But I think that the scenarios made this way would be boring and likely not sell well to those who do use them.
Rob Mace
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