Slarges, Lunars, and puppy-dog tails

From: Carl Fink (carlf@panix.com)
Date: Mon 13 Dec 1993 - 11:32:44 EET



pearton@unpsun1.cc.unp.ac.za (Dave Pearton) writes in part:

>1) What are Slarges? I've heard references to them as bitter
>enemies of the Dorradi, but I've never seen a description of them,
>their society or their capabilities.

  Get _Elder Secrets_ from Avalon Hill.

>2) Are the elves and humans in Pamaltela all enemies? Or are
>there some societies that get along with them?

  Get _Glorantha: The World_ from Avalon Hill. Folks, if nobody buys this stuff, AH won't have any motivation to publish more.

  No, by the way. There's Elamle, where men are friendly to and subject to elves.

>3) Getting there. I've always wanted to know more about the
>Vadeli? Why are they universally hated? They are atheist like
>the Brithini and I seem to remember that they are also immortal -
>what are the differences/similarities?

  This, too, is in _Glorantha_. They're like the Brithini except that their Noble class was exterminated, and without their restraint the Wizard and other classes are even less bound by morals than the Brithini. Their great enemy is/was Zzabur. (Secret: Zzabur's "Blue Book", which Snodal peeked at, is blue because it's bound in the skin of a blue Vadeli.)

cjl@carmenta.se (Carl-Johan Lundell) writes:

>I have been running Gloranthan RQ games for several years and
>always had PCs with Sartar/Prax background. Now I am planning to
>start up some new player groups and thought I might try to have a
>group of Lunar PCs. I think some of you guys have some experience
>of Lunar PCs and I would like to ask for some advice:

>Where should the group start? (Prax, Sartar, in the Empire, ?)
>What would be suitable character backgrounds? (Soldiers, settlers,
>?) Scenario ideas? Would any of the published scenario packs
>provide a good start? Should the players be new to or familiar
>with Glorantha?

  I had a lot fun playing a Lunar once. Backgrounds would largely depend on what kind of campaign you like to run -- for instance, you could use the Dorastor campaign pack quite easily, or Sun County, but they'd need totally different characters to make sense. The question about players confuses me: are there really so many RQ players near you that you get to pick which ones play in your game?
  The thing to remember about "Lunars" is that only a fraction of them are actually dedicated to Lunar ways, religions, and practices. Most people living in the Lunar Empire remain loyal to their traditional gods and nation, and superimpose a token Lunar worship and rulership on top of it. Thus "Lunars" could include Yelm worshippers from Dara Happa, Orlanthi from Tarsh, Malkioni from Carmania, and so on.

     --Carl



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