From: JARDINE@RMCS.CRANFIELD.AC.UK
Date: Wed 06 Apr 1994 - 14:14:00 EEST
Hi All
Jussi? asked about Dragonewt weapons. They are listed on page 25 of the Glorantha Book (5) of Deluxe RQ3 Set. What do you mean you did not waste your money buying it? Base chance for humans using any dragonewt weapon is 05%. Samarin and Chokin are small throwing weapons that do about the same damage as a dart but have far less APs (2). My guess is that they are made of wood (or possibly bone) and flint rather than metal. Remember that a war dart has a very heavy metal tip, and is sometimes made of solid metal. Multiple Samarin and Chokin can be thrown at the same time, in the smae manner and with the same penalties as for shuriken (=shaken). Minus 10% from all chances for each extra one. The great broo debate. I believe that ALL broo are born male. It has been stated in a number of places that broo are like their fathers andhave no sisters. I also remember reading that they are patrigenic? However (as always) there are a very few female broo. They are NOT BORN as female broo. I can think of two ways in which they are created. 1) A female human (or other) becomes a broo due to taking too many chaotic features, or Thanatar heads etc. 2) Or more rarely a male broo plays around with that Dark Elf stuff that changes your sex. Female broo are quite a fun concept as they are very sought after by male broo as any offspring will be TRUE BROO! Of course broo births are very often fatal for the mother so that female broo try to avoid male broo at all costs. Unfortunately, due to their unnatural fertility if a female broo survives a broo birth she will still be fertile unlike most *normal* host mothers. Also female broo have the same inflated sex drive as their male counter-parts which they need to relieve, however if they mate with any other creature they will gice birth to broo... Thus, female broo (who intend to survive very long) must either have access to very powerful healing on a regular basis or they must relieve themselves but being very careful not to use any thing that might impregnate they. After Sandy's Stove Broo this becomes quite a problem and I would suggest that CLEAN fingers the only form of SAFE SEX for a female broo. The whole thing is mind-boggling and rather distasteful (no doubt this article will raise objections from other readers, I apologize for the subject matter). Still I suppose that any article on broos is likely to be rather sordid. Anyway the above shows why female broos are virtually never encountered and why other sources are obvious wrong when they quote broo as 85% (an Orlanthi All) male. These other sexes do exist but rare sightings have been blown out of all proportion.
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Lewis
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