From: Nils Hammer (nh0g+@andrew.cmu.edu)
Date: Fri 08 Apr 1994 - 23:58:33 EEST
While I can agree that little gobbets of the stomped-on Krarsht were
the original source of krarshtkids, there is much we could say about them.
An old RQ source listed k-kid size as "7". It was probably a typo leaving
out the #d6 range. I decided that, as bizzare monsters it is appropriate
for them to be different from all other creatures. Now, how do they get to
be size seven without growing? I figure that a great mess of tiny larval
k-kids bundle together and writhe until they have all eaten one another
leaving one adult. The number of larvae should be related to 6.
Paul Reilly, and (I believe Finula McCaul) have expanded on this to include a Queen of the local hive. There is only one per hive. The Queen alone reproduces. If it is killed, the hive breaks up into groups that flee and start hives elsewhere. This is one reason expansion is slow. It requires the killing of a Queen, not a job for common adventurers. There is also assumed to be one Empress krarshtkid for each continent. I don't know if there is a grand krarshtkid for all Glorantha, or if that is the goddess herself.
There has been much other amusing speculation, such as perfect tubular tunnels serving as wave-guides for communication. Not useful everywhere of course, that would leave out the colorful cultic communication by sacrifice.
Nils K. Hammer
nh0g@andrew.cmu.edu
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