Malkioni & Female Broo

From: JARDINE@RMCS.CRANFIELD.AC.UK
Date: Thu 14 Apr 1994 - 14:27:00 EEST

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Hi All

Ref: Ed Wallman on Malkioni

        Remember that there are quite a few different Malkioni Churches. 1) They ALL regard the others as heratics of various degrees.

        Remember the reponse of the Medieval Church to heratics (burn them)! 2) A few of the herasies allow Tapping... These are realy BAD GUYs. 3) If you need a realy Horrible opponent try an unaligned sorceror or

   God forbid a Vampire.
4) Theists are another source of enemies. 5) Or you could go for the traditional mean and nasty, land grabbing local

   baron (see all the medieval films such as Robin Hood [not the Costner verion] or Ivanhoe etc.) Remember the west is an ideal local for all these plots. 6) Finally if you want to allow the characters the chance of caste progression

   make them Hrestoli from Loskalm which provides for progression from farmer    to lord. Although some synics have noted that lords sons tend to progress    faster and further than those of farmers...

The great Broo Debate:

Ref: Gary James

        I am pretty sure that broos impregnate, not parasitize their hosts. The justification for this is that the offspring have some of the characteristics of the *mother*. Now I know that this could be explained by some wierd for of chaos ability etc. but remember that broo were not originally chaotic so their breeding mechanism is merely disorderly (and

VERY nasty) rather than chaotic.

        Again, the argument that their chaotic nature *requires* that not ALL broo be born male has a falacy in the fact that broos are not originally chaotic. However, now that they are so closely tied to chaos I would agree that the occassional broo might be born female, hermaphroditic or even neuter as a DIRECT result of chaos. But I do not think that this is a reflection on the underlying nature of broo, merely another example of the old maxim that *nothing is certain with Chaos*.

        What this means in practice is that if you want female broo in your campaign use them (sparingly), they are not impossible. Also since they are probably the result of some strange occurrence feel free to give them unusual and individual abilities. I see no reason why female broo should be the same, rather they are more likely to be individually unique with no two actting alike. As for whether they give birth in the human or broo fashion I am rather inclined to agree with Sandy in that it depends on the father, but I doubt whether it is that clear cut.

	Lewis


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