From: Andrew Raphael (raphael@research.canon.oz.au)
Date: Tue 03 May 1994 - 04:50:07 EEST
Sandy Petersen writes:
>If a troll ethical philosopher exists, I'm sure he'd argue this way,
>and probably make a good point. "You should eat what you kill, or you're
>just a murderer."
I have this terrible memory of a campaign in which a city executed criminals by selling them to a troll restaurant. I think it was a non-Gloranthan Fantasy Hero game. It probably happens in Glorantha somewhere or sometime. A campaign set during the Only Old One's reign might use it.
>I think the nearest order to trolls are the shrews (also the nearest
>relatives to the Primata). Shrews are nocturnal, ravenous, mean beasties,
>and it seems to me that the trolls may not have "evolved" as far from
>their roots as have humans.
I suggest mustelids instead. Badgers, wolverines, etc. So the midget slashers, frights, & hoons didn't have far to go when they lost the Man rune, eh? (TrollPak)
> Dwarfs I'm not sure of. I have yet to be convinced that
>dwarfs suckle their young, frex.
Agreed. Though I hate to bring up that old Different Worlds issue, it mentioned a "proto-dwarf module". This implies that dwarfs produce something that doesn't need maternal care. This might be an egg or a neonate. They minimize the biological aspects of reproduction, assuming they have any at all. It's very "Brave New World".
>[polyandry & polygamy]
Scientific American had a useful article on the sub-Saharan African system
of polyandy & polygamy and how it affected population control measures.
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