From: alex@dcs.gla.ac.uk
Date: Wed 25 May 1994 - 22:45:55 EEST
MOB:
> One of the most popular Aussie eumphemisms for vomiting is "to Chunder",
> though my favourite is "technicolour yawn"!
Thus proving the oxymoronic quality of the phrase "Aussie euphemism". <duck and Guided Teleport away>
On a mostly unrelated note, Sam and Lauren have gotta stop posting things which cause any cheese sandwiches I'm consuming to go down the wrong way. "Asphixiation due to inhalation of red Leicester whilst convulsed with rision at mailing list" would look very bad on the death certificate. I'll gloss lightly over my "starring" role in Lauren's piece...
posts: Carlson, Pam;
> I like to add small role-playing details, to make the NPC's seem more real.
> Lately I've been wondering if there are any standard forms of respectful
> address commonly used, particularly within the major cults. How does one
> address an Ernalda acolyte? ("Mother"? "Sister"?) A Storm Bull kahn?
> ("Warrior"? "Big Brother"?) How about a Humakti, a (Y)Elmalian, Orlanthi,
> or a Lunar official?
Well, it kinda depends on who you are, no? Culture, familiarity, rank, etc. However, "Fever-brained Gbaji-riddling son of a she-broo" is a tried and tested standby for Lunars of all shapes, sizes, and illuminations.
> Also, one of my PC's is a Storm Bull worshipper exiled from Prax.
[...]
> He wants to join the Templars outside of Hazard Fort
[...]
> I'm not sure how the Templars would feel about a part-time member.
I'd think most of the Templars _are_ part-time, unless their lack of a Real Life is so terminal they have nothing better to do.
> Once the Templars found out that this new guy had actually been to the
> Block, they decided he was at least an acceptable candidate. Peacock told
> him that he would have to undergo an initiation into the Templars.... I'm
> planning something like an fraternity hazing, Urox style. Any ideas?
#include "whole_initiation_debate";
Eh, but no, seriously: I'd try to ad lib something which is a compromise between a "real" initiation (that is, of a total non-worshipper), and the kind of purely social induction an Uroxi from the next temple along the road would receive. In particular, if there is a myth, rite, ceremony etc, which is stressed by the Templars, but is unknown or rare in Prax, they'd probably want to have him enact/be tested by that in particular, to demonstrate he really is "one of us", and not just some fake, weenified, heterodox alleged Uroxi.
> Off to plan for that delicate Dorastor balance between Challenge and Certain
> Death -
Balance? Lunar sophistry. Cream the suckers. }B-]
Alex the unbalanced,
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