Catching up from the holiday
Boris here, caught up after the U.S. holiday weekend. Lot's of
quick and meaningless comments. And nothing at all about pantheons (oops,
well, almost nothing ;-)
In X-RQ-ID: 4212, Jonas Schiott had some wonderful stuff about the Ralian
Eastern Wilds. More, please.
In X-RQ-ID: 4211, JARDINE@RMCS.CRANFIELD.AC.UK (Lewis) gives game stats
for true dragons. I liked it, but think that even with a crit dodge, the
character would escape barely alive, not just singed. Otherwise, it was
great (nearly choked to death laughing, truth to tell).
In X-RQ-ID: 4220, Paul Reilly writes about eating chaos stuff:
>However, it is possible that they could eat something spuffy
>and survive unmutated: first, their weak stomachs might be unable to digest
>the thing fully in which case the human could wind up untainted but
>leave behind some spuffy feces.
Wow! What a great name for a Broo rock star! I can see it now, Spuffy
Feces and the Broo Droppings! Hear all their hits, such as: Bad Moon On
The Rise, Having My Baby, Friend of the Devil, and more, on their smash
album, Goats Head Soup.
In X-RQ-ID: 4224, our beloved sage Nick wrote about Hero Questing:
>(Our Puissant Red Goddess Herself did this to Orlanth: he contested against
>Her as he had done against Yelm, not realising that She was more subtle and
>skilled by far. Praise Be! She triumphed where the Old Sun was overthrown!)
I like this a lot, and it ties in with plans I had for my hero-level game
(if and when I ever restart it). The Red Goddess can be cast in the role
of Yelm in heroquesting, but one will have to be ready for her tricks...
In X-RQ-ID: 4225, Close friend of Little Elvis writes:
>On the back of the pink Gloranthan Player (?) Book is a picture of a
>village dwarfed by a dragon's head.
>
I always thought that the warriors there must be reknown for their bravery.
I mean, if you grew up next to a dragon, nothing much less is likely to
frighten you.
In X-RQ-ID: 4230, Argrath@aol.com, High King of Dragon Pass and all around
nice guy writes:
>Re: Doggies
> Quite agree. Why don't you write some of these up?
I think that various tribes would have bred dogs for lots of different
uses, based on local conditions. For instance, the Lismelder, living near
the Upland Marsh, might have retrievers, similar to Labrodors perhaps
(which probably annoy the heck out of the wereducks, since they'd smell
similar to normal ducks). Large, friendly, love to swim and fetch.
The Torkani, given their troubles with the Telmori, probably have *big*,
mean, nasty wolfhounds. Maybe they can't hurt the werewolves, but they
can chew up the real wolves that run with them. And with a few points of
Irontooth, they are effective vs. the werewolves as well.
On the slopes of Wintertop and the Storm Mountains, perhaps dogs similar
to St. Bernards are bred. Tribes on the edge of Prax might have breeds
similar to greyhounds, to chase down the plains animals. And I think that
there are many breeds of sheperds, varying from tribe to tribe, some
similar to Collies, to Australian or German Shepherds, to Old English
Sheepdogs, etc. Each tribe would of course insist that their breed is the
best, and there might even be herding competitions at fairs.
In X-RQ-ID: 4233, Nick puts on his Bard hat and tells the tale of Yinkin
the Shepherd. Loved it, as I loved the Fox King story; please tell us
more, please!
In X-RQ-ID: 4245, Argrath@aol.com (King of ..., etc) tells us of the
Moroanth ThumbQuest. I think that the thumbs should come from the loser
of the contest. And they can't be regrown, either; if the loser want's
new thumbs, make them go on the quest.
In X-RQ-ID: 4256, CryptoMatt@aol.com comments:
>Speaking as a cat person myself, I'm not sure that I accept the idea of
>herd cats either. However I find it hard to accept the idea of hunting
>cats, yet according to Dorastor Land of Doom, they exist.
The arabs trained cheetahs to hunt in North Africa; I'm not sure if they
bred them for this, or just captured them. So there is at least one RW
example.
In X-RQ-ID: 4286, Argrath@aol.com (you know who he is) says some really
cool stuff about different breeds of alynxes. I liked it. One thing to
think about for all the "Orlanthi are alynx hsunchen" types out there is
this: if (as one popular theory has it) the human halves of the hsunchen
tribes were made by the beast ancestors to give their descendents allies
to help them survive, then Yinkin never needed to do this. His offspring
already had allies, i.e. his brother's descendents.
In X-RQ-ID: 4290, Graeme Lindsell wrote:
> How would the Earth Worshippers kill? Burial alive and defenestration
>I could see for the Dark Earth worshippers.
What, they bury them, then dig them up and throw them out a window? Or
do they defenestrate them first? Either seems excessive. ;-)
However, I do see the Gor types taking the Hanover Fisk tone with their
enemies. "Hangings too good for him! Burnings too good for him! He
should be ripped into itsy-bitsy pieces and buried alive!".
Boris
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