Clouds are made from wool, Sheep are sponges..

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From: S.Phillips (gkca16@udcf.gla.ac.uk)
Date: Mon 06 Jun 1994 - 17:01:18 EEST

Hi from Sam... (The one who can't tell Nysalor from Gbaji)

|Sam here:-
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|
|I'm somewhat behind due to the Exam season %\(
|
|Pam:
|----
|>2. How would an Orlanthi clan chief deal with a young man from his clan who
|>had been caught robbing strangers? Fines? Banishment? Confinement? Lop off
|>body parts? Make him do extra work?
|
|It would depend on who the strangers are. I suspect nothing. Or if they were
|no friend to the clan then he may take a cut. Either way, robbing the next
|door clan is seen as sport by the Orlanthi. Robbing strangers is just, well,
|something to do on a quiet day...
|
|I had lots of rude things to say about dogs in Sartar. But I think I have
|been convinced the other way. Hmm! I am so fickle..
|I think I'll post out dwarvern dumplings with sparklers anyway..
|
|Cheers, Sam
|(%\P> <-- Self portrait.. (without hat)
|Only 5'11&3/4".. But willing to take on the tallest of ya!
|(....In a cookery competition)

Ahem.. I have changed my mind about dogs again - more on this in a mo.

Sandy:


> I figure Dragon Pass is more like Scotland or Wales. You can farm there, can't > you? (Sam?)

Actually, the farming in the hilly parts of Scotland is very poor, ditto Wales. It is mostly heather, bracken and sheep here in scotland. The more sheltered valleys support cattle. The lowland areas and major river valleys are very good farm land, though a lot of the fuit and veg is grown under glass/plastic.

If Sartar is like Scotland then it is mostly sheep with a few cows. However, I suspect it may be like the limestone hills of the south of France. You certainly can't grow grapes up here! I'll need to find out which region I mean - full of very Sartarian looking mountains and spectacular ridges ala Starfire. I also like the idea of Sartar being made of limestone 'cos then you can have lots of nice caverns and the like..

If Dragon Pass is like the lowlands of Scotland then yes. Was It not you, Sandy, who said the Dragon Pass was incredibly fertile due to the amount of blood spilled into the earth there? 

>You must be from some lush rainy place like Washington state,  
>Dave. Come visit Utah some day, and you'll see that "comparatively  
>poor upland areas" are able to grow some crops, too.

Well, Scotland is an incredibly rainy place. Though not "lush". It just doesn't get enough Sun to grow large amounts of fruit'n'veg etc. I suspect Sartar may have this problem, what with all those Cloud Callers. Quite how they *do* grow grapes is a mystery - A secret pact with Yelmic types?.."you supply the sun - we'll supply cheap wine. Oh, I forgot - you don't drink". And as for all those orchards - no way!..  

I suspect that it is the gradient of the land as much as the climate that prevent major cultivation. I will need to consult my live-in Geographer.

The Scottish diet in notoriously bad - mainly because until the major supermaket chains moved in in the past ten years you couldn't buy any fruit or veg other than turnip and potatoes, cabbage in season and the occasional apple - no joke!

But I'm getting foodie again. ;-P''

DDunham: 

>King of Sartar (in the indispensable-to-quote Report on th
>Orlanthi) says that the relative importance of the "Four Providers"
>(farmer, hunter, herder, fisherman) varies by locale.
                          ^^^^^^^^^

Here I go again... I want Lakes in Sartar. I have seen a few in old maps but they seem to dissapear. My own clan have quite a sizeable fishing lake.

>haven't most of the Utah clouds lost their moisture content crossing the >Rocky Mountains?

I thought clouds were just moisture. Again I must consult my Geographer. Are Gloranthan clouds not made from wool? That's what my grandfather told me.. Come to think of it, if sheep were once water born creatures are they just an advanced type of sponge?

Alex:
>the ground's so steep a cow'd roll off -Arf! Thats why haggises have one pair of legs longer than the other..

Pam: 

>3.  Someone else (the intrepid pony-trekker) understandably lamented the 
>lack of horse details.  We noticed this long ago, and already have several 
>horse types created, as well as (hang onto your seats) a HORSE COLOR CHART! 
>( How can a well-adjusted gamer adventure for years from the back of a 
>trusty equine, without even knowing what color he/she/it  is?)

White Dwarf - Before it died the death of a thousand Warhammers published Stats'n'info on different kinds of horses - including Wingana and Rockwood Mountain pony - We used this a lot. I could dig it up if you fancy.

 "Oh! the Rockwood Mountain Pony" - sung to the tune of Big Rock Candy Mountain.

Boris: 

>____________
>  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.

I don't think that you would be frightened by a dragon if you lived next to it. I am sure you would revere it and worship it in much the same way as people living next to volcanos do, but I would have thought you would consider it 'yours' and appreciate the way that other people were scared of it. Are warriors who live next to volcanos braver than warriors who don't? Most Scots who live near mountains have a real passion for them. They revere tham, they worship them (quietly) and they really like the way they kill tourists.

Alex:
> Unfortunately, as a matter of Gregged Gloranthan Fact, dragons >are too alien to receive worship from humans Mind you that doesn't mean you can't give it. If they don't want it - thats up to them..

>sepia actually came from cuttles
My favourite creatures. They are called sepia in a number of European countries. 

>>Being nailed to a Death Rune has
>> got to have some effects.
> 
>Smarts a tad?

Its got to beat being nailed to a Beast Rune. owch!

Cats'n'Dogs


*Both* created by Heler I believe, during a particularily heavy rainstorm.

Surely domestic dogs act as they do due to the fact they have been bred by humans. Wouldn't this stand for cats? Wolves don't hunt radically differently than, say, lionesses. Do they? If a wolf can be bred to round up sheep then why not cats? Dogs, ptoo! Why not have lots'n'lots of different kinds of cats all to serve different purposes. Big, small, hunting, fishing, herding..

Vinga


*Does* anyone have a write-up of Vinga? I have two female Orlanthi warriors in my group. It would very be handy..

Sartar Mountains


The mountains on the maps vary quite a lot. How big are the Quivini peaks? Any ideas? I am starting to lean towards the Pyranese (sp?) as my Sartar. "Not Andorra but Boldhome". ;-)

I am also looking for ideas about; the Cinder Pits, Tarndisi's Grove, Larnste's Table etc..

Why is Apple Lane not on the Swan River? Any Ideas?

also..

I have been writing up my Sartar Campaign. Anyone want a copy? A fair bit of the background has been filched but the characters and adventures are all original (well, with a few apoligies to Goscini & Uderzo).

Cheers, All

Sam. x
Keep Lovin' RuneQuest.

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