From: Bob.Luckin@tiuk.ti.com
Date: Thu 18 Aug 1994 - 14:57:22 EEST
Hi from Bob Luckin !
We have the hyenas - we can rebuild him
Sandy (X-RQ-ID: 5743) replied to a private mail I sent about Genert :-
>>I don't recall ever seeing/hearing the reason that Genert could be
>>reconstructed from hyena skins.
> In NOMAD GODS, it is explained that Hyena (the spirit entity)
>was called upon by Genert to eat his corpse so it wouldn't fall into
>the hands of Chaos.
That's why I didn't remember it... I'll have to dig out my copy of NG and re-examine the rulebook.
Sandy also said :-
>My statement, to wit: "don't forget WHY Genert had Hyena eat him.
>I see no reason to suppose that his original reasoning isn't still
>valid, in which case the resurrection of Genert could lead to
>Genert's death and the takeover of a chaotic land-god."
> Is based on the suggestion that the entities that Genert
>feared are still around waiting for him.
But that doesn't answer my other question - if Genert doesn't want to be reconstructed, why are Issaries/Desert Trackers cultists so keen to do so ? Do they believe the danger from Chaos no longer exists ? Are they not aware of the danger in the first place ? Or is there some darker motive behind their wanting to rebuild Genert ? (In my original email to Sandy I wondered if this aspect of Issaries had not been introduced by the God Learners for some (nefarious) reason.)
Or is this explained in CoP and I've simply forgotten it ?
Cartoon Glorantha
We know some people have a hard time with ducks, and now some don't like the idea of Bullwinkle hsunchen. As Loren recently pointed out, do what is fun for you / your players. If they like the humorous species, include them, and if they don't, don't. It's *your* Glorantha you're playing in. :-)
This led me to speculate (just for fun, you understand) on what other cartoon analogues you could introduce into Gloranthan culture. How about :
Shadow-cats based on Tom / Mr. Jinx / Snagglepuss Rathori based on Yogi Bear - is Harrek a pirate in order to steal picnic
baskets ?
Wile E. Coyote hsunchen !
Tuskers based on Porky Pig
And just think how much fun you could have when your PC's meet a group of
And my favourite - is the Red Emperor really like Yosemite Sam ?
No doubt you can come up with your own suggestions...
Cheers, Bob
--
Bob Luckin voly@tiuk.ti.com "Able was I ere I saw Corflu"
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