iconoclasm, cows, runeLords

From: bradfurst@aol.com
Date: Wed 02 Feb 1994 - 23:28:52 EET


from Brad Furst

Oliver mentioned this for ad copy:
"It allows you enter a world unlike any other, where you can
     learn the inner mysteries of the gods and venture on
     unexplored paths of mythic reality."
This is in the rules? I don't find it.
"Benevolent missionaries, well meaning officials, homesick
     soldiers...these are the bad guys? Barbaric warriors, savage
     beast riders, dangerous rebels...these are the good guys?"
I hope this heralds the end of Lunar bashing.

"Forget realms best forgotten, run from the shadows, leave the
     masquerade behind...Glorantha's back."
This seems to me to be rude to the other guys.
But I instead like
"Walk through a land of myth, armed and armored with the bones
     of the gods. Explore the ancient magics of the world of
     Glorantha. Probe the forbidden secrets of the God Learners.
     Bring the light of the Red Moon and the civilization of the
     Lunar Empire to the dark lands of the savage Orlanthi. Save
     your people from the decadent Lunar Empire, which embraces the
     worship of chaos and seeks to shackle your gods and people."

paul@phyast.pitt.edu insisted
"But cows were used _often_ as a value standard in the Bronze
     Age, at least from Ireland to India and down into Africa."
Please cite references, especially compared to a single tool,
weapon, meal, or article of clothing. Compare O. R. Gurney:
_The_Hittites_: The medium of exchange in the Hittite kingdom, and
indeed throughout the Near Eastern world of that time, was silver
(or for small denominations lead) in bars or rings, and measured by
weight...." (p.84).

Dave Cake From davidc@cs.uwa.oz.au
"Can I make an extremist suggestion here? I feel that a major
     goal of the RQ4 effort should be to absolutely minimize the
     number of supplements that need to be reissued....
I myself am already annoyed with compatibility issues with SC, RoC,
SotB, and DLoD. The extra step of conversion of the scenarios is a
big p.i.a. to me the referee.

David Cheng suggests, and I agree
     Rune Lord should not be a binary checkoff of five skill
     percentages. Let's keep the good skill advancement rule, and
     rewrite the way we recognize cult RuneMasters.

from BradFurst@aol.com


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