... Nobody knows. ... He was originally a man who became the Living God after defeating the troll ruler. His old mortal body wore out and so he instituted the...
1615
John Hughes
nysalor@...
Oct 21, 2000 1:42 am
... Resonance, all resonance. :) Of course the Red Woman Drenya was mother of King Heort. Or so my clan teaches... ;) A Resonating John ...
1616
Jons
jons_h@...
Oct 23, 2000 9:10 pm
... From: Guy Hoyle <ghoyle1@...> To: <GLORANTHA-DIGEST@...> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 8:05 PM Subject: [HeroWars] LITTLE VINGA...
1617
Jons
jons_h@...
Oct 23, 2000 9:17 pm
... Who are the Borg? Gizmo...
1618
Peter Metcalfe
metcalph@...
Oct 23, 2000 9:30 pm
... A startrek reference. The Borg are a race of cyborgs that forcibly assimilate every culture they contact into their own. A replacement for Klingons in...
1619
Jons
jons_h@...
Oct 23, 2000 11:15 pm
Ok Thank you, I did not find any Glorantha reference and was wondering where are this borg from... Gizmo ... From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph@...> To:...
1620
Charles Corrigan
glorantha@...
Oct 25, 2000 8:42 am
Does anyone have ideas on the range of clan sizes in Sartar in 1620, specifically smaller clan sizes? regards, Charles...
1621
Guy Hoyle
ghoyle1@...
Oct 25, 2000 9:39 am
Thanks, "Gizmo", I did want it to be recognizable, but I've already got some ideas to make it more unique. If only I had a chance to sit down and make the ...
1622
Peter Metcalfe
metcalph@...
Oct 25, 2000 9:54 am
... Between 500 and 2000 people. --Peter Metcalfe...
1623
KYER, JEFFREY
jeff.kyer@...
Oct 25, 2000 1:53 pm
... Including women and children and old geezers hacking up a lung, a clan can go pretty low -- 400 or so before the clan is too small be be stable or able to...
1624
Tim Ellis
tim@...
Oct 25, 2000 3:36 pm
... WIll this be a two way process? (Ie for those of us whose French is not as good as it ought to be, will the new material make it's way back to an English...
1625
Mikko Rintasaari
mikrin@...
Oct 26, 2000 8:02 am
... I don't understand. Are you counting women out from the "useful and hale adults"? Strange. -Adept...
1626
Dave Bailey
dave.bailey@...
Oct 26, 2000 8:09 am
Hello, ... [Dave Bailey] From the clan creation work that's been done and some other places the clan sizes 500-2000 are for "healthy adults", I guess that's...
1627
Mikko Rintasaari
mikrin@...
Oct 26, 2000 8:22 am
... [Adept, thinking aloud] How was it in KoDP. I remember the game kept track of children, but vere they counter as clanmembers? Propably not, but the elderly...
1628
KYER, JEFFREY
jeff.kyer@...
Oct 26, 2000 1:10 pm
... Four hundred memebers. Two Hundred Kids. Two Hundred Adults. Jeff...
1629
Jons
jons_h@...
Oct 26, 2000 2:01 pm
Small clans, won't be so big in my view, you could consider, how many families do live in the clan, for a 10 family clan,m you can count 2 old people, 2 adult...
1630
Graham Robinson
gjr@...
Oct 26, 2000 2:11 pm
... Your families seem far too small. My family is not just me and my wife, but also my brothers and their wives, and some of my cousins, and all the children....
1631
Tim Ellis
tim@...
Oct 26, 2000 2:19 pm
... I don't follow your maths (or your definition of "Men") since 6x10=60 but 6*25=150 not 75 Besides which, I don't think Sartarite families are quite so...
1632
KYER, JEFFREY
jeff.kyer@...
Oct 26, 2000 2:40 pm
... Actually there's an intermediate social level in there -- the stead and the bloodline. A single nuclear family is not survivable in the more primitive...
1633
hsmith@...
Oct 26, 2000 3:27 pm
A long while since I've added any comments on Glorantha, but this subject caught my eye. ... from Saird. I believe that David is correct that Vinga is the...
1634
John Hughes
nysalor@...
Oct 27, 2000 1:50 am
CLAN SIZES There have been lots of estimates and guess-timates, all in the same appropriate range, but no one so far has quoted King of Sartar, which off-hand...
1635
Ian Cooper
ian_hammond_cooper@...
Oct 27, 2000 9:56 am
... such mixing ... And we don't want to start that again do we :-) Families make up a bloodline, which is a conceptual exogamous ... Your bloodline pay...
1636
John Hughes
nysalor@...
Oct 28, 2000 10:52 am
... At which point John's eyes glaze over and he gurgles, sotto voce, "Blood oath Narelle..." ... (the Orlanthi year-marriage may be an labour ... I *really*...
1637
Martin Dick
martin.dick@...
Oct 30, 2000 11:35 pm
... lots of details removed ... Hi David posted Wanasgard on the rules list, but it raises a cultural problem I'm having with Animists in Hero Wars. Wanasgard...
1638
Wulf Corbett
wulfc@...
Oct 31, 2000 9:48 am
... Problem with Animist writeups (as opposed to characters) is that most don't have to state what Tradition they belong to, they get no real choice - saying...
1639
KYER, JEFFREY
jeff.kyer@...
Oct 31, 2000 2:37 pm
... From examples in play, we've found that the animists are *quite* powerful. Haven't seen a 'raw deal.' From a game standpoint, they can deal out...
1640
Wulf Corbett
wulfc@...
Oct 31, 2000 3:08 pm
... deal ... can ... more ... integration, ... Actually, I should have said Animist Cultures have been given a raw deal - better yet, have been...
1641
Tim Ellis
tim@...
Oct 31, 2000 3:44 pm
... I'd tend to agree, although I'll admit to not having really studied the Animist culture(s?) we have been given, which probably doesn't help. I think once...
1642
Thom Baguley
t.s.baguley@...
Oct 31, 2000 4:02 pm
... I asked Greg at Convulision 2000 whether the Lightbringer's Quest could bring the Pharoah back from said hell. His rough response was that he hadn't...
1643
Peter Metcalfe
metcalph@...
Oct 31, 2000 9:43 pm
... But their fetishes shouldn't be generalized. Improvisation is a theistic thing. --Peter Metcalfe...
