Is the Death rune part of the Duck creation myth in some way? I thought the Durulz ability to resist Delecti came from the fact that they do for Delecti's...
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hcarteau@...
hcarteau
Sep 5, 2011 2:38 pm
Thanks for the information. I may buy Sartar Kingdom of Heroes, even though I don't play/run HeroQuest. Is it rules-heavy, or mostly background? /// Mostly...
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hcarteau@...
hcarteau
Sep 5, 2011 2:45 pm
Adari is Deadwood, then? ///Good, I like that. But in a sense, Pavis is Deadwood, too. Especially through the eyes of Oliver Dickinson, perhaps with less sex...
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Stewart
stu_stansfield
Sep 5, 2011 3:18 pm
... That rather depends upon what folks consider the duck creation myth(s) to be. The earliest examples were delightfully obscure, one-sentence/short-paragraph...
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Jeff
jeffrichard68
Sep 5, 2011 3:51 pm
... No. The ducks are inherently associated with Air, not Death. Some Lunar philosophers believe that Death is inevitably linked to Air, hence the so called...
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Richard Hayes
richard_hayes29
Sep 5, 2011 5:02 pm
Didn't Tales of the Reaching Moon once feature a vampire duck who needed 'false teeth'? Richard Hayes From: Keith <keith.nellist@...> To:...
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Stewart
stu_stansfield
Sep 5, 2011 5:29 pm
... Heh. Rick (and/or Sandy, I'm not sure) suggested that while ducks may very well have teeth, duck vampires do not have fangs. They're therefore very...
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Mark
markmohrfield
Sep 5, 2011 6:30 pm
... According to the old Big Rubble supplement, Duck and Centaur vampires have been reported operating out of Blind King's Hill. Mark Mohrfield...
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armymediccampbell
ewancummins
Sep 5, 2011 7:21 pm
... That reminds me of some very sketchy old D&D notes of mine. I had plans for a sort of Deadwood/ megadungeon campaign. The camp/town was placed on or near...
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varma_many_truths
varma_many_t...
Sep 5, 2011 7:47 pm
Hi I am looking to sculpt Salinarg and the Household of Death.Any input would be welcome... 1 Salinarg, warrior prince ? So more Humakti than Orlanthi ? 2...
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hcarteau@...
hcarteau
Sep 5, 2011 9:00 pm
/// What you wrote down there is New Pavis : all of it, from the megadungeon to the economy growing around it to the native threat (praxian nomads). It's all...
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armymediccampbell
ewancummins
Sep 5, 2011 9:01 pm
... Cool, then my notes should translate well to the Pavis/Big Rubble setting. Looks like I know which Gloranthan Classics reprint I will buy first (assuming I...
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jorganos
Sep 6, 2011 6:46 am
... Orlanthi will do, I suppose. It is not like Orlanth is not a martial cult... ... That is going to be a hard task. Think of all the wizard kids, and give...
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Sean Foster
avalonrevist...
Sep 6, 2011 10:43 am
Do Durulz fulfil the Eurmal 'tribal' position in the Sartar 'Tribal' Ring? From SC sidebar: " Eurmal is the Trickster, the god of theft, deceit, and betrayal....
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Stewart
stu_stansfield
Sep 6, 2011 11:26 am
... Ahem! In the ring formed by the Sartar High Council, Joseph Greenface takes the position of the Sylph King. Quite appropriately, given the ducks'...
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jorganos
Sep 6, 2011 11:39 am
Sean Foster ... I'm fairly certain that there are several vastly different myths telling how Eurmal made the Durulz, or placed them in Dragon Pass. Most of...
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Stewart
stu_stansfield
Sep 6, 2011 11:52 am
... Bravo! As an addendum to the ring stuff, it should be added that, on the Five-Rune Ring (MotLD, pp. 58-9), Joseph Greenbeak (sic) takes the role of Fire. ...
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Stewart
stu_stansfield
Sep 6, 2011 11:54 am
... MoLaD....
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Sean Foster
avalonrevist...
Sep 6, 2011 12:08 pm
ahem. extolled as 'steady and calm'. SC p110 "Ducks are argumentative, bullying little rascals, tempered only by their innate cowardice, which has endeared...
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Sean Foster
avalonrevist...
Sep 6, 2011 12:22 pm
... bloodline. There were rumors, though, that Sartar once turned into a duck and spend a night there when the Durulz joined his principality. Totally ...
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Kenrae
Kenrae008
Sep 6, 2011 1:54 pm
... A pity, I liked that book, specially the Durulz part. Now that I think about it, why should I care? It's My Glorantha anyway :P. Regards, Sergi Díaz...
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Kenrae
Kenrae008
Sep 6, 2011 1:57 pm
... Kids can be VERY frightening. Just go watch "Who can kill a child?" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075462/), a great horror movie. Perfect inspiration for...
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Kenrae
Kenrae008
Sep 6, 2011 2:02 pm
... "their innate cowardice", of course. Regards, Sergi Díaz...
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Richard Hayes
richard_hayes29
Sep 6, 2011 3:19 pm
Sergi is right. Though I would see other factors at work too: * The ability of the Durulz to survive in close proximity to the Upland Marsh * The corner of...
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Roderick and Ellen Ro...
rjremr1
Sep 6, 2011 3:41 pm
... I'd take a gander at the feral kid in Road Warrior: While he's dressed up in a Telmori-kind of way, he has some great expressions, from "cute" to "fierce"....
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Richard Hayes
richard_hayes29
Sep 6, 2011 3:48 pm
The MRQ Durulz book suggested that Yelm's curse of flightlessness on the Durulz (if it is canon) went further than simply trading wings for arms, and meant...
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Phil Hibbs
philrhibbs
Sep 6, 2011 3:56 pm
... arms, ... If it is canon, then it explains why the Great Dragon To Be "never got off the ground" - they made the mistake of allowing Durulz to join the...
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Stephen Tempest
stephen_tuk
Sep 6, 2011 4:00 pm
... I don't know. A little girl with long black hair covering her face, a floaty white dress and a big blood-stained knife in her hand is practically a horror...
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Jeff
jeffrichard68
Sep 6, 2011 4:01 pm
... You can do whatever you want with the MRQ Durulz book - and loot any good ideas it has. However, it is not canon as far as any future publications are...
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Robert Thornton
oblate_sphere
Sep 6, 2011 4:28 pm
Also, the child soldiers of Africa are pretty damn scary in my book. Rob ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
