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... This would be direct offerings to the entity in question, through rites, right? ... True. The correct way to uphold the existence of such enemy deities is ...
jorganos
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Jan 1, 2009
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6908
I was wondering if there is a standard punishment in Orlanthi culture for someone who has been found to have consorted with chaos in some way? In particular,...
Bruce Mason
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6909
... Execution is pretty rare in Orlanthi society. In Thunder Rebels it states: "If a servant of the Predark is succored, or those who sacrifice to the...
Paul King
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6910
Hi! ... I wonder if the distinction between propitiatory worship and outright Chaos worship is clearly defined... I mean, how can an orlanthi know if his...
xavierllobet
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... Execution doesn't appear as a penalty anywhere that I've seen. ... Outlawry usually gives the outlaw an amount of time to get away and the clan warband...
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Jan 2, 2009
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... They don't. There are indicators such as the Uroxi 'sense chaos' magic and questioning under Humatki truth magic. Like any legal system there will be...
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6913
Sacred time went quietly for me this year. Let's all have a great 2009, and have plenty of fun with HQ 2nd edition. -Adept...
valkoharja
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Jan 2, 2009
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6914
... On page 84 of Thunder Rebels it list some punishments. For failing to alert the clan, various fines. For more active roles, fines + outlawry. This ...
Peter Larsen
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6915
In this case, the bloodline and/or clan should, as always, be keeping track of its members. Since they are intimately familiar with the suspect's needs and...
Todd Gardiner
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6916
Thanks for lots of useful responses. I am surprised that there doesn't seem to be any tradition of execution in traditional Orlanthi societies. It may make...
Bruce Mason
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Jan 2, 2009
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6917
While I cannot answer the question of legal punishment, I'm surprised that he wasn't just killed outright by the PCs, likely in the heat of combat. Unless they...
Todd Gardiner
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6918
... river. My ... EWF on ... someone would ... wonder ... who was a ... hold-outs ... secret ... Are the folk he murdered members of the same clan as the bad...
Jeff Richard
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6919
... Part of *being* Orlanthi (at least as we've seen among the Heortlings, and *probably* true among "all" Orlanthi societies) is a deep-seated fear of ...
Roderick and Ellen Ro...
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Jan 3, 2009
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There is not much mention about the differences between fyrd-based Orlanthi and city-based Orlanthi, yet there are many cities. There is some commentary in...
Todd Gardiner
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6921
... Outlawry by the clan makes them 'not kin'. ... It is significant that Andrin's words do not describe them as capital crimes. I think the heading is...
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Jan 3, 2009
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6922
... doesn't seem ... It may ... a death ... I suspect that many Orlanthi, in a variety of places and times, have considered this way of dealing with things to...
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6923
... The figure is 1 in every ten. Note that the urban figure includes tribal settlements such as Clearwine as well as the cities proper such as Boldhome. In...
Peter Metcalfe
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Jan 3, 2009
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6924
... Just a note about terminology - the word you want is "tula", not "fyrd". The tula is the lands of the clan, the fyrd is all able-bodied people who can ...
Roderick and Ellen Ro...
rjremr1
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6925
... Once a perosn is outlawed, you can kill him with impunity - not even waiting until he gets off the tula. He is a "stranger" in the terms of the "First ...
Roderick and Ellen Ro...
rjremr1
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6926
Hey Pantallion. How you getting on? I've been out of circulation but am around for a while now; still need input?...
Matthew Cole
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Jan 3, 2009
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6927
... I miss ... An additional gloss on Roderick's comment: the correct terms would be city-living vs. rural-living. A tula, properly speaking, is the home area...
Jeff Richard
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Jan 3, 2009
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6928
YGWV This comment provokes me to respond. ... death ... Yes. Outlawry, living all alone, is generally a death sentence anywhere, to anyone. Anywhere. Anytime. ...
Greg Stafford
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6929
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Roderick and Ellen Robertson ... Thanks for the correction, although, as stated below, it is confusing, since some cities are...
Todd Gardiner
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Jan 4, 2009
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6930
... I'm only responding to what you write. ... It depends on what you mean by "quite well". What criteria are you using? ... One doesn't raise resistance...
Peter Metcalfe
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6931
... Think of the people of a city as a "clan", and the lands of the city as its tula. The people insode the city will mostly be from the three neighboring...
Roderick and Ellen Ro...
rjremr1
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Jan 4, 2009
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6932
... I miss ... According to Greg's earlier figures (available online here: http://www.etyries.com/journeys/tribes.htm) in 1610 11% of the population of Sartar...
ttrotsky2
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Jan 4, 2009
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6933
... as its ... I'm going to half-quibble with Roderick here. The members of a Sartarite city are not a "clan" but belong to a new legal and magical entity...
Jeff Richard
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Jan 4, 2009
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6934
... Most Heortlanders are traditional Orlanthi. As Greg and I wrote in History of the Heortling People pg 95: "As a result of the Volsaxar rebellion, Andrin...
Jeff Richard
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Jan 4, 2009
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6935
The best source in print for city Orlanthi is the RQ Pavis supplement from Moon Designs. New Pavis is a Sartarite colony, and whilst sure to have some local...
Ian Cooper
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Jan 4, 2009
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6936
There seemed to be the suggestion that the outlaw will be killed outright by his clan. I find this extremely unlikely. Even though he/she's technically and...
valkoharja
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