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7666
In first and second editions of RuneQuest, when the game was tied to Glorantha, giants were described as a surly and untrustworthy Chaostic race. However in...
Lev Lafayette
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Mar 2, 2009
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7667
... to Glorantha, giants were described as a surly and untrustworthy Chaostic race. ... a babe of this Chaos race - and there's no mention of the taint, iirc*....
Keith Nellist
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Mar 2, 2009
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7668
IIRC, the reference to a Chaotic taint was in error (though it might have been an early Gregging, of course). I recall an errata somewhere that corrected that....
Guy Hoyle
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7669
In addition to what's already been said; the cradle baby is a true giant, not one of the common modern giants. According to Anaxial's Roster they are "more...
markmohrfield
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Mar 2, 2009
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YGWV ... Mark hit it here. Glorantha has several discernible types of giants. -- Greg Stafford Game Designer [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Greg Stafford
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Mar 2, 2009
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... all ... 1) all the Killed in Action at Only Safe, and environs, are sucked in the Eternal Battle and can't be resurrected, even chaotics and illuminated...
Gianfranco Geroldi
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Mar 2, 2009
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7672
... I should hope they are discernible; they are very large! Imagine if Glorantha had indiscernible giants: "What are we fighting? I dunno, but it's -- well --...
Peter Larsen
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7673
Lol - I was thinking "invisible" :) ... From: WorldofGlorantha@yahoogroups.com [mailto:WorldofGlorantha@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Peter Larsen Sent: 02...
Matthew Cole
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7674
... I was thinking: "MONSTERS! FROM THE ID!" ;) -- John Machin "Nothing is more beautiful than to know the All." - Athanasius Kircher, 'The Great Art of...
John Machin
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I like the idea of invisible monster of the id... :) I'm increasingly taking a giants (humans) vs dragons (dragonewts) metaplot line... It explains a lot of...
Lev Lafayette
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7676
Hello all, I'm mulling over Fronela, as one of those places that seems not to be already hammered in stone that might be fun to build up some. (I'm terribly...
L C
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Mar 3, 2009
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7677
What was the White Bear Empire? It seems to show up a couple of times in Fronela. driving out Lunar refugees and the Carmanians from the Janube river cities....
L C
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Mar 3, 2009
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7678
Mongoose publishing just released a 100 pg softback on Second Age Fronela. Titled "Fronela", to no one's surprise. ...
Todd Gardiner
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Mar 3, 2009
2:29 am
7679
... The White Bear Empire is really a lot of Rathori fighting rather than an actual empire. Normally Rathori sleep all winter but a few may worship the White...
Peter Metcalfe
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Mar 3, 2009
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... It's complicated. Loskalm appears to have freed itself in a revolt before the Closing but was still cited as paying tribute to the Emperor circa 930 ST....
Peter Metcalfe
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Mar 3, 2009
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7681
When you say "winter" in this explanation, when exactly do you mean? Do they wake up in the last days of Storm season, just in time to perform the Sacred Week...
Todd Gardiner
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Mar 3, 2009
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... <http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/home/detail.php?qsID=1558&qsSeries=39> Good to know. ... material ... This isn't for a game. I've got no one interested...
L C
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Mar 3, 2009
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7683
Ahh. OK. So it is the happy Rathori , but not any kind of Rathori empire, more like occasional Rathori winter hordes. That's cool. I suppose it can be an...
L C
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Mar 3, 2009
3:26 am
7684
He means Winter. The West uses a 4-season calendar, if I recall, not the 5-season one used in Peloria and Dragon Pass. LC...
L C
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Mar 3, 2009
3:34 am
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I might have to break these things up into individual threads before long, to make it easier to follow - especially for other people joining in. Also, sources...
L C
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Mar 3, 2009
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7686
... The Middle Sea Empire, an unfinished worl. ... Any EWF influence in Fronela has to be over the High Llama Pass and that gets obliterated by Alakoring circa...
Peter Metcalfe
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Mar 3, 2009
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7687
I'd endorse the purchase of Mongoose's 'Fronela' if only for the fact that I wrote it ;-) But you will find some - quite a few - of the questions answered - at...
Lawrence Whitaker
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Mar 3, 2009
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7688
It's approaching two months since I asked last time, so I thought I would ask again. There appears to be no available source for Esrolia: Land of 10,000...
Todd Gardiner
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Mar 3, 2009
7:07 am
7689
... Unlikely, given that Nick Brooke isn't on this list, AFAIK :) ... Yes. ... Although it should be noted that these won't equal the number of actual pages in...
ttrotsky2
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Mar 3, 2009
5:56 pm
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... This is not the line taken in LotW, for what it's worth. But YGWV. ... Oh, yeah. ... Indeed... ... come from? Telmoria; it's just over the mountains. ... ...
ttrotsky2
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Mar 3, 2009
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7691
... Well, yes, then. ... *sigh* Oh well, so much for that, then. (Not that I don't think you won't do a stellar job.) ... *nod* So there is overview, Seshnela,...
L C
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Mar 3, 2009
7:13 pm
7692
It sounds great. Get me a job and I'll buy it. :) LC...
L C
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Mar 3, 2009
7:19 pm
7693
... Yes ... Jonatela and the Janube. The wild lands are not covered in this series, due to the wide cultural gulf between them and the Malkioni (who are the...
ttrotsky2
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7694
... *nod* Sorry, I meant Jonatela (as the one "kingdom" there). The wildlands have to be addressed insomuch as they impinge on the area, of course, but you are...
L C
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Mar 3, 2009
8:20 pm
7695
... I could not agree more. Also to add, I know that there was some discussions around different versions of the Abiding Book (the Rokari have the "Sharp"...
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