Erol of Backford

I was thinking the same, especially with urban planning and the like, models, architecture. Really detailed stuff. Maybe the distances between landmarks/towns were listed in an itinerarium and not detailed per modern cartography but still showing landmark details. How were Dwarves have this as a rudimentary device as would masons and artisans across Glorantha in more civilized areas? Again you add sight projection (RQ3), dwarfish ingenuity, aerial capabilities and nothing but the expense would stop a map from being incredibly detailed IMO. How would someone Heroquest for cartography!? What Lhankor Mhy myths would allow for an inherent power be gained to generate incredibly detailed maps? On a side note Windwhistler may be a good scenario link for mapping the Rubble and even the River of Cradles. A Daughter of Pavis wants a detailed map? (Do they have them already?) The Duke may also hire the PC's as a survey team competing against or working with the Lunar one lead by Dalamides and Hazphar?

I love the ideas but trolls not wanting to eat due to the "smell of Yelm" is a really good one.

What was the name of the Scenario and in what publication was it in where the Lhankor Mhy initiates were in the stacks in the Nochet Library and...

Is anyone able to do a size comparison between Waha, the Faceless Statue and Gonn Orta? If Garrath is say 6' than Orta is 432' tall? Wasn't the Faceless Statue like 300m?

"Go till the men speak Italian and continue until they speak something else..." Would typical math like that of Pythagoras not be available in Glorantha and if so by adding flight or flying mounts I assume any maps made would be quite detailed. How could they not be? A map to Gonn Orta's Castle, sure, I fly up on my hippogriff and see where its at... I have felt for a long time things like the Sog City architecture, use of magic, elementals, spirits and especially (sorcery RQ3) make most things unimaginable in our would (especially maps) easily attainable in Glorantha? I forgot to add sight projection and flying allied spirits...

I'll take a good look at it as 2 of the PC's are Agmori and like wresting with Trolls...

When/what year would the refugees have begun arriving in Nochet and other parts of the Holy Country? Would any of the great trading houses have been pushed out of the west landing in Nochet?

There was a crazy amount listed for truestone. What is a rough idea what it would go for in trade goods/coin/jewelry/gems? Say one that was blank and could hold 8 rune points of spells?

There was the article about studying the Print in Tradetalk I think where a Lhankor Mhy initiate was studying and saw trolls eat the scorpionman tails dipped in butter while the thing was still alive? I think his guide ended up trying to eat him and he ended up smashing him with the counterweight of his block and tackle hoisting system? Fun stuff.

They are illuminated...? A Lhankor Mhy wants it to study and to question/interrogate so a larger strike against chaos may be had against the Print? Maybe the want to milk its poison to develop antidotes?

So would he know you helped save his baby if the PC's went to his castle after the Cradle affair but didn't mention it? How much would PC's be paid by Boshbisil to help train the trollkin? What would the PC's really be paid in coin or trade goods for a piece of truestone empty or with spells? Would Gonn Orta trade with Gondo Holst? Will Gonn Orta pay for information? What would he pay for a baby flying mount, a hippogriff or a griffin?

It is a good one!

So 7 dog years equals 1 human year and how many scorpionman years!? Never thought about that but I guess it makes sense that chaos beasts must grow quickly or be eaten? So in about 10 years she becomes super-queen...

C'est parfait! I do like Owain over Orngerin and the Players will never know the difference. Thanks yet again.

I agree with not having the imitation facial hair! Any teachers could have been women who learned sorcery and were either ostracized or cast out for learning what only men should? They would be welcomed in Trowjang.

Ducks temporarily commanding zombies, quak-quak.

I like this, very positive!

Do any Marazi use sorcery? Is it taught/learned on Trowjang to be more specific? The Genertela book calls the culture out as barbarian rather than civilized...

Heortland has no governor from 1593-1602. It was discussed before. So did rule of each of the plateau's sections then default to the clans, the Vandarland, Gardufar and Esvular, each seated in a major city thereupon? Mt. Passant for the Esvular. Duchamp for the Gardufar? The Vandarland appears to pass over Backford and the Orshanti seem to be to the northwest of Backford but there isn't a major population center there? The Volsaxi seem to be centered on Jansholm but I assume that is only because those not in Whitewall were displaced to the south by the Lunars? Oh, I think early on we were talking about King Owain who per the old Tradetalk #5 dies in 1617, I think he's the same as Orngerin as the R's W's and V's could have easily been penned illegibly. Aeolians and Sartarites pronounce thing differently...

So Gagix is waiting and watching from up in the Jab Hills for the other three to weaken fighting each other down in the Print...

Exactly what we were thinking, have already set that up to be part of the PC's adulthood initiation as a dream (downscaled so they have better chance) and then a real fight by the whole party against said queen's camp over several seasons with some Storm Bull assistance of course. I am not liking the idea that Gagix is eating part of Belintar...

This sounds nice but adding that doesn't die by someone touching it? Maybe it only takes some damage? I always felt that was pretty harsh for any elf/part elf character. Thinking on what Mr. Svensson said "We have two examples of Heroquesters who were successful in their quests and are described by RQG statistics: Queen Leika of the Colymar and Sarostip of Jonstown. Both of these worthies have legendary items in their possession, but both have inherent abilities granted by their questing." I like the inherent abilities as they cannot normally be stolen, used up or destroyed. Thanks once again!

So like the boroughs of New York fighting over turf. We can run with that, set up areas of control ruled over by minor queens that get killed/eaten as the years move close to the 1620's until there is only one... maybe the PC's could even end up fighting a minor queen to supplant Gagix's efforts and slightly decrease her power? Would scorpionmen who had their queen eaten become loyal to the conquering queen? If not are they like samurai who lord is killed and become ronin and hired as mercenaries but likely treated as scum unless some great ability is noted?

Maybe there is a turn undead area effect granted to the character by expending magic points while in or near the swamp or a 5% bonus to hit and parry for allies in a radius sort of like the crusade ritual (I think there was one) but it also works as a negative 5% to hit and -1 damage done by undead in a radius around the character? Have Howling Tower and will review. I am not sure of the fire aspect as they are wet and its a swamp... imagine the smell of wet burning zombies, it might turn into poison gas? Maybe something that explodes heads of undead? An undead psionic blast of sorts... Another twist would be that the undead in a radius of the character have to match magic points versus the character or come under their control? Even if one per round it would be fun, zombies and skeletons fighting each other, a taste of their own medicine. Lots of good ideas here, thanks everyone!

This would be the end goal rather than an item.