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I don't think the Hsunchen in general have two-shaped natures - they think of themselves as animals in the form of men and it is difficult to change. That is why the Telmori accepted Nysalor's gift. Expressing their Beast Shape is not something Hsunchen can easily do in times of danger but something that is only attained through years of spiritual practice. The Hsunchen emulate their totems but it is rare for them to manifest them - that is what their shamans and best fighters do.

On the subject of Sword Sages, I think it most likely that Sword Sages have a repertoire of swordsmanship spells that can be learned from other sword sages (such as Eparikondos of New Pavis (although the description of him in Pavis: Threshold to Danger p79 makes him more interested in languages - perhaps he's actually a Word Sage?). So yes, they would know the weapon spells in the RQG rulebook and wouldn't have to scrouge from other sorcerors in the area. Since Lhankor Mhy's basic sorcery teaching is truth and command, there's plenty of room for study of the Rune of Conflict. Yes, it doesn't mesh well with the mainstream worship of Lhankor Mhy but thta is how Sword Sages were depicted since Storm Tribe: the Cults of Sartar.

The Gilgamesh image is already in the Fortunate Succession p25 where the legend describes it as Emperor Anirinelm crushing the Lion of Enestool

It also features in the Sazdorf Clan material of RQ2's Trollpak (soon to be reprinted).

Please do not respond to old posts telling people they are wrong. And have you compared the Slarges to the original Pelm-re? Revelaed Mythologies p45 describes them as having "large eyes, a gaping mouth, a long tail, and small, nearly useless arms" which is closer to a Tyrannosaur than a Slarge. So if the Pelm-re are related to Slarges, the Lascerdans can be to. Bolongo prevented their rise when he murdered the dragon Langamul.

Judging by Yatelo's appearance and powers, it seems that he's another name for Daga, the son of Yelm and Molanni, and the God of Famine.

Cults of Terror used the Cult Compatibility membership chart

Remember Yelmalio has many forms, one of which is Elmal.

I assume they are related to the Slarges in an attempt to make sense of the mythical events of the region.

Beacuse Daka Fal was once Grandfather Mortal, the first man to die. Daka Fal hates the Gods because they took his birthright.

When what you write looks less than a joke and more like a recital of a tiresome urban legend with zero relevance, then perhaps your sense of humour needs a fine-tune, no? Also responding to a civil request with an insinuation that I am lacking a sense of humour is also poor form.

Fiction which can be disproved by looking at Snopes. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-hole-truth/ Please stick with RuneQuest or Glorantha.

One could always retire from the Humakti by joining Yanafal Tarnils and then retiring from that.

There is however a major riddle about them. The Octamonists reject Diamond and Iron. So why do they live in Diamond Mountain? There is contact with the humans at Sabzevar (Guide p435)

Windwalk has been a Gagarth runespell (Tales of the Reaching Moon #4 for instance).

Western societies might have Geniuses, being the idealized thought of a city or clan. Kralori societies would have a patron dragon. Vormaino societies would have a Joserui while the Eastern Isles would have the parondpara, their island god, doubling as their Wyters.

I'm kinda getting the impression that Harrek's current mustache comes because he like the look of it on a frieze at Lupendars. No mention of a group of eleven merfolk seeking to rob Casino Town?

I really have no idea. All I said was that where the Orlanthi have Wyters, the Lunars/Pelorians would have Lares which are the same thing under a different name. The name change alone works fine for me.

Lares is just a name for Pelorian Wyters, stolen from the RW Lares https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lares

Lares (according to ILH-1 handbook). If that's too romanic then there's always household gods or idols.

If you think that Nysalor was Gbaji at the Battle of Night and Day then you have pretty much said that Nysalor is Gbaji in everything that he does, which is an awfully dogmatic position to take on the whole affair.

Was Nysalor Gbaji at the time? That seems to me a rather cynical view on what is described as a Cosmic-changing event. It's like saying that Jesus gave into the Devil in his sojourn in the desert - it just doesn't feel right.

Nysalor is pretty much described earlier in the text and nobody's noticing any adamantine claws, otherworldly cloak etc, Man-sized and insignificant is all that is said. Moreover for him to be armed with those things contradicts the nature of Nysalor. He is what he is, not what he is armed with. The trollpak version is written nearly three centuries later and is thought to be an eye-witness account. Moreover it does not describe the events of the Battle of Night and Day but the spiritual battles when the curse was sent, something far more ambiguous.

A few comments on an article which I really liked. Rumour 50 seems dated if RQ supplements are going to be set after the Dragonrise. The Queendom of Jab might be a more terrifying foe. Rumour 44. Pretty much had it sussed that leonardo was a commoner rather than a wizard. Glad to see somebody else had a similar idea. The bank breaking has its origins in a fan theory that Belintar broke the bank of Casino Town to enforce its sovereignty over God Forgot. Jeff's pored cold water on it in that Casino Town was not around at that time. However all that means is that the Breaking of the Bank sometime during Belintar's four centuries of rule rather than at the beginning as a result of now obscure political events. Rumour 57. Like the idea that the farmers are actually Bandori rather than Brithini. Rumour 59. Liked the mention of the one-armed bandits. My own thinking is that there are three types - Copper which do 1d6 damage through to Golds which do 6d6 damage. People can halt a One-Armed Bandit's attack by feeding them with the appropriate coins. One coin allows one spin (roll 3d6 with rewards based on doubles and triples). As to how Casino Town might have come to be, I think Rumour 64 is literally true. The Brithini used to run a primitive insurance market there for ocean-going vessels. Later bored sailors, wanting for a favourable wind, hit upon the idea of borrowing money for gambling purposes and found the cagey Talar all to willing to lend and things went downhill from there. I'm basing this on the RW interaction between gambling, insurance and the development of probability theory (which could also mean that the Brithini have interesting ideas on the concept of cause and effect - Hume was a inveterate gambler who based his theories of reality on the "lucky streaks" he had from time to time).

The Adamantine Claws reference is from Trollpak (Uz Lore p29).