Ali the Helering

1 hour ago, Butters said:

Launston/Launceston castle

The local pronunciation actually tends to be Lahnsen, FWIW.  Your Cornwall May Vary

21 hours ago, PhilHibbs said:

I've seldom come across an atheist that argues that fervently against religion though

One of my favourite lecturers at Uni was Rev Don Cupitt, the 'atheist priest' who championed the idea of being "Post-Christian", and is one of the primary philosophers of the non-realist school.  He wrote 18 books on that subject alone.  I think my favourite sentence of his is "No more pixie (fairy?) dust!" (my uncertainty is due to age and post-Covid mind fog) and favourite book title is "Taking leave of God".

We did enjoy debating, because both of us are analytical rationalists, simply coming from different starting points!  He would argue against religion to absolute exhaustion. 

1 hour ago, mfbrandi said:

isn’t the steed of the Goddess just an aspect of the Goddess herself, rather than a fully distinct entity?

Didn't want to mention it, miss, but there's an odd growth with wings under your feet.....

Would a cat-o'-nine-tails be more effective?

5 hours ago, Ynneadwraith said:

*Are all Orlanthi cat people, or is it just Sartarites?

Sartarites, as part of the larger grouping of Heortlings, generally so.  Alakoringites, not so much.  Beyond that, I don't think much is detailed.

Fair enough, it just seemed a little abstruse to a bear of very little brain😁

While I have enjoyed many of your posts, my friend, I have to agree with Nozbat on this one.  If you simply want to insult a large proportion of the population why do it on this forum?

I have to point out that I am an ordained Christian minister who has the greatest of respect for - even the most aggressively evangelical - atheists.

I am a conscience omnivore who has the greatest of respect for - even the most aggressively evangelical - vegans.

I have my own political opinions that are as far from those you ridicule as may be possible, and in no way comparable to either, and I find your cynicism deeply saddening.

Sometimes getting pissed off is the heart of wisdom, not stupidity. 

1 hour ago, mfbrandi said:

Is this the new Lutheran face of Mostal? Ennobled by Mad King Ludwig seems about right for our technological but sometimes impractical friends.

I am puzzled.  Ludwig was Roman Catholic.

Since Broos can breed with anything, I should imagine he is linked with whatever animal is locally derided.

58 minutes ago, Ynneadwraith said:

Textbook unreliable narrator.

I completely disagree.  Both are myths, and therefore both are absolutely true and reliable!

42 minutes ago, Joerg said:

IMO Orlanth is a lesser Storm entity (probably a demigod) who rose high above his station, replacing one of the primary five sons of Umath amd inheriting his deeds. This may have happened in the Gods War, possibly an achievement of Ernalda on a local scale (Kerofinela). The Dawn Age saw the Theyalan missionaries replace other such lesser entities with Orlanth, and the God Learners took the Theyalan construct and applied it elsewhere on the Lozenge.

IMG the 'names' of deities are more often a title, imposed on a multitude of local deities.

I think the Vadrudi have a case to make concerning Orlanth's perfidious defeat of The Boss.  All in all, this simply reinforces my idea that Orlanth is a Godlearner-imposed nonsense, and that Greg wrote him as such.

There are no Telmori now.  Argrath was the big bad villain who brought about the end of the age. 

QED. Hail Harshax! 

28 minutes ago, Jeff said:

Yeah, well I realised that was not right, as the Sartar Book will make clear.

You mean Jeff can be Jeffed too.... weird man.  I need some more hazia....

2 hours ago, jajagappa said:

There is no Argan Rex subcult. The tribe is led by a Shadowlord, but no details currently on how they are chosen.

Jeff posted in 2019

A few notes on the Torkani:

Argan Argar is the tribal patron god. He is worshiped as a consort of Ernalda, as is Orlanth. Humakt is the most important war god, although Storm Bull is also popular. All the Lightbringers are worshiped. 

Their Rex cult is unique - as the tribal leaders need to worship Argan Argar in conjunction with Orlanth Rex.

So I think the answer is "Your Rex cult for the Torkani May Vary"

1 hour ago, scott-martin said:

I believe London has something similar about ice ages, nuclear errors and other catastrophes being mitigable so long as you live by the river.

We're gonna need a bigger river.....🙃

For me the joy of Greg's mythologising is that he would happily incorporate (almost?) anything into his thinking.  Don't impose a boundary - leap it!

To Lord Blackadder  "You have a woman's bottom, my Lord"

23 hours ago, radmonger said:

Ernalda, give us the serenity to accept what cannot be changed. Orlanth, give us the courage to change what can be changed. Sedenya, give us the wisdom to know the one from the other

Pocharngo, give us the insight to warp the one to the other

I'm sorry, but I can't shake the image of Furthest cramped with trailers🙃

While I am sure it is a typo, I find the title of this thread wonderfully judgemental...🤣

On 2/21/2024 at 11:05 PM, Oracle said:

From Dragon Pass, Land of Thunder:

But as this HeroQuest 1 supplement is not canonical, you probably may have to take this information with a grain of salt ...

Ah, but back in the good old days, it was, my friend, it was.....

Unfortunately, as with so many works of fantasy literature, the lack of attention to demographics destroys it as a setting for serious campaign gaming.  That is why I suggested it as an 'otherworld' or 'heroquest' setting from the RW.

5 minutes ago, mfbrandi said:

Ah but Orlanth is to the god of fluid dynamics as Marx is to the philosophers: one thinks that the point is to take control, the other that the point is to understand. One is a leaf blower, the other a reed in the wind. Orlanth is more Mussolini than stoic. is the “w” in “will” and the silent “w” in “anchor” (refusing to drift with the current). We can all see the resemblance:

Are you saying that Orlanth is a Complete Anker with a silent W?  I am appalled!

7 hours ago, Jens said:

Divide the skills by 5 instead and you have the basis of Hero Wars 😉

Isn't it interesting to watch games development?