Brian McReynolds

1 hour ago, Richard S. said:

The Stormwalkers get an entry on page 39 of Cults of Runequest: the Lightbringers. They're a subcult of Orlanth Thunderous open to Storm Voices or intelligent Air spirits devoted to Orlanth, and they learn the spells of Discorporate, Flood, and Summon Large Air Elemental. Multiple members can also pool their Rune points together to cast Cloud Call, Flood, Rain, or Thunderbolt, allowing them to stack far more than your average priest. I don't remember the companion's descriptions of the breath powers, so it's your own judgement as to whether they match up to their Runequest powers.

I can see a link between "No Breath" & the Discorporation ability of the Storm walkers. If you don't have a physical body, do you technically need to breathe? 

(I see that Jajagappa just 'pipped me to the line' with a much better list of correlations. 😁) 

If your players, like my own, are based in Apple Lane, then they aren't too far away from the Humakti temple of Six Stones in the Sword Vale. There is likely to be an Iron-smith at or near the Temple.

Farong Farosh was an EWF functionary/worshipper who was slain and bound to an item or location, survived (as a bound entity/ghost), the Fall of the EWF and the Dragonkill and waited for centuries until he was 'discovered' or disturbed IIRC, by a 'brain-dead' or soulless adventurer. Farong took this opportunity to inhabit the body and now resides in the village of Tink in the Dragonewt Wildlands. This implies that at least some spirit-bindings survive the death(s) of the creator(s). 

Now to be fair, that may just be down to the EWF being 'weird mystics' and having Strange Dragon Magic. You can never be sure when it comes to Dragons.

6 hours ago, davecake said:

Shields aren’t always the most effective option for ending a fight quick, but usually the best option for long term survival. 

(large or medium ones, anyway, small ones seem pretty pointless).

This is true if you're playing a human adventurer. Small shields/Bucklers are a pretty poor choice of shield, by games-mechanics; poor HP total for blocking damage and near useless against missile fire.

Durulz, Trollkin and even some of the weaker Green & Brown Elves can't carry even a medium shield, so they're stuck with small shields/Bucklers. Expect many of these to rely much more on dodge, and as dodging is a poorer choice in melee, vs. parrying, this may explain their races reluctance to engage human-sized, or larger opponents in hand-to-hand combat.

On 10/26/2020 at 10:20 AM, Kloster said:

Not sure, Humakt didn't kill Orlanth.

Humakti tend to believe that their God killed EVERYONE (God's & Goddesses), before killing himself, so that the assembled deities were present in the Underworld and capable of participating in the 'Great Compromise'.

On 10/24/2020 at 11:17 AM, Akhôrahil said:

The bond is a just legal and social construct, isn’t it? The chief says ”hey, this trickster is under my protection, and I will cover the costs”? It can be recalled at any moment (and a sign of a wise chief is one who does so before the sudden but inevitable betrayal).

Whilst the Trickster's-Bond is indeed both a legal and social 'contract', it is also much more. It's a Recreation/Reenactment of Myth/Legend, with the same consequences and benefits (to a lesser degree). "Orlanth did this to Eurmal and saved the World, so We may do this too." - kind of thinking. Never forget the power of belief & MGF!

YGWV. 

On 10/19/2020 at 4:45 AM, Sir_Godspeed said:

The Lunars must have some god of pleasure or beauty or something. It would probably go under that. Illusion, maybe. Possibly even love. It's all conceptually related, imho.

When it comes to the Lunar Empire, I would imagine that there would be similar cults using perfumes. Uleria & Chalanna Arroy for similar reasons to those mentioned previously. Pelorian Earth worshippers will have the same desires/lust-for-life as their southern counterparts in Dragon Pass, with similar usage of perfumes & cosmetics, if not more, given the size of the Empire and it's current decadent attitude & ruler. 

High status Dara Happans would also use perfumes, for ceremonies or rituals and/or possibly even just to disguise the odours of the 'plebs', such as carrying a scented handkerchiefs, flowers etc. in our own world to mask unpleasant smells. 

Don't forget the city goddess Glamour. Magics exist to make you more appealing, but you may be proficient with them. Therefore her worshippers are definitely going to be heavy users of cosmetics and perfumes. There may even be a Perfumers' Guild in the city of Glamour, with either strong ties to the cult of Glamour or, imho, entirely controlled by the cult. In the latter case, woe betide any 'non-guild' perfumier who tries to set up shop in Glamour or it's suburbs. 

On 9/20/2020 at 7:56 AM, Nick Brooke said:

You must have missed my Duck Merchant.

By any chance was he too small to see over the shop's counter?

On 10/4/2020 at 10:52 PM, Akhôrahil said:

I don’t think you can outright reference the medieval warhammer, which had a super-specific anti-armor purpose. Although I don’t know exactly how a bronze age one would look...

Check out Koryvantes web-site for Bronze-Age reproductions of various armour and weapons, including a nasty 'beaked' hammer/war-pick, which looks like it would punch through armour quite easily.

I'm so glad that I bought a copy. This book's awesome! Totally worth it, just for the Dragons' Blood & Medicine Bundles sections, never mind all the sweet plunder contained within.

On 9/30/2020 at 2:49 PM, kirinyaga said:

• succeeding a heroquest based on truth or honour will also prove her right. That may be out of her league, though.

'The Law-Staff Heroquest' from the Sartar Companion supplement for Heroquest: Glorantha RPG springs to mind, if you have it available.

There's also an unofficial cult write-up for Doburdun on the 'Brown Book of Zzabur' website, though it's for Heroquest Glorantha, which means it's rules-lite and mostly lord.

I'd post a link, but my Google-Fu skills are still at the yellow-belt stage. 🙃

When my players asked what Bronze Age rapiers were, I showed them Achilles' thrusting sword from his fight with Hector in Troy, (Brad Pitt & Eric Bana). 

Now this may not, technically be a rapier, but it helped define how broadswords (Xiphos & straight-bladed varieties) and rapiers looked in our game.

Griffins & Hippogriffs are Solar/Sky creatures, so they are naturally adept at hovering in place, just as Yelm once sat immobile in the Sky.

It's only when you introduce the Winds of the Storm Tribe, with all their disruptive tendencies that Griffins and Hippogriffs struggle to hover effectively. 

Even though a Glaive's best suited for Slashing attacks, it still has a 'stabby end'. So it's capable of Impaling your opponent, which could be a useful tactic if diving from on-high with a mind to driving them off their feet. 

If you haven't already bought this, what are you waiting for? Even if you have the original 'red-cover' version, the new edition knocks it 'out of the park'. If you're running a game from the Lunar perspective, this book's a must-have! 

On 9/11/2020 at 6:32 PM, soltakss said:

Once you say something, it is canon.

 

That kind of thinking might bring some suspicious Mostali knocking at your door, asking how much you know about cannons.

Does anyone know which 'notables' beyond Argrath, Harrek, Gunda & Jar-eel are present at this battle? Likewise which 'prestige' units were present. I'd assume that the Moonswords are here, accompanying Jar-eel, but what units are present from the Heartland or Cavalry Corps. Any ideas as to which of the Sartar Magical Union formations are present?

I only ask, as I no longer have the 'Dragon Pass' boardgame for reference, and my intrepid band of players; Colymar loyalists + Kerofineli Tarshite Skald, are about to take part in this clash of titanic forces, so any info's appreciated.

Sure, I know MGMV, but any additional information will help with describing this battle from the POV of their characters, as well as determining who they face off against across the battlefield.

On 8/19/2020 at 7:47 AM, Borygon said:

Sounds like Sedanya to me.

Given that she's the current incarnation/avatar of Sedenya and also an accomplished harpist, Jar-eel may also be an option. She already has an entire regiment's worth of worshippers so what's one more?

Stunned by this awesome piece of art! Just like Annstad, once I saw the Razoress, I was smitten! This is a beautiful sculpture. Bravo!

On 7/27/2020 at 1:58 PM, jajagappa said:

 

One of the late TotRM issues (18? 20?) also included travel along a magic road to reach IIRC Stormwalk Mountain.  A somewhat different path used, but I think the same basic principle with particular steps along the way. 

 

It was in 'Tales of the Reaching Moon' #18 (The Sartar issue). The 'Magic road' was detailed in the article/scenario - The Stormwalk Path, by Carl Pates.

On 22/12/2017 at 2:33 AM, jeffjerwin said:

I believe the original and correct pronunciation is Huey-makt.

We'll have less of those quack-pot theories! (No? I'll get my coat...)

On 15/12/2017 at 11:23 AM, Yelm's Light said:

Back in prehistoric times, when I was a newb, I certainly did.

That makes (at least) two of us!

On 14/12/2017 at 7:50 PM, David Scott said:

 He displays his worthiness to be Bison Khan with the return of the Four Weapons of Waha; an unusual three-bladed sword, his oddly-shaped throwing discs, a lance which leaps out to reach its foe, and his pole lasso made from the hair of Eiritha herself. His awkward smile is changed and from now on he is called Jaldon Goldentooth. From across Prax many rally to his cause.
 

I always imagined his 'unusual three-bladed sword' as an African Hunga Munga.

13 hours ago, Joerg said:

Actually, no. The triceps and the shoulder musculature are what is required to fire a bow.

It takes two to three days a week training to be able to fire more than two dozen arrows in a span of about as many or less minutes. Military requirement were four dozen arrows, if I am correctly informed.

Lower back muscles are also used when drawing a longbow. If you only use your arms and shoulders, it's even more of an effort to draw the string to your ear.

Englishmen, during the 14th -15th centuries, were required by law to fire at least 10 arrows at a target roughly the size of a fence-post, from a distance of roughly 100 yards, every sunday. When mustering for military campaigns, if they wished to be an archer and be paid almost as much as a mounted knight or man-at-arms, they had to hit the same sized target at least 10 times in one minute. Failure to achieve this meant that they were equipped with bill-hooks or halberds and used as foot-soldiers/'red-shirts' . This meant that any archers with the English armies, either during the 'Hundred Year War' or 'Wars of the Roses', were deadly with their bows, as they'd been using them from an early age.

Just ask us Scots and the French how effective they were! :-D