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A pic of him:

Greek hoplites weren't fishermen and wouldn't have known anything about sailing. Hellenic-like marines will fit the Lunar Empire well. And Sean_RDP, if you want to make your Lunar marines be a special unit where the members have some sort of boating background, that's fine too, because the Lunar soldiers are equipped by the state, unlike the greek hoplites. Maybe one of the requirements could be a high Water rune too? I don't get why some people keep on insisting that most people in Glorantha are lay members instead of initiates, nothing in Runequest books support this.

I was inspired by the Muses and found a name for the Hero of the hero cult: Arlee Ermeus.

The Guide doesn't mention them much, and the Sourcebook says that: "The death of the Sun and the appearance of the trolls and other forces of Darkness is called the Lesser Dark of the Great Night. The race which crawled to this world from below suffered the agonies of the alien environment of the world and its gods at war, in addition to the torment caused by the Sun and the loss of their homes. Most of the creatures which survived this at all were changed horribly, and are the ancestors of those creatures which humans know as Cave Trolls. In the Surface World Kyger Litor fashioned her race anew, to better fit the new place, and to provide armies for her fight against Chaos. This was the origin of the first of the numerous Dark Trolls, who quickly populated the world where they could." So looks like that the info on Trollpak hasn't changed. A mistake by the writer on Vamargic's parents is the most likely explanation.

According to the evolutionary tree in Trollpak the Cave Trolls weren't mutated from the Dark Trolls, but from the Mistress Race. And the Great Trolls can only have Dark Trolls or trollkin descendants, so a Cave Troll can't have Great Troll forefathers, and therefore Cave Trolls can't have atavistic Great Troll descendants. The Cave Trolls aren't the subject of the curse of the kin. Vamargic Eye-necklace might have been a large and smart atavistic troll with Cave Troll parents, but he couldn't have been a Great Troll. e: And if Vamargic was a Great Troll made with the Cragspider's ritual, then he could only have had one Cave Troll parent, not two.

The Lunar Empire doesn't have a Navy as an independent service branch. The situation resembles the later Roman Army. The naval troops that invaded Karse from Corlfu were part of the Provincial Army, but they could have been originally from the Heartlands Corps like the troops serving in Pavis. The penteconters that patrol Oslir have soldier-rowers as crew, and are part of the Provincial Army or the Heartlands Corps. Some nobles could have their own war ships too. And if you want you can use smaller ships than penteconters. A marine is just someone who serves as a soldier on a ship, eg. the Greek hoplites that served on triremes weren't specially trained for it, they were just normal militiamen assigned for duty on ships. YGMV and you can make a small, less known cult, some hero cult perhaps, that specializes on naval warfare and boarding actions. Maybe the cult could have a spell that helps with jumping or climbing in heavy armour. All officers in the Lunar Army must be members of the cult of Yanafal Tarnils, but all members of the cult of Yanafal Tarnils aren't officers. Every Lunar soldier must be at least a lay member of the cult in fact. And in the traditional Yelmic Regiments the rank and file soldiers are also worshippers of Yelm.

"Vamargic Eye-necklace was the leader of the nation from the south. He was a throwback, born a Great Troll but intelligent, though his parents were both cave trolls. He worshipped Zorak Zoran. His nation was called the Wood Trolls, and among them were many Dark Elves. " How can Vamargic be a throwback? The Cave trolls were mutated from the Mistress race by Chaos, and the Great trolls are created with Cragspider's ritual from Dark trolls. I think that the writer just forgot about that.

Yeah.

Do you have an ETA on that yet?

Arkat and his followers blocked them.

I kept APP alongside CHA, because they are quite different things.

That's probably not very common, rhino hide is rare and used mostly for the riders' armour. And rhinoes already have a thick skin that's easily improved with magic before charging.

haha, nice

So they did! I had forgotten all about that.

Humaktis having sex with partners of the opposite sex is probably something that their god doesn't view favourably, but having sex with partners of the same sex is highly encouraged, because it creates strong bonds between warriors. Just like in the Sacred Band of Thebes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Band_of_Thebes

Thanks! I was just about to ask about Sartar.

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Which Gloranthan cultures use water and sanitation pipes? I don't remember ever seeing mentions of them. They did exist in Bronze Age Earth though.

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Yeah. Where do you report these?

Hahaha, great pics! Is that an alynx?

No they wouldn't. It's on their skin, which they leave behind.

Is Lokarnos worshipped in Teshnos? Which RQ3 cults would Calyz and Furalor most resemble?

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What does 'OSR' mean?