Orlanthatemyhamster

Answering some of the first posts about the Lunars spreading themselves too thin, this is very true, but as for the Sartarites reacting almost instantaneously, how would they do this? They don't have perfect communication and it would also mean large numbers of Orlanthi missing the high holy day, surely a piss poor omen for the rest of the year if not a decade, and all that rune magic you don't get? Even if they sent 98 Lunars, that would still mean 400+ [its not EXACTLY 40 thousand, right?] Lunars to defend Boldhome and the BAT, which must be one of the best defensive tools ever! It would also mean the Voxsaxi leaving their homes completely defenseless to go and fight...

But the fight is a forgone conclusion, so who cares?

On 6/7/2020 at 6:47 PM, Jeff said:

To start with, there's aren't enough Lunar soldiers. At the height of the Lunar Occupation, right before the invasion of the Holy Country, there were about 20,000 soldiers in Dragon Pass, plus the Crimson Bat. There's about 200 clans in Sartar, so you are talking about sending 100 soldiers to every clan simultaneously, which means spreading things incredibly thin. The Volsaxi might even be able to march on Boldhome. 

 

On 6/7/2020 at 6:11 PM, Richard S. said:

Well they aren't trying to suppress Ernalda for one - everyone loves her.

As for Orlanth, of course they do. What do you think "Summon Evil" does?

Give you a random ogre[s] of the large number living among the Sartarites? Probably a Windlord or 3 and a priest.

I would have thought though almost every single Summon Evil would get you a next door neighbour every year. it becomes a race to who casts the spell first... or last.

I would say also that the vast majority of Lunars are not evil, but I suppose they could be, but that really would mean that your feuding nextdoors are too...

Dumb dumb dumb spell.

Aren't we still waiting for the GMs Book or what have you, or was that the recent arms book? 

On 3/15/2022 at 7:35 AM, Jose said:

Well, we have been waiting decades for Heroquesting rules it seems and none has been published yet. So you better collect lots and lots of patience. 

I am going to use Choux pastry of course! 

On 1/22/2022 at 5:46 PM, Mountpain said:

Oh great, another Sartar book. Can't wait for that. Totally not going to lose hope in ever seeing any chance of literally anything non-orlanthi coming out ever. 

 

I will eat a shoe if a Lunar Empire book comes out before 2030.

I will provide a nice shoe shaped cake, just in case. 

But I really expect to be doling out cake to all and sundry. 

Yelmalio, Yelmalio does. 

23 hours ago, Ironwall said:

In the game six ages an event you get is the spirit of your clans pottery kiln is upset so if pottery kilns can have spirits I can see a shaman having a place in cities 

I agree, very much so, but I don't think it's either/or. 

Wizard of Oz reference aside, I seem to remember that a human with 21 Dex could fire a bow 2 then 3 then 2 then 3 times a round, as long as Melee Rounds were seamless [as they should be]. 

On 2/17/2022 at 6:06 AM, g33k said:

Except that DF is the intercessionary; they mostly keep people safe by dealing with spirits & spirit-issues.
In towns they serve, there's gonna be a lot more spirit problems in the towns, than out in the wilds.

Kind of the opposite case, really, to shamans who are out serving nomad tribes, where "the wild' is liable to generate big threats both mundanely and spiritually; and one shama may serve several wandering groups...

Tribe had a murder yesterday?  Fetch the shaman!  Town had a murder yesterday... and another two weeks ago... and...  Shaman lives 3 blocks over, they are pretty much ALWAYS busy in town!

Only if you see them as only dealing with human spirits. DF is AN intercessionary but not the only one. Kolat [who are very much loners] springs to mind and there are both Elves and Trolls in Sartar. 

Perhaps you should read my reply again and not find the word 'all' or 'every'. 

Not to be asked dumb questions

1 hour ago, Ladygolem said:

Who said anything about superpowers?

It's a bit of a let down if you ask your God to let you kill more of your foes and you die next round. 

😉😉

I hate the 'kill more' request. 

"Oh, I've asked my god for a request that's going to make the rest of you chumps redundant for the rest of this critical combat. Sos."

No thanks. 

Surviving til the end, yeah. Superpowers til the end? 

Er, No. 

Humakt's already a bit of a copout as Death Gods go, just give them DIs' like everybody else. 

When they draw their weapon. 

Ty Kora Tek for the majority of Oldies, women and men. Death comes for all, regardless of gender. 

On 2/15/2022 at 4:55 PM, g33k said:

I've just gotta note that Daka Fal is actually relatively common in Sartar, with ancestor-worship a real thing there (per a 2-year-old post from Jeff Richard, DF worshipers in Sartar have similar numbers to Chalana Arroy, Lhankor Mhy, & Storm Bull)...

Shamans of the town & city are absolutely canonical.

I expect they'd look less like "animist" types with animal fetishes &c... they might almost "look like" necromancers, honestly -- sporting human bones &c as ornamentation!  Similarly, they'd have more bound human ghosts, fewer animal-spirits.

That the shaman are city dwellers doesn't automatically follow, there is plenty of wild land and rural area in Sartar which they could  almost exclusively live. 

But even as I say that your idea of spiritualist/necromancer is an attractive one, with spirit guide and séances thrown in for good measure! 

If shapeople are those that communicate and manipulate spirits, they are just as likely to be in cities as in the wild in Glorantha, where everything is magical and many things have a spirit. It's the method and view of the world that varies. 

On 2/14/2022 at 8:49 AM, Shiningbrow said:

Actually, apparently so! Very cosmopolitan!! Allowed those here conquered to have their own religion. Had administrators appointed from different groups. Education and effective administration was important.

Yes, he murdered people from many parts of the world and every social strata. He truly was an equal opportunities psychopath. 

40 minutes ago, soltakss said:

No, it's far too complicated.

It is much easier to screenshot the table and put it as an image on Roll20.

Isn't it on the DM's scream? 

Or women. 

Can you have such a thing? 

What would they look like*, besides the carroty noses'? 

*obviously I don't mean physically really. 🤔🙄

10 hours ago, AndreJarosch said:

That hasn´t stopped Greg from having the Humakti a child: Alebard Elffriend  and his wife Eril Silksword had a daughter (born in battle!). 

How long ago was that? 

12 hours ago, Eff said:

It seems a bit strange to suggest Babeester Gor's celibacy is involuntarily imposed on her from the outside by other gods because it would be an abomination if she had children. 

A/ It would be. 

B/ Ernalda is the 'head' of the pantheon, sort of, ish so that is a possibility. 

Having kids tag along when you wander around chopping peoples' willie's off cause they looked at you funny is not the best idea. 

D/ I wasn't being very serious. 🙂

But yeah, why no kids? 

Isn't playing something with some restrictions a bit more interesting? 

If people want to play mother with an axe, Ernalda really is a good fit. 

1 hour ago, Ludo Bagman said:

Become Other Sex, to avoid the mutilation, or to join the Earth cults.

Eurmal also made her drunk when he changed blood to beer as she was slaughtering healers.

Nooo! She is in the Orlanth-Ernalda niceness clique. Therefore cannot do bad things. 

When it says slaughtered the people in the valley of the Healers, it means got them slaughtered, which is an English euphemism for 'got them very drunk.'

She is just very generous with her cash. Any rumours of her being a barbaric monster who should be kept celibate to stop her spawning more like her are wrong and bad and the Gods responsible for spreading such things will be put on the naughty step! 

9 hours ago, JDM said:

Axe Maidens (Rune Lords) must obey Earth Priestesses and defend them at all costs.

They can generally accept surrender and take prisoners, but in war or emergency they are required to slay all enemies. 

Where does this come from? 

Please. 

On 2/3/2022 at 9:25 PM, Jose said:

Hello, I have been looking into this. My view on this would be. 

Runes. Plant, life, earth

Spells. Know lineage, command minor gnome, regrow limb, bless crops, charisma

Orlanth. Shield

Yinkin. Cateyes

Lodril.  Earthwarm

Himile? 

Inora? 

Velhara? 

Quivin? 

Aram. Command tusk. 

Initiates. 5% time, 1% earnings. 

Only one great temple. The mountain itself. 

What do you think? 

No, She's not important or big enough to have three runes. God knows why she is seen as a Grain Goddess! Her grain is Kers' or Fins'? 

Or perhaps Aurochs, they are a type of grain, right? 

Right?