coffeemancer

Id love to have time for that. but massed combat simply takes too much time to be viable for my group if we were to play it by RAW.

could I ask a question tangentially related? One of the PCs in my group might end up as apprentice to Urvantan. how does learning sorcery from another sorcerer work?

Oh, extremely unrelated. I will be doing it for 9 hours straight if I get the chance, though.

ditto. as for shieldwalls and twohanded swords I got a lot to say. But since I am the gym I will be short (well I allready am, but I will be short with my words). Interlocking shields is pretty good for the push but when you are spearline against spearline you generally want to be a tad bit looser. You want to be able to bring your shield up and down quickly, after all. This is specially true for swordsmen and in a line battle their role will most likely be as part of a group meant to smash through the enemy line and cause disarray. as for the "greatsword" one wonders what the rules mean by that? Is it closer to a 15th century longsword or a 16th century zweihander (which is used more like a sharp staff or short spear with a healthy helping of cleave)? the latter is often mentioned as an anti pike weapon, but aside from woodcuts showing them used against pikemen we dont have, to my knowledge, any sources on this claim. I seem to recall that we do have sources mentioning that they were used by protectors of the company banner and by budyguards. Naturally, you can controll a large zone with the weapon and it is scary to boot. The 15th century longsword is a highly agile and versitile weapon which becomes popular among knights once their armour has reached a level of quality that makes their shields a bit obsulete. A warrior decked out in full gloranthan bronze plate would qualify, I would say, and since Glorantha bronze is similar but not the same as ours I am sure you could make both a longswprd and a zweihander out of it. source: dude, trust me

our sorcerer does two things: boost his skills and steal breath. steal breath is kinda OP in my opinion...

yeah they get in the way of the helmet

Today we got a Broo centurion in the service of Fazzur. And our own Taran Gwaynson being his extreme anti lunar self

lines of code? as interpeted by a bronze age man? Missingno, maybe

where did I read it? dwarf sex was described as, paraphrasing, "an overseer takes a male and a female dwarf to the reproduction chamber and both parties will afterwards describe the affair as deeply troubling"

what is meant by a "bushel" here? because traditionally, I believe, it is the amount of food it takes to feed one person for a year.

I agree with this based on my experience fighting with sword and shield as a historical reenactor and HEMA (yeah I know...) One can quite easily rush between two dudes and be very sure of survival, taking one blow on the shield and parrying the other. any more than that DEFINETIVELY feels like -20%

next time i start a campaign from scratch I think I want to start the game with the characters being initated right after the lunar occupation starts. early game will then be about getting enough dough to pay taxes and try to shield your clan from abuse and tax demons. before finally the PCs are declared outlaws

an oxen moron, yes

It gets worse. he is an honourable trickster who wants everyone to get along. I think the other tricksters keep him around as a joke...

Posted for your personal pleasure:

Ah, of course.

Interesting. One would think that with the Horsespawn being so close the Sartarites couldn't compete, but I suppose they dont share their horses with "walking" people. As for artifacts... what does that mean? Items of magic? Treasure, in the good old KODP sense?

Typical englishmen... EDIT: I think I got the wrong episode anyways, but the sheep cheese episode is in that show somewhere. A very good watch for anyone who is into history. maybe this link works better

as promised: sheep cheese

It is a topic of interest for the cultured gentleman. But more on economics, do we have any hints as to main export and import for sartar?

and there are manateemermaids in glorantha so I guess that's a viable if exotic product

I watched some youtube series on the life of a medieval peasant in england and they went into detail on the making of sheepcheese. they even made some in the medi3val manner! very interesting. I will see if I cant dig it up when I am off work. As for Carl household sizes: I might misremember, but does not a Carl stead include a small roundhouse or two of cottars? Tangent, but I have been thinking... WHALES also have milk, right...?

Success is well deserved, this greatly helped me when it was time for my party to heroquest. Need any art?

Ah! Good man! Just the kind of quest I need!

Sounds like a shrine, sort of. One will definetively have to be created.