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Nozbat

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  1. Where can I find information on Integrated Spirits? I can't find any information about them in the PDFs I have with me at present Possibly need to look at awakened animals too and a search in RQG shows nothing
  2. Ermmm... what about using the Spanish Inquisition? No one really expects it... and certainly I expect Fazzur would be surprised
  3. That's a lot of translation work you're doing @AndreJarosch... hope you get it funded and it doesn't drive you insane
  4. And this was especially useful ... thanks again @David Scott Language skill 81–100 This level is the language of poets, scientists, philosophers, diplomats, and all who aspire to a fluent grasp of the nation’s speech
  5. Thanks David... It was probably the language table I remembered... and age addled growing ineptitude and long-sightedness and a inability to multi-task... (singing along to Elvis Costello.. What's so funny 'bout (Peace, Love and Understanding) at the top of my voice and... etc
  6. I've been searching for a table (which I know I've seen) for percentage skill levels against competency .. I know I've seen it but can't find it anywhere Can anyone point me in the right direction?
  7. Why am I thinking... Dogma and Good Omens? And having Alan Rickman as a Demon would definitely be the icing on the cake
  8. Mythras have just published Factions.. I think you might find it useful if you're running religious schisms It seems to me that Factions are very transferable no matter what D100 system you're playing... I've been using it for my CoC Berlin campaign and intend to use it when I get round to my upcoming Hansa based campaign to keep track of all the political machinations throughout Lübeck and in Novgorod https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/422477/Mythras-Factions Also but its a while since I read it .. but earlier I was thinking about the BRP Witchcraft supplement might be something to look at too.. but on checking I see it's no longer available
  9. You have Genesis 6 v2 to work that with... a very interesting verse imo. I've always gone with the version of Faerie in Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword. Faerie is all around normal human existence but only those with Second Sight had the ability to actually perceive it. So a craggy outcrop might actually be an Elven palace.. or the storm at sea that creates waves might be a passing Troll War fleet. Every so often I'd pull my players into something weird where Færie and Miðgarðr (or Mittilagart in OHG)intersect in that dark wood. Anderson's other book I think is useful is Three Hearts and Three Lions which brings in some of the Charlemagne Cycle heroes but has a darker version of Elven machinations
  10. I have a number of favourite actors that I use as templates for NPCs ... sometimes as a combination of all of them.. Marlene Dietrich (in anything) Alan Rickman (in any of his many roles) Greta Garbo (in anything) Audrey Hepburn (in anything) Chief Dan George (in Little Bigman) Richard Harris (in Man called Horse, or anything else he was in actually) Jeremy Irons (the Patrician in Terry Pratchett movies) David Bradley (Cohen the Barbarian) Ralph Fiennes (in anything)
  11. I didn't buy it.. but have the Mongoose and Chaosium versions of Stormbringer which has some of the stuff @Scout was looking for As @Stoatbringer said the Mongoose versions are probably most useful.. and from memory possibly the Campaign setting one would be most useful Just checked...on Amazon the early stuff on Elric is going for £100.. !!
  12. Depending on detail you need @Scout .. there are some fan maps available for free on some sites. They are not very high quality but you could use them to create one of your own and add the bits for your campaign to suit yourself
  13. You can get used copies on Amazon. I don't think anyone has the licence for Elric anymore so it's not in print Just noticed the price.. expensive... I initially read $16.70.. but its $167.. and €220 in Germany Not really an option
  14. Do you think this sword has a permanent Bladesharp 3? I think I need to contact Professor Pfeil and let him know... he probably doesn't know about RQG https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/16/till-shines-3300-year-old-sword-found-in-germany-bronze-age-grave-bavaria?CMP=share_btn_link
  15. I found those volumes very useful and add lots of detail for even the pernickety GM.. Having spent the afternoon in the market buying food and being dragooned into a Bach recital in the Lutheran Church.. I made my mind up to buy it... and keep it for my Hansa campaign
  16. Excellent Review @StevenGEmsley.. very tempted now but worried it might sit on my shelf in the long list of games I have planned.
  17. From my research so far.. New Pavis and Pavis County can provide Grains: mainly Barley, possibly blood-induced Maize. Legumes: Beans? Not sure what types are grown. I can't find any references other than a mercenary contract which stipulates 3kg beans weekly. Root vegetables ? Zola Fel river: fish, eels, water plants The Old city provides: Possible Aldryami herbs and spices (traded through Manside?), Manside could provide specialities grown in underground caverns, Troll Markets may provide interesting insects and spices Prax provides herd beast meat and diary products Sun County: provides Hazia and I'm guessing other things but I don't have access to Sun County PDFs now Oasis's and Wastelnads: possibly exotic and unique spices and flavourings and possibly unique plants Trade caravans: exotic spices, rice, from the southlands. Rice from Lunarlands If anyone can add to this or give any other information I'd be grateful
  18. Happy to do that.. will post it later .. anyone know where I can get information on local Pavis food types and spices? And then I can decide what needs to be imported?
  19. Interesting.. and I would have considered it in making up the little vignette, but decided that the reason for Panke fleeing from Lavika was because a religious heresy. In my Glorantha, I decided that Calyz had sacred numbers, 3 (the number of the Spice Masters) and 7 (the number of permitted spices). To add more to either, as the heretical Senschalans do or even the profane Fonritians, would have been to undo centuries of sacred HeroQuesting to Calyz's kitchen. As a revisionist, Panke might have argued for using different quantities of spices using multiples of 3 and 7, but he didn't and just added two more "because he liked the taste" and thus fell foul of the three Calyz Inquisitors and seven Spice Cross-examiners. It thus became an ecumenical question and one Panke was not going to win. He had to flee with his family before the Inquisitors exacted revenge. This would have helped Panke in setting up his business and I fear that his business model is flawed and therefore doomed to bankruptcy. That is unless he can persuade his clientele that it is the latest must have food. I think to start off, Chhotimais will have a tasting menu. That way she has more control over the kitchen and a reduced menu while still being able to experiment with local and seasonal ingredients. I shall have to consider a suitable menu or will ask others for possible ideas
  20. Thank you @jajagappa Anuraag Pande, formerly one of the Three Spice Masters of Lavika, was exiled by Hisgoranstor after he had the temerity to add two extra spices to the traditional combination of seven. Such heresy almost cost him his life and he only escaped with the help of his good friend, Lakshmana Ojha, a trading ship captain, who stowed Pande and his family in hollowed out giant gourdes. Pande landed in the cosmopolitan city of Nochet and with the help Ojha set up the first Melibian Brasserie where he sold a combination of cheap food for workers on their way to work and a more extensive menu for the discerning palette as a sit down restaurant. Pande's third child, Chhotimai Pande, felt constrained by her family and wanted to see more of the world. She persuaded her father to give her a portion of her future inheritance and went north arriving in New Pavis were she began her own Brassiere. However, the cost of importing and transporting spices may prove prohibitive. Only time will tell.
  21. This has now made me hungry... and sadly I'm in Germany at present and Indian food is not so plentiful On another note, I think Ian needs to put an 'Indian' restaurant in New Pavis. I'm sure someone can tell us which culture would provide 'indian' type food
  22. Its a bit like my favourite 'restaurant'... only advisable to go in and eat from it after 6 pints of Guinness ... and never do it when sober.. Thankfully it still exists and only is a brief stagger from the pub(s)
  23. I'm a bit worried about what kind of curry places you frequent!!
  24. Nice piece Alex.. particularly since you quoted one of my favourite characters in the movies..Inigo Montoya Drawing the characters into the scene is the most important aspect in my opinion, the rationale for the game. Making it personal, making moral choices, been seen or acting as the baddy.. all of those make it different and memorable Equally, protagonists acting with agency is in my mind important. I just read Design Mechanisms newly released Factions and in the course of reading it I had so many ideas for groups, cults, factions with which to irritate players who have goals and missions that they will carry out that will annoy the players. I remember being ‘burnt’ trying to run a bought scenario, when the players heard what they were facing, they understandably decided not to do it as there was no real hook or investment to pull them in. They just said..this isn’t our problem. And on the face of it, I had to agree. It was my fault for not providing a hook. Interestingly, their backstory was not enough for that one. More food for thought on a Sunday morning, drinking coffee on the terrace in the sun
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