Akhôrahil Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 6 hours ago, metcalph said: I suspect what lower quarters the satyr has depends on the species in the area. This also seems to me to be the MGF solution. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akhôrahil Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Among troll Arkati, "Occlusion" is the term for the praiseworthy type of "Endarkening". Being "Illuminated", "Enlightened" or "Seeing the Light" are all bad things. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlHazred Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 5 hours ago, Akhôrahil said: Among troll Arkati, "Occlusion" is the term for the praiseworthy type of "Endarkening". Being "Illuminated", "Enlightened" or "Seeing the Light" are all bad things. I figured it was a different kind of "illumination," being the rays of the Black Sun. 1 Quote ROLAND VOLZ Running: 1870s Mashup Hero System | Playing: nothing | Planning: D&D 5E/OSE/Fantasy Hero Home Game D&D is an elf from Tolkien, a barbarian from Howard, and a mage from Vance fighting monsters from Lovecraft in a room that looks like it might have been designed by Wells and Giger. - TiaNadiezja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali the Helering Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Uz might not use the same framework as humans, with the dark-light polarity. They could just as easily use hot-cold, with the result that an Arkati becomes "Really Cool" or "Chilled".😁 5 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akhôrahil Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 3 hours ago, Ali the Helering said: Uz might not use the same framework as humans, with the dark-light polarity. They could just as easily use hot-cold, with the result that an Arkati becomes "Really Cool" or "Chilled".😁 Hence, the Arkati troll in deep meditation is " just chillin' ". 4 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlHazred Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 6 hours ago, Akhôrahil said: Hence, the Arkati troll in deep meditation is " just chillin' ". So the whole troll plot to extend Valind's glacier is misunderstood? They just took "get the humans to chill out" particularly literally? 1 1 2 Quote ROLAND VOLZ Running: 1870s Mashup Hero System | Playing: nothing | Planning: D&D 5E/OSE/Fantasy Hero Home Game D&D is an elf from Tolkien, a barbarian from Howard, and a mage from Vance fighting monsters from Lovecraft in a room that looks like it might have been designed by Wells and Giger. - TiaNadiezja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Godspeed Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 They could easily be using "just vibing" as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali the Helering Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Presumably their equivalent to Occluded would therefore be Smokin', and would require green-face and a yellow suit? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott-martin Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 5 1 Quote singer sing me a given Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joerg Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 24 minutes ago, scott-martin said: If that on top is a future map of the US, you need a Snodal or you get the Middle Sea Empire... Or are you telling us that the post-Argrath Glorantha is a reflection of our world in the invisible moon? A cosmic glamour? That explains how it becomes spherical. 1 1 Quote Telling how it is excessive verbis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajagappa Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 1 hour ago, scott-martin said: Fascinating to play with that! Sog City = NYC? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eff Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, scott-martin said: Well no wonder I identified Carmania with Michigan. (And not just for the inside baseball joke of identifying Spolites with Yoopers!) Edited October 1, 2021 by Eff 1 1 1 Quote "And I am pretty tired of all this fuss about rfevealign that many worshippers of a minor goddess might be lesbians." -Greg Stafford, April 11, 2007 "I just read an article in The Economist by a guy who was riding around with the Sartar rebels, I mean Taliban," -Greg Stafford, January 7th, 2010 Eight Arms and the Mask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajagappa Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Eff said: Well no wonder I identified Carmania with Michigan. I like how it puts the Twin Cities more-or-less at the Crater/Glamour. And the Hell Crack is somewhere around Yellowstone, which seems to fit. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonh Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 George R. R. Martin has admitted the map of Westeros started out as an upside down Ireland, but a lot bigger. 1 2 Quote Check out the Runequest Glorantha Wiki for RQ links and resources. Any updates or contributions welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akhôrahil Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 24 minutes ago, simonh said: George R. R. Martin has admitted the map of Westeros started out as an upside down Ireland, but a lot bigger. Tough Guide to Fantasyland map (Diana Wynne-Jones): 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Godspeed Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Akhôrahil said: Tough Guide to Fantasyland map (Diana Wynne-Jones): You joke, but: 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 On 10/1/2021 at 11:10 PM, simonh said: George R. R. Martin has admitted the map of Westeros started out as an upside down Ireland, but a lot bigger. So Winterfell's stunt-double is actually Bandallon, deep in House Tyrell territory! (AKA Castle Ward, Co. Down, Nrn Irn.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 On 10/2/2021 at 1:19 AM, Sir_Godspeed said: You joke, but: Only barely. I once started struggling through The Dark Lord of Derkholm, and it really was no laughing matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 On 10/1/2021 at 10:50 PM, jajagappa said: I like how it puts the Twin Cities more-or-less at the Crater/Glamour. As a (recovering) Bears fan and intermittent Uroxi symp, this identity makes a lot of sense to me. Maintain a strong D-fence against Chaos! 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard S. Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 (edited) It's 3am here we fucking go. First some assumptions to base this on that I think are correct enough: 1. Time in the otherworld doesn't correspond to mortal time, especially as you go deeper in. 2. Most souls get reincarnated after a stint in the underworld. 3. Argrath is very much an Arkat-like figure. Now the theory: Argrath is a proper reincarnation of Arkat, and his rule gets progressively more batshit as time goes on since Arkat's self starts to impose on stuff, kinda like a certain spoilery thing in the Wheel of Time books. However, unlike that, there's no reconciliation and Argrath ends up giving Arkat the unhealable wound when they meet each other in the nonlinearness of the deep hero plane. I think I've passed beyond dumb and into some uncharted territory off the edge of crazy town, but here it is anyways. Edited October 8, 2021 by Richard S. I really need to ask my self from five minutes ago what the "underwounderworld" is 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akhôrahil Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, Richard S. said: Argrath is a proper reincarnation of Arkat As are the four others. But unlike what they want you to believe, he’s The Destroyer, not The Liberator (the comic all but states this). Which explains a lot, actually. Edited October 8, 2021 by Akhôrahil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Godspeed Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 9 hours ago, Richard S. said: It's 3am here we fucking go. First some assumptions to base this on that I think are correct enough: 1. Time in the otherworld doesn't correspond to mortal time, especially as you go deeper in. 2. Most souls get reincarnated after a stint in the underworld. 3. Argrath is very much an Arkat-like figure. Now the theory: Argrath is a proper reincarnation of Arkat, and his rule gets progressively more batshit as time goes on since Arkat's self starts to impose on stuff, kinda like a certain spoilery thing in the Wheel of Time books. However, unlike that, there's no reconciliation and Argrath ends up giving Arkat the unhealable wound when they meet each other in the nonlinearness of the deep hero plane. I think I've passed beyond dumb and into some uncharted territory off the edge of crazy town, but here it is anyways. "I wouldn't mind having you in my head if you weren't so obviously insane." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott-martin Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 9 hours ago, Richard S. said: underwounderworld That's really, really good. Wounderhome. Quote singer sing me a given Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akhôrahil Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Actually, re: Arkat returning (this is dumb theory time again): The aspects are the ones we know of, but who get assigned which is culturally relativistic. So it’s not that one of them is the Liberator, but rather that they get tagged with different labels depending on who is at the receiving end. And then you need Identity Challenges to attempt to resolve it between them, and it’s a whole mess. ”Unhappy the land in need of Arkat.” 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eff Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Let's get dumber. Each Arkat incarkatnation carries with him a local distortion of reality in relation to his title. Get too close to Arkat Liberator and you find yourself in costumes from old BBC Robin Hood productions, running through semi-abandoned British industrial centers, and everyone is talking about "Servalan" and the "Federation" (just whose federation it is seems to change). Spend long in the presence of Arkat the Deceiver, and all faces look like masks, ready for you to pull them off. Spend too long in the presence of Arkat Chaosbane and, horribly, you start to mutate into a Storm Bully... 1 2 Quote "And I am pretty tired of all this fuss about rfevealign that many worshippers of a minor goddess might be lesbians." -Greg Stafford, April 11, 2007 "I just read an article in The Economist by a guy who was riding around with the Sartar rebels, I mean Taliban," -Greg Stafford, January 7th, 2010 Eight Arms and the Mask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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