Electric Eels ?

[Agentorange]

I know there are Giant Eels in Glorantha, but are there  Electric Eels ? or even worse Giant Electric Eels ?

[Squaredeal Sten]

 

No sign of electric eels of any size, as far as I know.

Now that Ships and Shores of Southern Genertela has inspired me to oceanic adventures, the Bestiary seems to me to be lacking in aquatic fauna and intelligent beings. I had to add in the RQ2Gateway Bestiary to get stats for both giant squid and giant crabs. (It does also have dolphins.)   Only one type of Triolini are statted in RQ Bestiary.  

Therefore I believe that there is room for a second volume of Bestiary.

Edited December 8, 2024 by Squaredeal Sten
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[Agentorange]

3 hours ago, Squaredeal Sten said:

 

No sign of electric eels of any size, as far as I know.

Now that Ships and Shores of Southern Genertela has inspired me to oceanic adventures, the Bestiary seems to me to be lacking in aquatic fauna and intelligent beings. I had to add in the RQ2Gatewsay Bestiary to get stats for both giant squid and giant crabs. (It does also have dolphins.)   Only one type of Triolini are statted in RQ Bestiary.  

Therefore I believe that there is room for a second volume of Bestiary.

There was the Gloranthan bestiary for RQ3 that contained a few  critters that haven't been reissued yet - especially Merfolk. That could provide a  foundation for an expanded bestiary.
https://wellofdaliath.chaosium.com/home/catalogue/publishers/avalon-hill/gloranthan-bestiary/

[French Desperate WindChild]

10 hours ago, Agentorange said:

Electric Eels ?

more than electric Eels I would ask "storm Eels", some result of seduction / fight between Storm and Water gods. Then, if you need them, you "just" have to define a story (or even a myth) between two gods (if you want them in different sees/rivers) or between one god/demigod/hero and one goddess/demigoddess/hero/local nymph.

with all the struggles and adventurous nature of storm, all the struggles and changing nature of water, there is no reason, in my opinion, to not meet such weird beasts

[metcalph]

I would just have eels that can attack victims in spirit combat so long as they are in contact with the water.

[soltakss]

12 hours ago, Agentorange said:

I know there are Giant Eels in Glorantha, but are there  Electric Eels ? or even worse Giant Electric Eels ?

Of course there are!

When the Storm Tribe attacked the Waters, many of the Strom Demigods mated with those of the Seas. One of those was the Eel Mother, and her daughter was the ancestress of the Electric Eels, or Lightning Eels. She even grants a Runespell, Lightning Touch which is the same as the Lightning Spell but is Range Touch.

I ply that they can do Lightning damage to anyone who touches them, doing the number of D6s used for POW, typically 3D6, damage to General Hit Points but that tit takes 1D6 melee rounds for them to recharge. 

[Agentorange]

5 hours ago, soltakss said:

Of course there are!

When the Storm Tribe attacked the Waters, many of the Strom Demigods mated with those of the Seas. One of those was the Eel Mother, and her daughter was the ancestress of the Electric Eels, or Lightning Eels. She even grants a Runespell, Lightning Touch which is the same as the Lightning Spell but is Range Touch.

I ply that they can do Lightning damage to anyone who touches them, doing the number of D6s used for POW, typically 3D6, damage to General Hit Points but that tit takes 1D6 melee rounds for them to recharge. 

Almost exactly what i was thinking in terms or origins as well - even down to the spell.

of course Eel Mother would also be known as Shock Eel

Jar Eel
Hon Eel...
....Shock Eel  😄

[soltakss]

52 minutes ago, Agentorange said:

of course Eel Mother would also be known as Shock Eel

That could well be the Lunars trying to gain her powers.

[David Scott]

On 12/6/2024 at 10:39 PM, Agentorange said:

I know there are Giant Eels in Glorantha, but are there  Electric Eels ? or even worse Giant Electric Eels ?

Electric eels, appear in Anaxial’s Annex, which is the cut material from Anaxial’s Roster. Part 8 – Mundane Amphibians and Fish, contains electric eels. It's HeroQuest 1 stats, but easy to convert.

[Ned]

Perhaps they inhabit the middle air, having defected/divided from Lorion on his way to the Skydome, after consuming lightning. Which they are forever trying to disgorge.

Or, having deserted, returned to the waters of Glorantha,but were never allowed to re-merge with it, due to being infused with lightning. They seek to pass that lightning on to mortals (especially storm worshippers) in the hope of being cleansed and able to rejoin the waters.

[g33k]

TBH, I'd use a Disruption spell-effect (or the like) not an Air-rune / "Lightning"effect.

Glorantha physics very much is not real-world physics; I do not believe "electricity" (as such) even exists in Glorantha.

[David Scott]

14 hours ago, g33k said:

TBH, I'd use a Disruption spell-effect (or the like) not an Air-rune / "Lightning"effect.

I'd suggest using what the Anaxial's annex entry suggests: To attack, the eel makes a simple contest of its stun ability against the toughness or other appropriate ability of the target. So in RQ terms I'd suggest the CON of the eel vs the CON of the Target, with General damage equal to CON, and half Damage if the target resists (like poison).

[French Desperate WindChild]

15 hours ago, g33k said:

Glorantha physics very much is not real-world physics; I do not believe "electricity" (as such) even exists in Glorantha.

I agree, that's why I use "storm" and not electricity, "earth" and not gravity, etc...

However, these storm eels could have some storm inheritence, little lightning visual effect, why not, with low damage (same level than disruption, or even lower)

 

[narsilion]

On 12/7/2024 at 5:48 PM, Agentorange said:

Almost exactly what i was thinking in terms or origins as well - even down to the spell.

of course Eel Mother would also be known as Shock Eel

Jar Eel
Hon Eel...
....Shock Eel  😄

indeed!

[g33k]

On 12/9/2024 at 4:04 AM, David Scott said:

I'd suggest using what the Anaxial's annex entry suggests: To attack, the eel makes a simple contest of its stun ability against the toughness or other appropriate ability of the target. So in RQ terms I'd suggest the CON of the eel vs the CON of the Target, with General damage equal to CON, and half Damage if the target resists (like poison).

I like this, but I believe bigger eels store/deliver bigger jolts, so I'd base the eel's damage on SIZ... maybe even SIZ*2 or SIZ*3 or some such.

Always modulo how important it is to keep this Gloranthan e-eel close to that of the  real-world (which, IMO, is "not very" -- but YGWV).

[Agentorange]

Obviously Gloranthan Electric Eels won't be exactly the same as real earth one, but  Glorantha does have it's RE analogues - wolves, sabre tooth tigers, mammoths etc. So Electric Eels aren't beyond the bounds of possibility. i like the suggestion of Lightning eels or Storm eels as a name. More evocative.