Qizilbashwoman 1,386 Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 (edited) Full credit to twitter user Social Justice Feral Hog @Flo_Poulpy, who writes, "Ils ont bien changé les Durulz de #Glorantha" Edited August 13, 2019 by Qizilbashwoman 1 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Minlister 317 Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 well, there is even a kizilbashdurulz on the right... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stew Stansfield 467 Posted August 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 Hi, all! Well, this thread's been up for three years and it's been a good run! There've been some really fun posts and I'm grateful for the interactions. But I'll probably draw my contributions to a close in the form of this thread. Please continue if you'd like (don't mind me)! One thing I would say, though: Glorantha's ducks are, for the most part, little more than a superficial shibboleth; a fairly shallow badge of tribal belonging; the sign that doesn't really signify anything. But occasionally, if we let them, they become more interesting. Try and focus on telling those rarer stories if you can. They pay off in the end. 😀 3 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Travern 152 Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 On 8/9/2019 at 9:03 PM, Rick Meints said: Greg Stafford said his original inspiration for ducks was Uncle Scrooge drawn by Carl Barks, with a bit of Howard the Duck thrown in. Interesting—Howard the Duck was definitely the model for my duck, right down to the definite article for a middle name. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill the barbarian 2,226 Posted August 18, 2019 Report Share Posted August 18, 2019 2 hours ago, Quackatoa said: Well, this thread's been up for three years and it's been a good run! There've been some really fun posts and I'm grateful for the interactions. But I'll probably draw my contributions to a close in the form of this thread. Please continue if you'd like (don't mind me)! Quackatoa, ya taught me how to put together a great thread with this one, not that I learnt anything, but that would be my fault, not yours. Hope you have more to say on the Ducks of the Hero Wars, famous or otherwise in the future. Cheers 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JonL 1,002 Posted August 19, 2019 Report Share Posted August 19, 2019 On 8/17/2019 at 6:12 PM, Travern said: Interesting—Howard the Duck was definitely the model for my duck, right down to the definite article for a middle name. Despite his modern trappings could certainly see Gerber & Kirby's Destroyer Duck as a model for a Durulz Uroxi. Heck, he's fought both zombies and Medea (of all people), and the parasitic spine thing is a Chaos horror if ever there was one. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stew Stansfield 467 Posted May 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 And some people say ducks don't like necromancy... A peculiar little supplement for a peculiar little people, coming in a month or so! (When I finish a couple more pieces of art at my usual glacial pace.) It will focus on the DUCKS, the DUCKS AND and the MORE DUCKS counters of Dragon Pass (Chaosium, 1980). Included will be: the wyters and guardian spirits of the three duck counters, and their history, lore and mysteries detailed stats and descriptions of the duck warriors, their arms and armament, and insights into the secrets of duck warfare new Rune spells, spirit cults and magic items expanded character-creation options, including additional Family History tables and all-new occupations and skills 19 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jajagappa 5,165 Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 31 minutes ago, Stew Stansfield said: the DUCKS, the DUCKS AND and the MORE DUCKS counters of Dragon Pass (Chaosium, 1980) Classic units! And I love the "SIZ 1d6+2 supplement"! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir_Godspeed 2,125 Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 This thread has been screaming for the Jonstown treatment and I'm stoked to see it happen! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jag 5 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 On 5/3/2020 at 5:08 PM, Stew Stansfield said: And some people say ducks don't like necromancy... A peculiar little supplement for a peculiar little people, coming in a month or so! (When I finish a couple more pieces of art at my usual glacial pace.) It will focus on the DUCKS, the DUCKS AND and the MORE DUCKS counters of Dragon Pass (Chaosium, 1980). Included will be: the wyters and guardian spirits of the three duck counters, and their history, lore and mysteries detailed stats and descriptions of the duck warriors, their arms and armament, and insights into the secrets of duck warfare new Rune spells, spirit cults and magic items expanded character-creation options, including additional Family History tables and all-new occupations and skills On 5/3/2020 at 5:08 PM, Stew Stansfield said: And some people say ducks don't like necromancy... A peculiar little supplement for a peculiar little people, coming in a month or so! (When I finish a couple more pieces of art at my usual glacial pace.) It will focus on the DUCKS, the DUCKS AND and the MORE DUCKS counters of Dragon Pass (Chaosium, 1980). Included will be: the wyters and guardian spirits of the three duck counters, and their history, lore and mysteries detailed stats and descriptions of the duck warriors, their arms and armament, and insights into the secrets of duck warfare new Rune spells, spirit cults and magic items expanded character-creation options, including additional Family History tables and all-new occupations and skills This never was published, right? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nick Brooke 2,347 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 3 hours ago, Jag said: This never was published, right? Not yet. Eagerly awaited! But lockdown, Covid, etc., y'know? The best-laid plans of men and ducks... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dumuzid 578 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 The duck player character has become the undisputed mascot of my players' group of Eaglebrown Warlocks. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Runeblogger 797 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 (edited) On 1/15/2021 at 5:26 PM, dumuzid said: The duck player character has become the undisputed mascot of my players' group of Eaglebrown Warlocks. What stats/special skills do your Warlocks have? 🤩 Edited January 16 by Runeblogger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dumuzid 578 Posted January 16 Report Share Posted January 16 59 minutes ago, Runeblogger said: What stats/special skills do your Warlocks have? 🤩 For now, mostly just the material benefits from being some of the White Bull's favored apprentices: free skill training from White Bull Society trainers, Argrath paying to give them improved POW gain rolls, that sort of thing. He also hooked each of them up with a fine Praxian mount (the duck rides a bolo lizard). At this stage they're more warlocks-in-training, not the real deal yet. They did learn some unique magic during today's session though. Their mission is to support the White Bull assault on Corflu by finding magic to neutralize the Watchdog of Corflu. Today the Cleansed One, the Zola Fel's hero or demigod, taught them a magical ceremony that they can use to wash away the Lunar 'programming' that directs the Watchdog's actions, rendering it inert. The duck, a CHA 20 assistant shaman trained in Nochet, leads the ceremony in song. The group's Sable Rider martial leader sings in harmony with her. The group's Pavis Mostali combat engineer pronounces words of power in resonance with the song. The group's White Moon-affiliated Tarshite sorcerer uses Lunar rites to invoke the tidal power of the Blue Moon. The rites are directed through a wooden idol of Zola Fel, prepared and tended by the group's Green Aldryama wood-shaper. If everybody hits their marks they'll erase the Watchdog's Moon-affinity, wash away its Lunar programming, and render it both inert and malleable. The White Bull Society's assault on Corflu hinges on their disabling the construct; Argrath tasked this warlock band with traveling the entire length of the Zola Fel, from the Leaping Place to his estuary, specifically to learn this magic from the Cleansed One while re-enacting Zola Fel's original march back to the sea in the Great Darkness. They'll gain more magic if they can defeat the Lunars at Corflu and actually reach the ocean shore--dealing with the strategic issue and further empowering his followers with the same stroke, just as Argrath intended. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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