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><< 5) For a game that pays so much attention to flavour >(and benefits hugely as a result) it seems a little odd to >me that the chaos-hating Sartarites are allowed to ally >chaotic creatures like Hungry Jack, Hydra and Delecti >and his Zombies. Is this an omission for the sake of the >game, or did I miss something in the fluff?>>
The game was made a few years before all that anti chaos stuff was = written. Remember that this game is the earliest published work on = Glorantha. Also, in the game you normally do things like sacrificing = numbers of your own units, choosing which of your units are at the front = to get butchered, and using pillars of fire and other horrors against = others. You can also imagine that when you capture a city it is = plundered by your troops and the inhabitants sold as slaves if they're = lucky. So dealing with chaos is hardly a big no no. People there don't = seem much concerned with human rights or being nice about anything. = Think about recent history and who has allied with whom. It isn't a = stretch to imagine Argrath allying with chaos when various modern = nations regularly sell horrendous weapons to any old mass-murderer and = get away with it while the press reports it to the populace. In = Glorantha there is no mass-media, and people hear only conflicting vague = rumors. So if someone tells you that your nice Argrath allied with chaos = you have probably also heard several dozen times in the past week that = he killed chaos, or is himself dead, and that he's sacrificed the bad = people, or the good people for our sake. In the absence of modern media = there are so many conflicting stories floating around that people pay = them little heed. Even with mass media, in most countries it is so =
censored and full of propaganda that people simply disbelieve most of = what they hear. Leaders in Glorantha can do pretty much anything they = want to. Did you actually see Argrath himself do any of those things? =Who is saying that he did? Must be a Lunar agent.
><<6) How the hell does anyone remember all the rules for >the various exotics?
There are only a few, and at first you can look them up when needed. = Much of that stuff is only used once per game, or not at all. You'll get = used to them.
Daniel
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<DIV>>(and benefits hugely as a result) it seems a little odd =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The game was made a few years before =
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chaos stuff was written. Remember that this game is =
the earliest=20
published work on Glorantha. Also, in the game you normally do things =
like=20
sacrificing numbers of your own units, choosing which of your units =
are at=20
the front to get butchered, and using pillars of fire and =
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horrors against others. You can also imagine that when you capture a =
city it is=20
plundered by your troops and the inhabitants sold as slaves if they're =
lucky. So=20
dealing with chaos is hardly a big no no. People there don't seem much =
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with human rights or being nice about anything. Think about recent =
history and=20
who has allied with whom. It isn't a stretch to imagine =
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allying with chaos when various modern nations regularly sell horrendous =
weapons=20
to any old mass-murderer and get away with it while the press=20
reports it to the populace. In Glorantha there is =
no mass-media, and=20
people hear only conflicting vague rumors. So if someone tells you =
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your nice Argrath allied with chaos you have probably also heard several =
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censored=20
and full of propaganda that people simply disbelieve most of what they=20
hear. Leaders in Glorantha can do pretty much anything they want =
to. Did=20
you actually see Argrath himself do any of those things? Who is saying =
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did? Must be a Lunar agent.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>><<6) How the hell does anyone remember all the rules =
for</DIV>
<DIV>>the various exotics?</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>There are only a few, and at first you =
can look=20
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all. You'll get used to them.</FONT></DIV>
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