David Dunham:
> They served pretty well in our Taming of Dragon Pass game, because
> there were no _tribes_. Most of our important legal cases involved
> other clans, with the obvious enforcement problem.
Ah yes, and fits perfectly with the well-known Icelandic 'incest' taboos that proscribe 1000's at a time... :-|
> One of the reasons this worked is that individuals could choose their
> godi (the true sense of the word*, not a synonym for "god-talker" but
> closer to "big man"). If there are Orlanthi clans where clan
> membership is more fluid, you might see something closer to Iceland.
> As usual, I propose if there is such a place, it's Fronela (since I
> know so little about it).
Ygg's Isles springs to mind (on about as much basis, admittedly).
Cheers,
Alex.
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