Peter Metcalfe wrote:
> At 05:32 15/11/00 +0000, you wrote:
> >
> > > Given that D&D-style MUs aren't military geniuses either, how does
> > > he explain this in terms of character conception? I'm curious as
> > > we might be able to find a plausible gloranthan explanation for it.
>
> >Given the all time low that military arts are at in Heortling society,
> >anyone with a grasp of logistics and the abilitty to blow people into
> >flinders could be declared a military genius.
>
> Your sneers overlook the real genius of Heortling military strategy.
> Any fool can defeat the enemy on the battlefield but the Heortlings
> seek to eliminate their opponents capacity to rule. So they set
> themselves up to be conquered and absorbed into an empire and then
> assassinate the Emperor. This way they get the aqueducts...
>
Oh indeed. And the roads, the wine, the public health...
Thanks for the morning chuckle.
> >But these fellows are not common in Sartar and certainly hard to make
> >acceptable to Joe Heortlander without some sort of tweaking.
>
> I realize that. But the above is not quite the same as saying
> that there are no such fellows in glorantha full stop which was
> originally said.
>
> --Peter Metcalfe
Point taken but I was more concerned with what's close to hand. Though I am gulty of such, having had a brief appearance of a very 'Kung-Fu' mystic in our game for a few sessions, for those fans of the 70's show..
He wanders in from nowhere. Sees some social injustices. Has a few flashbacks to his temple upbringing. Admisters some Boot To The Head. He wanders off to nowhere.
And it gave us an opportunity to playtest the mystic rules under field conditions.
Jeff
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