RE: Three sentence descriptions

From: Matthew Cole <matthew.cole_at_...>
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 01:31:34 +0100

In response to Jane's open question about the Sartar Rising books....

My story's date is probably 1611. I have been moving events in terms of dates and even temples and have always intended to involve the heroes in the 'official timeline'.

I think these books are invaluable and would not dream of just using them as inspiration. However, as is always the way, the stories march on regardless of release dates of wonderful Gloranthan material. This has become part of the charm of our gameworld - for me. The Far Place is getting written Out There and I just know that my designs are going to be different; all I hope is that they are compatible!

(note to JH - well The Burning Wind Women, freshly off the drawing board are in full-on assault on the funeral service of my Harvar's daughters funeral service. "Too bad she won't live! But then again, who does?". My big worry is Harvar's Bigger Wind, mostly because I have no idea how to write Gagarth!)

-----Original Message-----
From: Jane Williams [mailto:janewilliams20_at_...] Sent: 22 October 2004 21:40
To: HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: Three sentence descriptions

Me:

>> Is  *anyone* actually running the "Sartar Rising"

> >story arc as supplied? In fact, is anyone running the "standard"
> >Orlanthi clan background in the "standard" timeframe?

Mike Gibb:

> Well I intend to use it, but it's some five or so years in
> the future

So that's you five years before it, Jeff Richard a decade before it, me twenty-odd years before it... LC and Rob seem to be around 1619 and the start of Whitewall, Adrian's campaign ditto, but from the Lunar side. No doubt we're all dropping in plot hooks to make it fit in the campaign later, but it's not quite the same, is it?

And two campaigns where it's almost-irrelevant background (Victor Lane and the Swords campaign).

I have actually used one of the scenarios, because you can help the Poss recover their sheep any old time. And if I take over GMing the Swords campaign, we're likely to go to Iceland, but I doubt very much if we'll be following the standard plot.

I *am* using a setting where everyone's from the same clan, and staying home, using the clan as a base. Though since we'd invented it long before HW/HQ came out, the info on how to set up a clan didn't get used much :(

(worried) We're all *enjoying* this stuff. And buying it. Surely someone must be actually using it as designed?  

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