> In Thunder Rebels it says that a Tula covers an area of 15 by 25
> miles. This seems a little big to me given the geography of the
> region and tha fact that members of the clan are supposed to know the
> Tula intimately. 375 square miles is a big plot of land.
It is, but its a fair living range for a medium sized hunting and gathering band. Your Odaylan cousins would be the only ones who know much of it. And within that area there may be portions that are taboo or generally avoided - chaos or Uz woods, spirit infested uplands, moving hills, etc.
> Given the density of known landmarks shown on maps of Sartar it would
> be impossible to place a clan anywhere that does not encompass at
> least one or two places of significance and this runs the risk of
> your clan history being corrupted by future products.
Hmmm, twenty one or so tribes, average of say four or five clans per tribe... that means all of Sartar and the Far Place should have around one hundred tulas. That sounds reasonable. We've done more detailed math in the past - Mikael Raaterova if I remember correctly.
Change, extra information and new sources are something all roleplayers have to live with. Its the nature of the myth we build. If you regard published Glorantha as a reliable guide rather than as some innerant collection of truth, you can happily ignore modify or change emphasis in your own campaign. I don't think I've ever played a campaign where this *wasn't* done in some basic way. I respect the published sources, but they're intended to unleash your creativity rather than restrict it. Source text-innerancy may be the Gloranthan equivalent of worshipping false idols. :) Build your own myth!
John
Had they been other than they were, they might have written a new mythology there. As it was, they took inventory.
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