Re: River of Cradles - What are Mudsharks?

From: Brian Curley <bkcurley_at_sHyM1yGyFaucdluhA6rFekjOnbMbEgE5WPMHlzSElxtamzlr5JR8Oxghb-A4EvIYFVE>
Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:09:08 -0500


When I ran ROC several years ago, that's exactly how I portrayed them too... catfish/crocodile hybrids.

portraitpainter71 wrote:
> Thats a good one, quite like the hybrid option. Is there anyone here that was involved in the original writing of River of Cradles? What was the official line on mudsharks?
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>> I always envisioned a Mudshark to be a cross breed of catfish and
>> crocodile.
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "portraitpainter71" <joegalvinartist_at_...>
>> To: <WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 3:08 PM
>> Subject: Re: River of Cradles - What are Mudsharks?
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>> --- In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com, Neil Smith <neil.yahoo@> wrote:
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>>> On Wednesday 03 June 2009 8:28:19 pm portraitpainter71 wrote:
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>>>> Greetings all,
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>>>> I'd like to know if anyone in this group could please explain to me what
>>>> Mudsharks are? They're featured in the campaign in the old Runquest
>>>> supplement River of Cradles, but there is no proper description/
>>>> explanation of them. IIRC there is a passage where they are described as
>>>> "barking". Anyone got any ideas?
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>>> I had that problem too. I described them as something large and
>>> crocodile-like, and glossed over the details because the fight with them
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>>> in a dark, cramped tunnel and no-one could get a good look at them.
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>>> Barking, roaring, snarling, growling: it's all the same, really.
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>>> Neil.
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>>> Neil Smith http://www.njae.me.uk
>>> Milton Keynes Roleplaying Games Club http://www.mk-rpg.org.uk
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>> Thanks Neil. That makes the most sense. perhaps the ambiguity is good for
>> the imagination.
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