> I've definitely been thinking about the hardscrabble element of the
> Wenelian tradition as you put it. It's not a tradition of heroics or
> rightful rulers, but of survivors and spirits who helped others survive, by
> hook or by crook. I could easily imagine a few more spirits along that
> line, whose practices came out of necessity, if not desperation. Probably
> the real nasty ones were dropped soon after the Dawn (no, I haven't been
> thinking of campaign ideas at all....).
I might doubt that.
The nasty ones would be propitiated, just in case.
I mean, there were a thousand generations where they were here, and only
what, 50 generations since the Dawn?
We can not be too careful!
>
> A few times I've been temped to try and write up a knapping spirit for the
> tradition, as these poor bastards probably didn't have metal during the
> Greater Darkness.
No one had metal during the Darkness, to my knowledge. New metal that is. Old stuff, yep.
> On that subject, is there even a local source of metal in Wenelia/Maniria?
> I forget. If there is, it's probably controlled by Mostali or Uz anyhow.
Worse yet: the mostali controlled the obsidian and flint!!
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Greg Stafford
Game Designer
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