Pygmy elves stand between 50cm and 70cm tall and possess a rubbery dark green bark that affords them 2 pts of protectionThier unusually wide mouths are full of sharp wooden teeth and thier saliva dissolves flesh (1pt damage/ round). Thie jet black eyes allow excellent vision in the dim light of the jungle canopy and at night. Thier language is composed of various gibbers and pheremone (scent) exchange.
Pygmy elves form communities of several hundred led by warrior-shamans. Macarbe divinations that nearly always involve a freshly killed animal or large insect dictate the tribes movements. They are androgenous, reproducing via tiny spores that during wetter seasons will take to a freshly killed corpse of SIZ 4 or larger and feed upon it, eventually developing into a large tuber that anchors itself to the ground. After about two years the new born elf tears itslef from the soil and moves unerringly to the ancestral lands of its tribe. There is evidence that pygmy elves nurture creches of juveniles in impenetrable parts of their jungles.
The pygmy tribe is divided into several groups - hunters/warriors, gatherers, tenders and shamans - each with its own signification. Warriors often wear small gorilla or monkey skulls as helms. Shaman bear the most resemblance to the plants from which they are desended. Pygmy elves have also 'domesticated' a number of animals for thier use.
Taken from the RQ3 scenario "On Family Business"
Cheers
It is only in troubled times that
we learn of loyal ministers [Lau Tzu]
Mark Honeyman - arccmah_at_lusta.latrobe.edu.au
End of Glorantha Digest V2 #75
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