>Just a comment. Orlanthi in my campaign have always been far more like land-
>bound Vikings than celts - just the original impression I had of them (from
>more years ago than I care to calculate) and I still reckon it works fine as a
>basis to build on.
Must be those horned helmets from the Dragon pass game... My take on the Orlanthi of DP is more Anglo-Saxon/Viking, while the farther from "civilization" you go, they become more like ancient Britons or Gauls.
>But turning this to Glorantha, the prime usage of the furor celtica
>is not the ability to frighten civilized people out of their formations
>but to increase their own fighting prowess. The Celts used it against
>each other which according to Joerg's theory wouldn't have been of any
>use. Furor Celtica is Fanaticism not Demoralize.
I'd like to point out that "furor celtica" was felt much later than the Roman era. The British government troops had trouble with the Highland Charge, and the Southern "Rebel Yell" is a remnant of the furor celtica.
The British were able to devise a defense to the Highland usage of shields (bayonet the fellow to the *right* of the guy in front of you) and yet, the Highlanders were able to rout British Regulars right up until Culloden - and even there it was touch and go for a while.
The Furor is both Fanaticism & Demoralize, it's just that when used against another Orlanthi, they cancel out!
Roderick Robertson
End of Glorantha Digest V3 #28
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