I just found a print-out of the Runes TrueType Font in the
dim recesses if my hard disk. I seem to have forgotten
what some of these symbols represent (if I ever knew).
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Obviously Luck (I think it's Luck - the one with two diagonal
legs and a flat top) represents the picnic table at which the
gods first met to plan the final fitting out of Glorantha.
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Death represents the pogo-stick with which Grandfather
Mortal was crushed to death.
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Air represents the stomach and oesophagus of Orlanth
the Belcher.
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Undead always looked to me like a man with a bow-tie
stuck in a lift door (elevator to you colonials). Perhaps
this reflects the known penchant of vampires for snappy,
aristocratic dress.
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Plant represents the three-headed elves created by
Aldrya after a particularly heavy session with the healing
weed.
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OK, that's the silly bit over with. Now can anyone ID some
of the others for me? I'm pretty sure some of them
weren't in the RQ 2 book or CoP. Can you identify the
following (treat it as an impromptu quiz if you like):
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An upwards pointing arrow?
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A ring with a diagonal cross across it?
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A filled-in earth rune (a solid black square)?
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A Darkness rune with a horizontal line across it sticking
out each side.
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A (playing card type) diamond?
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Two concentric circles?
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A Darkness rune with a hole in the middle?
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A diagonal cross with the outline of a (diagonally mounted)
square? (sorry I can't phrase that better)
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I this gives you hours of brain-wracking frustration my
time on this earth will not have been entirely wasted.
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Richard Crawley
richardc_at_sypte.co.uk
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