> BTW, Pam, in the ToDP campaign is head-taking a, er, common activity?
Did
> the tradition die out over time, a side effect of the coming of Satar,
Actually, you are confusing our campaigns. I should have been more clear.
Konall is a Ralian, from David Dunham's Ralian Orlanthi campaign. (In
which we are all cattle owning nobles, who run about warring, politicking,
and brutally slaughtering innocent Naskori because we are convinced they
are all foul and heretical sorcerers, bent on taking our land. And... they
have even more cows than we do!)
These charming folks cultivate big mustaches, dash about in chariots, and
hang captured heads on them much like fuzzy dice. They are most concerned
with making good marraiges and getting themselves or their relatives in
positions of political power.
Jeff Richard's TODP campaign features doughty proto-Sartarite farmers in 1350. They follow the cultural Southern Heortling tradition, which does NOT include taking heads. (That's barbaric, you know!) They travel on foot or on the backs of small, shaggy ponies. These folk far more suspicious and prone to easy violence than the Ralians, probably because they have settled in a new and dangerous land. They are most concerned with surviving as an independant clan surrounded by enemies on all sides - in addition to making good marraiges and getting themselves or their relatives in positions of political power.
Martin is running a Tarshite campaign whenever he comes down. We're playing Scylillan Orlanthi from the early 1300's. No head taking there.
I'm running an Alkothi campaign set in 1615. Lots of head taking. Piles of heads and skulls everywhere you look. (It's art, you know!) However, strangely enough, the PC's main motivations are still making good marraiges and getting themselves or their relatives in positions of political power!
Does that answer your question on the relative importance of head taking?
Pam
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