> >Sergio M.
> >>Hummmm.... One of the strange things about such an unruly type as
> broos
> >is: Why should they respect a certain size measure? Why, how why,
> can't we
> >find a broo as small as a mice or as large as an elefant?
>
> Erik Nolander
> >Because, I'd say, of the sheer physical impossibilities of
> impregnating
> >a mouse or an elephant. Still, nice idea about the broo-ntosaurus,
> >though...
> [Sandy Petersen] An elephant could theoretically be impregnated, if
> you had a broo with the chaos feature "Enlarged Body Part", and it was
> the right part.
> A mouse can easily be impregnated -- just use an eyedropper or
> similar article.
>
> Camo
> I can see thebroo injecting it's egg (for lack of a better term) into
> a host, not
> necessarily through the hosts sexual orifice (I imagine the broo
> having some
> sort of needle-like injector).
> [Sandy Petersen] Sperm is the "better term" you're looking for. Broos
> are mythically, emotionally, spiritually, and magically
> males-gone-bad. Their sperm is so powerful it can combine with things
> that aren't even eggs.
>
> From: <Kennjewlz_at_aol.com>
> The problem with them performing canine-type-feats is that we're
> justtoo damned familiar with the RW-variety
> theoretically,if the Cat-thing isn'tactually a RW-variety,and it has
> the same INT as the multi-talented DOG (who
> has no problem learning tricks) ,why it should be no problem to train
> one ofthese Cat-things.
> [Sandy Petersen] Here's the problem -- if Gloranthan cats have
> personalities different from Earth cats, then why bother calling them
> cats at all? Gloranthan cats need to behave in most ways like Earth
> cats or they lose the emotional impact of being cats when your players
> meet them. There is more to animals than INT. A cat's INT and a dog's
> INT (and a hyena's, for that matter) might be the same, but this
> doesn't make them behaviorally similar.
>
> Sandy again:
> >The EWF, not all leaders of which were draconized, believed that
> >the entirety of the EWF's population would _become_ the great dragon.
>
> Stephen Martin
> Ah, that makes more sense -- much more understandably put, not so much
> areturn to the Golden Age as a movement to the Dragon Plane of
> Existence.And of course, my statements are quite accurate if applied
> to the peopleremaining who did not participate, and so are not part of
> the GreatDragon.
> [Sandy Petersen] Well ... yes, I suppose you're right. but the
> EWF tried not to think about that kind of thing.
>
> BTW, does Nils or anyone else think there are intermediaries for this
> power between the people and the Exarchs?
> [Sandy Petersen] Yes. Priests, mandarins, even local tutelary
> spirits. The Kralori Empire has an extremely complicated structure.
> In addition, it's interesting to note that all of Kralorelan
> society is based on this kind of organization. It's even the way they
> view their deities. To explain further -- a Sartarite farmer worships
> Ernalda so he can get spells to bless his crops. In essence, he sees
> worship as a way of increasing his personal power. A Kralori farmer
> worships the Rice Mother so that _she_ will be stronger and so will
> the crops (which he equates with her). In essence, the Kralori sees
> worship as a way of increasing the _goddess's_ power, not his own.
>
> Peter Metcalfe
> What are you talking about?!? Surely Razalkark is good, isn't he?
> [Sandy Petersen] Of course! How can you doubt otherwise? As proof, I
> point to the fact that almost everyone believes he's illuminated, and
> we _know_ by definition that illuminates are good people.
>
>
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