Rock and a hard place from danny bourne on 1998-03-04 (Glorantha Digest Vol 05)

From: danny bourne <d.bourne_at_dial.pipex.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 18:17:58 -0800

>johnjmedway bemoans the fact that:
>> there just aren't enough cool-sounding igneous and metamorphic rocks
>> ("Pumice Phalanx" or "Gneiss Phalanx" or "Schist Phalanx" anyone?).
>
>I'd pay hard cash to see at least two of in print!

Don't tell me, the Gneiss Phalanx is part of the peace corps & has smiley moons on their shields... well they do IMG.
>
>> [Granite, Marble, Jasper, Beryl, Agate, Onyx, Quartz, Slate, Jade,
>> Basalt, Carnelian and Obsidian]

>> I'm not sure about slate.

I think slate's a good idea. Make them the crappy phalanx, so anyone who screws up 'gets slated'.

>Cooler-sounding, but less Sensible would be malachite, feldspar, amber,
>or flint.

So how come they don't use things like diamond or the godly metals like lead, tin, silver, aluminium et al (can't be bothered to put ur-, ze- etc) - - or perhaps that's the dwarves that do that. I mean personally, I wouldn't really want to be named after rocks, bit dull really - with the exception of granite & marble. IIRC alabaster was being tossed around as name for a while, though I think wisely it went the same way as gabbro.

Of course the 64,000 bolg question is when are these miniature rules going to appear? Come on John, 'fess up. (Still, at least I've learned how to spell dev-a-station, eh John ;-) ).

End of The Glorantha Digest V5 #465