Nobody I know has ever used the term "clan" to reference Praxians...maybe it's in some of the "later" books, like Genertela, I don't recall, but if so, it seems a poor term to describe a nomadic group, given that the clans most commonly referred to are of the European variety.
> Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 02:18:34 +0100 (BST)
> From: Alex Ferguson <abf_at_yeats.ucc.ie>
> Subject: The once and future Glorantha.
>
> Brian Tickler:
> > I beg to disagree...the potential for areas like The Paps, The Dead
> > Place, The Block, etc. are boundless...
>
> I'd like to think that's there's enough material already in print to
> give people with an inordinate interest in doing so a pretty good shot
> at doing so compared to the Lunar Empire, or even to Sartar, Prax has
> been covered in a relatively high level of detail.
Since I already said that the area is one of the most highly detailed areas in any gameworld, I'm not sure you're following me on this one; I was simply trying to say that, in my opinion, further fleshing out already detailed areas would be preferable to expounding on new areas. Here are a two reasons off the top of my head:
> > Let's keep the clans out of Prax...it was annoying enough when they
> > suddenly appeared in Sartar :)...
>
> Perhaps I'm suffering an Error in Perception, but it would seem you're
> implying that a) Praxian society isn't based on clans; and that
> b) Orlanthi society being clan-based is what MOB might call a 'naff
> retcon'. Surely these suppositions are both clearly false, no?
I'm sure you understand very well that people who started playing Orlanthi and/or Praxians in the early 80's had no significant information about either being a clan-based society...certainly the campaigns of the time did nothing to portray them that way. None of the RQ2 publications that I'm aware of ever based a scenario around a clan-based issue or area. Call it what you will...I prefer the term "revisionist history" though ("Gregged" also works fine).
Thinking back on my original post, I hardly see what anyone's troubled about. An offhand comment that was clearly a joke? I realize that my posts are often direct and thought provoking ;), but surely not every little remark is worthy of touching off another potential flame-fest?
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