That's interesting. So they (the Chaos Gods) are substantially immanent in
Glorantha?
I believe that gods (such as the Unholy Trio) can't create anything really
new: they fostered Chaos because they opened the passage from Beyond. Who
knows if they created Wakboth (as I don't think) or if they were induced by
their madness to let him enter as an Outer God coming in (as I think, but
YGMV)?
<<Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 20:24:06 +1200
From: Peter Metcalfe <metcalph_at_bigfoot.com>
Subject: Lunars versus the West
Gian Gero:
>Hypothetically, then, the Lunar Army (stronger than the
>Carmanian one) should crush the western armies of Fronela or Seshnela
>easily, provided they come in contact. Is that true?
I don't think so. King Pyrrhus knew all the preceding doctrines
about combined arms by heart (and he was thought to be one of the
great Successor generals of his time) yet he still took heavy
losses when fighting the Romans who had none of his advantages.>>
They had a lot of allied and could suffer the human losses better than Pyrrhus. He had a greater fame and so had more enemies than friends (probably). In your opinion, why Napoleon was strategically beaten? For many reasons, but in a practical sense because he consumed quite all France's human resources in his winning wars and at last was overwhelmed (I refer to the Lipsia and first France campaign of 1814, not to the second of Waterloo).
<<Loskalm's army is superbly equipped and is excellently trained. It has the singular disadvantage of not having any battlefield experience since the Ban fell and the further (shared) disadvantage in that it has to fight the Kingdom of War really soon. If it manages to survive the coming decade, then the Lunar Army will consider the Loskalmi to be very formidable indeed.>>
"If", and "how".
<<What the Seshnegi lack in Loskalmi equipment and training, they make up for with proven battlefield experience. I don't think they would be easily defeated by the Lunar Army either.>>
I don't think so, either. But I merely asked Martin if, in theory, his strong statements about Lunar Army effectiveness would consider the strength of the Loskalmi and Seshnegi armies. He answered: "Yes, in theory". I have not his faith in the Lunar Army, but it's simply my opinion and his, after all. Probably you are more on my side, if I interpret correctly your point in this discussion.
Ciao
Gian
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