Re: Depictions of Chaos

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From: Henrix <henrix_at_pp.sbbs.se>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 04:24:12 +0200

> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 14:12:33 -0500
> From: Clay Luther <claycle_at_cisco.com>
> Subject: Trollslayers, Depictions of Chaos in WFRP and Glorantha

> As for Warhammer v Gloranthan Chaos. Well, I've always held the opinion
> that WFRP mainly derived itself from two sources: AD&D and
> Runequest/Glorantha.

Oh, certainly. Grimes Orkshop and White Dwarf did a lot of RQ stuff (hard cover RQ3, anybody?) in their earlier days. But I think you miss a lot of the point if you don't allow for the works of Michael Moorcock as inspiration for WHFRP. There's some _really_ icky chaos there!

-- Henrix