>>* I love the Asterix comics, but they are neither thematically
*>>* or visually appropriate for my campaigns.
*>You're not in occupied Sartar (occupied, that is, except for one small
>village...)? You don't have the clan having a feast for the adventurers
when
>they get home? No roast boar, no need to gag the bard? No recurring Lunar
>enemies to beat up?
For my campaigns, Asterix projects exactly the wrong theme - you can't just
wallop a Lunar patrol without repercussions. The Lunars (mostly Tarshites)
aren't clueless foreigners - in some ways, this is more of a civil war
between two groups of Orlanthi over rule of Dragon Pass. One group just has
a lot of chaos-worshipping allies, a bunch of mysterious new gods, and a
whole lot of wealth and troops. And the other is trying to catch up.
>Really? My only reason for not picking the Illiad is that it doesn't seem
to
>fit any bit of Glorantha I've played in. Wonderful literature, but gods
>turning up and taking a personal hand in battles - no. Compromise, and all
>that. If I wanted the Iliad, though, I doubt if I'd go for a comic book
>alternative. Not that I've heard of that one - should I try it?
A battle with enough magic and heroes might as well have the gods taking a
personal hand - is that Old Man Varmand and Umak Redhand or just a bunch of
amped up Colymar heroes? Is that Destor or is that an Orlanthi disciple?
FWIW, I loot the Illiad, the Old Testament and Shakespeare much more than I
do the more magical Celtic sources.
Jeff
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