IMHO, it is derived from the difficulty of playing alieness of
Gloranthan Non humans.....For its preference and understanding of
each races, and attitude against stereotypes, if you follow official
set.
It seems that Trolls and Ducks are exceptions for their relative
similarity to human behavior, but I think they are also very alien
and out of humanity on the comparison with other Fantasy world races
under Tolkien's standard.
TI
> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering if anyone has managed to successfully run a non-
human
> Gloranthan campaign. Anyone?
>
> Uz would be easier.. .everyone likes to eat their foes, but I want
to know
> if anone has run games with lesser or weirder races.
>
> For a few years I've had ideas for running Baboon, Beastmen and
Newtling
> games, but my potential players have just poo-poo'd the idea. "I
don't want
> to be a butt-sniffin' 'Boon... don't wanna be a slimy Newt', etc".
>
> I don't want my ideas to be reduced to one-shots, which seems
likely. Just
> think of the great quest of a bunch of Baboons trying to retreive
their
> "sacred magic fang" from some outlander trader. A spiritual quest
and
> overland journey of some young baboons to their foes base in Apple
lane...
> surely it deserves more respect.
>
> Why don't gloranthan players respect the 'lesser' races?
>
> Pete