> >I wonder if it would
> >be possible to down-load a clan from King of Dragon
> >Pass in human-readable format, ready for HW use?
>
> Probably not, other than taking screen shots of some
> of the management screens.
(sigh) Shame. It isn't a ten-minute job to write a quick database-download utility, then?
> And you wouldn't really get enough detail on the
> leaders, like their
> families (a design feature that I thankfully dropped
> pretty early).
Makes sense. Too much detail. Just keeping track of all their prejudices is bad enough :)
> >of course KoDP
> >doesn't have all the sub-cults and other
> >complications, does it? Is that a function of the
> >system, or of the setting being a few centuries
> >earlier?
>
> Give me some credit Jane! Even if Thunder Rebels had
> been out when we
> did KoDP, there was no way I was going to put that
> much individual detail into the game.
Not on the surface, but I wondered if it was hidden underneath? An awful lot of clever stuff is, after all.
> It's intended to introduce Glorantha to new
> players!
Which it does. That *is* the hand-out I gave to my players who'd never met Glorantha before. Lent them my CD, then a week later told them where they could buy it.
> And I'm sure there was detail enough, just giving
> broad-brush cults at the clan level.
For those purposes, yes.
> As for a few centuries earlier: I think you can read
> between the
> lines and see a Vinga subcult that is no longer
> worshipped.
Oh, yes! Pathfinder: not needed much when you already know your tula, and never leave it.
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