- In HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com, Alison Place
<alison_place_at_y...> wrote:
> I was reminded of an interesting fact when Roderick
> mentioned that he and his wife were brought up in
> different climates. Humans mostly depend on sweating
> for physiological dumping of heat. It turns out that
> the during a child's first two years the number of
> active sweat glands are set for life. This makes a
> huge difference in the one's future comfort level, and
> explains why some people never adapt to a different
> climate.
Fascinating.
> In Glorantha, I rather like the idea that ability to
> cope well with extremes of heat, cold, humidity or
> dryness are somehow linked to your god. [snip]
I like this idea very much, and I think is fairly intuitive. Nice
one!
>
> If this all seem very silly, well, it is Silly
> Season.
Yes it is, and no its not!
Best regards
Rob