Re: Archaeology in Glorantha

From: Jeff <jeff.kyer_at_...>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 23:00:26 -0000

MG? Er?

I'd suspect that many of the big ticket items are a bit too powerful/too big as we're realizign that the gods WERE giants....

...that hill and ridge called Gustbran's Hammer really just might BE his hammer.  

> * What are the most famous heirlooms/historical objects in Glorantha
> (especially in Peloria)? I think of Arkat's Unbreakable Sword, the
Sword
> and Helm, the Raven Banner, and (I guess) Nysalor's body, but that's
about
> it. Bonus points for describing any legendary powers associated
with the
> items.

Check out the old RuneQuest supplement 'Plunder' if you can find it -- its got loads of items of varying powerlevels that can be convereted to HW from RQ.  

> * What about famous ruins or sites? Again, clanking city comes to
mind,
> anything else?

A lot of these places are kind of like.. well.. hard to get too. The Clanking City is/was VERY thoroughly boobytrapped (as are many of the other places).  

> In general, how much physical evidence of the past does an average
(say)
> Sartarite see? Are they constantly weaving around ruins of EWF and
Bright
> Empire cities? Or did the dragons pretty much wipe everything out?

Pretty much wiped everything out but there's a lot of stuff lying around that might have survived. Not real helpful, I know, but there's a lot of ruins left behind -- usually avoided by people as they are either haunted or have EWF stuff in them. Finding an ancient EWF item might NOT be a good thing.  

Jeff

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