>glorantha isn't the real world
and
>There's really no such thing as a fire-loving tree species
But isn't that a real-world argument?
>Instead an elf would view a forest fire
>as a natural calamity such as humans would view a plague or
>a drought.
I submit that this is a humanocentric viewpoint. If you require fire and/or smoke for your children to be born, fire is not a curse.
Rob
>I'm not sure which species of tree we were dealing with -- we called
>them fire pine and mountain ash.
Mountain Ash is a commo name for Eucalyptus regnans <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_regnans> "Seedling densities of up to 2.5 million per hectare have been recorded after a major fire!" "Studies conducted in the Twentieth Century suggest that clearfelling is essential to the successful germination and growth of seedlings."
Of course, this assumes that regrowth is permitted. Imperial Age Umathelans were attempting to exterminate the aldryami. Third Age Umathelans act as their nursemaids... (Or their agents of genocide, if you are an aldryami associated with a species that doesn't prosper with fire. Luckily for the Umathings, these species were the hardest hit by God Learner activity in the Imperial Age.)
-- David Dunham Glorantha/HQ/RQ page: http://www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html
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