Re: The dreaded Teshnos banana riots

From: L C <lightcastle_at_EvUOcpnl6JDhhL225vIr8luvVubLb9_jylh8KP2jbIYz40qqtDvwmTxW3xcBk3uM>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:32:49 -0500


hcarteau_at_kbLjDyznGOOSqcZV29HytLSQKWXR08BsEa2glWl_J7nld2ho87IJ_IS1CdOfjWKXyoqr5q35fBg.yahoo.invalid wrote:
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> > Which gives a better flavour to Teshnan society? Exotic beardless
> > dwarves wearing turbans or the standard dwarves wearing full plate and
> > carrying firearms?
> /// Yeah, exactly ! But why "beardless" ?
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Well, other than laziness, is there any reason people have given to have beards on dwarves in the first place? Maybe they are just an affectation of some of the more famous openhandist dwarves?

> > The goondas are in chain-gangs because they have been bad (public
> > drunkeness, rioting over the price of bananas etc) not because they are
> > slaves.
> /// "rioting over the price of bananas" ??? Love that one.
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Dude, you ALWAYS riot over the price of bananas. If not, they gouge you with them. (That's the other thing, you have to learn how to protect yourself from goondas attacking you with fresh fruit.)

> /// Yeah, I'm all for it too. Anyway most people don't remember their past
> lives. This credo wouldn't change much of everyday life - even
> adventurers'
> life. But it does give a strong flavor to Teshnos.
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I happen to really like the "inheriting through lives" thing because it strikes me as complicated and weird and mystical and can have all kinds of strange adventures attached to it.

LC            

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