Re: The Thing With Many Bodies

From: Richard Hayes <richard_hayes29_at_iTGxm1D75hXj9vfRmv6YFZoaGCv22-_d4AZlWv-Meamn4wlozCIA5bZtwhpt>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 11:19:26 +0000 (GMT)

I don't disagree with Nick about whether Cwim would be a wise choice for The Thing with Many Bodies, or as to why it might not-- I just thought that the information on Cwim might be interesting  
Richard Hayes

• On Sun, 19/9/10, Nick Eden <nick_at_6P-eZEJLqUYbwsSDYDnNnFuT2Ywe8AXYA1Bf3fHrY4K0i4VW0P8WgIlWShWfkcuFSZ9Dp3u0d_1hlqIDkuvmvqc.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

From: Nick Eden <nick_at_6P-eZEJLqUYbwsSDYDnNnFuT2Ywe8AXYA1Bf3fHrY4K0i4VW0P8WgIlWShWfkcuFSZ9Dp3u0d_1hlqIDkuvmvqc.yahoo.invalid> Subject: Re: The Thing With Many Bodies
To: WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, 19 September, 2010, 10:56

Though if I remember correctly CWIM is a city sized Pentian monster quite unsuitable for a Sartarite clan's ancestral enemy. If nothing else because it would have eaten said ancestors and there would be no clan in the present day.

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Richard Hayes <richard_hayes29_at_wWoHVhL37v68ATFWhlvn6Elm_SG0XBk50ZDbMvfPg0Hl4-svdWnmgT35fhOEuSzAPx3-swmdw8WtWYFMgrsgacHr8jOE.yahoo.invalidk
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> CWIM is also written up in Elder Secrets of Glorantha, a 1990s Avalon Hill
> RQ supplement
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> Richard Hayes
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> --- On Sun, 19/9/10, Guy Hoyle <guy.hoyle_at_nd8le36XER2Yls_-9ve0M8xs9sXmuIQOkfC95RMDkNWVNWqwWYz7_NFH2DK8MsjSY-GfgQskQPLljr01.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
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> From: Guy Hoyle <guy.hoyle_at_nd8le36XER2Yls_-9ve0M8xs9sXmuIQOkfC95RMDkNWVNWqwWYz7_NFH2DK8MsjSY-GfgQskQPLljr01.yahoo.invalid>
> Subject: Re: The Thing With Many Bodies
> To: WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, 19 September, 2010, 2:15
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> On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Osentalka <Osentalka_at_56ivPOBCh6qHsXQTcX2LVB5HJAR4tPn0LkJIUPCAxiaSNlGadF3K0Xu_8gQX6WVJvgVr4NWtGymgQE1Mag.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
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> > My reading of "The Thing with Many Bodies" was CWIM, the Chaos Cretature
> > that roams in Prax: a ginat head with three bodies.
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> > But maybe that was to "old style" thinking.
> >
> That's a possibility; it was specifically associated with Prax in Nomad
> Gods, but I really don't know of any references to Cwim outside that game.
> TTwMB is probably something else entirely; it's probably not unique to
> Elmal's mythology, but that may be its most significant manifestation. IMO,
> naturally.
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> Guy (Hoyle)
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