tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764158821384594980.post3019061935136973663..comments2024-03-29T02:20:03.864-04:00Comments on Age of Ravens: Vegetable Elves & Sinister Hobbits: Playable Variations on Classic RacesLowell Francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02359280169506945906noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764158821384594980.post-47293449852125840872012-03-22T19:42:13.708-04:002012-03-22T19:42:13.708-04:00It does seem like Glorantha (at least the HQ2 vers...It does seem like Glorantha (at least the HQ2 version) focuses on the more conventional elements, ones which echo real world material rather than the crazier stuff. But I suspect that's what sells. Mongoose's Glorantha the 2nd age actually had a lot of craziness in it.Lowell Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02359280169506945906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764158821384594980.post-19503393394297457592012-03-22T00:15:39.998-04:002012-03-22T00:15:39.998-04:00I am a big fan of Belcadiz elves. How much fun is ...I am a big fan of Belcadiz elves. How much fun is playing one of them? Picture Rodrigues from the novel, Shogun; or Captain Ferreira. Too cool.<br /><br />I'm also a fan of Gloranthan Mostali and Aldryami. Just because they're so different from what we've come to expect. That same kind of Gloranthan wackiness that brought us ducks and animal nomads. All of that bizarro detail that made me love Runequest back in the day seems to be de-emphasized by the creator of Glorantha these days. Pity, IMO.Baron Greystonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636292202674906870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764158821384594980.post-77097949506125353742012-03-13T23:26:02.014-04:002012-03-13T23:26:02.014-04:00I'll be curious to see what the new iron Kingd...I'll be curious to see what the new iron Kingdom rp looks like. I didn't care for the d20 implementation, but there's a bunch of cool material in the setting as a whole.Lowell Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02359280169506945906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764158821384594980.post-7049285638895385202012-03-13T15:31:11.750-04:002012-03-13T15:31:11.750-04:00Great list. I like the idea of goblin tinkerers mo...Great list. I like the idea of goblin tinkerers more than gnomes, who usually fill that role.Kaijuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06184830369889881159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764158821384594980.post-89098045139627895532012-03-08T14:01:35.236-05:002012-03-08T14:01:35.236-05:00Those are awesome- I like the Hobo-goblins (more i...Those are awesome- I like the Hobo-goblins (more interesting than the full-out goofiness of GURPS Goblins). The Dwarf take is especially cool.Lowell Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02359280169506945906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764158821384594980.post-27319247937191098302012-03-07T09:38:26.230-05:002012-03-07T09:38:26.230-05:00I really like the Glorantha take.
I do a couple o...I really like the Glorantha take.<br /><br />I do a couple of variants in various settings of mine: <a href="http://sorcerersskull.blogspot.com/2010/07/hobo-goblins.html" rel="nofollow"> The Hobogoblins </a> and <a href="http://sorcerersskull.blogspot.com/2010/05/short-people-big-worm.html" rel="nofollow">Halfling/Dwarf</a> stand-ins for the Dutch in the City, and Dwarves as <a href="http://sorcerersskull.blogspot.com/2010/01/rock-cried-out-dwarvish-origins.html" rel="nofollow">Neanderthals uplifted by an alien AI</a> among others in my previous setting.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.com