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Post by stevendoig on Apr 18, 2017 20:01:24 GMT
So, some scholars in Salamonis have published this book.- A few thoughts...
I think, going by various contradictions in the text that they are believers in the new fangled and VERY controversial 'Theory Of Evolution'. For example One minute they detail the various creation stories but the next they talk about Elves being an ancient race who were well established when the first men were learning to throw rocks.
They write about the fall of Atlantis and how it was responsible for the splitting of the one continent, but they also make a fleeting reference to the continents originally being joined and slowly the land bridges being submerged. A more learned man than me referred to a new theory of 'Plate tectonics'
I guess they wanted to make their tome accessible to the masses without upsetting long held (but possibly inaccurate beliefs.)
Other interesting problems that occur;
They give away their feelings towards Allansia being the most superior continent by making the other two continents smaller! Now, I've travelled the Inland Sea in Khul and it is MASSIVE! If its to scale with the rest of Khul then I reckon the continent is possibly quite a bit bigger than Allansia.
In their earlier interesting work 'Out Of The Pit' they state that Orcs were crossed with swine. There is no mention of this in 'Titan' in fact they fall back on the old Hashak origin story - are they afraid of offending the Orc readership?
They have it in for Goblins. I've met a few pleasant Goblins in my time, I remember a nice wee chap acting as a trader in Khul somewhere - The book makes out they are all evil.
They shy away from mentioning Gunpowder/firepowder technology. Perhaps for good reason!
Any other issues anyone?
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Post by stevendoig on Apr 20, 2017 15:30:43 GMT
Clearly not 😕
Ach well, it was a nice post!
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Apr 24, 2017 4:43:12 GMT
I'm afraid I don't own a copy of the book. But you're saying it's kind of racist? Are the authors elves? I know there have been some tensions there… I can't think of many reputable goblins offhand if I'm honest. I recall there was one working as a serving girl for a merchant near Scorpion Swamp, so he must have been more broadminded about them. He wasn't an elf though, he was …actually I don't know what the hell he was. Now I've always said that it's impossible to ruin bacon but that has given me pause for thought.
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Post by kieran on Apr 24, 2017 10:21:09 GMT
Yeah, Poomchukker employs a goblin servant and, as Steven says, the Goblin trader in Beneath Nightmare Castle seems to be a decent sort. There's also the Goblin guide in Allansia who's very helpful, even if he's hoping to get something out of the arrangement, he is true to his word. Not goblins of course, but the orcs in Legend of the Shadow Warriors aren't too bad.
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Apr 24, 2017 12:55:56 GMT
Yes it seems goblins have capacities beyond snivelling and backstabbing.
Thinking about it, Poomchukker's neighbour owns a statue of a goblin. Why would such a thing even exist? Does it suggest there's a goblin artist who specialises in sculpting them, or was it at least made for a goblin? Either would suggest more of an interest in culture than goblins are usually given credit for.
Mind you I've always wondered what kind of stone it can be made of that falls to bits after three whacks from a wooden table leg.
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Post by Jon on May 1, 2017 11:46:41 GMT
It may have been a puzzle Grimslade designed specifically to test adventurers applying for his mission. A break from the normal kind of job interview.
Talc and gypsum are very soft minerals. You could scratch both with your fingernails.
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Post by thealmightymudworm on May 3, 2017 15:35:52 GMT
They shy away from mentioning Gunpowder/firepowder technology. Perhaps for good reason!
If anyone needs info about the history of explosives on Titan there is a good one on Titannica. The earliest discovery may or may not have been something to do with a chap named Farren (Whyde). A lot of it is derived from the second tome of the Fantazine with the research done by a guy named Warren (McGuire) ('Farren' and 'Warren' seem suspiciously similar to me, but I'm assured that they're different people.) It may have been a puzzle Grimslade designed specifically to test adventurers applying for his mission. A break from the normal kind of job interview. Talc and gypsum are very soft minerals. You could scratch both with your fingernails. That's an interesting idea. A Stamina of 6 is quite plausible if Grimslade deliberately had them made out of something like talc (as opposed to granite which might be more like 86). Presumably he must have used magic to create them... I'd pity any poor sculptor locked away in his basement trying to carve interview-fodder out of crumbly gypsum. The tower exploding would have been a mercy.
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Post by Jon on May 4, 2017 17:19:25 GMT
Precisely - Grimslade wanted to test applicants' initiative, resourcefulness, weapon skill and whether or not they were intimidated by magic. The latter point was the most important, given the mission he set was all about robbing other mages.
I should think Grimslade made the goblin from talc and that three good blows to one of its legs would have effectively disabled it.
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Post by thealmightymudworm on May 13, 2017 16:49:35 GMT
Another thought on goblins: If you intervene on their behalf by summoning eagles with Gloten's hunting horn when they're fighting troglodytes near the Cloudhigh Mountains, their god graciously rewards you.
Of course anyone who tries stealing from his temple is likely to meet a sticky end, but then most gods I know get pretty grumpy about that sort of thing.
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