Technology is changing society since the first monkey noticed he can beat bigger monkeys that used to boss him around, when he uses that fun device called a "stick"Originally Posted by Gronan of Simmerya
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Technology is changing society since the first monkey noticed he can beat bigger monkeys that used to boss him around, when he uses that fun device called a "stick"
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward." - Rocky
I like. I had just been wondering if there were any Stability Demons out there on par with let's say Origob. But I see that I would have to come up with such a being as needed...Thanks for the tips.Well, that's a good method of gaining weight, and a fully understandable reason.
Yeah, Demonology is on p.102 and lists the kinds of spirits favoured by different temples...
Seriously, guys, why would you want more guidance than that?
Karakan's and Chegarra's spirits are warriors - Heroes of Glory and Warrior in Scarlet, respectively. Hnalla has the Entities of Light. And so on, and so forth...you can easily get a theme. Yes, these are merely the servitors of the greater demons - but why do you think they would/need to be that different?
My personal rule is, "Stability - simple majestic humanoids, birds or animal-like forms", "Change - mixes of at least two of the above, preferably corpseaters (which you never use for Stability), and/or South Asian/South American mythical creatures, insects, fishes, reptiles and single-cell creatures". Mix and match to your heart's content.
Add more of these to make new Greater Demons for Change, or make them even more majestic, and possibly cross them with usually inanimate, but precious materials, and you can make Greater Demons for Stability
There, you now have material to write your own Tekumel demonology books. Are they written by MAR Barker? No. Would he approve of them?
In all likelyhood, yes. I believe he would very much approve of them.
Now, the Tekumel Foundation might disapprove, but I didn't say you need to publish them...
Here is a Greater Demon of Avanthe I made after reading the above and thinking for all of 15 seconds.
"Tehanul, the Sky Snake
Tehanul is a great blue-eyed snake made entirely of air. It appears as a simmering form of yellow air which also carries droplets of rain and fertile soil. Where it passes, the flora blooms and starts growing, which means you're better off invoking it in more civilised areas. Indeed, it has been invoked just for its blessings to agriculture, or to give its blessing to barren women or barren prize animals, to calm storms that would threaten a caster's life, or to restore to life and health people afflicted by a seemingly invincible disease.
The being needs to be invoked in a fertile soil ready to be sown, or in the wilderness. If it's invoked on infertile soil, its wrath shall be great, and it might shoot lightning from its glowing blue eyes, which is powerful enough to destroy the caster.
The being likes pearls, and perfect specimens of different kinds of animals, and especially pairs of the above. A caster that wants its blessings, should prepare himself or herself by purifying his or her body, copulating with at least one of his or her legal husbands/wives in a way that might produce offspring, and then intoning the words provided herein while dancing around in a circle with a 60-steps diameter. If the being is pleased, it would appear and you'd be able to negotiate".
Chirine can tell us whether that seems like a suitable demon for Avanthe
Well, remembering what people are able to do in pursuit of or protection of stability is a good way to make yourself shudder
"People can be nice. Supernateral creatures just are, like rivers and storms aren't nice" to quote two of my own PCs in different settings (Glorantha and Exalted, if anyone cares). I feel the same would apply to Tekumel as well.
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You're welcome, glad it's helpful
Of course, Chirine might well have objections, and in this case, I'd recommend you to keep them in mind. But either way, it was meant merely as a starting point for other Tekumel Referees
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward." - Rocky
This is like one of those brain teasers.
The unwritten rule is supposed to prevent "Making Things Up." So in other words the unwritten rule is to prevent people from adding unwritten elements to a published, i.e. written, setting.
I don't think that an unwritten rule should be allowed to do that. The unwritten rule would first have to be written down. And then published.
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And then it would be mocked mercilessly
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward." - Rocky
"Hong Kong Mah Johngg and Ping Pong club, meets Tuesdays"
I don't care if you respect me, just buy my fucking book.
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The rules can't cure stupid, and the rules can't cure asshole.
Something like that, but with a brothel and native food
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward." - Rocky
Would have been late 80s that I got a space empire-building computer game specifically because of the text on the back, which began:
Similarly, lying in a grave is a very stable position.Pax Galactum
There's nothing so peaceful as a dead alien.
All localized plate tectonics being equal.
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There is a lot of money to be made by promoting that only "Officially Published" is correct for play.
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