Sorry about being quiet, lately; I'm suffering from from a flare-up of the gout that I had after last year's Gary Con - it happens when I get dehydrated - and just now getting back in shape.
It could be worse; got into work yesterday and found out that of my co-workers had had his foot amputated. Put my troubles in perspective, it did.
More later...
I assume that raiding parties of Hlyss would work as a well trained team but not in any formal ordered ranks?
Is that a correct guess?
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It sure does. There but for the grace... Take it easy and "see" you back here soon.Originally Posted by chirine ba kal
Shemek
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Mark Twain
Army colours
Just out of curiosity. If the Tsolyani army wears blue armour, then are the following colours typically associated with the other armies of the Five Empires.
Mu'ugalavya: Red?
Salarvya: Black?
Yan Kor: Green.
Livyanu: Yellow?
For the Smaller States.
Pechano: Dun
Ghaton: ?
Saa Allaqiya: ?
N'luss: ?
Jannu: ?
Kilalammu: ?
Milumanaya: ?
Shemek.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Mark Twain
I think you are probably right. My problem is that I'm so much older then most of the people I meet in gaming; we don;t have much in common.Uncle, I must disagree that it's an "age thing". It's what I call "gaming ADHD", I suspect.
I mean, I wasn't born when you started playing with Phil. That kinda disqualifies me from the age stuff, right?
And yet, while I'll do one-shots, these are used between campaigns, as "palate cleaners", to test what we're in mood to play next.
I only create pre-gens at player request, when some of my players don't want to be bothered with mechanics.
In my view, modules are harder to follow than a normal campaign, so I don't use them. Won't bore you with a lengthy blog post I wrote on it...
And I don't even know what "get-in-get-out-with-the-XP" is supposed to mean
Oh, and I recently calculated that my average campaign, excluding the one-shots mentioned above, is the equivalent of over 100 normal-length sessions!
OTOH, what you're talking about seems to be the modus operandi of people that either don't get to play often, don't stay long at one game, or are just used to following modules. Seems like there were many of those in your time, too, or Gary Gygax wouldn't have started writing modules at all.
So yeah, these are different playstyles, but not really age-dependent
Done right on a big game table, it's just as terrifying. And, if you have a good set of rules that take into account the time intervals of volley fire and limited ammunition supplies, it gets quite nail-biting; the Quartermaster returns showed 19,100 rounds fired, 900 rounds left when the relief showed up. That's about nine rounds left per man...
Last edited by chirine ba kal; 03-30-2016 at 12:58 AM. Reason: typo
Yes, very much so. We met them both as parties in the Underworlds, and at sea; we never fought them in a land battle, and I don't think there's any record of such in historical times.
They tended to fight a lot like commandos in the Underworlds; warriors front, magic-users providing support from the rear. One favorite tactic was to ambush us in larger rooms, where they could spread out and come at us from all sides.
Afloat, it was naval boarding parties, and they were pretty good at that.
Thanks! I am doing better tonight, due to an infusion of lead from Bronze Age Miniatures. Stayed off the foot as much as I could, too, and got lots of water and Vitamin C. My colleague is doing pretty well; several of the day shift went to see him.
I'll try to keep up; I really enjoy this, and it helps keep me going.
EDIT: Okay, I had to add this...
Last edited by chirine ba kal; 03-30-2016 at 01:10 AM.
From Shemek hiTankolel:
Just out of curiosity. If the Tsolyani army wears blue armour, then are the following colours typically associated with the other armies of the Five Empires.
I edited your list; I'll follow up as this is from memory:
Mu'ugalavya: Red
Salarvya: Black
Yan Kor: Green.
Livyanu: Yellow; does vary, as they don't have a 'national color', but yellow is pretty common.
For the Smaller States.
Pechano: Dun
Ghaton: yellow and green
Saa Allaqiya: orange and white
N'luss: various, differs for each petty warlord. I've seen black, red, blue, and linen kilts, and armor in various shades - usually, the gaudier, the better. Mercenaries have trim in the national colors of their current employers.
Jannu: ? I'll have to look...
Kilalammu: None, really; a lot like the Nlyss, with each of the tribes having different colors. I'll look it up for you, of course...
Milumanaya: Varies by faction; browns, with some yellows; trims for whatever nation they get bribes from to be their 'loyal allies'.
I think I can only join Shemek hiTankolel's advice on taking it easy, Uncle...
Heh, even I've got the same issue at times
My solution? I make them read the works I'm inspired by. I'll give them a synopsis for especially important ones. They're free to not bother, and suffer, too
With the Lyviani following "Hidden gods", this actually gives me an idea
"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
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