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Fri Mar 09, 2007 6:53 pm
Prymp: No City for Sissies
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A very nice entry; love the city gazetteer style
The read was very interesting and meshed with established canon; plus it added some nice additions to the character of Prymp such as the (LE) legal code; especially the entries dealing with the various guilds, including the growing financial and criminal tensions, no wonder the military keeps a tight control on the city.
The piece does mention the use of pegasus by the military; this seems to be out of place in the (LE) disciplined but brutal army, might I suggest wyvern as a subsitute.
Personally I would have like to see more vicious, slavery is underground for image reasons and yet Nerull worship is sort of openly accepted?
Religion is nicely done but I would think being the major ocean port of Ahlissa that Procan would be prominent and no write up, hardly a passing mention. The collective festival was nice but I find it hard to see Hextor and Heironeous priest worshipping together especially using "mock combat" imagine the chance for so-called accidents?
Overall a very good read
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Wed Mar 14, 2007 1:57 pm
Woo...feedback
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I just discovered this forum! Thanks, Crag!
>The piece does mention the use of pegasus by the military; this seems >to be out of place in the (LE) disciplined but brutal army, might I >suggest wyvern as a subsitute.
Wyverns are a lot tougher than pegasi and, IMC, less common.
>Personally I would have like to see more vicious, slavery is >underground for image reasons and yet Nerull worship is sort of openly >accepted?
They may not like Nerull, but Pantheon is Pantheon.
>Religion is nicely done but I would think being the major ocean port of >Ahlissa that Procan would be prominent and no write up, hardly a >passing mention.
I could have, and should have wrote about how worship of Procan was tied to the old Provincial Navy/pirate fleet. As Ahlissa has attempted to change perceptions of their navy, so has the importance of Procan been downplayed.
>The collective festival was nice but I find it hard to see Hextor and >Heironeous priest worshipping together especially using "mock combat" >imagine the chance for so-called accidents?
I particularly wanted to include that. As Heironeous and Hextor are not diametrically opposed to each other, I'm suggesting their roles are actually complimentary.
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Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:03 pm
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Thanks for the reply Scottenkainen
I still don't see procan as the image problem especially given he is the chief oeridian sea god.
As for the wyvern; In Ivid the Undying the main aerial forces employed by the GK (outside of demonic) seems to be dragons and wyverns. Dragons I felt was too powerful and since Baron Shalaster has a war wyvern and wyverns are present in southern ahlissa; wyvern made more sense but to each their own.
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Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:26 am
Good points
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Hi all,
>I still don't see procan as the image problem especially given he is the chief oeridian sea god.<
Chief sea god of a people embarassed by what they've done at sea?
>As for the wyvern; In Ivid the Undying the main aerial forces employed by the GK (outside of demonic) seems to be dragons and wyverns.<
From a canon perspective, I concede your victory. My anti-wyvern bias has been revealed.
~Scott "-enkainen" Casper
Yak-Men make good wyvern burgers...
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Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:24 am
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Excellent article Scott. You've done some really nice things with the role religion and the various factions and groups play in the city's life.
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Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:55 am
Aw...the cute puppy dog likes it!
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Thanks, other Scott. Love that positive feedback!
~Scott "-enkainen" Casper
Yak-Men only wear gnome hats to birthday parties...
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