Minor Alien Module 1: Luriani
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Not sure if I included it in the MgT module, but in GT:Humaniti there's a note that two caravans fleeing the genocide reached the Zhodani around -4000
Not sure if I included it in the MgT module, but in GT:Humaniti there's a note that two caravans fleeing the genocide reached the Zhodani around -4000
No, I didn't see that in the MgT module, but it reinforces my idea for the autumn people, as those would have been the spring and summer people maybe? At least in the minds of the autumn people, very nice. I'm thinking that it would be cool for an adventure of some characters waking up in a a fleeing giant colony ship say in 1133 and having to cut around Lucan's Imperium, avoid the Vilani, cross reft (with attendant use of the new TCS in some way...) and refuse resettlement in the Regency (because of their independent streak) to found new worlds on the frontier.
Off to travellermap to make a map, thanks! Luriani is great!
No, I didn't see that in the MgT module, but it reinforces my idea for the autumn people, as those would have been the spring and summer people maybe? At least in the minds of the autumn people, very nice. I'm thinking that it would be cool for an adventure of some characters waking up in a a fleeing giant colony ship say in 1133 and having to cut around Lucan's Imperium, avoid the Vilani, cross reft (with attendant use of the new TCS in some way...) and refuse resettlement in the Regency (because of their independent streak) to found new worlds on the frontier.
Off to travellermap to make a map, thanks! Luriani is great!
From GT:H p.108
"With the end of the Luriani Consolidation War in -4547 the Vilani banned the caravans. Some managed to escape the final defeat, and continued their travels far beyond the borders of the Zim Sirka. 1llcse wanderers founded the scattered Luriani worlds that are far removed from Daramm - for example, two such caravans are recorded as having reached the Zhodalli Consulate about -4100."
And you are most welcome, I really did enjoy creating (and am currently working on a Luriani based game on RPOL
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From GT:H p.108
"With the end of the Luriani Consolidation War in -4547 the Vilani banned the caravans. Some managed to escape the final defeat, and continued their travels far beyond the borders of the Zim Sirka. 1llcse wanderers founded the scattered Luriani worlds that are far removed from Daramm - for example, two such caravans are recorded as having reached the Zhodalli Consulate about -4100."
And you are most welcome, I really did enjoy creating (and am currently working on a Luriani based game on RPOL
Thanks for the information, and your campaign sounds interesting, I'd like to read it when you go live. I made a pic for the adventure I was thinking of, each place could be a stop like Lishun vs Vargr, Fighting through virus to get to Usdiki; all in a giant million ton colony ship called the 'Never Again':
Here I am cluttering up your thread, sorry.
The cover art uses a badly done Victoria 3 from DAZ.
There are much better figures available.
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Maybe? That is all greek to me really, however, the copyright is innovari - Fotolia.com an Italian site and when one reads the description of the Luriani, they definitely have an Italian flavor to them, maybe I have read too much Hofstede though.
i assume it's to illustrate the increased lung capacity
Gotta admit, the cover stopped me buying the book. These jokes are a good example of why it was inappropriate. I can't imagine how a female gamer would feel coming here to read this thread.
Actually I was trying to create a very 'feminine' and female positive culture when I wrote it, listening to people and reading the reviews I like to think I achieved that
Actually I was trying to create a very 'feminine' and female positive culture when I wrote it, listening to people and reading the reviews I like to think I achieved that
I can't comment on the contents of the book, which as you say has had positive reviews, because I didnt buy it due to the entirely inappropriate cover.
<Grins> well if it helps any, the interior art is better (a little on the slender side but not too bad). Mind you, the cover could fairly well represent the in-game popular perception of the race (she says ducking for cover)
"Don't judge a book by it's cover ... " as the old saying goes.
Well, you're ducking for cover, so I'm sure you know how weak that argument is.
But maybe some don't see it as weak. So I'll give an example. Let's take the Zhodani and pretend the in-game popular perception of them is racist. Would it be acceptable to use racist imagery on the cover of the book because that's the 'in-game popular perception'?
Let's not fool ourselves. Mongoose thought the cover was good for marketing, not story, reasons. I find that very disappointing, but not as disappointing as the lack of criticism it attracted.
I'm not judging the content of the book, in fact I would love to buy it. But I can't use my money to support such a sexist cover.
The beauty of pdf's is that they can very easily change the cover. If Mongoose changed it, I'd certainly buy it.
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Well, you're ducking for cover, so I'm sure you know how weak that argument is.
Or perhaps she feels no defense is required.
Hans
I know some people bought the book *despite* the cover (I was _this close_ to being one of them), while others I think are perfectly happy with the titillation. Either way, my assumption was that at least everyone _acknowledged_ it to be sexist.
But now you have me curiously wondering: do you disagree that the cover objectifies women or just think that it's no big deal that it does?
Cheesy, yes. Sexist? Not really, it doesn't portray the woman in a stereotypical role, or purely objectifies her (such as a naked sex-object would for example).
Many other game companies have done much worse:
Warning NSFW: http://bestgamewallpapers.com/files/exalted/savant-sorcerer.jpg
