It's like Zeus had some kind of brief panic attack every time he tried to connect "I want to have sex with that girl" and "I have now had sex with that girl", so his brain just shat out random things to turn into. Bull! Cuckoo! Swan! Dark cloud! Shower of gold! It was like he got his dating ideas from the fucking Wonder Twins.
An idea occurred to me: The City States are pretty much turned inward on themselves, but there must be Outside Forces in place that want to reclaim the Waste and reestablish Rule of Law.
In aid of that, Troll mounted scythe lizard cavalry units with sabertoothed rat packs as trackers and flankers would make a truly intimidating territorial pacification force . (page 271, page 745)
They would be resistant to environmental factors and probably fairly self sufficient as well.
I bet a troop of Troll Cavalry would make a dramatic panorama.
(and an interesting side story too.)
yes you are correct there IS a organazation thats dedicated to the wastes .. also roma extends a lot of men and equipment into the wastes and areas to help reclaim it. theres a lot of pieces to this... :D
There are farmers , mechanics , all kinds there are towns all over the place. it has its own culture just like anything else. its a lot like a high tech old west.
I was wondering if there was significant cultural conflict as during the Indian Wars of US history. I suppose the Apocalypse pretty much leveled the playing field. And the high tech aspect would tend to be unifying too.
There are a lot of conflicts in the wastes most between "new" lifeforms and "mutates" like the trolls and other sentients. the great city states Troy and Sparta tend to stay out of affairs of the wastes while roma capitalizes on it.
A bottle of Bottoms Up (not sure how to do an up arrow in text) and the irrationality of a celestial in love....this, your honor, is why I packed up the kids to go live in the forest!
*Smacks Lord Literal upside the head with Mjollnir a couple times* Hey Dummy remember what Hera ties in a knot every time Lord Doohickey over there tries some lame brain shenanigans. Zeus remember you told all of us to warn you when you came up with some half baked idea. Now buy a round for the bar before the waitress calls Hera.
This whole page was just beyond awesome! I love Zeus' facepalm and "Lord Literal!" But really, how many of us have had conversations gone awry like this one? (well, except not usually involving crime)
you'd think as lord of the underworld he'd Hear mortals tellign similiar stories of ideas that got them all KILLED and realize...hey maybe this is NOT a smart thing to do?
. . . Except for one little detail. Hades and Persephone both are immortal. Can't be killed. Whole different perspective there.
Besides, how could it be dangerous? Oh sure, Demeter may have a cow, but she's just being overprotective. Hades is *sure* he can win Persephone over once he gets her out from under Mom's watchful eye.
Gods can't be killed, except when they *do* get killed. See, for example, each boss god before Zeus. One of them (Cronos?) came out of his dad's head with an axe. I guess it depends which ruleset the gods are playing by at the time.
And seriously, how does a bull seduce a maiden without something creepy going on with both parties?
Not only the dialog, but also the posing of the characters. :P
(or: behind every story there is a story...)
[Is that one of those Green bottles?]
In aid of that, Troll mounted scythe lizard cavalry units with sabertoothed rat packs as trackers and flankers would make a truly intimidating territorial pacification force . (page 271, page 745)
They would be resistant to environmental factors and probably fairly self sufficient as well.
I bet a troop of Troll Cavalry would make a dramatic panorama.
(and an interesting side story too.)
Besides, how could it be dangerous? Oh sure, Demeter may have a cow, but she's just being overprotective. Hades is *sure* he can win Persephone over once he gets her out from under Mom's watchful eye.
I could not stop laughing.
"Who taught you how to do this stuff"?!
"You, alright! I learned it by watching YOU"!