: Finally, the fact that the twin falls happened
: within hours of each other suggests a high level of
: communications technology--either radio or, at the
: very least, a series of signal fires such as the
: ancient Greeks used to send back news of the fall of
: Troy.
Or the very simple (and not too technological) method of using carrier pidgeons....
: Also, the recent developments in Dwarven tech
: have all been science-based while the oldest marvels
: (the Tain, the Pathfinder Ring, this Maul of the
: Dwarven Kings, and so on) were much more magical.
Nobody's sure about the Tain, but the others might have been made by dwarves. There is also the possibility of the artifacts having been made _for_ the dwarves, as gifts perhaps. Sorta like all those presents Galadriel gave the fellowship in "The Lord of The Rings." I _know_ that GURPS says that dwarves do have magic, but remember that a lot of what GURPS is is just what we're doing here... theories :)
: 3) Hey, while we're here... this possible link between
: the Deceiver and the Spider Cults brings me back to a
: very old point--my belief that Myrdred was Connacht's
: favorite Avatara. I can hear you groaning already, but
: think about it: if Myrdred was associated with the
: cultists that would almost certainly have to place him
: in Muirthemne at the right time to become one of
: Connacht's lieutenants and a peer of Damas, right?
: Right? Okay, let me know why I'm wrong.
I agree with you that Myrdred was an Avatara (and probably in that time), but I don't think he would have been taking part in such blatantly "evil" activities if he was good then.
: a) Were the two cities independent
: city-states, or was one of them a capital of the
: Dwarven kingdom? The flavor texts are maddeningly
: vague, speaking of Ephors and Archons, which would
: seem to suggest the former, but we also know there
: were Dwarven Kings, which would suggest the latter--or
: did the Dwarves go over to some kind of Metropolitan
: Republic in the roughly recent past? Similarly, how
: regimented are Dwarven armies? I think I can get away
: with a Dwarven Captain (with, of course, a white
: tunic), but are their Dwarven Generals? Field
: Marshalls? Generalissimos?
I think that they were probably twin capitals of the dwarven realms. The Ephors were kings (one in Stonehiem, one in Myrgard), so perhaps they jointly ruled all things dwarven. GURPS says that once upon a time dwarves used armor and battleaxes just like everybody else. At _that_ time they were probably quite disciplined, but now.... I dunno. They seem quite happy blowing eachother to bits and scattering at the first sign of danger, that doesn't strike me as too regimented.
: b) Part of the level is going to be looking for the wreck
: of the flagship of the Dwarven navy, the H.A.S (His
: Archon's Ship) Irascible. I won't give it away, but
: this is supposed to be a bit of comic relief--I mean,
: a Dwarven Navy? Then it occurred to me that there is,
: after all, a Dwarven Air Force and even, it seems,
: Dwarven Airborne Rangers. Is there any evidence for a
: naval presence?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but no. The only place where dwarves could launch ships is the south of thier cities, right into Ghol lands. I don't think any dwarf would be stupid enough to risk travelling through those lands with a caravan laden with wood and tar, not thinking he'd be ambushed a thousand times. Also, they have no ports.
: c) Finally--and don't worry, I won't get anal over this
: like I did last time--how far does one imagine Dwarven
: tech going in the fifty years after Soulblighter bites
: it at Tharsis? Would people buy Dwarven Radios
: (specifically radio detonation of satchel charges?).
: How about walking, constantly-exploding robots? It's a
: fantasy genre and a not-so-serious map so I suppose I
: can get away with whatever I want, but I want to keep
: the level of technology relatively consistent. On a
: similar note--I found a repulsion field in
: Weirdobodomons and I seem to remember that one of the
: old Asylum Units used a force field. Anyone mind me
: using something similar in my level? I was able to
: figure out how such a thing works on my own, so I'm
: not really stealing anything, but I don't want to step
: on any toes.
I truly doubt dwarves would manage to get radios, robots, etc... For a joke map, this would be fine, but simple gunpowder and hot air baloons is still far cry from circuitry. Remember, while they are quite a bit more advanced that humans, I can't see dwarves that far. A good place to have thier tech level be, would maybe be steam, but I really don't think that they can advance _that_ quickly.
: I'm really enjoying this thread. Let's keep it going!
Same here!
Yours in Chaos
Discordia
