tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post7724674740188675997..comments2024-03-28T15:30:09.903-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: House of Worms, Session 231James Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-39125625716713908222021-07-05T16:10:59.298-04:002021-07-05T16:10:59.298-04:00Given that multiple human cultures across the plan...Given that multiple human cultures across the planet developed fishing rods and some of the records of them date back 4000 years from now, it seems likely that some kind of rod fishing persists on Tekumel. How edible the fish (if that's even the right word) are is up for debate, of course. Terraforming would probably require the replacement of many native species but clearing whole oceans completely seems like a big ask, and some of them may have rebounded like the Food of the Ssu has on land. Regardless, there are fishing boats so something in teh water can be eaten - and given any excuse whatsoever, some people will find an excuse to go dangle a hook in any accessible body of water. <br /><br />Be interesting to see what innovations Tekumel has made in the technology - you could make running rings out of chlen hide instead of metal easily enough, but modern-style reels would be trickier. Lines would probably be less sturdy than today's synthetics but maybe there's some other xenofauna or xenoflora-derived alternative that has similar performance. IIRC bamboo was transplanted to Tekumel along with many other Terran plants, so the rods themselves are easy.Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-66175296758495775132021-07-03T16:43:48.326-04:002021-07-03T16:43:48.326-04:00I don't think there's ever been a discussi...I don't think there's ever been a discussion of fishing as such, but there is a description of one of the Undying Wizards "fishing" for parallel universes that involves a pole like that typically associated with the mundane activity. So, fishing poles do exist and that's what I've always assumed Grujúng uses.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-6955929182164308192021-07-03T15:01:44.535-04:002021-07-03T15:01:44.535-04:00I keep picturing Grujúng lounging on the bank with...I keep picturing Grujúng lounging on the bank with a fishing pole, but it occurs to me that I have never read anything about fishing in Tsolyánu. Do they use nets or spears? What do they catch? Did the Lords of Humanspace stock the terraformed planet with Terran species? Are there dangerous alien beasties to contend with?<br /><br />Fishing might be an adventure all by itself.Bonnaconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667671409170609819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-28733521151109185912021-07-02T08:29:30.017-04:002021-07-02T08:29:30.017-04:00"The epithet "She Who Is Garbed in Blue&..."The epithet "She Who Is Garbed in Blue" never appears anywhere in the text, but the section mentioning her is written in a deep blue ink, unlike the rest of the tome."<br /><br />Weird coincidence. One of my old homebrew campaigns had a deity whose various and sundry names and sigils could only be written in shades of blue (changing the inks/dyes/paints to suit) and which stained the surfaces they were placed on the same hues over time. Made it very difficult for outsiders to read older texts devoted to the god on a blue-on-blue background, although the church knew a way to differentiate the characters by nearly-imperceptible variations in shade. God of magic, mysteries and secrets, of course. "Master of Seven Million Shades of Sky and Sea" was one of its titles.<br /><br />Two weeks to go yet. Plenty of time to get into trouble.Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.com