Quote from: Baron;946714I have another question for Lord Chirine or the Glorious General. I have a new player who wants to be a tomb-robbing thief with acrobatic skills. He wanted his character to have trained a small semi-intelligent animal, something like a counterpart to a monkey, that helps him in his work. Something that would fit into an Aladdin / Thief of Baghdad vibe. What would be a good Tekumel counterpart to a little dexterous trainable monkey?

I know that there are 'monkeys', and i'll look it it for you. Lots of 'minor' creatures are not 'in the book', so i'll have to do a little digging for you.

One could always get a 'comic sidekick', ala the movies...

Quote from: Baron;946715I was thinking possibly a Kuruku, if they could be trained properly?

Yes. be fun to try it, I think...

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;946731Good choice, but I'd make the training happen in-game.  It's funnier that way.

This. I'd pay good money to watch this...

Quote from: chirine ba kal;946743This. I'd pay good money to watch this...

"Okay, it swallowed the Eye and scampered off.  When you catch it will you kill it and cut it open and waste all the training  you've already spent, or will you wait and hope it didn't disgorge the Eye and try to train it better?  Also, it shit on your second wife's sleeping mat."

Quote from: chirine ba kal;946735Alva is a he. No problem; he's just happy to see somebody using the data!

Oops.
The database provided four more Vriddi lineages and some great NPCs, including some of Phil's from his game I would guess (2354 AS).

Shemek

Quote from: Hrugga;946688Thank you

H:0)

Your welcome!

Chirine,

If a noble is traveling with his retinue on the Sakbe Road, would his entire party travel on the second tier, or would he and the others of "worth" travel there, and the slaves, guards, cooks, etc, travel on the bottom level.

Shemek

Quote from: chirine ba kal;946741Yes. be fun to try it, I think...

I think Greentonge had an incident with the "Small Giggler" in one of his online games... Mayhem ensues, as you are so fond of saying!!!

H;0)

Quote from: chirine ba kal;946739I heard about it after the fact from several people, who know I knew Phil pretty well, and wanted my take on the old codger's real attitude. I was very glad that I wasn't there; I have no tolerance for that kind of thing, and I would not have reacted very well at all.

Agreed.

Oh, that explains your patience, then. Well, Uncle, we have told you in this thread that you have the patience of saints, so it was an understandable mistake!
(Also, not cool, and headdesking).

At least, I'm glad you managed to calm your BP, and didn't have to do something entirely understandable;).

Quote from: chirine ba kal;946740I know that there are 'monkeys', and i'll look it it for you. Lots of 'minor' creatures are not 'in the book', so i'll have to do a little digging for you.

One could always get a 'comic sidekick', ala the movies...

Quote from: chirine ba kal;946743This. I'd pay good money to watch this...

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;946749"Okay, it swallowed the Eye and scampered off.  When you catch it will you kill it and cut it open and waste all the training  you've already spent, or will you wait and hope it didn't disgorge the Eye and try to train it better?  Also, it shit on your second wife's sleeping mat."

Somehow, that reminds me of something I've seen on the screen...
(And it shitting on your second wife's mat means mayhem would ensue, no matter what:D!)

Quote from: Shemek hiTankolel;946760Chirine,

If a noble is traveling with his retinue on the Sakbe Road, would his entire party travel on the second tier, or would he and the others of "worth" travel there, and the slaves, guards, cooks, etc, travel on the bottom level.

Shemek

It varies, with the size of the traveling procession and the status of the traveller. A small palanquin, or somebody on foot, would be on the second layer while their mob scene of baggage, bearers, etc., were all on the bottom layer. A large palanquin, and a larger party, will usually be on the bottom layer as they simply won't fit on the middle layer. I, for example, despite being a relatively high official, went on the bottom tier as I had a pretty large baggage train that I wanted to keep an eye on. This did cause some scandalized comment, especially as I didn't have a palanquin; I couldn't afford one, at that point, and anyway I wanted to be a lot more comfortable then ostentatious - or obvious, for that matter. A few 'inducements' to various people, and we had a very nice quiet trip. By my standards, anyway...

Quote from: AsenRG;946799Oh, that explains your patience, then. Well, Uncle, we have told you in this thread that you have the patience of saints, so it was an understandable mistake!
(Also, not cool, and headdesking).

At least, I'm glad you managed to calm your BP, and didn't have to do something entirely understandable;).

Well, this isn't my party; this event / track is run by Brett Slocum, and he maintains a very strong position of keeping things civilized and polite. I am not going to slaughter anybody in his clanhouse, as it were, and ruin his party. So, I kept my mouth shut, and moved on.

Quote from: chirine ba kal;946915Well, this isn't my party; this event / track is run by Brett Slocum, and he maintains a very strong position of keeping things civilized and polite. I am not going to slaughter anybody in his clanhouse, as it were, and ruin his party. So, I kept my mouth shut, and moved on.

That's good advice for Tekumel as well!

Quote from: AsenRG;946970That's good advice for Tekumel as well!

Agreed; as Gronan has commented, courtesy is not dead.

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Hello All,

I just happened to come across this sea creature...It could make a "horrible" Saturday Night Special!!!


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iFC1a3GPAFc

I'm sure they could even have some they have some semi-aquatic cousins somewhere...Hopefully they are not related to the Nyaggá!!!

Enjoy,

H:0)

PS Great name...Anything similar on Tekumel Uncle?

Sigh.

I don't need a three foot long model of the original Starship Enterprise.
I don't have a place to STORE a three foot long model of the original Starshp Enterprise.
BUT I WANT A THREE FOOT LONG MODEL OF THE ORIGINAL STARSHIP ENTERPRISE!!!

https://www.amazon.com/u-s-s-enterprise-ncc-1701-plastic-assembly/dp/B004C5GWEW