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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sanglorian" data-source="post: 6215782" data-attributes="member: 83822">Three subhexes for Jahur.The Man Whose Shadow is a TigerInspiration: The Book of Tigers, Arnold K (Goblin Punch): <a href="http://goblinpunch.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/inventing-tiger.html" target="_blank">http://goblinpunch.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/inventing-tiger.html</a>A few hunters make names for themselves by hunting big game beyond the World’s Edge. Though giant serpents, hearth beasts and displacer leopards are fearsome foes, the most respected quarry is the King of Cats, the tiger.So unnatural is it for a tiger to be prey and not predator that the tiger lays a curse upon the one who slays it.Which curse depends on the breed of tiger. The white tigers of the Imperium - with stripes of red that darken after their first taste of sentient flesh - lay the curse of ash so that all food that their slayer eats has the consistency and taste of ash. The black tigers that were found stalking the ruins of Bergolast - perhaps escapees from an ill-fated menagerie - curse their killers to speak only in a voice just quiet enough that their words cannot be made out.I could tell you of the stripeless tigers of Zhuriman or the three-headed tigers of Serpantia. In the Devil’s Fingers, lion prides make war with a green-furred, grizzled tiger. Some say even the humble Gorean Grey lays a curse upon its death.But rarest of all are the orange-red tigers with black stripes. When a person slays one of these tigers, their shadow disappears. Over the next week, their shadow - in the form of a dark tiger - stalks them. Some time on the eighth day, it attacks. Either the hunter slays the shadow or the shadow the hunter.The shadow leaves footprints on the world. After a hunter kills a tiger, he might dull his fear at a tavern only to find a pawprint birthmark on the tavernkeeper’s face. If he cuts his hand on glass, the blood will drip in stripes down his hand. The wind roars in the trees, where once it rustled. His doom approaches.A man, haggard and worn, arrived at The Gushing Ruby last night. He has a tiger skin - yet to be cured - rolled up beside him. He casts no shadow.Hooks<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What happens if a hunter successfully slays his or her shadow?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What if someone else slays the shadow?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Do Gorean Greys have a death curse?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tell me more about these other breeds of tiger.</li> </ul>The Lampbearing OctoidAn octoid will approach strangers and then lead them on a path through Jahur. The path is never to their intended destination, but the octoid always leads people to a serendipitous meeting, usually in a part of town that they’ve never visited. Perhaps they meet a former lover by the quayside or a man idle comes across a party reading themselves for adventure.The octoid takes advantage of the lucky encounter to scurry off, its lamp trailing in one tentacle behind it.Hooks<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What are the octoid’s motives?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">How does it know to arrange these encounters?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Who owes their marriage to the octoid’s guidance?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Is there a reliable way of finding or summoning the octoid?</li> </ul>The Varao of the HalflingsInspiration: The rontay of the Afners, Arnold K (Goblin Punch): <a href="http://goblinpunch.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/i-killed-all-humans.html" target="_blank">http://goblinpunch.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/i-killed-all-humans.html</a>Perhaps to compensate for their small stature, many halflings - particularly males - ascribe to varao, a loosely defined code of machismo. Halflings project an air of confidence and opinion and refuse to submit to big ‘uns.At its best, varao inspires its practitioners to protect the vulnerable, keep their word and refuse cowardly compromise. At its worst, it leads to belligerence, sexism and stubbornness.Valderama Bolger has claimed publicly to be the living embodiment of varao in the Shrouded Lands. He is spending some time in The Gushing Ruby, hoping to form an enterprise that could retake Hurlstone Hill (08.12) for the halfling race.Hooks<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When Valderama describes himself as the living embodiment of varao, he’s talking metaphorically - right?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Who would join Valderama on this quest?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What do halfling women think of varao?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What would be done with Hurlstone Hill if it were retaken?</li> </ul></blockquote>

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