Turmoil in the Golden Ring: A Slavic themed game in the cold (Full)

[Yair]

And more...

11. Any chance you have examples of a bylini of the Bogatyri?

Johnsemalk previously referred me to the tale of Ilya Muromets. See also bylines, and a bit on bogatyrs. Perhaps that helps?

 

[Yair]

I'm finding Deities to be the most confusing bit of the information released so far; for example, are Dazhdbog and Khors the same entity? What are their domains? Do these gods actually form a pantheon of some kind, or are they kind of randomly collected? Do they feature in each others' myths? What's the difference between the deities and the Bogatyri? (If you have to e-mail info, my e-mail is rycanada at yahoo dat com).

I too would find a more consolidates and complete accounting of the pantheon very useful.

And I have a question of my own, though a technical one:
why do we have two OOC threads?

 

[johnsemlak]

Wow, lot's of questions...

I'll get to them as soon as I can. Thanks for helping out, Yair.

Yeah, I understand hte deities are a bit confusing. I'll post a list of the ones in Frost and Fur, with the essential information about them.

Back shortly...

 

[johnsemlak]

3 questions for johnsemlak;

1. Any chance of us seeing a campaign area map?

I have a map and I need to scan it; I'll try to get it up tomorrow.[/quote]

2. Is it OK if I take the info you've given out in this thread and make some .rtf player handouts for quick reference?

Will do. Might have to be over the weekend, but I'll do it by then for sure.

3. How much of the Russian language are we expected to use during the campaign? Could we keep it to a single-sided page (that seems to work well with the cant in planescape games)?

None at all. A little would be helpful for flavor, of course, but it's not necessary to use Russian words at all.

I provided the glossary to 1) provide some examples of Russian cuisine, 2) Understand words for some Russian officials, and 3) perhaps understand names from their root words a little better. Forexample if you run into a monster known as a Bolotnoi, you may be able to guess what sort of creature it is.

 

[johnsemlak]

It takes a village....

Have I missed the IC thread, or am I just impatient?

TZ

Sorry, I should have made an annoucement here.

IC thread is up and running :
http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1883370#post1883370

I've tried to post all the relavent links to my sig. Remember, my sig is visable only on my first post in each page.

 

[johnsemlak]

2 more questions:

4. In combat, do we have to wait until our initiative comes around before we post?

No, that would be ideal, but it's just not realistic IME. You can post anytime after I announce the round begins.

5. When we post rolls, do you want us to post both the number rolled and result (18+7=25), or just the result (25)?

I'm easy. It would be best to post both the die roll and the modified result, but I won't make it a strict rule for now. I will assume that the final number in boldface is your final, modified result.

 

[johnsemlak]

1 more question:

6. Choldony's not very devout, but what warrior god would he most likely call his own (Cholodny's Neutral noncomittal, and identifies himself as a professional soldier)? I don't have Frost and Fur.

Perun, who is Chaotic Neutral, might be a good choice. He is widely worshipped and is a definte war god. Jarovit is another, slightly more chaotic, war god.

I'm sorry about the confusion on deities. I was a bit wary about reprinting info straight from another book.

As I said, I'll list the complete Slavic Pantheon in a bit. I'll give the essentials (Alignment, domains, and favored weapon), and write up a brief description of my own.)

 

[Ry]

Will do. Might have to be over the weekend, but I'll do it by then for sure.

Oh, actually I meant that I could put them together, and I kind of did during the day (that's why I ended up with so many questions). It's up to you, but this might save you some work:

 

[johnsemlak]

Even more questions:

No problem; Give's me a chance to boost my post count

7. If our characters are killed, do the alternate players come in, or can we make new ones?

You'll be allowed to make a new character if you want.

8. Are gnomes from the west, like dwarves, or are they from the same region?

Gnomes are, pretty much like dwarves, from the west. I'm not getting into details about how the western nations are organized. Assume that they are human dominated but with pockets of dwarves, gnomes, and elves as in most fantasy worlds.

9. What are the Kolduny? What did they do that was so evil? How do you tell if someone is a Kolduny, compared to say, just a Bard or Druid?

In game terms they are evil arcane spellcasters. I'll do a write up on them. They are closest to wizards (i.e. they use spellbooks).

10. What western neighbours were at war with the Golden Ring decades ago?

The Varangians (Vikings) are the most significant former enemy.

 

[johnsemlak]

I'm finding Deities to be the most confusing bit of the information released so far; for example, are Dazhdbog and Khors the same entity? What are their domains? Do these gods actually form a pantheon of some kind, or are they kind of randomly collected? Do they feature in each others' myths? What's the difference between the deities and the Bogatyri? (If you have to e-mail info, my e-mail is rycanada at yahoo dat com).

Dahzdbog and Khors are similar, both widely worshipped, but are different in the following:

Dahzdbog represents teh rising and setting of the sun, and its cycles. His domains are Law, luck, sun, good

Khors represents the fiery sun itself. He is a man with a dog's head as well as horns. His domains are Fire, Sun, and Good