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 Mar 16 2004, 08:52 AM
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Has there been any concrete information published about the ghoul nation in Africa other than throwaway lines here and there?
Also is there any real concrete information on Amazonia? I have most of the books but it has been years since I read them and am slowly working my way back through them. |
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Mar 16 2004, 09:06 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,311 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Calgary, Alberta Member No.: 2,062 |
Regarding the ghoul nation (not going to try and spell it without looking it up), not really. It seems most of the ghouls are Samba-something or other, not the kind we're used to, and I think I read somewhere that they had a queen in charge. That's about it. |
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Mar 16 2004, 09:22 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 402 Joined: 23-April 03 From: London, UK Member No.: 4,491 |
They really should make a Africa book.
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Mar 16 2004, 11:01 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 777 Joined: 18-February 03 Member No.: 4,110 |
"We are... we are... the Ghouls of the Nation! We are... we are.."
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Mar 16 2004, 11:06 AM
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Harlequin Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 331 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 861 |
Check Cyberpirates page 110.
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Mar 16 2004, 03:38 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 402 Joined: 23-April 03 From: London, UK Member No.: 4,491 |
Don't have CP. Anyone else know anything about Asamondo?
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Mar 16 2004, 07:48 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lisbon, Cidade do Pecado Member No.: 185 |
As has been said before the Asamondo ghoul nation gets a writeup in Cyberpirates (which in fact covers the Gold and Ivory Coast of Africa pretty well) and some brief additional material in the adventure pack Predator and Prey.
Regarding Amazonia, the only detailed material so far has been in Dragons of the Sixth World (Hualpa), Sprawl Survival Guide (It's a Small World) and a bit about the Rio end of the Metropole sprawl in SOTA63. |
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Mar 16 2004, 08:03 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
<cough> Original Harlequin Campaign! </cough>
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Mar 16 2004, 08:19 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lisbon, Cidade do Pecado Member No.: 185 |
That has about as much as the chapter in Survival of the Fittest which doesn't really add very much except a lot of jungle.
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Mar 16 2004, 08:29 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
Yaar. But you have to start somewhere. :spin:
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Mar 16 2004, 08:29 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 42 Joined: 26-February 02 From: BC Member No.: 1,677 |
p. 67, SOTA 2063, Battlefields, Africa.
Brief mention of Asamondo as a merc hot spot regarding the smuggling of metahuman bodies into the nation and possible shedim problems. |
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Mar 17 2004, 12:08 AM
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King of the Hobos Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,117 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 127 |
There's also a little adventure set in Amazonia IIRC in Predator and Prey. Although from what I remember it doesn't really add much information and was a bit rail-roading. All of this is from memory from a few years back though. |
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Mar 17 2004, 12:14 AM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
YotC mentions Asamondo in that it had natural orichalcum deposits.
Also, from Cyberpirates, we know it is ruled by a Queen, though her power doesn't seem to extend very far. Ghouls are ghouls after all. The Sasobosam ghouls have longer-arms and higher intelligence. The queen is said to both care for her people and have a very high charisma. |
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Mar 17 2004, 12:38 AM
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King of the Hobos Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,117 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 127 |
Well, care is a bit of a stretch. She does practice mass Eugenics so as to provide a 'respectable' face to the outside world. Although I suppose she could try and argue that she's just trying to raise ghouls standing in the world.
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Mar 17 2004, 01:04 AM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
Or trying to create a viable nation. A country full of cannibals with no self control wouldn't last long anyway. She's just taking care or the criminals ;)
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Mar 17 2004, 06:11 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
seems like i remember there being two ghoul nations in Africa. maybe i'm just smokin' teh craxk, though. hafta look that up tonight.
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Mar 17 2004, 08:53 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 714 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .nl Member No.: 116 |
Am I the only one who thinks that a "ghoul nation" is a little...dumb. Am I the only one who hates the fuck out of HMHVV?
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Mar 17 2004, 09:14 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lisbon, Cidade do Pecado Member No.: 185 |
Only about as much as three elven nations or Yakut. |
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Mar 17 2004, 09:31 AM
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King of the Hobos Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,117 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 127 |
Okay, I'll bite. What do you dislike so about HMHVV? *Braces for another Shoe Endorsement rant* :) |
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Mar 17 2004, 09:36 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 41 Joined: 23-February 04 From: Michigan Member No.: 6,098 |
I think HMHVV has its place, but I'll concede I do it differently in my own game.
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Mar 17 2004, 09:39 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 665 Joined: 20-November 03 Member No.: 5,834 |
A ghoul nation is stupid only in the sense that ghouls must eat metahuman flesh. That would not only hurt their tourism industry but they would somehow have to import corpses by the thousands, which would be a serious problem given most people's attitudes toward Ghouls and cannibalism in general. Ghouls need to be on the fringe of metahuman societies to get that food, a ghoul nation makes as much sense as a habitat populated entirely by carnivores.
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Mar 17 2004, 10:09 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 402 Joined: 23-April 03 From: London, UK Member No.: 4,491 |
Difference being, carnivores can eat each other's flesh.
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Mar 17 2004, 11:00 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 665 Joined: 20-November 03 Member No.: 5,834 |
Theoretically yes, but without a steady influx of new flesh from Herbivores the ecosystem will only last a couple of days before you run out of carnivores. |
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Mar 17 2004, 11:04 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,129 Joined: 11-June 03 From: Tir Tairngire Member No.: 4,712 |
Well, how big is the ghoul nation supposed to be? If its a small community, that doesn't sound unreasonable. I mean, does "ghoul nation" actually refer to a sizable nation?
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Mar 17 2004, 12:01 PM
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Canon Companion Group: Members Posts: 8,021 Joined: 2-March 03 From: The Morgue, Singapore LTG Member No.: 4,187 |
Vat cloned metahuman flesh. Remember, unlike vampires, ghous do not need to eat actual people. They just need "metahuman flesh". |
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