Ducks, Dwarves and Broo
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Not sure if it was a printed scenario, or something our twisted GM at the time made up;
We were hired in Alone to to clear out a large 'gang' of Broo who had managed to herd a Brontosaurs into snake pipe hollow.
The broo had used spirits to possess and control the brontosaurs who was being used as an incubator... rather gross... the broo had impregnated it through wounds they'ld inflicted.
It took two attempts to clean up the gang and finish off/burn the host Brontosaur... scared me for life
We were hired in Alone to to clear out a large 'gang' of Broo who had managed to herd a Brontosaurs into snake pipe hollow.
The broo had used spirits to possess and control the brontosaurs who was being used as an incubator... rather gross... the broo had impregnated it through wounds they'ld inflicted.
It took two attempts to clean up the gang and finish off/burn the host Brontosaur... scared me for life
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Exubae said:Not sure if it was a printed scenario, or something our twisted GM at the time made up;
We were hired in Alone to to clear out a large 'gang' of Broo who had managed to herd a Brontosaurs into snake pipe hollow.
The broo had used spirits to possess and control the brontosaurs who was being used as an incubator... rather gross... the broo had impregnated it through wounds they'ld inflicted.
It took two attempts to clean up the gang and finish off/burn the host Brontosaur... scared me for life
Thats a good damn idea. I'll steal that for when my new campaign gets to a "boss fight" moment
One of the adventures in the old RQ Adventures fanzine (Escape from Duckland?) had an encounter with a bunch of broo, including a dinosaur broo with the chaotic feature "breathe flame".
Adventurers, meet "Broozilla"...
(The PCs actually dispatched it quite quickly thanks to lucky rolls as well as running heroically up its back and stabbing it in the eye! You got to reward cahones like that.)
Adventurers, meet "Broozilla"...
(The PCs actually dispatched it quite quickly thanks to lucky rolls as well as running heroically up its back and stabbing it in the eye! You got to reward cahones like that.)
Halfbat said:
Ugh, tell me about it.
A friend run a not-Glorantha-but-influenced-by-if RQ campaign for a decade. All the other characters died or retired after a horrible disaster, but my trickster hobbit went on to play a 7 year solo campaign in the world.
It's not easy to be a 20 kg heroquesting trickster hero (or antihero), the humans rarely take you seriously.
On one occasion his luck finally run out. He was captured, auctioned off to the one of his enemies that would pay the most... which turned out to be this semi civilized broo boss.
Next thing the character knows is that he's tied up to a table, has a leather sack over his head. There are sinister drums in the background, he realizes he's naked and then somebody ram's a hot poker up his... except it's not a poker, or course =(
Uh, then a Divine Intervention in the vein of "I don't care what it costs! I don't care what I'll owe, or if there is any soul left after this! Just get me the f*** out of here!!!!!!"
Uh... intense gaming, and definitely with a R or X rating.
So yeah... I remember me the broo. That's actually one aspect that I don't go into as a GM. At least not in such graphic detail. But when gaming between two college students, why not... Dark Fantasy doesn't get much darker than getting raped by a broo.
Here something I always wonder about. Since Male Broo can mate with anything? Can Females Broo do so?Since mating with one of her male Broo is a death sentence, do they even bother to mate at all. I know its been written that most female Broo are worshippers of Malia since Thed does not want female worshippers, So Im also wondering if Malia then infects her Female broo worshippers with some form of disease that renders them sterile, even to other Broo.Would explain why many Malia worhippers are couples loyal to each other, while in normal Broo society such couples seem never to exist.
No, a female broo can get pregnant in much the same way as anyone else. However, her offspring is a broo and gets out using broobirth, chewing its way out of her stomach.
So, female broos try and avoid rumpy-pumpy where possible.
There's an example in Dorastor or Lords of Terror where Ralzakark's Daughter is a female broo who runs away to avoid such a fate.
I reckon that being sterile isn't much of a hindrance when mated with a male broo. If they can breed with other males, which they can, then a sterile female poses no problem at all.
The moral is: Don't sleep with Broo.
So, female broos try and avoid rumpy-pumpy where possible.
There's an example in Dorastor or Lords of Terror where Ralzakark's Daughter is a female broo who runs away to avoid such a fate.
I reckon that being sterile isn't much of a hindrance when mated with a male broo. If they can breed with other males, which they can, then a sterile female poses no problem at all.
The moral is: Don't sleep with Broo.
TRose said:
Um... no? Broo mature very, very, VERY rapidly from a larval form over the course of a very few years. These are often found in the wild as the 'father' tends to sow his seed widly and many of the host-mothers are wild beasts such as sheep, goats, deer, or cattle. That said, its not uncommon for Broo to keep herds for breeding purposes. There's a fair bit written on Broo and their lifecycle in quite a few places if you are of a mind to look at it.
On the whole, Broo are unpleasant, even unto themselves.
Jeff
TRose said:
I don't like the "female broo die in broobirth" angle of later material. That's just stoopid. I'd say broo can mate quite normally, male to female, and that those broo are pretty pure looking, powerful goatmen types.
A female broo can also mate with any male creature that it can get to fertilize itself. I'd say that these creatures secrete a very powerful pheromone that makes almost any male perform, even if it has to be tied up or othervice subdued first.
Gender equality for the broo!
soltakss said:
"Daughter" of Ralzakark is a male broo actually. A male broo buggered by another male could indeed have to undergo broobirth. I'd say it usually doesn't happen though, and they can bugger each other quite safely (for social order, like a pecking order among chickens, except with a few letters changed).
Still, if a male broo gives birth to broo, he's a goner. A female can breed normally. That's the older version I like.
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