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Post by bravewolf on Jan 18, 2019 20:16:45 GMT -5
Hargrave used an 11-point alignment system in the classic Arduin Grimoires and the Compleat Arduin. I don't recall any mention of alignment languages in AGI-VI or Compleat Arduin. Did Hargrave use them in either his high entropy (original) or low entropy (second, b. 1980) campaigns?
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Post by The Archivist on Jan 19, 2019 11:55:01 GMT -5
That is a good question, have you asked it on the MeWe group too?
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Post by bravewolf on Jan 19, 2019 12:58:38 GMT -5
That is a good question, have you asked it on the MeWe group too? Thanks. No, I didn't post it at the MeWe group cos I haven't joined MeWe yet. Shame on me! I did get an answer on Google+, however, and will paste it in here in a bit. To my mind, the answer raises more questions! Yes! |
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Post by bravewolf on Jan 19, 2019 13:09:00 GMT -5
On G+, Matrox Lusch wrote:
think so, in my 5th ed. conversion of "Caliban" I came across a sword named "Valiant Fire" that speaks neutral and Dwarvish; a sword "KELWON" that can speak chaotic, Arduinian, low demonish, Balrog and the language of the Centaurs; a sword named "Adona" that can speak High and Low Elvish, Centaur, Law, Faerie and Arduinian; and a sword named "Sotar" that speaks Law, Chaotic and Neutral as well as Arduinian.
So it appears at the time of "Caliban" (1979) there were at least alignment tongues for Law, Chaotic, and Neutral.
End quote. The question this raises for me is, "How far did Hargrave take alignment tongues?" When Caliban was published about 1979, I am confident that Hargrave had already expanded the alignment system to 11 nodes. Are the three alignment tongues mentioned in Caliban vestiges of the OD&D 3-node alignment spectrum or something else? I'll have to dive back into the Arduin books to see. Shucks! ;-)
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