[Glorantha] The Uz

[Anders]

Glorantha is one of the truly ancient RPG worlds - in fact, the original inspiration was received in 1966, well before RPGs existed. It has always fascinated me, even though I have never played in it. And it seems like a good place to have a DF campaign - although it could easily be played as a more traditional fantasy campaign as well.

The houserules I would use for such a campaign can be found at Pee Kitty's homepage.
More information on Glorantha can be found here, and the wiki can be found here.

Everyone is invited to participate of course - that's one of the main reasons to post at a public forum - but be careful not to post any copyrighted material. I will post my interpretations of th source material, YMMV.


Now, my favorite race was always the trolls (Uz). They are smart, they are deadly, and they can literally chew through rock. Information about this can be found here. And the trolls' troll is a the Uzuz, or the Mistress Trolls. They are no longer born, but since they live forever there are still a few around. Very few. The recent appearance of two Uzuz at Dragon Pass was universally regarded as a major event.

Mistress trolls are tough, intelligent, and potentially magically powerful. They are blind, but their sonar allows them to find their way in the caves.

Attributes: ST +6 (Size Modifier -10%) [54]; IQ +1 [20]; HT +2 [20]
Secondary Characteristics: Basic Speed +0.50 [10]; Will +2 [10]; Perception +2 [10]; Size Modifier +1 [0]
Racial Advantages: Biting Strength 4 (Size Modifier -10%) [4]; Damage Resistance 2 [10]; Darksense [25]; Discriminatory Hearing [15]; Doesn't Eat (needs to eat something -10%) [9]; Magery 0 [5]; Medium [10]; Perk: Can distinguish between light and darkness [1]; Rapid Healing [5]; Resistant (Chaos; +3) [5]; Social Regard (Feared) 2 [10]; Teeth, Sharp (AD (3) +100%) [2]; Unaging [5]. Extremely ancient specimens have Injury Tolerance (Unbreakable Bones) [10]
Racial Disadvantages: Bad Temper (15) [-5]; Blindness [-50]; Guilt Complex [-5]; Intolerance (non-Uz) [-10]; Overconfidence (12) [-5]; Sense of Duty (Uz races) [-15]; Vulnerability (Iron, rare, x3) [-15]
Price: 125 points

Biting Strength and Sharp Teeth (Armor Divisor 3) are for chewing through rock, although they're an excellent weapon in close quarters as well. Magery 0 lets them learn RPM; Medium allows them to learn Shamanic magic (a list of spells); extremely ancient uzuz have bones of stone - that's the Injury Tolerance (Unbreakable Bones).

A problem - I have used Scanning Sense (Sonar) to mimic the primary Uzuz sense, Darksense. But how much should Darksense as given by that link cost?

Edit: edited to add Darksense and Vulnerability to Iron.