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A City on a Kindori

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#1
old_sage
Nov 08, 2003 9:25:43 A City on a Kindori...is it possible?.

I am considering this for a strange deviation my SJ campaign is about to make soon. What I have been thinking about is having an unusually large Kindori (maybe something like 250-300 feet in length) roaming the deep Wildspace regions of my home SJ sphere "Slaaneshspace".

It will have a city similar in composition (only much smaller) to Waterdeep or Palanthus, with all the necessary SJ docking and port facilities. Obviously there will be more to it than that, but the details I have written up so far are too long to post here just yet. Besides I'd like to know the feasibility of such an idea first.

So, any comments and/or suggestions?

Thanks in advance

;)
#2
nightdruid
Nov 08, 2003 9:44:22 300' is really too small for a city; a village, maybe. I have something like that in Songspace (sorry, never got around to detailing it) that I call the Travelling City. It was inspired by the cover of Dragon 183, which has such a city. The whale is easily several miles long and has a thriving city on its back (has four circular disticts, it looks like). It really is an impressive picture :D

Adam
#3
old_sage
Nov 08, 2003 10:01:48 Did that particular issue of Dragon contain any published details about that city?.
#4
nightdruid
Nov 08, 2003 10:40:56 As cool as that would have been, unfortunately, no. The SJ article deals with piracy and priveteering in the SJ universe. The cover is really cool though :D
#5
old_sage
Nov 09, 2003 8:54:36 Thanks anyway Nightdruid.

I've taken your suggestion under consideration. The size of my 'unique' Kindori is now roughly 2 and 1/2 miles in length. That should be enough room for a moderate-size city realm.

The rest of the creation process for this unique creature is pretty straight forward as I have a multitude of notes to sift through. However I would like some suggestions on a small issue that still needs to be addressed. Should I make the Kindori 'aware' (in the very limited sense of the word) of the city and it's inhabitants ie domesticated, or make it totally oblivious to the whole city-thing?.

Any help anyone can provide will be appreciated.

;)
#6
nightdruid
Nov 10, 2003 6:27:09 Either way has benefits and drawbacks. Non-aware beast is probably somewhat controllable via application of pain to certain areas (not advocating cruelty {but that could be another plot twist}, more like reins on a horse). The city runs somewhat like a normal city. Of course the city becomes vulnerable if there's something that spooks the great beast or it gets into a fight with something.

Aware beast allows for other sorts of benefits. Maybe its songs can heal the sick & wounded, put people into restful sleep, and otherwise act like a caring parent to its "children" (the residents of the city). Or maybe its jaded and resentful of the city, wanting to destroy it without killing itself.
#7
old_sage
Nov 11, 2003 1:16:12 Thanks Nightdruid. I have a few other questions to pose, but they first require a little background research, and my hands are full preparing for tonights DL adventure, so I try and post them tomorrow.
#8
zombiegleemax
Dec 03, 2003 15:38:12 The kindori may be aware that they are there and not domesticated as well. Basically giant barnicles for a giant kindori. Or the Kindori may be aware that the creatures live on it, but they also seem to clean out any wounds it gets and heal it so it tolerates their pressence. Again aware but not domesticated.
I like the idea that the Kindori has adopted the city dwellers as its children and sings them to sleep at night. Its seems so peaceful and happy . Obviously if this was the case the city dwellers would likely grow very attached to the Kindori, naming it, protecting it, etc.

Kindori are somewhat intelligent and display some need for social contact, the fact that they travel in pods, help clean each other, and work together to protect their young being the strongest evidence for this. The Kindori could have been kicked out of its pod for being so huge, and actually see's the cities residents as a boon, as they now clean parasites and what not from its underside. Again leading to a feeling of love and care between the residents and the kindori.

City type buildings usually require some sort of foundation or bedrock to anchor them to. Especially if they are at all large. Unless the city dwellers are planning on mining into the animal the city will have very unique architecture. Lots how free standing houses, maybe "glued" to the kindori's back like barnacles.
The barbarian tribes "use small hooks to lightly snag the thick hides of the beast" to secure buildings and weapons in normal sized Kindori. Since this one is so much vastly larger you could easily justify saying the city residents do the same but also on a larger scale. Multilevel basements and catacombs would probably be pushing it however.

Air may or may not be a concern. Normal sized Kindori have "mosses, molds other parasites" growing on there backs and sides and again since this one is so much larger it you could easily say more developed plants grow in dirt patches from decayed mosses or even somewhat into the kindori itself (though that would likely trigger an immuno response against the plants root systems.

The other option is having just a large number of potted plants, ranging from flowers all the way up to trees. It would certaintly make the city nice to look at if it was required by law to maintain at least a flower box, with tax breaks for larger plants.

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#1 old_sage Nov 08, 2003 9:25:43	A City on a Kindori...is it possible?. I am considering this for a strange deviation my SJ campaign is about to make soon. What I have been thinking about is having an unusually large Kindori (maybe something like 250-300 feet in length) roaming the deep Wildspace regions of my home SJ sphere "Slaaneshspace". It will have a city similar in composition (only much smaller) to Waterdeep or Palanthus, with all the necessary SJ docking and port facilities. Obviously there will be more to it than that, but the details I have written up so far are too long to post here just yet. Besides I'd like to know the feasibility of such an idea first. So, any comments and/or suggestions? Thanks in advance ;)
#2 nightdruid Nov 08, 2003 9:44:22	300' is really too small for a city; a village, maybe. I have something like that in Songspace (sorry, never got around to detailing it) that I call the Travelling City. It was inspired by the cover of Dragon 183, which has such a city. The whale is easily several miles long and has a thriving city on its back (has four circular disticts, it looks like). It really is an impressive picture :D Adam
#3 old_sage Nov 08, 2003 10:01:48	Did that particular issue of Dragon contain any published details about that city?.
#4 nightdruid Nov 08, 2003 10:40:56	As cool as that would have been, unfortunately, no. The SJ article deals with piracy and priveteering in the SJ universe. The cover is really cool though :D
#5 old_sage Nov 09, 2003 8:54:36	Thanks anyway Nightdruid. I've taken your suggestion under consideration. The size of my 'unique' Kindori is now roughly 2 and 1/2 miles in length. That should be enough room for a moderate-size city realm. The rest of the creation process for this unique creature is pretty straight forward as I have a multitude of notes to sift through. However I would like some suggestions on a small issue that still needs to be addressed. Should I make the Kindori 'aware' (in the very limited sense of the word) of the city and it's inhabitants ie domesticated, or make it totally oblivious to the whole city-thing?. Any help anyone can provide will be appreciated. ;)
#6 nightdruid Nov 10, 2003 6:27:09	Either way has benefits and drawbacks. Non-aware beast is probably somewhat controllable via application of pain to certain areas (not advocating cruelty {but that could be another plot twist}, more like reins on a horse). The city runs somewhat like a normal city. Of course the city becomes vulnerable if there's something that spooks the great beast or it gets into a fight with something. Aware beast allows for other sorts of benefits. Maybe its songs can heal the sick & wounded, put people into restful sleep, and otherwise act like a caring parent to its "children" (the residents of the city). Or maybe its jaded and resentful of the city, wanting to destroy it without killing itself.
#7 old_sage Nov 11, 2003 1:16:12	Thanks Nightdruid. I have a few other questions to pose, but they first require a little background research, and my hands are full preparing for tonights DL adventure, so I try and post them tomorrow.
#8 zombiegleemax Dec 03, 2003 15:38:12	The kindori may be aware that they are there and not domesticated as well. Basically giant barnicles for a giant kindori. Or the Kindori may be aware that the creatures live on it, but they also seem to clean out any wounds it gets and heal it so it tolerates their pressence. Again aware but not domesticated. I like the idea that the Kindori has adopted the city dwellers as its children and sings them to sleep at night. Its seems so peaceful and happy . Obviously if this was the case the city dwellers would likely grow very attached to the Kindori, naming it, protecting it, etc. Kindori are somewhat intelligent and display some need for social contact, the fact that they travel in pods, help clean each other, and work together to protect their young being the strongest evidence for this. The Kindori could have been kicked out of its pod for being so huge, and actually see's the cities residents as a boon, as they now clean parasites and what not from its underside. Again leading to a feeling of love and care between the residents and the kindori. City type buildings usually require some sort of foundation or bedrock to anchor them to. Especially if they are at all large. Unless the city dwellers are planning on mining into the animal the city will have very unique architecture. Lots how free standing houses, maybe "glued" to the kindori's back like barnacles. The barbarian tribes "use small hooks to lightly snag the thick hides of the beast" to secure buildings and weapons in normal sized Kindori. Since this one is so much vastly larger you could easily justify saying the city residents do the same but also on a larger scale. Multilevel basements and catacombs would probably be pushing it however. Air may or may not be a concern. Normal sized Kindori have "mosses, molds other parasites" growing on there backs and sides and again since this one is so much larger it you could easily say more developed plants grow in dirt patches from decayed mosses or even somewhat into the kindori itself (though that would likely trigger an immuno response against the plants root systems. The other option is having just a large number of potted plants, ranging from flowers all the way up to trees. It would certaintly make the city nice to look at if it was required by law to maintain at least a flower box, with tax breaks for larger plants.