Re: You know you're a Spelljammer nerd when...

How do you get Klingons not being lawful? While I'll grant you that  
the range of Klingon alignment tendencies probably follows the  
variety that humans show, at its core the Klingon warrior ideal is a  
lawful one, no?

But the main point is Giff are not Klingons by any stretch. Where I  
would color it differently... Klingons live by a warrior's code. Giff  
live by a soldier's code. They're two very different things, though  
they may have some superficial similarities. Also, I would hasten to  
add that the Giff have a characteristic bizarre fascination with  
things that go "boom." And finally, the entire Giff race is  
mercenary. Whereas the Klingons are the imperialist foils, the Giff  
are never out advancing their own interests.

If any race in SJ is in danger of cheesy Star Trek parallelism --  
specifically with the Klingons -- it's the Scro.


On Jul 31, 2007, at 7:09 AM, Bill Olander wrote:

> See, I never got a Klingon vibe off of the Giff. Yes they like  
> violence..
> but there's a different sort of violence to the Giff. In straight D&D
> terms.. Giff are Lawful.. Klingons are not.
>
> On 7/31/07, Nils Jeppe <nils@???????????.de> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007, Steven wrote:
>>
>>> Giff are nicely defined: they are professional soldiers, they like
>>
>> [...]
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>> Happy Hippo Klingons.
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