Thread "The Golta" in forum "Harkovast- the forum "

Posted at 1:12PM, Dec. 16, 2010

i suppose if mind mages took someone and created various split personnalities would have the magical attunement naturally default to the persons original race driving his split personas into further madnesss. correct?

Posted at 2:12PM, Dec. 16, 2010

Wow, that is such a strange situation I'm even sure what would happen!
Presumably clones would have the same magic as the creature they were based on (though perhaps they could be attune to their creator? Who knows?)

Posted at 4:12PM, Dec. 17, 2010

clones? no, i was talking about split personalities, like the green goblin in the spiderman movie, normal(ish) one way, psyco the other. would a split personality of a darsai be given to a tsung-dao, allowing a switch between the magical abilities of one to another?
as for clones, it would depend on if the clone has the same memories and mentality of the cloned person. if it was empty, then one could fill it with any ideas they wanted, if they possessed the potential.

Posted at 4:12PM, Dec. 17, 2010

Split personalities with different magics?
Okay we have hit the limit of what even I know about Harkovast at this point!
I got nothing!
What ever you think would happen….sure, that happens! why not?

Posted at 7:12PM, Dec. 17, 2010

Although I doubt it would work (because of the whole "must adopt the culture to use the magic" thing) imagine if someone stitched together a creature from spare parts from various races; like some ultimate magic user made out of rotting meat!

The only thing worse than a misshapen zombie is a misshapen zombie that can throw fireballs and teleport.

Posted at 11:12AM, Dec. 18, 2010

Magic in Harkovast is not like the Force in Star Wars, you cant give it to people with a blood transfusion.

Unless the frankenstiens monsters creation retained some part of the souls of those that made it up…

Posted at 3:12PM, Dec. 18, 2010

wait, wait… you hit your limit? you have given up control of what could happen to me?…>:D

everytime a split personality uses magic, everyone dances in a pokerface music video with Chen-Chen as lady gaga.

best… magic… eva! who could stand strong against such a force?

Posted at 3:12PM, Dec. 18, 2010

and so, it is written…

Posted at 4:12PM, Dec. 18, 2010

I wonder if anyone will take up the challenge and make a harkovast slide show/ animation to the pokerface song?

Posted at 4:01PM, Jan. 4, 2011

only if you pay them hark, only if you pay them.

Posted at 6:01AM, Jan. 6, 2011

Yet another thing to buy using the profits I made from Harkovast- The musical (which is going to take the west end by storm, believe me!)

Posted at 4:07PM, Jul. 18, 2011

I'm not sure if I asked this before, but under what circumstances would foreigners be allowed to enter Golta territory? Would it be unheard of for merchants or other civilians to enter, or less likely, envoys from other nations?
If they did I can image they would receive an escort to keep them from undermining the Golta nation, but how likely would it be for a Golta to start something with the visitors (requiring the escort to protect them instead)?
Let's say that someone was able to sneak onto the peninsula past the patrols, if they were found behind their lines how could they expect to be treated (I'm seeing a line of riflemen in their near future, but would they be tried in a court, would they be tortured to uncover other enemy spies)?
What if some poor bastard had the misfortune of accidently crossing the boarder without meeting any patrols and was later caught, what could he expect from his captors?

Posted at 5:07PM, Jul. 18, 2011

Golta do allow merchants and traders into their territory, though they need proper paper work to show they are allowed to be there.
Diplomats are also allowed, though the Golta always aimto stay neutral in foriegn disputes.
If someone was found to be in the country without proper paper work they would be taken into custody for questioning.
The Golta are not especially blood thirsty, so the person could expect due process.
The person would be suspected of spying or sabotage, and would be questioned heavily to determine what they were up to.
If they had a legitimate reason to be there they might be granted the paper work to stay, in most cases they would simply be deported, either sent back to their own nation or simply taken to the edge of Golta territory with their belongings and left.
Only if someone was proven to be spying or working against the Golta Nation (or were a repeat offender) would they face inprisonment or execution.
The Golta are a pretty law abiding bunch, so most hostility to foriegners would be more in the form of dirty looks and avoiding their company, rather than out right hostility. Even so, a foriegn visitor would be well advised to keep out of trouble as the Golta would come down very hard on any bad behaviour or rudeness from an outsider!

Posted at 5:07PM, Jul. 23, 2011

How about crime levels in the Golta nation? The same time period that their culture is inspired by was also a time of highwaymen most notable in Britain, but also in the United States.
Golta bandits would be made more effective by their access to firearms, but within the Golta nation their victims would also be armed. Assuming that highway robbery does take place, how widespread would marauding gangs and individual bandits be?
Outside of Golta boarders are Golta bandits an issue? Do Golta brigands exist? Do they travel in groups, as individuals, or will they join up with other bandits from other races for gain (would they take interst in leading such gangs of Tolpish)?
I can imagine in times of unrest and war that Golta mercenary groups would be more common as they travel to find work with different armies, but do they cause any trouble (soldiers under the influence of booze can be an unpredictable and hazardous lot)?
Have their been any uprisings in the Golta nation, and if there have, what would they want to achieve and how effective were they?