Hi Hi all
I was wondering about the Clay men of fallen london.
How important to there survival are the internals of the clay man. Would some one be able to hollow one out and have it still act and move as it should do you think? to smuggle in tea, jewels, honey, or what not.
myself though I would find more interesting uses for modified clay men
For instance would say a clan of Bandit Ratus Faber be able to aquire one, and burrow into the chest making a mobile living hideout. Perhaps even plating the out sides with iron and mounting pistols on carraiges like a ships guns to fire from its chest like a broad side.
Or would it have to be something built onto the Clay man. have him walk stooped over, knuckle walking like a gorrilla. Built on and of his hunched clay back is a fortress. Built of clay brick and mortar. the defensive walls raised a full 4 feet higher then the mans back. Walking the battlements are rats in tabards and leather caps with long rifles. there are also spaces in the fortress wall where cannon barrels can be seen protruding. And from a central tower flies a single flag its heraldic symbols proclaiming to all that this is the sovereign nation of the rat king of london. The small wandering city state inside the great city. the Hunched clay man carries his burden stoically as the towers and minarets of the castle that spread across his back rock gently with each slow step
edited by TheGayHare on 3/12/2015
How versed are you in the goings on of Polythreme and The King of A Hundred Hearts?
This question is an interesting one but answering it provides many, many spoilers.
[quote=Nigel Overstreet]How versed are you in the goings on of Polythreme and The King of A Hundred Hearts?
This question is an interesting one but answering it provides many, many spoilers.[/quote]
I will admit not yet that familer with polythreme or the king. I have visited the island nation in sunless sea, but have not met with the king. and my interactions in fallen london are limited at best since I’ve only just started playing.
[quote=TheGayHare]Hi Hi all
I was wondering about the Clay men of fallen london.
How important to there survival are the internals of the clay man. Would some one be able to hollow one out and have it still act and move as it should do you think? to smuggle in tea, jewels, honey, or what not.
myself though I would find more interesting uses for modified clay men
For instance would say a clan of Bandit Ratus Faber be able to aquire one, and burrow into the chest making a mobile living hideout. Perhaps even plating the out sides with iron and mounting pistols on carraiges like a ships guns to fire from its chest like a broad side.
Or would it have to be something built onto the Clay man. have him walk stooped over, knuckle walking like a gorrilla. Built on and of his hunched clay back is a fortress. Built of clay brick and mortar. the defensive walls raised a full 4 feet higher then the mans back. Walking the battlements are rats in tabards and leather caps with long rifles. there are also spaces in the fortress wall where cannon barrels can be seen protruding. And from a central tower flies a single flag its heraldic symbols proclaiming to all that this is the sovereign nation of the rat king of london. The small wandering city state inside the great city. the Hunched clay man carries his burden stoically as the towers and minarets of the castle that spread across his back rock gently with each slow step
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I like the way you think.
Then I assure you that, once you travel to Polythreme, all these mysteries and more will be revealed.
More or less. The nature of Clay Men is spelled out pretty well there. You’ll see. It’s pretty cool.
From memory, there’s at least one storylet where substances are hidden inside a Clay Man. On the other hand, there’s at least one storylet where holes knocked in a Clay Man are treated as injuries, and have to be treated (delicately!) with fresh clay. What I’m taking away from that is that it is possible to take advantage of Clay Men’s composition in this way, at least to a certain degree, it’s not necessarily something that they’re going to be comfortable about - it’s rather a cruel thing to do, really, and probably won’t be tolerated in the long-term.
(You know, the working of clay is far from the only method of resculpting living creatures in the Neath, and, well, these things very rarely work out well in the long-term. It’s too easy to make mistakes; one has to apply a very gentle touch indeed. And, even then, there’s many who’ll regard it as a heresy, or at the very least a liberty.)