Skip to content
The Well of Daliath
Menu
Menu

Boats in Pavis

Submitted by David on Sun, 15/04/2012 – 12:11

Can you tell me what construction method is used to build the duck patrol boat in Pavis? Is it newtling reed style or an imported duck style?

Duck Patrol Boats

Submitted by sauron9999 on Mon, 16/04/2012 – 09:53.

Quack

You’ve seen Apocolyse Now!

Duck Patrol Boats

Submitted by Rick on Mon, 16/04/2012 – 10:08.

Yes, I’ve seen that movie (especially the Redux version) and the image that leaps to mind for these Patrol boats is similar to the one in that movie. They move fast enough that you could waterski behind them, provided you have the appropriate skills and soundtrack. One of the ducks on the crew is nicknamed “chef”. He’s from the southern part of the river, and fancies mangos…

Duck Patrol Boats

Submitted by sauron9999 on Mon, 16/04/2012 – 10:24.

Teah, I see them checking out a newtling Sampan and committing an atrocity

Boats in Pavis

Submitted by Jeff on Sun, 15/04/2012 – 12:13.

Hah! I am unaware of such a duck patrol – at least since the Lunar Occupation. YGWV, of course.

Ask a silly question, get a non-answer. 😀

Editor-in-Chief, Moon Design Publications

Page 197, last item.

Submitted by David on Sun, 15/04/2012 – 16:27.

Page 197, last item. My players may want to buy it, so I’d like some details.

—–

David Scott

Duck Patrol Boats

Submitted by Jeff on Mon, 16/04/2012 – 00:35.

My bad! I read your question as though it were referring to a Duck Patrol boat. Instead you are asking about duck patrol boats – boats used by ducks to zip around the RoC! Here you are:
Duck Boats

Most duck boats are tightly woven reed vessels that the duck traditionally swam alongside. Cargo and supplies are placed in waterproof leather and reed containers and lashed to the boat. Larger cargos and human passengers are piled high onto reed rafts, with no apparent distinction made between cargo and passenger. The boatman poles the raft in sluggish water, or swims alongside it to navigate it. Ducks join and leave the raft seemingly at random.

Editor-in-Chief, Moon Design Publications

Duck Patrol!

Submitted by Stewart Stansfield on Mon, 16/04/2012 – 04:26.

Heh! Having read the encounter on page 107 (“As Lunar river traffic increased, the Empire began a new crack-down on such pests [i.e. duck bandits].”) first, I initially read it as ‘Duck Patrol boat’ rather than ‘duck patrol boat’, too.

I thus imagined it was a special unit set up–and personally recruited–by Sor-Eel’s missus.

The question of how you could tailor a boat and its crew to combat waterbourne bandits is an interesting one.

Armed and armoured undersides? Anti-boarding measures? Lots of interesting spell matrices and/or bound spirits (in RQ terms)? Nets? Duck-catcher polearms/sideboards with Glue on them? Priests to cast Float magic so the ducks can’t dive out of sight? Or to cast Fanaticism (!) so they don’t cowardly paddle away? Second members of the unit to Zola Fel cults to learn River Eyes magic?

Duck Patrol Boat

Submitted by Rick on Mon, 16/04/2012 – 09:27.

As the person who added the item to the price list, please allow me to elaborate. A “duck patrol boat” as found on the transportation price list on page 197 of the Pavis book is a rare sight to behold. There are actually at least two of these on the River of Cradles. The clan of ducks that crew these swift and stealthy craft worship both Zola Fel and the River Horse spirit. Each vessel has an undine wyter bound to it, both for protection and propuslion. These sleek hulled reed boats can only carry a limited number of (about 4-6 human sized) passengers or an equivalent amount of cargo. The captains of these craft are masters of movement on the water and prefer to avoid any and all Imperial entanglements. Visually, the boats do not look like much, although that is partially intentional. Even so, their speed is legend. One of their captains was overheard bragging to a potential customer that with his craft you could eat breakfast at the Leaping Place and supper at Corflu.

Related Pages

  • A Question About Arkati Henotheism and Arkat’s Runes (2013)
  • Additional Examples of Charms, Spells, and Natural Magic/Talents
  • Arkat and Grachamagacan (2012)
  • Artwork for end of Starbrows Rebellion
  • Can the Devil be worshipped like any other God? (2012)
  • Chalana Arroy and myths concerning her
  • Circumventing Lunar Cyclism
  • Confusion on women in the Cult of Yelmalio (2012)
  • Conversion rules from previous Runequests to Runequest 6: a possibility?
  • Crimson Bat’s Glowspot
  • Cult Colours
  • Do Mostali heroquest? (2012)
  • Doom Guardians
  • Duck Bounty
  • Eleven big giant mountains and stuff….
  • Employment in Pavis
  • Feast of Beasts – day of week?
  • Female Slorifings
  • Foundchild a few questions
  • Fourth Figure in the Middle Air on the Guide to Glorantha cover
  • Frekor Firmfarer
  • Gen Con 2013?
  • Generic term for elves, dwarfs, trolls, etc.
  • Getting new runes
  • Giants
  • Guide to Glorantha-any updates?
  • Guidelines for creating spells for RQ6 (2013)
  • Has the product production list evolved?
  • I want to see the Godswall at leisure
  • Lake Felster
  • Larnste’s Footprint
  • Lhankor Mhy Runes
  • Lodril Writeup?
  • Lunar Grimoires (2012)
  • Lunar Imperial Clans – the Sixth Wane
  • Magnetism, and magnetic north (2013)
  • Male Chalana Arroy?
  • Malkioni views on marriage, miscegenation, and adultery
  • Man Rune
  • Maniria
  • MiG III (2012)
  • Monks
  • No Dragonewts in Pamaltela
  • Orlanthi Worship in the Lunar Empire
  • Phases of the moon / EWF
  • Plans to run kickstarters for future books?
  • Plant Brothers
  • Pool of serenity (2012)
  • Population of Darjinn
  • Ragnaglar, some questions (2012)
  • Red Moon again– Distance
  • Rune colors
  • Rune Fonts (2012)
  • Sartar: Kingdom of Heroes Adulthood Initiations
  • Seseine? (2012)
  • So how do we play Illumination ?
  • Soldiers of the Red Moon / Rune Metal Jacket
  • Storm Bull Temples (2012)
  • summer night length
  • Tell me about the Ratuki
  • The Assiday in Raibanth
  • The Closing
  • The Geos Rune (2012)
  • The Great Boat Quest
  • The Independent tribes of Prax
  • The Lismelder Clan Transcript
  • The Marriage of Pavis … to Ernalda?
  • The Order of Bountiful Arcana (2013)
  • The Order of Undeniable Righteousness
  • Time Reckoning in Glorantha
  • Uncoling
  • Urox Question
  • Varanids
  • Vinga devotee feats
  • What ever happened to the Puma People?
  • What is the Red Moon Phase in Pavis on a given day?
  • What is Yelmalio?
  • Where did Belintar come from? (2012)
  • Which runes are associated with Heler?
  • Who is the Lord of the World’s Knowledge?
  • Who were the mysterious ‘gold people’ who accompanied Lord Pavis?
  • Yelm in HQ2 (2013)

Sections

  • Search Tips
  • Current RuneQuest Glorantha Publications
  • RuneQuest Glorantha Corrections and Q&A
  • Catalogue
  • References for Glorantha
    • Gloranthan Canon
  • Gloranthan Documents
  • RPG Systems & Versions
  • Gallery
  • Role-playing in Glorantha
  • About This Site
  • Get involved!

Latest Posts

  • Spirit Cults

    Shamans are specialists in dealing with spirits and the spirit …
  • Soap Opera themes

    Feuds, royal intrigue, temple politics, angry spirits and the grasping …
  • Defunct Sartar Tribes

    The Dundealos tribe was “destroyed” by the Lunar Provincial Government …
  • CHArisma

    CHA is arguably the most important characteristic in the game …
  • Sartarite Names

    Many Sartarite names combine prefixes and suffixes as per below; …

Links

  • Chaosium
  • Glorantha on BRP Central
  • RuneQuest on BRP Central
  • RuneQuest Glorantha on MeWe
  • Glorantha Wiki on Fandom
  • Prince of Sartar Webcomic
  • Glorantha G+ Archives on Tapatalk
  • Search mailing list archive

Latest from BRP Central

  • The Legacy of Greg Stafford - An Interview with Rick Meints
  • Looking for VTT players for Pol Joni campaign
  • Sorcery Runes and Components
  • the length of spirit magic spells ?
  • 5th session in and Vishi was having a bad night.
  • The Legacy of Greg Stafford - An Interview with Rick Meints
  • Daily life expenses in Sartarite cities
  • What Prevents Dead Trolls from Self Resurrecting by Returning Back to the Surface World?
  • Shargash Crown (not Helmet)
  • Orlanthi crafting

Popular Tags

2007 Avalon Hill Boldhome Chaosium Chaos pantheon Cult demographics Cults of Glorantha (preview) Deprecated cult Doraddi pantheon Ernalda Esrolia (homeland) FR G+ post Greg Stafford Guide to Glorantha Guide to Glorantha (preview) Humakt HW Issaries Jar-eel Lhankor Mhy Lunar Empire Lunar Pantheon Magazine Map Michael O’Brien Mongoose Nomad Gods Oriflam Orlanth Orlanthi pantheon Prax (homeland) RQ2 RQ3 RQG Sandy Petersen Sartar (homeland) Solar pantheon Spirit Cult Subcult Tales of the Reaching Moon Tatou Troll / Uz pantheon Yelm Yelmalio

Recently added or updated

  • Spirit Cults

  • Soap Opera themes

  • Defunct Sartar Tribes

  • CHA4028 RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha – Chapter 05 Game System Q&A

  • CHA4034 Red Book of Magic – Chapter 02 Rune Magic Q&A

  • CHA4029 RuneQuest Gamemaster Screen Pack – Q&A

  • Red Emperor

  • Notes on The Red Emperor

  • Takenegi

  • Thed

  • Daak

  • Dakkalesilla

  • DonKivis the Aesthete

  • Barntar

  • Yelmalio

  • Entekos

  • Runes (2004)

  • Bagog

  • Shargash

  • Entekos in the Lunar Heartlands

©2023 The Well of Daliath | Design: Newspaperly WordPress Theme