Lesser Tribes of Prax (2013)

8 thoughts on “Lesser Tribes of Prax (2013)”

1. I’m rather wondering about the low number of Pol Joni, given the plethora of Barbarian Horde counters in the Dragon Pass board game.

   1. The Barbarian Horde is not made up of completely of Pol-Joni, there are only 3 Pol-Joni counters and 4 Nomad clans.

      10000 Pol-Joni – a quarter are men (I will ignore Orlanthi fighting women here just to make the maths easier) = 2500, a rough ballpark is that mounted units are roughly 500 riders. 2500/500 = 5 counters if they all went to war. 3 counters going seems like a good if high number. 60% going to war in my opinion is high, but not unreasonable.

      For reference
      3 Pol-Joni Tribe 5-4-5
      2 Amber Clans 4-3-5 (nomads)
      1 Potor Clan 4-3-5 (nomads)
      1 Ansil Clan 4-3-5 (nomads)

      Jaldon Toothmaker (4)-10-6
      Flash Jak 5-3-5-4 (magical unit)
      Krise 5-3-5-4 (magical unit)
      And-Jay 5-3-5-4 (magical unit)
      3 Tribal Magicians Spirits X-3-X-4 (magical unit)

      1. Only three of the counters from the Barbarian Horde are Pol-joni. The rest are various spirit societies and warbands from the other tribes.

         1. Do we get any identification of the four clans (e.g. which beasts they ride)?

            I used to work on the assumption that these were other Cattle Bastard groups e.g. taken from the dissident Grazers that joined the Pol Joni migration into Prax but did not accept Derik’s leadership beyond that of a warleader against Jaldon’s allies. The population numbers don’t support this approach, though.

            1. Greg’s notes tell us they are all High Llamas in 1625, however later it becomes more mixed.

2. Here’s the complete list in descending size order:

   Major
   Impala 120,000
   Bison 80,000
   Morocanth 80,000
   Sable 75,000
   High Llama 65,000

   Minor
   Rhinocerous Riders 18000
   Baboons 10000
   Pol-Joni 10000
   Men-and-a-Half 3000
   Newtlings 3000
   Basmoli 2500
   Bolo Lizard Folk 2100
   Ostrich Clan 1200
   Pavis Survivors 1200
   Cannibal Cult 1000
   Unicorn Women 1000

3. Yes, have a look at Jeff’s reply to a similar question in the forum:
   https://wellofdaliath.chaosium.com/forums/glorantha-group1/glorantha-discussions-forum1/lesser-tribes-of-prax-thread83/

4. Is 18000 Rhino Riders correct or is it a typo for 1800?

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