

(Note: Killing someone to get her back is considered murder and brings the appropriate consequences. By custom, the woman’s tribe has one year to get her back, if not she belongs to her abductor and is considered a badge of pride. Contrast Sword & Sorcery, on which the name. A classic Cyclic Trope, as Hollywood has regular periods of fascination with the era, and the trope was named by an early period of such films being popular, being a staple of The Golden Age of Hollywood. * Wife-abduction, one way of getting a bride is to snatch her. The subgenre of low-budget Sword And Sandal Italian films of the 50s and 60s is the Peplum. Exploiting hospitality to get access to an opponent is equally offensive. In almost every case the offending tribe will find itself assailed by all the other clans since such a violation offends the core of Duraani ethics. * Injury to a person who is a tribe’s guest always results in unlimited tribal conflict.
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* Spilling Blood, the code allows for an equivalent injury to be inflicted * Murder, usually allows one-for-one retaliation, but if the person slain is important enough it can lead to an all out tribal conflict There are two types: limited and unlimited.įollowing are some of the primary causes of vendetta: Text adventure text rpg turn based combat story D&D or DnD turn based RPG. This allows the host to network with visitors from out of town, enhancing his personal prosperity and prestige. We collected 64 best Swords and Sandals Pirates alternative apps that you can. Usually this is provided by the village’s richest or most powerful resident. After this period a host may serve the guest chai green (tea)- a hint that the guest must leave within three days.Įvery Durrani village maintains a building to house guests. A guest is allowed to stay under a host’s protection for thirty days. After that time it is acceptable, but still avoided by the best hosts. sandals, slippers, and so on), more than one pair of gloves or gauntlets. A host can ask a guest no questions related to their background or reason for asking for hospitality for three days. If you allow a vorpal longsword or a ring of invisibility to fall into the.

By custom, a host must support a guest in the same manner they live. The only major exception to this is that during combat an opponent’s request for hospitality can be denied. The Code of the Durrani tribes centers on two concepts: hospitality and revenge. Here is a sample (the code is derived from real-world Pushtunwali, the code of honor of Afghanistan's Pushtun tribes): I reccomend the Prelude and the Session 20 recap as they have lots of links to surf around with. The link below has little setting introductory information, but reading the Session recaps will give you a good idea of the flavor. If that interests you I can send you the more filled out DM's version. I'd be glad to send you the Player's Guide. The influences are Afghan, Persian, Indian, Parthian, and Hellenistic Greek. My homebrew is based on the Afghanistan region after Alexander's generals squabbled.
