HYPERBOREA » Hyperborea Trivia

capitalbill · 4/27/2015 8:03 pm

Where in all of Hyperborea would no proper Viking build a permanent settlement?

Handy Haversack · 4/28/2015 8:06 am

Mount Ymir?

capitalbill · 4/28/2015 1:26 pm

I'll accept that.

I was initially looking for Ullr's Island, where no Viking is allowed to make a permanent settlement by the decree of Ullr. But with Mount Ymir being a sacred site that makes sense too.

You're up!

Handy Haversack · 4/28/2015 1:39 pm

You sure, Bill? I just checked the book, and Ullr's Island is explicit about it. Mount Ymir doesn't have anything specfic. I think you can go again if you want. Doesn't do anyone any good to go easy on me. I'll never learn!

capitalbill · 4/28/2015 5:46 pm

Nah, go ahead Handy. I'm out at a ballgame tonight, next round of trivia is all you!

Handy Haversack · 4/28/2015 6:00 pm

Well OK then! Enjoy the game!

What is the only marsupial known to be native to Hyperborea--and what monsters typically make use of it?

capitalbill · 4/29/2015 9:20 pm

The tauntaun...er, I mean Leaper Camel.

Abominable snowmen and men of Leng use them for mounts. I'd imagine they could be used for sleeping bags too.

Handy Haversack · 4/29/2015 9:25 pm

Yup! And I thought they smelled bad in the book!

Have at thee!

capitalbill · 4/30/2015 9:16 am

I am a lich of uncertain power
Roaming the banks of my river
Ever lost in the bottomless depths
Of my own black thoughts.

Who am I?

lige · 4/30/2015 11:13 am

King Yleil of the Black River Yleil

capitalbill · 4/30/2015 10:18 pm

That's right, you're up!

lige · 4/30/2015 11:31 pm

Finally! Maybe it's because Yleil could be a PC name for me based on the Gygaxian custom of rearranging the letters of your name. Here you go:

Which land based creature would be most difficult for a human to tackle and pin?

Handy Haversack · 5/01/2015 2:54 pm

I'm going to assume we're ignoring noncorporeal monsters? I guess I also wouldn't want to try this with some of the jellier monsters in the book, but I think going by the overbear rules, it would be the behir:

Behir: AC 4, SV 11, +1 for size, +10 for 12 leg = a SV of 0!

Handy Haversack · 5/01/2015 2:55 pm

(Also, now I want to watch lige try to overbear a thew wagon.)

Blackadder23 · 5/01/2015 5:17 pm

Just as an irrelevant aside, I personally would rule that a human flat out can't overbear a behir or thew wagon.

Handy Haversack · 5/01/2015 6:01 pm

Blackadder23 wrote:
Just as an irrelevant aside, I personally would rule that a human flat out can't overbear a behir or thew wagon.

I'd let them *try*. It puts them closer to the jaws. Or brain palps.

Blackadder23 · 5/01/2015 6:25 pm

You had me at "brain palps".

lige · 5/01/2015 9:32 pm

Behiir is correct - thought I'd throw in a bit of rules lawyery. BTW I would totally tackle that thew wagon woulld I get a bonus cause it doesn't have legs? ;)

Handy Haversack · 5/01/2015 10:50 pm

lige wrote:
Behiir is correct - thought I'd throw in a bit of rules lawyery. BTW I would totally tackle that thew wagon woulld I get a bonus cause it doesn't have legs? ;)

In my game, yes, you would get a bonus. A spiny, poisonous bonus.

OK, I've been drinkin, so I need a few to come up with a question other than "Who's the master?!" "Hyperborean Sho Nuff!"

Handy Haversack · 5/02/2015 10:54 am

OK, hangover, cleaning, and game prep has me behind schedule, so I'll throw a softball.

I had to swim to Scythium, but I walked in from the Black Gulf. What the hey? How'd I do that?

Also, who's the master!?