[Ansteorra] Of all things wonderful and silly....

[Elisabeth B. Zakes]

Prootwaddles were included in The Fantasy Trip because the designer of that
game, Steve Jackson, is well-acquainted with the real-world version from
his time as Vargskol Halfblood, Baron Bryn Gwlad. But the game version is
loosely based on the SCA ones -- they came first.

Aethelyan Moondragon
Ansteorran not-quite-as-fossilized-as-Tivar


On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Adalia <adalia.nyx at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is what my quick Google search unearthed.
>
> Prootwaddles are short humanoids from The Fantasy Trip. Their stats are so
> far below the normal range for an adventurer that only the most foolish
> players would ever want to play one. So, of course, many did. The text
> indicates that any prootwaddle who somehow raises to the level of having at
> least low average intelligence will immediately pack his bags and leave
> home for some remote isolated location out of shame for realizing that he
> is a prootwaddle.
>
> While I don't recall any distinct physical description ever being given,
> the implication seemed to be that they were a runtish, dirty, hillbilly
> variety of hobbit. Kind of like the hobbit's version of gully dwarves.
>
> http://odd74.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=50
> in a message from 12/31/2007.
>