tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459293513569472778.post4880199443117133148..comments2024-03-26T13:56:45.886-07:00Comments on Yet Another Traveller Blog: F is for FloraRobert Pearcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18082305855923112645noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459293513569472778.post-67639874792938045912016-09-08T02:16:22.243-07:002016-09-08T02:16:22.243-07:00I still have my copy of Tarsus. It was the second ... I still have my copy of Tarsus. It was the second game I every GM'd. I don't remember the characters adventuring in the walds, but then again it was 30 years ago. Maybe it was the players wanting to take a different approach, my very green refereeing skills, or the fact the book says "Such walds are totally impassible to land vehicles, and require grav vehicles to pass over them". Maybe we took that too seriously and just never went in, but you are right. Tarsus does have quite a number of plant encounters. I've also got the LBB of the Marooned adventure, but have never played it. I'll have to take a look. Thanks!Robert Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18082305855923112645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459293513569472778.post-74740776654544553012016-09-07T17:16:35.717-07:002016-09-07T17:16:35.717-07:00There are a couple of Traveller adventures that us...There are a couple of Traveller adventures that use flora as a component of the adventure. One is Tarsus, where the tanglewood tree and forest play a major role in one of the sub-adventures in the module. The other is the Marooned/Marooned Alone Double Adventure, where the interesting glueberry tree can be a factor in survival in more ways than one, depending on how creative the players can get.<br /><br />The Tanglewood tree is a sort of land-growing mangrove, spreading out using shoots from near-surface roots, and also having branches extend roots to the ground beneath them. This makes for quite a tangle, hence the name "Tangletree", and also a ready means of movement and concealment amoung the branches.<br /><br />The Glueberry tree of Pagliacci is a low-growing tree that produces edible seed pods that also have the chance of being very sticky, producing sticky tendrils by the hundreds that will stick to most things. Being both edible and sticky, this greatly enhances the spread of the tree throughout the steppe areas of the planet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com