From 8912274aa43c1e7d16c3cd93fa94fb77be665427 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Malin Freeborn <malinfreeborn@posteo.net>
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 14:02:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] embiggen broch description
---
glossary.tex | 21 ++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/glossary.tex b/glossary.tex
index b93f895e..65969a5e 100644
--- a/glossary.tex
+++ b/glossary.tex
@@ -898,7 +898,13 @@ Set the darker die to `\dicef{6}' and roll the other. If this roll fails, it fa
category={location},
parent={fenestra},
description={are walled villages, which stands beyond the protection of any towns, and endure attacks by wandering monsters.
- They mark the \glsentrytext{edge} of civilization, as nothing lies beyond them except the wild forest},
+ They mark the \glsentrytext{edge} of civilization, as nothing lies beyond them except the wild forest.
+
+ A standard bailey's walls stretch at least 50 steps in diameter.
+ Beyond that, the farmland stretches out another 100 steps; for a minimum diameter of 250 steps.
+ The outer perimiter pushes the forest back another 50 steps, with more for a healthy bailey, and a smaller safety zone in less well-tended baileys.
+
+ If the people living in the bailey lack the strength and skill to keep the forest back, the safety perimiter grows smaller as bushes creep towards the farmland, providing cover for monsters, and diminishing the time archers have to shoot at creatures},
}
\longnewglossaryentry{bothy}{
@@ -940,10 +946,15 @@ Set the darker die to `\dicef{6}' and roll the other. If this roll fails, it fa
prefix={a\space},
category={location},
parent={templeOfBeasts},
- description={ are grand towers which surround civilization.
- The \glsentrytext{guard} stay in them, playing loud pipes, and lighting fires to temp predators towards them.
- Once a predator arrives, the \gls{guard} can loose arrows towards them, meaning one less predator able to attack any nearby \glsentrytext{village}, or the inner settlements.
- A ring of flat earth surrounds each one, giving archers a clear shot at anything which emerges from the \glsentrytext{edge}},
+ description={are grand towers which surround civilization.
+ The \glsentrytext{guard} stay in them, playing loud pipes, and lighting fires.
+ The noise echoes around file miles in all directions, tempting monsters to investigate; archers wait to fire on them.
+
+ Sometimes the monster dies, most flee -- still alive, but with a painful lesson about approaching the sound of people, pipes, and song.
+ Each predator which comes to a broch means one less attack upon some inner \glsentrytext{village}, or on the \glsentrytext{lonelyRoad}.
+
+ A ring of flat earth surrounds each one, giving archers a clear shot at anything which emerges from the \glsentrytext{edge}.
+ Each broch takes charge of a food-producing \glsentrytext{village} or two, which sustains the \glsentrytext{guard}},
}
\longnewglossaryentry{guard}{
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