Your Whispering Homunculus: Fifty Strange Timepieces
by Richard Pett
Master Pett’s Your Whispering Homunculus presents only the finest in British gaming. Indeed, you are not likely to find a more comprehensive assortment of miscellany anywhere.
(So much more than just another bloke in a dress.)
“Grotsward, what time is it?”
“Six Threbs beyond Tulward, your corpulence.”
“Normal time, Grotsward.”
“But master, what exactly is ‘normal’ time?”
“I can see the time has come for the teaching stick to be applied to your hide as a reminder of impertinence. Stick number eighteen today, I think. The one with points—fetch it.”
“Number eighteen, master, as you wish.”
Sadly, we all need to know the time, and even for those who dwell below ground, knowing the correct time of day can be crucial to certain arcane matters and astronomical observations. More than just humanoid creatures need to have an idea of the passing hours, days, and seasons, although the more civilized races have made an art form of conforming to time.
Here is a selection of timepieces—some crude, some cunning, some weird—to slip into your adventures.
