In message <20060703114345.51742.qmail@web26410.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Robert Davis writes:
> I have always advised players against that cult telling them that
>its filled with magic they will never use, mainly due to inability to
>reconcile or suspend my belief that a regular human with a few neat
>feats could take on a dragon. For me that ruins the magic.
According to TR, the cult is Orvenshagor Dragonslayer. Alokoring is the only known hero of that cult. I don't see most members fighting true dragons often if at all. The magic will also be useful against dream dragons and dragonnewts which is where they will get the practice and experience to tackle the real thing.
>I rationalise that the Alokoring cult is based around a nerdy bunch
>of guys who tell these outlandish stories and have a bunch of magic
>that no one has ever seen them use. Greg has hinted in the past that
>there are charlatans everywhere - and this seems like one to me.
I don't see them as charlatans, merely overspecialised fighters training for some event which probably won't occur in their lifetimes. So a PC who wants to become an initiate has to leave their clan and go find other members of the cult.
> I mean, where were those Alokoring dudes during the Dragonkill?
>Down the 24hr petrol station looking for some twinkies?
I reckon there were a few people who were too old or injured to go. Or maybe someone's wife insisted they do something useful like looking after the baby.
-- Donald Oddy http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/Received on Mon 03 Jul 2006 - 15:57:50 EEST
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