[Glorantha] Changing (or not) reality via heroquests

Me:
>but the potential for this was always there in both worlds.

Graham Robinson:

>Examples of potentials :
>
>1. Finding America. This was always going to have much the same result -
>America has changed a bit over the last 100,000 years, but essentially
>there was only ever one continent to find.
>2. Getting run over by a bus today. A potential, but may never happen.
>3. A novel. Novels are just strings of letters and punctuation. The
>potential for any given novel has always existed, but actually writing it
>is normally seen as a creative act.
>
>Which do you mean?

I mean all three. Writing a novel is a creative act, but it doesn't change the nature of reality or the way the world works.

Simon Hibbs Received on Thu 17 Aug 2006 - 17:31:36 EEST