[Glorantha] Truth creation

Donald :

> Simon:
>

> The issue is, can you just 'make up' a
> >convenient religious 'truth' such as Seddenya and make it so through
> >heroquesting? I don't think you can. I don't think 'making things up'
> >like this is even possible in the Hero Wars period. Yes you can change
> the
> >world through heroquesting during the Hero Wars, but you have to work
> with
> >what's there on the Heroplane, Godplane, etc.
>
> I'd say it is theorectically possible to create a complete truth but
> in practice so impossibly difficult it doesn't happen. That's because
> you have to make the truth consistant with what already exists on
> the Godplane. Since no mortal can fully understand a god they can't
> create a complete one. What is far easier is to take an existing one
> and add the attributes you require. So Seddenya was created by adding
> the defeat Carmenians ability to an existing goddess. Even then there
> were other abilities added and changed due to the assumptions made by
> the Seven Mothers.

I think you're both misunderstanding somehing, albeit something terribly complex...

Gloranthan Truth, such as it exists, is part of the nature of the Spirit Plane, God Plane, Saint Plane, Physical World, and other immutable parts of Glorantha.

However ..

Gloranthan Doubt is just as entrenched in the cosmos, in the form of the Gods War/Hero Plane, where ancient truths may be battled over, and either defeated or reaffirmed, or whatever ...

New truths can be created in the Hero Plane --- but no-one said it would be easy ... ;-)

Julian Lord Received on Thu 21 Dec 2006 - 18:26:18 EET