[Glorantha] On the subject of demigods

In message <Pine.GSO.4.58.0702191644490.27020@paju.oulu.fi> Mikko Rintasaari writes:

>As for the logic. I understand where you are coming from, but I'm looking
>more of the logic of "how this would go on Glorantha" than "how to leave
>the choises to the player". The player in question likes to get into
>Glorantha as deep as she can, and would rather know how it's supposed to
>go, that go with whatever she feels like at the moment.

I think you are exploring on the edge of what anyone knows about Glorantha. I can't recall any mortal children of gods in any publications, no doubt someone with a better library than mine will disagree if I'm wrong. So whatever you do is going to be deciding what applies in your Glorantha and may be contradicted by canon in future although it's sufficently exotic I feel that's unlikely.

>The question here is this. Feats are gained and performed by identifying
>and emulating a deity. Yina is a Yinkini demigod. Is it possible for a
>demigod to worship & emulate a different god than his/her parent? It
>sounds much harder than it is for a mortal. A demigod has a very strong
>identity as a magical creature herself.

You could take the view that this is like leaving a cult and joining another although I'd probably go with it varying depending on the god they wish to worship. Niskis or Desemborth would have sufficent similarities to Yinkin for there not to be a big penalty. Conversely Humakt would be horribly difficult.

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Donald Oddy
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