[Glorantha] On the subject of demigods

I butted in on the "official" vs. "how I do it" part of this discussion a while ago, but:

On 2/20/07, Jane Williams <janewilliams20_at_yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Sky Ship. Danar. Son of Rigsdal and Kallyr.[snip]
> What would happen if he tried to use magic other than
> that natural to his father I have no idea.

As far as I can tell, he's starting his own new cult, which I would guess is related to his father.

> And going much further back, didn't Arkat claim to be
> a son of Humakt? I'm not at all convinced that that
> was meant to be literal, though.

Even if it wasn't meant to be literal, Arkat certainly seemed to spend a lot of time emulating his "father."

So both of these "canon" examples don't seem to stray far from the divine parent, though I'm certain there's an argument that Arkat strayed (but he seemed to go back to something Humakt-like in the end as far as I can tell).

Of course anything goes in varying Glorantha, right? The demigoddess in my current game is about half devoted to her divine parent, and half devoted to another goddess (the one she initiated to). (In my version of HQ, there aren't hard and fast lines between the worlds [Inner, Hero, God], so this only means she has a good headstart over the other PCs if they ever decide to emulate their deities more thoroughly - like disciples or Harrek, again AFAICT.)

Thanks,
Andy Received on Tue 20 Feb 2007 - 08:44:35 EET