From: owner-glorantha@hops.wharton.upenn.edu
Date: Wed 25 Jan 1995 - 01:18:33 EET
Sandy first recants:
> First off, I've redescribed my "kill Alex Ferguson" geas as
> "get special help from Humakt while trying to kill Alex Ferguson",
> removing the guarantee of victory, and making it better if you get a
> lot of help.
and then (re)turns to the offensive:
> Er. Seems to me that (A) assassins are a real threat in
> Glorantha. The story of Argrath's entry into Boldhome, for instance,
> includes more than one assassination attempt. If such attempts were
> futile, who'd try, given the ease of resurrection?
Did I suggest they be futile? Not at all. What I said is that magically-assisted killing shouldn't be _certain_ (other than in cases with important preconditions), which says nothing about how hard or easy "mundane" assassination should be, and only moderately constrains the possible available magical means.
> Secondly, the fact that it's possible to expunge a head of
> state in our own real world hasn't prevented us from having politics.
> It's easier to kill off John Major than it is to kill Sor Eel, seems
> to me, even if we have suicide Humakti on the rampage.
It wouldn't have been in the presence of sure-kill mega-geasa, though, right? Or even remotely as difficult.
Alex.
End of Glorantha Digest V1 #107
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