All -
Jane and Stephen observe that there are some strong occupational divisions
between normal Heortling men and women:
>>* But he can't make pottery using the Bless New Kiln,
*>>* Colour Glaze, or Pattern Firing feats. ...
*>>* Or rather he can do all these things, if he
*>>* initiates to Nandan first.
*>Exactly. And it seems from the current Nandan
>description that if he does that, "he" is now "she",
>and his wife may object. Which seems to me to be going
>too far. Easy enough to modify the social effects
>in-game, of course, or to use the usual "everything
>has local variation" to cover it, but there seems to
>be a middle line that's gone missing somewhere.
Actually gang, I think this is right. Orlanth does not provide men with any
pottery making magic - that's women's magic (presumably with all sorts of
Asrelia connotations). As a result, pottery making is a woman's occupation
for most Heortlings (unless there is some local variation). And that's ok.
The Heortlings are not modern Westerners who believe men and women are
largely interchangeable.
Jeff
Received on Sat 25 Jun 2005 - 07:00:19 EEST