From: Michael Raaterova (michael.raaterova.7033@student.uu.se)
Date: Sun 14 Jul 1996 - 22:31:32 EEST
Paul Pofandt:
(I said:)
>> IMG, they use spells to heat their forge and bless their smithy, but their
>> real magic comes from within. They have discovered the secrets of smithing
>> more or less by Questing, and so their powers to shape metal become innate,
>> and not spells sacrificed for.
(Paul comments:)
>I'm still intrigued by this statment. At the RQ Con downunder, I asked Greg
>what the difference was between Rune-spells and Heroquest abilities. His reply
>was that Heropowers were an inate part of yourself, and that they still
>required POW or MPs to cast. HOWEVER, I still believe that rune-spells are
>an inate part of yourself, once sacrificed for. When in the temple, you pray
>to your god for assistance, and he (or she) answers you; gifting you with
>the ability to perform a specific act or power at will, albiet in a limited
>maner. for your part, you sacrifice a part of yourself to your god, forever
>binding yourself to him a little tighter.
Well, basically, i don't run rune-spells as innate powers. You don't carry
In the case of quested-for powers, you are your own god. The spell becomes
I like the form/set ideas, but would reserve them for master smiths. Lodril
your rune-spells within you - you ask for them in a specific situation, and
they are granted in that instant and then are gone. The caster merely acts
as a conduit for the diety's power. The POW the initiate has sacrificed
doesn't represent amount of spells, but the strength of the bond to the
god. If the bond is stronger, the god can channel more magic through you at
your command. An initiate never possesses the spells - he has a bond to the
diety through which the spells are channeled.
an ability.
doesn't provide protection from flames as a spell, but there is a lodrilli
hero-path for smiths to gain control over flames.
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Michael Raaterova <Sig omitted on legal advise>
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