From: Stephen P Martin (ilium@juno.com)
Date: Fri 18 Apr 1997 - 08:41:33 EEST
Alex Ferguson <abf@interzone.ucc.ie>
Re: Ernalda Cult Write-up
>
>In the "Deluxe RQ" box, I do believe. (OF all places.) Book 5,
>Glorantha, I presume. Presumably this is yet another item which is
>about to vapourise forever, as neither AH nor Chaosium have the rights
>to publish it. D'oh.
>
The majority of it is Gloranthan info without RQ stuff, and that is all
owned solely by Chaosium. The dragonewt and chaos stats would have to go,
but all else could easily be put into print. I belive an Introduction to
Glorantha or to Genertela is the first Gloranthan book planned from
Chaosium, and presumably most of this info will be included in some form
or other.
Trent Di Renna <ted7846@megahertz.njit.edu>
The "pre-Dawn" world
>
>Something just occured to me. I have read that many of the "processes"
of
>Glorantha (sunrise, death, storms, etc.) are due to the Great
Compromise,
>which "froze in time" the relationships the various gods had with each
>other and applied them to the mortal world in the form of these
>"processes". Did they exist before the Dawn? If Time didn't exist
before
>the Dawn, then the "mythic history" doesn't make any sense, since it is
>set up chronologically. Were humans immortal during this period, or
were
>they subject to death even then?
>
I can't wait to see how everyone answers this one!
For the Orlanthi and possibly other peoples, it is true. For the Dara
Happans, on the other hand, there is not any real difference between then
and now, to the point that there is pretty much an official Dara Happan
timeline of all history. It has been implied in published material that
Kralorela and Western history/mythology are also not quite so stratified
and separate from each other as the Theyalan.
>What we have here is something rather unique...I don't think anybody has
>argued so passionately over a fictional theology before...perhpas we
>should call it "virtual theology". :-)
>
Now that's a catchy phrase!
>
"Paul" <bqlinet1@oznet02.ozemail.com.au>
Humakti Heroquest, The Terminus Quest
>
>IMHO what RQ (or GTG ect.) needs is something similar for ALL of the
>major cults. A summary or synopsis of the major steps/stages of the
>core myth of each of the most popular (player wise) cults. Not only
>is it just good reading but it also fills in a lot of detail for the
>players WRT thier chosen cult and serves as a reference for the GM.
>What I'd imagine is something like Gods of Glor/Cults of Prax with
>an additional page of information covering the major quest/myth of the
cult.
>
I once tried this, writing Orlanthi HeroQuesst for two paths: to defeat
Daga, God of Drought, and for the Sword of Death. In both cases, David
Hall told me that I shouldn't be doing such major quests, minor quests
were better to do. I'm not sure if this was just fear at how they would
turn out with the little information available in print, or from a desire
to have more playable HQs. Maybe it was just that I hadn't ever written a
HQ before, at the time.
I still have them on disk, and would be willing to post them (5 or 6
years old though they may be) if anyone is interested. As for other HQs
of this nature, the River Ritual in River of Cradles is another example
of this, as is Waha's Quest (which I will hopefully be reprinting in The
Book of Drastic Resolutions, Volume Prax). Nick Effingham has an
excellent FoundChild HQ he has been working on, which will hopefully see
light soon. I started a Four Magic Weapons Quest, but didn't get very
far, I admit.
>
Martin Crim <MCrim@erols.com>
Why Zaire is in so much trouble...
>
>I swear, this isn't off topic. I read in the paper today that the new
>Prime Minister of Zaire is General Bolongo! No doubt he'll equip the
army
>with pogo sticks and require all citizens to pay their taxes in bird
dung
>now... (Sorry to make light of a tragic situation, but I couldn't let
the
>name pass without letting this group in on it.)
>
Probably the most appropriate RW subject ever discussed on the Digest!
Stephen Martin
ilium@juno.com
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