From: Jose Ramos (Jose.Ramos@Univ-Angers.fr)
Date: Thu 03 Jul 1997 - 12:37:54 EEST
If you are the High Priest nephew (and he feels like doing a bit of
If your uncle is tired of the embarrasment you are for him, the
nepotism), and the only real Orlanthi virtue you have is Generous (but your
Lustful and Indulgent are known across the land) your test of Holyness
could be "Orlanth and Uleria go on a Picnic" :-).
test could be something like: "Orlanth defeats the Five unkillable Beasts".
And the coaching would be a bit incomplete: "Oh, I forgot to tell him that
the third can be beaten only by singing lullabies. Well, we'll see how he
manages (evil chuckle)".
And I agree with Jeff Richards. No amount of Game Mechanics will
compense for a weak myth or a well supplied imagination. And a good myth
will take you anywhere.
Mike finds trouble with permanent changes without maintenance. It
I have been thinking that support will work only on bits the
is easy, at least in the case of the Trollkin Curse. It is the thousands of
trolls heroquesting to change it AND FAILING who keep the curse going
strong. And anyway very deep heroquests take very long to disappear: just
think in the Sindic's Ban (and nobody maintained it, and indeed many people
quested to break it). However I agree that all this effects will eventually
fade (magical entropy, anyone) if not maintained somehow.
supporters themselves know. So it helps in reenactment quests (wich they
know) and in some fregments of experimental quests, but certainly not all.
And when you reach deep cult secrets, support will be lost (the
lightbringers alone in hell).
Although almost all my examples are from an orlanthi PoV, it is
just because they are the most familiar to all of us. It is easy to extend
to other cultures. Some groups (Arkati, Lunar T and J) have it easier in
getting support, as you have a dedicated core willing to believe "anything"
to support your quest, so you can whip out an experimental HQ with support
quickly.
How much that resembles Specialized God Learner Outer Plane
Manipulators:
"I've spent twenty years becoming exactly like the Mask of Orlanth
in "Orlanth woos Ernalda" and you tell me know you will replace her with
Babeester Gor? And who is going to believe it? Project Orlanth the Castrati
Opera Singer? What is the rector up to?"
Jose
P.S. Brian can you read this? I need your character's Godsday asap.
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