From: Sandy Petersen (SPetersen@ensemblestudios.com)
Date: Wed 17 Sep 1997 - 22:08:20 EEST
Jane Williams
>After all, what do healers do?
As Jane points out, most Gloranthans have their own
tidbits of first aid (i.e., Heal or Treat Wounds). So what do healers
do? Obviously, the main source of a healer's income in Glorantha, just
like ancient Earth, was to cure diseases and accidents. I would suggest
that the main healer jobs in Glorantha are:
1) treat disease (illness is rife in Glorantha)
2) purify diseased places and articles - if a broo fouls
your well, call a healer! If someone in your family has been suffering
from Creeping Chills, you'll want a healer to cleanse the room &
garments if at all possible, right?
3) treat poison. Venomous snakes and insects are as
common in Glorantha as earth. Even if a bite doesn't kill you, in game
terms there is "general hit point loss", which Heal spells won't deal
with.
3) treat problems that aren't exactly disease or poison.
Such as exposure, or drowning, or amputation.
>So if PCs don't have headaches or bad breath, and don't worry
about their mother's back >trouble, what is there left for a healer to
do for them?
Not a heck of a lot. How often does a healthy person see
a doctor? For me, maybe twice a year, if I get to count my dentist as
one of my medical visits.
Presumably a healer who hangs out with PCs becomes a
combat healer, a sort of medic. I've always found these folks to be
extremely useful. The warriors go into combat, and the healer fixes them
up during and after battle. Sure the PCs can heal themselves, but having
a healer is much more efficient.
My own campaigns have never had a full-time healer PC.
There have been healer specialists, but they also did other things. Of
course, there are full-time healers in the villages and towns.
Bill Thompson
>I need some information on Umath and his cult in first age
Fronela Pre-Carmanian era.
Suggest you make it up yourself and let us know what you find.
Me:
> rape is an act devoted to Thed, and any rapist stands a (admittedly
very small) chance
> of going into broo-hood.
Carl Fink
If the above is literally true, that "any" rapist can become a
broo,
then I'm much happier with Glorantha. If it only works if the
rapist *has heard of Thed and expects it to happen*, then I'm really
irritated.
Be happy. It has nothing to do with the rapist having
heard of Thed. It's just the way the world works. HOWEVER, it's possible
that acts of rape that are overpoweringly meant for other purposes might
_not_ turn the participant into a broo, because the hostility, violence,
and lust of the act are not present in the "normal" way. For example, a
ritual rape done for (evil) religious purposes might not turn the
perpetrator into a broo.
Stephen Martin
Hmm, I wonder if anyone in Glorantha theorizes that dragonewts
evolved
from dinosaurs -- intelligence comes after beasts, right?
Only individuals who'd never encountered one or both of
these creatures.
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