From: Alex Ferguson (abf@cs.ucc.ie)
Date: Sat 10 Jun 2000 - 04:30:11 EEST
Jeff Erwin:
> I may be repeating someone (I just rejoined the party) but if Illumination is
> (as I may misunderstand) a replacement of another worldview with Mysticism
My understanding (and your disclaimer applies equally well to me) is
that it replaces your world-view, rather than your method of magic
and worship. Or really, it destroys it, if it happens in the
'wrong' way. It's basically a sort of 'everything you know is
wrong' type of effect, though not just on an intellectual level.
The infamous example is Oddi the Keen, ferocious Storm Bloke
and relentless hater of chaos, suddenly realising that he _didn't_.
(A mild example, as he was remarkably functional thereafter.) Someone
who comes to Illumination in the right context, with the appropriate
teachers and sympathetic brethren, is much less likely to go
absolutely around the twist.
You can, however, still worship Yelm (or the Storm Bull), or cast
sorcerous spells, or do whatever whacky animist stuff you were
doing before. You may possibly no longer _want_ to, given the
new insights you have, but that's a different matter. (You may
indeed not be capable of it practical terms, being preoccuppied
with gibbering and drooling, but that is, too...)
> (and one has only one belief system) and Mystics don't give misapplied
> worship, how does one continue to get the benefits of the earlier world view
> (as in RQ)? Does your magic become Mystic Strikes? Are they talents? Can you
> keep getting them?
Your magic is unaffected, except that you may be able to 'exploit'
it differently, if you're that way inclined. It's been suggested
thta it may make it possible to activity practice all three of
the magical systems the lunars recognise, but Greg may have been
Gregged on this, I'm not clear. This is definitely in contrast
to many other forms of mysticism, where you'd need to immediately
stop learning (and start forgetting, indeed) your magic, though
in those systems, you wouldn't come to an equivalent realisation
in the first place, _because_ you were still trapped in those other
modes of magical being.
> I have an RQ character who acquired a Sun Dragon Rune spell through a
> heroquest (minor) by accident. I assume this would be a extraneous mystic
> strike that the character acquired as through challenge.
I do like the word 'extraneous', as it's applied here.
Cheers,
Alex.
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