From: Andrew Larsen (aelarsen@facstaff.wisc.edu)
Date: Sat 01 Jul 2000 - 21:31:10 EEST
> Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 22:45:35 -0700
> From: Peter Larsen <plarsen@mail.utexas.edu>
> Subject: Chalana Arroy
>
> Maybe this question has been raised before, but I've been thinking
> a bit about Chalana Arroy. She's the holder of the Harmony rune, correct?
> So why is she only a goddess of healing? It seems Harmony means quite a bit
> more than that. Chalana Arroy ought to be concerned with maintaining
> harmony on many levels: harmony of the body (healing, fighting disease),
> harmony of the mind (therapy (or what passes for it in a magical bronze age
> society) and combatting excessive passions), harmony of society (friction
> within and between families, clans, etc.). A role as diplomats doesn't seem
> entirely out of line, especially given that her followers are protected to
> a degree by their pacifism. All of which might get them out of the rut of
> being one dimentional pacifist healers. Any comments?
Good questions. To some extent, I think a lot of these are recognized
as appropriate roles for healers, although they haven't been really
elaborated on, perhaps because some gamers have a tendency to think of
Chalanans as D&D clerics.
Another problem arises with the cults niche in the 'religious ecology'.
If Chalanans are diplomats, doesn't that duplicate Issaries' function as a
diplomat and conciliator? While it's certainly possible for two cults to
have similar functions, I think there'd be a strong tendency for cults to
gravitate toward their unique functions.
In my campaign, the Chalanan is one of the more aggressively political
members of the group. There's been a fued between her clan and a
neighboring clan, and she's thinking about offering herself in marriage to
the rival clan chief as a way of healing the strife.
Andrew E. Larsen
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