From: Philip.Hibbs@tnt.co.uk
Date: Fri 04 Aug 2000 - 14:39:28 EEST
>If Kathra LongTooth biffed my brother Braggi
>all the way to Daka Fal's doorpost, slicing
>and dicing the local Ermali wont assuage my
>feelings if Hargii is still walking around
>'scot-free' (lit. 'not having to pay').
I agree, in that instance blaming the trickster is meaningless. However,
one of the advantages that I can see of having a trickster on the clan ring
is that the ring can make decisions and legitimately lay the blame on the
trickster. In a HW game that I started a couple of weeks ago, we went
through the clan generation system, and I rolled dice for who got to answer
each question, me included. I got to answer the Starbrow's Rebellion
question, and wound up my players a good 'un by deciding that the clan
betrayed the rebels to the Lunars. The trickster on the ring took the
blame, but was it really his decision? Maybe he was acting alone, maybe he
was just carrying out the will of the ring. However, just as a thief may be
punished by cutting off his hand, the ring served it's punishment by
outlawing the trickster. Justice was done, and no guilt remains. Anyone
still trying to blame the ring for this act is IMO jeopardising their
identification with their Orlanthi role, and will have difficulty in any
situation that relates to the mythic role of the trickster.
Philip Hibbs http://www.snark.freeserve.co.uk/
Opinions expressed may not even be my own, let
alone those of any organisations, nations, species,
or schools of thought to which I may be affiliated.
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