red moon
Some Glorantha questions:
- The subject of Vinga brings to mind Babeestor Gor and Gorgorma -
What is the defining difference between those 2 anyway? (The
cult write-up of Babeestor Gor at the soda site seemed to
endow her with attributes more appropriate to Gorgorma.)
- Considering that Glorantha is flat, how far can someone see
on the ocean? Since the ban on sea travel that Dormal's ritual
negates takes effect when the vessel is out of sight of land,
the obvious question is, how far is this? How far can someone
standing on the top of Vent in Caladraland see?
- It would be nice for those outside the Glowline to be able to see
the Red Moon; I'm not sure it's so bad that people within
couldn't see the phases. You don't want the peasants going
nuts every week when they see the moon go dark.
The comments in the Dorastor entry on the Telmori are rather
odd, especially where it says that "only within the Lunar
Empire does the Full Moon fall on Wildday." The description
there conflicts with the way the Wolfrunners are depicted in
the Dragon Pass game, where their power waxes and wanes
gradually with the Red Moon, except within the Glowline,
when they are always at full strength.
My own uninformed opinion had been that there is no search-
light effect, the moon appears the same to everyone outside
the Glowline at the same time. I thought of the Moon as
a piece of Godtime that is not bound by physical laws
about rotation, if that makes any sense.
About Rob Mace's objection to the initiative rule I posted,
I'd like to see movement and combat integrated, too, if it
can be done in a way that won't make things hellishly
complicated. My own position on the subject has changed
180 degrees lately, but I won't belabor the Daily with
any of it.
nh
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