illumination and hyena shins

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From: johnjmedway (jjm@zycor.lgc.com)
Date: Fri 01 Oct 1993 - 20:27:26 EET


Interesting coincidence. An Etyries player character just bought some hyeana skins, with the intent to sneak them into a sale to an Issaries.

Robert McArthur:
>> I think it's because Ettyries, to gain the spells and benefits of Issaries,
>> had to go on a hero/god-quest and followed in Issaries footsteps for everything
>> Issaries did. Except that Ettyries was Illuminated while doing so. Thus,
>> every stricture except for those relating to chaos that Issaries has, Ettyries
>> has.

joerg:
>> Your Illumination reasoning doesn't work, why else could illuminated
>> Humakti or Yelmalions ignore their geasa without negative consequences,
>> which have nothing to do with chaos?
>>
>> A possible explanation to this might be that while Etyries WAS
>> illuminated, this priest wasn't, so that he has to follow the
>> strictures his deity could ignore.

If interpreted loosely, this could also imply than until illuminated, a worshipper of Yanafal Tarnils, could not be resurrected; a Irripi Ontor priest would have to wear a beard, etc.

Better to say that he was a member of some Etyries subcult, or had been an Issaries until he coinverted, or that this was not one of the "improvements" of Etyries, than to pin such things on illumination.


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