From: Geoff Gunner (eosgg@raesp-farn.mod.uk)
Date: Tue 02 Nov 1993 - 15:15:53 EET
Humans, and presumably all the other intelligent races in Glorantha, have a deep-seated need to beleive in a higher being/s. Why isn't important. The person will choose, if they have the luxury of choice, the deity that fits their mental attitude. If the culture is pacifist Orlanthi then that will be Chalana Arroy, completely irrespective of how powerful the spells that can be gained are. That sort of thinking is power-munchkinism. And none of us sober, sensible RQ'ers are power-munchkins, now ?
re: general discussion -
On divine intervention, some interesting thoughts have been put up. But let's think where the game inspiration came from. It was from Greek mythos, yes ? By Gloranthan standards the Greek gods are interfering meddlers, but the point remains that the gods could do a lot more than just their own sphere of influence. Teleporting out of danger, healing parties, etc must be standard fare - it's the most commonly asked-for thing. I've no doubt that if the object of desire went against the god's nature then you wouldn't get the intervention (such as asking Orlanth for a chaos feature) (but perhaps loose the POW anyway as a lesson ?).
IMHO the game doesn't need excessive specialisation in this area - it's supposed to be a game convention that gives you one last chance to save your beloved character when all else fails. Let it stand outside the rules - it *IS* supposed to be more powerful than normal rune magic. And if your Uroxi (I'd much rather say Storm-Bullian, but that's just gold blowing on the wind) is up agains enemies who *repeatedly* D.I. away from trouble then he/she's up against some _MEAN_ enemies ! I mean, are they all Rune Lords or what ? If so, what about the hoardes of initiates that they must be travelling with ? Doesn't your Uroxi have better things to do, although trampling enemies underfoot does have a poetic touch.
Incidentally - the most monumentally brave/heroic/stupid thing I've yet seen my players get up to is the Uroxi of the party accept a Minotaur's wrestling challenge because 'the Bull would approve!'. Okay, the Minotaur got a bit excited when the Uroxi threw a rock at him ("mini-heroquest!"), but the Uroxi survived ! Amazing. As a reward at High Holy Day he'll probably get to be possessed by a spirit of Beserk (as per the Viking rules). He's obviously a nutter, this will just make it official ...
Geoff.
Q: What's black and brown and looks good on a Lunar ? A: My dobermann !
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