From: pmichaels@aol.com
Date: Tue 30 Nov 1993 - 19:46:22 EET
Peter Michaels here.
from Sam Phillips
>X-RQ-ID: 2477
>RE: Catseye
>This sounds like a Godlearner name. Why would any Yelmalion want to
>associate himself with a cat. Wouldn't Hawkeye be better?
Quoting myself a long while back:
>The ideas expressed hereafter were developed prior to KoS and the
>Elmal revelation.
> ...
>I feel the Yinkin spell _Identify Scent_ is better suited to the >Brother
Dog cult of Balazar. In my campaign, I give the spell >_Catseye_ to Yinkin
(and so to Wind Lords), and give Yelmalio a new >runespell of _Brighteye_
instead. _Brighteye_ is much like >_Catseye_, except the target can see in
total darkness and his or her >eyes glow with an inner yellow light for the
duration of the spell. I >think this better fits Yelmalio's role as the god
of "Last Light." >After all, how could he survive the Greater Darkness if
his magic >requires his father's presence? I think this change also gives a
>better feel for why Orlanth was not hindered by the Darkness (as >long as
SOME light was left in the world), and adds to why he was so >willing to go
on the Lightbringer's Quest.
Lately, I've been thinking that perhaps there was a connection between Elmal and Yinkin, and Elmal had access to the _Catseye_ spell, and that when the cult switched to Yelmalio, somehow the spell remained connected to the god. Anyone out there have thoughts on this?
Peace, Peter
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