From: Steven E Barnes (akuma@netcom.com)
Date: Thu 09 Dec 1993 - 20:48:08 EET
From: sandyp@idcube.idsoftware.com (Sandy Petersen)
>>Yow... This is a major change from standard Malkionism. I assume
>>that standard Invisible God worship doesn't provide DI, since it
>>isn't mentioned in Gods of Glorantha.
>What is the major change? They've always had Solace, and they've
>always had sorcery. Why wouldn't the Invisible God provide DI? It's
>not mentioned in GoG, but neither is anyone else's possession of DI,
>yet no one doubts Aldrya's or Tsankth's access. Mostal and Nysalor
>are another matter, of course, what with being dead and all.
One of these things is not like the others...
Just to quibble, Aldrya / etc, are ordinary divine cults. The GoG writeup for the Invisible God has no information about initiates, priests, or Rune Lords, and states that it provides no "divine magic." It does mention that "it's priests are also sorcerors", but later explains that worship is accomplished thru the Worship Invisible God sorcery spell. So there is nothing in this description that would lead me to believe they get _Divine_ Intervention, since I have always associated it with _Divine_ magic.
Then there is the description of the god: "... He is the god beyond the gods. Though he is seemingly impersonal and impartial, he is the supreme and only god of the Malkioni." This lends further weight to the interpretation that the cult lacks DI.
I'm hardly the only person to reach this conclusion, so perhaps you should clarify this point in future publications.
Having said that, let me thank you for the useful information. Also, if Malkoni get DI, do they have a form of Divination?
-steve
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