Constructivist Glorantha

From: pmichaels@aol.com
Date: Mon 28 Mar 1994 - 23:07:03 EEST

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Martin (argrath@aol.com) says:
>My personal opinion is that Greg Stafford is consciously making
>Glorantha a constructivist universe, where reality depends entirely or
>almost entirely on the viewer,
 and it is unknown and possibly
>unknowable whether there is an underlying God's-Eye Truth.

I'
m curious. What makes you think it's a conscious decision?

Martin also says:
>I think a subjectivist universe is much more interesting.

I agree. Having one (or even several) ultimate knowable T ruth(s) is just too modern for me, even if the GM is the only one who knows 'em. That's why
I don't run/play an AD&D universe, or Tekumel for that matter.

Peace, Peter

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