EPIC, Christianity, the Invisible God...

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From: Graeme Lindsell (lindsell@rschp1.anu.edu.au)
Date: Fri 29 Apr 1994 - 00:57:10 EEST


Mike Dawson or David Chang (I was confused by the >'s)

>This is NOT associated in any way with Greg Maples EPIC system,

 Is there any news about when EPIC is going to be published? Greg Stafford was talking about it when he was in Australia, which was October '92.

 PS To Mike: Got Codex #1 today, looks very impressive!

Martin ? (argrath@aol.com) writes:

>Yes, but there has been separation between the ecclesiastical
>powers and the temporal powers, as a result of the way
>Christianity BECAME a state religion. In Islam, there was never
>this separation.

 I understood that the Eastern Orthodox Christianity was far less separated from the state than the Catholic Church, with the Byzantine emperor being it's effective head. Have I got this wrong?

Devin Cutler writes:
>Female Size should be 2D6+3 (or 4) period.
>Female Strength should be 2D6+1 or so.

 Aren't they both 2d6+2 for female NPC's, and female PC's who'd prefer the smaller SIZ? That's what the stats given for Humans in the Creature's Book says, from memory. Personally, I'd be inclined to give them higher CON, say 2d6+6, though this has problems with RQ3 encumberance IMO.

 Re: The Invisible God.

 A few weeks ago, there was a discussion about whether the Invisible God really existed or not, with some posters pointing out how little he (or she it) gives to its worshippers. One point I would make in reply is that the major sorcerous cultures we've had described (the Malkioni and the Mostali) both believe in a single unifying concept behind Gloranthan reality (the IG and the World Machine respectively). I'm not sure that this proves anything but it would seem a unified world view is helpful for sorcerers (as it is for scientists). As for whether the IG gives anything else, its lack of response could demonstrate it's extreme power, given the Gloranthan inverse relationship between power and free will. Arachne Solara does not give anything to her worshippers: do you doubt she exists.

 (Aside: I've often wondered whether the Invisible God and Arachne Solara are one and the same)

--
Graeme Lindsell a.k.a lindsell@rschp1.anu.edu.au "I was 17 miles from Greybridge before I was caught by the School Leopard" Ripping Yarns - Tomkinson's Schooldays.

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