From: David Dunham (ddunham@radiomail.net)
Date: Wed 01 Jun 1994 - 07:08:34 EEST
G. Fried said
>It seems to be the case that the goddess Gata is so primal
>a deity that she rarely receives worship. However, in my campaign, there is
>indeed a Gata priestess (I could explain, but I don't think it necessary).
>Question is, what kind of benefits would she give? Obviously, some elemental
>powers over Earth. But what else? I had thought the abiltity to "birth"
>other Earth goddesses -- by which I mean that a Gata priestess might be able
>to induct worshipers into Earth cults, and, indeed, to consacrate temples to
>such deities. In other words, a Gata priestess would be a kind of shaman to
>Earth gods
I don't see Gata as literally shamanic, but having her as meta-Earth goddess makes sense. A priestess might be able to cast the ceremony spells of Earth cults, and might herself act as a temple to an Earth priestess (e.g. she would enable the Earth priestess to renew divine spells).
Alternately, she might act as Earth Witch in heroquests, creating magic items to give to worthy questers.
Really primal deities are hard to reach and don't have many direct benefits.
Nick Brooke said
>Harmast Barefoot was from the Alynx clan. Probably.
All we know is that Harmast was in the Berenneth tribe. From what do you extrapolate his alynx-hood?
Peter J. Whitelaw asked
>What Virtues do PenDragon GMs out there assign to the following Gods:
>Waha - (Energetic, Generous, Just, Proud, Valorous ?)
>Daka Fal - (Honest, Just, Proud, Pious, Prudent ?)
I gave Waha Just, Valorous, Proud, Energetic, Lustful. (Right now I'm not sure why Lustful -- Generous certainly fits a chieftan god.)
Your Daka Fal virtues are reasonable, though I'm not sure about Honest (maybe Trusting, since Ancestor Knows Best?). Although Daka Fal is shamanistic, and shamans themselves may not follow the same rules for virtues.
For Praxian completeness:
Eiritha: Generous, Energetic, Forgiving, Honest, Merciful
Storm Bull: Proud, Arbitrary, Indulgent, Suspicious, Valorous
I haven't yet read the non-Gloranthan background you posted, but it's always nice to have cultures to borrow from (one of my campaigns is non-Gloranthan).
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