From: Alex Ferguson (alex@dcs.gla.ac.uk)
Date: Wed 15 Jun 1994 - 00:24:32 EEST
I aspire:
> " Certainly it's nice if
> characters are played to have the beliefs they "`historically'" should
> have. "
Devin Cutler:
> My point has often been that "historical" comparisons are bunk, since
> Glorantha is so different from Earth.
I didn't mean Earth "historical", I meant Gloranthan "historical", hence all the multiple quotes. From reading KoS, for example, one would not immediately conclude the Orlanthi are a people for whom magic necessarily "works", so much as they are a culture who _believe_ it does. As did many Earthly cultures.
And I know that's your alleged point, that's why I'm disagreeing with you.
> " But it's [LBQing] been done, what, three times?
> in Time, none of which were to resurrect some long-dead individual. (I
> think? Or was Talor a dead chap?)"
> Resurrection is done every day in Glorantha, implying that, at the very
> least, one's soul does not fall into oblivion as an Atheist might believe on
> Earth. The mere fact that there is some sort of provable afterlife is enough
> to separate Gloranthan belief from Terran faith.
Resurrection has strict time limits, and must be done _before_ someone goes to their afterlife (or not). Hence bringing back someone _after_ this is a totally different matter.
> "It's a sign that Babeester Gor temple guards have Sharp Axes."
> Obviously, but even were the guards to be gone, the man off of the street
> still could not kneel down and say "Hey, I want an Axe Trance". Babs has
> something (nay, everything) to say about it.
Since this is such a big, not to say insurmountable "if", your citation of this as Gloranthan Fact leaves much to be desired. All that we actually know to be required to get Axe Trance is that one be a Babs Initiate (or a suitable initiate), and that the local temple go for the idea. That She's sitting around in the GP personally vetting each application in detail is just One Man's Opinion.
Alex.
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