Re: RuneQuest Daily, Wed, 15 Jun 1994, part 1

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From: DevinC@aol.com
Date: Fri 17 Jun 1994 - 01:22:46 EEST


Devin Cutler here:

Cullen writes:

"I think you're suffering from overexposure to modern rational people.
Do you really think someone who was raised in Ancient Sumeria or as a medieval peasant really reasoned like you do?"

Yes, in general I do. Do you really believe that someone who was raised in Ancient Sumeria or as a medieval peasant is really that different from us today (at least emotionally)?.

Colin Watson writes:

"So long as you

carry out the correct rituals etc, they will respond accordingly "giving" you magic. This response to worship is like a reflex. They don't choose who is "worthy" and who is not."

Sorry, I don't agree with this at all. I refuse to believe that a group of Cacodemon wqorshippers could take over a shrine of, say, Humakt, torture the Priest until he showed them the rituals (or simply secretly observed the rituals before sacking the temple), and then begin to sacrifice for Truesword at will for the rest of their lives.

Yes, the Compromise exists and restrains the gods, but IMO it doesn't turn them into mindless idiots who will give their powers to anyone who waves his hand and dances in the right fashion.

Alex writes:

" 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."

I'm afraid you've lost me. Are you saying Orlanthi do not actually work magic? Are you implying that Orlanthi magic is somewhow a sham? Please elucidate.

"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."

I fail to see the difference. The great dividing line is life vs death. Even if "Heaven" has not been reached, it is clear that one survives after death, simply because after Resurrection, one is alive after having spiritually left his body. The fact that there is some sort of certain existence after death makes the difference.

"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."

Well, se my comment to Colin Watson above. And, yes, it is just One Man's Opinion, but what in Glorantha isn't?:)

Regards,

Devin Cutler
devinc@aol.com

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