From: James Polk (jpolk@csc.com)
Date: Mon 20 Jun 1994 - 19:18:00 EEST
Well, I am really far behind on reading the Daily, so please forgive these comments to week (two week?) old items.
Colin Watson writes in X-RQ-ID: 4570
"Remember, as a result of the Compromise, that the Gods have no free will.
They're not omniscient either. They can't read your mind. 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. That kind of decision is in the hands of
the priests of the cult. It is the priests who choose who should be
initiated.(And they are fallible.) Once you're initiated you've pretty
much got it made."
Hey folks, I think I found a Mostali! <grin> After all, reflex action, no free will, mechanical responses - all this sounds like World Machine talk to me. <another grin>
Somehow, though, I can't see it. If all decision-making ability was taken from the gods by the Compromise, then how does one explain the events connected with the Lunar Goddess? How does one explain the destruction of the (much-abused by RQ Daily writers) God Learners? And what makes you think a Troll could become a Yelmalian simply by performing normal iniation rituals? (These aren't rhetorical questions; I really would like to hear your reasons.)
Nick Brook directs in X-RQ-ID: 4581 -
"(Or, better still: tell us something else interesting about New Pelorian)."
Even though your comment wasn't directed to me, I'm going to answer anyway. <grin>
I have always seen New Pelorian as the great mongrel, expressive (and liberating?) language of Glorantha. Formed from parts of the languages of Peloria ("Old Pelorian"), Carmania, Dara Happa, etc., it provides myriad ways of expressing shades of meaning. I have never felt it to be constructed with ulterior motives, but as a natural consequence of the history of the Lunar Empire.
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