From: Official Heat Sink (SYS_RSH%PV0A@hobbes.cca.rockwell.com)
Date: Fri 24 Jun 1994 - 08:18:35 EEST
>Did you call, Mr. Heat Sink? (Or may I call you Official?
Actually, it's Mr. Sink. 'Heat' is my middle name. ;)
>though we may have a difference in interpretation of how it "works",
>exactly.
The crux of the issue!
>But in any case, the most obvious way to "rip off" a god is to
>recreate their rituals reasonably closely, _including_ sacrifice of
>POW and mps, but simply with cynical/powermongering/minimaxing
>intent. Trial and error may also reveal where the ritual or
>sacrifice may be (apparently) safely short-cut or skimped on.
Granted, this is the most obvious way. In fact, if I allowed this
sort of thing in my campaigns, I'd play it this way. Mostly I
disagree that such things are 'possible.'
>how do we account for all the arseholes in Glorantha, past and
>present, who patently _have_ had it? And how do Illuminates fit
>into the picture?
"Go away, boy, you bother me." :) Actually, I haven't quite figured
that part out. I usually just grant that Illuminates are exceptions.
It's a good point.
>>I admit that this
>> "tertiary" knowledge is pretty hazy most of the time,
>To paraphrase Professor Greg, no-one in Glorantha is omni-anything.
That was my point. I don't consider them omniscient, but I *do* believe that they know more than people seem willing to admit. I certainly think that most gods know more than just what their worshippers tell them. I don't expect Orlanth to know much about Sun County (or care overly much about the place), frex. But remember that he's a strom/air god, and one could reasonably expect him to, well, "have contacts" anyplace that there's air. (This isn't an end-all explanation, but it's reasonable.)
>If one has to be a complete Goody Two Shoes in order to get
>effective magic
One doesn't, but I'd think that one shouldn't be a complete Baddy 18 Sandals and still get magic from two-footed gods of decent character, either.
>You mean distracted, not very concerned with the Real World, and
>busy off Recreating their Youth someplace?
Not quite, but not far off. I'd think that the Gods would jump at the chance to Mess with Reality once in a while. I certainly don't think they're pre-programmed automata.
--Scott
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