From: Sandy Petersen (sandyp@idcube.idsoftware.com)
Date: Tue 05 Jul 1994 - 11:22:22 EEST
Alex discusses the Pol Joni:
>Given the Waha is a largely shamanistic religion, I see no reason
>why they'd all have to apostasise
>"they became, in every way, one of the many bickering tribes of the
>plains".
Certainly the Pol Joni are one of the Praxian tribes, but that doesn't mean that the other Praxians don't hate them more than most other rival tribes. Like I said, the average Praxian nomad rates the Pol Joni just higher than the Morocanth. When they capture Pol Joni steeds, I'm sure they kill them out of hand.
This doesn't mean they won't trade with 'em or happily steal their cattle. But they have one more thing to needle the Pol Joni about (their Bastard status, and the horse-riding) than they do the other Praxian tribes.
All I'm saying is that the Praxians recognize the Pol Joni as different (inferior) both quantitatively and qualitatively than the other tribes. I predict they rate the Pol Joni below the Zebra Riders on a scale of desirability. (Not that that's so bad.)
>Leading to thorny questions such as: Is Illusion Reality?; and Is
>Illusion Caused By Belief?
To answer the first question: Yes. In Glorantha, Illusion is reality. The only difference is that Illusion is temporary reality. Disbelieving a magic illusion in Glorantha doesn't cause it to fade before your eyes -- you still see the damn thing. If an illusion is able to damage you because it's red-hot or whatever, the damage doesn't vanish because you realize it's not a _real_ whatsit. This is one of the basic principles of Glorantha, and has many philosophic and cultural implications.
>Back of the class for the implied conflation of "British" and
>"England", Sandy.
Sorry. *he whines piteously* I know the difference, honest. My own ancestors are from Wales, you see. Besides, my initial statement was "I went to England, and learned that British players did X". You see (he weasels), on my first trip here I was _only_ in England, but I met players from Scotland and England both, so you see my trip was to England, and the players were British. Did that work? Were you convinced?
I surmise:
>> Joerg B. coins the noxious barbarism Luxites.
Joerg passes the buck
>Sorry, this honour goes to Greg.
So. You're no more than a sniveling accomplice, eh? I shall still have to take Stern Measures with you, though Greg obviously is going to come in for his share. I predict Greg forgot about the word "Shanasse" when churning out GROY.
The "Shanasse" were at one time used to refer to most of the Heavenly Host in the Dara Happan culture. I'm sure the Pentans accept them, too, but whether the Shanasse originated with Pent or with Dara Happa I don't know. In either case, both of them know of 'em now. The Kralori I'm sure have some equivalent.
re: GoG
>What made you change your mind?
The choice was: do 19 fancy long cults or do 60 short-forms. We decided that 60 short cults would be more useful to most players and, in typical optimistic Chaosium style, thought we'd be publishing the Long Forms straightaway. Har har.
>How many cults (and which) are still in cold storage?
Here are the cults that were to go into the GoG That Was Not To Be: Invisible God, Horned God, Ancestor Worship, Hykim & Mikyh, Flamal, Subere, Magasta, Ernalda, Orlanth, Yelm, Red Goddess, Chalana Arroy, Eurmal, Uleria, Humakt, Dayzatar, Bolongo, Mastakos, Mostal.
Careful examination will reveal that we picked all the Rune Origins for this first project.
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