From: Sandy Petersen (sandyp@idcube.idsoftware.com)
Date: Sat 09 Jul 1994 - 09:18:07 EEST
Alex sez:
>At a push, the separate Deezola cult may have a reusable R.,
>but I doubt it.
In RQ II, the Lunars had reusable Resurrection, and were the only group in the world, aside from Chalana Arroy, to do so. I have not yet decided whether or not they deserve to continue possessing this power, though I tend towards them having it. This wouldn't increase the total number of Resurrections available in the Empire of course -- each person that joins Deezola as a healer is one less person to join Chalana Arroy as a healer.
How many priests are there in the country?
The general RQ III theory, which I naturally adhere to, is that 2% of the adult population, on the average, is a priest or other official. In the original Pavis Pack, for instance, you'll find that the number of Swords, Priests, etc. is about that number. I can make no excuses for RQ supplements that appeared after I left Chaosium, because clearly Chaosium stopped looking for picky things like that.
Nils Weinander:
>With the famous lethargy, Teshnos should be a sitting duck for
>raiders and invaders
To some extent, it is. The problem is that the only potential invaders are: the Praxian Nomads, the Kralori, the Hsunchen, and the Amazons. Even the rather sedentary Technan military is able to hold off or absorb the primitive jungle Hsunchen, and the Kralori hold little interest in expansion. All that's left to present opposition are the Amazons and the Nomads, neither of which is capable of making a conquest. The Amazons can't leave their island longer than a year, so are restricted to raids, and the Animal Nomads are equally inept at permanent conquest. Plus= their beasts get sick and die in the moist Teshnos country. They call Teshnos the land of "fever trees".
If Vormain ever gets interested in foreign meddling, I predict Teshnos will be easy meat. Basically, I view Teshnos as one of the great Sitting Ducks of Gloranthan history, and I don't think they have any special cultural or social defenses against such an assault. They're a disaster in the making. The famous duke who's hostile to the current King senses this, I think, and it's a blessing to Teshnos that his lands are offshore, because any invader will have to come through him first, and he might actually be able to put up a fight.
>Who is Theya?
Theya is the Goddess of the Dawn. She rules the Citadel of Dawn, greeting the newly-resurrected Yelm every morning. Unlike Rausa, she is regarded as wholly beneficent. Note that the Theyalan culture named itself after her.
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