From: Alex Ferguson (alex@dcs.gla.ac.uk)
Date: Tue 12 Jul 1994 - 18:20:05 EEST
Brent Krupp:
> [...] in RQ2 an 18 POW still meant a 35% of gaining
> POW with a roll, and that RQ3 (broken as it is) in dropping the POW max to
> 21, and removing the POW minimum *must* expect RQ3 priests to keep their
> POW below 18.
I'm not particularly bothered about the exact figure, I just think RQ3 needs to be fixed so that priests have a clearer motivation to keep their POW "high". But recall that RQ3 priests have sources of POW gain rolls that RQ2 priests didn't, so the raw chance isn't directly comparable.
Sandy muses:
> 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.
I think the RQ2 position stems somewhat from the implicit assumption that the Lunars didn't simply worship Chalana Arroy. It seems quite reasonable to me that that's exactly what they do. After all, she is part of Yelm's Court, and is already widely worshipped in Peloria as such.
There may be a "healed" CA cult in the Empire which has a reusable Ress., at a push, but I'd suspect in this event, that it _isn't_ Deezola. Deezola does various other magic, and has less onerous cult restrictions (I gather), for two things.
Joerg on Nil's runemoticons:
> Stasis Movement Ambition
> I'm not sure about this. Ambition implies more change than stasis.
Trouble is, paired powers tend to fit paired emotions better than a single one. Something neutral covering Vigorous and Lethargic would be ideal.
> Harmony Disorder Temperance
"Temper", perhaps, rather. Or... where's that thesaurus gone?
> Luck Fate Hope
> Soul?
Mood? Manic-depressive? ;-)
> Joerg the ASCII artist strikes again:
Don't give up ther day job, Joerg. ;-)
> As it is now, Mastery and Slavery put together result in an inverted
> Communication Rune (I added a frame for reference):
[...]
> The implications of this triple of Runes I will leave to the philosophers,
> but it is the first "explanation" I have found for teh lack of an opposite
> to Communication.
Wasn't Silence also suggested? Certainly "It isn't a Power rune!" was...
> /|\ /| |
> / | \ / | \ | / | \ /
> \ | / \ | \ | / | \ /
> >|< >| >|< /|\ |
> / | \ / | / | \ / | \ |
> / | \ / | / | \ / | \ |
>
> root a) b) c) d)
> The root Rune might mean Otherworld, the Rune a) might mean sacrifice,
> b) could be another version of fate (destiny?), c) is another division
> along the Pamalt Rune scheme, and d) is known as Truth.
I'm sure c) is the Peace rune, no? ;-) This sets seems a tad large and unwieldy, not to say miscellaneous.
Alex.
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