From: ANDOVER@delphi.com
Date: Mon 18 Jul 1994 - 16:26:32 EEST
>In the great God debate I am closer to Joerg's position than to Devin's.
But Joerg is overstating his position a bit (Maybe I'M a Lutheran, Devin is
a Catholic and Joerg is a Calvinist!). Joerg is making the Gods too passive.
I DO think that some points are pretty well established: the Gods can't
even LOOK at Glorantha unless asked to by a worshipper. In the Gaumata's
vision scenario, remember, Yelmalio only looked because of the wive's
prayers. If a divination asks a question, the God will take a look. But
Gods do not have "20-20 vision" and besides they are not very bright. So
the 7-word answer rule reflects these facts. But Gods do have some choice
in how to respond if asked to by a worshipper. Joerg's vision seems to
be of God's as a giant vending machine: put in your money and you get the
same result every time; I think of the Gods as more like slot machines:
you aren't sure what you will get when you put your money in! In a way,
both of our debaters reduce the mystery of Gods: Devin by making them too
much big powerful intelligent npcs, and Joerg by making them too predictable.
By me, they are mysterious: that's why we have rolls for D.I. instead of
the GM judging whether the players are worthy of the Gods' attentions, or
an automatic response. The rAndomness of the roll reflects the lack of
knowledge that everyone, including the GM, has of the God's response!
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