From: Bob.Luckin@tiuk.ti.com
Date: Mon 15 Aug 1994 - 15:32:22 EEST
Hi from Bob Luckin !
Cannibal CA
>>But I think that a really devout worshipper of CA might *deliberately* adopt
>>an omivorous diet despite their own squeamishness, in order to prove they did
>>view all life as equal.
>I don't doubt you on your philosophy, I believe the vegatarianism is just a
>cult interpolation of rules. But what if someone decides to practice
>cannibalism in addition to the diet above to prove all things are equal?
As I understand it, Chalana Arroy reveres sentient life more than non-sentient life, so cannibalism would be unlikely - you can't eat sentients under any circumstances. But then, the idea is soooo tempting as a way of freaking out PCs... :-)
Perhaps we should start calling you "Peter Blue Wiz" in order to avert confusion between yourself and "Peter White Law". Although I suppose we could contract this to "Blue Peter" and have even more fun, confusing UK subscribers who remember the TV program (or the naval flag).
Community spells
One way of punishing an offender in the community would be to delay or avoid casting Bless Crops on their fields, and thus deny them the Goddess' bounty for a season/year. Presumably this is a little harder to achieve when the spell normally affects the whole community.
Suppose Herthor Goodplough's household failed to tithe properly to the cult last year, despite having had a bountiful harvest. Not only did they not contribute to the community's grain store laid up for hard times (perhaps they sold all their surplus to a merchant, and kept the proceeds), but they also failed to supply any labour when the temple roof needed repairing after that bad storm last winter - despite them all being fit and healthy at the time. With a personal Bless Crops, the priestess can just decide not to vist them next time, but with a communal version, she might have to persuade the bulk of the community to agree to specifically exclude the Goodplough fields during the enactment of the ritual.
This could effectively give the priestess less power over individuals in the community. But it could also lead to roleplaying opportunities during village meetings, as Herthor tries to convince the rest of the households that he was justified in his actions.
New gods from old
Some would say he became Nysalor, who was not chaotic at all. :-)
The examples quoted (Osentalka and the Red Goddess) are associated with Chaos by their enemies, but not by their friends, so it would depend on who you talk to as to whether Chaos was invoked in their creation.
BUT... They are both illuminated, and as a result they are both somewhat ambivalent towards Chaos. Of course, Yelm himself is also illuminated. So perhaps the real twist is that the process of recovering a dead god results in the god's illumination (and that of the questers who succeed in the deed ?), if they were not already illuminated.
Nah, can't be that obvious/simple...
Cheers, Bob
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Bob Luckin voly@tiuk.ti.com "Able was I ere I saw Corflu"
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