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From: Joerg Baumgartner (joe@sartar.toppoint.de)
Date: Wed 17 Aug 1994 - 21:29:31 EEST




Peter Metcalfe in X-RQ-ID: 5720

> It seems that I forgot to mention two gods which destroy your hypothesis. The
> first is Daka Fal whoese runes are Man, Spirit and Man, and the Horned Man
> whose runes are Spirit, Magic and Spirit. Both of these people as far as I can
> tell were the first to have their runes.

Daka Fal is NOT Grandpa Mortal. He has changed.

Horny Man might be a slip. However, the Great Spirit surely would have been Glorantha herself?

> Furthermore in Troll Gods, Himile is
> doubled Cold rune whereas he was the first to hold those runes. And surely for
> Moon rune, Annilla should be its first holder?

Cold, Warmth, Light, Shadow are secondary runes. And Annilla was only the second Lunar deity in the sky, there was a daughter of Yelm before, according to Emperor Yelmgatha's star-seers.

BTW: anyone out there want to discuss The Dara Happan Book of Emperors (DHBE)? I'm just collecting notes.



Lewis in X-RQ-ID: 5723

> Maybe I have an idea that can go some way to bringing together the
> Rune Power and the Reusable divine magic for initiates camps.

Looks great! Is it playtested? If not, who will?



Sandy Petersen in X-RQ-ID: 5727

> I've always assumed that the priests must pace themselves,
> using their magic only gradually. Perhaps Dragon Pass should have a
> "realism" rule letting ALL magicians have a special magic effect, if
> their spirit is used up afterwards.

Not really. Maybe each individual magician in the units has, but the unit as a collected entity (the wyter?) has not.

> Tim Minas

>>Someone asked at Convulsion what would happen if you killed all the  
>>Hyenas in the wastes, would Genert come back? Greg said, yes,  
>>probably.

> On the other hand, don't forget WHY Genert had Hyena eat him.
> I see no reason to suppose that his original reasoning isn't still
> valid, in which case the resurrection of Genert could lead to
> Genert's death and the takeover of a chaotic land-god.

Possibly true. Yet, someone is sure to try, and that's what all these cataclysms are for. Would be fun.

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