From: Sven *Erik Sievrin (erisie@utu.fi)
Date: Wed 02 Nov 1994 - 01:28:58 EET
Spirits:
I do not like the thought of "POW spirits", "Magic spirits" etc
either.... I prefer the thought of rabbit spirits, sundered dwarves,
pieces of dead gods etc, with the way you use it being dependent on the
spirit binding - say, you can always use the spirit by letting it free
and commanding it to do one thing, but if it is bound in an enchantment
and you want it to give you MP, you have to create a special enchantment
to do that, and if you want to use its INT to store things, you must have
an enchantment for that, and if you want it to cast its spells without
leaving its cosy rune there have to be one for that, etc... And maybe
there is a similar function for a shaman who keeps spirits in his
fetch..... I'll be back with a little fiction about three people and how
they learned magic by (Gamespeak: Spellteaching) gifts fronm their gods...
I just wait for the inspiration to collide with me having some free time...
Wstern religion: I have always felt it to be an equal mix of all the
"big", organized religions on earths:
Islam: The monotheism, but the most Moslem is their credo. "There is no
God but the Invisible God and Muhammed, sorry, Malkion, is his prophet..."
Hinduism: The caste system, which for me feels much more close to that of
India than the (albeit harsh) divisions of feudal Europe. I find it
significant regarding to wizards, for instance, that they are not
celibate - otherwise there would be no more wizards! And their mathematics...
Buddhism: And you could include Hinduism here regarding the first fact,
and that is that Solace for me seems more like Nirvana than Christian or
Moslem heaven. No doubt Farmers and Knights think of it differently, but
their ignorance and tendency to see things from a mundane point of view
is expected and forgiven - just I once read a Brahmin has no trouble with
the peasants thinking heaven is a perfect physical existence, with him
having totally different ideas.
Christianity:Well, it has Saints, bishops and churches.
I liked the comment on Platonic ideals though....
Well, that was all.
Cheers,
Erik
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