From: David Cake (davidc@cs.uwa.edu.au)
Date: Tue 08 Jun 1993 - 23:21:36 EEST
>
> Question: Are there any runes NOT mentioned in any RQ3 product that existed
> in RQ2? Paul mentions the implicit Enchant Slave Bracelets and Enchant Slave
> collar for Ompalam, which implies a Slavery rune.
I can think of only one Rune that has actually been completely removed
(rather than just changed). That is ICE, a little filled diamond. This rune
was some sort of combination of darkness (the filled bit) and something else,
either earth (for the solidity) or water (which would make sense).
This has definately been removed, as even Himile (who would almost
certainly have it if it still existed, as he has Ice producing spells) does not
have it. My guess as to why it was removed was that while the current Runic
system includes many sub-element runes (like Light or Heat) it does not have any
combination of elements runes.
>
> What I'm getting at, are there "Missing Runes"? And if so, should we add
> more? Slavery makes a nice balance to Mastery, Fate balances Luck, etc. The
> classic "elements" have opposites, so should there not be balances to other
> runes?
I think that it is just dandy as it is, and I think that only the
Power runes should have defined opposites. And I don't think that we should add
any more.
>
> I figure Harmony is opposite of disorder (not Law), with Law the opposite
> of Chaos.
Well, Harmony is definately the opposite of Disorder (RQ2). This is
pretty basic to Gloranthan cosmology (Celestial Court, etc. ). I think of Chaos
as a form rune (like Plant) and I don't really know where Law goes, but I'd
say in the 'miscellaneous' category like Infinity and Mastery and Magic. There
are not 'Lawful' creatures in the same way as there are chaotics (so Law aint
a form rune, as I see it), and they are probably not even opposites. I think
of Law as referring to the natural physical laws of the universe, the physics
rune.
>
> Only the truly "Big Guns" runes have no opposites: Infinity, for example.
> That's why it takes so much effort to master them...look at it as a lever
> pushed up on the ends by the force of the rune...with nothing to counteract
> Infinity, you have an "incline".
> -- Burton
>
Dave Cake
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