From: David Cheng (drcheng@sales.stern.nyu.edu)
Date: Thu 08 Jul 1993 - 06:33:17 EEST
# David Cheng writes:
#
# d>RUNE MAGIC
# d>A worshipper invokes rune magic. For that instant, he _becomes_
# d>the god. That is what allows him to do it in the first place.
# d>Without
# d>the initiate-link to his god, he can't hope to pull this off.
# d>
# Okay, David, now how do you explain vampires and Thanatari? Or the
# fact that former initiates don't lose their divine magic? They just
# lose the ability to *re-use* Rune spells.
#
# As I've said dozens of times - when a person learns a Rune Spell,
# that's exactly what happens. In exchange for the Power sacrifice, the
# god *teaches the initiate a spell*. The spell is a spell, not divine
# intervention, not divine incarnation - it's a MAGIC SPELL!
#
Carl,
Sorry to get your blood pressure up. I see that we have a
philosophical difference on the nature of Rune Magic.
Vampires and Thanatari:
The easy/obvious answer is they both tap into the energy
of Chaos to "change the rules" of the divine relationship,
allowing these foul entities to use rune magic they have
no possible way of accessing.
You and I have disagreed on this one on GEnie, too. I
know that I'm not going to win you over.
The trump card I've got is that it's Stafford who shared
with me the "when you cast a divine spell you _become_
the god" idea. Whether he's changed his mind at this
point, I don't know.
Bottom Line: I like the Rune Power idea, and you don't.
I can live with that.
-David Cheng
p.s. To anyone who wants a copy of the full Rune Power writeup:
In response to a recent request, I've just uploaded it
successfully to my mainframe account. Email me, and I can
send you the text, no problem.
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