From: Wayne Shaw (shadow@qedbbs.com)
Date: Thu 08 Jul 1993 - 10:36:29 EEST
Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com> writes:
> 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.
Or, alternatively, that what is really going on is effectively a
transaction between the god and the worshiper that says, in effect, "I
give you this Power and you owe me a selective form of assistence from
time to time." The fact that the worshiper no longer has Power would not
alter this relationship. I don't know that former initiates SHOULD
maintain even non-reuseable spells, frankly.
>
> 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!
>
And I, for one, don't particularly see that as a good model for what
seems to be going on.
>
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