From: Bryan J. Maloney (jacobus@sonata.cc.purdue.edu)
Date: Mon 28 Feb 1994 - 03:36:23 EET
Well, I take whatever Sandy Peterson has to say about runes with a grain
When queried as to what a "hero" and a "superhero" were, Sandy stated that
This was in an issue of Tales of the Reaching Moon, which I consider to
If people are upset at me citing ToTRM for information, I'll make a deal:
of salt for one reason:
a hero had affinity with the "Hero rune" and a superhero had affinity with
the "Superhero rune". However, when asked the same question, Greg Stafford
(who happens to own Glorantha as a concept and world) stated that there was
no qualitative difference between the two and that being a "hero" or
"superhero" was not a matter of affinity with different runes but was more
a matter of scale and how selfish one was. Put it another way: Harrek was
a superhero because he was a selfish bastard. He kept all his heroquesting
gifts to himself. Argrath was a hero because he shared his heroquesting
gifts with his people. Now, Harrek could stomp Argrath in a one-on-one fight,
but Harrek's power died with him. Argrath's influence was much more widely
and much longer-lasting.
be as valid as anyone citing RQII material--MORE valid in fact, since I
am able to get TOTRM but most RQII information is completely inaccessible
to me.
I'll stop citing ToTRM and other such sources if you stop citing RQII.
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