Re: Make up new Gods, dang it!

> This doesn't really help the problem that player heroes and "described
> heroes" seem to differ significantly. This might not be an issue for
> people who enjoy Glorantha as a shared story-telling environment - but
> my shared story-telling tends to involving some gaming.

As do mine. I have not had this problem - and my players have included a rival of Kallyr that may have been one of the Argraths...

> Is Flesh Man's magic that great that a Devotee is not prepared to give
> it up - I'm not so sure. Sure it might be safer to hedge ones bet and
> not pour ones devotion into a single entity; but its not very heroic
> sounding...

But perfectly normal. The other entities provide helpful magic. People who devote themselves solely to one entity are extreme. Holy, as well, but strange.

> What kind of hero enters a such a serious struggle *expecting* that
> their entity will come out second-best? (Well there might be SOME that
> do, but it seems like a pretty specialised attitude to adopt).

What a strange question! What do you mean by this?

Jeff             Received on Sat 14 Jul 2007 - 01:47:45 EEST