GWV Quoting John Machin <orichalka_at_8xKRwTsb1OvpHajI1GNecFmvnmLAZ4B87bwRrGma2Xyn9VESiLAk7AffpUQqQBsMUM.yahoo.invalid>:
> On 15/07/07, Greg Stafford <Greg_at_pT7-Q5rLXuNoiXAJWt1O1cCasXhbV9Fjc-0PqjBUq2_bhTNb2btcQpyUhr6jv1lbqOw_Q2EuMS2bU_8.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
> I take it from this that we can expect cultures which rely on
> misapplied worship to be obliterated fairly early on as the hero wars
> proceed then?
Not necessarily.
It apeas to me you ae forgetting a couple of key poins:
1. Cooperation is always possible.
2. Also, IMPORTANTLY: Remember that most people in ALL cultures use
mixed magic, and thus "pay the same costs" for their magic.
>> The wizards of the Lunar Empire have no such handicap, of course.
>
> Does the Lunar Empire count as a wizardous culture? Don't they cheat
> (and do rather well because of it)?
You are correct here. In terms of Otherworld classification, they wold count as a Lunar culture.
>> It is an accident of history that no significant sorcerers live near DP.
I want to modify this statement.
The sorcerers of God Forgot are an entirely atheistic culture that
lives relatively close to Kerofinela. And you reminded me of Black
Horse County.
>> And, if your campaign is in Seshnela, the same problem exists for
>> Theists...
>
> Would a group of Western colonists or imperialists end up as poorly,
> or would they tend to end up like Sir Ethilrist and be fearsome, but
> somewhat marginalised?
Your emphasis on the system of magic seems misapplied.
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