Re: Fwd: Humakti in the Vineyard- or how do I get there.

• In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com, "valkoharja" <rintasaa@...> wrote:
  >
  > --- In WorldofGlorantha@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff" <jakyer@> wrote:
  > <snip>
  > > Which lead to wheather or not you could run a Dogs in the
  Vineyard
  > > style campaign for Humakti.
  >
  > "Dogs" mechanics are, of course, designed so that differences in
  dogma
  > tend to escalate and the games often end up in a bloodbath about
  > orthodoxy. That aspect, and many others would work well for a
  stylized
  > humakti game.
  

Very stylized. I just think there's easier fish to fry. Yelmalions are morally more complex and would make for the necessary conflicts more readily, I think. I suspect Gautama's Vision would work very well indeed.  

> The western monotheists also come to mind. There the heretic is a
> worse enemy than the heathen, and a fairly straight dogs conversion
> could work for a small sect...
>
> Heck, I could see running such a game in Sir Ethilrists county!
>
> -Adept
>
I think that the latter would be wonderful. The Black Horse County has a long tradition of Puritanical flagellation, repression, and sin that fits the DitV mindset very well. I think it would be a splendid convention one-shot.

Jeff             Received on Tue 07 Aug 2007 - 13:50:39 EEST