Many of the "Lunar" farmers who have land grants in Pavis County would be retired soldiers, and would probably worship Lodril in one of his Pelorian identities, as would their sons. There may also be some Lodrilli at Raus Fort, if the Rauses brought some of their farmers with them. He could also be an exile from Northern Tarsh, where there are some Lodrilli farmers, or a deserter from the Lunar Army. (That may fit in better with anti-Lunar PC's.)
Your character could also be an apprentice to a shaman who knows Oakfed, I suppose, or someone from Caladraland.
Yes, Zorak Xoran has fire powers, but ZZ's tend to be disruptive in a party, and to make lots of enemies among NPC's.
It's best to ask your player what culture he wants to be from and find him a god from that one, isn't it?
>I keep hearing about Lodril being something of a rebel cult? I seem to
remember seeing something about a Rebellion divine spell...
It's a Pelorian thing. Keeps Yelm honest.
>Does anyone have any ideas on how mermen etc measure distances underwater.
time in breaths, or do they base their timekeeping on tides?
I vote for tides, though this would work only for coastal mermen. They may also use day/night changes or planet movements. Uleria has an eight-hour crossing of the sky, and makes three passes in a day. Maybe they don't need time any more accurate than that?
Jane Williams:
> Can someone name me a sun-deity who *does* have these attributes? []long
hair and hazia smoking]
*polite cough* Well, I think the point is that the gamut of Gloranthan sun gods all seem to be too uptight to go in for Hazia smoking. Though I do picture many Dara Happan Yelmies with long hair. It was good enough for the ancient emperors....
(Though I'm sure somebody will argue that sun gods as a whole don't have any particular personality - or that any deities do, for that matter.)
I concurr with the idea that Hazia smoking is banned in Sun County because the trade can't be controlled (& taxed) by the county very effectively, and because it dulls the senses. (Frex, I've heard that the Koran doesn't ban alcohol, it just prohibits praying while drunk. Since you have to pray five times a day, all throughout the day and night, it's widely interpreted as best not to drink at all.) Sun County may be the similar.
We Seattleites have been tossing Elmal about recently - I'll try to post a summary soon.
Pam
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