WRT Oliver on time:
In God Time (or on the heroplane for that matter) time does not flow
or exist. People do not age (normally) and linear sequences do not
occur. From what I have been able to gather things are location
based and sequences are determined by the order of visiting locations.
Thus, if I went to the Hill of Gold on the heroplane I could enact the proper rituals and meet Orlanth at the base. Depending on my cult etc. he would either fight me and strip me of my armour, or strap on a nice gleaming set of finest armour.
Then I could do a bit more ritual and go off to meet ZZ etc.
Alternatively, I could do some Orlanthi stuff and beat up a guy with a spear and nick his nice shiny armour. Then I could do some Arkati wierdness (from ZZ ritual) and continue to beat the guy up, ripping out his liver (firepowers) etc.
Or I might go one stage further and do this in reverse (probably beating up 2 different Yelmalions) first ripping a guys liver then nicking his armour.
Now answer me, which event came first?
Obviously any special powers gained depend upon the order and results of the deeds.
Yelmalio Quest := lose fire powers but gain immortality (practically
unkillable).
Elmal Quest := become a trusted thane of Orlanth, retain fire
powers, have a nice time with Inora.
Orlanth Quest := Gain a thane or a nice suit of armour.
Zoran Zoran Quest := Grab some fire powers (maybe).
Arkati reverse Quest := ??????????????????????????
Notice that the benefits are very closely associated with the risk.
Glenn
I've got bad news for you!
Look up Grue in the Gloranthan Bestiary. If a broo raped a grue (difficult task) then the result might be a hairy, horned, male, queen, larva injecting, egg laying, acid blooded, exoskeletoned horror.
Of course, the broo might become "infected" as well. But it would probably jst produce another grue.
Happy Nightmares
Cheers
Lewis
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