Julian:
>IMO this is a fairly accurate depiction of Gloranthan
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Besides looking at Morden Defends the Camp to see how tough Morden is when in his hero-light, consider the text of the battle of night and day:
http://www.glorantha.com/new/battle_nightday.html
The protagonists become so powerful it as if the gods were present. Magic is drawing the Other Side into this - crank it up enough and you don't just emulate Orlanth a bit, but its like he is there. IMO big Glornathan battles are titanic struggles. Think Sauron in the opener for Lord Of The Rings cutting his way through the enemy troops. That's the kind of power that can be unleashed.
PS I am restricted to a digest interface on this debate at the moment as hw-rules seems to send 'zero sized replies' to my browser, sorry it my response is out of synch with the thrust of the debate now
"They were seven in all, and therewithal both sides rushed into the fight. Thorarin slew a house-carle of Thorbiorn's, and Alfgeir another, and there fell also a housecarle of Thorarin's; but no weapons would bite on Odd Katlason. Now the goodwife Aud calls out on her women to part them, and they cast clothes over the weapons." The Story Of The Ere-Dwellers Chapter 18
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