Magic in HQ Greece
Magic in mythic Greece differs from the magic in HeroQuest. For simplicity, I do not plan on distinguishing between Animism, Theism, and Sorcery as HQ does.
I do think that there are some folk-magic traditions that differe from place to place, but this can be a type of common religion. Few people bother to specialize in common magic as part of their religion.
There are some true magicians in Greek mythology, such as Circe and Medea, possibly Asclepios, but these are mostly NPC types. The only PCs I can think of who might have some kind of spells are the followers of Hermes and Hecate (following the lead of the old RPG “Heroes of Olympus”); this would probably be the very much like specializing in common magic. Typically, those who practice this sort of magic are descended from a god or goddess, or a favorite of a god or goddess. Typically, this type of magic tends almost exclusively towards spells and charms, not feats. This kind of magician would be able to add new spells and charms to his repertoire in the usual fashion.
Heroes, of course, often have powers and abilities that can be equated with HQ feats, except that they do not gain these benefits from joining a cult; rather, they possess divine blood or are favored by a god. Typically, a hero would have access to a smaller number of feats than a magician would have spells or charms, and they would all tend to have a common theme. This would seem to be much like an affinity in HQ, so I will use that term. A hero would define this affinity at character creation ("Mighty Strength", "The Blood of Poseidon", "Wing-Footed", etc, and assign a few feats (3?) and be able to improvise others from his affinity.
So, comments? critiques?
Guy (Hoyle)
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