My impression is that Orlanth is pragmatic and simply falling back on
minor magics from "approved" sources (i.e. those accepted by the
community) wouldn't be harshly punished. In my view it would tend to
damage the identification with the God that is at the core of
Devotion but provided there's nothing worse involved I don't think
that there would be punishment as such
(On the other hand I bet that a lot of people DID do worse - such as
turning to propitiatory worship of Mallia when Ernaldan healing magic
failed)
-- -- "The T'ang emperors were strong believers in the pills of immortality. More emperors died of poisoning from ingesting minerals in the T'ang than in any other dynasty" - Eva Wong _The Shambhala Guide to Taoism_ Paul K.
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