RE: Re: Divine Companions and allied spirits

From: Jane Williams <janewilliams20_at_...>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 07:43:30 +0100


RR:
> Otherworld beings don't and can't learn. This is primarily
> due to the compromise (or whatever cultural name you want to
> call it). ..

> What they *can* do is lose powers through being forgotten, or
> rediscover lost powers when they get more worshippers. (It
> would take a *long* time - decades or centuries - for Orlanth
> to lose his powers if the Lunars had won at Whitewall and
> really killed him).

> Basically, making a Spirit Ally into a Sidekick instead of a
> retainer is equivalent to making it an "Inner World being"
> .. Or you can say that the increased
> attention the spirit recieves from the player hero ..
> ..allow it to rediscover lost powers due to "worship".

> > Is the limit on spirit changes a Gloranthan limit, or a
> player limit?
>
> It's Gloranthan.

Now that's a really useful clarification (hence me repeating essential points without additions). Thanks. Might I suggest this or some precis of it goes in the Issaries FAQ pages?

Powered by hypermail