> The example I gave was for a character in Shadow World, to be
precise. I
> find that the concentration rule works well to model, as I said in
the other
> post, the standard fantasy convention that some people are magical
> generalists, and others are specialists, and switching between the
two is
> not simple.
>
> Mike
And I think that is the point. The Heortlings are Theists. The Praxians are spiritists. The people of the west are sorcerers.
Without concentration anyone could pick up a grimmoire, read it (no mean feat in itself) and start using it. A sorcerer could intitiate to Orlanth and start running up cliffs. Everyone would start buying fetishes off of shamans, not least those who follow shamanic traditions at lay level!
I think the the concentration rules give a clear demarcation and feel *right*. As one of the other posts said, the three otherworld theory seems to be how Greg views Glorantha and therefore is in.
I don't see it as a problem - the opposite in fact, a very, very good thing, but accordingly with YGWV and MGF you can dump them if you want.
Regards
Rob
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