I am not expert with Glorantha, but I think you missed the point.
In most books, the true heroes have there own quests and motives, but also
have an occupation and are part of some kind of organisation, have
responsabilities, ..
I always use this in my campaigns because it adds more depth to the story
than just having an anarchic hero band which wanders the steps and could as
well decide to let all their heroic stuff to hell.
Glorantha more than many other rpg gives you the opportunity to give the
characters reasons to be heroic.
If they are not, the man who will die is one of their fellow villager, who
trust them to solve the situation at hand.
In my opinion, at the beginning of a Gloranthian campaign, the heroes will
perform their first heroic acts for the community they live in. They will be
given the opportunity to make a clear difference between good and bad
decision because they will see the consequences apply to the men they see
every day. There status and reputation will change accordingly, and you ca,
make them come to regret their mistakes. They will be confronted by dificult
& emotional choices.
Once the characters have gain more experience, more status, have understand
what their acts could produce for the folks around them, they may become
true heroes, no longer tied by their obligations to the village, but by
greater perspective and their acts may have greater impact on Glorantha, but
they won't forget that they also impact on their tribe.
They will keep sporadic links with their old community, but may have become
the embodiment of their community in the external world, defending it's
point on a larger scale. Their duty will have change, but will still exist.
They will wander, but not as an anarchic hero band. They will have better
reasons to come back upon time and to tell their feats than just 'Ok, I let
you leave, but you must come back every month to report'. They are not
little soldiers on duty, but Heroes who make their own decision, but who
know why they make them, and for who.
Hope this helps,
The Frenchy ;-)²
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Develyn [SMTP:Richard.Develyn_at_...]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 10:44 AM
> To: 'hw-rules_at_egroups.com'
> Subject: [hw-rules] Hero Bands
>
> As I read chapter 3 of the players guide I find myself constantly making
> the
> assumption that all these characters being described would actually find
> reason to quit their job and go and join some sort of anarchic Hero Band.
>
> Am I right in this? And could the parting of the ways be friendly (e.g.
> Ethilrist sends one of his Black Horse Knights out into Dragon Pass to
> join
> a Hero Band and regularly report back to him (say))? Do all gods allow for
> hero-band types?
>
> The character descriptions all seem to be done from the POV of people who
> get on with their allotted role in life.
>
> Richard
>
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